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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

'No; we're never troubled with en-
nui out at my house. Our minds are
always occupied"
"In what way2"
"Well, I'm trying TO guess what my
wife will say to me when | get home,
and she's trying to guess what new
excuse III have for being late."--
Brooklyn Eagle.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

81 wish," said Rev Mr. Hardpan,
"that this congregation were penni-
less"
"What does he mean?" the people
whispered one to another.
"For them" the pastor continued,
"the collection plate would not be so
nickel-less and lime-less. s."-Philadel-
mia Press.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

Manager shall shortly produce a
new play called The Gold-Bug,' and
I want yen to take the part of the
hero.
"Aetor-Who is hep
Manager-He is the Gold-Bug-a
millionaire.
Actor Very wen. Pay me my back
salary just before the curtain rises
and III sweep the TOWN.. y.
Weekly.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

Chamberlain Stomach and Liver
Tablets are just what you need when
you have no appetite, feel duh after
eating and wake up with a bad taste
in your mouth. They will improve
your appetite, clense and invigorate
your stomach and give you a relish
for your food For sale by Baleh &
Son, Matamoras, all general stores
ia Pike county.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

Grizzly Pete-Did yer hear about
Bronco Bill tryin' ter defraudth' life
insurance companies?
Hurricane Bob--Nope; what did he
do?
Grizzy Pete-Got heavily insured an
then called Alkali Ike liar.-Judge.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

"My dear" said wife who had been
married three years, as she beamed
across the table on ner lord and mas
ter, tell me what first attracted you
to me. What pleasant characteristic
did I possess which placed me above
other women in your sight?"
And her lord and master simply said;
81 give it up"-Tit-Bits.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

Mrs. Groundfloor-Wha was that
awful racket heard in your fat this
morning?
Mrs. Upperfat-Oh, that was my
husband. He fell over the coal bucket
and broke one of the commandments.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12


From st. Petersburg comes the
news that Russia is planning a cam
paign Of education. It is proposed to
treat the Siberian prisoners from a
humanitarian point Of view, give
good reasons for the closing of the
"Open door" in Manchuria, and show
the evidence of progress of Russian
civilization in the Kishenef massacre.
Amenca1 newspapers it appears are
expected to heartily cooperate in the
effort to spread the Russian propa-
ganda.
The driveways in front of the
White House are being torn up for
the purpose Of improving and widen
ing them. The most possible is being
made of the niggardly appropriation
granted By congress last year for the
improvement Of the White House.
With the republicans the question
now is not who will be the candidate,
but who Will be the chairman of the
campaign committee?
The seventh Kansas District which
sds just rolled up a republican plu-
rality Of $4,000 in favor of Victor
Murdock, one of the editors Of the
Wichita Eagle, is the same district
that used to have the habit of sending
Jerry Populist Simpson to congress.
Any remarks on the present status O.
Kansas populism would seem I'M
necessary.
The president has taken occasion tC
pretty well stock up the Washington
zoo with the menagerie presented tC
him on his western trip.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

Mayme-l can't endure Gwendolyn;
she's simply detestable. This is the
third time she and ] cut for the prize
at our card parties, and she wins every
time.
Helen-Well, she's fair, isn't she2
"Fair? You should see her when she
isn't made up!"-Kansas City journal.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

Chamberlain's Pain Balm is an
antiseptio liniment, and when ap-
piled to cuts. bruises and burns,
causes them 10 heal without matu-
ration and much more quickly than
by the nsual treatment. For sale by
Baloh & Son, Matamorns. an general
stores in Pike county.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

Ascum-Burroughs is a pretty good
linguist, isn't he?
Markley-I don't know. He always
talks to me in broken English
Ascum-In broken English?
Markley-Yes; all ever hear him
say is: Say, lemme another fiver, will
you?"-Philadelphia Press.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

He--What makes you smack your
lips in that peculiar manner?
Shelf you don't like the way I
smack my lips perhaps you had better
smack them yourself.-Chicago Daily
News
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12
Peaalty Tor Tobaeeo seIIlnr.

