(3 11 1 02 I i ComT 4 i: i i y i 11 V'rA ! o A. .A. . A. VOL. VII. M1LFOHI), PIKE COUNTY, I A., FJUDAY, JUNE 1902. NO. 33. THE WASHINGTON LETTER. As if to confirm the wisdom of Mm senate In passing the Lodge liill, providing fur tint further extension of civil government in tho Philip lines, a report has just reached Secretary Hoot from Mr. Lnlte Wright, noting governor of the Philippine) islands, anil r democrat, stating Mint the Insurrection in the islands is practically at nn end and Mint there is now no obstacle to th5 extension of civil government to nil of the archipelago, aside from tho Moro country. Governor Wright advises Mint in some provinces the army he retained in control until the crops mature in August, for the reason that, because of the perfect organization of the military branch assistance may he more readily ex tended to tho natives until such time as they receive tho results of their agricultural lnhors. Secretary Root has issued a general order by which the permanent military es tablishment of the government is to be reduced to 66,000 men, R reduc tion of 10,000. In the light of these Tacts tho contentions of the demo cratic partisans appear particularly ridiculous. The Philippine hill, which was passed on the date of my last letter, carried by a yoto of 48 to 30, Senators Wellington, Hoar and Mason being tho only republicans to vote against it. The Nicnrnguan canal bill is now the unfinished business in the senate. The advocates of the Panama route claim that they hive made n can vass of the senate and that they now have a comfortable majority and it seems to be the general opm. ion that the Spooner resolution will be adopted eventually, whereby the president will bo authorized to se lect the route, at least to this extent : The president will be authorized to investigate the ability of the French company to doliver a clear title to its property at the valuation placed on it by the isthmian canal commis sion, 140,000,000, and to purchase if lie is satisfied with the title and to continue the work of the groat en gineer, De Lessens; but if the title is unsatisfactory the president will begin work on the Nicaraguan route in accordance with the provisions of the Hepburn bill. So far Senators Morgan, Mitchell and Harris have spoken in advocacy of tho Nicara guan and Senator Hanna in support of the Panama routo. Senator Hanna scored'nu effective point dur inii the course of his remarks when be stated that much of the testi mony presented by Senator Mitchell in support of the Nicaraguan route camo from parties interested in the old Maritime canal company who, in the event of tho United States se lecting the last named routo, would immediately claim damages on the ground of their franchise. Tho question of Cuban reciprocity is still causing considerable concern to the president and his supporters in the senate and on its termination undoubtedly hangs the date of ad journment of this session of con gress. The beet sugar senators, who have come to be known as "Elkins' boxer," persist in their opposition with great pertinacity. Last week there was circulated a rumor that the president had inti mated to Senator Cnllom that he wosld be satisfied with ft bounty paid to the Cubans out of the treas ury but Senator Cullom assures me Mint the president has not changed his views in tho least degree since he sent his first message to congress. From another source I learn that witlun a week Mr. Roosevelt has as sertod that if congress adjourns without action on this question he wtll call ft special session. Such ac tion, it is freely conceded, would be a mistake from a political stand point, but those who know tho pres ident best appreciate that if he has conceived such a course to be his duty ro consideration of his own po litical success will deter him. All of la:'.t week in the house was devoted to the consideration ot the bill fur tho protection of tho presi dent. On I iiday evening the -general debate vtus dosed, tho Voting be an but it; will not be concluded until tod:iy. It is gem-rally believed that the bill will pass. - It- will bo f-illurted, unlc.-s Speaker Henderson ehiinses his mind since I saw him en u t u i Jiiy , by Representative La- ey' bill f.r the transfer of tlie Mi- Jervl-.l..i -of tie! f.;lv.-t lWfV.-s !: Mil the de; iliuieet ,,f the iiii; 11 'I' to the d. t :ie-i.t of it,! iet.h lire. Ti.tf 1.,..: - 1. ,S U, ..!!,.;!.- I t i J ..