o toss. 111 Mew Ji o VOL. VI. MILFOUI), PIKE COUNTY, I'A., FRIDAY, JULY H), 1901. NO. oO. c 11 THE WASHINGTON LETTER. From Our Regular Corrwponrtont.) Wabiiinoton, I). C. July 15, 1901. Secretary Gago nnd other trens ury officials have been surprised by tho receipt from intornnl revenue for the first half of this month. It was . naturally expected that tho reductions which wont into effect tlio first of tho month would make tho receipts considerably smaller than for tho corresponding period laHt yonr, but instead of that they have been a little larger every day nnd for tho half month in round figures 11,000,000 greater than for tho first half of July 1 st year. Some think that this may bo ac counted for by tho fact that changes wore mado in a number of clashes of rovonuo stamps and that largo users allowed their supply to entirely rim out by tho first of tho month and have consequently purchased largo quantities sinco then. Whatever tho cause, tho receipts have been larger when they wero expected to bo smnllor. Socrctary Hitchcock takes no stock in tho numerous stories of the intended crooked nso of tho names of soldiers and sailors by land spec ulators in entering claims for home steads in tho Oklahoma Indian res ervation. Ho is confident that the regulations will make it impossible for such crookedness to be carried on to a sufficient extont to make it pay, and his nil vices from Oklahoma indicate that tho storios are largely imaginary. Representative Hepburn, who is in Washington on business, says that Senator Allison was in dead earnest whon he started that Presi dential Iwom for Governor Shaw of Iowa j that the republicans of Iowa are solidly behind Governor Shaw nnd will present his nnmo to the national convention, although they fully recognize the handicap that tho big nnd certain republican ma jority always given by the 6tate will bo to him, owing to the natural pudency of conventions to give greater consideration to close and doubtful stntes in choosing a Candi da to. It was highly complimentary to Consul General Stowe, who recently tendered his resignation because of bis inability to live at Cape Town, South Africa, on the salary of the office, 13,000, for the large mer chants of that city to unite in a pe tition to the department of state nsking that Mr. Stowe's resignation bo not accepted and pledging them selves to pay nim enough, in addi tion to his official salary, to enable him to live as he should, but Secre tary Hay promptly informed the signers of the petition that this government could not allow a con sular officer to be paid from private sources Congress fixes the consu lar salaries. It may be remarked in this connection that tho German consul general at (.'ape Town re ceives $10,000 a year more salary than Mr. Stowe for precisely the same cluss of work. Representative Cannon of Illinois, who is hustling in Washington for his constituents, says he hasn't made up his mind whether to bo. come the fourth candidate for the senate in his state Senator Mason, Comptroller Dawes and Mr. M. P. Madden are already in the field. Asked what he thought of the pres idential outlook, Mr. Cannon said : "It is too early to talk with any certainty. Tho only thing that seems to be certain is that it will be an old fashioned sort of convention, with the result uncertain until after the delegates have assembled and some ballots have been tukcu. No man at present appears to le a pop vilar idol, and I do not think any thing is likely to occur which will give any one person a commanding position in the race. There are any number of men that want it, but which of them shall be chosen I shall not undertake to predict." Mr. Cannon disposed of the cock and bull stcry alleging the existence of a conspiracy among republican members of the house to provent the re-eleotion of Speaker Hender son by saying, "All such talk id ab solute rot." The appointmeut of Mr. A. B. Kittrodge by the governor of South Dakota to fill the vacancy made by the death of Senator Kyle has been well received in Washington. Al though Mr. Kiitredge is only 10 years old, ho has been regarded for some years as tho leader of the re publican party In South Dakota and is kn-wn to havo been largely in strumental in restoring his state to the republican column. Consul General Mason, at Berlin, m a report to the department of state called attention to tho tricks of German customs officials to in jure American trade in Germany, especially that in manufactured ar ticles. Ho cites two instances in which a chango of tariff classifica tion has resulted in a practical pro hibition of t lio