Returns obtained by the Scottish
Anh-Tobacco society show that in
four-ffths Tor 43) of the United States
Of America il has been made a penal
ohense TO give OF sell tobacco in any
form TO children The age limit varies
from 10 up to n.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

Some people never make mistakes
Nor get involved In strife:
They may be very happy, but
They lead a lonely life.
Washington Star.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

The Washington Star, without
even a suggestion, so far as can be
learned, for any Of the political cap
tains, puts forward the Hon. John r.
Mclean of Washington, ID. G. and
Ohio, and editor and owner Of the
esteemed Cincinnati Enquirer, as the
most suitable democrat for president.
AS the Star states, the Enquirer has
been for and against protection, for
and against Grover Cleveland and
for and against Mr.. Bryan and free
silver, and it is thought that Mr..
Mclean would thus be able to satisfy
all Glasses, parties, factions and sects.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

The barber shaves the brokers' chin,
And makes him feel In clover;
But the broker beats the bar ber for
He shaves his man all over.
Chicago Daily News.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12

81 read in the paper this morning
about man who bought wife foI
So"
Another case Of man with more
money than brains. Chicago Chron-
icle.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-06-12
A pemocratio oandidate

CatarrE. 1i I'S Hay Fever and Coid in Head. soc.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-07
Spring Trade Earlier and Heavier
Than Ever Before,

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Bradstreet,s
toIlloTroW VIII say: Unfavora bic
weather conditions may retarC but thew
do not arrest trade and industrial de-
Velopment, which continues in excen-
tlonafly full volume for this season of
the year, Spring trade, as pointed out
heretofore. is earlier and larger in VOL
ume than in any previous year, and the
remarkable steadiness of prices is evil
dence that stability in present condi-
tons is expected for some time 70
come. The current reports from the
dry goods trade are among the most
cheerfuf ever recorded at this season
OF the year. Cotton goods note excen-
tional activity and strength, but other
lines of spring trade are busy. iron
and steel is active for this season
lumber production and demand is brisk
and hardware is in heavy demand.
The shipping is being made in spite
OF some drawbacks, but those very
shortages are evidence merely cf super-
abundant prosperity. For instance
the notice given earlier in the week nv
the Western railroads that they would
be forced to refuse numerous classes
of heavy freight, such as grain. flour
iron, iron ore and lumber, and that in
fact they could only take perishahle
and quick moving merchandise is evi1
dence that the railroad facilities as
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-07
RUBINO WANTED TO
KILL SEVERAL KINGS
British and Italian Monarchs Were In
cluded in the List.

BRUSSELS, Feb. 6. - The trial of
Gennaro Rubino, the Italian anarchist,
on the charge of attempting to assas-
sinata King Leopold, Nov Is, was
opened today in the assize court. The
prisoner bitterly assailed modern So
clety as the cause of all evil, declaring
he only attempted to take the life of
the king because the latter was the
highest representative of society Ru-
bino added that he had intended going
to Italy for the purpose of making an
attempt on the life of the Italian mon
arch, but he did not have sufficient
funds. During the prisoners exam
ination 1t developed that he left the
Italian army because his officers per-
secuted him.
The prosecution included in the in
dictment a letter from Rubino to a
socialist newspaper published in Lon
don, justifying the murder of Senior
Canvas des Castillo, the Spanish pre-
mler, and stating that he (Rubino)
had contemplated killing King Edward
Nov. 27.
After hearing the witnesses and
the counsel for the prosecution, who
asked for an exemplary sentence
Counsel Roger, rising to defend Ru-
blno, adopted the ground that Rubino
was never a spy, but a real anarchist
He had been a successful student and
was man of acute intelligence and
not evilly disposed. The circum-
stances of the prisoners life and his
environment had rooted the seeds of
anarchism in his wounded soul. NJ.
Roger was proceeding to explain an
arch1stIc theories when the court ad-
iOurned
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-07
CAST IRON RULE AGAINST
GOTHAM BUCKET SHOPS
Business That Will Be Rewarded With
Expulsion.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-The managers
of the Produce Exchange have aimed a
blow at bucketshops by framing a
cast iron amendment to the bylaws
Of the exchange which will be voted
upon at public meeting of the mem
bers on Thursday, Feb. 10. The pre-
posed amendment says:
If any member of the exchange who
shall be interested in or associated in
business with, or who shall act as the
representative of, or who shall know
ingly execute any orders for the ac-
count of any organization, firm or in
dividual in the business of dealing in
differences on the fluctuations in the
market price of any commodity or cor
porate stock without a bona fide con-
tract for the sale and purchase of the
same for actual delivery, or who shall
be a member, or shall in his own be-
half or as agent, directly or indirectly,
make, execute or give any orders for
a trade or transaction in and upon
any bucketshop, or so-called exchange
wherein is conducted or permitted the
business aforesaid, shall be deemed
guilty of proceedings inconsistent with
just and equitable principles of trade
which renders him unworthy to be a
member of the exchange, and upon
complaint and conviction thereof shall
be expelled from the exchange
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-07

