1 PIKE COUNTY PRESS. Friday, Jukr 6, 1898. PUBLISHED KVERY FRIDAY. OfFICB, BROWH'S BUILPI50, BROAD BT. Entered at tho post office of Milford, Pike county, Pennsylvania, m second-class matter, November twenty-first, 18BB. Advertising' Rates. One sqnaro(eiiht llnes),one Insertion - f 1.00 Each subsequent insertion .60 Reduced ratos will be furnished on ap plication, will be allowed yearly adver tisers. Legal Advertising. Court Proclamation, Jury and Trial 1.1st for several courts per term, 124.00 Administrator's and Executor's notices 8.00 Auditor's notions 4.00 Divorce notices 5.00 Sheriff's sales, Orphans' court snles, County Treasurer's sales, County state ment and election proclamation charged by the square. J. H. Van Etten, Pl BLlPHKR, Milford, Pike County, Pa. 1896 MAY. 1896 8u. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. 8a. ZZZZZii 10 IT U iiiii? 16 17 1Z ip 20 1 22 23 24 25 26 78 29 30 31 1 1 1 1 I MOON'S PHASES. 12 1:22 I k2 26 12 REPUBLICAN 8TATE TICKET. For Congressnien-at-large, GALUSHA 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. A RADIENT VISION. Not many moons ago, a singular phenomenon happened in this coun ty. It was a sudden, dazzling, bril liant appearance and though the event "was only seen and recorded by one person in the United States so far as heard from yet he being of indubitable truth and veracity, it must be assumed that he actually saw the wonderful apparition. A young man in the lower part of this county gifted with unusual powers of perception, gazing into the seventh heaven of Democracy, saw unfolded a vision of surpassing loviliness. She appeared in the form of a beau tiful damsel, bearing a horn of plenty. Prosperity wreathed her charming form, the smoke of fac tories enveloped her as a nimbus, the hum of industry like a sweet lullaby soothed her vivacious spirits, the horn of plenty overflowed with an abundance of the good things of earth, sweet peace crowned her mar ble brow, she showered offices to tho the hungry ,and nectar to the thirsty. As he gazed enraptured the form changed, it grew to gigantio propor tions and filled the earth with an ef fulgence from its sacred person, It assumed a manlier mold, its avordu pola increased, its semblance took on that of humanity, it seemed clothed in the aooouterments of a ' mighty Nimrod, it appeared as a duck shooter .Terrified with the won ders vouchsafed to his view he fled for pen and poncil with which to portray the glories of the apparition, that mankind might revel with him in its splendorous beauty. As he - hastily emerged from his sylvan re treat, he cast a longing, lingering look behind for one more glance of the lovely damosol, and lol his startled gaze fell 'upon a familiar, long-eared, stub-tailed quodruped, Ills ears were assailed and his foot steps accelerated by the trumpet tones of its mellifluous bray. Nev ertheless he caused to be recorded the former part of his experiences, and now fancies that the distinction conferred as the sole obsorver of the wonderful vision entitles him to a prominent and profitable place in the gift of his admiring follow-citi-aena. A. W, istful H, yloist would now our county treasurer be. The New York Herald sadly ob serves that although we haven't any czar in this country, we have the coal barons, who meet in solemn oonclave to put tip the price of coal wonder how much the people will stand and then gleefully resolve to made the experiment. "June first, twenty-five cent j July and August a like addition a sort of up grade towards tho prices that are to pre vail next wintor. The Herald wants to know wheth- or "we haven't suffered enough from the thumb-screw devices of these gentlemen. " Just about. Let's kick. But how, where, when and whom? Shall we use oil and benefit the oil barons or gas and please the gas monopolies, or shall we turn communists and shout for government control of coal and oth er things that may be thus cornered by foxy capitalisls? Too tlangorons We are not a mule, and kicking may be a risky business unless it is done with wisdom and forethought. Let us be wise and thoughful with all speed, for the time is surely ap prooching when we must kick. The thumbscrews of the barons are be coming unbearable. Lancaster In telligencer. The Wilkes-Barre Record says Sonator Quay ought to call off the Philadelphia Inquirer, which is dai ly assailing Major McKinley on the false ground that he is not sound on the money question. Perhaps Sen ator Quay cannot stop the Inquirer, though it has been regarded as his Philadelphia organ, but someone ought to put a little sense into the Inquirer's head, so that it would cease furnishing campaign material to the enemy. The Inquirer is re sponsible for a great many untrue statements, which tend to injure the party. No true friend and suppor ter of Senator Quay and his candi dacy for the Presidency can