importation of two American articles, n snap hook which been has imported for years under a duty of $2.38 per 100 kilo- j;nnns, reclamed and put nt $5.71, moro than double, and ice cream freezers, which wore changed from 2.38 per 100 kilograms to $7.11. He advises American manufacturers to ascertain by actual shipments how articles are to he classed before con- tracting to deliver largo quantities in Germany. Mr. John C. Freeley of Scranton, Pa., who has just roturnod from a somi-bnsiuoss tour of Great Britain said while in Washington : "The salo of American agricultural im plements is increasing every day in Europe. Tho peoplo who do the buying over there are as sensible as any other people on earth. They dont buy our plows and hay rakes and steel rails just because they arc American, but because they are really tho host in the world and far cheaper in the long run than tho best articles made elsewhere." Sulphur a Preventive of Mosquito Bites. One of our readers informs us that, having seen a statement in some English medical journal to tho effect that sulphur, taken internally, would protect a person against flea bites, it ocourred to him to try it as a preventive of mosquito bites. Ac cordingly ho began taking effervesc ing tablets of tartar-lithine and sul phur, four daily. He providod himself with several livoly mos- quitoos, and having put them into a wide mouthed bottle inverted tho bottle and-pressed its mouth upon his bare arm. The mosquitoes sottlod on his skin but showed no inclination to bite him. If this gen tleman's experience should be borne out by further trials, it might be well for persons who are particularly sensitive to mosquito bites to take a course of sulphur duriug the mos quito season, especially in view of the growing opiuion that the mos quito is the common vehicle of malaria. A'. Y. Medical Journal, To expel mosquitoes, take of gum camphor a piece about one-third tho size of a hen's egg, and evaporate it by placing it in a tin vessel and holding it over a lamp, taking care that it doos not ignite. The smoke will soon fill the room and expel the mosquitoes, and not one will bo found in tho room next, morning, eveu though tho windows should bo left open at night. Unclaimed Letters List of unclaimed letters remain ing in the post oifice at Milford for the week ending July 20, 1901 : Rev. Thoo. Irving Reese, D. A, Marteeny, Mr. E. Bluko, Mr. Emil Hoffner, Mrs. A. C. Billings, Miss K. Brown, Mrs. W. Boemecko, Miss Mary Fisher. Persons claiming the nbove will please say "Advertised" and give date of this list. Cha-uleb Lattimore, P. M. Madge "This summer resort re minds me of what the professor said of the primary geological forma tion." Evelyn "How's that, dear?" Madge "It contains no trace of man." Life. Tramp's Advice to Housekeeper, "Please, mum, you'd better get rid of that dog, mum, an' gut a nice quiet cat." P. C. Ilutan, the bicycle dealer and repairer, is propared to sell wheels from $5 up on the instalment plan at both his Port Jervis and Milford rooms. A discount given for cash payments. His shops are the resort of all wishing bicycle sun dries and needing repairs to wheels, which are made iu a skillful, work manlike maimer. 5-22-tf. Subscribe for the Pkks. PERSONALS Dr. J. B. Lung of Brooklyn, N. Y., was in town Monday. Mrs. Percy Lyman a, id family of New York are sojourning in town. Alfred Cliatillon of Newark is vis iting his family up in Dingman town ship. Miss Millicent Crissman of Bergen Point, N. J., Is visiting with the family of her grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Crissman. Rev. Harvey Klaer, pastor of the Olivet Presbyterian church, Enston, Pa., and wife have gone to Ocean Grove to spend their vacation. S. II. MeEwen and wifo of Chica go are east on a visit to tho parents of tho litter, Arthur B. McCarty and wife, nnd will remain until Aug. 1. David M. Wells, who is connected with a road machine compnny in South Carolina, nrrivod homo Sun day on a visit to his mother, Mrs, Ann Wolls. Cal. Puck, proprietor of Busches Hotel, Hobokon, N. J., and daugh ter Alice nre spending a few days with the family of Robert Slruthers on Water street. Miss Happy Van Wyck has re turned to town nnd is at Brooksido Villa. Hor mother, Mrs. Kate B. Van Wyck, who has leen quite ill, is slowly improving. George Armstrong left Wednes day night having tho Klondike re gion as his destination. He has one or more promising claims staked out and hopes to dig much gold. OBITUARY. DAN1KL W. FISUKK. After an illness of considerable duration Mr. Fisher died Tuosday at tho home of Goo. II. McCarty in Dingman