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MILFOKI), PIKE COILMT, PA., IT. ID AY, AIMML 2, 18!)
NO. 25.
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
President McKinley Not Taking
Sides.
He Itrnlrrli Speedy Aetlon on the Tariff
lllll. The Utile Row lletween
llomocrntrt. tlHrmn and
llMWHlInn Inland.
(Katun Our Regular Correspondent.)
Washington, April 19. President
McKinley is not taking side either
for or nsrainst any of the proposed
amendments to the Dingley tariff bill
All ho has asked of Senators is that
they will act upon the bill as speedily
09 possible. He believes that when
the bill is passed and the amend
ments adopted by the Senate have
been acted upon by a conference
committee that the bill will bo as
good a measure as it possibly can be
. made under existing circumstances.
The much talked shout amend
ments to the Dingh-y tariff bill,
which Western Senators have asked
for, turn out to be very different
from tho predictions made by those
who ha ve been hoping for a breach
iu tho Republican ranks in tho Sen
ate wide enough to defeat the tariff
bill. The amendments deal mostly
with tho wool schedule and are
largely devoted to so classifying
wo 1 that some of the frauds known
to have bean perpetrate! under the
classification of tho McKinley tariff,
will bo avoided. It is also claimed
by the Western Senators that these
amendments are intended to equalize
tho protection given to tho wool
manufacturer and the wool grower.
The regular semi-weekly row be
tween the followers of Representa
tive McMillin, of Tenn., tho rival
would-be Donnxu-ntic loaders, has
become a feature of the short meet
ings of tho House, which draws full
galleries and which has crowded
Jerry Simpson's lit'lo Populist cir-
fccus to tho wall. In this rivalry a
local paper, which poses as Bryan s
mouth-piece, has sought to convey
the impression in its daily diatribes
against Bailey that .McMillin was
the personal representative of Mr.
Bryan. One of these editorials was
denounced on tho floor of tho house
as "an infamous and malicious lie"
by Mr. Bailey, who added by way of
emphasis : I denounce every man
who has helped to circulate it as an
infamous and malicious liar." Tho
editorial in question said in effort
that tho leadership of Mr. Bailey was
tho leadership of Mr. Reed.
Not wishing to keep tho now
Senators out of tho privileges be
longing to members of the commit
tees any longer, the Republican Cau
cus Committee chargod with conferr
ing with tho Democratic cominittoo
on tho tfubjoct, reported to tho cau
cui in favor of accepting tho last
Democratic proposition for filling tho
committee vacancies. This pro
gramme gives tho Republicans all
vacancies, including chairmanships,
that wor3 made by tho retirement of
Republicans, and gives one place on
the Appropriation Committee that
was filled by a Democrat to a Re
publican, while tho Committee on
Post Office and Post Roads will got
one additional Democrat. This ar
rangement is not altogether desir
able but it is the best the Republi
cans can do until they get a major
ity in the Senate. It allows them to
retain the Chairmanship of all tho
most important committees, but on
some of those committees they will
be iu the minority.
The opinion of gentleman, who
Las recently spent a long jxiriod in
Japan, on the intentions of that
country towards Hawaii is interest
ing, in view of recout rumors con
cerning the sending of warships to
Hawaii by Japuu, and of the state
ment of tho Japanese minister to the
Unite 1 States that this country lAs
no improper designs on Hawaii.
This gentleman is Mr. W. B. Ed-.
minister, now in Washington, and
lie says; "It is my opinion, based
upon a long intercourse with the
Juimnose, that it is their ultimate
aim to swoop down on Hawaii, cap
ture the island, and through farce of
arms sot up a government of their
own. It is the common talk in the
stroetsof Japan's capital, that Japan
is entitled to plant her flag in Hawaii
for the reason that the Japanese out
number any other nationality on the
islands." It will be remembered
that Congress has explicitly declared
that the United States would not
countenance any interference with
the government of Hawaii by any
foreigu government, and many be
lieve that it is that declaration alone
which has caused Japan to keep her
- bands off Hawaii up to this time.
Judge Day, of Canton, Ohio, who
is going to Cuba asa spttcinl United
States Consul to co-operate witli
Coinul-Oenernl Leo in making an
investigation of tho charges concern
ing the cans1 of tho death of Dr.
