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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-04-22

Andrew Carnegie has given FIVE
million dollars the interest OF which,
about $3.50, 600, will be devoted to
the aid Of disabled workmen, their
widows and orphans. It Is estimated
that the total amount Of benehclions
Of Mr.. Carnegie for various purposes
reach the enormous sum Of one
hundred million dollars. He Is truly
exemplifying the virtues 'the great
est Of which is charity"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-04-22

The past winter was severe on
bees, aud many keepers suffered
severe loss. One man in Wayne
county lost 10 skips,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-04-22

appears that Messrs. Conrad and Bona
parte are still pushing their investiga-
tions, and that the Post Office in New
York is being overhauied. Whether
a new Investigation will be ordered by
a Senate committee is now largely a
question Of policy. Probably not.
The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill
is before the House. It carries the
sum Of $50, 102, 400. One of the new
provisions is for new Office building
for the Senate, to correspond to the
building in course Of erection for the
House. The structure is to cost 81, $50, =
600 and the site will cost $3.50, 600.
The new building is 10 stand at the
northern end Of Capitol park, between
B. and C. streets, NE. It win be a
great addition to the. beauty and
dignity Of Capitol hill, and will balance
the new building at the southern end
Of the Capitol. The bill so strenuously
advocated by Senator Fairbanks, for a
new state department at the west side
Of Lafayette square, goes over until
next December the matter of the
extension of the Capitol the architects
Of the country have won their point,
and to the committee Of Congress
having the matter in charge, three
eminent architects viii be added, and
all plans and specifications are to be
submitted to Congress at its next
session. much needed waiting
Uoom is to be fitted up inside the
Washington monument.-An addition
to the Government Printing Office is
provided for.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-04-22

The proposal TO investigate the Post
Office is still under consideration.
Senator Aldrich Is IN favor Of the
schome as he thinks the result would
be iaVorahle to the republican party.
The Senate leaders are carefully dis
cpssing the whole matter The fact
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-04-22
THE RAMBlER's PIcKINcs

George Horton was in town over
Sunday and Monday and sold horse
to J. E. Boyd.
Last Saturday evening there was
considerable noise at certain corner
in town. Some one said it was the
opening Of spring.
Louis Ragot Of New York spent
Sunday at his home, the Hermitage.
w. T. struble has nearly enough
railroad ties to lay the track from
here to Matamoras.
Will Yenny is passing around the
cigars. A boy came to gladden. his
home Saturday evening.
Some Of our residents have been
feasting on carp the past week. A
number Of those critters have been
picked up out Of the river.
Uncle Joseph Chamberlain, who
has been confined to the house for
some time with rheumatics, is able
to be out again. Mrs. Chamberlain,
who has also been III, is much inn
proved.
John Wolf former resident of
Milford, but now Of New York, was
in town this week.
This past week has been a regular
March season as far as the weather
was concerned. Sunshine, showers,
squalls and little snow furries thrown
in. There is no use of going else
where for a change of climate, 1t
changes here four times in twenty
four hours.
There is more demand for summer
cottages here than ever. Why don't
some euterprising builder erect more
neat dwellings? 1t would be no trou-
BILE to find desirable tenants.
Port Jervis is making preparations
to celebrate the ever glorious Fourth
Of July. They have not celebrated
in number Of years up there so you
can expect whOpper of a time. It
is not likely this town will have any
excitement outside or horse tFot, so
our geople can go to Port Jervis, If
the new bridge is done.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-04-22

Senator Morgan has again begun to
discuss the whole Panama canal ques-
ton, and at this writing is in the
midst Of the third day Of his speech
making. The opportunity was afford
ed by the consideration Of the Canal
Zone Government Bill. The PROPOSE
tion is to give the zone a civil govern
ment and confer upon the Commits
sioners the pardoning power. Mr..
Morgan argues that a military govern
ment would be much better and more
in harmony with the eternal fitness OF
things lie takes the ground that the
zone is q military reservation, policed
by United States soldiers, and that the
Commissioners should devote their
best energies to the construction Of the
canal, relieved Of all collateral matters.
There is much good sense in this view
Of the matter. But win men be will
ing to work under military law? Can
civilians be compelled to do thiss
Why not get enlisted men 70 work
upon the canal
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-04-22

