Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, October 20, 1899, Image 3

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Successors to
JERVIS GOBIOT
We are now Prepared o Please the
Farmers and the Gen.ral Pablic by
being ready at all times to Accom
modate them. Plenty of Water to
run the Mill Day and Night if
Necessary.
A Full stock of the Best Brands
of Flour Constantly on Hand.
Seal of Minnesota is A No. I. Try it.
Washburn's Gold Medal, Arnold's
Superlative. Feed, Meal, Mid
dlings and Bran. Buck
wheat Pour in its
Season a Spe
ialty ! I I
Orders luft at tlm Mill for delivery will receivo prompt nttetiHon.
illford Milling Co,
Milford, Pike Co., Penna.
T. Armstrong & Co.,
. Successors to BROWN & ARMSTRONG.
We offer n line of
.UNSURPASSED
Our point is that you need not no a way from homo to
nupply nil your needs, or to seeuro Imt'Kain.s. Wo expect
to satisfy you in both particulars.
DRY UOODS. new an. I stylish. GROCERIES, fresh
and good. HARDWARE, HOOTS, SHOES, AND CLOTH
INIJ. Any thing in any lino at bottom prices.
To accomplish this end wo have adopted a new system.
All our prices are fixed on a binis of cash payment. This
obviates the necessity to allow a margin for had debts and
interest. To accommodate responsible parties we cheer
fully open monthly accounts, and expect prompt, payment
monthly, as our prices will not enable us to carry accounts
longer.
Statements rendered the first of every month, and if
paid within three days from date of bill, a cash discount of
2 is allowed. The same discounts given on all cash pur
chases exceeding 1.00. UnotU sent, out, will be C. O. D.
unless otherwise previously arranged.
T. ARMSTORNG& CO.,
Brown's Building,
&'-&$&' Wc carry 4 We receive fUitjv j2jV
iLvl Vrv- atA-a nock of goodi I from 10,000 to -sS& Ls7S&trjn c
LXKTTVv' 122. volutdat jt 85.UU0 lelleri lSC&i"t
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W own and occupy the Ulleit mercantile building In the world. We have WjfcI
I YL over 1,000,000 customer. Sixteen hundred clerks are constantly FTfe: I
engaged filling out-of-town orders. fCll
3jl OUR GENERAL CATALOGUE ia the book of the people It quotes nJ
Wli Wholesale Prices to Everybody, has over 1,000 pages, 16,000 illustrations, and JiJl
S iL! 0,000 descriptions of articles with prices. H costs 7 cents to print and mail T(
fA-sL) each copy. We want you to have one. SEND FIFTEEN CENTS to ahow (qfl
your good faith, and we'll send you a copy FREE, with all charges prepaid. UJ,
DO YOU EXPEPJ TO BUILD? THEN SEE
A. D. BROWN and SON,
Manufacturers and dealers in all
kinds of Lumber,
Contractors and Builders.
Estimates made ; personal atten
tion given and work guaranteed.
OFFICE, Brown's Building, Milford, Pa.
Table
Dainties.
Fresh groceries.
Canned goods.
Meats in every form.
Turkeys and chickens.
Oysters and vegetables.
Everything for an elegant
dinner at
GUMBLE BROS.
Harford St. Milford Pa.
new Spring Hoods,
AND COMPLETE.
I
I
Milford, Pa.
T. Armstrong & Co.
Sccessors to
BROWN & ARMSTRONG.
Dealers in
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE,
Milford Pa.
To Car Couitlpallua ror.v.
Take C&cuieu Cuuuv Culiiiiruc l'j or ft
UUCU lull u cur. drugiku refund uiuue.
THE COCOANUT INDUSTRY
Manner In Which They Arn flnthpred
and Kxportrd to This Country.
