" Q .Vj ...... .1 11 liXVy Comra Office Nov 1 00 w VOL. VI. M1LFOKI). PIKE COUNTY. PA.. FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 11)01. NO. 23. THE WASHINGTON LETTER. (From Our Regular Ctnrfmpiinlriit.) Wasthnotoj. D. C , April 15, 1901 President Mi-Kit ley has oonfoi red with a nuinN-r of Senators and ll'-p resontatives on the back and f urtli notion of the Cuban Constitutional Convention on Mm conditions offer ed Culm, mill lt deeidinu to end n Commission to Washing! n. Tin President will courteously receive the Commission, hut will make i' plain to them that the conditions offered nre flniil nr.il tlmt they must be accepted sooner or later. The opinion of the President, nnd thine with whom ho has conferred, in cluding Democrat as well as He publicans, was refleeted in the fol lowing statement iniide hv Renn tor MeComas, just nfter having a talk with the President: "The Cubans are Dimply standing in their own light by not accepting the terms of the Piatt amendment. Thisamcnd tnent was necessnrv, Just and ulti mate. We cannot change a single one of the provisions of the amend ment in Justice to the Cubans them selves, not taking into consideration our own interests. Each provision is a prop for a future republic If a committee comes up hero from t lie Cuban Constitutional Convention, I think they will find that out. They certainly cannot accomplish any thing in the way of modification to the Piatt amendment. They will learn what they nugh? to kno.v now. that the President has no power to repeal or modify an Act of Congress. They are to ho treated nil right when they visit Washington, hut 1 believe they will go beck honip with plainer ideas of the intentions of this government." Senator Cock pell, a Democratic tnemlier of the Senate Committee on Cuba, who has Just returned from a visit to the island, expressed the opinion that the Convention would in the end ac cept the Piatt amendment, although he said, be would not be surprised if they took several more innecisive votes before doing so He evidently believes that soma of the members of the Convention wish to be er euaded Mrs. John A. Logan made public a statement iu answer to criticism of the bronze panels on the aides of the pedestal of the statute of Gen. Logan that was anveiled last week, in which she said : "No one supposes that it was not known to sculptor, the statute commission and myself that Vioe-Presidont Arthur did not administer the oath to Gen. Logan as a Senator ; that Senator Morton was dead j ami that Senator Thnr man was not in the Senate when Gen. Logan was sworn in for li s second term. Of course, we knew all this, bat ve disre ard it, because wn wanted those panels to portray the most prominent men in the hist ory of the country who were in the Senate during the sixteen years that mv husband was a Senator, The selection of those who were to lie represented on those panels was left to me, and I tried to select men who served at sometime, with Gen. Logan and who were representative of the country's history. In this connection, I want .n say. too, that the Commission appointed by Con gress to have charge of the erection of the statute decided that the money appropriated by Congress should be applied to the base and to the fig ures of man and horse It was agreed that the other funds given to ward the statute should be used for the making of the panels and other decoration of the pedestral. This other money was contributed by the army of the Tennessee, the Grand Army of the Republic, and by pri vate individuals." A prominent civil engineer of Washington, who on the strength of the recent rumor that an American syndicate, beaded by J. Fieipont Morgan, had Ismght or were alxiut to buy the franchise of the Panama Canal Co., wrote to the hendqnait ers of Panama Ha l head Company, in New York, offering his services, has received a letter from S D til ing, Treosuier of ti nt Cum) any, oayiug that there whs no truth whatever in the report that J. P. Morgnu, or anyone else had pur chased or were negotiating for the purchase of the franchise of the Panama Canal Comiwnv. That ef fectually dispnt.es of that take. Chase & Sanborn's Old Homestead Java coffee t Armstrong & Co. 1 60 patterns ol 0, MitobulU v all 'taper at W. & STOP PULPIT ADVERTISING "The reading of secular notices from the pulpit Is a J;ir to the services and Is exceedingly objectionable to a 1 large number of iie mle," write Ed- wanl H ik In the M.treli Indies' Home Journal. "These folk right I;: feel that secular matters should lie kept as far removed from the Sabbath set