Ruiz, is in Washington for the pur
pose of conferring with Pre-udont
McKinley and making a study of all
documents in the Department oi
State that are likely to assist him in
the investigation. While Judge
Day's official mission to Cuba will
be confined to the Ruiz investigation
he will not close his eyes to what
joes on around him, and it is cer
tain that President McKinley will
set the benefit of everything he
learns over there.
Ripans Tabules.
Riprtns Tabules cure nnupr-a.
Ripans Talmlc8: at druggists.
Farmers to Bs Boycotted.
And now the brewers of New
York propose to retaliate on the
farmers of that, State whom they
hold responsible for fie Raines' law
stringent amendments, by shutting
out New York cheese and encum
bers from the free lunches Hops,
which are largely grown in that
State, are also on their list. A man
can drink other things, however, be
sides beer, and he can also get along
without cheese nnd pickles. A nice
wine such as is made in New York
State is a god healthful and cheap
drink for those who think they must
hao something of the kind. It
heats beer all around.
RIpans Tauules: for sour stomach.
Ripans Tabules: pleasant laxative.
Rip&na Tabules cure liver troubles.
To Organize tho Episcopal Church.
Arrangements are being made for
the formation of nn Episcopalian
congregation nt East Stroudshurg,
and if the services of a priest can be
secured exereis s will bo held on
Easter Sunday. Sister Lucy of the
order of St. Mary in New York city
read tho ceremony of the Lpiseopal
service at the residenco of Dr. W. C.
Stiles last Sundav afternoon to an
audiencoof 21. Miss Mary P. Brad
ley who orgmated tho idea presided
and assisted in the service. Sister
Lucy is a daughter of George Watt,
of South Stroudshurg. The Times.
Due Our Firemen.
Hahuishuuu, Pa., April U, 187.
Mr. J. U. Van Ettkn,
Milfnrd, Pn.
Deak Win: Replying to your favor of
thu loth, would sny that tho amount due
Milford Borough, on account of. tho For
eign Insurance Company's doing biitdness
In this Statu in about $1 3d. Miitntuortis
gvti 15 cents. You very truly,
N. E. Hause.
Tno above in response t,o our en
quiry is self-explanatory. Ed.
Pukss.
Ripans Tubules cure dizziness.
K i pan a Tabules cure headache.
Ripans Tabules cure dyspepsia.
List of Unclaimed lettera.
Unclaimed letters remaining in
tho Post- Offiej at Milford, Pa. for
the week ending April 17, 187:
Ladies Mrs. A. L. Burton.
Gentlemen Rev. C. W. Hiff-ier,
Win. Little.
Persons claiming tho above will
please say " Advertised and give
d ite of this list.
Jas. S. Gale, P. M.
Eiater it tho White House.
Ten thousand children gathered
on the lots around tho White House
last Monday honor the national
custom of egg rolling. The eggs are
rolled down tho terraces, and then
children scramble after and oat them.
President McKinley and Mrs. Mc
Kinley wore amused spectators, the
Marino Band enlivened the occasion
with music and all tho children were
frolicksomo and happy. It was a
groat day for them.
Easter Hats in Smoke.
A fire broke out last weok iu the
Millinery store of Mr. Longmire at
Stroudshurg, which proved dis
astrous to Easter trappings. The
loss was estimated at 3,500 with
1,000 insurance, but if the ladies
were disappointed iu their new
bonnets we fear it may ba consi
dered as incalculable.
Released on Bail.
John C. Briorly, who was com
mitted to jail some days ago for an
assault on tho person of Martha A.
MeCarty, of Matamorus,was brought
before Judge Klaer, April 17, on a
writ of hitlteas corpus and after en
tering in bail in the sum of $300 for
his appearance at next court was re
leased. Everybody Bay So.
OiiscareU ('audi' t'alhurtie, the moat won
derful liiidit'ul diwtnerv (it the tte. i t-usi-ant
utid rcltvulimif to the lubie, ucl pfully
and positively on kiilne h. livi.-r and bowcltt,
cieansiliL' tho entire tHt in, uihl roll!,
cum heuilnclie, levi-r, hal.ltual onMipal iou
and hifioiiM!'-g. Pli-aso buy find try ft box
of t!. C. (J to-ditv; JO, -.", MlcenU. buldaud
guuruuux-d to cure by all druggists.
PERSONAL.
Mr. Will Ryder and wife, of Pond
Eddy, spent E ister Sunday with re
latives here.
