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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-02-26
OBITUARY
MRS. CHARLES REILLY.

Margaret Reilly, wife Of Charles
Reilly, died at her home In Delaware
Friday night. Fob. l9'n, aged Sbopt
so years.
Funeral services we're held at the
house on Sunday nightand interment
in the Delaware Cems,sry Monday
afternoon.
She Is survived by her husband
and two stepdaughters, Mrs. Fannie
Cunningham OF Dobbs Ferry aud
Mrs. Kate Hermann Of Poughkeep
sic, N. Y.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-02-26
The Remarkable Illuminat-
ing Qualities Of Acctylene.
. A Revolution in Metal
Working.


A reprint and revision Of BulIetin
No. 81 of the State Department Of
Agriculture Of Pennsylvapia has
been issued by the Department. Of
Chemistry Of the PennsylvanIs State
College, under the authorship Of
George Gilbert Pond, PHI. ID. Tie
whole subject Of Calcium Carbide
sud Acetylsne is covered most thor
oily without Tho use OF technical Ian.
guage, and tho book contains com.
/ late and authoritative information,
50 simply told that the public gencr.
ally will find the book not OnIY iE.
structivo but extremely interesting.
The use Of Acetytene commercial.
~ Is an evolution covering ten or
twelve years. The rapid strides
which .he new illuminant has made,
especially in country homes, is max.
ing il q formidable competitor fer
favor wherever Illumination 10 rs.
quirsd.
The spectral analysis Of the light
shows it to be practical duplication
OF sunlight, 90 that oOIors have their
true value when illunIDAtsd by this
brilliant gas. RecsAtly the use Of
Acotylene for the headlights of auto
mobiles, its adoption by the Govern.
ment for beacon lights, lighthouses,
forts and Indian schools. has aiven
Acetylcne new impetus.
Professor Pend has shown that
tue dwsller in the country home can
secure this excellent illnminnnt ct
COST which compares. to the advai
tage of Acctylene, with city gas when
burned in the open famed burner
costing dollar per thousand cubic
feet.
Tho Board Of Engineers Of the Ma
tional Board Of Fire Underwriters
have, after years examination Of
tho subject, declared that Acety lene,
when installed with approved nppar-
atus, Is safer than tho illumiua ants
which it replaces, and the National
Board Of Fire Underwritera has re-
vise1 its rules in such q manner a.
to encourage its more rapid introduc
tion. Calcium Carbide, which has
In some quarters besn regarded As q
dangerous substance, has boon invts
tigated and declared without hazard
by the Fire Underwriters. These
fncts will como IN the nature Of
great surprise to many who have rs.
garded Acetylsne as dangerous. In
dealing with this phase Of the sub
ject, Professor Pond has given thoro
Information as TO the safe use Of
Acetvlene and the precautions which
must be taken with this substance,
the same as With any other illumi.
nant.
Calcium Carbide T. rock like sub.
stance produced by melting together
lime aud coke in The electric furnacs.
l. is not affected by any Substance
except water. and when broaght in
contact with water it gives of rap
idly the gas known as Acetylsno.
The Bulletin on Calcium Carbide
and Acetylens can be had free by ap
plieation, accompanied by Bix csniS
postage, to the Department Of Chem
istry, The Pennsylvania State Col
lege, State COLLEGE, Pa.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-02-26