vices as possible. And they Hie per fectly justified in taking tlmt posi tion. It is a bit disturbing when n minister announces that a fair will be held on such or such n day or that a strawberry festival has been arranged for a certain evening. All our churches cannot nlsilisli pulpit an nouncements too soon. Many of them have done so already. They have never had a place there; they are not In keeping with tht; dignity of the pulpit. Of course, where a church Is absolutely too limited in its finances to have the modest sort of a leaflet printed there is some reason for the continuance of the method, but when ever it is possible the pastors of our churches should be allowed to adopt the circular plan. The minister should not he turned into tin adver tising medium under any pretext whatever, nor should the pulpit be dragged from its high place and its lofty purpose. It is not a bulletin boa rd. RVal Estate Tranefem. Kate Van A uken to J. V. ltosen erans, 45 acres, Pi In v un, near Cave Hank, consideration 1. Geo. Dauiiiann, Treas., to Ccn'rs, 7!) acres, Lehman, Charles Dally, consideration taxes. Commissioners to Matthew MeCon nell, siime land. Mathew McConnell and wile to Frank Massaro and Anelo Suhino, same land, consideration 200. Thomas Grady to Emma Decker, J acre, Palmyra township, near Ilaw- ley, consideration $800. J. A. Doughty to F. B. Field, 125 acres part of Luke Brndhoad, Dela ware con. $1 and exchange. Howard Daniels and wife to Geo. Hennhurg nnd Levi Lnidley lot 2S on Wescotnng fonil, licKa waxen con. 125 George Haunebnrg et. al. to E H Dunn and others same lot eon. 80 A report has been made by a com mission of the total amount of forest lands in New Jersey und nn effort will now he made to have the state acquire ownship of the entire forest acreage. It is claimed that soon suf ficient timber can be sold from them to net half a million dollars a year, which amount, added to the tax re ceived from corporations, would sup port all the schools without the levy of any local taxes for that purpose. This would be a great relief to the people and perhaps would increase the etliclency of the schools, though New Jersey ranks high in her public school system. . ProgressiVd Euchre. Superior Court Judge A. W. File at Thomasville, Gn., which isa winter resort for many wealthy Northern taniilies, at the recent ocning of the Coin t scored gambling in general and particularized progressive euchre playing where prizes are offered. The Georgia statute regarding gamb ling is very similar to ours and the Judge said to the Grand Jury "I am aware that it is asking a good deal of you, gentleman, to take this matter under serious consideration, but you must do so in order to faithfully dis charge your oaths as jurors." Ft-mou- 1 attl fiold Prayer A famous battlefield praver is t hat of Sir Jacob Astley, offered up lie fore the battle of Edgchill, "Thou knowest, O Lord, that I shall be very busy tliis da v, and if I forget thee forget not thou me." Hero is a model supplication for those who m an age of bnrrv and worry are very busy in the battle of life Y ung La ie do Well. The young women of Da v ton. O , look ( linice of '1 he Dally Neils of March Bl and ) nt out 50.000 copies They nullified ihe news and did ul of the will li g fn in the first to the last nt the JO pager. Tiio young ladies nli-o sold the utiers, which probably added to tile success of the experiment. All Hi inters ( Col. Joint Nyce Pit G. A. R. "ire requested to meet at the store of comrade T. K Julius Klien on Satmdav, May -ttb, I'JOl. to transact biibiness bv order of the Commander, 2t T. R. Jluib Klein, Ajt PERSONALS William Angle, Esq., vn at IhHs kill Wednesday. Dr. II. 1!. Heed is on n business trip to New York. ('has. Sclmmio left last week for a visit in the South. D- II. Middnngh of Dingmnns was in town .yesterday. Mrs. Miller and son nre visiting her husband at Glenside. Wm. Dusenbury, Post Muster at Dingmnn's Ferry, was in town Tues day. Charles Nobs, of Newark, was at his place in Dingmiin township over last Sunday. Miss Gertrude Hipsnmn, of Sho hola, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Dun ham Gregory. Hon. John A. Klpp, of New York, was In town on business a couple of days this week. Miss Susan Nichols, nf Owcgo, N. Y., is a guest with her brother, Ilev. Thomas Nichols. Mrs. Dr. von der Heydc has gone to Philadelphia for a few days visit with her parents. Ex Sheriff and ex-Prothonotary W. K. itldgway, of Matamoras, vis ited Milford Tuesday. Edwnrd Cnhill and wift have re turned after a trip which embraced