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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18
BURDEN OF DRESS.
One Woman Who Longs for a Resu.
lar Uniform.

One Woman Who Longs for q Resu.
lar Uniform.
Much as every true woman loves
her pretty gowns and becoming hat,
she has periods when the question of
dress becomes a burden; when the
bravery of laces. ribbons and other
gewgaws pals upon her spirits, and
the choice and necessary work attend
ant upon the arrangement of a win
ter's OF summers wardrobe becomes a
trial almost too heavy to be borne.
IL feel that | shall never be a con-
tented or capable woman" said pret-
ty young matron recently, until
adopt a uniform This never-ending
perplexity and worry at the beginning
Of every season takes altogether too
much out of me.
81 do not say but that In a way
enjoy it--that is, l like it if every
thing goes we'll; II 1 feel that l get
the worth Of the money 1 spend and
am well dressed for every occasion.
take a great deal of pleasure not only
in the pretty clothes themselves, but
still more In the complimentary re
marks which / receive In consequence.
But there are times when dress, with
all its concomitants, seems a vanity
Of vanities, and the amount OF time
and thought expended upon t almost
criminal. Then It is ! long for a uni.
form and almost make up ny mind to
adopt one for the rest of my life. II
you ever hear of my becoming a dea-
coness, you may know 1t is not alto
/ gether from religious motives that ]
have Joined the order. but chiefly that
/ may wear a uniform without being
considered eccentric,
AS women grow older the enforced
necessity Of spending a great deal Of
time and money in selecting any buy
ing their clothes grows more and
more irksome, and yet If they mi1
with the world and go out more oI
losa in society it seems a necessity
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18
HoTEIsANDBoARDINe HOUSES
A Matter of Advertising PROPOSED
by the Erie Which is of General
Interest to People Her

The General Passenger Department. of
the Erie Railroad has been informed that
the accommodation for Summer Boarders
at various points along its line are made
quate 60 meet the demands.
II is proposed &c moro thoroughly adver-
tise this business next season than ever
be ore and to accommodate all who desire
to locate in this most picturesque country
thr ugh which the hrie Railroad runs,
,ey request all who are Interested In
summer Boarding business TO increase
their facilities and TO improve their accom-
modatiOns especially in the line Of sanitary
conditions Where it Is possible running
water and bath room facilities should be
installed In order TO promote more health
ful conditions, thereby making the luca-
lions more desirable.
Those who intend making improvements
Oh building new hotels or boarding houses,
win please notify h III. 8arto, Travelling
Passenger Agent of Erie Railroad, Cham
bers Street Station, New York City, who
has charge OF the Summer Home business.
Application blanks for space la next
seasons Summer Home Book viii be ready
I'm ample time, and car. be obtained from
there neast Erie Railroad agent u 10 3Q
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18
Washing FlanneIs.

A rather stiff brush about four ana
a half inches long, without counting
the length of the handle, and two or
three inches wide. is convenient
article in the laundry OUTFIT Corsets
and hannels are much more easily
scrubbed clean with brush than rub
bed clean on board, hannels of pure
wool which are not rubbei but scrub.
bed with a brush. using water soft.
ened with ammonia or borax and
a white non-resinous soap. will not
shrink and grow hard If they arc
dried on firm wooden frame.
Rubbing all wool flannel on a board
causes the ultimate spiral fibres Of the
wool to become entangled and shrink
This cannot happen when a flannel IS
scrubbed with a brush. The dirt Is
also more easily removed from the
interstios Of the cloth by using the
brush Hard water and resinoua
brown soaps cause flannel to be ha-d
Stockinet garments Of wool should al
ways be dried on wooden frames OF
their exact shape and size when new
These wooden frames are used al
stockinet factories where the goods
are washed and can be obtained at I
comparatively low price.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18