A (treat proportion of the cocoanuts
received In this country ar still
brought here In sailing vessels. The
nuts are Imported chielly from the San
Hlas coast. TrlnldHd and points along
the Orinoco River, and are consigned
to various commission merchants
throughout the country. A number of
schooners engaged in the cocoanut
trade ply at regular Intervals between
this country and Southern ports. The
majority of these vessels dlschnrge
their cargoes at New York and from
two to four of them are to be found at
all seasons of the year.
An Interesting half hour may be
spent on the piers some morning when
the work of unloading the nuts Is un
der full headway. The nuts are drawn
from the hold in bushel baskets and
are dumped on the pier. Before being
placed into the carts which are waiting
to carry them the nuts are tested.
This Is done by knocking two nuts to
gether. If from the force of the con
cussion milk escapes from the eyes of
a nut the nut is adjudged bad and Is
thrown away. Every nut Is thug
tested before It lpaves the pier. The
nuts must also meet a certain standard
of size and weight. The best nuts, it
Is Bald, are always the heaviest. Some
times when a vessel has been delayed
by adverse winds, and the nuts as a
result have lain In the hold a long
time, enough of them are spoiled to cut
Into the captain's profits seriously.
One of the largest of cocoanut
schooners is the Leila Smith, Cnpt,
Tralnor, which left New York recently
for the San Was coast, having dis
charged a cargo of over 250,000 nuts.
The Smith makes three round trips a
year, and besides her regular cargo of
nuts, brings many barrels of Central
American turtle shells, which com
mand good prices.
Cnpt. Tralnor. when seen recently,
gave an interesting account of the way
in which the nuts are gathered and
exported to this country.
"The best nuts," he said, "are those
gathered on the San Hlas coast, and
bring all the way from $20 to $40 a
thousand. The nuts are of medium
size and are sold principally to deal
ers In desiccated cocoanut.
When picked the nuts are encased
In a thick husk. No unhusked nuts
are exported to this country. In En
gland, however, the demand for nuts
In the husk Is large. Ilritish mer
chants have long realized the commer
cial value of the cocoanut s fibrous
covering, and It is put to a variety of
usee, principally, however. In the mak
ing of pulp.
"The San Bias coast," continued the
captain, "is full of islands and keys
which are as wild and as uncivilized
as any locality in the world. We work
along, collating cocoanuts at most of
the Important Islands, until we get to
the gulf of Oarien. By that time we
have a full cargo and are ready for
home.
"The San Bias cocoanut trade is en
tirely carried on by Indians. The
palm trees grow wild and the natives
mnke no attempt at cultivating the
growth of the nuts. The trees yield In
January, February, March and April,
but nuts are gathered at all seasons
of the year. The natives are a copper
colored race and are not warlike. They
will not, however, tolerate the pres
ence of a white man in their villages.
White men prospecting for gold occa
sionally pass through the country, and
as long as they mind their own busi
ness they are not molested. But if
they show any disposition to Bettle
down they are politely requested to
move on.
"The natives are not Bharp at a bar
gain, nor do they attempt to drive
one. They sell two nuts for 5 cents,
and this standard applies to any num
ber of nuts from two to 2,000. They
could not be induced to either raise or
reduce this price.
"The Indians have their tribal chiefs,
and exhibit many of the characteristics
which mark our more savage North
American redskins. They love beads
and other finery, and we always find it
profitable to carry a load of looking
glasses, brass rings and ribbons which
we give to the natives in return for
what they deem their equivalent In
nuts. They will give more nuts for
a plush bound lookingglass than you
could purchase with $5.
"The natives are eager for education
and especially desire that missionaries
be sent to them. It certainly would
be an excellent field for gome mission
society to work in, for the people
learn readily and are sincere, simple
and honest.
"Although part and parcel of the Co
lomblan Government they pay no taxes
that I am aware of and have no voice
in the government. All they want is
to be let alone and the government ac
commodate them."
Calf Choked to Death on a Kitten.