California, Arizona, Luosiana nnd Florida. Norman Inrsell, Business Man ager of the Turf Field nun Farm, of New York, is spending a few days in town. Miss Frnncls llatcliff nnd mother, who have been visiting friends in New York for several weeks, nre again at their Ann street cottage. Mrs. Ann Wells, who has been vis iting a couple of months with the family of her broth jr, in Washing ton, D. C, returned home this week. The Presbytery of Hudson held a session Monday nt Middletown, N. Y., which was nttended by Rev. Thomas Nichols and Elder John C. Wallace. Charles Klaer, who has been suei intendent of a factory at Lock Haven, Pa., nnd which burned sometime since, is spending a few days with re at! . es here. A Wandering Minstrel. Nick Goodall, who is mentioned in the popular novel '-Ebon llolden a tale of the North Country," ns one possessing wonderful musical gifts, but whose eccentricities were as pro nounced as his talents, wasin Milford many years ngo nnd there nre a num ber here who will recall his visit and his remarkable skill with the violin. He was fond of eating nnd it seemed his capacity was almost unlimited. He dined it the Crissmaii and occu pied several hours in a single per formance and the nssiduousskirmish- ing of the proprietor during all that time to furnish enough to keep him moderately busy. It was impossible to tell w hat he would piny or when, and his selections were frequently most incouguous, and Illy adapted to the place, nnd often it was impossible to get him at It nt nil, but once he liegnn everyone forgot all else besides his music. The violin became In his hands a veritable thing of life. It talked, sung, wailed, moaned and seemed to express the unfathomable and variable phases of mind of it in i -l er, one moment pouring out rapturous strains of joy and the next sinking into weird depths of melody The book says hedied in the Jefferson, N. Y. alms house some twenty years ago. Could his gifts and his actions have been controlled and kept with in ordinary rules and regulations he might have become world famous as was blind Tom, but he was "A wandering hark, upon whose pathway shone All stars of heaven except the guid ing one." A Liv ly Mix ure. Rev. Sam Small in his lecture at Stamford said that the devil fertilized the graces which furnished Noah w ine, w ith a concoction of the blood of the sheep, monkey, lion and hog Ever since then there has been four degrees to lie taken in the drunkard' fraternity. The sheep degree, simply driimking a little for sociabilitv, the monkey degree, when i man grows hilarious and funny, the lion degree, when he becomes abusive and per haps a murderer, nnd the hog degree when he is pitched out into the gut ter. I The on tract to build the Delaware It inroad was let in Eastouto! Valiey M. 13. MuUratU, ol Worcester, Haas. ' AN EDITOR'S OPINION OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE. It is abhorrent' to all principle of eternal right nnd justice that one half of the pnpnhttioit-ahonld have no voice in the enactment of legis lation and lnwa which are made to govern all. There is, there can be, no justification for it. The idea that the degraded sot, Ihe loathsome wretch of the slums, 'he vicious and ignorant of the male sex should he allowed equal partici pation in the electoral franchise, nnd that this right should be arbitrarily denied to females, no matter how highly educated or lefined, 4s nn ethical monstrosity-repulsive and nllerly untenable to ti mind in which logic and reason abide. Let us note hrh fly some of the 'arguments" God save the appli cation of the word argument in this instance -vhieli were used by the pponenta of the amendment in the California Legislature this winter. Said Senator Cutter: "The majori ty of women do not. want to vole ami it is ridiculous to thrust down their throats something to which tlioy nreopposed." 'Twasever thus ! How many thousands of times have we heard this statement before. It was used so ninny years ago that the memories of those long in the tomb runneth not to the contrary. Without wasting any time in con- sidcniiiou of the truth or falsity of the statement that the majority of women do not want to vote, grant that it may he true. What then? Assuming that nine women do not want to v te nnd tlmt one women docs, should the one women be de nted her inherant right, simply be- ause nine other women have no de sire to exercise that right? Tnis question has lieen proponded innum ahle times and it has never yet been answered. It is unanswerable. Fntliermoro, no one wants to, nor is it proposed, to thrust, a