John C. Westbrook, Jr. is visit
ing his homo in Blooming Grove
this week.
Mrs. Harrison Watts and Miss
Nebie Langton, of Mata moras, were
in town Saturday.
Miss Lizzie Bull visited the fam
ily of C, F. Van Iuwegen in Port
Jervis over Sunday.
Miss Ella Westrajl, of Glen Eyre,
spent a few days last week with tho
family of Mr. E. Brown.
John C.Gulick. Esq., of New York,
visited his sister, Mrs. Frank Crtss
man over Inst Sunday.
Mrs. James Quinn has returned to
Milford after spending tho winter
visiting among friends.
E. D. Richardson, a prominent
citizen of II iwley, died nt his home
last Sunday, aged 74 years.
Mrs. Desire B nirniquo, of this
place, is treating her house on Har
ford street to a new coat of paint.
Henry D. Clark, of Palmyra was
at Milford last Saturday attending
the sale of the Newberger property.
Edward Cahill, wlio with his wife
has been touring in Italy, Franco
nnd Spain, visited Milford this week.
Mrs. M. C. Westbrook is visiting
her son at Liberty, N. Y. Sho was
accompanied by Mrs. George Mitch
ell. Theo. F. Baker, Fred Klaer and
John Van Etten returned to their
respective educational institutions
this week.
Mrs. Charles Lattimoro has been
seriously ill with grippj this week,
but at present shows signs of im
provement. Miss Julia Kern, who has been
spending tho winter in New Y.irk,
returned to this placo Monday for
the summer.
Col. Lewis has been sulTering dur
ing tho past week with a bad tooth
in which ho was no unfortunate as
to take oold.
Mrs. Frank Crissmnn gave a small
party last Saturday evening in honor
of Miss Gulick, who- is visiting Mil
ford for a few days.
Rev. Thos. Nichols ami Elder Geo.
Mitchell attended the meeting of
Presbytery at Nyack, Monday nnd
Tuesday of this week.
Mrs. G. E. Hurst, of Layton, N.
J., who has been confined to her
homo nearly all winter, is now suf
ficiently recovered to bo out again.
Mrs. Grey, the matron of tho Nor
mal, has temporarily resigned her
position on account of ill health nnd
will go to tho seashore to recuper
ate. Dennis McLaughlin, who last year
with his family occupied the Nyco
house on Broad streot,. was in Mil
ford Monday looking for summer
quarters.
Gj j. V. Pa lion, a rep irtor on the
Union, was the successful contestant
for tho prize of a pair of shoos
offered by Johnson for tho best 60
word "ad".
Frank Cross is spending a couple
of wooks at Milford. II j is recover
ing from a severe attack of sickness
and with tho return of pleasant
weather hopes to soon regain his
wonted health.
Rev. E. A. Hamilton, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Deckertown,
has been invited with his old regi
mont to take a prominent position
in tho Grant parade in New York,
April 27. Recorder.
Fred Emery, who hold a responsi
ble position with the Standard Oil
Co:npany at Newark, spent a few
days hero recently with his parents.
Ho has resigned that place and will
try his fortuno iu Mexico shortly.
Rev. S. Morris, who was stationod
at Dinginans during tho past year,
and who for many years has been a
preacher in the M. E. Church, is now
connected with the publishing firm
of Dodd Mead & Co., of New York.
Col. C. Burnett, thu well-known"
lawyer of Stroudshurg and former
State Senator from that district, has
been for a long time confined to his
house, but is now regaining his
health and is able to go out.
John W. Nyce, Jr. has been ap
pointed postmaster at Caldwell,
Kansas. Tlie salury is f 1,200. His
many friends in Milford will join
tho Pittcss iu congratulating him on
this substantial murk of confidence.
Mrs. H. H. Farnuiu, nee Boattie,
woll-kuown to many hero, was
chosen one of the vice-presidents of
the Women's Board of Foreign Mis
sions of the Presbyterian Chunh nt
a meeting held in Rochester, N. Y.
Jacob Klcinhans, Jr., a professor
in Johns Hopkins' University, is
rusticating for a few days among
hills of Pike. Tho season is too
early for trout and too Into for bears,
but no doubt he will find plenty of
amusement.
