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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-01-02
Real Estate Transfers

Edward Covert TO Charles II.
Covert so acres, Lackawaxen, $3.50.
Geo. Gregory, sheriff, sold as the
property of H. Pfaffle, decd to Ed
ward f. Riches, SO acres, Delaware,
$3.50
Robert w. Smith and others to
Henry T. Gumble and wife, 40e
acres, James Duncan tract, Palmy-
ra, $4,000.
Gilbert G. Crone and others to
William G. and Alonzo F. Crone,
Steel farm, Delaware, $500,
William G Crone and others to
Annetta c. Crone, 10 acres, Della
ware, SIS.
c. W. Bull, administrator of J. F,
Pinchot, decd, to Eleanor l.. Hill
lard, Cherry farm, Dlngman, 1914
acres, part of Garrett Brodhead,
$62 so.
Mary A. p. Warner to Eleanor l..
billiard, same land.
A. V. McCarty and G. B. McCarty
to Van Etten Brothers, deed for
timber OH Jacob McCarty estate,
Dingman.
Lorepz Goetz to Margaretha Goetz,
his wife, so acres. Lackawaxen.
G. F. Rowland, Treasurer, to P.
M. Mills, 400 acres, William Harri-
son, No. 1sO, Porter, taxes.
p NJ. Mills to E. T, Riuere, same
land, $500.
g. F. Rowland, treasurer. to E. T.
REVERE, No. so, Margaret Stocker,
Blooming Grove. 100 acres, taxes.
Geo Daumann, treasurer, to Com
missioners, 265 acres, Margaret
stocker, No. so, Blooming Grove,
taxes.
Commissioners to E. T. REVERE,
same land, $50.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-01-02
judge craieDead

Hon. Allen Craig, president judge
of Pike and Monroe, died at his home
in Mauch Chunk early Wednesday
morning after long illness. The
funeral will be held tomorrow, Sat
urday. A more extended obituary
will appear later.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-01-02

Never endure this trouble. Use
at once tho remedy that stopped it
for Mrs. N. A. Webster Of Winnie,
Va. she writes CDR Kings New
Life Pills wholly cured me Of sick
headaches I had suffered from for
two years Cures hea0ache, con-
stpafion, biliousneas. 200 az all
drug stores
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-01-02

List Of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the post Office at Milford for
the week ending Jan. 3. 1902:
Mrs. Morton Grinwell. Miss Eliza
beth Ross. 2. Bagoe. E. L. Keiser,
ESQ, (2). Joe Madison.
Persons claiming the above viii
please say Advertised and give
date Of this list
CHARLES LATrMoRE, P. 81.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-01-02
eOod Roads and Free peIivery


The good roads question is likely
to be brought home to some sections
of the country in a practical manner.
The Post Office department has been
deluged with complaints from rural
mail carriers about the roads on the
routes; many during the wet seasons
are impossible or nearly so. 1t has
always been the governments policy
to withhold or abolish city delivery
in towns which let their sidewalks
fall into decay. 1t is now proposed
to apply the same principal to rural
delivery and to refuse to establish OF
abolish routes along roads which are
not kept up. Such a policy will GER
tainly have salutary effect Where
rural delivery has been tried its bene-
fciaries will not readily dispense
with it, even at the expenditure oi
considerable time and labor. Their
any intelligent work done on the road
rebounds to the farmers own benefit
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-01-02

Milford. Pa. Dec ~, 1902
A dividend Of two per cent upon
Gle capital stock Of this bank has
been declared payable free Of tax
on and AFTER january ?. 1908. The
transfer hooks win be closed until
that date. ROHERT W REID.
Cashier.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-01-02

In the midst OF the anxiety occa
stoned by the Venezuela situation,
Germany and Great Britain have
filed protests with the state depart
ment against what they may term
violation Of the open door policy in
the administration of the Philip
pine tariff. 1t seems that, with
the consent Of congress. the Philip
pine commission imposed an export
tariff of $3.50 per ton on Manila
hemp and fiber but that this duty is
related when the goods are shipped
to the United States. This course
has seriously affected English man
ufacturers Of twine and rope who
are no longer able to obtain the
raw meteriai at the prices TO which
they have been accustomed. Score
tary Hay, in view Of the fact that
Philippine affairs are still under the
jurisdiction of the war department,
referred the protest to Secretary
Root and ho in turn has sent it tC
the Philippine committee of the
senate IL is generally held, how.
ever. that the protest is not vel
grounded no advantage has been
taken for exports from the United
States 20 the Philippines. an nationl
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-01-02
Notice :