The Chinese question looms large
and yellow on the international hori-
zon, and Secretary Hay and Attorney
General Knox are giving it careful
attention. The Chinese minister has
plucked up courage enough to inform
the President that if the present harsh
laws against the Chinese are continued
and enforced, reprisals upon the part Of
the least favored nation may be ex-
pected. 50 long as this state Of things
continues it is foolish to expect any
considerable trade relations with
China, and the open door will be
closed. On the other hand Congress
man Livernash of California, who
represents labor, wants the exclusion
act maintained, and so does the Fede-
ration Of Labor. 1t is difficult to eat
ones cake and keep it too. The
government cannot please everybody,
but in the last analysis must do justly
and await the evolution Of events.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-04-22
Some Indians Are Nasons

Grand Secretary WV. Perry Of
the Wisconsin Grand Lodge said that
Masonry exists among the Indians.
"They have no lodges that / know
Of" said he, ''and 1 don't know
where they got their Masony, but
some Of the Indians are good Masons.
/ remember having heard storier Of
narrow escapes from death and
disaster by white men making them
selves known as MasoHs. Many years
ago they brought a shipload Of slaves
to New Orleans, aud when one Of
them was put out on the block TO be
auetioned Off he made the Masonic
haiiing sign. He was taken down
from the block, examined and found
10 be a Mason. He was not sold into
slavery, but a purse was raised by
New Orleans Masons to purchase his
freedom, and he was sent back to
Africa"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-04-22

Orange county sp0rlsmen have re-
leased several thousand quail this
spring and expect the shooting will
be good next fall. The birds came
from south and west, and the question
is viii not those not killed migrate 70
their former homes. English quail
are migratory and though ours are q
different breed those imported may
have retained some Of the instincts Of
their ancestors.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1904-04-22

The riddle of the world is understood
Only by him who feels that God is good.
Whittier.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Birmingham News (Dem.) says:
THE South is not in favor of gal
vanizing dead issues. 1t wants a clean,
safe Democrat with clear party rec
ord and it favors a conservative plat
form. This is the course to victory,
and the party is not to be swayed by
Mr.. Bryan or anybody else from fol-
lowing a path at once so sure and so
inviting"
The Memphis Commercial-Appeal
(Dem.) says: "Mr. Bryan states sew
eral objections to the New York plat
form, but we have epitomized them
in the single one that it does not re-
affirm the Kansas City platform and
does indorse Judge Parker. Had it in
dorsed the last national platform that
would be an Endorsement of Mr.. Bry-
an, and as 1t ignored that instrument
1t therefore ignored Mr.. Bryan. He is
pugnaciously opposed to being ignored,
and those who treat him as if he was
not, become objects of his wrath and
contempt"
The Philadelphia Record Dem.)
says: Notwithstanding the vcciferous
demand that Judge Parker shall talk,
he refuses to forget what is due to
his position as chief justice of the
Court of Appeals, and he does not fail
to remember that 1t is better that the
office should seek the man than the
man the office In this behalf the
conduct of Judge Parker is in fine
contrast with that of President Roose-
welt, who, from the time he reached
the White House after the death of
Mckinley, has let no occasion or OPP
portunity pass to push his candidacy
for a second term"
The Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.) says:
Mr.. Bryan is not a good loser; nor is
he an attractive figure as a declared
wrecker and defamer of the party
which gave him its highest honors,
and which he twice led to ignominious
defeat. Having failed TO rule, he is
now evidently resolved to ruin 1t. But
though he may not know it he is
doing the party and the country more
valuable service than he ever rendered
either by separating himself as far as
possible from the real Democracy. Well
rid of Bryan and Organism, the party
may rise on the stepping stone of its
dead self to a new career of distinc-
ton and usefulness as an aggressive
party IN opposition"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
THE FOLK Room.