Tho singing nt the Second Presby
terian Church of Middletown last
Sunday was under the direction of
Mrs. George St. John, of Port Jer
vis, nnd tho papers speak in the
highest terms of its excellence. Her
rendering of " Nearer My God to
Thee," is pronounced as particularly j
fine.
Ripans Tabules cure flatulence.
Ivipans Tabules assist digestion.
Ripans Tabules cure bad hreaih.
THE DUTY ON RAGS.
An Somewhat rorrnliojutlve of the Ite
nittrkH of a Correaprtiident I" Another
Column We Jlve the rollowlnff.
Sevill Scholield, Sr., one of the
best known manufacturers of
Manayunk, Pa., has written a letter
to be presented to tho United States
Senate, in favor of restoring the
duty on rags, in which ho saj'S :
"There are about 270,000,000 pounds
of unscoured wool grown in tho
United States annually. Assumo
this wool loses 50 per cent, in scour
ing, wo will have 135,000,000 pounds
of scoured wool, which is made into
goods of various kinds.
"There nie also from 7,000,000 to
9,000,000 bales of cotton grown an
nually in the United States, one-half
of which is probably exported, thus
leaving at least 4,000,000 bales that
are used here. Of this about three
fourths nro worn out and go into
rags nnd waste in various stages
This will show the percentage of
woolen and cotton nigs collected,
which is about 7 per cent, of woolen
and 83 percent, of cotton rags.
"There are no less than 75,000
persons employed in Now York and
Pennsylvania alone in the rag-gathering
nnd sorting business.
"The collecting ol cotton rags was
lost in this country under the Mc
Kinley bill on account of tho large
importations from Europo, they
being admitted free of duty,
but
when woolen rags were made free
under the Wilson bill it killed tho
rag i athoring business, for tho rea
son that it did not pay the gatherers
or dealers to handle them. I would
recommend a duty of one cont a
pound on all unsortod rags, nnd two
cents a pound for sorted rags. In a
letter from Alexander Murphy &
Co., Custom House brokers, it is
shown that in 1802, when thero was
a duty on rags, 5,771,801 pounls
were imported, and that in 18(53,
when rags were admitted freo, 27,
304,411 pounds of rags were im
ported." Mr. Schofleld quoted from a letter
written by William F. Dixon, in
which ho said : "The freo importa
tion of rags has thrown out of em
ployment about 200,000 persons in
this country. A duty of one-half cont
per pound cm mixed and one cent on
assorted rags would result in put
ting that many men and women to
work."
Just try a 10c box of Cnscarets the
finest liver nnd bowel regnlntorever
made.
A Bad Accideut.
Charlos Vantassel fell from a
load of hay at Layton, N. J., Wed
nesday and was seriously injured.
Ho sustained a severo cut on his
head and his collarbone was broken.
A large willow tree stands n ear the
road at tho point where the accident
occurred and a small stream crosses
at tho same place. A limb of the
tree was too low to allow the load to
iwiss and in avoiding that in some
way the forward wheels of tho wa
gon struck the plank of the bridge
which threw him off. His wounds
were temtorurily dressed by Dr.
Miller and ho was brought home the
same evening where ho now lies in
a critical condition. Dr. Wenuer is
in charge of tho case.
Awnku I to the breath
Of His spirit thitt'H living
lit w itiils nt His iu;
lit siiuhmu and xlmiM-rg,
In (ntumiiri! Hint H.iwiTiii
In liiiy wiuri thvtinf.
And tiit-rry lxiteM rtvtiug
TUt MiiMer hath ri'n,
Awako ! ih, uwiiliu I
C'urrio Sturu.
Pine Hill Faint Poultry Yards.
TlioRoso Comb White Leghorn
only. Carefully bred for fifteen
years. Best layers of tine white
eggs. Pairs, and Trios for sale, nnd !
hutching eggs in season. ORDERS
PROMPTY FILLED.
Gko. E. Hubsii,
Layton, N. J.
BRIEF MENTION.
f
Firemen, go f try mr l ID d ii
from the State.
A. l. Brown A- Son started a tie
raft from Dinginans yesterday.
Henry D. (Ink, mortgage-,
bought the Newberger property,
sold by the sheriff last Saturday, for
:i25.
Providence, It." I. woolen mills
ro to day employing 5.0K) more
hands than last fall. Pass the
Dingley Hill.
The directors of the Independ
ent r-cliool District bought a set of
V(.ii,.f ,ml)s us(, j (,
hools.