With twelve cranks at the White
House to see the president during D.
single week, some Of them well
heeled with shooters and Texas tooth
picks It seems that congress could do
worse than make some sort Of an
enactment looking to the protection
Of the lives Of the Presidents Of the
United States and suitable punish.
nent for attempts upon their lives.
Secretary Shaw's annual report
takes an optimistic view Of the con-
lition of the country, Indicating that
any financial crisis has passed and
that the coming months will show
appreciation IN values of all kinds.
A recent official statement Of the
government receipts-custOms, inter
nal revenue, public land sales, ETC., ~
from what is known as the "Oregon
country" from 1851 to the present
lAlllt4 oltUWa litG lAlAnglloD NDAaAA VI
s54, ,869,O57. This is the country
which such an eminent statesman a.
Webster declared was a At habltatiur
only for wild beasts and wilder mer
and that he would never appropriate
u dollar to acquire Or develop it.
William Alden Smith OF Michigan
has introduced a bill in congres:
making the anniversary of Abraham
Lincoln's birthday legal holiday
he has also introduced bill making
the anniversary Of William Nj.
Kinley's birthday legal holiday.
The Washington Post states tha
since DIR. Parkhurst has admitted
that he takes drink of wine q
brandy when he thinks he needs it
this may explain some things tina
have happened.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18

1t would be quite awkward should
Colonel Bryan, at some dinner iune-
tion in Europe, lose sight of the
personnel of the company and launch
forth in one of his oldtime torrents Of
invective against plutocracy and
cotopiostrophy.
No announcements have been made
during the past week of Hanna
presidential boomers having been
flung headlong from fifth story win
dows.
The silver and wheat theory will
not, we judge, constitute as large a
percentage of the democratic stoek-ln-
trade thunder as it did eight years
ago.
If the Panama canal builders will
now get to work aud show the same
energy and undaging zeal which
Senator Morgan has in opposing the
project we will have cheap excursion
tickets to the palm gardens Of Man
churia in short order.
The Washington Post says that the
president declares that he will keeI
his hands off the Delaware political
muddle and suggests that perhaps he
is going to use his foot in disposing
Of the case.
Great Britain was little late il
appointing a commission to visit
King Menelik of Abyssinia. Oul
own special agent, Skinner, is already
hobnobing with Mr.. Menelik in the
interests Of American merchants and
anyway when ii comes to the delivery
of the goods the American manufac
turer can beat his English cousir
hands down.
Maryland terrapin is becoming
extremely scarce and is only used il
Washington for congressional or othel
dinners where very large interest:
need promoting. This species has
been well named as "diamond back
ed terrapin." Some years ago il
reached the stage approaching ex'
tinction when it was worth more
than its weight in gold as an aid t.
smooth lobbyists.
1t is understood that the hospitabl'
people Of Manehuria have insisted oI
eating Christmas dinner with thos'
Russian guests who first insisted tina
they must leave for home Septembe
eighth.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18


Medical Reiicfs That Have Been Dis.
covered for Frlehtful Maladles.
The current year promises to be no
table among other things. FOR the i'm.
poytant additions which it win make to
me iical science and to curative agen-
ciea in general While the wonderful
work accomplished by Dr. Lorenz may
perhaps hardly fall within the class
thus Indicated, the stimulus which the
famous Viennese surgeon has given to
undoubtedly help 90 make the year ad-
ditionally memorable IN the diminution
OF human suffering Among the posi-
tive announcements of the year thus
far In the direction of medical discov.
cries may be Included that OF serum
cure for hay fever, made by Professor
Dunbar, American head Of the Ham
burg Hygienic Institute. While hay
fever is not to be regarded as a fatal
6isease, It is a most distressing ma
lady, and n anything can be devised to
cure 1t great boon will be conferred
upon the human race.
OF far greater Importance is the an
nouncement that a probable cure has
been discovered for blood poisoning, .
malady which carries off a large mum
Der OF people each year, and which
has hitherto resisted, in many cases,
the best medical skill Recent expert
ments with formalln IN hospitals IN
New York and elsewhere seem to show
that this agency may be relied upon in
many cases to arrest the process
known as blood poisoning and effec,
permanent cure. II this proves to be
the case 1t will be. as one high medi
cal authority has truly said, the most
important contribution to medical sci
ence in this generation" stir later
than these comes the news from Rome
that Professor Cormagin, Of Pavie, has
discovered the microbe Of hydrophobia
It has been the general impression
that this disease was being success
fully treated with the remedy devised
by Professor Koch, but If this new
discovery leads to something still more
otficacious the world will have reasor
TO be profoundly grateful Hydropho
bis is one of the most frightful mala
dies known to humanity and whatevei
tends to diminish its ravages or to do
prive Of It's terrors will be Of untolt
seneht-Leslie's Weekly.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18
wonderful CLOCK Plant.

