PIKE COUNTY PRESS.
Friday, Novkmbkr 8, 1896.
PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY.
OFFICE, BROWlt'S BUILDING, BROAD ST.
Entered at the post ottice of
Milford, Pike county, Pennsylvania,
as second-class matter, November
twenty-first, 1895.
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J. H. Tan Etten, FCBLIBIIBR,
Milford, Pike County, Pa.
Editorial.
SACRILEGIOUS.
Now that the campaign is over,
and the rash and roar subsidod we
can look back dispassionately, on
Mine of the methods pursued for
partisan purposes. In the Wantage
Recorder of Oct. 30. is an article
credited to the "Aspen-Times," en
titled " McKinley's Prayer." We
will not reproduce the same even
for the sake of showing the depths
of blasphemy, and reckless disre
gard of all that is high, holy and
sacred to which some newspapers
will descend. Any one who will de
liberately allow a parody of the
Lord's Prayer to be used in his pre
sence, much more copy and dissemin
ate as widely as possible, such blas
phemy deserves the severest con
sure of every Christian and right
thinking man in the country. Such
a newspaper should be rigorously
excluded from every home not de
voted to infidelity, and the ridicule
of righteousness and morality.
TEACHER'S INSTITUTE.
Evidence of the interest in the
teachers' institute was manifested
by the large riumber of people from
the town attending the evening ses
sions. The lectures were excellent
and thoroughly appreciated. Other
attractions were present in town
but the institute largely predomin
ated and this proves the good taste
and better sense of the people. A
pleasant departure from former cus
tom was the introduction on Thurs
day evening of a varied programme,
and this new idea might be further
developed next year by making one
session or more either day or even
Ing exclusively the teachers' op
portunity to furnish the entertain
ment. A number could prepare
short papers, or addresses and thus
give directors, patrons and the pub
lio an opportunity of judging to
some extents at least of the acquire
ments of those whom we entrust
with the education of our children.
WINTERS IN OLDEN TIME.
In 1661, the cold was so intense
that the river Thames was covered
with ice 61 inches thick. Almost all
of the birds perished.
In 1693, the cold was so excessive
that the famished wolves entered
Vienna and attacked beasts,and even
men.
In 1709, oocured that famous win
ter by distinction, "The oold win
ter." All the rivers and lakes were
frozen, and even the sea for several
miles from the shore. The ground
was frozen nine feet deep ; birds and
b jasts were struck dead in the fields,
. and men perished by thousands in
their houses. The Atlantic Sea was
frozen, and even the Mediterranean
above Genoa ; and the citron and
orange groves suffered extremily in
the finest parts of Italy.
In 1716, the winter was so in tease
that people traveled across the
Straits from Copenhagen to the pro
vinoe of Servia, in Sweden.
In 1729, in Scotland, multitudes of
cattle and sheep were buried in the
enow.
In 1740, the winter was scarcely
inferior to that of 1709. The snow
lay ton feet deep in Spain and
Portugal. The Zuyder Zee was fro
zen over, and thousands of people
went across it ; and tho lakes in Eng
land froze.
In 1744, the winter was very cold ;
snow falling to the depth of 23 foet
on a level.
In 1754 and 1755, the winters were
very severe and oold.
In 1771, the Elbe was frozen to the
bottom.
In 1776, the Danube bore ioe five
feet thick below Vienna.
The winters of 1774 and 75, were
uncommonly severe. The Little
Bolt was frozen over.
From 1809 to 1812 the winters
were remarkably oold, particularly
the latter in Russia, which proved
bo disastrous to the French Army.
The Harford Democrat.
FARMERS' INSTITUTES.
Department of Agriculture. Circular
Letter.
Harribburo, Pa., Nov. 1, 1898.
Dear Sir: Your attention is
called to the series of Farmors' In
stitutos which are to be hold in this
county, at Milford, Nov. 28th, and
at Dlngman's Ferry, Kov. 30th.
The State has been divided into
three sections, and the Department
at Ilarrisbnrg lias provided at lonst
three sponkors for each institute,
who are exiterienced institute work
ers, and who speak upon A wide
range of topics. The local oommit-
toe in each county will also provide
a set of spenkers,in addition to those
sent by the Stnte.and you are urged
to so arrango your business as to be
able to be present at all of the ses
sions. In every two days' institute the
evening session of the first day is to
be set apart for the benefit of ladies,
and is to be in the interest of "Coun
try Homes." This will include all
that relates to home life in the coun
try, the constructing of homes, the
heating, lighting, ventilating and
sanitary arrangements for country
homes j tho water supply, , sewage
and plumbing for houses in the
country ; the cooking of food, the
care of the sick, the care of chil
dren, flower gardening, kitchen gar
dening, house decoration and all
that relates, in any, to comfort.con
venience, health and enjoyment In
a country home.