township where he was temporarily boarding. Ha was horn near Mystio, Connecticut, about sixty-oiglit years ago and for many years has resided in tlila vi cinity. He lived for some time in Montague, N. J , and also in Port Jervis nnd latterly has boen farm- ng in Dingman township until de clining health compelled him to re linquish. Ho is survived by a half brother, Benjamin Van Aukon, of Mystio, Ct., and by nieces, the Misses Williams, of Port Jervis. Tho funeral occurred yesterday, Thursday, and interment in Laurel Grove cemetery, Port Jervis, where the remains of his wife who died several years ago repose. MK8. PKILENDA ST. JOHN M ALVEN. Mrs. Philenda St. John M:lvon died at her home in Port Jorvis last Saturday afternoon, July 13th, aged nearly 74 years. She -narriod Geo. Malven of Stroudsburg Oct. 31, 1848, whore she resided for about nine years, when they removed to Port Jorvis, which had since been her home. One sister, Amira, wifo ot Dr. S. W. Mills, nnd tho following children survive her: Anna, wife of E. M. Gordon, Alice, wife of Dr, W. L. Cuddoback, Henry H. and Lizzie of Port Jorvis and Rev. Frank Malven of College Point. The funeral was held Tuesday. Excursion to Binghamton. The Erio railroad has arranged a delightful family pleasure trip to the beautiful Parlor City and its picturesque Ross Park on Sunday, July 21. The fare is so extremely low that everyone can go and tuke their entire family. Children will be taken at half rate. Do not miss this first enjoyable outing trip this season. Grand special train will leave Port Jervis at 7.30 a. to Fare, round trip, only $1.25.-7-19. A Poor Millionaire. Lateiy starved in London because he could not digest his food. Early use of Dr. King's New Life Pills would have saved him. They strengthen tho stomach, aid diges tion, promote aasimilutiou, improve appetite. Price 25o. Money back if not satisfied. Sold by all drug gists. The J. W. Pepiwr Piano Music Magazine, published at 8th and Lo cust streets, Philadelphia, is one of tho newest magazines iu its held Nobody can compluiu of not getting the worth of their money, as it pub lishes 21 pieces 10 vocal and 11 instrumental making 64 pages of the best music aud all of it original and written by the most popular composers of today. Price $1.00 per your. Chase & Sanborn's Old Homestead Java ooft'oe at Armstrong & Jo. THE BIRD ON THE HAT. A Custom, Which May Have Arisen from Barbarity, Denounced. Volumes have been written on tho subject of the bird on the hat, and it is sometimes nsserted that n spite of it all, this decoration is used moro than evor. This may bo doubted At any rate, any woman who choosos and a great many do choose to wear a hat unadorned with tho defunct body of a bird, can do so nowadays without appearing either singular or ill-dressed. Tho hope of the Audubon Sociory and of various other organizations for the protection of birds, is that the time may come when a hat trimmed with plumage will bo lis curious nn object ns the feather crown of an Ashantl chiei. uno thing is certain, if fashion ever does tako a decided turn In this direction it is unlikely that tho old barbarous custom will ever come back. It is so essentially ugly and unpleasant n its suggostivouess that it need on ly go out of stylo for a few years to be abhorrea in its true light But thore nre people who, if glove9 and belts made of tanned human skin from the dissecting room hnpponod to be the fishlon, would wear them without more compunction than nu Iroquois warrior felt in putting on his necklace of cut-off human fingers. Tho custom of dooornting women's lints with the plumage of birds is proltably ns old ns hondgenr itself, and may have arisen in part from the notion common to many savngo tribes that the qualities of nn animal slain bocome tho property of tho slayer. Moreover, bofore the in vention of velvets, gauze and luce the feathers of birds were among tho most beautiful things available for the adornment of the human head. Tradition is partly responsi ble for the persistence of the custom in tlioso days. But thoro Is nothing pretty in its ator developments, however appro priate the wings or body of a bird might have seemed on the hoad of the hunter's wifo. The modern hat is constructed to fit tho modern face and there is no beauty in the jux taposition of a fair, intelligent, es sentially civilized countenance and the body of a blackbird with its nock in a suggostive twist. It hints at ugly possibilities existing undor noath the charm and graoe of the wearer. As for the face which is not charming, or intelligent or kind, the bodlos of two or three