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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18


Thursday last Frank NJ Akers Of
No. 1856 Crew street reported to the
police that his residence had been
robbed, and he had lost some toilet
articles and S15 in money officers
Doyal and Tbs investigated the case.
Suspicion pointed to Mary Haygood,
the cook, and she was placed under
arrest. The woman stoutly denied her
guilt, and the officers assured her that
she would only be held until further
investigation could be made
Friday morning Mr. Aker's daugh-
ter found between the front door and
the fly screen all of the stolen goods
and letter In the letter was the
S15 in cash.
As the letter is a most unique docu
ment in police annals it is given in
full. 1t was well written with a lead
pencil and the spelling was perfect.
This is what the remarkable burglar
had to say:
MRS. Akers: 81 return your money
to you or to whoever it belongs to.
have heard that yu suspect your cook,
and that she is in the station house.
am thief and a robber, but cannot let
an innocent person, though a negro,
suffer for my crime Please release
her. and oblige
''The Burglar"
The cook has been released. ATTAIN
ta Constitution.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18
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Small Wages the Rule In Some Of the
Hiah-priced Restaurants.
Here In New York the employees of
the large hotels and restaurants do
not yet have to pay for their places as
is the case with servants In large ho-
tells and restaurants In Germany and
nearly all the Continental countries Of
Europe but their wages are so small
that their condition approximates that
Of the foreign servants One instance
will show how far this practice Of de-
pending wholly on the tips has already
gone in the United states.
In one Of the highest-priced restaur-
ants in town the pay Of the walters is
only $40 a month. Out Of that they
are compelled to pay part of the wages
Of a helper or omnibus" who assists
two or three OF the walters.
In such case the tip becomes a
serious responsibility for the patron
and is not in the least a manifestation
Of his liberalty or kindness.
Walters in most Of the high-class
restaurants have no cause or complaint
on the score Of their tips Dinners in
these places are costly; only persons
who can afford it are likely to order
and they tip literally.
The rule Of 10 per cent. for all
checks under $40 is generally accepted,
although that scale win not always be
found satisfactory to the men ia the
most expensive restaurants. Fifty
cents may seem all right to them for
serving a dinner that costs s., but in
Fifth avenue restaurant a check for
50 will lead the waiter to expect more
than 80 cents as a tip.
In general, however, the rule Of 10
per cent. Of the amount of the check
will hold good for all amounts under
$40. For amounts above $40 the tip
is generally 10 per cent-New York
Sun.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

A philosopher has said that true
education of boys is to teach them
what they ought to know when they
become men"
l. To be true and to be genuine.
No education is worth anything that
does not include this A man had
better not know how to read, and be
true and genuine in action, rather
than be learned in all sciences and in
all languages, and be at the same time
false in heart and counterfeit in life
Above all things, teach the boys that
truth is more than riches, power or
possessions.
2. To be pure in thought, language
and life-pure in mind and body.
8. To be unselfsh. To care for the
feelings and comforts of others. To
be generous, noble and manly This
viii include a genuine reverence for
the aged and for things sacred.
4. To be self-reliant and self-help-
full, even from childhood. To be in
dustrious always. and self-supporting
at the earliest possible age. Teach
them that all honest work is honora-
BILE; that an idle life of dependence on
others is disgraeeful.
When a boy has learned these
things, when he has made these ideas
part of him-however poor or how
ever rich-he has learned the most
important things he ought to know.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18
Where the MIssIssIppl Water Goes

Where the Mississippi Water Goes.
Right at this stage of the game the
big river is more powerful than the
sea, and is making the great Gulf Of
Mexico take a back seat. Very few
people will believe It save those who
are familiar with such things, but ac-
cording to the records of the river en-
gineers the Gulf waters are dominated
by those of the Mississippi River right
now
The question has often been asked
by persons Of an inquiring turn of
mind, How far out into the Gulf does
the water Of the Mississippi go? Ac-
cording to the records, one can at food
tide In the river drink fresh water
from the sea fifteen miles beyond the
mouth. This seems strange, perhaps,
but it Is a fact When the men were
at work on the great Eads jetties II
was common TO see a man dip up a hat
full of water from the sea and drink
with relish. The force of the current
and the volume of it carries the fresh
water far into the Gulf, and the river
water being so much lighter than that
Of the Gulf, II remains on the surface
for a long time. The discoloration is
noticeable for miles out to sea, and
the demarcatlon is as plain as that Of
the Gulf Stream Memphis scimitaF.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18
YET VE WONDER At CRIME
Something That Encourages
Dark and Deadly Deeds.
THE TOOLS OF BURGLARS
rhsir Possession Should Constitute a
Felony.


