Com ety ComrsOfficaNovlOO vol. v. MILTOIM). PIKE COUNTY, PA., FJMDAY. JULY 20,. 1900. NO. 3G. LETTER. (From Oar HcRtilnr fJornnpiHHrnl. ) Washington; D. C .Tl'LY 10. 19C0. Secretary Hav hns bad no word from Minuter Conger, mid lio has little hope that Mr. Conger or nny of the other foreigners who wete in Pekin will over Iih hoard from again although lio iniuli! ii formal demand npnn tho Chinese government through tho Chinese Minister, lo forwnnl a cablegram to Miirsler Conger nml to nllow him to answer it. Thnt wns done more with I lio hope thnt it might induce tho Chi nese authorities to tell tho fnto of Minister Conger nnd tho other for-I eignors in Pekin thnn nnythingolso. ' Secretary Long la the one member : of the Cabinet who still strongly he- i lieves thnt our minister is safe, i Tliere ia no official news from Tekin but the unofficial news from n num ber of sources nil tontls to destroy liopo of the snfety of the foreigners, , ., . . and oflloinl news iruiii uinor puns 01 j . . . ., . ... . I ... 11 i .1 . i there la danger for foreigners in all And added seotiona of the empire. to this disquieting news nre rumors thnt disagreements among the of ficers of the allied forces which nre being gathered nt Tnku areprevont jig anything being done townrds Caslis'.ig tlio C.-ineso. Ollieinls do not accept those minors as (rue. Secretary Hoot who is deeply in terested in tho future of Cuba, said on I he sjoject: "My own experience in C'uba le.ids me to bo'inve thnt the desiie tor independence is both strong and general nmong tho peo ple. I do nor. think they want an nexation, even supu.ning that we want the n. Under tbe Congression al doc'nrifiion, wo nr., in honor bound to give the n independence first I", subsequently, they w'sh annexation, that is n inattor for them to dct"r. mine. But it should bo deteriniMcd when they nre in n position absolute ly independent of us. Even then it Is a ense where tt takes two to make n bnrgai'l." Gen. Wood is now on liis way to Washington to consult with Secretary Root anout the pre liminaries for the Cuban Constitu tional Convention, soon to be held. Mr. DoWeston, a well known Ken tnckian, now in Washington, sa'dof politics in his stato: "The Demo crats W'll not. carry Kentucky this year. I voted for Bryan four years ago, but, hnvo seen tho mistake nnd am willing to admit it. Tho Goebnl law was a disgraceful measure, and Mr. Bryan came to our state sup porting it and its adherents. lie will find that bis attitude in that campaign has lost lii.it many of the votes that othorwiso might have been his. Yon can p'aee Kentucky among Republican slates this year." The announcement that Perry Heath, First Assistant Postmaster General, has been chosen Sooretary of the Republican National Commit tee, to succeed representative Dick, who resigned in order to devote his whole time to tbe management i f the Ohio campaign, created no sur prise in Washington. Mr. Heath was prominently connected with tbe last campaign as manager of the National Committee's literary bu reau, and it lias been assumed from the first that Senator Iianna would wish to again utilize his ability and experience in tbe work of the Com mittee. Mr. Heath, will, of course, resign his present position. Washington was shocked b y the sudden death of Senator Gear, of Iowa. Friday evening he was with Secretary W'lsoa until bedtime and expressed himself as feeling as well as he ever did in bis life and com pleted h's ttrcRU'-ements to start for Iowa Sundy afternoon to take part in the campaign. That night be had an attack of heart trouble Rnd early Saturday morning he d'ed, and his remaius left Washington on the same train that be had intended taking alive. Secretary Wi'soo ac companied Mrs. Gear on tbe train. Owing to Seuators aad Ropresont.i. tives leing widely scattered, it was impossible to f.et together the usual Congressional Committee to aocom p.;uy the body to Iowa. Seuator Gear was regarded as one of the sol 4 men of the Senate, to which he 'was last winter elected for bis seo- md term, which -woold