approve of the continued attacks on so pro minent a party leader as McKinley. Free Press. Geo. H. Bortree, Esq., of Greene township, is making a tour of the county in the interest of his candi dacy for County Commissioner. Mr. Bortree is a well-informed practical business man, upright in all his dealings,, candid in his judgment, common sense in his views and eco nomical in habits. His presence on the Board of Commissioners would give tone and character to the office, and an assurance to the people that their affairs would be carefully ju diciously and economically man aged so far as might be in his power, The rumor reaches us on what seems to be excellent authority that our townsman, W. F. Beck, has con cluded to be a Democratic candidate for County Commissioner. This, if true, will be welcome news to his many warm friends. Mr. Beck is a young man of good business habits and capabilities, and no doubt would make a careful and conscientious of ficial. Monroe Democrats Fair at Last. The Democrats of Monroe county held their annual May meeting May 25, and decided to allow minority representation in the Board of County Commissioners and County Auditors. A resolution was adopted that the Democratic party will place in future the names of only two can didates for the above offices on the ticket. This will give the Republi cans a representative to which they are entitled and which has hereto fore been asked for in vain. There never was a better board of com missioners in that county than the Republican board when the now court house was built. Grasshoppers and Potato Bugs Plentiful Reports from various sections show that grasshoppers end Colo rado potato bugs are appearing in large numbers. The potato bugs were never so plentiful as at this season, in certain sections, and the early crop of potatoes is likely to suffer severely. An exchange says that grasshop pers,., .which were such a pest in Wayne county, last year, and com mitted such great depredations, are again putting in their appearance by the millions, to the great destruc tion of crops. Bill Nye's Cow, The late Bill Nye advertised a cow for sale as follows : ' Owing to ill health, I will Bell at my residence in Town 19, Range 18, according to government survey, one plush rasp berry color cow, aged eight years. She is a good milkster and not afraid of the cars or anything else. She is of undaunted courage and gives milk frequently. To a man who does not fear death in any form she would be a great boon. She is very much attached to her house at present by means of a stay-chain, but she will be sold to any one who will agree to use her right. She is one-fourth Shorthorn and three-fourths hyena. I will also throw in a double-barreled shotgun which goes with her. In May she generally goes away some whore for a week or two, and re turns with a tall, red calf with wab bly legs. Her name is Rose and I would perfer to sell her to a non-re- sideut. " THE LADIES' COLUMN. We wish to sunireat to the Indies tw this column is always open to any and all Who wish to sup-cent doinostio suhjeets of any nature wlmU'ver, either to ask advice or furnish Information to others, and we earnestly hope all renders of the Phkhs and who desire will avail themselves of the op portunity, and thus receive as well as oon fer benefits. All communications relative to this col umn Intend for publication will lie laid over until next week If they reach this office later than Tuesday. " We may live without poetry, mu sic and art, We may live without conscienee.and live without heart, We may live without friends, we may live without books, But civilized man cannot live with out cooks." Physicians agree that clam "broth will suit tho needs ef the most deli cate stomach when perhaps no other nutriment can be digested. Take a half dozen or more clams, save and add the juice, remove the objection able parte from the clams and cut them in small pieces, add half pint of cold water, set on the top of the stove and lot simmer for fifteen minutes, strain and season with popper salt and ar little butter and a few teaspoons of cream if you like. Snowy Potatoes Take two cup fuls of mushed potatoes and two tablespoons of melted butter boat until creamy add a teaspoon of salt and lastly stir in the the whites of two eggs well beaten, heat all well together and pour into a well but tered baking dish and brown in a hot oven, serve at dinner. . Rice Croquetts. Use cold boiled rice mashed through a calander or wire basket, and to each cupful add a tablespoon of melted butter and a' beaten egg, roll into oval balls with floured hands dip in beaten egg and bread crumbs and sit away an hour or more to harden then fry in hot lard or cottoline as you prefer. . Lemon Jelly. Put one half box Coopers gelatine to soak in a pint of cold water let stand twenty minu tes or until all dissolved, then add, one