A very rcinnrknlile story comes from
Somerset, O. Scott Ilarltt, the lending
merchant of the village, hud a tine
Jersey calf, which he placed In n stall
In his barn and was bringing it up
by hand, the little animal being sup
plied with the best of milk for its
sustenance. A cat had a litter of kit
tens in the manger and the calf en
deavored to swallow one of the kittens
and was found dead in the stall with
the kitten fast in lis throat.
Hugged Fish In Hollow Log.
John B. Patrick, n professional diver,
(might a mammoth cattish at l'adticah,
Ky. The tisli weighed l.VI pounds ami
was nearly six feet long. It is said
to lie the largest one ever caught in
that vicinity. Mr. l'atrlck (lismvcivil
It In a big hollow log near the Pailucah
Furniture Company's mill. He placed
a big sack over the end of the log and
then drove the iish therein. It gave
hlin iiilte a tunnel before he finally
lauded it.
A (Jood Recommendation.
Here Is a recommendation which a
Berkley County. Mass., fanner gave an
Incoiuiietent imin who hud worked for
lilm: "This man, , has worked
for me a day, and I am sntlNtled."
Boston Transcript.
A Critical Situation.
"My memory is getting bad."
j "Is that so'"
"Yes; when a man acts friendly with
me I'm scared to death; I can't re
member whether I owe hliu money or
he owes me."
JtrMt .ui Ton whethsr yon fontlnoe ihsm
Dcr.wkllhu umiKii u htiu. NO-l u-UACf F tI
remove. the ilufirt for Jub&ci o, wlLlviri lA u
uulnervoo. dl.lreMI q.pei ulco-fm 1 I 9
tlua, imririen tl.e blood, TJ I h 1 Vlfjui
lores lu.t, m&uuood. -Tl HIM Waa t..'..
Kike roll r.lroli(. Y 1 1 1 lJ-Tolll 400.(106
In health. narTcXfd VI I ls, , or, J rilJi
1 .yAOTO li.' fiou
AuUT own drorKil . WQ
will Touch forur Tukr it wit!
111. Dll. llllV. Der.i.U nil v Dm
boi. tl, u.uallr cure.. 3 buiui 14
kTUtrnillt-i'd to ,-orc or p..., n
Tl -U U.. buaL 1.. ,
tia-Ta-llao fur ntty Ceuts.
GusraDteed touueco tint it cure, nmues weak
ieo airuutf, bluo4 uure. bile, 1. AU urungiki.'
m RAILROAr
TIME TABLE.
Corrected to Date.
Solid f 'ul I mini trains to Buffalo. Niag
ara. Kalis. Chiiiitjiuqua hake, Cleveland,
Cblcaixo and 'Ir.Hitnatl.
Tickets mi wile nt, Hurt .Tervls to all
pnlnts in the West and Snittliwrsuit lower
rates than via anr other iirst-clnss line.
TitAiss Now Lkavr Pout Jfkvib as
Follows.
KArU'WAHI).
Daily Kxpfcss
Daily K.xpress
Daily Ksiipt Sunday.
1. 13.
1",
Pi?
(VIMl,
HH.
Sunday Only
;ii!y K.Tccp'r Sunday
I InilV Vnv Tnii 11
' .
3",
Way Kxet-f t Sunday.
Unity t'.xpri-ss
Stindnv tlnlv
(Wo,
.
if.
u.
Daily Kxprvss B
Sunday only ft
Dnilv Except Sinidav.. t
Daily 10
WKSTWAKI).
No. .1. Dnllv F.xprrst 13 WIA.M.
" 17, Dnilv Milk Train H H5 "
" 1. Dnilv Kxprcss II "
" 11, Kor llo'il il" K'pt Sun . 11 In p.m.
" ti. Local Kxrcpt Sunday 1'-' '-'n '
" Si", Daily K.xcept Sunday'. . ft rn "
" 7. Dnilv Kxtn-ess In Ift "
Trains leave Clminbi'rs street, New
York for Port Jervis on week davs at 4 ihi.
7 l", ! no, li lft, in :i A. M. i nn. :) un.