The annual meeting Of the share
holders Of the Barret Bridge company
will be held at the Toll House of the
company in Port Jervis on Tuesday,
January 9Th prOxlmo, for the purpose
Of choosing directors for the next
year. The polls will be open from 8
till 4 O'Clock p. m.
FRANCIS MARVIN,
Secretary.
Port Jervis, December l5, 1902.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-01-02

TO Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. An druggists refund the money
If it fails % cure. e. W. Grove 3
signature is on each box 25c,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-01-02
To summer boarding House Keepers

To Summer Boarding House Keepers
The passenger department Of the
Erie Railroad intend getting the
"Erie Summer Homes" book for
1908 out at a very early date, and
invite all summer boarding house
keepers to have their notice in the
book free of charge, and all who wish
to improve this opportunity should
call at or address Erie ticket Office,
Port Jervis, N. Y, and get a blank
application, which must be filed out
and returned to II. l.. Slausony
ticket agent, Port Jervis, on or before
Jan. 10Th, 1908. There is no reason
why every boarding house in this
vicinity should not be filled next
summer, and in order to do this get
your notice in the tErie Summer
Homes" for 1908. Blanks will be
mailed all who had a notice in. last
years. books
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-01-02

It is proverbial that nations seek for
themselves the utmost advantage in
their colonies and the authorities
say that the United States has been
exceptionally liberal in its adminis
tratiou Of Philippine affairs
Secretary Shaw said today that he
did not believe it would be possible
to secure currency legislation at
this session Of congress. While he
regarded it as possible that the
house would pass the Fowler bill.
authorizing the national banks to
issue currency based on their assets.
he fenred that it would be impossi-
BILE to secure consideration, by the
senate, OF measure which would
provoke such extensive discussion.
While there was no haste about the
proceedings Of congress before the
holidays, when the members re-
turned to Washington and come to
realization of the fact that less
than two months remain before the
congress will expire by limitation,
they will be absolutely unwilling to
take up any measure likelv to pre-
cipitate extended debate. They will
have. of course, to pass the regular
appropriation bills and these become
every session more. extended and
complex, requiring a vast amount
amount 81 committee work IN ad
dition to the time necessary to ex-
plain their provisions on the floors
of the senate and the house. Sec
retary Shaw says he will continue
his campaign of education and hopes
to have so influenced public opinion
before the Fifty-eighth Congress
oonvenes, as to secure prompt and
favorable action on the bill
The president and his family are
spending an ideal holiday season.
All of the children are at home and
accompanied by one or more them
Mr.. Roosevelt goes for a long ride
each day. He does not go to his
Office unless compelled to by the
most urgent business and has asked
that callers exercise consideration
and permit him to spend as much
time with his family as possible
There is a considerable party of
guests at the White House and
while no formal entertainments will
take place before the great New
Years reception, the evenings are
merry and the informal little din
ners, which take place every even
ing, are more enjoyable than cere.
monious entertainments.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-01-02

It is proverbial that nations seek for
themselves the utmost advantage in
their colonies and the authorities
say that the United States has been
exceptionally liberal in it's admins
tration Of Pilippine affairs.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Resisting Power.

