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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26
Finger Print Tests.

In detective novels finger-prints left
by criminals, preferably in blood, play
an important part: but truth seems
stranger than fiction in the fact tina:
the finger-print system of identifying
criminals in India has been made so
perfect that 1t would enable any intelli.
gent person in a few minutes to dis
tinguish the individual. If necessary,
from all other persons now living in
the world, or, If data were available
from all other persons who have lived
since the creation of man. The system
is simplicity itself, and there is none
of the elaboration of process of the
costly and delicate machinery required
for the anthrOpometric system. All
that is needed is a. piece of tin, a sheet
of paper and some printers ink. The
ink impressions Of the ten digits are
taken and filed in the proper compart-
ments of the proper pigeonhole, and it
is on the classification of records and
their distribution into the pigeonholes
that the success of the system depends.
Every finger mark shows lines of the
"loop" or the "vhurl" type and by a
simple table of the combinations of these
types in the ten digits 1924 main class
es are made. These are again subdl-
vided according TO minor details. aud
the subdivision can be further divided,
ad inlinitum if necessary; but with the
table before him any person of ordin-
airy intelligence can place his finger on
the corresponding card to a record in
his hand within FIVE minutes, no matter
how many thousand cards there may
be. It is calculated that the chances
are about 64,000,C0O to / against any
two persons having single fingers iden-
tical and the chances against all ten
fingers being identical 90 beyond math-
ematics altogether
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26

It is remarkable how our forefathers
managed to live "1ong and happy" in
their ignorance of the vermiform ap-
pendiX. Perhaps like the X-ray. this
appendix is the creation of modern
science. or the need of modern sur
gerry. Certain it is that this vermi-
form appendix or the knife of the new
surgeon has largely curtailed the pleas
ures, If not the duration of life. We
are in mortal dread of berries, grapes,
figs and small seeded vegetables. lest
that useless appendix or the ready
knife of the surgeon will "do us up"
Which is which? | confess | am in
considerable doubt But one of the
profession. DR.. Hutton. appears to at
tach more blame to the knife than to
the appendix. He may be right lie
ought to know; I don't. / do know
that the knife is fearfully fatal. This
eminent and experienced DR.. Hutton
gives some very cheerful encourage
ment to those chronic sufferers with
supposed appendicitis in the Medical
Record, from which I quote:
"This paper is a protest against the
current surgical theory and practice
that all cases of appendicitis must be
split open. This protest is based on
twenty-seven years experience as ply
sician and surgeon. My exper-
ience is that appendicitis, and all other
bellyaches for which men now operate,
are promptly amenable to proper med
ical treatment. l can recall one hun
dred cases treated with symptoms of
this malady, but have never
yet met a case of it in which ] felt 1t
was my duty to cut, or which terminal.
ed fatally. I shall cite other
unimpeachable practitioners who share
my views, that medical treatment
avails in this malady, one showing for
ty-nine out of ffty-one cases success
fully treated-being more than 96 per
cent. My treatment for appendicitis
is free calomel and soda purgation,
supplemented by hot applications, to
be followed by a saline if action is
too slow"
Perhaps it would be well to forget the
vermiform appendix and let science
and surgery fight 1t out in their own
sweet way.-Atlanta Constitution
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26
cIothinr for Young Children.

It is impossible to estimate the
amount of suffering to which young
children are condemned by the fads Of
their parents. The poor little things
cannot care for themselves, nor can
they protest against the well meant
cruelty of those whose charge they are.
Societies exist for the prevention of
cruelty to children, but their right to
interfere stops short of the control of
the hygienic heresies of parents.
Fortunately for the succeeding gem
erations Of mankind says the Youths
Companion, these hygienic faddists are
not in the majority and most parents
let their children grow up under a COM
mon sense method of health training,
or perhaps under no method whatever,
which is the next best thing.
Mistaken parents may be roughly de-
signated under two grand divisions
the coddlers and the tougheners-and
1t Is hard to say which do the more
harm.
The theory of the coddlers is that a
breath of cold air is death dealing to
the tender child, and that the chief end
Of man is the avoidance of draughts;
and so they bundle up their children
with layer upon layer of heavy wooden
garments, from the soles of their feet
to the crown OF their head
Their children are apt to grow up
weaklings, if they grow up at all, but
their sufferings are light and their
perils few in comparison with those
that beset the victims of the toughening
or hardening process.
The child of this system is brought
up in accordance with the belief that
all that is necessary to health and long
life is to defy the elements and common
sense. Deluded parents think they
are creating a strong constitution, and
point triumphantly to some robust lad
who has survived the process, forget
ting that it is only children of natur-
ally the strongest constitution who
come through it at all.
Formerly fashion aided the toughen-
ing faddists, and tiny tots went around
in the house, and often out of doors
with half bare legs and arms and low
cut dresses hardly reaching to the
knees. Nowadays the dress of young
children perhaps leans in the direction
of coddling, with it's unhealthy neck
wraps and ear mufflers.
1t is hard in this changeable climate
TO keep the mean between the two ex-
tremes, but parents do not go far
wrong who clothe little children in
light fiannels, in all but the hottest
weather, and who vary the outer cloth
ing in accordance with the temperature.
The child should wear clothes enough
not to feel cold, but not enough to keep
1t perspiring, for then cold-catching is
inevitable.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26