ballot diiwn women's throats. What is lesired is that women shall have the right to vote and then if there lie individual women-who do not de sire to avail themselves of the right to cast a ballot, that is their own business. We bnvo never yet beard it main tained that the ballot in the hands of the woman is a menace. We have yet to hear of a single instance in which harm has resulted from wo man voting. If she has the right to vote, and dosen't vote, why certain ly no harm is done, lu the debate in the Legislature, a Senator admitted the "intellectual and moral superiority of women" und then fervently, and with mock- heroism, remarked that he was op posed to "drnging women djwn to tin) level of man as would inevitably he the case if women voted." More falsehood, more insulting assump tion nt the weakness of woman s morality, moro incongruity of state ment, more maliciousness, oould not he crowded into a mingle sentence. No woman will lie dragged down to a man's level by the simple act of voting. The allegation that such result would ensue is insulting and in direct contradistinction to the admitted Intellectual sNHriority of women. The ballot in the baud of woman does not mean bei moral da terioriitioii. Rather does it make for the uplifting of humankind in general, for the participation of good women in any of the affairs of life has an unquestioned tendency to ward betterment. Neither will f woman by voting lose any of that delicacy nnd modesty which is the charm of tier sex. Abundant proof ef this fact is tJ be found in those Stat 8 and localities where the sex line in suffrage lias been blotted out. Stockton, Cal., Daily Record. Edict Against Stone Fences. In Sparata township, Sussex Cj N. J., the committee has resolved ull the stone fences and rail structures must go and wire' fences be built iu their stead. This Is done iu view of the enormous expei ae that the town ship has been to in keeping the pub lic highways from snow during the winter. Engineers give it as their opinion that if Ihe old stone fences are torn away and the heaps of old rails removed and wire fencing erected, all the danger arising fro u snowdrift will be removed and the township will save thousands of dollars. The work will lie (lone at the xisjnse of the public. The most- effective little liver pills made are DeWitt's little early risers. They never griie. Subociibe for the Phkm. BRIEF MENTION. Born to Jan. P. Van Ettcn mull wife April 14th, a sou. I Phoebe birds have appeared and j they generally bring warm weather. 1 A marriage license was grunted April II to Peter W. Helms and Jane Sweer.y, of Shoholn township. The Palmer family is preparing to occupy the cottage on Ann street recently purchased of Kinzler. Rev. W. H. Crawford, has been appointed by Wyoming Conference tot lie M. E. pastorate at Lncknwnxen. WANTED a tenant for the house on Foster Hill, near town. Apply to Tobias Nelson, Brookside Villa, Mil ford, Pa. ni3 Dunham Gregory began this week the erection of a very nice home on Catherine St., adjoining the Borough Building. Col. and Mrs. A. E. Lewis cele brated the thirty seventh anniver sary of their mnrriage last Friday April 12th. Representative J. B. Westbrook, with twelve other Democrats last week voted for the so-called Phila delphia "ripper" hill. Dr. Alfred Lamhilin 1ms succeeded Colonel A. K. McClure as editor in chief of the Philadelphia Times. Hi has been connected with the papei since its first issue. A. D. Brown is building quite nn addition to the Homestead in order to beautify the building and enlarge ac- comtiK dations made necessary by the growing popularity of the house. George Lattimoro will essay to lean the art preservative in this office, and with his habits nnd ex cellent attainments we hope he will make for himself a useful career. Ben Beardsley, for the past year employed with the Prbsb, will accept position with Rviiinn & Wells. He is a good, stendy youth and will no doubt render his employees faithful service. O. P. Howell, Esq., hns been ap pointed receiver of the Doerpark Brewing company, at Port Jervis. Mr. Sternberg lias been continued as manager and the works will not be shut down at present. Notaries publio in this Stite must hereafter attach to eaoli oortifl.Mte. attestation or official nororial act a statement in plain, legible charac ters in the English language, of the d'tte upon which bis commission ex pires. Near by appointments made at Newark Conference were 1 iiigmans, E. II. Atwood ; Matamoras, T. G. Sencer; Milford, C. E. Scndder ; Hainesville. N. J., R W. Lake Walpack