Felony.
81 sincerely trust that II will not re-
quire some atrocious murder by a
burglar in this city to accomplish a
reform which the Police Department
has been endeavoring to effect for
some time" remarked headquarters
detective sergeant to a Washington
Star man.
"A law should be passed making IL
a felony--h penitentiary ofense pun
ishable by imprisonment for a term be.
tween one and Eve years. for persons
OF evil repute to be found in the pos
session OF burglars tools. Such a law
exists In other communities, and there
is ample requirement for 1t here
while we have been successful
when upon an arrest Of a man we have
found burglars tools upon him in Sc
curing his commitment to jail upon
some minor charge, and the courts
have always imposed good sentences,
a Jail sentence is not sufficiently deter
ring to those men; it should be a Sc
/ we're prison offence. A man who car
ries burglars tools is q prima fecie
criminal. at heart rascal, and at all
times, II need be, would be or ac-
tual murderer.
80 well Is it thoroughly understood
in cities that the burglar viii surely
burglarize II he can find the opportun-
ity, and commit murder without com
junction, that / am at loss to under
stand why our law makers have not
enacted tho law in question, as the
danger is fully appreciated elsewhere
The ever ready burglar is a sneak and
a scoundrel, who adds murder as a
side issue to his nefarious calling. No
sympathy whatever should be shown
these men, and. as a police officer, l
fully appreciate the sentiment which
is gaining ground in this country that
burglary should be made capital Of
fense, and certainly punishable by life
Imprisonment
st is my experience, based upon
close contact with criminals for many
years, that the short prison sentences
these Williams usually receive are with
out avail IN curbing their burglarious
and murderous instincts have had
them say to me so many times that
1 cannot count, Well, | will see you
when l get out, and as a rule, once a
burglar always a burglar Society
owes 1t to itself to place these men in
confinement and keep them there, for
in ninety-nine cases out Of one hun
dred they make good the farewell sa-
lutation have just quoted. We see
them again, though we always endeav-
or to see them first
"a law such as suggested will large
/ ly aid the police in keeping fgurative-
ly and literally a tighter grip upon ac-
tual and intending law breakers. We
do not assert that it will do away with
the crime of burglary, but we do in
sist that 1t will place tough class OF
men out of the way, where they cannot
do harm to peaceable citizens. Proven.
tion of crime is as large an element in
its ultimate suppression as convictions
in the courts. This law must sooner
or later be passed for the protection
Of the citizens of Washington, and II
cannot be passed too quickly, in our
judgment"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18
Ghosts

A professor in Berne University has
traced the history of family which
gives striking testimony to the force of
,heredity. In the end of the eighteenth
century a woman died who for forty
years had been a thief, a drunkard
and a tramp" The sayant has found
S34 descendants from this woman, and
Of zoe he has succeeded in tracing the
history from youth to old age OF
these 1O6 were born out of wedlook,
142 were beggars, and sixty-four more
lived on charity. Among the women
1s1 lived loose lives, and in the family
have been seventy-six convicts and
seven murderers. He estimates that
in seventy-hve years this family has
cost the German authorities in aims
houses, law courts, prisons and other
Institutions abut s1,250,OO0
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

its Value VIII Be Recognized IN the
Wars Of the Future.

wars of tno futAre.
Since the spanish-American war
much thought has been given by those
directly Interested to the training Of
our citizens in the militia This awak-
ening Of interest on the part Of the
public as well as OF the military au-
thorities has probably been greater on
account Of the war In South Africa,
which demonstrated clearly that citi-
zen troops, with the right sort Of
training, and on the defensive, could
hold their own against vastly super
ior attacking force for a long time.
It proved also that the war OF the
future is likely to bear a much strong.
err resemblance to guerrilla or fron-
tier conflict than to the great wars Of
the past True, nobody can tell what
the erratie course of history may bes
but this much seems certain, that "a
the United States should at any fut-
ure time become involved in var, the
training of the militia will be an imr
portant factor in the outcome. Tha
cowboys, ranehmen and scouts Of the
West could without much trouble b0
mobilized into an effective fighting
force, though their discipline from q
military point of view might be des
fective. But the conditions which pro.
duced this race Of fighting men ara
already Of the past. and in another
generation there will be only heredity
to count on in making up Western
troops
These will no longer consist of vet
Grams in frontier warfare, men who
are accustomed to find their lives de-
pending on their skill with the rifle.
The Westerners of the future will be
only the sons and grandsons of such
men. 1t follows, therefore, that to be
effective the militia of the future
must be taught to shoot.
They must, so far as possible, be
sharpshooters, active. practical, re-
sourceful. Drill and discipline come
second. The spirit of discipline is es-
sential, but not its form. If the men
are the right sort, and are trained to
shoot, our citizen soldiery ought to
stand even against drilled and dis
eiplined army-N. Y News.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18
There is such a thing as money.