4 itu, t III). 7 B(i. SI 1ft p. m. Un Siind ivs,
4 (l, 7 :i. H iki. (i lft a. m.: li an, 2 (XI,
7 KUnndU 15P. M.
II. I. KiilierlK,
Gein-ritl l'nwpiiiriT Agent,
New York,
TIME TABLE
of the
P. J., M. & N. Y. R. R.
Trains leave Krln iiy., 2:id
St., N. Y. as
follows:
Nn. (1 Daily Kxprcss si.in
" H Daily Kxccpt Sundnv a.iw
P
Leave Clininbci-N St. as follows:
No. II Daily Kxprcss, H.lft A.M.
8 D.uly Kxcept Sun. y.mi P. M
Leave Jersey City as follows:
No. n Dnilv Kxprcss. (1 3n A M
" 8 Daily Kxcept Sunday, 8.1ft P. M
TKAINS I.KAVK 1'IIKT .IKIIVIH, KUIE IlKl'OT
Foil MONTK'Kl.l.O AS !-"( II.I.1 1 WS :
No. 10 Dnilv Kxcept Sun. (1(H) A M .
(I Dnilv Kxprcss, la. lo P. M.
' 8 Dnilv Kxcept Sun. fi.:ju '
Train II Sunday Only, 7.15 "
Trains iit-rive in Monttcello as follows:
No in Daily Kx :cpl Sunday, in III A . M
' B Dailv Kxprcss. 1 lft P M.
" 8 Daily Kxcept .Sunday, 50 "
Train II Sunday Only, 8 17 "
TWAINS LKAVH MONTH UI.I.O AS FOLLOWS:
No. 1 Daily Kxcept Sunday, II.H5 A. M.
" ft Daily Kxcept. Sunday. 13 Su P M
" H Daily Kxcept Sunday, t) lft "
Train (t Sunday Only, 10 4ft A. M.
' A .Sunday only. li Im P. M.
Trains arrivo at i'urt Jervis, Krlo Depot
as follows:
No. 1 Dully Kxcept Sunday, 7 aft A. M
" ft Daily Kxccp; Sunday, 3 W P M.
" 11 Dnilv Kxcept Stiudiiy, 4 lft "
Train (r Mindny Only, 114 ft A.M.
" A Sunday Only, 7 (m P. M.
Arrive at Jersey City as follows:
No. 1 Daily Kxcept Sunday, 10 35 A. M
ft j Lilly Kixccitt Sunday, 4.411 P M
' a
li li
8 24
(I 17
Train (4 Sunday Only,
A
Arrive at Chambers St., N. Y. as follows:
No 1 Daily Kxcept Sunday, 1(1 57 A M
4 57 P. M
ft7
8.: A. M.
10 07 P. M.
" a " " '
Train Sunday Only,
A
Arrive lit Krie lty., 3ad St , us follows:
No. 1 Dully Kxcept Sunday, ill 45 A M.
" ft ". " " ft lft P. M.
" 8 " " ' 7 lift "
Train i Sunday Only, a 4ft "
" A " " HI lft "
For Poultry
Hut tlm Huns in Hhn))
fur wintor egs.
In Cannot be Done in a Week,
It must bo done by proH!r mill
direful feeding, this will help yon
by using in moderate (pinntitic unil
regularly
Meat and Bone
Meal
Ground flno, Dry and Sweet,
5olb. Bag $1.25.
Granulated
Oyster Shells
1001b. Bag 60c.
Every size in Flower Pots large
or small. Nuts Grain nnd Pot a
toes wanted.
HOAGLANDS
ON HILL, Port Jervis, N. Y.
DR.DAY1D Favorite
HWRcmedy
The one sure cure for
The Sidney's, liver and Blood
I To PATENT Good Ideas
nil
may be secured by
our aid. Auuredn,
THE PAIENT RECORD
Baltimore, Md.
HuOKrliaiuua Ui 'I Lo Pueut Becurd in tuuiuo.