Centre, A. W. Wilover Rev. C. . S. Rymnn was appointed Presiding Elder of the P iterson dis trict. People here were somewhat sur prised to hear that the Deerpark Brewing company had been forced in to bankruptcy, especially in view of the fact that some of our people have been rather energetic in putting down its goods and so assisting it In floating the enterprise. Judge Criswell in the Venango county Common Pleas, has decided that the A3t of 1885 is mandatory, and requires that before nn n'nieal is taken from th judgement of justice of the peace, the appellant pay all costs that have accrued priir to the time of taking the appeal. Housekeepers needing new furni ture, or those who are Just beginning to build the nest, will find no better place to buy nor any more desirable assortment from which to select, than at the New York Furniture Store, In Port Jervis. The prices are wonder fully low, the goods are cheap, but they are not cheap goods. A petition for a receiver was filed Monday in the United States District Court by creditors of the Deer Park Brewing company. The firm claims inability to pay its debts, some $52, 000, by reason of delay last year In starting on account of failure to ob tain the machinery in season. This prevented sales as the trade is not brisk during the winter, and cash could not be realized in sufficient amounts to tide the concern over. It is now lawful for the owner or lessee of any premises which a re en closed, within this Commonwealth, to kill ou said premises hare or rab bits, at ai.y or all seasons of the year for their own protection but not for sale The at. at ate against killing out of season applies to non owners of land on which the animal is killed, but it will I e little trouble to arrange so as to open the way to indiscriminate rabbit huuliug re gard loss of seasons. WORK ON DRIVING PARK. A number of men and teams have been at work this week grndii g truck and otherwise preparing the grounds so is to get them in coudi- tion for use this sturmer for the various purposes for which they are designed. The following commit tees have been appointed to take charge of the several branches. On track T. Armstrong, W. B. Kenworthey, M. D., ,1.R. Thornton and B. E. Brown. Golf P. N. Bourniqne, H. L. Wohlbrandt, H. B. Heed, M. D. and It. W. Reid, Baseball .1. R. Thornton, J F. Terwilltger, W. F. Choi and Otto von der Heydo, D. D. S. Lawn tennis W. B. Kenworthey, M. D., R. G. Barckley, M. D., A. Q Walhtce and Theo. II. Baker. Perhaps through inadvnrtnnce one committo.) has been overlooked, but it may be in contemplation, one ouan agricultural fair tobeheld next f ill. Now is the time to agitato the matter so that farmers and other Kissihlo exhibitors may be making preparations. There is no reason why Pike county should not hnveone low that grounds and amplenccom- nodations will ho nrovided. It night not. bo a very pretentious af- 'air the first season hut. it would be i place where those having products o sell oould tiring them to exhibit mil would bo an excellent adver tisement Strangers attend fairs ind they bring the people tn touch virh the outside world needing the products of the farm. We trust this matter will he given proper at tention and prominence-by the Di rectors nnd the first opportunity of their lives afforded people of this county to meet and exhibit their products on their own soil. It hould be an incentive to farmers and awaken in them, as it no doubt would, n new zeal in their profes sion. OBITUARY. OTTO MAlK.lt. Otto, a son of John G. and Catha rine, Deck, Mater, of Milford town ship, died 'n Trinity Hospital, N. Y., Saturday, April 13th, of typhoid fever aged 26 years 6 nios. 85 days. Nearly two years ago he marriod riieresn Shanor who with an infant son survives him. Ho is also sur vived by his pirents and brothers and sisters, George, Mrs. Mary Mul- ter, Mrs. Eliza Multer. Mrs. Lillie Lederer, and John all of New York, and Mrs'. Carrie Slocum. of Long Branch. The deceased was bought to Mil ford Monday and funeral services conducted by Rev. Thos. Nichols were held the same day. The re. mains ware temporarily placed in the receiving vault and will be hur ried in Milford cemerty. Hermann, the infant sou of John F. and Bertha Walter, residing on the former Hamilton farm, iu Mil ford township, died early Monday morning, April 15th, of inflamma tion of the brain, after a:i illness of some two weeks. He was born Oct. 8th 1900. and was brought here by his parents, who ha ve recently mov ed to this farm from New York S-sin after arriving he contracted a severe cold, which resulted