Several Jerssymen who have faiIed
to all their ice houses earlier In ehc
seas0n have been hauling ice from
up in DingDan township this week
Chances are slim that mach move
will be made this season tho Mar cli
may have some cold weather in store
We had = blizzard 2i ears ago on
March 18th.
Efforts will be made 10 pass an act
aboiishing the Office of Associate
Judge at the expiration Of tho terms
Of Office Of the present incumbents
There are now 30 counties comsiitut-
lug Judicial districts which have
associate ia lgcs The act provides
that ProthOnotaries shall perform
the duties now devolving on sssoci.
asss In the absence of the President
Judge, but he shall have no vote In
deciding any questions.
2. a. Mills. former proprietor Of
the Crissman House here, has leased
the Riverside Hotel near Bushkill
ami Will apply for license.
The two proposed trust companies
for Stroudsburg have formed a com
bino which will be known rs the
Security Trust Company. Among
the Directors is George l.. Nyce OF
Bushkill.
The Citizen says: Horace o. XII D
for many years engaged in business
at Wilsonville, near HawIey, IL now
. resident of Owego, N Y, where
his wife has recently passed through
4 severe illness. Nrs. John A. Kipp
has been with her sistor.in Law dur
ing the ordeal Both Horace o and
John A., Are brothers Of Congress
man Geo. W Kipp OF this distric..
The only inaccuracies In the above
item are that Horace o. Kipp, who
was in business at Wilsonvillo re
sidss in Milford, and Horace o. Kipp
who lives in Oswego. N. Y, and
whose wife has been i'll, is q son Of
John A. Kipp-hence Mrs. Kipp has
beOA visiting her ds1ghter-iu.laW. v. |
Making the above noted corrections
the brief is right.
Wild geese are making trouble for
Monroe county farmers by cropping
on their wheat fields. Men and boys
are out with guns but so far only |
one goose, weighing ten pounds, has |
Ssen killed.N Probably the men are |
too excited to aim.
Congressman Brodhead Of this dis.
triet is climbing oratorical trees. He |
recently got far enough up in speak.
ing on the bill to reduce tho salnry |
Of the Secretary OF State to give
members . good view. and called es. |
pecial attention to himself by using |
che word "moukeying,"
The late Alfred Gilman, who sew
eFai years ago had large tanning in.
terssts In Sullivan county, N. Y i
died recehtly and two wills one
dated IN 1890 and one In 1894 have
been found. He left several million
dollsrs and q. F. Van Iuwegsn Of
Pors Jervis, who was named as Ex. |
seutor in the former will, has been
appointed BY the Surrogate OF Orange
County to take temporary charge of
the estate.
T. B. Morse of New York was IN |
town the first of the week.
!, Floyd Williams. a brother of Mrs.
A. ~. MAttler of this Boro, died at |
his homo In Pittston, Pa, last Sun
day after . long illness The 10.
mains were taken to Beemerville, his
bOyhood home, for interment. Fun
erRl services we're under the auspices
Of Samaritan Lodge f. g. A. Al Il |
Branchvills. Mr.. Williams taught
school in the old Academy here
about 40 years ago.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-02-26
FOR RENT

Four houses in Milford, situated
on principal streets, either furnished
or unfnrnished.
Il JOHN A. KIPP.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-02-26
The Cuperman Murder

Further testimony was taken Tues
day in Port Jervis before the Coroner
as to she killing of Cupsrman. The
evidence mainly showed tho move
mentS Of Henry Brink, both alone
and with . companion, the night Of
the murder, how he visited several
aAloons in Port JsrViS, what they
drank, and the amount of money he
spent. Also that he WAs sOSn Griv-
ing on the road toward Pert JsrVia
early In IhS evening. Nothing how
ever was disclosed which has not
heretofore been published. At the
conclusion Of the testimony a war.
rant was issued charging Brink with
the murder. He Is In Goshen Jail.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-02-26
ENTERTAINMENT
IN TIE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH. THURSDAY
EVENING. MARCH 4th.
AT 8 O'CLOCK.
UnSes Auspices Of Wonlan's
Soclety

MiSu Elizabeth Shaw Col
well Of Boston viii give a talk
on Hawaiian Folk Lore ilIus-
trated BY folk songs sung IN
the native tongue BY Miss
Charlotte p. White.
ADMISSION 25c.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-02-26
New Comic Features

Two new and bright comic feat
ures are now appearing in the "Phil-
adelphia Sunday Press" They arc
entirely new and very funny, drawn
especially for "The Philadelphia
Sunday Press"
Mr.. SOftleigh is sn easy old gentle
man and is always getting into trou.
BILE because HE Cannot Say No"
His experiences are very interesting
and funny.
The other new feature is an inter-
esting little chap called ''Clumsy
Claude" who tries to help his papa
In all his undertakings. he is very
ambitious and industrious, but his
results are always the reverse, for
he is always getting into some mis-
chievous trouble on account OF being
so very clumsy.
The new features will appear reg.
ular every Sunday in the Comic Sec
tion Of ''The Phila1slphia Sunday
Press" Also our famous hair
breadth Harry, Mrs. Timekiller, Mr..
Mr.. Crouch, John, Poor John,
Lucky Mike and Mrs. Rummage.
All these famous comic people amuss
thousands Of readers Of "The Phila-
dslphia Sunday Press, and why not
you? They will entertain the young
as we'll as the old. Order "The
Philadelphia Sunday Press" deliv-
cred to to your home by your news
dealer every Sunday.
81 have suffered a good deal with
malaria and stomach complaints, but
have now found a remedy that
keeps me we'll, and that remedy is
Electric Bitters: a medicine that is
medicine for stomach and liver
troubles, and for run down oondi-
tiOns," says W. G. Kiestler, of Halli-
day, AK. Elestrio Bitters purify
and enrich the blood, tone up the
nerves, and Impart vigor and energy
to the weak. Your money will be
refunded If 1t fails to help you. soc
at both drug stores.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-02-26