humming birds or the head of an owl, speared with a hatpin and surrounded with bows of ribbon, lond to such a visage an aspect positively sinister. It would be unjust, of course, to assume that there is real cruelty undor all this passive obedience to the dictates of fashion, But since hats nnd bonnets quite ns becoming and pretty can be evolved without the bird decoration as can be devised with it, it does seem that women of sense and feeling might be contented- witbout shocking the sensibilities of the Audubon Society nndoutrag ing tho fitness of things by demand ing a yearly sacrifice of bird life to adorn their hoads. There was much sense in the retort of tho little boy who, when reproved by his pretty Sunday-school teacher for robbing birds' nests, and asked, in pathetic tones, whore the poor mother was, replied, "She ain't sufferin', miss. She s on yer hat. Ihore is no excuse of ignorance to be pleaded. The publio has boon told over and over again that wearing ospreys means the death of multitudes of helpless little birds, since the feath ers are best at the breoding season and the parent bird must be shot then. The fact that birds of partic ularly fine plumage are often skin, ned alive has also been made known and the silence of woodlands and meadows, where the milliner's agont has been, speaks for itself. It is about time this senseless and cruel fashion should go the way of nose-rings and war-paint. She Didn't Wear a Mask. But her beauty was completely hidden by sores, blotches and pim ples till she used Bucklen's Arnica Sulve. Then they vanished as will all Eruptions, Fever Sores, Boils, Ulcers, Carbuncles and Felons from its use. Invaluable for Cuts, Corns, Burns, Scalds and Piles, Cure guaranteed. 25o at all druggists. Two barrols good roasted Rio coffee 12 eta. per lb. j one barrel Maracaibo and Mocha mixture roast ed 18 cts. per lb. at W, & G. Mitch ell's. Subsoribo for the Puess. BRIEF MENTION. Miss Bird Williamson of New York is visiting friends in town. Tho Porter's Luke club has bought fifty fawns of Worthington's Buck wood Park at Shawnee nnd they nre now being captured. It Is stated that Attorney General Elkin has given nn opinion that the law passed by the recent legislature does not legalize fishing on Sunday. Hon. J. J. Hart, nfter an enforced absence from his offico for three weeks on account, of sickness in his f.imily, Is again nt his place of busi ness. John P. Van Etton, whoso hand was badly injured a short time ngo by coining in contact with a saw, is out ngnin nnd the wound is healing very nicely. P. M. Nilis of the Crissman House has iustnlled n now plant for fur- nishing beor on tap nnd customers can now procure a class ice cold fresh from the keg. Get prices on Mason's fruit Jars, all sizes, nt Ryman & Wells before purchasing elsewhere. They can show you nice furniture, too. and many other serviceable articles. J. Victor Rosoncrans of Newton, N. J., was in town Tuesday on no tice that a bond would be presented to the Judges to indemnify him for land taken in Delaware township. Robort II. Newell, a veteran nowspapor man and widoiy known as the writer of tho ""Orpheus C. Kerr" papers, was found dead in his room in Brooklyn July 11. His ago was 65 years. The Grand View Hotel gave a very enjoyable dance last evening which was participated in by a considerable number of people. It had several arrivals this week nnd has the pros poet of a very fair season. D. W. Cooke has boon appointed genet at passongor agent of the Erie vice D. I. Roberts resigned. Mr. Cooke has boen connected with rail roading for the past twenty yonrs both in the east and wr at. Rev. Homer MacMillan of Bogota, N. J., prenchod in the Presbyterian church here last Sunday morning and evening and gave very excellent sermons. His dolivory is forceful and animated and his addresses aro well conceived and thoughtful pro ductions. It is expeoted that he will be present nexj Sunday also. Lewis M. Toulon, for many years chief clork in tho superintendent's office of the Erio of Port Jervis and a prominent member of tho Masonio fraternity, died last weok aftor a brief illnoss. The funoral undor the auspices of tho Port Jervis Lodgo No. 328 F. & A. M. was hold last Sunday. Lightning during the storm Wed nesday was vivid nnd startling. It Htruck a tree near the residence of I). Vnsworth on Harford street; also trees along Water street, and the house of G. B. Quinn in Dinginnn township, and quite stunned Philip Meisenhelder who happened to le in there. Several peoplo around town felt the elusive fluid tingle in their bodies and were somewhat slux-ked but none