The price paid is I00.
Jerome S warts w oo 1,
one of the
oldest Masons . of Monroe county,
died last week aged 71 years. He
was mailt! a Mason m lSli.'l.
In the Shefi-r-L -h contest in
Northampton county," the recount
gives the Republican 5d majority
over tho sitting member L-h.
Smithfield township, Monroe
county nt the election held last week
by a vote of 7i) to 119 decided
against purchasing a stone crusher.
Miss Mary P. Bradley, principal
of tho Music Department of the
Normal, is making nn effort to or
gani.e an Episcopal Church at East
Stroudsbutg.
Lake Poponoming, a popular
summer resort in Monroe -entity,
was lately sold by the sheriff to a
syndicate of Stroudshurg gentlemen
for about $fi,000.
Fishing for shad has not yet
ommeueed here. The water has
bjou too high, nnd t!n weather too
cold, but tlnffish will be g) id when
wo do got them.
Tho Telephone company is ex
tending its line to Diiigiuan town
ship, and has p it iu a n .v aa 1 ini-
provod S andard Swi'c'.i board at t! e
Central ollico at Findlays.
James B. Gentry, who was tried
and convicted of tho murder of I
Madge Yorko, at Philadelphia, has i
had his sentence commuted by the
B tard of Pardons to life imprison-i
meut.
In Milford, Easter Sunday, the !
churches were all beautifully decor- I
ntod and services appropriate to the
day held. Six child reii were bao-
tizod at tho afternoon service in tho
Episcopal Church.
Dr. S. W. Mills, of Port Jervis, i
recalls the fact that in 1851 Easter
fell on the 19th and that during the
18th, 10th and 201 h of April it never
stopped snowing and tho beautiful
fell to the depth of 18 inches.
Jas. W. Pinehot has been ret;:, '
ing the debris of tho burned library
building, but we do not know
whether there will b.? any Piio.ciix
business about it Tho cleaning up
is great iuiprovoni out anyway.
Report from the pencil belt is to
tho effect that tho recent cold snap
has seriously injured tho crop.
Other fruits have also been dam
aged, ' and early produce killed.
This is very discouraging to farmers.
Eugene B tillctat of Dingmaii
township lost a finger rather sud
denly. He was stopping up the end
of tho gun with his linger and stood
it down rather hard on tho floor
which exploded it with tho abovo
result.
Tho supervisor of Milford town
ship is proposing to lower the hill
near tho house of J. C. Bull. A new
culvert will bo put in and tho small
utrniim r-r. ssi nt? nt that, noint, will hn
, . ,, , ,i,lm . n. .,i
loweieii SU HS y nuun ui uiu imn..-
tion in tho grade.
-Tho hens have been working on
sequence there is an overprouueuon
ot eggs aim prices ruie at iu cents
per dozen. They will begin now to'
sit, and cluck, and cluck nndsit.and
spoil lots of their fruit and prices
will no doubt advance.
Tho Mozart Symphony Club of
New York, which has given enter
tainments in 42 states of tho Union,
and of which Miss Marie Louisa i
Gumaer is the leading spirit, gave a
concert in Port Jervis Tuesday
evening, April 'i)th.
Two of the Pike county com
missioners being unable to meet on
account of sickness, tho Monroe
Co. commissioners returned home
List week without accomplishing
any ueunne cone. us.oU 1U leyio tu,
i i . i .. .i . 1- :i i '
tuobnugottiiMisim.
A man giving his name as Tom
Hagen and claiming to have a fain-
ily in Port Jervis was wandering
1 u..l,.;.l..w. V .1 Lwt IvoeV
aruuiiu xji-m .-.,.
Incidentally, while suQoi itig from
temporary insanity ho attempted to
smash a window in a private house
and was arrested.
Pastor Dixon, of East Strouds
hurg, in a recent sermon on the
evils of tlie license syslem, scon d
the Court, the Aft trneys, and the
ciiuivlt in. -miters who signed peti
tions and read tho names of the
latter from the pulpit. He evinces
gr.'.-it zeal in his crusade against
chinches supporting and aiding the
li'l'ior traffic.
The Marianfeld Summer school
conducted bv Prof. Gilchrist nnd
j Henderson will again bo located on
! the farm of ,!. ('. Ball. The build-
in- wiil be cnl-irg-d and improved
and oilier structures erected, to ac
c :n:ii ),1 ite the m mhership which
will be much larger than last year
when the number was eighteen.