in his death. The family physician from New York came up on Sunday, but could not avert the disease. Besides his parents one brother survives The funeral was held Tuesday, Rev rnomas JNichols olhciating and in terment iu Milford cemetery. Elizabeth, wife of John Carll, re siding on the Aldrich farm in West fall township, died Tuesday nfter noon aged nearly 70 years one is survived by her husband and one son, Benjamin Palmer, by a former husband. The funeral was held Thursday and interment in Milford cemetery Public 8&1 . E. Monthentout will have an auction sale of lmusehold goods, carriages, hay and straw, harness, farming utensils and numejiius other articles at the house of Joseph E. Schauno iu Dingman township on Saturday the 27th of April commenc ing at 10 o'clock. a28 When the stomach is tired out it must have a rest, but we can't live without food. Kodol dyspepsia Cure "digests what you eat" so that you can eat all the good food you want while it is restoring the digentive ' organs to health. It is the only prep 'aratiou that digests all kiuiU of tood. THE RAMBLERS PIJKINGS. William Woloock is ill with pneu moni i. May Strnhle U confined to her room with a heavy cold. Mrs. Lorenjs Geiger is oa the siok list. ' ; J. Victor Rosenornnce, of Newton, was in town last week. Gaorge Wolf is rapidly recover, ing. Doc. Steele is again confined to his bed. The side of the road is a poor place to sleep off a booze. Work has commenced on the Driving Park. The river road from Canneville to the Delaware township line has been put in shape. Bicycles are out in full force. William Bock and wife have gone to housekeeping in the house on Centre Square. The bur room of tho Crissraan house has been renovnted and pre sents a neat appearance. A new bar and fixtures or ament the room. Will Sandyston township ever get quieted down? The New Jersey Legislature has given the fish and game laws a gen eral overhauling and numerous chnnges have been made. The law as it stands now makes the open season as follows : Farmers and fruit growers may catch rabbits in box traps from Nov. 1 to ..larch 31 after having notified the game warden and made affidavit before a justice of the peace that rabbits are injuring crops or trees. Game so trapped shall not be offer ed tor sale. Hares, rabbits, squirrels, pheas ants, quail, partridge and grouse.. November and Deoember. Snipe, March and April, August 25 to December 31 inclusive. Woodcock, July, October, Nov ember and Deoember. Geese and ducks, Soptemberl to May 1 inclusive. Reed and Marsh birds, August 25 to December 31 Inclusive. Plover and doves, August and September. Flickers and high holders, Sep tember and October. Brook trout, April 1 to July 15. Black and white bass and pike perch, June 15 to November 30 in clusive. Pike nnd pickerel May 1 to Nov ember 30 inclusive. The law this year provides no closed season for yellow perch. Set lines in waters inhabited by pickerel, pike, perch, black bass or trout are prohibited. The law prohibiting hunting while there is tracking snow on the ground remains in force. Maple lei ves are budding. PeaoU blossoms begin to show. Philip Walters is rushing things to have early garden sass. Now is the time to spade up your garden, buy a couple of dollars worth of seed, sweat, stone your own and your neighbors hens, and raise a quarters worth of truck. Charles Scbanno left Saturday for Virginia Beach, where barring ao cidents he will remain until May 10, Being vacillated seems to have a bad effect on some of the young sters. Early Saturday morning some of our side walks were blocaded. The entrance to C. O. Armstrong's drug store was ornamented with a bicycle rest and irom some dooryards fence pickets were missod. During the past week Sandyston township lost two of its residents. Mr. John Major and Mrs. Kate Youngs wife of James Youngs. To get rid of some of your money, answer some ads. and get fooled. He Jined 'Em. Ernest J Hunt, of Port Jervis, and Miss Bessie Morgnn, of Middletown, N. Y., came to Mi'ford Tuesday in sear3h of a parson to tie for them the golden knot. As it happened all the ministers were out of town, so they sougnt the aid of William An gle, Esq., who iudissolubly welded them in short order and they went on their hippy way rejoicing. When you need a soothing and bealiugantiseptioapplication for any purpose, use the original DeWitt's witch hazel salve, a well known cure for piles and ekin diseases. It heals sores without leaving a scar. Beware of counterfeits. Subscribe for the. Pkis,
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