For SALE or RENT-store room
and dwelling on Broad Street, Mil.
ford. Pa , either together or separ
ately. Apply 20
Mrs. X. V. Dingman
or 10 Press Once.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1909-02-26

Advsrtlse in the Press.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-14

EDO you like nice birdg'' asked
the Johnny as the sat down to the
table, ''0h, yes." responded the in
genie Immediately and ecclesiastical.
~. .sYou ought to call on my sister. y
explained the other She's got one
of the finest canaries you- ever saw.
Well, what kind of sandwich do you
think You can at?''-Cleveland
Leader.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-14
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The Centenary of Darwin !


to Edinburgh to study medicine. Here
inherited antipathies broke out: he
could not endure to see an operation,
Since he was likely to become san
idle sporting man. he was sent to
Cambridge university to be shaped in
to clergyman. At the university
three years were .'worse than vast
ed. = Then came the lucky chance to
join the Beagle; during those five wears
of cruising among the Cape Verde and
Galapagos islands and along the coasts
of Brazil, Patagonia and Australia he
at last found his vocation and was
never tempted to desert it. His health
was ftful, the use of the microscope
probably overstraining his eyes. though
he called his malady seasiekness. In
South America he had a severe and
mysterious illness, and he never again
enjoyed full health. During the six
years (1S36-1S42) following his return
he lived in London and Cambridge,
engaged in study and writing and
struggling against steady decline of
Iged him from time to time to knock
off work entirely, and in 1912 he re-
moved to Down for country quiet. At
Lyell, II am coming into your way of
only working about two hours at one
SPELL. = References to illness are fire.
quent in his letters: st could collect
facts bearing upon the origin of species
when I could do nothing else from ILL.,
ness" 81 manage only a couple of
hours a day and that not very regu-
arly.n
What Darwin lacked in capacity for
sustained work he made up by patience,
system, and cumulative effort; he never
swerved from his main purpose AS
thinker he possessed that rare COM
bination of originality and caution
which marks minds of the first order
Observant, as has been remarked, by
inherited disposition, he had also the
unfinching eandor that gives full
weight to every observed fact. no mat
ter how unweleome, and never slurs
over exceptions He was an observer
and experiencer rather than a theor-
izer; it was his great triumph to formu-
late what is perhaps the most momen-I
tous generalization ever made by man,
but it rested upon an enormous mass of
observation and subsidiary induction.
He had noticed, for example, in the
Galapagos islands fauna resembling
that of the mainland, yet totally differ
ent as to species. Whya By the time
he had answered that question he was
well on the road to his goal In a
vague, large way the idea Of evolution
was thousands of years old; it is beau
tifully put by Lucretius. Darwin
brought it down to earth, as Franklin
brought down the celestial fire; of an
interesting speculation he made a
scientific doctrine of transcendent inn
portance
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-14

81 thought young Puffy was study
ing to be surgeon.'' s.He gave it
up; he couldn t bear the sight of
blood. - But he owns an automo-
bile. Newark Evening News.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-14

HmHow does she 1ook
Why she can't get rid of
The Morning sun., 1909-04-24
PRESS-AGENEATW WORK ON JOHNs0N

Already The Anti-Byan bOltoH after The scalp Of
John johnson Of Mennesota.
Tue Pea'-agen Of what a best understood che Clete-
land wing Of the Democratic party is AZ work vi bs.
quarters Washington.
Articles prepared with Washington date ine, and issu
Inc from the office Of che Peagent are being published ~
those papers that susceptible to the jingle Of the a
mighty O.
The latest bears date of April 20, and imabper s,.,,
revolt against Bryan aud favorable 70 johnson.
Plainly enough che effect Of ths bolt 10 johnson viii
niure Johnsonoa chances for che next Demooroto p.
Dental nominaton because Of the character OF the boe
and that io what it Is intended 10 do.
The revolt against Bryan "a announced a. s,s.t,..
And he Presaagant would be surprised il bs 49,
West should follow Fitzgerald Of New York and ClarL 4,
Florida in this revolt -
~ johnson Of Minnesota viii possibly be candda,. a.
10y D,.loo'lue Presidential nomination. But II ~.
beware o. enc preaa-agent hlh articles te,r tbs Az,
A,-ana aiao ihe earnaFle that indicate their ,risi
The Morning sun., 1909-04-24