The mention which Bourke Cochran
made of Joseph w. Folk of St Louis,
in the debate in the House on Satur-
day, as an available man for the DEM
ocratic nomination for President, is
being eagerly seized upon by the Re-
publican papers as an indication that
the great majority of the Democratic
leaders don't want Judge Parker. AS
far as we have been able to observe it
is. only the Republican papers that
have discovered that Democrats are
falling away from Judge Parker and
are now talking of the probability of
the nomination of Mr.. Folk.
Mr.. Cochran is Tammany's mouth
piece and Tammany is not pleased
with the. prospect of the nomination
of Judge Parker. That organization is
bent on beating Mr.. Hill. The only
objection 1t has to Judge Parker is
that Mr.. Hill is managing his cam
paign for him. Mr.. Cochran had no in
tention of bringing Mr.. Folk forward
as a candidate for the nomination
when he mentioned his name on Sat
urday. His only purpose was to show
that Tammany was not yet willing to
accept Judge Parker. Mr. Cochran
may mention Senator German or
Judge Grey in his next speech. His
purpose is to create the impression
that the Democrats have not settled
upon Judge Parker.
AS a matter of fact Mr.. Folk win not
be eligible until next October. He is
not yet 50 years of age. Besides, he has
no experience in public life. He
has won a reputation as the prosecutor
of brlbe- taking aldermen of st. Louis.
The outlook is that he will be the
Democratic candidate for Governor of
Missouri, and if his reputation con-
tinues to grow he may be a presiden-
tial possibility in 1908. 1t is very
doubtful, however, if he will, be men
toned In the st. Louis Convention.
The movement in favor of the nomi-
nation of Judge Parker is gaining
strength all the time. He is satisfac-
tory to the conservative element of
the party and the adherents of Mr..
Bryan are not finding any fault with
him. OF course Mr.. Bryan. is object
ing to him, but 1t is we'll understood
that he is going to object to any can
didate who is not in thorough sympa-
thy with the Kansas City platform.
Mr.. Folk may be talked of for day
or two, but he is not in the list of the
candidates for the nomination. No
body is urging his nomination--not
even Mr.. Cochran. who is responsible
for the talk there is of him as a pres
identiaI candidate.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
Personal.

Speaker Cannon does not trust the
great clock, which hangs on the beau
tifully paneled wall above the marble
rostrum. He prefers to open the House
by the old-fashioned timepiece that he
carries in his own waistcoat pocket.
One day last week he entered the
chamber just before H. "Ah," said he,
as he took out his watch and gazed up
ward at the clock, II see the old clock
is right again to-day" Then he took
his stand and let the gavel fall Mr.
Chaplain" he added, in an undertona,
you may go ahead"
Washington takes much interest in
Countess Marguerite Cassini and when
ever she drives out in her brougham
there is much staring. The Russian
girls self-conscience is supreme. She
walks into shops with the air of a
queen. Her accent is foreign, but she
speaks English charmingly. Countess
Marguerite likes horse racing and she
has driven out to the Benning track
several times. She always shows start
ling effects in clothes, such as q long
tan coat, with pearl buttons almost as
big as saucers. With the diplomats
she is a great favorite.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
BACON AGAINST BATTLEsHIPs.

