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Friday, May 29, 1898.
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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET,
For Congressmen-at-large,
QALUSHA A. GROW,
of Susquehanna County.
SAMUEL L. DAVENPORT,
of Erie County.
" No one need be in any doubt
about what the Republican party
Stands for. It stands now, as ever,
for honest money and a chance to
earn it by honest toil." From Hon
William McKinley's speech, before
the Marquette Club of Chicago, Feb.
12, 1896.
Editorial.
OUR NORMAL SCHOOL.
Very interesting and elaborate ex
ercises were held last week at the
East Stroudsburg State Normal
school, the occasion being the dedi
cation of the new gymnasium. Ad
dresses were made by Hon. J. B.
Storm, Prof. M. G. Coughlin of
Wilkesbarre, Prof. George Howell,
of Scranton, A. C. Labar Esq., ot
Easton, Hon. R. F. Schwara of Mon
roe and others. Specimens of the
handiwork of the pupils in paint
ing, penmanship, object lessons, fan
cy work, modeling- and in fact all
the grades of industry, and study in
the school were exhibited, the whole
making a display unequalled in uni
queness and skill in work wrought
by childrens hands.
The total expenditures on build
ings grounds and improvements
since 1893 have been (117.386.00.
The obligations resting on the school
are the mortgages given the state
for its first appropriation and for a
loan making a total of (44.652.97.
The remainder has been raised by
subscriptions and from the income of
of the school. It therefore has pro
perty worth at loast 170.000 above
all encumbrances.
The sohool is in a highly prosper
ous condition and under the efficient
management of Prof. G. P- Bible
has taken in the short period of its
existence a front place in the ranks
of its competitors..
Prof. Bible is devoted to the work
and is untiring in his labors to ad
vance the interests, educational and
material of this institution. His ef
forts are ably seconded by the corps
of teachers in charge as was eviden
oed by the display of work aocom
dished. This school deserves and
should receive the hearty support
of teachers in this county, and of
parents wishing to give their child
ren a thorough education in the
English branches.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING,
The general assembly of the Pres
byterian church is now in session at
Saratoga Springs, N. Y. One of the
interesting questions which will
come before that body is the author
ity which the assembly has over the
licensing of candidates for the min
ia try. This arises from the action
taken heretofore in regard to the
Union Seminary matter. It seems
to be a law of the church that the
Presbyteries shall be the sole judges
of the qualifications of candidates
(or the ministry, and the question is
can the general assemmy assume
that function, or dictate to the Pres
byteries what those qualifications
shall bo.
! The attempt was made to exclude
graduate of Union Seminary from
being licensed in the church
because of the teachings of Dr.
Briggs, a professor in that insti
tution, and who was sustained in
his action by its trustees. It was
therefore urged that this seminary
had by its refusal to listen to the
general assembly in its request that
Dr. Briggs be dismissed from its
corps of teachers lost the approval
of the church, and that on this ac
count its students could not claim
the privilege of examination. The
question will 1 ably debated and
the final action may be to refer it
back to the Presbyteries.
HOW THE DELEGATES STAND.
The Chicago "Inter Ocean" in
order to obtain a correct list of dele
gates and their instructions and
preferences, addressed a letter to
each State and Territorrial chair
man of committeo and obtained re
plies from a majority. The infor
mation is therefore official, and it is
to be presumed correct. There are
918 delegates of whom 414 are in
structed for McKinley, 14 are un
der resolutions of and 129 are pled
ged. Reed has 14 instructed and
68 pledged, Morton 30 instructed
and 32 pledged, Allison 28 instruct
ed and 6 pledged, Quay has 38 in
structed 2 indorse him and 16 are
pledged. Bradley has 16 instructed
and 114 delegates are unpledged.
This would give McKinley a total
of 557 and of these forty five are
contested.
On the figures above given which
this paper says are not made up in
the interest of any candidate and
are probably very close to the offlci
al roll of the convention, counting
out all contested delegations and
making all possible allowances for
uncertainties and doubtful delegates
McKinley is sure of a nomination on
the first ballot.
THE CUBAN WAR.