When a physician is called to a case
Of severe sickness, the first thing that he
estimates is the resisting power of the
patient. The chances for his recovery are
in proportion to his vitality. If there be
little of that at the outset there is small
hope of overcoming the disease. The resist
ing power of persons in iull health IS such
that in an epidemic they throw of the
disease germs that PROSTATE others. One
cannot always tell from appearances just
how mnch ability one has to withstand
the inroads of 4 naiady. Some who ap-
Darentlv are robust almost Immediately
succumb, while others who look frail re-
cover from violent attacks. Of course dis
sipation, unhyaicnic living, unhealtltul sur
roundings, sap nne's resisting power, so
that when a viruent ailmenc makes an
attack one has strength insufficient to light
it of.
You see that it is not so much the
malignancy of the disease as it is the vital
ity Of the man that determines the result.
Just so it is also in .he moral world, says
Wellsprins. There are some persons; Iiv'
ing lives 70 upright, so spiritually hea althy,
that they are practically immune from
temptation. And when they are over
come, they soon recover themselves, for
their power of resistance is great. On the
other hand, there are those who after sue
cnmbing to one temptation are completely
swept away by the power Of evil. How can
that be accounted for? Obviously in the
same way that the ability to resist physi-
cal disease is to be explained. There has
been unwholesome moral living; the mind
has been permitted to become familiar with
evil thoughts; the soul has breathcd in
miasma and corruption. until one has 10
ability to put away temptation.
All this suggests the need OF resisting
power both against disease and against sin.
A pure, clean. wholesome life, physical
and moral, will make one secure against
any harm that either can do.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
CHAPTER III.


THE END OF A GREAT AMBITION.
There are some moments which to a
sensitive mind seem to be Of a dream
like or supernatural character. To
Hamilton Degraw this was one of
them. Never did it, never could it,
seem real. Lost in its wonder he stood
motionless, petrifed, gazing back into
those orbs which in the glare which
now fell upon them seemed yelling
with light. Had it been death to her
he could not have moved. Not till she
threw up her arms, scattering widely
the flowers that lay on her breast, did
he feel the spell sufficiently broken
to comprehend what had occurred.
Though he had bcgrudged death its
victim, though he had longed to see
this young girl live, and for the last
few minutes had only existed in the
hope of doing so, he Quailed before the
realization and questioned his own sam
ity in believing it. Even the shrill cry
that now left her lips fell on well nigh
deaf ears, and when, next moment. she
raised herself and spoke he reused with
start, flushing from chin to brow
with joy, though the words she uttered
were full of terror and suggestive of
mystery.
"Alives" This was her cry. "Then
have they deceived me-" And she
looked wildly around till her eye rested
on the old crone. "Annetta" she ex.
claimed, with something more he could
not understand, for her English had
rippled off into the strange and IN
known language Of the person she ad.
dressed.
The old woman. eager and restless
now, answered her in few quick sch.
tenccs. at which the maiden-for who
could doubt her such ?-coyered her
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
A Very Clever Sw indie.
eIina VaIdI'
To be continued.

For some years a little wagon has
come into Paris daily from one Of the
suburbs and in accordance with the
regulations it has been examined at
regular intervals by custom house Of
icers.
Their task, however was easy, for
they never found in it anything but
fruit and vegetables, which are free OF
duty, and so they naturally regarded
the driver as an honest countryman,
who was taking to market the produce
from his little farm.
The other day through a mere accl-
dent they found out their mistake. A
brewers wagon came in collision with
the little cart, and, rs the heavy shaft
shattered one OF the sides, a stream OF
rich oil gushed out on the sidewalk. AS
there is heavy duty on oil the custom
house officers arrested the innocent
looking countryman and discovered, to
their amazement, that there was
false bottom in the cart, and that con.
cealed from view-was 4 tank capable
of holding several quarts Of oil.
Subsequent investigation showed that
oil had been brought for long time
in this surrcptitious manner to dealer
in Paris, and the authorities are now
carefully examining every little wagon
that enters the city, in order to find out
whether it also has double bottom or
not
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Man md His Speculation.

Once upon time 4 hungry man,
without cent in his pocket, was
standing in Wall Street at the noon
hour, watching 4 wild rush 10 and
from the surrounding restaurants.
Then he fell 10 speculating on his pjtia-
bic condition. turning the situation
over in his mind. and viewing it in all
its different aspects and relations.
He meditatcd On The theory of square
meals, and though his ccHtemplations
were deep and earnest, he remained
hungry.
Moral-A man can speculate IN Wall
Street Sithout car!tal.-New York
Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
A Stock-Eaising Country.