frequently noted above have not ex-
panded so quickly or in as great pro-
portion as has the volume of business
oHered. In the iron and steel trade
the fuel situation islreally but little bet
ter, owing to the congestion in car
transportation between the coal re-
glons and CONSULTING points.
The late spell of mild weather has
certainly brought 5about an improve
ment In the coal situation. Cold wealth
er was responsible for lower prices for
Duttef and eggs in January and some
hog products also declined; but GER
eaIs remained steady, and textiles near
~ all advanced, as did several kinds
OF iron and steel, copper, tin and naval
stores, ofsetting the lower. movement
IN quotations of country produce, coal
ana coke. petroleum, hides and some
grades or leather Owing to the steadi-
ness or the large majority of prices,
the net movement of prices as a whole
was only very slightly downward, less
than 1 per cent decline being noted for
January. Chief among the staples
showing strength is raw cotton. While
buyers Of iron and steel evince a ten
oency 10 stand off as regards instant
deLVer1eS, pressing needs for immed-
late purposes induce numerous small
sales, Which make up a considerable
aggregate of crude material. Finish
ed products are as active as hereto
fore.
Rails, structural materials, wire.
bars, railroad material and even tin
plates are in active request.
some large orders for pipe have also
oeen booked. but a good sized order
Tor steel rails had to be placed abroad
owing to the inability of domestic
manufacturers to make deliveries. The
most important in the trades report is
&c frN7. =
the largest failure business of which
tnere IS record. The markets for for
elgn materials are rather drnier An
adn t1onaI feature making for stability
OF present iron prices is the feeling that
iron ore prices will be advanced this
spring. This. taken in connection with
the higher cost of fuel and advanced
Irelght- rates, would seem to postpone
the day when the long predicted down
Ward revision of prices is to occur.
Large sales 100000 tons) Of open hearth
steel are reported at Pittsburg, where
structural material, plates and bars
are active. Tin plates are stronger and
most or the mills are in operation. Steel
par manufacturers will adhere to the
$1.6O rate. A PittSburg concern build
ing telephone condufts has secured a
Sl,5O0,GOO contract from the Russian
government
Wheat, including flour exports, for
the week ending Feb. 5, aggregate g.
965,916 bushels, against 4,420,065 last
week, 4.8O0,457 in this week year ago
and 4.997,S13 in 1901. Wheat exports
since July aggregate 1872, 565, 53S bush
els, against 170,146, 643 last season and
120,823, 459 in 1900
corn exports aggregate 2,400,316
bushels, against 2,045,999 last week,
169,145 year ago. and 4,171,44Og in
1901. For the fiscal year exports are
22,8O1,016 bushels, against 22,031,l3O
last season, and 119, 566,794 in. 1901.
Business failures for the week end
ing with Feb. number POS, against
230 last week, 247 in the like week in
1902, $50 in 1901, 231 in@1900, and 1876
in 1899. In Canada for the week, 81,
as against 80 last week.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-07
AMONG THE SENATORS.
Narrow Escape From Open Session
Discussion of Coal Treaty.