Pierre Van Landlngham, florist at
Purdue University, is the proud pos
sessor OF a plant known as the desma-
dium gyean, or better known to the
botanic world as the "clock plant" on
account Of the peculiar action of the
leaves Of the plant when placed lH the
sunlight
He obtained the plant several years
ago from the national botanical gar.
dens in Washington. From bis origi.
nal plant he has developed several
others, and all are now In excellent
growing condition.
The clock plant, as It is familiarly
known. IS peculiar In many respects.
It is a native of the jungIes Of Borneo
and In its native state never exceeds
three feet in height, while those IN
this country never come anywhere
near this height. the ones at Purdue
being only three inches tall The
bloom Of the plant is pea in shape and
lilac in color and IS quite fragrant.
The name Of "eloek plant" is de-
rived from the action Of the sun on
the leaves. The plant has three
leaves, one large one In the center
and two smaller ones at the base OF
the large one. These when acted upon
by the sun oscillate like the pendulum
Of a clock, the large leaf making a
movement forward and back and the
smaller ones IN the course Of their os
cillatng motion moving toward the
large leaf. The former makes one
complete movement to and fro in IS
seconds. This time corresponds 10
the hour and minute hands Of Che
clock This action occurs only under
the circumstances mentioned above
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18
Revolution Imminent

A sure sign of approaching revolt
and serious trouble in your system
Is nervousness, sleeplessness, or
stomach upsets Electric Bitters
will quickly dismember the trouble-
some canses. 1t hever fails to tone
the stomach, regulate the kidneys
and bowels, stimulate the liver, and
clarity the blood Run down sys-
TENS benefit particularly and all the
usual attending aches vanish under
its searching and thorough effect
iveness. Electric Bitters is only
500, and that is returned if it don't
give perfect satisfaction. Guaran-
teed by all druggists.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18

A piece OF flannel dampened with
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound
on the affected parts, is better than
a plaster for a lame back and for
pains IN the side OF chest Pain
Balm has no superior as a linimeni
for the relief Of deep seated. musou-
lar and rheumatic pains For sale
by Balch g. Son, Matamoras, all
general stores IN Pike county
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18

Balch q Son, Matamoras, and all
general stores in Pike county guar
antee every bottle Of Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy and win refund the
money to anyone who is not satis-
fed after using two.thirds Of the
contents. This is the best remedy
in the world Tor Ia grippe, coughs,
colds, Group and whooping cough
and Is pleasant and safe 70 take. Il
prevents any tendency of a cold 10
result in pneumonia. 2 20 0l
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18
WIDOWS APPRAISEReNT

The following appruisemeut set apart TO
widow has been iiled with the Register
and viii De presented TO the Court on she
Third Monday Of December next for col
lrmation aud approval:
Estate OF Bradner Wood deceased Ap-
prHisemont OF personal property set apai {
10 widow Elizabeth Wood
JOHN e. WkSrBROOK. JH,
Nov. 2l, IH8 Register
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18
COURT PROCLAMATION


State Of Pennsylvania
County of Pike
Notice Is hereby given to an persons
bound BY recognizance or otherwise TO
appear. that tho December term 1898 Of
the several courts of Pike county will De-
held 40 the court house La the borough of
Milford on the third Monday (2lsil at 2
o'clock b. ~. and will be contiuued one
Wcek IL necessary.
GEOR &c GREGORY.
Sheriff
Milford. September 90, 1893
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18
r YOU HATE PAIN N YOUR BACK
DO Not Be Deceived. You have
Kidney Trouble. and You Do
Not Need a Physician to
Tell You So.