It is asserted in the Department Of Agrl.
culture that casseva will make the South
ern States a great stock raising country.
Slab.sided cows from the pine forests
which were fed OH cassava more than
doubled their weight in seventy.6ve days.
The cost of the live weight produced, was
one cent a pound and the profit made in
fattening beef ffty-nine per cent. Hogs
did equally we'll.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
THE RELIGIOUS LIFR
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF

Poem: Prayer-Fire Escapes-Law of Spir.
itual self-Prcservation Warns Against
Taking Chances When Forming Habfu
nGambling is To-Day's Especial Peril.
My soul in search of rest,
And longing to be best,
Would lean upon Thy breast
Come Thou this way.
If have wayward been,
And prone to look on sin.
Without and not within,
Forgive, pray. 2.
Take this soied garb from me,
And make my robe to be
Of seamless charity,
Where'er go: "
And for my way prepare
A light of sacred prayer,
That reaches everywhere, ,
To friend and foe.
To pray with equal zeal
Ror them whose hate ! feel, ~
And my good name would steal,
Is hard to do; 49,.
But who, with base deceit,
Would rob me of life's sweet g
Sow tares within my wheat,
Forgive them, too. Sf5
10 pray thus. opine, "
VIII bring this heart of mine 81
Nearer to truth divine,
Taught in Thy word,
And if ever see
The heights OF Calvary.
crucifed must>be -.
With my dear Lord.
Harriet H. butcher, in Chicago Standard;
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Run With Patience.

1t is not talent or genius that enables
one to succeed so much as perseverance
We win not by the sudden squirt, but by
keeping persistentiy at it. One may tire
himself more by running a mile than by
walking five. If we must run, let lis run
with patience the race that is set before
us.-United Presbyterian.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Trcut, Caught in the Ocean.

Trout are believed to be exclusively fresh
water fish. 1t happens, however, OCCASION
ally, that some are caught with the herring
in the German Ocean.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
r. Will, 1rr;rato $4,000 Acres.

In gorge of rock little more than 200
feet wide the United States Government
has decided to construct dam of soiid
masonry, the first under the Hansborough..
Newlands act, ut the fonto basin site, that
will create in the valleys OF the upper SAT-
River and lonto Greek the largest arsincnai n naa
lake in the world. 1t will irrigate 2Oo,oeo
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Pc Good to Others.

Consider this: Your goodness is Of no
use if YOU are not good to others. The
good of goodness is that you can wrap
Others inside it. It ought to be like big
cloak that you have on d cold night, while
the shivering person next to you has none.
If you don't make use. Of your goodness,
what is the good of it?-MrS. Clifford.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
contortionist a Clever Swindlcr.

A contortionist has been swindling the
car lines in New York City and Philadel-
phia by allowing himself to be struck by
trolley cars and then obtaining damages
for the accident" He evaded capture lor
seventeen months.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
The Snake,a Venom.

The venom of snakes contains only inter.
mediary bodies, which alone would not be
virulently poisonous. but the normal oio1a ,Sa
Substances which, by conjoint action with
the intermediary bodies of the venom,
cause the deadly poisoning. ..----
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
The Only Cure.

The only cure for Incidence is work;
the only cure for selfshness is sacrifice:
the only cure for unbelief is to shake on
the ague OF doubt by doing Chrlsts. bid'
plunge into some dreadful duty before the
chill comes on.-Rutherford.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Never Hetray q Confidence.

To betray confidence is to make your:
self despicahe: many things are said
among friends which are not said under
seal Of secrecy, but are understood to ne
confidential, and truly noaoraen11e man
will never violate this tacit conhdence.-
II Hartley
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
The Are of the World.

In an article on The Age Of the
World" Sir Edward Fry, tho famous Eng,
sh geoogst declare desardd snce ssat the
of life on the globe.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Helpful and True.

Practically is the spirit which recog
nizes and grasps the moral opportunity
present in every phase of life.-Mr. Storrs.
Intellect may give keenness of discern
ment. Love alone gives largeness to tho
nature. some share in the comprehensive
ness of God-John Hamilton Thom.
Great occasions do not make heroes or
cowards-they simply unveil them to the
eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibiy,
as we wake or sleep, we grow and wax
strong, or We grow and wax weak. and at
last some crisis shows US what we have be-
come.-Bishop Westcott. !.
Disappointment is like sieve. Through
its coarse meshes the small ambitions aud
hopes and endeavors of soul are sifted
out relentlessly. But the things that are
big enough not to fall through are not in
the least affected by it. 1t is only test.
not a inality.-W Wellspring.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
DIon.toItous Poverty.