were injured. The rain fell in sheets at Connshaugh and was ac companied with a little hail. The governor has approved an aot authorizing, empowering and di recting the oounty commissioners to pay constables for services ren dered in making returns to court and for attending general, special, borough, township or ward elections and traveling expenses incident thereto since Jan. 1, 1897. Also an act encouraging the planting of trees along the roadsides and pro viding penalties for killing or re moving or injuring the same and for keeping a record by tho super visors of roads of the trees so plant ed and upon which a tax or abate ment has been granted. Johns and DeVoes paints at W. & G. Mitchells. Seal Estate Transfers. Helen Conwoll to Bernard J. Con well, 120 acres, Dingman township. Consideration $S00. Henry Zigler to John Schalar, acre, Greene. Consideration $30. J. A. Brown and wife to C, II. Carle, land in Blooming Grove, part of S. W. Hunt, 61 ucres. Consider ation $1. Edward Luckey and wife to Dim niick Detrick, one-sixteenth interest iu No. 93, Porter, Abraham Dills. Consideration $25.. The popular Homestead has all the rooms engaged aud is fast filling up to its utmost capacity. How He Was Converted. At the olose of the rooont Nation al SufTrngo convention in Minneap olis, a number of tho delegates went on nn excursion to the Yellowstone national park. Tho park is in Wy oming and Mrs. Carrio Chapman Catt, prosidont of tho National Suf frage association, in !in nddress given during tho journey, told a curious incident thnt onco happened there. She said : "Before tho equal suffrage nmond mont was adopted in Idaho, all four of tho political parties put suffrage planks in thoir platforms. I was present at one party convention. The candidate for governor in his speech of nooeptanoo strongly urgod tho insortion of tho equal rights plnnk in t'.ie platform. lie said he had been convorted to suffrage by what he had soon in the Yellow stone park many years before. Ho was there on an election day. At that timo thoro were only thirteen women living in the park. It got noised about that theso thirtoon women moant to vote. The an nouncement so disgusted a gang of thirteen low grade laborers that, aftor talking it ovor nngrily among themsolvos, they decided they would not demean themsolves to the level of a woman nnd that if the women voted they would not. On election day tho women cast thoir ballots and those thirteen men stay ed away from the polls. 'Then and there I mado up my mind,' said this gontleman, 'that if the votes of thir teen ignorant drunkards could be oxahanged for those of thirteen good women the country would be gainer evory timo, and I have boon in favor of equal suffrage evor since. Do You Know P Do you know that evory cruolty inflicted on an animal in killing or just before death poisons to a great er or less extont its meat? Do you know that evory cruelty inflicted upon a cow poisons to a greater or loss extont its milk? Do you know that fish killed as soon as taken from tho water by a blow on the back of the head will koop longor and bo hotter than those pormitted to die slowly? Do you know that birds destroy millions of bugs, mosquitoes and harmful insects, that without the birds we coula not live on tho earth, aud that evory little insect-eating oiru you may kui ana every egg you may take from ita nest means one less bird to destroy insects? .lio you Know mat a check rein which will not permit a horse to put his hoad where he wants to when going up a hill is a cruel tor tnre to the horse? Do you know that the mutilation of a horse by cutting off his tail compols him to suffer torture from uies ana insects every summer as long as ho lives? Do you know thnt evory kind act you do and every kind word you speak to a dumb animal will make not only the animal but yourself happier, aud not only make you happier but also better? Geo. T. Akoell. Met Their Commander. Samuel II. MeEwen of Chicago, who is now visiting in Milford, was recently made very happy by a visit from his former commander, Captain Clark, of the Oregon, on which ves' sel he was during the famous fight with Admiral Cervera's fleet off San tiago during the war with Spain. Tho captain had gone to Chicago to visit the Illinois state militia train ing ship, Dorothea, und its captain as a surprise had quietly assembled ten of the men who were formerly under Captain Clark of the Oregon and had arranged to have them row him out to the training ship in a gig His joy nt meeting his former sea men was only surpassed by theirs at being utforded the pleasure and honor of