have begun THE WASHINGTON the 4th of next March He will be'ens' biiil cliildrens' shoes, the finest sho impure blood Ihoufeandshave missed, not only by his colleague ! tver brought in this U)Wii, which you fimnd in El.H trio Bitters a grand ' ' , are invited to call and inspect, w .th blood purifier that absolutely cures but by the Republican party wtnen ! au ftShUrail tllut Mny tatiU) r di-sire these troubles. Satisfaction guaran he served long and well in many Rlj to slnqie, style and quality van be teed or money refunded by all drug capacities. ' entirely gratified. rtf gristn. Large bottles only 60o. THE RATTLESNAKE QUESTION. Khitoh 1'ikk Cot ntv Piikss: I desire to offer n few suggestions in re gard to the e:;tei'miniition in thir enmity of one of the vilest mid dead liest f reptiles, the rattlesnake. Realizing thnt you nie justly opposi-d to sensational tides on tliis subject, I slmll not intrude upon your space un necessarily, nieicly mentioning B few fncts mid suggesting ii remedy. 1 hir ing the past month eleven rattlers have been killed in this section of Shohola township, mid it is due more to good fortune thnt to iiiiything else that three men escnped unharmed. A few weeks ngo (leorge Swezy, of Wnlker Lake, came upon a snake in the road, nnd stooping to pick up a stick, found n second snake striking at the brush a few Inches fom his hand. Two .Sundays ngo I stepped within n foot of a m' tier's bend, nnd henrd for tho first time that delisting blowing noise thev sometimes make when seemingly too lazy to rallle. rred i.ioci.. 01 ine iiuosoii vouiiiv v iiinii- ing Club, while gathoi ing wood last week, discovered a snake in the mass kindling l,p was al"",t to ,ift- lille driving wun u. wens yes terday, the horses became ten ifled nt night mid sound if a rattler directly in the; road, which goes to show how our dumb friends repaid proltifus mi rldim e:;cuse the Latin, it fits the beast to a T. Theabove snakes were nil killed. Now, the question Is, what is to be done? I admit that the snake is gen c' ally sluggish, is evsily killed, nnd tlmt it occasionally gives warning, though more often it docs not at least, that bus been my experience. I also know that tho piesence of this reptile keep hundreds of people out of the county each year. Tor inst.ince Pat'ick Ford, of the IWsh Woild, who spent several summers nt I!' miner Wood's with his family, and who so ion sly thought of building by Blink Ponik promptly ended bis vis it after seeing a snake that had been killed in tho hiiyliloil -just n dead snake, mind you. Close friends de clined to visit me for the same rea son. During my trip over the town ship last month, from L:icknwa;:en to Pond Eddy, I found that the rcpt'les were p'etty evenly distributed, nnd infer it is about the same throughout tbe county. It would seem that the offer of a bounty of pe'hnps twenty five cents for each flesh skin would In a huge incisure lid us of these public ene mies, for men would then be induced to visit tlio dens in spring nnd in fall, bofoie and nfier the bleeding season. If nccessniy, the money could be raised by popular subscription, as ev ery one would be concerned In the work', whether hotelmnn, merchant, railioader, fanner or mechanic. For the good of the community; these horrid reptiles should lie stamped out and crushed. It is not nt all impos' si hie. V. Goiuion Pahkku. $1 00 to Jlow T rk u! Relu a. On Sunday next July 22 id, 1900 the Erie U. U. will run a social one dollar excursion to New Yoru:, in order to nllow all who cannot go on a week day. Speciul train leaving Port Jervs at 7 a. m. arriving in city before 10 a. in. and givirg over nine hours in city ample time to visit any of the seaside resort in nnd around Greater New York, all who wish to visit Coney Island should take the 23rd street ferry as the Iron Steamboats leave West 22nd street pier, adjoining Erie R. R. station New York, every hour for Coney Island, fare 25 cents from Now York. Remember tbe special train loaves Erie depot Port Jervis 7 a. in. Sun day July 22nd, fare only