-fill the consideration of the Philippine bill on Wednesday, tho 1Mb. The chief difference between the meas ure passed by the senate and that reported by the insular committee of the house lips in tho currency plank, the former providing for the continuance of the silver Rtandard and the house bill stipulating the substitution of the gold standard. When this provision was adopted. Senator Lodge explained to mo that it was not the desire of his commit tee to establish ft standard in the Philippines but that ho and his as sociates deemed it inadvisable to at tempt, to ohatme tho existing stand ard at present when business in the islands wns at best in a chaotic state. There are, however, some ardent advocates of the gold stand ard in tho house who insist that tho senate measure only postpones the hour when the change will be inev itable and that the sooner the stop is taken the better it will be for the commercial interests. The eagerness with wh'ch cer tain newspapers and thuir represen tatives grasp at straws from which to create sousational stories was flt tinely demonstrated last week when the report was Kent broadcast that General Miles had boon ordered to return to Washington from Fort Riley, Kan., and somo of the yellow journals wont, so far as to say that Ho had been ordered beforo a court martial. When these reports were made public Friday I called t tho White Houso and wns assured by Secretary Cortelyou that the presi dent had not ordered the general's return and Secretary Root, through his secretary, made the same asser tion and added that ho presumed the general was en route for West Point, where ho was to be present at the annual graduation exercises. This surmise General Miles has since confirmed On Saturday Mrs Roosevelt gave a "P. C. P." tea preparatory to her departure on Monday for Oyster Bay whore she goes with her child ren to establish them 'in the Roose velt summer home. Later Mrs. Roosevo'.t will return to Washing ton and when congress adjourns Mr. Roosevelt will refcirn with hor to Oyster Bay, making the trip en tirely by water on tho "Sylph." Wild Land Sales. Tho attendance at the sales Mon day was good and Mie tracts offered were quite eagorly bid for. Fewer tracts are being sold than formerly and tho land is gradually passing into the hands of parties who are disposed to hold it as au in vestment. The state having acquirod a large quantity, which is permanently out of the market, the actual value of the balance is increased. If people would only properly regari the matter of forest fires and make a combined and determined effort to chock their ravages and to ferret out and punish those who carelessly or otherwise cause them a fino growth of timber would in a. few years cover what are now barren and desolate hills which are being denuded of soil by every rainfall. This is a matter of pure economy. The body of farmers pay the taxes. Their acres are bouud to bear the burden. If tie land which is now barren could be protected from fires in a very few years it would become of value as timber land and its as sessed valuation could bo increased thereby relieving tho farmers. This is a matter which increasingly interest our citizens and if they would determine to restrain the few who have little care for or in terest iu taxes who cause the fires a different slate of affairs would soon prevail. Excursion to Binghamton. Sunday, June L'2, theEiie railroad company will run the people's social and visiting excursion and outing to the "Parlor city"nud its picturesque Ross park affording a uay of recre ation and enjoyment. Fenner's band ot Port Jerviti will furnish music on train and at Ross park. Train will leave Port Jervis nt 7 u. m. Faro, round trip, only $1.25. j My little sou had an attack of j whooping cough tin! was threaten ed with pneumonia ; but for Oinm j bei-lain's Cuti;;!) Remedy we would j have had a serious time of it. It ! hIbo saved him from seveial severe attac ks of croup. 11. J. Strickfudcii, editor World ih-i aid, Fair Haven, j U'ii. For s ilo ly A. W. lialeh I V S n, .Matauii a as, all drug and fi.i'iiil b tores iu Pike County. PERSONALS Lanty Armstrong of New York ; spent Sunday with the family hero. I- Dr. Jos. 3. Shull, Esq , of Slrouds lmrg attended tho land sales Mon day. Russell ('. Stewart, Esq., wife and daughter of Kaston are on a trip iu Europe. Dr. C. W. Roberts and wife have gone to New York for a visit of sev eral days. G. N. t'osner, nn attache of the Union, went down the county this week in the interests of his paper. Madam Tissot of tho Hotel Fnu chore Buffered an attack of pnen nionia this week and is seriously ill. H. II Sanderson of Walpole, Mass , formerly a resident in Dela ware, was bore nttoiiding the land sales. Charles C'ronk, who has been var iously employed in this vicinity, has gono to Missouri to work at har vesting. Miles C. Rowland o Lackn waxen, Philip. B. Clark, Esq , and