and one half pints boiling water the juice of four small lemons or three good sized ones, also the grat ed rind, a small piece of mace, stick of cinnamon broken up, and the least bit of grated nutmeg, sugar sufficient to sweeten to taste let this stand until cold strain through flan nel and slice any kind of fruit pre ferred in it or leave without any put in bowls or moulds and sit in a very cool place until next day, serve with cake. A Rose Pillow. Have you a good recipe for making rose leaf pillows, which every woman who lives near a rose tree is going to make this year? The roses chosen must be as per fect as possible, all withered, scent less petals being discarded. They are cured much in the same manner of those for jar use. They must in no case be dried in the hot sun, but spread out upon a board or some other flat surface.where there is dim light and no intense heat. As in the case of the jars, also, they are treated with common Bait, which is at first laid in layers and afterward thoroughly mixed through. There is a preparation known as Japanese pot-pourri, which comes at very reasonable prices. A small quantity of this mixed with the leaves imparts a sweet mystic odor, which added to the fragrance of Summer roses, makes a delicious pillow. It may be, of course, of any cover ing whatever, but the petals should first of all be lnolosed in a lining of thin material. With a rose pillow in her den, any woman is warranted a siesta with sweet dreams. She who is insensi ble to its sweet influence is in a fair way to become the Inmate of a san itarium. Currants and Gooseberries. Currants and gooseberries are among the best small fruits for pro fit, but farmers pay too little atten tion to them because of the depreda tion of worms. These enemies are easily controlled by snrayintr earlv witn parts green and later if neces sary with hellebore. Currants and gooseberries require moist sandv sou and heavy manuring. Chicken Lice. Chicken lice are active during the hot months. If they are not held in check the profit of the poultry yard will amount to little or nothing. Keep the floor of the house clean. spray the roosts and walls with kerosene emulsion or lime water. and there will' be no trouble. The chickens can be removed, doors and windows closed, and sulphur burned inside the house. The fumes will kill all the pests. Nor love thy life, nor hate j but whilst thou liv'st. Live well j how long, how short.per- iuit to .tiea ven. Milton. PAINLESS DENTISTRY. A Chios so Scientist Credited with Discov ering the fong-Ronglit-For-Prnces. A German scientist of Chicago has discovered that eloctricity can ren der numb any nerve in the human mouth and permit of the amputa tion of a live tooth, if necessary, without the slightest pnin to the person opera tod upon. The patient had the satisfaction while the opera tion is being performed of retaining all his senses and not suffering. The diffusion of cocaine by the power of electricity and the benumb ing of nerve centers by the strength of thirty volts of electricity, is the discovery which Dr. Schuhmanh has made. He has not and will not patent the apparatus with which he has made the discovery. Nor will he sell it. Our Lsyton Correspondent Praises His Brothor-ln-Itw. Yu kno that a nuzeiwper korres- pondent should be anl ile, and as smooth as a kandle. He should be able to la on the. taffy as gontla as the deer fli litos on the back of vuer neck on a s ultra da 1 promised the edditor last week that i would be kaustio no moar. i shal keep that promis or di a trien. Between vu and me i think i hav always bin as mild as the subject would permit, and if i faled then, i am goin to mane a tremenjus effort now. Ma be yu hav forgot that sum time ago me and mi brother-in-law surnamed the Jersey butcher, had a grate con troversy in tne nuzepapers. It was awl rrendly too. Ma bo you remem Der tnat ne lorgot his dignity, and nauiea me lots oi baa names. But ce says he has a grate respect for me, and likes the Prkss. These ar redeemin qualities that moves me to sa something kind of him. He has bin a poor devil of a farmer once as i am now. yu kno "a folio feelin makes us wondrus kind, " and if he had kep that krook out of his elbo he mite hav bin a farmin yit, an nonest larmer ; and then our sym patha could hav kontinued to flo out to him like a never failin snrincr. But sorroful to relate, that krook brot the glass so near his noze that it bekum apparent that he would hav to straiten his elbo or quit far. min. He quit. His tallents indi kated butcherin as his forty, and tha do sa he has made it a howlin suksess. The krook in the elbo don't interfere in this bizness. His rapid rise to fortune and to offls has bin fenominal, and if he kin onla stand prosperity he will surely shine along side of David B. Hill, i think he is Davids equal now, perhaps a little moar. t tear