From the reports received it
would seem as though the vicissi
tudes of war were as varying in Cu
ba as the weather here in April.
One day the Spainards have won
decisive victories and the next day
this is reversed and it was a rout in
which many were killed and taken
prisoners. Large consignments of
arms and munitions of war are
landed by one correspondent for the
Cubans and next day's telegraphic
reports say that the Spanish gun
boats have co railed them.
A powerful fleet of war ships is
now gathering in New York harbor
carrying the Yankee flag at their
mast heads, but whether this has
any significance is not known. That
the United States should recognize
Cuban beligerancy is beyond ques
tion and that she should be prepared
to enforce and maintain her posi
tion at short notice will be undis
puted. The Cubans are deserving
of better government than Spain
gives them, and the claims of hum
anity and progress should be heeded
and acknowledged.
M'KINLEY TIDE RISING.
Judge Schoch editor of the
Stroudsburg Jeffersoninn, and pro
bably the oldest active editor in the
state, who has always been a pro
nounced Quay man sees clearly the
wonderful development of strength
among the people shown by McKin
loy, and, in a recent issue of his pa.
per says. " Nothing can withstand
the McKinley cyclone. It is carry
ing everything before it, because it
is grounded in the demands of the
masses. The opposing politicans
are nowhere, for the popular sent!
ment of the Republican voters has
chosen McKinley as its exponent,
He is as popular among the people as
were Lincoln and Grant and like
them will be nominated and elected
by an overwhelming vote. "
THE EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL?
The Philadelphia Press in speak
ing of nominations for Congress in
this state says, "Several others who
will . be nominated can be pretty
safely named at this time, it is pro
bable that Judge Kirkpatrick will
be given another chance to win over
the somewhat obstinate Eighth Dis
trict. He came very near it when
he headed the Republican ticket two
years ago, and there is a feeling of
certainty about it now."
CLAY IN MONROE COUNTY
Forty-nine leases which contain
options to purchase have been en,
tered in the Recorders office in Mon
roe county. The lands are located
in Eldred and Ross townships and
are supposed to contain valuable
clay deposits. The lessees are Tren
ton parties.
There will be six national politi
cal conventions this year. The new
Reform party lead off with a meet
ing May 25 at Pittsburg and the
Prohibitionists followed with one on
Weduosday at the same place,
The Republicans will meet at bt,
Louis June 18. July 4th the Social
ist Labor men will meet in New
York city. July 7th, the Democrat
assemble at Chicago and the Popu
lists have their convention at St.
Louis July 22. There may be a sev
enth if the . free silver advocates
conclude to secede and put up can
didates as is not Improbable.
They are warming up down in
Monroe, R. L. Burnett of Strouds-
burg and Frank E. Place of Mount
Pooono having announced them
selves as candidates for representa
tive, Timothy Everitt, of Stronds-
burg,and Josoph Overflold.of Smith
field for Prothonotary, and F. E.
Wolfe, of Snydersville, for County
Commissioner, with several more to
hear from later on.
While ton men watch for chances,
one man makes chances j while ten
men wait for something to turn up,
one man turns something p j so,
while ten fail, one succeeds, and is
called a man of luck the favorite
of fortune. There IS no luck like
pluck.and fortune most favors those
who are most indifferent to fortune.
Exchange.
No wonder the Cubans complain
of taxes for the salary of the cap
tain-general is (50,000, and as much
more for household and' state ex
penses, besides which she must bear
a large share of the expenses of the
royal family at Madrid. The popu
lation of Cuba is about half that of
Ohio. '
President Cleveland does not care
to have even a child mention third
term in his presence. His mind is
in a highly sensitive condition just
at this time and trifles might make
a lasting impression.
The difference between the ad
ministration of President Harrison
and that of President Cleveland, so
far as the latter has gone, is (558,
000,000. Baltimore American.
Has the Hon. J. Donald Cameron's
presidential boom fallen in a gopher
hole out west ?
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The Nation's Heroes.
The Unknown Dead.
Memorial Day, IS98.
ISAnoiiK BAKKR.
Sloop they now, these heroes, well.
Death entrenched them where they fell;
Mosses green and lichens pray
Guard their sepulture alway.