U. W. Courtright of Porter wore in town Monday, Hon. William Mitchell, member of the state committee, and William Anglo, Esq., delegate to the state convention, were at Harrisburg this week. Edwin Drake of Dingmnn attend ed the land sales Monday, Ho re ports that Mrs. Nicholas Holden, who lives near his plnco, Is in very ill health. Dr. J. B. Lung of Brooklyn, who owns a farm up In Shohola, was in town on Monday. He has in con templation the erection of a new houso on his place. Mrs. J. de F. Brower of New York, who has beon at the Dimmick House for sevoral weeks, wns called home by the illnoss of her grand son and has gone to the Catskill mountains. Real Estate Tramferg. Trustees of Delaware academy to school district of Delaware, 1J acre3. John M. llofTinan to Charles A. Welter, 415 acres, No. 100, Mary Ruston, Shohola, $500. Angeline Howell to George P. Schlaefer, 80 perches, Lehman, 1700. Edwin B. Stanton to Susan J. Witherell, 60 acres, Lacknwnxen, part of George Wilson, $1. Amanda I lowland to Charles U. I lowland, 310 acres, Milford town ship, parts of John Craig, Isaac Jones, and Elizabeth Cornelius, f 1. G. Frank Rowland, treasurer, to Charles W. Cortrlght, 5 acres, Ijeh man, taxes. O. Frank Rowland, treasurer, to Henry IH'Witt, 06 acres, Lncknwax en, taxes. (leii. Daumnn, -Jr. treasurer, to Edwin Emery, 8 acres, Delaware, taxes. Louis Singer and others to William Singer, 31 acres, Palmyra, Commencement Exercises, The exercises attendant on the graduating of the class from from the Milford high school will take place this, Friday, evening in the court house. The graduates are Percy W. Hart, valedictorian, Alicia Jane Euieisoii, salulatorian, J. E. Woif, wet, Helen O. Palmer, prophetess, and Louis Gregory, presentee. Under the careful Instruction of Prof. John C. Watson the class is said to have attained a high degree of proficiency in the several studies of the course and no doubt w ill acquit itself with distinction to the Individ ual and credit to the teacher. a them remember, however, that they have hardly tasted the waters of the Pierian spring of knowledge, and that as they go out from the school soom into w ider sphere of the world there lies before them und an unex plored country of information whose horizon is coextensive with their Journey through life. How to Avoid Trouble. Now is tho time to provide your self uud family with a bottla of Chamberlain's Colio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is almost Certain to be needed before the sum mer is over, and if procured now may save ycu a trip to town in tho ni(;ht or in your busiest season. It is everywhere admitted to be tho most successful medicine in n.-e for bond complaints, both for children and adults. No family can affoid to be without it. For tale by A. W. lialeh & Son, Matainoias, all drag Uiri general stores in Pike county, A CLA83 IN SUNDAY SCHOOL. Those who have not read "A Drone and a Dreamer," by Nelson Lloyd will enjoy the following taken from that very entertaining novel giving the Sq (lire's method of teach ing an adult class in Sunday school : When Elisha Mnrcy spoke and I faced the adulo clnss the Squire turned and throw back his head so as to bring me in line with his spec tacles, which were caught on the ond of his noso. He gave mo an in tense look. Having surveyed me from head to foot he smiled kindly and said, "Oh ah, Mr. Hume." From the Squire my eyes wander ed down tho double line of my fel low scholars, for the adult class fill ed two pews. There were about ton women in ngo ranging from fif ty to eighty-five, some smnll and wizened, others fat and placid look looking, all oontinually fanning. A few pews back, alcno sat Johnson Marcy, the ouly man in the clnss, and of nis membership I should have had no Indication had he not later answered questions at long range. I made a bow in general greeting. The class smiled and quickly lost itsoll in the examination of tho les son paper, while I slipped into an empty place nt the end of the seat, next to Mrs. Elisha Marcy of Mar cyvillo She snid that it wns good of mo to come and that I was very fortunate ns the Squire wns just be ginning. A very terrible person the old mnn seemed now, so different from my friend of the store whom I had so often chaffed over politics and checkers. Ho had a pew to himself and for a few moments pnood up and down its narrow couflnes like a ongod animal. Suddenly he stopped and faced us, shot forward his bend, turned up his nose and brought me in the visual range of his great, staring spectacles. "Mr. Hume," he said, "will you ropeat-the golden text?" I was boiug crushed beneath an nvalaucheof years. One ages so grad ually as