tne onls itch has tuk on him, but ma be that will not be an unmixed evil, for what he dont maik hi butcherin he kin maik out of the offls, like enuf . The wa to du it is to sell lots of bridges, and be kareful not to forgit enny. His am- bisnun runs hi since he has got to be a freeholder and either that or his butehorin has tended to ripen his genius. Lately he has took to ritin for the nuzepapers, to poetry, and to runnin the merry-go-round. He is excellent in each, and in politicks, yu ought to see him ; just beats the cars. Uo moy well sa, "Oh lor moar worlds to kouker." We or awl so proud of him we onla wish we could rite in letters of fire to do bis grate abilities justis. Ma be sum fokes dont kno that he is mi brother-in lor, but i do, and 1 want every body eiso to kno it as bad as he duz, be cause yu see a- smart man in the famly sort of kasts a glimmer of gratness over us awl. i ma be a little off in mi orthognfa this week. but i hope yu will exkuse that for i hav bin reedin so meny postal cards that he haz sent me that i ma hav unkonshusly dropped into his liter ary stile. It is verry fetchin how ever as yu kin see, and well bekums a freeholder, i dont think i maik enny mistaik bi koppying after so hi an affishul, do yu? At least as long as i dont krook mi elbo too of ten. It don't take a grate edueashun to fit' a freeholder, natural bizness tallents is what does it. i tell yu he haz bizness tallents to burn, and lots of it too. Yu must allow a little for mi praisin mi brother-in-lor so hily but he is a shinin lite, and i told the edditor that i never could la on the taffy so but wat everybody could see it. Sum time ago 1 sea sum one should send mi brother-in-lor mackerel, or sumthing of that sort. bekause the Press recommended fish for brane food. We both hav grate confidence in the Press. But 1 am verry sorry that i sed that, bekause it ma be taken as an intimashun that he haz need of brane food. It would be a pointless slur bekause enny one kin see from hia ritin for the nuzepapers that he dont need enny moar than he has got. If he dont send me enny moar postal cards i think i kin git back onto mi natural stile of orthogrifa again soon Skool is out now enny way and the yunguns or sum of the nabors will help me in ml spellin next time i rite. Yu needn't fix this awl up like Bennett duz for ml brother-in-lor. bekause i think it is about rite as it is. and i dont want yu to go and spile it. Yu kin bet yuer yaller dawg that if he is rite, then 1 am rite too. UOXEYN02. Lost a Gold Watch and loo. Morris Kentuer, a coal dealer, who resides in Stroudsburg. was robbed of a watch and $190 in Scran ton Tuesday. He went there to see the Knights Templar parade and evidently displayed a roll of bills in some saloon, for about 7 o'clock in the evening Special Officer James Boles found him wandering about the Dickson works with his face beaten and stripped of everything of value he had about his clothes. If life an empty bubble be. How sad are those who will not see A rainbow in the bubble I F. L jckyer. Good and Bad Points of Crimson Clover. CLARK M. DRAKE, CENTRAL NEW YORK. I look upon crimson clovor as an important acquisition on condition that it becomes acclimated or suffi ciently hardy to endure our rigorous winters. This will undoubtedly be accomplished in loss than a decade by producing seed on our northern farms. A neighbor sowed five acres after the last cultivation of corn last summer, and it made an excellent appearance until hiddon by snow, but this spring the disappearing snow reveals it as lifeless, even where protected by huge drifts. 1 have hoard the statment made by institute speakers that even where it completely winterkills the result will exceed the outlay by adding ni trogen to the soil. If this is the case it will not be discarded without an effort to obtain a hardy variety. To potato growers it will be espe cially beneficial, enabling them to plant the tuber after corn, which Is now considered impracticable. With a fair coat of clover to turn under, we feel almost certain of having a good piece of potatoes j but without this or its substitute, such as a heavy sward or a good coat of manure, we feel it somewhat risky to plant po tatoes. Whether the green clover turned under, as will be the case with the crimson variety, will be as beneficial to the potato crop as the dead clovers of the common kind, can only be determined by experi ence. It may have the effect to sour the soil or invite fungus growth. However we think it worthy of trial and shall so proceed. The winterkilling of crimson clo ver is probably due as much to its late sowing as to the tender nature of the plant. Of course it is impos sible to sow it earlier with corn than the last cultivation. It nearly al ways catches well, being shaded by the corn and not crowded. The cost per acre for seed is only about 