Sleep they well, these heroes brave,
Highest sacrifice they (rave;
Kent they now from sea to sea
In the name of Lilx-rty.
Death entrenched them where they fell,
And Immortal asphodel.
Hlooms ahove each lowly (rrnvo
Of the land they died to' save.
The Grand Army Button.
KOR(iE F. PTOXE, SmiKTAKY
ROAM) OF THAME.
I have hoard that our Lord's
prayer has boon inscribed on the disc
the size of a dime,hut on that Grand
Army button is recorded in iilcffaca-
ble and living characters the history
of Grant and Sherman and Lincoln ;
of Sheridan and Thomas and Logan
and Custer and Meade ; of Farragut
and Porter ; the history of the cam
paign of the army of the Potomac,
of the Cumlerlttnd and of the west ;
of the march to the sea ; of Shiloh,
of Vicksburg ; of Forts Henry and
Donaldson j of.Atlanta of the Wil
dorness ; of Winchester ; of Fisher's
Hill and Cedar Creek ; of sieges and
battles and skirmish lines ; of "days
of danger and nights of waking ;"
of weary marches by day and by
night, in cold and storm and heat
of parting of lovers and maidens ; of
farewells of husbands and wives : of
prayers and blessings from fireside
and camp ascending on high as a di
vine incense ; of agony and death in
prison and in hospital j of groat cap
tains and heroic soldlors ; of valor on
sea and on land ; of the proclama
tion of Abraham Lincoln giving
freedom to four millions of a perse
cuted race and willing forever from
the national escutcheon, human
slavery ; of Gettysburg and of Ap
pomattox : of the downfall of a re
bollion. wicked as hell itself : of the
reunited countjy and of the per
petuity of the Union with its count
less and unspeakable and eternal
blessings a priceless gift from the
great Dispenser of good things unto
men 1
This record shall never fade away
it shall grow brighter and brighter
as the yeors go by, scattering sparks
of inspiration among the generations
as they come and gb ! And when
time shall be no more, when all
things transitory shall have passed
away, when all the sounds of earth
have been stilled, then the bells of
heaven shall ring in commemoration
of American patriotism, and the un
dying fame of the American soldier !
Tho National Cemeteries.
The government has expended
(9.000.000 on the 83 national ceme
teries, in which are buried 330,700
honored dead. The most of these
cemeteries are situated on battle
fields of tho war, amid beautiful
scenery. The establishment of this
system was begun in the second year
of the war, when orders were issued
to the army requiring accurate re
cords to be kept of all deceased sold
iers and their places of burial, and
President Lincoln was authorized
by congress to purchase grounds and
have them prepared for use as cem
eteries for soldiers dying in defense
of the country. On the battlefields
where the Union armies won, the
interment were so conscientiously
made that over 90 per cent of the
dead were afterward identified.
Where time permitted, the confed
erate dead were also scrupulously
buried and their graves marked. In
most of the southern prisons the
Union dead were buried and their
names recorded by their living com
rades, often under adverse and try
ing circumstances, and in northern
prisons, as at Camp Douglas, Chica
go, at Elmiaa, N. Y. and at Johnson
Island, O, interments of deceased
confederates were carefully made
and the graves noted for future iden
tification. In 1863 the first national
cemeteries were established at Chat
tanooga, Stone river and Gettysburg
and the one at Arlington wus found
ed in 1864, and the one at Antietam
in 1865. The most beautiful of all
the national cemeteries, and the
greatest as regards the number of
identified dead, is that on Arlington
Hights, overlooking Washington, It
contains 16,565 interments 12.216
known and 4349 unknown. Of the
national cemeteries at Shiloh and
Gettysburg, the Shiloh neorojxihs
contains 3597 tablets and tliat at Get
tysburg just five less. The biggest
national cemetery in point of popu
lation is the Vicksburg. where 16,
639 heroes sleep. American Agri
culturist. All persons arc hereby notified that
throwing or liuruinif papers or refuse of
any kind lu the tutvU of the Borough Is
prohibited.
liy order of the town council,
J. (,'. CHAM 1SKKLA1N,
I'rcMtleiit, pro teui.
