Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-04-16

! DR. John Marshall, professor IN the
U. P. says whiskey is not an anti
dote for rattlesnake bites. neither do
the buttons on his tail correspond to
his age in years. nor if his fangs are
drawn is he necessarily harmless.
He ridicnled the basilisk eyes which
hypnotizes birds, and said there was
no known antidote for the snakes
bite.
Rochester, N. Y had half mil.
lion dollar fire this week which
burned three churches and left a
thousand people homeless.
Large mackerel schools have been
seen off the Delaware capes One is
said to have covered an area of more
than a square mile.
New Jersey now has law W hich
makes 10y riding" a misdemeanOr.
1t provides that any one driving a
motor car without consent of the
owner or for a wager where speed
limit is exceeded or while intcx cat.
ed can be punished with three years
in State prison.
Andrew Carnegie has given Ham,
illon College two hundred thousa ud
dollars to be called the Elihu Root
pence fund.
The pure food bill allowing the use
of benzoate of soda as a preservative
has passed and goes to the Cover
nor.
Rowland voted in the Senate for
the bill to increase the salary Of Jud-
ges. The bill carries an increase Of
$3.50. 900 a year.
Henry Dewitt Esq and J. e. Dodan
of Lackawaxen were business visit.
ors here Tuesday.
The government last year handled
about tiftv-two million pounds of
country newspapers.
What is known as the new school
code which enables Philadelphia to
borrow much more money was
pushed through the House at Harris
burg last Monday night ~ the mar.
row margin OF three votes. Marvin
made the mistake of voting for the
bill. while Kinney Of Monroe and
Feurtb of Wayne very wisely voted
against 1t.
The Capitol Park bill appropriat-
ing two million dollars for purehas-
ing land for park in rear of the
New Capitol has passed both Houses
and goes to the Governor who should
veto it.
Elijah, a son of George G. Mexican
and wife of Shohola township died
at his home Sunday, April l1th, Of
heart trouble aged about 20 years.
Bertram Blythe and wife of New
York were guests this week at the
Anchorage.
The Winter Courses in Agriculture
at State College begin November 80,
1909, and close February 25th, 1910.
These five courses bring a fine body
of young men to the college each
winter. The instruction is practical
and helpful to men engaged in Agri.
culture, Horticulture, Dairy Hus-
bandry, Dairy Manufacture or Poul-
try Raising. No entrance examine
tions are required. Young men wi o
intend making farming a business
would be wise to attend these cour-
ses.
Be careful of the man who com.
pliments you; he is probably putting
you up with a view of cutting you
open.
Mrs Ferdinand p. Earle says she
has discovered that her affinity hus-
band is lundtic. II takes some
people long time to make up their
minds.
A bill has been introduced to pay
Congressman IS, 600 per annum in
stead of 81 500 1t is not expected
that its consideration will interfere
with an early adjournment.
Some of the economic agitators
want not only freedom of speech, but
some means of compelling people to
listen.
If hid es are kept free, perhaps
shoes will be made cheap enough to
make up for the big tax on stock
ings.
a large number Of protection Dem
Ocrats have emerged from the tall
pine timber of the South.
The sugar trust is dangling before
the eyes of the Congress the same
Old promise of cheaper Sweetness.
In spite of the great depression in
business in 1908, the steel trust man
aged to pun out profit Of S9I s47, .
no II any better argument could
be advanced for lowering of tariff
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