one dollar round trip. It So far the boar ling season here has not been up to the preparations and expectations of those who eiter to that trade, lr is somewhat of inyMcry wliore thu pi'iiio im.v -jue The travel to tho Paris Exposition Las Dot heeu so heavy as was ex p-.cted and a general complaint comes troni different sections that the guests are comparatively few Perhaps they are at seaside resorts whore the weather is cool, as for in stauc j Atlnotio City, where ou recent Sunday thu thermometer i marked 106 degreos in a hotel dining room while fie guests ato and list ened to the band. T. Armstrong and Co. have just re I ceived a complete line of mens', worn PERSONALS. Dr. C. H (,'ufHs inde a trip to Blooming Grove th's wiiek. Robert D Ni'csoii, of New York, spent last Sunday In Milford. Mrs. Robert Oliver, of Montclair, N. J., in visitinf? George Warner nnd wife. Miss Kvn Van Ktten, of N. Y., Is visiting with the family of J. If. Van Ktten. B. A. Thoir.ns is said to be very ill nt Diiigmnn's Ferry with append icitis. Georgo Salmon, wife nnd child, of New York, have been spending a week in town. The condition of Hon. E. Tine-hot Iocs not improve nnd hois gradually owing weaker. Oohn Van Elton, nfter a two weeks vacation in Milford, returned to btisi- cs last Sunday. A. S. Hot Mo and wifo, of Philndel- ilon, nre visiting thv'r daughter. Mrs. von dor Hevde Loroy Kippnnd Ed. Klein were out this week on a vacation in tho cen tral part of the State. Mrs. Arthur Roe, of Brnnchville Is visiting her parents J. C. We-'tbrook nnd w ife on Fourth street. Miss Blanche A. Bidlack, after an nbsence of several weeks, is ajain at her home on Centre Square. John C. Westbrook is lecovering frrm his attack of heat prostration and is now able to go out agnin. Mrs Saddie Van Horn, of Peters valley, is spending a few days with tho family of Wjllinm T. Struble. The Missel Lilo, and Bessie Van Etten bavo been spending the past wek visiting with friends in New ton, N. J. Mrs. S. nib Crissmnn is regaining her strength slowly and is consider ed ns making substantial gain to ward he.illb. The Misses Eerthn and Pamila Reed, Misses Johnson and Ann Bak- er and Mrs. J. J. Hart visited Bush- kill th's week. Miss Ijiillah St. John hns changed tho date of her proposed violin re cital to bo given in Browns Hull to Thursday evening July 30. Several from hero went on the excursion to New York Wednesday among them E. Warner and son, John, Richard Humbert nnd Arte Dubois. Dr. lung, wifo and children, of Gran 1 Rapids, Michigan, have ar rived io Milford and are guests of Jud"e Pincbot, Mrs. Kings father, whose coedit'oo is very critical. W. Gordon Parker, of Woodtown, a writer of hooks for boys, nnd who now has a volume about to bo issued by the bouso of Lee nnd Shepherd at Bostoa, wns nt Milford a day this woek. Gilford Pincbot, U. 8. Forester, is spending tho week nt Grey Toivors having recently returned from n trip to Arizona whore he has been to in vestigate the effect of hording sheep on forest lands. Frank Hallett was exoeoted to ar rive here this week from Cuba but sent a eab'ojrrniu saying be was de taiued by a slight of attack of fovor and would sad Saturday. Mrs Hallett has gone to New York to be in more direct communication with him. Dr. Woodruff, of Dover, N. J., Rev. Titnbrell, of Rockaway, and Rev. ShnUis, of Port Morris, who are out on a jaunt with their wheels, visited on Monday night with Rev. C. E. Scnddoi, who next day accom panied them part way down the valley. Excursion to Chautauqua, L. ke. On Friday July 27, 1900 the Erie will sell excursion tickets from Port Jervis, to Chautauqua, N. Y., at the low rate of teu dollars for the round trip, good going on train No. one leaving at 11 :33 a. m. trai'i No. 5. leaving at 5 :15 p. in. or train No. 7. leaving at 10 :15 p. in. good to return to Saturday August 25, 1900. Re member only 10. for round trip. 27 Troubles of a Minister. To benefit others Rev. J. T. W. Vernon, of Hurl well, Ga., writes "For a long time 1 had a rui.ning sore on my leg. I tried many remedin