The afternoon session of the sec
ond day is to be devoted to the sub
joct of " Good Roads." This is a
" Supervisors' Session," and as far
as may be necessary, all discussions
are to be upon the subject of roads
and their improvement. The even
ing of the second day is to be an
" Educational Session," and is to be
distinctively in the interest of the
education of the farmer and his chil
dren, and all that concerns their in
tellectual nature and development.
Unaer this topic can be discussed
the course of reading for farmers,
the Institute, the Grange, the Al
liance and the Farmers' Club as edu
cators. Also the country district
school, the country high sohool,
courses of study for country chil
dren, eto. To this all school teach
ers and school children are invited ;
also School Directors, County Su
perintendents and all who are inter
ested in the education of country
people. In the two other sessions,
institute managers will introduce
other topics relating to agriculture
as they may deem best,
Every one day institute will have
the afternoon eession devoted to
Good Roads, "and the evening ses
sion to " Education for Farmers and
their Children." The morning ses
sion is left open for the more gen
eral topics relating to agriculture.
You are especially invited to be
present at these meetings, and by
your presence and oounsol, aid in
the effort to help our farmers out of
the depressed condition into which
their business has fallen in these re
cent years. Be kind enough to
make known to your neighbors, the
dates of your institutes, and the
places where they are hold, and
write to the chairman of your
County Institute Committee, for
complete programme of exercises.
The name and address of the chair
man of this county is J. H. Van
Etten, Milford, Pa.
Preserve this paper for referenoe.
Very respectfully,
Joiif Hamilton.
"Deputy Secretary and Director of
Institutes.
Plump and Fat.
Well fattened and neatly dressed
poultry never finds a poor market.
The low price of grain will enable
breeders of all kinds of birds to put
thorn in tip-top order this fall before
Bonding them to consumers. In
passing through city markets we
have often wondered where the
skinny, bony, bruised peeled and
half-spoiled trash that hangs in the
stalls comes from, and who eats it.
The quantity of this sort of stuff is
amazing when it is considered that
every pound of it represents 'a loss
to the grower and ehippor and is
not fit for human food.
One of the worst features of this
business is that this ill-oonditioned
and unwholesome meat is bought
and eaten, and the low price paid
for it helps to drag down the prioe
of all first class products of the
poultry yard. Hotels and restau
rants and boarding houses utilize
the nasty mess in stews, sandwiches
croquettes and salads, disguising
its real nature by herbs and spicy
dressing.
The careless folks who Bhip such
stock not only injure themselves
but all engaged in rearing poultry
for the market.
We strongly advise all of our
readers to send no stock into the
Thanksgiving market that is not
well fattened, and to take the great
est care in dressing, packing and
shipping, what is not ready now
can be made ready by careful hand
ling for the Deoeiuber holiday trade.
A point that should not be over
looked is tliut it is not always the
big bird that brings the big price :
the most salable is the medium sized
bird having a plump and shapely
oarcuss.
VARIETIES OF POTATOES.
Notes From the Pennsylvania Experiment
Station.
The comparison of new and stan
dard varieties of potatoes begun by
the Experiment Station in 1889 has
been continued through the present
season. They were grown undor as
nearly similar conditions of soil, ex
posure, fertilizer, drainage, culture
etc., as possible, and the yields re
ported below are from careful
weighing of the product of the dif
ferent plots made at the time of
digging. The rotation of crops on
the ground used is wheat, grass, po
tatoes and oats. Barn-yard manure
at the rate of 18 tons per acre was
applied to the sod before plowing.
The rand was plowed 7-8 inches deep
and thoroughly pulverized with
spring and spike tooth harrows.
Large tubers were cut to one eye,
medium sized to two and three eyes,
and the smallest ones in two and
thrpe pieces. No tubers were used
that did not weigh one and three
quarter ounces or over. The pieces
were dropped 11 to 12 inches apart
in rows 3 foet opart and covered
about 3 inches deep. Shallow culti
vation was practiced.a small amount
of earth being thrown up to the
stalks after the last cultivation.
The varieties were planted May
5th to 6th. All of them made a
very rank growth of tops with the
exception of the Early Puritan
which made only a medium growth.
They were sprayed with Paris
green, on July 1st and 14th, to kill
the Colorado potato bottle which
was quite numerous in some sec
tions of the fields. All the varieties
blossomed more freely than usual,
some of them forming seed pods.