60c, a little more than the price of a good load of manure, and the labor of applying it would be little more, The load of manure as usually spread would cover ten square rods, and 121bs of seed would cover 18 times the area. Therefore it seems profit able to sow it although it does win ter mil. The Local Paper. In newspaper work as well as elsewhere " distance lends enchant ment to the view." Many people imagine that the paper published far away is for that very reason bet ter than the home paper. But this is often not the case. Every one should ba deeply inter ested in the home paper support it heartily. The newspaper is the greatest means for spreading knowledge in existence. It is the one means, the only one, that reochos all the people with knowledge, and hence is at once school, professor and textbook combined. The newspaper, more and more, is catering to the tastes of all classes. Its editorial policy may be for one party or denomination, but in its pages will be found a vast variety of opinions on all kinds of subjects. The secret of the success of the great dailies is this that they have opened their columns to all kinds of ideas. I am sure that this is the method and purpose of all local papers who know the trend of things and appreciate the situation. The editor who would admit no thing in his pages but that which agreed with his own views wonld certainly be out of place and not suc ceed. As the forum where opinions and theories meet and clash, lose and win, the local paper is a great insti tution, and is destined to have a still greater future. Along the two or three lines hinted above viz, (1) greater variety, (2) more literary finish, (3) greater ac curacy in statement, whether in ar gument, descriptions or reports the newspaper of the future will develop, and editors everywhere are planning and working in these directions. Now, the reader is not always aware of the great difficulties and large ex penditures necessary for such im provements. Hence his (or her) warm co-operation is of great value. Too many people, for example, do not appreciate the fact that a notice, announcement, report or article written for the local paper should be well written. We dash off a para graph of news and hand it to the edi tor with not much care as to its ac curacy or its gracefulness of diction. In writing the most commonplace of announcements we should be as careful as in preparing an essay that is to be perused by a critic. Again, there are hundreds of good thoughts cherished in every community that never get into print. If this sincere and capable people would write out their dearest opinions, putting them in crisp, clear, torse and smooth sen tences, editors would be glad to pub lish them. Those are only a few of the many ways that we, dear reader, can help the editor, and we owe it to the cause of human progress to do so. Anthony Mcrdock, The Rights of Hnsbaaris. It is a divine privilege to be head of a family, and a man has no right to abuse that privilege. He has no right to ill use or ne glect the woman who took him for " better or worse. " He has no right to scold or terrify his children. Ho has no right to quarrel with his daily bread. He has no right to expect a game dinner diet from a kidney stew al lowance. He has no right to give his wife 2 a weok pin money and expect her to pay the gas bill and keep herself and the children well dressed. He has no right to save his good manners and good humor for com pany. He has no right to come home with a hatchet cast of countenance and murder the innocent pleasures of the little unfortunates who call him father. He has a right to remember that he owes his family everything, and that to deserve the respect and love of his boys and girls and the consi deration and loyalty of his wife is glory enough for any man. Phila delphia Times. Shoot the Tent Caterpillars I Give the boys a gun loaded with powder and wad only, put the gun within about a foot of the "tent and blaze away. You cannot find the caterpillars afterward and the boys will be only too glad to get np early in the morning, for the fun of the job it must be done early, be fore the caterpillars leave their nest to feed. O. B. Shattuck. M AH persons are hereby notified that throwing or burning papers or refuse of any kind In the streets of the Borough is promoicea. By order of the town oouncil, J. C. CHAMBERLAIN, President, pro tcra, Attest, D. H. HORNBECK, Soo'y. Milford, May S, 18U6. S S V s S LEAVE YOUR ORDERS : FOR : FINE JOB PRINTING : AT THE : PIKE COUNTY PRESS OFFICE. Prices are reasonable Advertise in the PRESS. OUR GREAT OFFER TO THE READERS OF THE PIKE COUNTY PRESS. The New York Farmer, The Philadelphia Press and the PIKE COUNTY PRESS All for $2.50 a year. Give the above a TRIAL. Subscribe NOW. Subscribe for the PRESS. C 1
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