WAIUIINUION, W. C.
CONTINl KIl KUOM LAST WKI K.
himself round on the music-stool.
"Come back when it's over, and spar
kle up a bit."
"Shut up!" growled hlB senior.
Vicary shrugged his shoulders and
struck a few aimless notes. This sort
of timidity was strange to him. In
matters relating to the opposite sex his
senior was a child compared with that
good looking boy at the piano.
Suddenly Vicary grinned, fttruck a
chord and broke Into a music-hall
song, accentuating the twng of the
Cockney to exaggeration: i
, I
O-ownly one gurl in the world fer j
O-ownly one gurl 'as my sympa-
thee;
She m'yn't be vairy prltty
"Shakespeare" between the shoul
der-blades cut his effort short. He
twisted round, chuckling and rubbing
himself.
"Steady on. old chap! What's up?"
"I came here to-day for your help,"
said Warrington, and stopped short.
Warry! said Vicary, nervously.
He had never seen him like this before.
'Vic. I'm longing to see her to say
it! I've been longing for months and main the same, whether as the tin cyl
now I simply daren't call." i indrlcal or boat-shaped cups on can-
"llnlldog heavy father comic pa-
pers. murmured Vicary, quite uncom- cups with hemispherical lids or the 11a
prehendlng. j less cups resting on wooden stands
Warrington glared. i
"If you're going to he a drivelling !
young Idiot," he said. Icily. 1
No no! Drive ahead," said Vicary. I
It's Just her I'm frightened of," said i
Warrington. "I'd rather go through a ;
weel; of Chnkundras than Rpeak; but
I'd go through a life time of them with
her at the far end." j
"Hut Warrington." said Vicary. nuz- ;
zled, "she's not such a Tartar." i
She's the best girl In the world." '
said Warrington. V. C; "and the only
thing In It I'm afraid to face."
'Why, what would she do?" said Vi- '
cary.
I'd?" said Warrington, with both
hands at his mustache. "Do? Why,
she'll drop her eyelashes, or she'll curl
the corners of her mouth, or she'll
glance at me over her showlder, with
her chin up. and then and then"
And then? said Vicary. twinkling,
"Then I shall sweat like a coolie, and
stand gaping like a stuck pig," said lamps that mude them more conven
Warrlngton, savagely; "and my knees lent and improved the light; and burn
will go flabby and my face twitchy, as ing fluids that were convenient and
you elegantly put It. Good-by." j clean and gave a brilliant light, but
Kh? ;
I'm going there now; I mean to go
there now."
"Yes," said Vicary; "and directly
you're outside you'll stand still for a
quarter of an hour and then cut off
home and spend the evening practising
profanity in solitude."
Warrington stood in front of his
junior and dared not contradict
I'nless
said Vicary and stopped
and grinned.
Unless," said Warrington, with pain-
ful engerness.
Unless," said Vicary cooly, knocking
his pipe out In the grate, "unless I
come with you."
Warrington drew a long breath.
"Thanks." he said shortly, and
watched Vicary putting on hat and coat 1
anil pulled his mustache violently. I
As they left the room he slipped his
hand through Vicary's arm.
'This is my Kir Wallah" he said,
gravely.
Vicary laughed round at him. (
"There's a whacking big balance on !
the Chekundra side." he said.
JNeedn t say goodby to the mater.
he went on. as they descended the
stairs , "you'll come back to dine."
To be cheered up," said Warrington,
with pathos.
Vicary did not deign to reply to such
an absurd remark. He hailed a han
som. Hadn't we better er walk?" said
Warrington, nervously.
You jump In," said Vicary; "don't
be frightened. I'm coming to hold
your hand."
He gave the address and they bowled
away through the grey wetness. War
rington was trying to see the whole of
his person at once in a six-inch strip
of looking-glass.
Now, I ask of you, Vic," he eald
plaintively, "is it likely she'd have an
objtct like me?"