They were dug August 27th and
September 2nd. The seed used was
practically free from scab but no
solution was used to kill it.
For 1896 the Enormous gave con
sidera bly the largest yield (480.8) of
of any variety tested. Following
this variety in the order of their
productiou are: Northern Maine,
410.0 j Delaware, 384.5 j Early May,
375.4; Late Puritan, 367.3; Ben
Harrison, 363.8; and New Bovee
Seedling, 353.1 bus. per acre. This
was a very good year for the
growth of potatoes and makes a
very favorable showing for the new
varieties received this year. For
the othor varieties a far safer mea
sure of their value is found in the
average yield for all the years
tested. The first six varieties
tested three years stand as follows :
Early Everitt, 267.3; New Queen,
262.3; Bon Harrison, 259.9; Free
man, 356.9; Pennsylvania Best,
254.3 ; and Early A., 253.7 bus. per
care, In the list tested two years
they stand as follows : New Bovee
Seedling, 378.4; Carman No. 1,
327.7; Delaware, 323.3 bus. per
acre. Enos. H. Hess.
The Country Boy Should Learn a Trade.
No matter how well off you may
expect to leave your children, it is a
giod thing to have them learn thor
oughly some kind of a trade, so they
may have something to resort to if
adversity should come to them. A
man never yet found it a disadvan
tage to know how to use his hands
skillfully, and he will have more
self-respect in feeling that there is
one thing at least he knows how to
do well. When boys come to the
age when they begin to care about
the appearance they make, they de
sire to wear store clothes rather
than outfits for a workshop. They
do not care to handle a saw, or
trowel, or even a plow, so they
crowd to the cities and take up the
unmanl"work of standing behind a
counter and measuring off a few
yards of silk or velvet ; work in
which there is no exorcise for mus
cle or brain, and for the great mass
of thorn no outlook toward any
thing higher or better. Now and
then a clerk, especially able and
faithful, is taken into partnership
by the firm employing him, and his
fortune probably secured, but for
the great army of clerks who take
up the business because it is easy
and free from responsibility, there
is little hope of such an issue, and,
when business is -dull, as it fre
quently is, they bitterly regret that
they did not learn some trade which
would command them good wages
and have made them independent,
and not subject to tho fluctuating
fortunes of this or that business
house where they may be em-
ployed.
Life.
Forth from the dust we spring, and run
About the irreeu earth's tiHLient hrt'juit.
Our little day at set of suu
iiiw nor uosoni creep, and rest.
Augiuta Moore.
"I've got one advantage over you
still," said the carriage horse, look
ing at the bicycle In the next stall.
' When I am worn out I can be
worked up into glue and canned
beef, and you can't."
One can never toll whether a man
is a fighter who has never had the
need of fighting.
HIGH WHEAT PRICES COMING.
A London Expert's Prediction on the Mar-
ket.
London, Nov. 1 "I am convinced
that wheat will rule at 85 shillings
(a quarter) during the best part of
the season and if the Argentine crop
isnippod it will bo still higher,"
said Mr. Rush, the editor of Beer
bohm's "Corn Circular," yesterday
Mr. Rush is thoroughly in touch
with all the leading operators and is
an export judge of admitted author-
ity.
"I consider that the position has
become stronger," he went on, "and
that the present fluctuations are
merely momentary. In the last few
days, in fact, the probability of a
severe famine in India has increased
and our cables serve to accentuate
that expectation. The market at
present is getting rid of the weak
speculating eleniont which rushed
in last week. When that is done
business will begin on a sound basis
with a progressive rise In prices."
Little business was done on the
London corn market yesterday,
Prices were quoted a cent up from
New York, but there were no offers,
Ballard Smith.
Wheel Notes.
The Pennsylvania Division L. A.
W. promises fair to have a member
ship of 12,000 before the end of the
present year and at the same rate of
increase 30,000 by the end of 1897.
The permanent headquarters of
the Pennsylvania Division L. A. W.
in the Bourse, Philadelphia, have
proven of great advantage to the or
ganization. They are in charge of
the secretary, and , information on
any point can be obtained there.
A neat decalcomanla in six colors
has been designed for the Pennsyl
vania division, L. A. W. It is 1
inches in height and consists of the
well-known League emblem with
words "Good Roads and Pennsylva
nia Division" on the rim of the
wheel. It can readily be transferred
to the frame of a bicycle or else
where and will be mailed to mem
bers at the actual cost of production
four cents each, upon application to
the secretary-treasurer.