Pain in the back Is an almost infaiiibie
sign Of kidney disease; a surer sign Is
the condition Of your urine If you have
a pain in the back, then look to the con
dition Of your urine. 1t Is easily done
Take a glass or tumbler and FIJI 1t with
urine; after It has stood "a hours, If it
has sediment, If it is milky or cloudy,
# tits pale or discolored, stringy or ropy,
your kidneys and bladder are in q dan
eerous condition and need immediate at
tention, or the Consequences may prove
fatal. Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy Is the one medicine that really
cures all diseases Of the kidneys, liver,
bladder aud blood. rheumatism, dyspep-
sia and chronic constipation, and it will
take YOU but a short trial to convince
yourself Of its wonderful curative power.
CT. Sammer Of No. 400 Tioga street.
Syracuse, N. Y, IN a recent letter says;
81 was afflicted for years with
severe pains ia my back and kid
news. ] tried many doctors and
many medicines, but got no relief.
bought a bottle Of DR. David Ken
nedy's Favorite Remedy and it has
entirely cured me. D."
It Is for sale by all druggists In the
New so Cent Size and the regular
81 90 size bottles less than a cent a dose
Sample boffie-snoKgA for trial, free BY mail,
Or. David Kennedy Corporation, Hondout, N. y.
DR.. David Rennedy's Cherry BaIsam best for
Colds, COeshs, Consumption. eoei oOe, ti.Oo.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18

II men we're as anxious to do right
as they are to get their rights. the
world would soon be rigbted
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18

Happiness is an art and we hayo r.
Learn how to be happy, just as VS.
have to learn how 10 be good.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18

A hot strained infusion Of camouils
flowers is useful as lotion when the
eyelids are inhamed.
Cold cream rubbed around the nails
will counteract the tendency to crack
and will keep the skin around the
nails soft and fresh looking
10 cure corns take white pine tur-
pentine, spread a plaster. apply to the
corn and allow It to stay on until the
corn comes OF itself. Repeat this sew
eral times.
Children IN schools should be care
fully watched in order to guard
against trouble with the eyes, as
shortsightedness Is becoming yearly a
more common defect. They should
not be allowed to hold the books near
er the eyes than fourteen inches, and
must not stoop over their work.
A good remedy for sleeplessness is
10 wet towel and apply it to the back
Of the neck pressing It up toward the
base Of the brain. and fastening over
this dry cloth to prevent too rapid
evaporation The effect viii be found
prompt and pleasant. cooling the
brain and inducing a sweet and peace
ful siumber Warm water Is better than
cold for this purpose This remedy
viii prove useful to people suffering
from overwork, excitement OF anxiety.
The no-soap-on-the-fece" fad would
win more adherents If so many of its
advocates did not carry on their faces
more or less blackheads-the very
thing that cold water and mo soap
are supposed to banish There are
without doubt some skins 50 tender
that smart scrub with a brush,
warm water and soap roughens and
breaks them. There are also many
young women living in the country
who have charming compilations not
withstanding that cold water-and
hard water at that-is their only COS
metic. It is plain however, that for
most women who live In large town,
where dust and CRIME are rampant,
soap in some form is a necessity II
they would keep their faces clean.
Plentiful bathing with cold water
after the face bath with complexion
brush and soap is a necessity, but
taken by itself, It generally works
mischief.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18

It's a wise railroad that knows ITS
1wn par.-HaryaFd IampoOa.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18

10 cure corns take white pine tur-
pentine, spread a plaster. apply to the
corn and allow It to stay on until the
corn comes OF itself Repeat this sew
eral times.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18

Or. David Kennedy's Cherry RaIsam best for
coids, C0eghE, COnsumption. RoeI bOe, ti.Oo.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18

Cold cream rubbed around the nails
will counteract the tendency to crack
and will keep the skin around the
nails soft and fresh looking
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-12-18

A hot strained infusion Of camomiis
flowers Is useful as a lotion when the
eyelids are inhamed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-10-22
Promptly Corrected.

Two young fellows at Liverpool,
partners in the tea trade, were the
best of friends, and their intimacy ex-
tended to personal as well as to bust
ness matters.
One Of them, a simple-minded fel-
low, was a bachelor, and was in the
habit of reading to his partner ex-
tracts from letters Of an ardent and
affectionate nature from lady in the
north Of England, who. signed herself
Susie" s. =
The married one went to China for
twelve months and returned just IN
time to attend the wedding Of his
partner. ..... ..~
II hardly feel like a stranger" he
said in his sweetest tones, addressing
the bride. 81 fact l feel as though
ought to be well acquainted with my
partners wife, since he has often
done me the honor to read to me cx'
tracts from his dear Susie's letters"
The faces of the husband and the
speaker were studies as the bride
drew herself up and said, emphatically
and distinctly. 81 beg your pardon
my name is Helen"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-10-22
Aeetx1ene For the Octopus.