iNGiIOW ESS0PO OpSN-0c
Discussion of Coal Treaty.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 6.-For
time today in the senate 1t looked as
If the question of the construction of
an iSthmian canal would be discussed
in open session. Mr.. Morgan spoke
on his resolution calling on the secre-
tary of the navy for correspondence
regarding the military occupation of
the bays of Panama and Colon. He
had not proceeded far, however, when
Mr.. Cullom interrupted with a motion
for an executive session, which Mr..
Morgan resisted. The chair OVerruled
Mr.. Morgans objections and the doors
were closed.
Mr.. Morgan continued his remarks
in executive session, alleging that So
100000 which the United States paid
to Colombia would go to the insurgents
who made peace last year.
When open session was resumed,
Mr.. Morgan predicted that if the Unit
ed States continued its policy with
reference to the construction of an
isthmian canal war with Colombia was
inevitable. He asked that an article
printed in the Springfield Republican
of Jan. 80, 1903, and which was read
in secret session, be inserted in the
record as a part of his remarks. Mr..
Hale objected, and said that as the
subject had been referred to behind
closed doors, it should not be spoken
of in open session.
Il call the senator to order" said
Mr.. Morgan. He has no right to speak
of what took place behind closed
DOORS
At this juncture the statehood bill
was laid before the senate, and Mr..
Kean finished his speech in opposition.
Bills passed: Authorizing the con-
struction of a bridge across the Mis-
souri, river between the city Of Cham
berlin, Brule county, and Lyman coun-
ty, S. D.; senate bill amending the re-
VlSed statutes so as to provide for the
detail of retired officers of the army
and navy to assist in military instruc-
ton in schools; senate bill incorporat-
ing in the District of Columbia the
American academy in Rome The OBJ
ject of the latter bill is to establish
and maintain an institution to promote
the study and practice of the fine arts
and to aid and stimulate the education
and training of architects, painters,
sculptors and other artists. The house
amendments to the bill 20 expedite
trials in cases under the Sherman anti
trust law were added. A senate bill
passed appropriating $780, 200 for the
construction of light houses and fog
signal stations. in Alaskan waters.
a resolution offered by Mr.. Stewart
was adopted authorizing the commit
tee on Indian affairs ''to investigate
and report upon such matters affecting
the Indians or the Indian service as
the committee shall consider eXpe-
dent. ''nf The committee is empowered
to sit during the sessions Of the SEN
ate or during the recess in Washing
! ton or such other places as it may de-
sire to visit.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-07
HE WOULD REFORM
THE FRENCH
NAVY
Radical Socialist Minister Of
Marine, Defending Him
self From Attack, Protests
Against "a Detestable Mil
itary Particularism" and
Distinction of Caste.

PARIS, Feb. en-. Pelletan, the
Radical Socialist minister Of marine,
seized the opportunity during tOdays
discussion of the naval budget in the
chamber of deputies to explain his
policy to defend himself from the at
tacks OF Which he has been the object
He said:
II have always kept in mind the
naval reserves of 1870, when the Ger
man ships were able to station them
selves at the mouth of the Gironde
have wondered what was the use of the
millions of francs previously spent on
the navy. l have a profound admira-
ton for the great admirals of those
days, but institutions must be modi-
fed. do not forget the glorious
names of the past, but there was in
the navy sort of inheritance giving
a tacitly recognized right to privileg-
ed situation.
Il will struggle increasingly against
the tendency to separate the military
portion of our people from the mass Of
the nation and to create a detestable
military particularism. Even recently
the staff of the navy held opinions
hostile to the republic. 1 have sought
to repair injustices caused by this
state of mind. 1 respect all mems
convictions and ask of none what is
his political ideas, but 1 insist that
MS lucas SHdu not De manifested pub
llcly. l especially will not tolerate
that an officer, because he is a repub-
lican, be barred from promotion.
Distinction of Caste.
THE more progress that democracy
has made the less access it has had to
the general staff. 1 have sought to
distribute promotion equally between
officers who have risen from the ranks
and those who have issued from the
naval school. There exists in the navy
not only a distinction Of rank, but a
distinction of caste. I have sought to
suppress this state Of affairs There
should be no superiority except that of
rank due to the value of the Office
After reviewing the Improvement al
ready realized in the navy, the min
| lister concluded
Until it is demonstrated that l am
in error l will devote all my energy to
seeking the best means of assuring
the greatness of France"
NJ. Pelletan's speech was much ap-
plauded, and an amendment, the OBJ
ject of which was to condemn the ac-
ton of the minister regarding the SAIL
ors in the merchant marine, was de-
feated by 275 votes to $50. The budget
was then adopted
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-07

duty of said bureau of corporations,
under the direction of the secretary of
commerce and labor, to gather, conn
pile. publish and supply useful infor-
nation concerning corporations doing
business within the limits of the Unit
ed States which shall engage in the
interstate commerce or in commerce
between the United States and any
foreign country; including corporations
engaged in insurance, and to attend to
such other duties as may be hereafter
provided by law"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-07
TWICE AS MANY MIDsHIPMEN.
Trying to Offset the Deficiency in
Number of Naval Officers.