"Fishing!" said the subaltern, "ever was a worn in me tngusn lan
You're not an adonis, but a V. C. cov- : 6age so hard-worked and so badly
ers a multitude of sins."
'Pooh! What does a girl care about
that?" said Warrington; and Vicary
laughed aloud at him. To himself he
said: "The girl who gets you will get
the bravest, cleanest, best man that
wears the Queen's uniform: and the
girl that will refuse you doesn't ex
ist." Why, we're there." said Warrington.
flushing, and fidgeting; "how that
horse has been going!"
Three doors down the square." said
Vicary to the cabman through the
trap.
1 ell u!m to drivu once round first.
said Warrington, pulling a glove off
and then beginning to put it on. "I've
got something to sty to you"
'It'll keep," said Vicary. "Out you
get."
No I say half a minute. Vicary!
Is my tie straight? I ought to have
changed my collar. Hang it all right,
I'm coming. Wait for ua. cabby we
sha'n't be live minutes. Vicary. don't
ring. I I don't think I'll call to-day.
after all it's a bit late, don't you
think? You have rung? Dash it! I
I let me ask?" The door was open
ed.
"Is Mr. Rivers in? No? Oh, thank
you.
Good
It don't matter I'll call again.
Vicary caught him as he turned and
held him fast.
'is Miss Rivers in?" he asked.
'Yessir," said the man, who knew
him well.
"Say Lieutenant Beverley Warring
ton wishes to see her for a few mo
menta on most Important come here,
you old idiot on most important busi
ness.
Inside the house Warrington mopped
his face and rehearsed speeches in a
low monotone until the man reappear
ed.
"Will you walk upstairs, sir, please?
"Walk up," Bald Vicary, sternly, and
marched him out of the room. "Right
half face! Quick march! Go on. you
conquering hero, and good luck attend
you."
Warrington aid not answer, dui
breathed stertorously and Angered the
balustrade.
"Up you c!" 8a,d Vicary. "There's
no retreat. She's waiting for you."
"I I wish you could covue, too," said
Warrington iu a loud, iioaioa wlua
per. Don't Tobacco Spit awl Brno You Life Away.
If you waut to quit tobacco usiug easilv
and forever, uemuuo well, rilruug, muueuc.
f ul- uf umv lira and vigor, take N o-To-Bnc,
ttie woaiier-worlier, that niakea weak men
Hlroug. Many gain ten pounds iu ten iluyt..
(Her -4iH),im cured, liuy Ko-To-Bac of your
'Irituist, under guarantee to cure. 50c or
iv.oO. UooUiet and sample- mailed l'ree. Ad.
rtuu'liun: UeuiudyCu.tiJliivUuurNew xoi-k
Vicary grinned, snaking with Inter
nal laughter. Warrington glared at
lilm, groaned, and went slowly up
stairs, where the man stood patiently
waiting to announce him.
Vicary heard him lay breathlessly.
"Wait a minute!" hut the man pre
ferred not to hear him, and opened th
door with a most portentous "Lieuten
ant Heverley Warrington."
Vicary waited In the library. He
smoked one cigarette and another, and
another. He tried to read, but he gave
it up. He tried to laugh at the scene
in which he had just taken part, but
gave that up too. After all, he was In
no laughing mood where Warrington's
happiness was concerned.
And at last, when the hands of the
clock showed three-quarters of an hour
gone. Warrington's voice from upstairs
called hoarsely, "Vicary!"
He paused a moment, breathless.
Then another voice, far clearer and
sweeter, but with Just a faint tremor
in it. repented, "Vicary!"
And then he flew upstairs as fast as
his wound would allow him Harms'
worth Magazine.
Lamps of All Ages.
The story of lamps from Herodotus
down to 1S30 Is not one of develop
ment. In principle, nnd form they re-
dlestick pedestals and the round tin
"en as were recently rescued by the
author from the garret rubbish of old
Bucks County. And before Herodo-
tus, as we follow the lamp back into
tne tombs of the old world, we find
the boat-shaped form of earthenware
preceding the noat-siiaped form or Iron
and possibly even that of bronze.