Senator Bacon of this state is pat
in the position by the Washington dis
patches as saying that battleships
will soon be out of date The con-
ference report on the naval appropria-
ton bill came up in the Senate Mon
day, and Senator Hale. in comment
ing on it, criticised the modern bat
tleship, and suggested that il would
be advisable TO give the subject fur
Their and more careful consideration be-
fore deciding to build more great bat
tleships. 1t was while the foregoing
report was being considered that Sen
ator Bacon said battleships would soon
be out of date.
There is no doubt that the opera
tions of the japanese at Port Arthur
have had a wonderful effect upon the
public mind the world over in respect
to the usefulness of battleships in
naval warfare. The Russian fleet at
Port Arthur has been badly crippled,
II it has not been practically destroyed,
by mines and torpedo boats operated
by the japanese. There has been no
engagement between the big ships, and
/. wouldn't be surprising if there
shouldn't be any, and yet there has
been, and doubtless viii continue to
be, very active naval operations by
both the Russians and the japanese.
The naval bill that was before the
Senate yesterday in a conference re-
port, carries an appropriation for sew
eral great warships. The cost of some
of these ships is enormous. In the
last FIVE years the cost of the battle
ships and cruisers which Congress has
authorized is fully $160OO0,0 900, and the
policy of the Navy Department seems
to be to go on recommending the con-
struction of these great. costly fort
resses.
But suppose it is a fact, as seems
to be demonstrated at Port Arthur,
that these ships are no match for tor
pedoes, torpedo boats and mines? Is
it not the part of wisdom to settle
this question before constructing any
seem SO.
1t hasn't been so very long since
our country held the second, if not the
first, place so far as submarine boats
were concerned but we seem to have
come to the conclusion that but little
reliance is to be placed upon them.
And we are not building as many
torpedo boats as we did awhile back.
At the time Congress began to look
with more favor upon battleships than
upon submarine and torpedo boats it
must have had good reasons for doing
so, but in the light of current events
would it not be advisable for 1t to
go over the whole matter again? We
are sure that Senators Bacon and
Hale wouldn't be so positive in their
opinions respecting the modern bat
tleship II they were not we'll salts
fed that money was being wasted in
the construction of so many of them.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
The Dollar as the cabby Knew 1t.

An old gray-bearded, well-to-do
farmer from up the state on a visit to
this city had queer opinion of the
English language before he was here
an hour, says the Philadelphia Press.
Arriving at Broad street station, he
accosted a cabman and inquired what
it would cost for a trip to League
Island and back.
1.-TWO plunks," replied the cabby.
Two what?"
"Plunks-bones-case - can't you
understand"
II asked you what II would cost for
the trip, and I'm not here to be made
a fool Of replied the farmer with
some heat.
That's what am trying to tell
you. Two daddies. See?'
Excuse me, but / don't seem to
catch what you mean"
well, haven't tried to tell you FIVE
or six times already? Two bucks
two cartwheels."
It was then the I'D state man SEEM
ed TO grasp the meaning Of what the
cabby was trying to tell him. and he
said in the meekest of voices: You
don't mean S2?"
Yep, that's what / have told you
already a half a dozen times
At that the farmer climbed aboard
and the cabby mounted the box and
drove in the direction named.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
lAUE1 TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-Clinton Lodge No. 81. F.
& A. M; Armour Lodge No 1884,
G. U. o. of O. f.
Special Notices-School for Girls,
Miss Alice West. Notice to Superior
Court Jurors: School for Girls Miss
Pane.
Business Notices-Private Dining
Rooms. Sommers' cafe; Newport Bicy-
Gle, Walter f. Higgins.
Amusements-Base To-day. Sa-
vannah, VS.. Charleston.
Third Day of Great Rebuilding Sale
b. H. Levy. Bro. &c Co.
Here's Something in the Way-Con-
nor & Sullivan.
Pierce BicyCle-At Lattimore's.
xygenor-Knight' Pharmacy.
Jersey Shrub Syrup-Henry Solomon
& Son.
Every Housekeeper Can Save Money
e. * w. Laundry.
Foods-Force; Postum Food Coffee.
Olive Oils-The Delmonico Co.
1t is Always Beneficial-The Solo
mons Co.
Take Warburines for Malara-Row-
linski, Druggist.
Legal Notices-In the Matter of
George Cooper and James O'Keefe, of
Chatham. Bankrupts.
knowledge of the Drug Business
Masonic Temple Pharmacy
Medical-Ozomulsion; DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery; Vinol; Her
picide; Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky;
Cuticura.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale: Lost: Personal; Mis-
cslanious.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
The Value of Appearances.