meeting their former commander, who recognized and gave them most hearty greeting. Mr. MeEwen was one of the men In the gig and the captain expressed especial sur prise and joy when he saw him and cordially grasped his hand exclaim ing, "And MeEwen, too." The cap tain complimented them by saying "No better men ever put to sea than these Illinois boys. Why, they were ready for anything. A dozen of them wouldn't have hesitated to tackle a w hole Spanish fleet if they had been given the word. They are sailors and lighters from start to finish." Fine canned peas, equal to French, 12,'o. a can at Mitchell's. THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS. Our boys have improved. They bent the Matamornsball players Inst Saturday, but then turn about Is air piny. J. Victor Rosonoranse, a lending druggist of Newton, wns in town on business the first of the week. B. E. Brown is putting ia full ime In ennvnssing the county. Ho does not mean to get loft if work will help him out. Josoph Schnnno, proprietor of Chestnut (trove House, has pur chased n noat two seated wagon. Business is booming. Our stogos are busy, the liverymen are rushed with work, farmers have nil they enn attend to and good prices for their products prevail : Potatoes are 50 cents a peck, berries 10 cents a quart, eggs 18 cents a dozen and vegetables of all kinds scarce and high. Those so luoky ns to have anything to sell should feel satis fied. The golden rule, do unto others as you would have them do unto you, is evidontly forgotten by some poo ple judging by tho mean things they occasionally do. They would not like it probably if the tablos were turned. Will the Editor of tho Press kind- ly inform us as to what constitutes cruolty to animals in this state? We have pamphlets defining the meaning in New Jersey and New York and would like to know the definition in Pennsylvania. It doesn't seem right that a publio official should overwork himself in the interests of the people this warm weather. Soma of the labor should be taken off his hands. Railroad Matters. Associate Judges Houck and Klner met at the oourt house Tuesday and were asked on the part of the Dela ware valley railroad to appoint viewers to assess damages for a piece of land in Dolaware township 395 feet long adjacent to Cave bank, same being a part of the property of one, Jacob Van Aukon. The judges declined to act in the matter for the reason that the aot of 1893 provides only for such proceedings being done in court and as this was not a regular or adjonrnod oourt they had no jurisdiction. A bond in $1,000 for lands of J. Victor Rosencranoe in the same township proposed to be taken by the company was also offered for approval but objection being mado that the ten days' notice provided by the act not having been given nor the names of the proposed sureties having been mentioned in the notice the judges could not act. They aooepted this view and de clined to approve the bond. The following appeared in the New York Evening Journal of July 12th presumably regarding, the ac cident on Mott, street this town : RUNAWAY JUMPS INTO WAGON, 3 MEN HURT. Port Jervis, N. Y.. July 12. The three men who were badly Injured by a runa way horse plunging Into their wagon on top of them, are being taken care of at private houses. Miles Glvenns, a Now York man. wbo was one of the party In the wagou, will lose one of his eyes. That correspondent must have a wonderful imagination. I wonder what size hat be wears? Deny Being; Aggressors. The Iloldeu boys, who have been charged with being the aggressors In the difficulty which oecured here July 4th, when three Matamoras and Port Jervis boys were arrested, say that the allegation is not true and they are fully able to dlsprove.it by abundant testimony. Later the same evening James Holden was mixed up In a fight in the Vandermark Hotel with some outside parties who he says picked the quarrel with him. As evidence of their innocence in being the instigators they point to the fact that Otlieer Wood who came on the scene in the afternoon, soon after the fight, aud made enquiry did not take any of them in custody but did take some other parties to the lockup. They desire this statement made to counteract the effect of the statement that they were wholly to blame as biting the offenders at the beginning of the trouble. Right Rev. Cortland Whitehead, Bishop of Pittsburg, and Right Rev. Leighton Coleman, Bishop of Dela ware, are expeotedto take part in the special services to be held in the Church of the Good Shepherd here Wednesday, July 2i.
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