Betting Oh races is fatal to all but the strongest
in will-power.
AT Morris Park, there once gathered crowd Of
forty-two thousand persons to see the great Sub
urban run. Tbirty-two thousand Of those men and
women gathered there had bet on therace.
When the race was won and lost, there were in
that crowd, more than hundred persons who were
discovered to be defaulters.
Every time a race was won in the great circuit
around New York, one or more persons lost honor,
good name, self respect-ALL THAT makes life
worth living.
am told that business men argue that race
track will benefit the city that holds it, that busi
ness will be improved increased and extended.
If this is true let us encourage the building Of
race tracks and the running of races.
But, these same business men say that race
tracks will not be built nor races run, unless the
law allows pool selling.
If this is so, then let us do without the increased
business that race tracks and racing may bring.
Any benefits derived from a business that de-
stroys mems souls, robs them Of honor, brings dis
grace on their children breaks the hearts Of their
wives and tempts the weak beyond their strength to
resist into sin, would better be lost forever.
The people of Florida are spending hundreds of
thousands of dollars year to educate the youth Of
the state and make them good citizens
This is done by statutes passed for this pur-
pose.
The people should not let law remain on the
statute book that permits race track gambling,
which is a school for crime, that has thousands Of
men and boys on its roll-attendance regular.
Senator Sloan has introduced bill that will
STOP RACE TRACK GAMBLING, and will
Penalize all other forms Of gambling.
Florida now has a law that legalizes race track
gambling provided the State shares in the spoils
The Sloan bill will, by repeal, blot this disgrace
from the pages Of Florda's laws
This bill should be passed without DELAY.
The Morning sun., 1909-04-24
MAINLY ABOUT KINGS.

MAINLY ABOUT KINGS.
Horse racing is called the Sport Of Kings
object
This slander should not be put on sport that
has much to commend it.
No man with sufficient Of the good red blood run
ming through his system, can fail to find pleasure
watching horse race fairly and cleanly run.
The horses enjoy it too. So it furnishes the
glad heart-throb to both man and beast.
For these and other reasons it pains and dis
turbs me, it fills me with resentment to hear this
sport 50 stgInatizsd.
10 call anything the Sport Of Kings puts it in
bad at once
Kings have not qualihed for membership in the
Desirable Citizens Club, and their sports as
chronicled By the historians, have not appealed to
me as pastimes to recommend to my friends
Not counting the time that held four in one
hand, have known no Kings
But, have read about them, and on this author
ity make bold to pronounce them--a scurvy lot.
With few exceptions the Kings we read about,
would have been the pendant objects on piece Of
hemp, if they got their deserts.
For the list includes, for the most part, thieves
villains, murderers and seducefs, and their sports
were generally Of the kind that 90 to increase the
population Of Hell's half acre
S., when they call those racing the Sport Of
Kings ! aim at once prompted to yen Police"
This designation is used BY those who wish to
play the game Of horse racing for their own profit
in a attempt to popalaria1.
They use this high sounding term, to hide the
evils that flourish and follow Ia It's train, in the
hop. that the public attention win Be caught BY
the glamor Of royalty and diverted from the dregs
81 shame that are left to those who follow the races
For time and trial have proved that horse racing
cannot succeed as business without the gambling
attachment.
When Gle sophists told Governor Hughes, Of
Nsa York, that hofse-raeiug did not depend on
pooi-ssliing (which means gambing), the Cover
- answered by striking At pool-sellihg alone in
his recommendation for a law that passed.
Two months after the law against pool-selliug
vent into eaect, the owner Of one of the biggest
een.ir IS ths Ns York cfcui, vas Surveying
th. lomG a town .oa
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-31
Losses About 100000.
FORTY PEOPLE DRIVEN fROM
BEDS INTO STREET BY FIRE.