S. Morris, of Port Jervis, is the
auth irii'ed agent for the Dodd.
Me id iv Co., puitli.-hers, Fifth
avenue, New York, for the sale of
t ie International Cyclopedia, fiftet n
.liiines, 1,100 pages, 50,0(10 titles
or art ieles. Also exchanges for oth
er cyclopedias for this later nnd
very popular work. Supplied on
m tderate and easy terms.
Ueorgo S. Jessup, son of ex
Judge Win. H. Jessup, was found
dead in his bed at 5.30 o'clock tin
S iturday afternoon. 'Heart disease
is supposed to have been the cause
of hi-t death. The deceased had
practiced biw at Montrose for sev
eral years and at the time of his
d Mill wti i first, lieutenant of Co. O.
N. G. P. He was not married. In
d pendent.
Those people who fondly ho'cd
spring had come to stay, and began
shedding their winter garments,
taking down stoves, and making,
garden, awoke tho first of the week
to find they had been just a little
to.) previous, or that tho weather
about this time of the year is a trifle
capricious. At all events they tein
p trarily desisted from such spring
like pursuits.
Prncliciri painters will tell you
that for endurance, finish and gen
eral economy, it is better to buy good
1 paints and oils. Without at all dis
paraging the ready mixed paints so
i freely offered, it is certain that if
j you buy Jewett's lead, which has bo
come a household word, nnd a good
j pure linseed oil you will have the
j best covering for your buildings ob
j tainable, and in a long run it pays to
Mmy the best. Mason, at Port Jer-
j V is, is pi
wants.
'an d to accommodate your
W. (Mr G. Mitchell have pist opened
la few cases of new SPRING GOODS
I comprising iinghams, Outing Por-
cnlcs, Chatiiloii stripes, Cinderella
hab.t clot lis, etc. See them before
baying elsewhere.
OBITUARY.
JAMKS FOLK t'UOXK.
This WKirthy citien and veteran
i of the cA tl war died at his residence
jin Delaware township April 20th.
He was horn Dec. 13, 1841, and has
sp nt hi life in that vicinity. He
enlisted with tho nine months men
in company IS, lol Pennsylvania
Volunteers, and was with his regi
ment in the battles of Chancellors
ville and on the bloody field of
Gettysburg. His health was seri
ously impaired ii this servica for
which he was granted a pension.
He was n member of Col. John Nyce
Post, G. A. R., and a consistent
incjmber of the M. E. Church for
I,inly yea
He is survived by his
'widow ami two children
J. Alton
it i it 1 Ivlita, liotli at Home
Utli, both at home. two
brother.-
also remain of,the family
r;i11,..i.f V of t li 1 n v.-n i'O townulii
of Sandyston, N. J.
funeral took place in the Re
formed Church at Dinginans Thurs
day, Rev. V. G. .Mylcs officiating.
WILLIAM J. ui:ll.
William J. B -11 for several years
a resident of West fall township this
county but. latterly of Port Jervis,
IN. Y., where he lived with his
daughter, Mrs. Abraui Quick died
i Tuesday at the ripe age of SB years.
HU second wife was ti sister of the
I celebrated anti-sin very advocate
Gerritt Smith. He was active in
I prom tt in ; both the Hope Evungli-
cal and Epworth church in Mata
j moras and become a member of the
former at its organization. Two
Kouln-u P and Edward G- of
Mit.tmoras besides tho daughter
i ui,(,vo nieiit ioned survive him. Tho
; funeral took place yesterday,
j
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, ( :learets stimulate liver, Klilnevs
am bowels. Never sicken, weaken
I or gripe, 10c.
The Prize Shoes Awarded.
A ItrprrHcntntlve of the Artvrrtlftlns; De
pnrtniriit of the "I'nion' the Winner.
Tho advertising contest for the
prize pair of French calfskin shoes,
offered by Joseph Johnson, tho'Fit-ter-of
Feet" was concluded at noon
Saturday.
Thi contest was interesting and
brought all the most brillinnt adver
tisers in Port Jervis and vicinity in
to tint arena. Over one hundred
ideas and designs were submitted.
Many clever poems were among tho
list.