without benefit, until I m-ed a bottle of Electric Bitters and a box of Buck- leu's Arnica Salve, which cured uie sound and well. Sores, Eruptions, ' Boils, Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum Imperialism. The claim hns been made thnt Bry an Is receiving more general support this yenr thnn in 180(1. While there may he no conclusive data on which to base an estimate of the popular vote if the Democratic newspapers nre a criterion he will receive less, for tunny of them nre giving but a half hearted support nnd ninny others nre ojienly opposing him When the tumble with Spnin began the Dc.nioc nts in Congress, nnd in the country, were loudest in demanding wnr with thnt nation and some of their papers claimed shey bnd forced the issue against the dilntorinessof the President. Now it seems hardly consistent nfter the position they then assumed and the subsequent action by which the Phillippines he enme our possessions, In which net ion they joined, to sny thntthlsnntion should nbondon those prossessions. The Bryan talk of imperialism isnoth ing but a sounding phrnso with which he hopes to catch votes of the nnnwnry. 10 to 1 hasnlrendy been con demned by the people nnd the party must, in order to have some excuse for its being, raise a supposed Issue even though in so doing it now op poses wnat it Heretofore hns approv ed. Such chaff will not persunde the honest and conscientious Democrats In this country that they ought to vote Brynn. The gold standard men in tho party will not be won bnck by the idea thnt the financial question Is a subordinate nnd not a pnrnmount issue and In the ninin they will vote McKinley. Tliere seems nothing whatever on which to bnse a claim that the Democratic party Is so stiong this year as it was four years ngo, and (lice is no reason judged by its conduct why it should be. Our Bicycle Oo'dinance. Rev. H. Yergy, pastor of the Evangelical church nt Lock Haven, Pa., was halted last Friday evening on our streets by officer Wood for riding a wheel without a light. Burgess Wolfe under tbe circum stances and plea, ignorance of the ordinances, imposed a fine of only one dolli:-'. The" reverend goutle man pleaded a lack of funds but promisod to send it and was allowed to go. Cyclist in the Gazette crit c'sos what he or she calls the "sa cred Mi'ford bicycle law" and by in ference condoms the officer for en. forcing it. The ordinance was pass ed to protect persons ard property and make riding on our streets a safe pastime, not only tbe wheel man tnemselves are in danger with out a light but pedestrians and ve hides also, and it whs with no sor did view or any ide.i of mulcting riders that the ordinance was pa sed but. solely for their protection and that of tho traveling public. Our officer '8 simply doing bis duty wdien ho e'iforcestlieord'nauco and should bo commended. The reverend ge ) tleman, who is no doubt a man of souse, should have forseen tbe pro priety of being gparded by a light in a town like this and made inquiry of his companions who had lights as to tbe requirements. He should not not p'e.-ul ignorance nor later he screened by the statement that he had a lamp but it wou'd not burn. Such evasions are beneath the dig nity of his cloth. The Ch'nete Trouble. What lias been dreaded for some days, tbe slaughter of Americans and other foreigners in China, has been doue. The most hornbleatro- titios havebeen perpetrated nnd the civibzed world awakens to the full realization of tlib fact that it has a most ninlignent, harberous and un relenting foe in tbe border of the Chinese nat'oa. That steps will be taken to punish them promptly there is no doubt, bat this will not wipe oat the sorrow or restore the inno. cent, men, women and children tbey have slain, nor will it atone for their inhuman acts. The punishment however, should be swift, sure and complete. Vo-in Gooie Eaxar. The Womans Guild of the Episco pal church expect to hold a bazar in Browns Hall Wednesday and Thurs day August 8 and 9 afternoon and evenirg. The botths will represent different characters