Money is no object; most Of us be-
Heve tia myth.
Most girls close their eyes when
they are kissed; do you blame them ?
The poor ye have always with you
often so close that they touch you.
Politeness is the salt of life; you
hate to have it rubbed into you when
you are cut up.
A lot of people who should be
spending good time getting good
money spend good money getting q
good time
It does not make it right to do what
you ought not to do when you don't
do what you ought to do.
It is ell very well to get a good
start, but the start you get when some
fool puts his cold hands down your
neck may be too good-Princeton
Tiger.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

BjorDson, the Norwegian poet, whose
seventieth birthday was recently cele-
brated, was once asked by a friend
upon what occasion in his life he had
taken the greatest pleasure in knowing
that he was a poet 1T was when a
delegation from the Right came to my
house ia Christiania," he answered,
"and smashed all the windows. Be
cause when they had thus attacked me,
and were starting for home again they
felt that they ought to sing something,
and so they began to sing, Yes, we
love this land of ours They couldn't
do anything else. They had to sine
the song Of the man whom they had
attacked"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18
Baloh Son, Maiamoras An General Stores
in Pike County viii Buy it Back

You assume no risk when you buy
Chamberlain's 8 Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. Baioh & Son.
Matamoras, all general stores IN
Pike county Win refund your money
If you are not satisfied after using it.
IL is everywhere admitted 10 be the
most successful remedy Ia use for
howell complaints and the only one
that never fails. 1t IS pleasant, safe
and reliable. 10 30 Qs
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

Mrs. Myrsala Keith. of Montgom-
cry, Ala, celebrated her 116th birth
day on the 7th with religious services
at her home Mrs. Keith was born in
South Carolina. but has been living
in Alabama since a child She has
lived In three centuries. and has vivid
recollections Of incidents before the
war Of 1912 Though in III health for
six years, her faculties are not in the
least impaired. She is the mother OF
thirteen children.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18
oId Ane ln ceYIon.

Centenarians are fairly common
nowadays, but It may be questioned
whether any country can boast Of 50
many as Ceylon, which, according to
the recent census returns, has no few
er than 145 inhabitants over 100 years
of age. Seventy-one Of these are
males and seventy-four females. Oi
these forty-three men and ffty-twc
women claimed to be exactly 100
while the highest age returned was
120.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

MY grandpa bought a little farm,
Some chickens and calf;
And farmed, and farmed, and farmed.
and farmed
But only raised a laugh.
Ny uncles baby ran away
ut scared the unc to death);
He chased him up and down the land,
But only caught his breath.
"Oh, stop my little boy for me-
He cried, nigh choked with tears,
The neighbors laughed and then some
more,
But only stopped their ears.
Princeton Tiger.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18
Precipitation Cycles in the United
States.

Precipitation Cycles in the United
States.
In the Monthly Weather Review Mr..
L. H. Murdoch, Section Director of
Weather Bureau at Salt Lake City,
considers the cycles OF precipitation at
that station and at other places. He
finds for Salt Lake City a dry cycle
between 1927 and 1864, during which
the average annual rainfall was about
10 inches; a wet cycle from 1865 to
1880, with an average annual precipita-
tion of 1912 inches, and from 1897 to
the present tine dry cycle, the aver
age animal precipitation from 1887 to
1902 being Is inches. From the re-
cords for San Francisco, Sacramento,
Denver, Omaha, St Louis, Cincinnati
and Baltimore. 1t appears that the
country west Of the Rocky Mountains
had its wettest cycle from 1866 to
1887, while the middle Mississippi and
Ohio valleys received their heaviest
precipitation from IS40 to 1853, The
present dry cycle is general from San
Francisco to Baltimore. Mr.. Murdoch
finds no relation between his rainfall
curves and WoIfer's sunspot tables
and concludes "that there is no known
natural law by which we can predict
the length Of the present dry circle.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

ia rather give the world a smile
Than preach a mile long sermon,
For honest daughters worth the while
And mirth IS quite connrmin
There's medicine In "ghoulish glee,"
Rare tonic force In laughter
But may my humor kindly be-
No bitterness come after
I'd rather make a nations jokes
Than preach a nations sermon,
And tickle ribs with friendly pokes
Than set the race a-squirmin
There goes that funny, funny mani"
o words more sweet than honey.
Besides. a reputash like that
Is worth a pot Of money!
Moral
'Tis funny to be funny,
But
There is such thing as money.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