'One Minute Cnugn Cure Is the
best remedy l ever used for coughs
and colds. 1t is unequalled for
whooping cough. Children al like
it, writes II N. Williams, Gentry
Vile, Ind Never fails. 1t is the
only harmless remedy that gives
immediate results. Cures coughs.
colds, hOarseness, Group, pneu-
monia, bronchitis and all throat and
lung troubles. Its early use prevents
consumption.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26
THE AFTER-DlNNER NAP.
Brain Work should BE Forbidden Just
Amer Meal.

amer n Meal.
There lie much difference Of opinion
concerning the desrability of an after
dinner nap. Those who advocate 1t
cite the example of animals, but these
gorge themselves with food whenever
opportunity offers and are heavy and
drowsy in consequence. A short rest
is, however, different from lethargic
sleep, and often appears to do good.
Brain work should certainly be forbid
den after dinner; the interval between
1t and bedtime should be devoted to
recreation and amusement. In the case
of elderly people, a short nap after a
late dinner often aids Digestion but
as a general rule it is better for such
persons to make their principal meal
at 2 p. m. The digestive powers of
most elderly people are at low ebb in
the evening. When sleeplessness Is
troublesome, relief should be sought
for in the discovery and removal Of the
cause, whenever possible
The condition is often due to indiges-
tion and when this is the case the or
dinary remedies for inducing sleep are
worse than useless The nervous re-
latione between the brain and stomach
are so intimate that disorder of the
one organ is almost certain to affect
the other. Excitement, worry and
anxiety. which have their seats in the
brain, interfere with the functions OF
the stomach, and, in like manner, any
thing that unduly taxes the power Of,
or irritates the stomach, disorders the
circulation and nutrition of the brain
The sleeplessness often complained of
by equity persons is due to the poison
Gus effect of the morbid material upon
the nervous system. Excessive smok-
ing, too much alcohol tea and coffee
often resOrted to by overworked per-
sons, are frequent causes of sleepless-
ness. In all these cases the cause is
removable. while the effect may he
counteracted by appropriate treatment
Nothing is more mischievous, however,
than to continue the habits and to
have recourse to drugs to combat the
effects. A due amount of exercise
tends to induce normal sleep, and such
exercise need not he of a violent char
acter A walk of two or three miles
daily is sufficient, and is, perhaps. as
much as a busy man can find tint
for.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26

"Alice and Edgar are awfully in
love"
"HOw do you know?"
81 met them dawdling along togeth-
er in the rain Yesterday. They bOtn
wore new clothes and had no um.
hrella. - Cllioago Record.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26
HER EYEBROWS
How Man Can Choose n wife
Successfully.

ShttthAAuAAgs
"It's all very well for a girl to plume
herself upon her pretty eyebrows"
said an expert physiognomist to the
Boston Globe man, but l, who have
been studying character for years, have
perhaps a rather different point of
view. Eyebrows show character, and
the wise manswill take note of them
when choosing his friends. Eyebrows.
for instance, that are wide apart denote
frank, generous, unsuspicious and i'm
pulsive nature.
When they meet one may be pretty
sure that their owners temperament is
ardent, but jealous and suspicious.
Eyebrows which are elevated at start
ing and continue in long, sweeping
lines over the eyes, with a downward
/ tendency, indicate artistic feeling.
Straight eyebrows, forming a firmly
defined line close to the eyes, denote
great determination and will power.
Those which begin rather strongly and
terminate abruptly without passing be-
yond the eyes show an impatient and
rascible nature.
"Sensitiveness and tenderness are in
licated by slightly arched eyebrows,
md firmness of purpose and kindness
Of heart by those which are straight at
the beginning and are rather arched at
the temples. The eyebrows of people
utterly devoid of mathematical power
are raised at the termination, leaving
\ wide space between them and the
corners of the eyes. On the other
| hand, if they are close to the eyes at
tie end, mathematical talent may gen
orally be safely assumed.
Eyebrows of the same colCr as the
hair show cOnstancy, hrmness ana res
olution; If lighter than the hair they
denote indecision and weakness; while
if darker we may probably be right in
our surmise that their owner is of an
2rdent, passionate and inconstant dis
position.
IAN energetic and easily irritated ma
ture is shown by the hair growing IA
different directions; while short, close
y-lying hair, growing in one direction,
indicates a firm mind and good perccp-
tions. An ardent but tender nature
is shown by the hair being soft and
fine
when the hair of the eyebrows has
a downward droop so that it almost
meets the lashes when the eyes widely
opened, tenderness and melancholy are
betrayed. The nearer the eyebrows are
to the eyes, the firmer and the more
earnest the character, while the more
remote the more volatile and tlighty
is the nature of their owner"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26
CD RAILROAD
TIM E TABLE.
Corrected to Date.