Forty people driven to the street in
their night clothes was the result of
two fires early today. The property
loss will not exceed $1,000. but there
was plenty of work for the firemen and
volunteer rescuers while the fires lasted.
The first blaze was in the grocery
of Morris Newman, 81 Frelinghuysen
avenue. which started in the rear of
the store. George Burnett and John
Russell. street railway employees, while
eating lunch in a restaurant across the
sSYeet, noticed the flames. They
aroused the t~wenty-four tenants in the
Mouse, and with the aid of Patrolmen
Peterson and Tahey, of the First Pre-
cinct, helped them to escape.
At the second fire Alderman Louis
Semel Of the Third ward; Bernard
Schenkal, Harris Cash and Max Gelb
were the heroes. This fire started in
the basement Of the four-story wooden
apartment at 106 Montgomery street.
Alderman Semel, who lives across the
street, was entertaining several friends
when smoke was seen issuing from the
basement of the tenement. The four
men rushed out and aroused the people
in the building. On the third floor
Alderman Semel found Samuel Hooper
man and his wife, both s. years of age,
overcome by smoke. He carried them
out of the building and to his home
where after a short time they recov-
cred.
The hremen made short work of the
fire.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-31
HOLD GIRL OF FOURTEEN
AS SWINDLER OF MANY.
Is Charged With Defrauding
Host of HOusekeepers.

Charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses, fourteen-year-old Helen
strauss, of PSI Paramount avenue, was
held in 5000 bail by Judge Herr in the
Fourth Precinct Court today for the
upper Juvenile Court. Mrs. Vinzenzo
~Siniscalchi, of a54 South Orange ave-
nue.. appeared as complainant.
1t Is alleged that the girl has been
making a house-to-house nva in
the Fourth Precinct, representing her.
self TO be from a w~ell-known grocer
and selling coffee. 1t was brought out
in the testimony that she would always
appear at a house when one of the
families was out and going to another
tenant would leave the coffee for ner
and collect the money. The girls moth
err, Mrs. May Strauss. admitted that she
sent her daughter out TO sell coffee, but
denied that any fraudulent methods
had ever been employed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-31
FINAL APPEAL FOR
TAX REDUCTION IS
HEARD BY BOARD
Counsel for Bank Stockholders
Makes Eloquent Plea in As
sessment Fight.

John r. Hardin, counsel for the bank
stockholders who are appealing to the
State Board for the Equalization of
Taxes against the assessment of their
stock at the market value, completed
his argument before the board sitting
in the council chamber at the City Hall
today.
The case was begun yesterday, when
the officials of several banks were called
to show that the assessment at the
market value was greatly in excess OF
the original book valuation assessment.
The assessment on the market value
was made by the County Board OF
Taxation on tn, appeal of Noah Gutter,
secretary of the City Tax Board, act
ing as a private citizen. on the ground
that the assessment was too low.
The point which Mr.. Hardin en-.
deavored to bring out was that the
board had no right to act on Mr..
Cutters request. In giving his testi-
mony yesterday Mr.. Gutter asserted
that he took the step because he be-
lieved ne mad been discriminated
against in hat he did not think that
the bank-stock had been assessed at
it's true vaIue. Mr.. Hardin held that
as the tax rate had already been fixed,
even should the assessment be in
creased. Mr.. Gutter would gain nothing.
He said that precedents showed that
where a case tended to upset the tax
rate fixed the case had been given a
hearing.
Another thing to which Mr.. Hardin
objected was Mr.. Cutters connection
with the city government. He declared
hat the City Tax Board should have
appeared in it's own name in the case.
1t was not equitable to change The
! valuation of the stock at the present
date. Mr.. Hardin went on, and 1t was
a question of equity which the State
Board had to settle. 1t was a case OF
the City Tax BOARD having decided
that 1t had made a mistake in assess
ing the stock at it's book valuation, not
a case of the board having been mis-
informed as to values. should the
change TO the higher valuation be de-
cided on now, so many persons hao
paid their taxes that there could be nc
equalization.
Edward d. Dufield, who appeared for
former United States Senator John r.
Dryden and other heavy stockholders,
said that if this appeal were allowed
it opened the door to the defrauding by
one municipality of their neighbors IN
the same county. The report had been
made to the, county of its share in The
city tax receipts before Mr.. Gutter
made his appeal, he said, so that New
| ark. and Newark only, would be bcne
flied by the increase. Besides that q
high rate on a low assessment hat
been fixed on the stock, SO that the
same rate ON d higher valuation would
not be just to the stockholders.