Membership in the League of
American Wheelmen cannot be es
timated by the simple cash outlay
necessary to become a member. The
cost is two dollars the first year and
one dollar per year thereafter, but
this by no means represents the va
lue received. Some of the more im
portant advantages may be enumera
ted as follows : A road book giving
information regarding all routes and
roads in tho section of the State in
which you live ; ten to thirty per
cent, reductions at good hotels
throughout the country when trave
ling, guaranteed legal protection of
your rights as a wheelman ; fifty
two issues of a bright and interest
ing cycle paper, a discount of ten
per cent, on all bills for bicycle re
pairs and insurance against theft
at one-half what other people pay.
There are 101 other reasons why
every rider of a wheel should be a
member of the organization, but
these appeal more than the others
because of the direct personal benefit
gained. The membership is grow
ing at a rapid rate, and this State is
making a most remarkable showing
Full information can be obtained
from the secretary treasurer at the
headquarters, 680 Bourse Building,
Philadelphia, upon application per
sonally or by mail.
The remarkable increase in the
membership of the Pennsylvania
Division of the League of American
Wheelmen during the past year has
been the cause of much comment
and of congratulation on the part of
other division and national officials
and of the press in general. Not
only has Pennsylvania gone way
ahead of all expectations but she has
passed Massachusetts for second
position, and is constantly increasing
the load, New York now being the
only State which has a larger mem
bership. No small part of the cre
dit for this is due to the officers of
the division, and particularly to the
Executive Committee, consisting of
Chief Consul Boyle, Vice Consul
Eeenan and Secretary-Treasurer
Collins.
The growth in the Western sec
tion of the State has amounted to a
45 per cent, increase and is largely
the result of Mr, Eeenan ' personal
efforts. The vice consulship has al
ways beeu held by a Western man.
but until Mr. Koenan was elected to
the position, the membership in tliat
section was comparatively limited.
bince tie has been in office there has
been not only this great increase but
the work of the organization in that
suction has been systematized and
enlarged so that many additional
advantages have been secured and
the chances of still further erowth
and influence greatly increased.
Pennsylvania has the lamest
number of pout offices of any State,
4,974. New York not being a very
good seconed with 8, BUS. Ohio
oomes third with 3,282, and Virginia
fourth with 3,211. Pennsylvania is
second in number of presidential
offices, while New York stands first
with 312.
PIKE'S WILD LAND.
The Forestry Commission Recommends
That It be Brought by the State.
The annual report of Professor J.
T. Rothrock, State Commissioner of
Forestry, has just been submit
ted in advance sheets to the gov
ernor. The report is very im
portant, embodying many really
startling facts regarding tho de.
struction of valuable timber land
each year by reason of forest fires.
The direct financial loss from these
fires was enormous, while the indi
rect loss was even greater. One
firm in Pennsylvania has in recent
years lost 150,000,000 feet of timber
by reason of forest fires ; another
has had 125,000 acres of land devas
tated during the past season. Of
all the many causes which combine
to destroy property by fire, insur
ance companies now place burning
forests thi rd or fourth in the list.
Pennsylvania under original na
tural conditions, the report contin
ues, was one of the best wooded
states (if, indeed, not the very best)
in the entire eastern half of the Un
ion. Hor forests were dense, her
trees large and valuable and they
probably comprised a variety that
was of greater commercial value
than could be found in any other
state. Now this is sadly changed.
It can be scientifically demonstra
ted that in the absence of forests on
hilly regions the soil becomes im
poverished and barren, and that
floods will rush down from such
areas to the great detriment of the
regions below. Pennsylvania to
day has many such tracts, and it is
an imperalive public neoessity that
this condition be remedied. The
change will involve half a century
of work, and no person or persons'
can be expected to undertake it.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
should do it for her own self-preservation.
Many localities have al
ready suffered greatly from the de
struction of neighboring forests and
the harm which they may suffer is
not yet ended.
Fires are started in forests by
careless hunters or fishermen ; by
picknickers or by deliberate incen
diaries. Occasionally too, in every
day weather, sparks from locomo
tives cause widespread devastation.
The punishment for a careless or
willful setting of a forest fire, is too
easily escaped. The offender is very
seldom found at all.
Professor Rothrock finds that 165-
933 acres of forest land are main
tained in Pennsylvania in connec
tion with charcoal iron properties.
There is much ground in Pennsylva
nia, once wooded, but now absolute
ly waste and barren and consequent
ly a menace to surrounding property
and life. The commissioner esti
mates that in half a century this
state could have, on grounds other
wise of no value at all, a timber crop
worth $1,500,009,000. Hence, the
potential loss (not the aotual) to the
Commonwealth for each fire or ser
ies of fires that devastates the tim
ber producing areas is $30,000,000.