Attest, I). H. 1IOKN bKCK, Sec'y,
MilluiJ, May 5, lotsi. .
THE LADIES' COLUMN.
" We may live without books, what
is knowledge but grieving?
We may live without hope what is
hoi)e but deceiving?
We may live without love what is
passion but tuning?
But whore is the man who can live
without dining? "
.
The largest kitchen in the world
is the Bon Mitrche in Paris which has
4000 employees. The smallest ket
tle contains 100 quarts and the lar
gest 500. Each of the 50 roasting
pans is larjjo enough for 800 cutlets.
Every dish for baking holds 255
pounds. When omelets are on the
bill of fare 79.000 eggs are used at
once. Sixty cooks and 100 assist
ants are always at the ranges. Ex
change. Rolled Beef. Take four pounds
from the thinnest part of the flank,
spread on a board and with the aid
of a thin knife sliave off the inside
skin, dust over with salt and pepper,
make a dressing of bread crumbs
and beaten eggs as for poultry and
spread this over the meat, and roll
and tie with twine, roll this in cloth
or in muslin pudding bag and boil
throe or four hours and serve hot
with tomato sauce.
Tomato Sauck. Cook a can of to
matoes or an equal amount of fresh
ripe ones stirring until fine with one
onion sliced thin, then strain
through a soup strainer or fine Soive,
add a tablespoon of butter in which
an equal amount of flour has been
rubbed smooth, one tablespoon Wor
cestershire sauce, a pinch of pulver
ised parsley and salt and a little
cayanne popper, boil up once and
serve with moat for dinner.
.
Roast Veal. Take a loin or fillet
of veal, make a stuffing as for roast
turkey, fill the flat with the stuffing
and sew it firmly to the loin, rub
the veal with salt, pepper and flour
and put it into a pan with a little
water. While roasting baste Ire
qnontly lotting it cook until thor
oughly done. Allow two hours for
a roast weighing from six to eight
pounds. When done remove the
threads before sending to the table
thicken tho gravy with a little
flour. Veal should be rather over-
done. d,
CnocoLATE Pie. The yolks of
two eggs, three tablespoons of corn,
starch, four tablosjioons grated cho-
colute, anil six ounces or sugar, or
sweeten to taste. Mix all together
and stir into a pint of boiling milk
bake in an open crust and beat the
whites stiff add a little pulverised
sugar and when the pie is -done
spread tho meringue on top and set
in the oven until the least bit brown
Oranok Cake. Two cupfuls of
sugar, one of butter, five eggs, half
a enpf ul of sour milk, one teaspoon
of cream tartar half a teaspoon soda
and two cupfuls flour. Bake in
four layers and put between the lay
ers the following filling ; Beat two
eggs, add to them a small cupful su
gar heaping tablespoonful of butter
Simmer gently until it thickens. Re
move from the fire, add the juice,
grated pulp and part of the rind of
one large orange.
Custard Pib Without Crust.
Dissolve three tablespoon fuls of
flour into half a cup of milk, four
eggs well beaten together, flavor
with vanilla. Grease the pie plates
good with butter, bake in a medium
hot oven-
Those Awful Stiff Shoes.
The average woman considers her
Doots spoiled wnen once they are
wet, and usually they are stiff, un
comfortable and shapeless. If they
are new, and her purse is limited
she can't throw them aside, and con
sequently suffers torture, both
hor pride and her feet.
But with a little care she may pre
vent much of the discomfort. Re
move the wet shoes as soon as pos-
sible, wipe off all the mud, then
with a bit of cotton flannel wet
kerosene, rub them well ; when they
are partially dry repeat the treat
ment. Put them in a moderately
warm place to dry slowly and thor
oughly. When they are quite dry
rub again with the cloth damp with
kerosene, and apply the dressing.
They will be soft and flexible, and
but little affected by their rain bath.
Farmer.
Bloderu Journalism.
Reporter What shall I say about
this man Jones that died to-day?
All I know about him is that he had
been married five times?
City Editor Say that he was do
mestic in his tastes. Town Topics.