Trying TO Offset the Deficiency in
Number of Naval Officers.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. g.
The naval appropriation bill reported
to the house today carries $79,O4S, APO,
or SCI 42,0S9 less than the estimates
submitted by the navy department.
The current appropriation is 1885,
1863. The bill allows the selection of
two rmidShipmen for each senator, rep
resentative and delegate in congress,
thus doubling the number. The COM
mlttee says that with the present de-
flclency Of SIT officers and with the
number of officers that will be re-
quired for the ships in process Of con-
struction, the deficiency in the num-
Der of officers at the end of four years
will be 1860 unless additional mid
shipmen are authorized. Further pro-
vision is made for the appointment of
80 additional lieutenant commanders,
90 additional lieutenantS, 80 additional
surgeons, 120 additional passed assist
ants and assistant surgeons 20 naval
constructors, "a additional officers for
the pay corps and 5000 enlisted men.
10 the marine corps the bill adds
colonel, l lieutenant colonel, majors,
II captains, % first lieutenants, II sec
ond heutenants, assistant adjutant,
and inspectors with rank of maior, 2
assistant ad1utantS with rank of ma
Jor, 1 assistant quartermaster with
rank of lieutenant colonel, assistant
quartermasters with the rank of cap
tain, assistant paymasters, and 679
more enlisted men.
The limit of cost for the building of
the naval academy is increased from
$8,O00,OOO to $1O,0OO,OOO. The sum OF
100000 is appropriated for expert
mental station and testing laboratory
in the department in marine engineer
ing and naval division.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-07
THIS DOES NOT DEPRIVE
SHERIFF OF HIS OFFICE
Indiana Law Regarding Mobs Pro-
nounced Unconstitutional

SULLIVAN, Ind, Feb. 6-Judge 0.
B. Harris, of the circuit court, today
held that the state law depriving a
sheriff Of his office, should be fail to
protect prisoner from mob, is un-
constitutional.
The decision was in the test suit
brought by the state on the relation
of Coroner Maxwell against Sheriff
John S. Dudley, charged with failing
to protect James billiard from a mob
some months ago. The governor de-
clared the Office vacated in favor of
the coroner, as the law directed, but
Dudley declined to surrender it. The
court held that the complaint of the
state is bad and sustained the demur-
rer of the defendant
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-07
GA - ToREA,
Bears the 4 The Kind You Have Always Bought
'S' Of &NZzzzx
CONTRACT WORK.
Sewer In Alley, Block &, St. Paul pron.r.

Sewer In Alley, Block 6. ST. Paul Proper.
Office Of the Board Of Public Works,
City of St. Paul.: Mimi, jan Is, 1903.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board Of Public Works in and for the
corporation Of the City of ST. Paul, Min
nesota, at their Office in said city, until
2 p m. on the ninth (9th) day of Febru-
ary A. D. 1903. for the construction OF a
sewer in alley in block s. st. Paul Proper,
between Cedar street and Minnesota
street, in said city. according to plans
and specifications on file in the office OF
said Board.
Board
bond with at least two ~ sureties
in a sum Of at least twenty (20) per cent,
or a certified check on bank Of st. Paul,
in a sum of at least ten (1O) per cent OF
the gross amount bid. must accompany
each bid. Said check shall be made pay
able to the Clerk Of said Board
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
JOHN S. erode,
President.
Official: R. L. GORMAN,
Clerk Board Public Works.
Jan. 29-1903-10t.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-07
Additional Coal Investigation.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. g.
Representative Small, of North Caro-
lima, today introduced a concurrent
resolution providing for the appoint
ment by the speaker of committee of
eleven members of the house to in
quire generally into the coal conditions
IN the United States. The resolution
further directs the committee to 'in-
quire whether any combination exists
between mine owners and operators
and the transportation companies in
violation of the laws of the United
States" A report is to be made to
the next congress.