Solid Pullman trains to Buffalo, Mag
ara Falls, Chautauqua Lake, Cleveland
Chicago and Cir ircinnati
Tickets on sulc at Port Teivis to ali
points in the West and Southwest at lower
rates than via any other ilrst-class line
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26

Il was nearly dead with dyspep-
sia, tried doctors, visited mineral
springs, and grew worse. 1 used
Kodol dyspepsia cure. That cured
me-" 1t digests what you eat, cures
Indigestion, sour stomach, heart
burn and all forms of dyspepsia.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26

Gardening is generally considered
one of the healthiest Of occupations,
but the German Gardeners Association
has issued a warning to those who in
tend entering the industry. They cite
the fact that during the years 1889 to
1897 of the 291 members Of the asso-
citation who died in Germany no fewer
than 142 succumbed to consumption
and other affections of the lungs.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26


When a child IL brought to a strange
physician the first question to the pa
rents is: What Illness has it had?
With the utmost nonchalance comes
the ready answer: "Only children's di-
seases," meaning mumps, whooping
cough, chicken-pOX, measles, scarlet
fever and dlptheria, as if these were
inevitable consequences Of being alive,
says the New York Journal.
That is a dangerous delusion. An
acute infectious disease is always II
disaster, a sharp misfortune, not only
in itself, hut OH account of possible
results. Whooping cough and measles
are often the starting point of con-
sumption In the young. Paralysis
may follow diptheria, and chicken
poX occasionally causes death. There
is an average of ten deaths n week all
the year round from whOoping cough.
So-called children's diseases are far
from being the simple and harmless
conditions that many suppose. Who
does not know of deafness due to scar
let fever. and injuries to the eye left
by measles? Infectious processes pave
the way for nervous disease, and for
grip when it is epidemic.
In spite of much ignorance and care
lessness. filth diseases are diminish
ing. The reports from the Health
Department show an improvement
over last year The number of cases
recorded is said to be about third
less. This is attributed in great meas
ure to the efforts of medical school in.
spectors. who find mild cases among
school children and see that they are
at once isolated and properly cared
for. thus preventing the spread of the
disease. Another factor is the con-
stant increase of knowledge gained by
the people through the press. The
newspaper has become n teacher of
hygiene, the most wide-reaching expo.
nent of preventive medicine. Through
its effective work as an adjunct to
health boards preventable disease may
i'm titup disaDDpar
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26

"Dah is sech n thing" said Uncle
Eben, "as too much fo'sight. Some
folks gifts ter figgerin' so hahd on
whut might happen year aftuh mex
dat dey lets de fire go out and catches
dah def O. cold right whah dey sits
Washington Star.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1900-01-26

Senator Depew says that President
Garfield once advised him ito stop
telling jokes from that day, for have
studied the American public carefully.
and it will not place confidence in the
man who says humorous things
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-31
STEAMER TOPEKA ARRIv lis
Ninety-Seven Passengers Return
From the North-KIondilke Lum-
Der Prices Advance.