The bicycle girl may be your
grandmother nowadays, and the
worst of it is that in the short skirts
a near-sighted man can't tell the
difference between grandma and
granddaughter.
Pennny has a Soul.
An interesting incidont In connec
tion with the shooting of two Prince
ton studonts last spring has just be
come known. When the wounded
mon were examined it was decided
that nothing could save the life of
one of them except an immediate
operation. A telegram was sent to
Dr. Bull in New York city. He re
ceived the message after midnight,
and at once went to the Pennsyl
vania railroad station In Jersey City.
The last train having gone he asked
for a special engine and car. He
was informed that he would be ob
liged to pay a deposit of (200 and al
so promise to meet any further bill
that the company might present.
Dr. Bull assented to this proposition,
and the train was made up.
He waited for some time for a bill
from the company ,and finally wrote
asking that one should be sent to
him. Instead of receiving a bill he
reoeived a check for (200 he had
paid and a note saying that the com
pany would make no charges for the
special train, as the servioe was "in
the interest of suffering humanity,"
Where pennies Are Coined. .
It is not generally known that all
the minor ooins of base metal, such
as pennies and nickles, are made at
the Philadelphia mint, and that
nearly 100,000,000 pennies are coined
here every year. This largo num
ber is occasioned by the fact that
thousands of pennies are lost annu
ally, and the government has some
difficulty in maintaining a supply
The profit of the government on
their manufacture is large. The
blanks for making them are pur
chased for (1 a thousand from a Cin
cinnati firm that produces them by
contract. Blanks for nickles are
obtained in the same way, costing
Uncle Sam only a cent and a half
apiece. Gold is coined in Philadel
phia and San Francisco. Not enough
of it comes into the mint at New
Orleans to make the coinage of it
worth while. Gold pieces are the
only coins of the United States
which are worth their face value in
trinsically. A double eagle contains
(20 worth of gold without counting
the one-tenth part copper. Scienti
fic American.
New Definitions.
The following expressive defini
tions appear in an article in Curront
Literature.
Ambiguity A quality deemed es
sentially necessasy to the clear un
derstanding of diplomatic writings,
acts of congress and law proceed
ings. Blushing A suffusion, least seen
in those who have the most occasion
for it.
Cigar A roll of stuff with fire at
one end of it, and a fool at the
other.
Eyeglass A toy which enables a
coxcomb to see others, and others
to see that he is a coxcomb.
Mouth A useless instrument to
some people, in its capacity, by the
organs of speech, of rendering ideas
audible, but of special service to
them in its capacity of rendering
victuals invisible.
Plagiarists Pnrloiners, who filch
the fruit that others have gathered,
and then throw away the basket.
What Is Expected of Profitable Cow.
A correspondent having asked
how many quarts of milk per day
and how many pounds of butter per
week should an ordinary cow give
to be considered a good profitable
oow, Hoard's Dairyman replies : It
takes 150 pounds of butter at good
market prioes to pay for the keeping
of a cow for one year. At the stan
dard of four per cent of butter fat,
that amount of butter fat will re
quire about 3,500 pounds of milk.
Therefore a oow must yield 3,500
pounds of milk, or say 1,700 quarts,
to stand just even with her owner
if butter is made.
In order to give r fair profit on
the investment, scow should yield
at least 6,000 pounds of four per
cent milk, which would produce,
say, 240 pounds of butter. The
value of the skim milk, if it is hand
led with the skill and intelligence,
will be about (15 a year.
Thomas May Peine Dead.
Dr. Thomas May Peirce, the well
known founder and principal of the
Peirce School of Business, one of the
most ably conducted and successful
institutes of the country, died at
his residence on North Broad street,
Philadelphia, at half past 0 o'clock
last Saturday morning, May 16th.
The death of this eminent business
educator will be greatly lamen
ted by friends, of whom he had
many. Few educators have done
more for the promotion of busi
ness knowledge in Philadelphia.
Dr. Peirce was born in Chester,
Delaware county, this State, on De
cember 10, 1837. His father was
Caleb Peirce, a well-known citizen
of this city, and for a quarter of the
century a successful teacher in Ches
ter and Delaware counties. JefTer
sonian. '
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