A captain on one of the ferryboats
plying in this harbor tells the follow
ing story of the value of a coat of
paint, says the New York POST
Some years ago l owned a small
sailing vessel engaged in the coast ard
West Indian trade. While we were
lying at an East River pier taking on
a cargo for the West Indies, a stranger
approached, and, after critically cycling
my craft, asked
" 'What'll you take for that boat?'
One thousand eight hundred will
buy her. / told him.
I'll give you thirteen hundred,
replied the stranger. She is an old
boat, and not worth any more
1T refused his Offer and he soon dis
appeared, but made UP my mind
that 1 would spend a little money for
white lead and oil. and when I was
lying in port, unloading the cargo,
would have my men paint up the boat
and improve her appearance. When
sailed into this port again she look
ed as good as new. After reaching
my pier. I saw the same fellow walk
ing about looking the craft over. Soon
he approached me and asked:
" Excuse me. sir, but how much
will YOU sell her for?'
/" You can have her for 50. $780,
told him.
call it $4,000 and I'll take her,
he replied, and it didn't take me long
to accept the offer. 1 calculated
made about a thousand on 500 worth
of paint"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
BETTER TIMES FOR THE COTTON
FARMER.

FARMER.
Mr. Daniel J. Sully, who won no.
toriety as a Spectator in the cotton
market, and who recently failed for
100000 or 100000, says that he is
now going to give his time and ener-
gies to assisting the cotton farmer to
get better returns for his cotton. He
is going to introduce methods Of cul-
tivaton that will bring a larger yield,
and of handling that will prevent
waste and get the cotton to market
in better condition.
These promises will of course be re-
ceived by cotton farmers with feel
ings Of gratitude They are always
glad to receive assistance that will
enable them to get a better net profit
out of their crop. But what is it
that Mr.. Sully proposes to do? 1t will
be recalled that not long ago he said
one reason the yield OF cotton per
was deteriorating. His contention was
that the best grade of the seed was
sent to the cotton oil mills and the
inferior grades were planted. We made
inquiries as to the correctness of this
statement and the answers we re-
ceived did not sustain Mr. Sully. Still,
our inquiries covered very small part
OF the cotton belt, and it may be a fact
that in many parts of the South the
farmers make the mistake of plant
Ing inferior seed. 1t would be in
teresting to know what the fact is.
But what is it that Mr.. Sully is
going to do to help the cotton farmer?
We see it stated in the dispatches
that he is going to manufacture an
improved machine for baling cotton
and a new cotton gin for which he
has secured the patent. The company
that is going to manufacture these
machines has a capital of 1000. 900
and is to be operated under a New
Jersey charter. The principle offices
of the company are to be in New
York.
From the foregoing we infer that
Mr. Sully hopes to help the cotton
farmer by means of these machines,
which he will sell them doubtless at
a reasonable profit. Will he sell them
to dealers in machines of that sort
or will he distribute them through
agents, so as to prevent a cut in the
prices OF them? We ask this question
because from the answer to it some
idea may be obtained as to whether
he is as much interested in promot-
ing the welfare OF the cotton farmer
as he is in advancing his own ma
terial fortunes.
Both the baling machine and the
cotton gin may be improvements upon
those at present in existence, but, as
yet, we do not see that Mr.. Sully is
any more DESTROYS of helping the cot
ton farmer than others are who have
something they want to sell him. 1t
may turn out, however, that this view
isn't quite just to him. He may have
plans for helping the cotton farmer
that he has not yet disclosed, and
he may be much more disinterested
than would seem to be the case from
what is appearing in the newspapers.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
BRIGHT BITS.

-Manager-"How long have you been
on the stage?" Applicant-"Se Seventeen
years" Manager-"And do you still
hope to become an actor?"-Chlcago
Daily News.
-Husband-in-w aiting-"I must take
you to see the woman lightning change
artist at the Halls" Wife-"Is she
good?' Husband-"Great! She puts
on her hat in less than fifteen minutes"
Punch.
YES" he said, IT studied in a COL
lege of pharmacy and now am read
ing The Bartender's Guide" WHATS
your object?' why. l expect to get
a job as drug clerk in a prohibition
district. "-Chicago Evening Post.
MY old man threatens to cut down
my allowance if I don't study more. ="
What a silly ideal. Eyes, isn't it.?
He doesn't seem to appreciate the fact
that my textbooks last me twice as
long as anybody else ."-Harper Ba-
zaar.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-04-27
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