Poverty woi,ll become monotonous
il one diGn': have to stop hustling for
bread and meat occasionally In order
10 hustle Tor a few other things.-New
Yor: Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
The Oldest Ship.

The oldest ship in the world. the mail
schooner Nigi!ant. running into St. CroT,
+. w. l., although now under the French
fac, was built Of Essex oak at Essex,
Mass in 1909
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
yosso1s to Prevent Blockades.

ENGLAND has nine submarine war vessels
and France has fifty. Their presence is ex-
nected to make blockades impossible.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02
Where SlIkMor,ns Thriye.

Silk worms are plentiful in Istria, Aus
tria, and good silk season is expected.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-09-02

It's lie. L ne QulcKeulllS. NltdIlLiuE poWei
can no more be impaired to the heart of
man by the visiting physician. Christ is
tha! inner muscle at whose every pulsation
the life blood of spiritual power is made
to surge through the body. To it Christ
and Christ only can gire life. color and
beauty. This should he self-evident fact.
The fact is ho~ever, that it is not so self
evident as it ought to be.
Never has there been time when the
churches set so much store by the man,
their leader, as to-day. Hero worslli'
runs rampant. The church when it sees
a leader searches for the orator, the scho'
ar, the man OF executive parts, and upG1
the man they depend. Many church get:
all these, but does not get any regeneratt
of it's life. The reason is clear. They have
looked to the wrong source for life-giying
power. Christ alone can give 1t. Upon
Christ, church and minister alike are de.
pendent for their spiritual vitality. II Is
cnly as they are together animated by the
warm impulse of His life that to- live at
all. When the church will look to the
Lord OF Life for it's life. then, and not un-
til then, will it throb from head to foot
with real life and power.
Not only is Christ the heart of the
church, He is its head. We read that tie
was given to be head over all things to His
church. He is the head Of the spiritual
body-the head is the Governing or organ:
izing power of the body. From the heal
comes the purposes that give direction to
the life The will sways and c,reets all.
The government and organization of a
church are only the e.: "ession of the will
of Him who leads and directs it. This sug-
gests a criterion by which we may judge
the church. Jesus Christ has made His
will concerning the BODY of disciples very
clear. The sole object for its existence is
that through it His kingdom may be ad.
vanced; l. e, that through it men may be
led to abandon tne life of S in and c'eave to
the promise OF salvation in and through
being accomplished here Christ has been
directing the work and the members har-
moniously doing His bidding.
This test must be applied to every or
ganization connected with the church. Does
it directly accomplish this end: Does it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-26
Alkaloid in Tobacco Harmful.

From the London Telegraph.
The British Medical Journal states that,
according to recent Investigations brought
to the notice of the Vienna Academy of
Sciences, the aroma of tobacco and the eff
feet of tobacco on the smoker are not as Is
commonly supposed due to nicotine, but to
quite different chemical body, an alkaloid
DR.. Frenkel, the author of the paper sub
mitted to the academy, states that he OBJ
served that the physiological action of to-
bacco does not correspond to the amount of
nicotine which 1t contains, and he mentions
that certain kinds of Havana tobacco which
are poor in nicotine exercise a greater effect
on the human system than other kinds
which are rich in nicotine. These facts in
duced DR.. Frenkel to examine tobacco to
see if he could find the chemical body which
really is the cause of disturbing or soothing
effects. From different kinds of tobacco
he separated a yellow looking salt The
further examination of this salt convinced
DR.. Frenkel that the aroma and the effects
of tobacco arise 10 a very large extent from
the alkaloid, which is characterized by high
ly volatile properties. If the conclusions
which DR.. Frenkel arrived at are correct
smoking may be freed of some of it's evil
effects. for ii may be possible, in contradis-
tinction to the case of nicotine to remove
from tobacco the property which acts dele
teriously on the devotee of the weed"