in the Mother Goose rhymes. An orchestra will be in attendance the sicoud evening. Admission ten cents except the ev ening of the 9th when it will be 25 cents. Friends of tbe parish who desire to contribute articles please leave with Mrs. E. Kenworthy on Ilai fold street. Advertise in the Press. BRIEF MENTION. Mrs. John Detrick has been quite ill lor several dnys. David J. Newman while lifting Q lnree stone last Friday had a finger on his right hand badly injured. Tapgnrts' Sunday Times claims to bo the only Brynn pnper in Pbila- 1e,P,li'- Even misery loves com- pnny Service mny bo expected nt the Sawkill school house Snndny, July 22, nt2:30p:ni., the wenther per initting. The solo which Alfred J. Gilchrist is to sing at the M. E. church next Snndny morning is entitled "The Evorlastin" Light." Wilson W. Jngger, a native of Dolnware township, but for many years a resident of Soranton, died in that city Snndny July 15. George A. Hill, a well known resi dent of Matamorns. nnd prominent in railroad circle", died nt his home Tuesday evening, aged 47 yenrs. The midsummer meeting of tbe Minisink Valley Historical Society will bo held at Candobeo Park nonr Cndderbackville to-morrow July 21. Rev. C. E. Scnddnr will preach on Sunday evenings during the Tionth of August it the M. E. church a so ries of sermons e"tiHod the River side series. Dingmnn's Ferry now hns two mnils daily, one leaving hero nt 10: 15 n. m. nnd one at 4 p. m. This arrangement will be ia force until September loth. United States Senntor Gear, of Iowa, died suddenly of heart trouble last Saturday. Secretary of Agricn culture Wilson is spoken of as his probable successor. The boys who are camping at Edgomere nnder tho enre of Prf. Jacob Kle'ohnns, defeated a nine of D.pgman Ferry at hall Wednesdny by a score of 4 to 12. Cbnrlos C. Cotter, n printer, died ot his home in Saginaw. Mich., July 2. age 57 years. Ho was a son of C. B. Cotter, who published the Milford Herald in tho early sixties. Eugene Hanze lost his horse Thursday morning. Ho had been toDingmnns and when coming home the animal dropped in the ro.id near Judge Cn unes nnd gave nn the ghost. R. 8. Dnn'ey, Jr., of Mai-amnrns nnd Miss Mary L. Heintzoiinnn, of East Liverpool, Olro. wee united in innrrlago Thursday, July 12. by Rev. G. Gillespie at the Presbyter ian parsonage in Port Jervis. After the ceremony a pleasant reception was given at tbe home of the grooma parents. Notwithstanding the state of af fairs existing in China, war cannot be declared by tho United States without the converging of Congress, and this will not likely he done The insurrection may be quelled and the insurrectionists punished with out a formal declaration which wooia involve many and graver questions Lebanon county last Saturday nominated an entire Anti Quay tick, et. Dr. 8.;muol We'ss who declar ed that under no circumstances would he voto for M. S. Quay tor Senator was nominated over Dr. D P. Gerberich the Quay candidate for Senator. In York county the con vention will be controlled by the Anti Quay faction. Tbe corps of engineers, surveying for the Peoples P 'lway Co., com pletod a preliminary line this week from here to Matamorns. They ran bnck of town at an devotion of 125 feet, nnd struck tbe flats at a poin nenr Caskeys Hickory Grove Hotel They are now runni og the line wet wardly, the ultimate objective point being Nanticoke in Luzurne county NeversiDk division order of Rail way conductors will have an excur sion tc, and clam hake at Shohola Glen, Augut t Sth. Trains will leave Port Jervis at 10:30 a. m., fare, round trip, 40 cents. This will af ford Milford people an excellent op portunity to enjoy n ride to the fam ous glen aDd partake of a bake which will satisfy tne most fastidous pal ate. The new tank is receiving tho support and patronage of tbe peo- plo here to a reassuring degree Its great convenience and the accomuio dating spirit manifested by the of flcials wins favor and its success al ready seems established. People in this section should give tbe institu tion cordial support