Ninety-seven Alaskans and British Yu-
kon residents and treasure amounting to
800 900 arrived In Seattle on the steamer
City OF Topeka at o'clock yesterday
morning.
Beyond the report of a combination OF
the Klondike mill companies and the adj
vance OF lumber from $40 10 SIS per LOO.
the Dawson passengers. none OF whom
left the district later than August 10, bring
no interior news OF Importance.
The Topekas Skagway passengers re-
port that Deputy United States Marshal
Tanner had been advised that he will re-
the Georgia fugitive. w. c. Matthews. up-
pretended in skagway two months ago.
The following first-ciass passengers re-
turned on the Topeka:
Mrs. NJ. Bartlett. Mrs. d ] Du sharm. B. r.
Stacy. w. w. Powers, W. A. Robertson N. Thro-
do, r. NJ Terry. J. Roseu,hai. Mrs. J. Rosenthai.
w, Roeentha II. :. Davis. NJ, Roseuthal a. II.
TAYLOR, Mrs A ". smith Frank Turner. Il. T..
wicklow r r. Wood, J Tenant. Mrs d. Nc
Donald, Mis- Myrtle Drrmmond; johnson. Mrs.
A. Cashnnan. @. ] Anderson. Mn. NJ. G. Bentley.
n K Etmekigan, +. II, Louey q. Hubersen. j.
r Boyle. p. II, Harkin. W. A. Press ". r. Ba.
con. Frank James. A. j. Nunan, Mrs =. L. Mitch.
ell, Mrs c. X. Buchanan, b. Mcdonnell, NJ. Ne
Donnell. ]. II. Mcdonnell II. Mcdonnell. George
v Judd. Mis-. r. Robins. J. Calder. J Smith, L.
Rudd. De Rund, @. cievinser Miss Minnie CLAW.
Miss Maggie Fox. Miss II. Lnystrand, Miss a.
shsrin. Mrs. J. T.. Rivers, Mrs J. Decker. j. KIN
dali. NJ r. staght. G. Hicks, J. w Range. DR..
D. Mcintyre. l. Tomlinson. William Lynch. George
Lynch. c. Kiume C. D Hovey r. A. Mcconnell.
T. W, Baker. Mrs T. W. Baker. C. H. Hunt
son. J T. Mills. ir.. W. b. Bogert, Mrs J. u.
Worden
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-31
PERSONALS.

Mrs Gen Randall has ssae 70 San francisco
John Moran, a business man Of Laish, Is in the
city.
joseph Enesii. iurbefman of Minneapolis 10 al
The Seattle
RA Aver. logger o, Olympia. Is registered At
the Brunswick
r. W He-rou and wife came down from Fair
haven izr nigh,.
r. c Ard.r,cn. . nsrch,n; d stsnwood. is AZ
the Ra'nisf0rsrd
L. Oinsfesd cashier Of the Hotel Portland. IL
A. T. woodland. q well.knovu citizen o, what
com. Is at the Sestts.
o Calhoun. . mercssnt Of Loorris. arrived 81
the Seattle lssi risht
sM Iahrsr l..meerm.n 0, Minneapolis. +. q
E. NJ stephens, q business man o. Morros. Il
stoppfnz At ths eesttie
W. L. Eastman. Of Butts. Mont. Is visiting the
e'ty and q s. the Dnler
e. ~ Warren. Iambsrrnan Of Clear Lsks. Is In
tbs cii7 on business TIP
J. NJ Bas came in from wsils waiis isss right.
aud sill ts Lere several days.
A. Y. sidqv, . well-knovn business mar Of Port
lana b rsst Of the Stevens
Cyrus Walker came over from Port Ludlow yssssr.
day ard Is At tbs Ranier-Grand
Guy MacGowan prominent business man Of
vancouver. C.. a. the Buuer.
n :. Boyls. a leading business man Of Lewiston.
IDAHO. Is gusst Of the Stevens
Col W O Fr,,er. veil.known Spokane bust.
ness man Is a. the RainierGrand
8 2. wniis and wife came Up from ClaIIam coun.
" last night and are 1t the stevens
a, ID Denni. came over from Olympia yesterday
and 10 registered at the Rainser0rsnd
Victor Carlson and O. W. Grant bushes, men az
Port Townsend, are euesss Of the Seattle
A; L. csney, Of the Great Northern railway a,
spossne' - snest OF the Ranier.tirsnd
a: 1; Msltbie. owner Of large Touring mill at
Wsteryflle. IL in the city en- business tnp
Bruce Gibson 8 pioneer resident OF Everett.
accompanied by bis wife. Il at the Rainier Grand
H. A. Hmlhurt, q wealthy citizen II New York.
accompanied by his wife, IL ia the city a busi-
trip
O. j. Lord. formerly cashier Of the Washington
National bank. now banker at Olympia, Is 81 the
Rainier Grand.
H. Long. Of New whatcom. /. at IN. Bruins
wick lie came here to meet his mother and sister
from the East.
u. H. Preston. a prominent citizen of Walia
Wsls. 10 spending few days in the city, guest
Of the Seattle
Henry g. Mesr,, Of Portland. Or, arrived In &C.
attic ye1srday on his return from a weeks outing
on Bno4 canal.
Edward A. Temple. president Of the Bankers
Life Insurance Association Of Dies hoines Ia, is
stopping at the stevens
r. ID. and A. y. Carter, prominent mine opsr-
stors and business men OF Wallace Idaho. are In
the city for few days on business
Mrs Margaret Morgsns. Mrs George r. Jones and
Mrs, J. r. Edwards and Miss Rewards Of Black
Diamond are among the arrivals az the Dnler.
Henry Boyle. Of San Francisco one Of seattle's
large real estate owners, 10 stopping At the Rat
ner-Grand. He Ia en- routs East to spend yaca.
tion.
+. r.. Penn, city ticket sgent o. the Canadian Pa.
cihc, has returned from two weeks vacation spent
At solduct hot springs. near Lake Crescent. where
he owns ranch
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-31