not to notice the weights Time keeps plliug up to squeeze out the life at last. It was twenty five years since I had learned a golden text- 1 had almost forgotten that such a thing existed. Now I went madly groping around the shadowy past in search of one. There was silence all about me. It seemed Mint the steady, monotonous Sunday school buzz had Btoppod and that from the infant class to the adults one and all were listening to hear mo. The Squire had straightened up and fixed his eyes on the coiling, turned his right ear toward me and placed his hand there for a trumpet. The golden text ! Computing on the basis of fifty-two Sundays to a year, and figuring that I had gone to Sunday school at tho early age of four and continued a regular atten dant until I was fourteen, I had committed to memory some five hundred and twenty of them. And now when I really had use for one I could not remember it I I was about to beg to be excused from active participation in the lesson when the Squire's head shot toward me again and he ropeated a little louder; "Mr. Hume, will you recite tho goldon text the golden text." Mrs. Elisha Marcy hnd always boon a fuvorite of mine, for she was a sensible, whole-soulod woman. Now I oould almost have worshiped hor. She pushed toward me a pam phlet aud with one finger pointed to a bit of print enclosed in a wreath. "There, read that," she said in an undertone. I read: "And Mophibosheth had a young son whose name was Mi- clia. Aud all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants to Mophibosheth." Somehow when I finished I felt that I must have made a dreadful mistake. Mrs. Elisha Marcy got a side glance from me to sue if she looked capable of treachery and could even now be laughing. No. Tho Sunday school was buzzing away as morrily ns ever. The Squire was thoughtfully eying tho ceiling. The adulte were all iutent on thoir lesson papers. I leaned toward my neighbor and Didn't Marry lor Mvney. The Boston man who lately mar ried a sickly rich young woman is happy now for he got Dr. King's New Lifo Pills which restored her to perfect heullh. Infallible for jaundice, biliousness, miliaria, fever and ague and all liver and stomach troubles, Gentle but effective. Only Sic ttt till drui-'ijiets, ' whispered, "I haven't studied the lesson for today. What is the Squire's method?" Before she could reply the light ning had strnek next mo. Tho Squire's head was lowered again Rnd he hnd Mrs. Elisha in tho bale ful influence of his eyes. It did not seem to worry that good wo man. She just fanned and looked back. "Now, Mrs. Marcy," nsked the Sqnirr, "whnt did King David do?" I was less interested in the doings of David than In thoso of Mrs. Mar cy, and I watched and wns reward ed. I discovered the method and henceforth, steeled for the combat, I could meet the Squire. Mrs. Marcy took the top of her pnlm-leaf fan in her teeth and bent the handle down so that its tip touched tho lesson paper she held in her hand. Where it touched there wns a column marked "Questions." The first question was "What did King Dnvid do?" The good woman was unperturbed. The Squire was watching the coiling and his ear was directed her way. It sootned thnt any socond might bring him down again. Tho point of the fan moved slowly across the paper to whore the lesson for the day wns printed, and rested on tho first verse. "And the King said nnto him, where is ho," answered Mrs. Marcy. Then she went on fanning. The Squire's head swung up And down a few moments as though he had lost control of it. Gradually it came to rest. "Now, Mrs. Yeller?" Mrs. Yellor, next but one to mo, a little, wizened woman, lifted her pnpor quickly until it almost touch ed her nose. "You may tell us whnt next oc curred." Mrs. Yoller's lips moved convul sively ns she started on a privnte in vostication of the verso. Then she rend aloud : "And Z-t-b-a, Ziba, said unto the King, behold he is in the house of M-a-o-h-i-r, Masher, the son " "No, no, no." crlod the Squire. "That is enough, enough Mrs. Yel ler. You have answered the ques tion." The old woman dropped her les son paper with a promptness that told plainly that if the Squire was satisflod, she was thoroughly so. "Who wasMnchir?" The question was direotod at a pupil who sat at the distant end of the pew in front of me, The Squire had leaned hor way and was eying her intently. She answered with a smile. "Who, who wrr Machir, Mrs. Hoggenberg?" shouted the old man. Mrs. Hoggonberg loane3 toward the woman next her and inquired in a loud whisper, "What was his question?" Hor hand went to her ear and the other replied in a suppressed rum ble, "Who was Masher?" "Oh !" said Mrs. Hoggonberg. The