and so ensure its prosperity and make its useful nesa in aiding business enterprise felt for the generul good IS ALCOHOL A FOOD? Tho W. C. T. U. feels that one of tho great crises in our national life for which that organization was born is now upon it. For nearly n year tho newspapers have freely printed reports of Professor Atwat er's alcohol experiments by which it wns claimed he hns proved nlcohol to be as much food ns sugar, starch and fat and the school text books on physiology inaccurnto because they teach that alcohol is a poison nnd not food. This nccusntion which hns to n great extent permeated the minds of tbe people and done im mense harm is thus refuted. Professor Atwatar's plcohol ex periments reported last June have turned tho thought of medical cir cles to the scientific side of tho al cohol question as never boforo. Sinco January 1, 1900, these ex peri, ments nnd conclusions have been widoly discussed by tho standard medicnl journnls of tho conntry. The journnl of the American Med- ical Association, the orgnn of the national society of allopnthio physi cans, contains an exhaustive discus- ion by Professors Woo.lbnrg and Egbert, of the Medico Chirnrgical College, of Philadelphia, on the At- wnter experiments. This discussion shows that the tables of these expor- ments giving tho gain npd los? of the body do not prove (hut nlcohol acted as n food ; nild that, in short, there is nothing whatever in iliese experiments to show those scientists wrong who declore nlcohol to be poison nnd not a food. Windfied S. Hall, Professor of Physiology in a Uuivo'sity Medicnl School iu Chicago, shows the fallacy of calling a substance "to a limited extent a food." or "sometimes a food" on the ground thnt it has one characteristic of a food, by the fol- owing syllogism : "Foods are oxi dized in the body j alcohol is oxidiz ed in the body ; therefore alcohol is food. We mirdit as well say: Horses brent.be oxygon ; the yeast plantbreatbesorygeo ; therefore the yeast plant is a borso." Articles and editor.als in the Now York Medicnl Record, St Louis Med ical Drief, the Bulletin of the North western University Medical School, the Therapist, tho Pratitxd Druggist and others are in line with the Bos toa Medical nnd Surgical Journal which says : To demonstrate tho fact that alcohol is a food it must be proved that tho sum total of tho effects of the ingested alcohol is useful rathor than harmful in the maintainence of tho nnimal economy. And ihis Dr. Atwnter has not proven. And it has not. yet, so far as we know, been de monstrated. In fact, the weight of expt rimental evidence is decidedly ngn'nst it." Tho Practical Druggist says 'Ev ery standard work on toxicology and medical jurisprudence classifies alcohol with other poisons; and if alcohol is not a poison because it is possible to use it in ways and doses to which poisonous or fatal conse qaences can not bo directly attribut ed, then we should be compelled to admit there is no such thing as a poison on earth, for whatever may be true of alcohol in this respect may prove to be true of every poi sonous drug known." Such opi jions from standard med ical authorities show that Professor Atwnter has not proved the preseut temperance erroneous. Mary n. Ecnt, World's and National Suporin tendaut of tbe Department of Scea t'flo Temperance Instruction of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Unclaimed Letters L.ist of unclaimed letters remain ing in the post office at Milford for week ending July 21 1900. Ludiet Miss Ella Dougherty, Miss Ida Gueriu, Mrs. A. Guer'o, Mrs. A R. Gage. Gents Cadwalder Ekldle, H Gunkel, W. N. Landers. Persons claiming the above will please say "Advertised" and give date of this list. C'UAHLEB LaTTIMOHK, P. M, Excu.