Messrs. A. L. Watson, who is ono
of the best local advertisers, E. T.
Iriidlov, proprietor of the Pike street
1 harmacy, T. F. Gunning of tho
clothing firm of Gunning and
Flanagan, Evi Shinier of tho Gazette
and F. K. Salmon of the Union, who
were selected to act ns judges, met
at the Boston store this morning and
after an hour nnd a half of delibera
tion they selected the following adv.
"No one can afford to buy poor
shoos. Th pi Mirer they nro the less
you can afford it. How nro you to
tell? You must, trust tho honest
dealer. We warrant our 3 shoe.
If we deceive you, you can have your
money back."
"The "ad" was enclosed by a sort
of circular hot tier which greatly en
hanced tho effect. Mr. Johnson has
used the prize "n ," in his regular
space on another page, where a bet
ter idea can be had of it.
The winner was George V. Pndien
of tho Union's reportorial and ad
vertising staff.
Mr. Johnson who offered tho prize
is one of the, most extensive adver
tisers in this county and tho contest
not alone advertised his placo im
mensely, but ninny of tho "ads" re
ceived will suggest invaluable ideas
to him. Union.
Ripans Tabules cure torpid liver.
Ripans Tabules cure biliousness
Ripans Tabules: one gives relief.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
(root licit In the nntre or the Recorder for
the Week Knillng April 2'!.
Delaware. Elizebeth C. Retnllick
to William Retnllick, dated April 21,
quit claim, 77 acres, con. $500, ent'd
April 21.
When bilious or costive, oat a
Cascaret, candy cathartic, cure
guarenteed, 10c. 25c.
An Ex-Democrat Talks.
Speaking about foreigners not un
derstanding our institutions, I bad a
conversation with a foreign boi'n
citizen n few days ago, and from
what he said I am led to boliovo
they understand them bettor than
many native born citizens, for they
have personal knowledge of both
sides. This is tho way he imparted
some information which struck
home. He said I am a foreign born
citizen and a black Republican, you
are a native norn American and a
Democrat. Economy in Europo is
the rule all over with the people.
They must practise it. For instance
the rich who cannot wear a suit of
clothes very long, sell thorn to the
Israelites as second hand, then they
lire sold again and so goon through
the same process until they reach
the pauper class, and by the time
they get through them thoy are a
mass of rags, they are then made up
into shoddy cloth and the Democrats
in this country backed by importers
money yell freo trade, and you have
seen during the last administration
how 'hose shoddy goods, the refuse
of foreign pauiiors, aro dumped on
our markots. There is an excuse for
a foreign born citizen to be a Demo,
crat for he may havo some lingering
affection tor relatives and friends on
the other side, but I can hardly un
tterstand why a native born Ameri
can should be, and why they will al
low themselves to bo controlled and
led, to uphold a part which advo
cates principles directly in conflict
with their own interests nnd wel.
fare. Wo hear on every side,
"keep out the foreign paupers." I
am in favor of that too, but I am
also opposed to being compelled to
wear these rags by having free trade
and so forcing our people to buy
them because they cannot earn
money to buy good American made
goods. The logic seemed so clear that
I think hero after I will be an
Ex-Di-:.ioenA'r.
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Kipans Tabules: gentle cathartic.
Rip. ma Tabules cure constipation.
Epigram on Rough Roada.
I'm in iw arrived, thanks to the gods,
TIiiviukIi pathways munli and inuddy
A cert it in hin that iniikin roads
Is no' this iK'opht'g bttidy!
Although I' m nut wt' Scripture crnm'd,
I'm Hunt Ihc iiible says
That hei'dh'Hii Milliters Hhttll be dauin'd'
Unlet they lnetid their ways.
Robert Burnt.
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it you ivunt tn quit tnbuceo Uttiua; eaily
ami fnruvni. beumile well, blruutf, uiukuuUc,
full hi : now lilu ttud vik'iit, tulte No-Tu-Buc,
tiiii vv iiid.T-worur, tiiiU uiuUeM weuk meu
U'iuik'. Many gaiu bu pmiinU in teu days.
Over iiHi.utmcuivxl. iiuy No To-Uau of youf
ih iiuit, utult-r KUurunKMi to cure, 50u or
1 .mi. iiiiiiklet ami gampta mailed free. Ad,
btut'i'iiu l(uiuedyC'o.,L'hictuoor New York,