Squire looked at the ceiling while the old lady perused her paper. She found who Machir was and Bhouted it at hor teacher : "Tha son ot Ammiel in Lo-do-bar 'I "And what did the King theu do?" - The old man had raised himself on tiptoe and was looking away over our heads. I tnrnod. Young Johnson Marcy in his lone seat two pews back was tumbling with his lessou paper iu a nervous way that made me suspect that he hud been caught napping "Ho bowed himself and said " "No, no, no, Johnson ; you are getting ahead of us," cried the Squire. Good Mrs. Marcy, ever willing to help the halt ana the blind, turn ed and whispered, "Fifth, fifth." "Oh," murmured Johnson. "Then King David sent and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel from Lo-do-bar." "Bettor," criod tho Squire. Continued on second page. Saves Two lrora Death. "Our little daughter had nn al nioat fatal attack of whooping cough uud bronchitis," writes Mrs. W. K. Haviland of Armonk, N. Y., "but when ail other remedies failed we saved her lifo with Dr. King's Now Discovery. Our niece, who had consumption iu au advanced stage, also used this wonderful medicine and today she is perfectly well." Desperate throat and lung diseases yield to Dr. King's Now Discovery as to no other medicine on earth. Infallible for coughs und colds. M)o und tl bottles guaranteed by all tlruy'sta. Trial bottles free. BRIEF MENTION. A. D. Brown's automobile is ngnin in running order and he en joys trotting it around town. The Homestend Free Librnry wns open for use on Monday, the ninth of June. The formal transfer of the library to the trustees will take place at a date to be announced later. Open 912 a. tu., 2 5 p. m. Children's day exercises were ob served last Sundoy nt Union school houso where William Angle is su perintendent. There was a large attendance and nil who took part acquitted themselves well. C'inrlos H. Wood nnd Son, having bought out tho fire insurance busi ness of Hon. Joseph J. Hart, will in future endeavor to satisfy those de siring protection to tbeir real estate. They represent r line of reliable com panies and will offer rates ns favor able ns possible. Their advertise ment apixmrs elsewhere. Benjamin Alle, the Italian tried in the Monroe county courts Inst week for the murder of Hiram La bar, was etinvictod of manslaugh ter. The evidence appeared to show that' both men were out nfter each other nnd Alle got the first shot. There was a womnn, Lnbar's wife, prominent in the ense. By the bursting of pipes caused by nllowing the water to freeze in them Inst winter, the Glenside cot tngo, owned by Col. A. E. Lewis, wns considerably damaged. The discovery wns recently mnde as the house hns beon unoccupied since the depnrture of the tenant last fall who did not shut the water from the boilor and pipes. Mrs. William R. Willis of No. 262 West 127th streot, New York, in memory of her two sons, Rowland L. and J. Robyn Willis, presented to the pupils of Publio School No. 86 last week a haudsome silk Amer ican flag. A large number of the members of the James Monroe Women's Relief Corps, of which Mrs. Willis is a member, were pres ent. Addresses were dolivered by Mrs. Albert E. Scott and Mrs. R. Demarest of the corps. Joseph V. Carhuff, an aged and life long residont of Dolaware, but who has lately been residing with his daughter, Mrs. Louisa Yearance at Bloomfiold, New Jersey, died at that place Monday. Besides the daughter above named he is surviv ed by one son, Peter, residing in Massachusetts, and a daughter, Mrs. Carrie Middangh, in the west. The remains were brought to Ding mans for interment and the funeral was held Wednesday, USE GOOD ENGLISH Most of the Young Men and Women ' of Today Have Not mastered Grammar. Strange as it may seem, most of the young men and women of today who aspire to beoome influential or ators or writers, even those who are graduates of high schools and colleges, find that, like Dwight L. Moody, the evangelist, they have not mastered grammar. For nearly twenty years, educators, almost without exception, have been try ing, with but indifferent success, to make various Bngar-conted language lesson series do the work formerly accomplished by old-fashioned grammars in giving students au ac curate working knowledge of the mother tongue. One natural con sequence of these attempts is that the number is comparatively much smaller than it once was of so-called well educated young people who can toll with certainty whether or not they speak and write just what they wish to express. Thorough drill in formal grammar should be made a prominent feature iu every school whose pupils are not less than ten years old or more tbar, twenty-five. But, inasmuch as this subject, as usually presented, is found to be very difficult and unin teresting for pupils under ten years of age, it may well bo preceded by an elementary course in language lessons, which will enkindle inter est and prepare tho mind for the solid work in analysis aud construc tion which should follow. A Terrible Explotion. "Of a gasoline stove burred a lady hero frightfully," writes N. E. Palmer of Kirkuian, la. "The best doctors could not heal the running sore that followed, but Bucklen's Arnica Salve entirely cured her." lutulhblo for cuts, corns, sores, b nis, bruises, skiu diseases aui piles. 