The chalk cup lamp found by Canon
Oreenwell In the neolithic flint mines
at lii imes Graves. Kngland. perhaps
the oldest wick floating lamp in the
world, Is not essentially different from
the oyster shell filled with lard and
provided with wicks that may be found
among Virginia negroes to-day. The
Egyptian. Grecian. Phoenician and
Koman lamps, as they have been found
in the tombs, and as we see them
In the museums, are not unlike the lard
lamps that were most In use early
in the nineteenth century. Then crude
grease gave way to sperm oil and lard
oil, with especial adaptations of the
were dangerous: and kerosene, with
other improvements in the lamps and
'refinements in the oil that enabled it
to give the most perfect artificial light
yet found, and to keep up the fight for
quality with gas and electricity all
these having come in within the life
time of men still among us.
Hesldes the old lamps our ancestors
had candles, molded when the nrice
of tin, the material for the molds, did
not forbid the luxury, and before them
tallow dips; a suspended wick was dip-
ped Into a pot of hot tallow, on a cold
day, and the operation was repeated
till layer after layer of grease har
dened, and the candle was thick
enough. These candles were, however,
I troublesome In hot weather, on account
of their propensity to yield to the tcm
perattire and fall over. "Who shall
sav. however, that candle dinnlnz is
! older than molding, when we know
that thev molded candles In
'County Galway. Ireland. In late years
by punching holes in peat and pouring
in tallow on the down hung wick of
twisted flax fiber?" The Irish had.
too, as had the negroes, the rush light,
a greased rush set in a hole in a wood
en block serving as a candlestick; or
rushes Joined In a triple tvist which
flies apart when lighted, Increasing the
blaze.
All Sorts of "Propositions."
"When a new word Is introduced in
to the language," remarked a constitu
tional grumbler, "it Is generally badly
needed, but there is one recent addition
that exasperates me all over. I refer
to the up-to-date applicatien of the
word 'proposition.' It is no longer
l,aed ln the sense of a PPsal or an
offer, but it Is applied to everything
iu,"'e' me mm. irum a clergyman 10 a
rol Kliii, anu nom a norseiess car-
ringe to a can or embalmed beer. Theia
iuucu, aim m. it m ujhukcu iu uy
lne neela to eKe out tne ',",ty vocab-
iry or every conversational chump
"ireia ' enuugn 10 urive a leuow
1 arum.
'he other day a friend of mine (I
mean he was a friend then; I have
me o it to look at his new cottage, and
as wu stood at the front gate feasting
our eyes on the premises he said, en
thusiastically: 'Well, old man, what
do you think of that for a domestic
proposition?' What he really intended
to do waa to ask my opinion of tin)
-cottage, as a nice, cosey, homelike hab
itation, but couched In that barbarous
argot, the Inquiry made me mad, and
I said things. He took it good-naturedly.
'Well, upon my word,' he re
! marked, after I blew off steam, 'you're
1st pretty queer proposition yourself.'
"That ia the reason why we don't
apeak now. Every day of my life I
ihear chaps talking about mining prop
. oaitions, and theatrical propositions,
and Cuban propositions, and easy prop
ositions, and tough propositions, and
heaven only knows how many other
! kinds of propositions, never meaning
a proposition at all, but Invariably the
thing itself, and I am sick and tired of
tue w"'d. What makes it extra of-
j tensive Is a certain Indefinable wlna;-
upping, poKe-you-in-tne-nus sugges
tion about it. Confound the thing! If
I were in the Council I'd pans an or
dinance making it a misdemeanor to
use the expression inside of the city
limits. New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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When the summer sun ia slowly
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5f grim and rugged woodsy hills which
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The artist paints the milking scene;
but as a rule, sowehow,
tie gets the rustic lady on the wrong
side of the cow.
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Employer Then don't expect It. I
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