There are approximative 15,972,
737 acres of cleared land and 9,099
817 acres of wooded lands now in
this state. These figures are com
piled from assessors' reports and do
not embrace the entire area of the
state, on account of carelessness in
official returns. Probably 36,29 of
the area of the state is in timber.
Much of what is reported as tim
ber land, however, is not such in
any productive sense. There are
about 940 square miles, contingent
to each other and covering portions
of Monroe, Pike, Wayne, Luzerne,
Lackawanna and Carbon counties,
that present a picture of desolation
and depopulation. This tract was
once wooded and would be valuable
if reclaimed.
The value of the report is very
greatly enhanced by some hundred
full page pictures, made from origi
nal photographs of trees, forests,
etc., and taken by Professor Roth
rock himself, for the most part. A
portion of the report was prepared
by his predecessor in office, W. 8.
Shunk. The report is valuable and
interesting.
' "Learn to do little things as
though they were great." For lit
tle things are often the beginning of
great things, and even when they
are not, they may be made great by
the spirit in which they are wrought
There is a tendency to imagine that
true nobility can only be attained
on grjat occasions ; and many con
tinue to live mean lives only because
they overlook the small abundaant
opportunities of every day. Jesus
Christ has shown for all time how
the divinest fabrlo of beauty and
goodness can be woven out of the
warp and woof of daily experience,
how humblest circumstances and
facts may become channels of re
demptive grace; how the instru
ment of torture and shame may be
transformed into the symbol of holi
est love. What He did as Saviour
of the world we cannot repeat, for
lie stands apart from us ; but in this
mutter we may hope to follow afar
off. Evangelist.
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Wanted A Friend.
A brave friend.
A steadfast friend.
A friend who will defend when
others revile.
A friend whose heart and home
will be wide open when the doors
and windows of the whole world are
closed.
A friend who does not care if the
hat be old and soiled, the clothes
poor, and the shoes worn who can
see the man between the hat and
the shoes.
A cheerful friend.
A friend with a clear eye and a
clean heart.
A friend who will lift up when
the world pulls dawn.
A friend who from the toD rut er
of the ladder will reach down to the
bottom, if need be, to help.
A sympathetic friend.
A friend who will stand testing.
A friend to go to in iov. and be
mode yet more gl;id ; in sorrow, and
be comforted.
A friend whesa love, shining on
our teardrops.transforms them a in
to pearls.
A truthful friend.
A friend who will not flatter.
A friend who will not scold.
A friend who will sacrifice time.
money aye, if need be, life itself.
and do it willingly.
A friend who has smiles for our
joys, tears for our sorrows, con-
demnation for our faults, and ap
proval for our virtues.
A discreet friend.
A friend who will not betray con
fidences.
A friend whose love is a " carte-
blanche" for counsel, sympathy ,and
help.
A friend who understands our si
lence and can endure our loquacity.
A friend who Is the same to-dav.
to-morrow, in prosperity and in ad
versity,
Wanted such a friend by every
mortal.
Horse Talk.
Recently I witnessed a marvelous
exhibition of dogs and ponies, all
trained by one man. He said that
an unusual fondness for animals and
uniform kindness had accomplished
it all.
Vicious horses are usually made
by vicious men.
Show me the horse and I can tell
you what his owner is. If he is
kind to his horse he will be kind to
his wife. Girls don't forget this.
Horses have small stomachs and
should have concentrated food. Far
mer's horses usually are fed too
much hay. It is an Injury to the
horse and a waste.
Give a grain ration and save half
the hay.
Horses often have dyspepsia
caused by too much hay. It requires
careful study and constant observa
tion to keep your horse in the best
condition.
Have the teeth examined at least
twice each year. A fine mare was
out of condition and gradually lost
life. Upon examination her teeth
were found to be nneven and sharp
and her mouth ulcerated in a fearful
manner. After treatment she gained
in condition and life at a surprising
rate.
Do not employ a botch. Go to a
qualified veterinary surgeon.
Do not leave the care of the hor
ses entirely to any help. If they
are good and careful your watchful
ness will gratify them ; if they are
oareluss and brutal the sooner you
know it the better. Farm Journal.
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KEYSTAR is the one all
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harmless to a delicate diges
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sweet and pure, all foods raised
with it digest so easily that
yon are quickly surprised with
better appetite and health.
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All persons are hereby notified that
throwing or burning papers or refuse of
any kind In the streets of the Borouuh 1b
prohibited.
. By order of the town eouncll,
J. C. CHAMBERLAIN,
President, pro tern.
Attest, D. H. HORNBKCK, Soc'y.
Milford, May 5, lsytl.
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