For bilious attack take Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's and a quick cure is certain.
For sale by Balch q Son, Matanoras,
all general stores In Pike county.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

Corn may do well on hilly land
Though the crop must be uneyen), but
nearly always the land viii lose heav-
ily by the denuding action Of rain
often so heavily as to make grass or
small grain a more profitable crop.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

Nodd-Whatl You are out every
night until 81 Isn't midnight late
enough7
Todd found when / get home at
midnight my wife could talk to me, but
when get home at 3 words fail her,
Life.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

Gus Winner Of Mexico is still looking
for a wife It seems that this honest
German, whose worst falling appears
to be that he win stick his pigs on
Sunday when his neighbors are going
on the way to church, ought to have
better success with his matrimonial
schemes. He viii take either a maid
or a widow, and is not particular as to
age, and his wife must be able to milk,
and must not dress too finely. These
are requirements which almost any old
maid or widow ought to be able 10
satisfy. Step up ladies' here's a chlnce
to marry at a bargain counter rate,
Kansas City Journal.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

A new japanese Buddhist paper has
made q laundering good start" It is
called "The laundering Dawn and
this is how the editor breaks the news
to the public: This paper has come
from the womb OF eternity, just as we
ali came. 1t starts its circulation with
millions and millions Of numbers. The
rays Of the sun, the beams Of the stars,
the leaves Of trees, the blades Of grass,
the grains of sand. the hearts Of tigers,
elephants. lamps, ants. men and women
are its subscribers. This journal viii
henceforth fow in the universe as the
rivers how, and the oceans surge"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

Don't plant before the ground is
thoroughly warm. By gaining a week
IN the time Of planting you are apt
to lose two weeks in the time OF har-
vesting and twenty per cent. Of the
crop.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

Drilling produces the larger yield
and profit, except on very foul ground.
n you have purchased such grounds
you will be excused for planting in
hills until you can cleanse the land.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

Nose Meders-It seems ter me, Josh,
that them twenty-story buildins in
N'York must be dangerous!
Josh Hayrick liust hach) They be.
Mosel Why, felier can't hardly stop
an look up at em without hevin his
pocket picked. or bein' knocked down
an stepped ont-Puck.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

Dress making in al branches.
NARY LUDWIG, Broads ST. Milford, Pa,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

Churchill The pastor preached a
very caustie sermon this morning that
seemed to be q slap at the congrega-
ton.
Ascum- That so2 What was the
text?
Churchill forget put In all my
time wondering what his pretext was.
philadelphia Press.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

A woman is as happy as she looks
pretty; a man as happy as no feels
important. Puck.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

Rolio-Poor girl! Just IS she met
her ideal he
Dorothy Died. M
Rollo-No-met hisl-Pucl. ~
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-09-18

Youngpoppe-You have just got 20
come out and take dinner with me To-
morrow. l won't take no for an an
sWer. VIII you?
olebatch-certainly. Shall be de-
lighted
I thought you would You see /
want you to come out and see baby.
TIE little fellow is getting so strong.
He throws his cup, saucer and spoon
clear across the table at every meal
oW.-TitBita.
Gen. Miles made his so mile
cavalry relay run in record time. lie
expresses the belief, however, that
automobiles are better In war than
cavalry horses. Nevertheless there
are cases Of rail fences and bitches on
the other side where the horse would
probably have the advantage.
The English yachting fraternity
declared that what the Shamrock
wanted was a heavy blow. They
appear 10 have overlooked the fact
that Sir Thomas has already blown
10 about half a million dollars.
, 1903-05-14

In Richards Footsteps.

In Richards Footsteps.
In an interview in the cheyenne
Leader, Governor Chattertou an
nounces that he will carry out the
policy so well marked by Governor
Richards. For more than four years
the two gentlemen were associated to-
gether and Mr.. Chatterton had every
opportunity of knowing the wishes of
IKE departed executive. He was
close to him in private and public
life he was IA valued councillor in
every irving ordeal of %statecraft.
Shoulder to shoulder they stood in
every contest.
1t is not only the part of wisdom
for Governor Chatterton to carry ON
the executive business in accordance
with the plans already formulated,
but it is just what he would like to do
from personal preference, Governor
Richards was more than a brother Of
fetal to him he was a sincere, "alued
personal friend
Governor Chatterton is also follow
ing the precedent of our esteemed
President Roosevelt, who so frankly
an | candidly announced at Buffalo
that it would be his aim to perform
the duties of his office in accordance
with the we'll .deiiped wishes Of his
martyred chief, President Mckinley
Our chief executive has the wisdom
and power to do for the state what
President Roosevelt is doing for the
nation, and he will do it.