"a news light is being shed on that at
stractive saquatic pet, the octopus-We
refer toSacetylene gas, for which the
fishermen Of Southern Italy have found
a new use. They are employing it as
bait to catch that amiabfe fish. The
first to use this light according to the
report Of our Consul General in South
ern Italy) secured enormous catches OF
octopus and jealousy kept their secret.
After awhile it leaked out, and now 1t
is the light commonly used for the pur-
pose. There can be little doubt that
the coast will soon be overfshed, and
the octopus become rare instead OF
plentiful
The old method of alluring the fish
is. briefly described as follows: at
night an iron cradle with bright
fame of resinous wood is fixed to the
bows of the boat. This attracts the
fish andsleaGs him to his DOOM Duf-
ING the daytime the fish are tempted
from the crevices Of the rocks by a
piece of red flannel at the end OF a
bamboo. which they attempt to grasp;
and they are then speared with a tri'
dent. The new method may recon-
mend itself to the Cornish and Devon
ian fishermen, for it is said that IN the
West Of England the fisheries are
spoiled by the octupus, which exists by
devouring the small fry.-London Daily
NowS
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-10-22
English Synonyms.

There are no actual synonyms in our
language. No two words mean exact
ly the same, not even words which
have come into the English from other
languages, and which in their original
forms mean the same thing. The word
sympathy, which we get from the
Greek, and the word compassion,
which we have from the Latin, are
exactly parallel. Both mean, by de-
rivation. "feIlow-feeling." In the Eng
lish. however, a distinction has grown
up. We may feel sympathy with either
Joy or sorrow, but be feel compass
sion for pain or grief.
These gradations and variations in
words are what give the speaker his
opportunity. It is because of them
that the habit Of using slang or often
repeated phrases weakens the express
siveness Of our words. The right or
the wrong use Of a word makes a sem
tence elegant or stupid. The scheol-
girl says that a girl, book, pud-
ding, the play, or the weather Is 'love-
w." and the word stamps her as silly
when the use of the right adjectives
would indicate that she had at least
some sense.-The Household.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-10-22
JOURNALISM AS A CAREER:
Views Of Whitelaw Reid, Editor of the
New York Tribune.

Views of whitelaw Reid, Editor of the
New York Tribune.
There has never been time, think.
in the history Of colleges in this coun-
try, said Whitelaw Reid in an address
before the students Of the Stanford
University, when so many. Of their
students were locking toward the pos
sibility of a newspaper career. There
is feeling on the one hand that the
professions are overcrowded; and on
the other, that the newer fields to
which applied science and business
beckon offer at the outset slower ad-
vances and less attractive experiences.
The idea of being brought into con-
tact with. all forms of public life, of
seeing great transactions and watch
ing the actors in them. Of writing from
day to day the history Of a marvellous
age-all this naturally fascinates the
ardent and aspiring mind.
It is true, too, that the young man
of good qualifications gets quicker re-
turns in newspaper work than else
where. If he studies law. three OF
four years or more must be taken out
OF his life after his graduation before
he can enter upon his vocation; and
then he has the cheerful prospect of
Starvation for as many more before
clients begin to find him out.
"A similar delay confronts the medi-.
cal student, and patients often display
a like backwardness about coming for
ward to the young doctors Office. But
the college graduate who once gets
chance assignment on busy day, in a
city editors book, may find himself
with as many more as he cares for
within a fortnight, and may presently
secure modest salary that with
health and industry at once puts him
beyond want.
Then there are destinations in the
sense of influence, in the power to
reach the public attention or shape
public opinion, even in the facility for
coming in contact with important men
and getting somewhat behind the
scenes in transactions that interest the
whole community.
The motion is spreading, too, that
newspaper is beginning here, as long
since in France, to take the old place
of the lawyers office as path to en-
try on public serviee. The very name
by which for want of better) foreign
newspaper writers. have taken to
designating themselves, "Publicists,"
seems to many to hint at more at
tractive pursuit than defending a
rogue or prescribing pills and potions.