Attractions offered Are Said to He
BETTER Than Ever before.

Evidently the entertainment which Is
to be furnished this year at the Spo-
kane Industrial exposition. which opens
October 2 will he exceptionally good for
the talent which is being secured is bet
ter than ever before. and there viii he
much more variety than heretofore. Some
OF the attractions which have been en-
gagged are as follows.
The Royal marine band, Of italy, one OF
the great musical organizations of the
world
Twelve soloists who come with tho
band. and which will make u possible
to give some grand musical programmes.
A tenor singer of great ability, who
comes with the band
Atlantis. one OF the cleverist PERFORM
ers on the vaudeville stage who viii
give globe dance with calcium and
electric lights. and who also gives SER
pentine dance. the dance of the butter
flies. electric dances, the fire dance the
dance Of the clouds and the Oriental
dances
The Malvern Brothers. who were the
best attraction at the fruit fair IN 1898.
and who have many new turns In their
present performance.
Little Nero, the wonderful 4-vear-old
child, who IL as clever an acrobat ana
tight wire performer as there Is in the
profession.
Besides this. Manager HawIey IL nego-
tiating with a number of others who win
be added to the list.
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nation OF business IN case Bryan is elect
ed. and they are just now at a point
where any depression will work ruin.
while continued prosperity will place them
In good financial standing.
I'm California they are watching Wash
irgton very closely. All visitors from this
state are sought for political opinion.
and the general one given is that wash
fngton is safe. Should Washington fol-
low In fits footsteps OF four years ago
and give Democratic majority II would
result TO San Francisco's advantage mapy
thousands OF dollars in -tns v2-< - -
creased government 49,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-31
Fremont.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

A number OF citizens of Fremont are
agitating recount or the census In that
that to their positive knowledge all that
section west OF Lake Union and be-
tween kilbOurne avenue and tho base
Of Queen Anne hill was entirely skipped.
This district comprises all OF the Third
and part of the Second precincts OF the
Ninth ward. The late primary poll sheets
show voting population OF ABOUT 100.
On the usual basis of reckoning By the
voting population the late census report
from Fremont Is short by over 800 names
An effort win Ls made to have this
matter adjusted while Special Agent Ohm
stead Is In the city.
Mr.. and Mrs a. ID. Crow. Of Free
mont, returned yesterday from Wrangel
Alaska. whore they have been for several
months. They are In their old home on
Kiibourne avenue.
Real estate In Fremont IS active. A
real estate dealer said yesterday that
constant demands were being made for
lots on kiibOurne avenue, near the ear
line. lie said that there was great diff
ncuty in finding tbs proper owners for
many. OF the lots, as they were ac-
tate In Fremont WAS not worth very
much. The certainty OF the new car line
to connect Fremont and Ballard a. also
having It's effect II is thought that the
bourne avenue as far as the end OF
the present sidewalk. ana from there
across. hy way OF Ross, 60 Ballard,
The course 81 the proposed ship canal
is being considered hy real estate men.
Many people are making Investments in
property IN this section. There are no
empty houses IN OF near Fremont and
a large number OF residences are being
crested. ont Ia the direction Of EdgWater
seem 20 be many favorite locations, as
the property commands a splendid view
Of the lake over lu the direction Of
Green lake and Woodland park number
Of new houses are also being tufit
One pioneer Of Fremont remarked yes
teriny that In point u location and ma
tural advantages Fremont was the choice
aubarh 81 Seattle New industries Gre
starting "a every few days, aud trade
has Increased fourfold IA the past year