'i'n at U druggists. THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS. That was a fine shower last Sat urday night. A young man residing in New Jersey started to oome over here to see his best girl last Friday evening, riding his wheel. Coming down the bridge hill the darn critter went flat causing C. to take a double header. Pretty soon this town will be full of trotting horse?. Those who expected to attend the announced Children's day exercises iu the M. E. church last Sunday evening were disappointed, that evont having beon postponed for three weeks. Those who were fortunate eDough to attend the Presbyterian ohuroh were well paid for their trouble as thoy hnd the pleasure of listening to a' praotical sermon. Rev. E M. Hmead preached to the graduates of our high school. Pike county land Is in demand judgiug by tho attendanoe of the treasurer's sales this week. It would be hard to find a town the size of this where there 1s more unnecessary noise on the streets every evening than there is here. The outlook for a prosperous sea son for the farmer at present is for from good. Winter grain is badly wintered out, meadows look siok, upland grass promises to be about half a crop, corn looks very yellow, but the later will improve when it gets hot enough. Potato bugs, as usual, promise to be a full oiop, There is a chance for a Paris green trust. As the Twig Is Bent. The great problem tor the suppres sion of cruelty to animals may be solved If we turn more from the cor rective to the preventative stage. That trite saying aptly fits, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks." There is little hope of permanent re formation among men and women steeped In the habit of cruelty, We turn with hope, however, to the youth and children of our day for the application of preventative methods. The spirit that animates a child to take pleasure In giving pain to a dumb creature, more helpless thaii itaelf, Is the same that prompts acts of cruely in an adult to a child. Some boys can find no better pas time on summer evenings than chas ing poor cats from place to place; and this unfeeling play is often car ried to the extreme of killing. A stray dog runs along, a boy picks up a stone and hurls it at him; a yelp of pain tells us the aim was too true. Dare we look with indifference at this spirit of cruelty, which these ap parently small acts, are generating in the children? Will the peace and welfare of our country be safe in hands of these, who are to become our nation's protectors, the parents of our next generation? We can well trust our country's honor to the soldier who, on his march, picked up a little bird, but toned It snugly In his coat and when camp was reached, fed and tenderly pared for it. Why not publish names of offenders against humane laws? A number of interesting stories of kindness to dumb creatures, collected in book form, introduced into our schools and public libraries may serve to create in the hearts of the young a love for all helpless creatures aud put to shame the spirit of cruelty which is dominant. Clubs may also be formed among children as supporters of the noble work the humane societies of the L'nited States and the world are un dertaking. Seven Yean in Bed. "Will wonders ever cease?" in quire the friends of Mrs. L. Pease of Lawrence, Kan. They knew she had been unable to leave her bed in seven years on account of kidney and liver trouble, nervous prostra tion and general debility ; but "Three bottles of Electric Bitters enablod me to walk," "she writes, "and in three months I felt like a new person." Women suffering from headacho, backache, nervous ness, sleeplessness, melancholy, fainting and dizzy spells will find it a priceless blessing. Try it. Satis faction ia guaranteed by all drug gists. Only 60o. Dress making in all branches. Will go to the house or do tho work at home. Address Maky H'bwuj, Broad streot, Milford, Fa. - Clover. Brass aud ttarden aie.l nf all kiuds at W. & G. Mitchell',
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