-e.on to Bingharupton, N. T. On Sunday ne: t July L'L'nd, the Erie wi'l run a ve y cheap excursion fioni Port Je' vis to Biiigliainpton, N. Y., only one dollar and twenty five cents for the lound trip special train leaving Port Jervis at 7:tl0 a. ui. and arriving in Binglianiptoii shortly af ter 11:00 a. in., returning leave Bing hampton, at 0:00 p. m. Remember the rate only 1.25 and the date July 2:2nd. ICHED UP BY THE RAMBLER. Michael and Jacob are not allow- ng the grass to grow under their feet at present. Sunday eveni.is shower came just n time to hinder people from attend ing church. Squire Henries, of Dinginans, lost one of his ponies Sundpy morning. I had the privilege of crossing the new iron bridge at Dinginans last Sunday. No one offered to collect ny toll. A regular Pike county copjierhead and a five foot blacksnake nre all we illod in a two hours travel the other day. Ixaiis Cione, the proprietor of f.he Millville grist mill, who wns injured short time ago, hnsaliout recovered. Mrs. C. E. North and family, of Brooklyn, N. Y., were guests of R. I). Sayre and wife last week. Eugene Ilance manages to capture some p' eity good sized bass. So the legations at China have lxen willed from the face of the earth again, and all foreigners killed. The next dispatch? will contain the news they are safe. What a harvest it is ir city papers. Automibles are seen on are streets I most daily. Miss Maiy Wells has been on the sick list for several days, but is now- inproviiij. The frequent showe.s are a benefit to growing vegetation, but have a tendancy to retard the gathering of hay and harvest. Two gentlemen in town wee re- ently arguingas to the private owner ship of railroads in Gei'many and finally abet was made that Ihce was such. There Is a corporation called the Thusringer Eisenbahn a distance of 20 miles, also the Madgebei'g and x-ipzig P.. R., The Apolda and Wei mar R. R. and othe-s which the one gent will find ave piivate corpora- ions. The headquarters of the flint named are at E) Tort which Is a forti fied city. On T'V ag the Chai:-. When the ambitious Carleton A. Smith was elected representative by less than a score of votes, by voters who threw away to him because they thought he stood no show of election, on reaching tbe CRpitol he expressed amaze, noot that although his capacity to fill a seat was rather ample yet all the cha rs were marked with bis initial 8. of P. S nith of Pike, hut be accepted the compliment meekly and was led into the Hall, where he belonged, and where he acquitted himself with such renown that his constituents, fearful lest he might spoil his repu tation, deuied him a second term by a pronounced negative. Of the two present democratic aspirants Mike would most decidedly come nearer filling Carletons seat than Jake, in fact the Democrats in this county have not been particular in that matter in the past and the seat has only been partially filled. Mike would be a good fit while Jake would rattle around in a chair built for Carleton and perhaps the only way he could preserve his identity would be to pin the wing of a seven teen year locust, which ia said this year to be marked with a W., on the back of bis chair. Our Demo cratic friends should carefully con- sider tho matter of filling a seat when they send a representative to Harrisburg. We hear our proporti nate share 'n paying for tbe chairs used in the House and should, there fore, in order to got value for our money send a man who can wear out both sidesof one. Democratic voters can easily detsrmine ai to this mat by an inspection of their candidates. The Chinese Trouble. A gigantic war in China seems im minent, and it is said Russia is insti gating certuin movements which will give her ground for larger de mands when tbe final settlement ia made. The Powers seem to be re garding each other with suspicion, instead of war with China the con flict may eventually be between the nations. This country may well stand aloof from the complications and only take such action as will protect our interests and the lives of our citizens iu that desperately situatid couutry. We certainly want no war with it or to he mixed, up in the politics of tlio old World which have for their ultimate object tho obtaining of more territory for private gain and national advant age. 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