O fl ft .. . 1 ii Vy))o J ,. VOL VI. MILFOM), PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1901. NO. 39. .4 THE WASHINGTON LETTER. fFrom Our Rfptilnr Corri-spnndent.) Washington. D. C. Auo. B, 1901. Those who hnd calculated upon making democratic political cnpitnl out of the Schley court of Inquiry, because Schley happens to be a dem nornt, are beginning to son Hint thoir calculations will not bo real ized. Tlio navy department would linve boon glnd to hnvo ordered n court of inquiry nt nny time within the Inst throe yenrs bad Admirnl Schley nsked for it, find now tint the court is to be bold it will render every official nid possible to Admir nl Schley in order Hint light may be . thrown upon the dark plnces in the nnvnl cnmpnign which resulted in tlio destruction of Cervern's fleet, nnd if it bo shown Hist the depart tnent wns wrong in its assumption Hint Schley disobeyed orders with out properly explaining his rensons nnd Hint ho uisplnyed a lnck of judgment nt n critienl period, no where would there be more sntisf ac tion than In the nnvy department. Every record of the depnrtment has lioen thrown open to Cnpt. Parker, who is one of Schley's counsel, in order Hint he mny bnve nccess to every scrnp of official evidence flint will be lnid befor'e the court. Judge Advocate General Lemly of the nnvy, who will bo judge advocate of the Schley court of inquiry, bna pone nwny on a vacation nnd will not return until Sept. 1. His sub ordinates will nrrango all the do tails, such ns making a list of wit nesses who will nppenr before the court, etc. Socretnry Gape is now the only member of the cabinet in Washing ton, the rest of the members, ex cepting Secretary Wilson, who is making a personal inspection of the corn and wheat crop of the west, being on vacation. The United States Civil Service Retirement association, an organi zation formed a year or bo ago to fioeure congressional legislation for Hie retirement on half pay of figed, infirm and incapacitated civil em ployes of the government without expense to the government, lias re cently been reorganized and now seems in a fair way to accomplish something. While the association doosn't figure on asking congress to provide the money to pay the pen sioned employes, the bill it will have introduced will provide for government control, collection and expenditure of the pension fund, whiah is to be obtained by deduct ing a small percentage it is esti mated that three per cent, will bo sufficient from the salary of each oivil employe of the government. This plan stems to be free from the objestions which have killed all previous attempts to secure civil pension legislation, and no good reason for congressional opposition has yet been brought forward. It only proposes authority for govern ment employes to do whnt the em ployes of several big corporations in this and other countries have been doing for some time. A communication declaring war against the United States has been received at the war department but no call for troops has been issued and no excitement is visible in Washington. The loiter, wbiuh was mailod in Chicago and which might have been written by Dowie, roads as follows : "To tho Government of the Unit ed States "In tho year 1818 the Cod of This Earth fought a battle with Spnin with the use of the United States Army and Navy under the com mand of the Almighty God of Heaven. The government officials of America, although well aware of that, undertook to rob the Almighty God of Hie honor of the Battle and induced their servants to turn down the holy person of the God of This Earth and brand him a liar and lun atio and deprive biui of every means of mukir.g a living in this country, which in all is a conspiracy against the government of the Almighty God of Heaven. Therefore, the Government of Almighty God is compelled to Declare War I against the United States of America and punish that Gang of Conspirators as they deserve. As Supreme Ruler of the twenty four oldu-st races, have raised iny Godly Government f.ug over the International Flags of the twenty-four oldest nations. Yours, God ov This Eaktu, XU-prest-o ting the God of Heaven. " Possibly there will come a time when fcront battles will be fought without noise j nt nny rnte, there are men who think so. An officer of the bureau of ordnance of the wnr depnrtment snid on this sub ject: "WTe have bad sevoral pro posals by alleged inventors looking towards the manufacture of u noise less or soundless powder, but they never camu to anything. None of them had any samples to submit and consequently no tests bnvo ever been made of a soundless powder. Every once in a while some one thinks how nice it would bo if there were n soundless powder nnd writes to know if we would like to have snob nn nrticlo, nnd Hint is ns far ns it ever goes. Personally I do not think it is possible to produce such an article. All explosions pro duce concussions, nnd concussions produce sound waves." Adjourned Court. An adjourned term of the several courts wns held Monday, August 5, with President Judge Purdy nnd Associates Klaor nnd Houck pres ent. Petition of Emma and Levi Hopps, minor children of Samuel Hopps, late of Greene, deceased, for guardinn. T. N. Cross n?ipointed and bond in 1200 approved. Petition of Milford and Dingtnnn railroad company for filing bond for use of person or persons entitled to damages for taking land for rail road purposes in Delaware town ship. Bond in 1300 approved. The land is adjacent to Cave bank and supposed to belong to tlio Van Auken estate. Inquest held on body of C. W. Caveney by C. C. Shannon, Esq., approved. Petition of Mary Laughlin, ad ministratrix of Ann Ilealy, deceas ed, for sale of real estate in Pal myra granted. Petition of L. B. Hissam, admin istrator of the estate of John His sam, deceased, for sale of real es tate in Milford borough granted. Petition of Alfred Devlin, guar dinn of lieu ry J. Becker, for private sale of interest of said minor iu real estate of Christiana Wiognnd, de censed, in Westfnil for the sum of $116.66. Bond of guardinn in $250 approved and sale ordered. Bond of Delaware valley rnilrond in $3,000 to II. L. Davenport for land in Dolnwnre offered for ap proval. Objected to for the reason that same is not stamped and that only one of the sureties nnmed re sides in the county. Objections to npprovnl of snme wore also filed by the Milford nnd Dingmau railroad. Bond to J. Victor Rosoncrans by same in sum of $1,000 offered and also petition by same corporation to have amount of bond to be given Jacob Van Auken fixed and hIso for viewers to assess damages. Bond fixed in $200. The court adjourned to Saturday, Aug. 10, at 11 a. in. to enable parties to perfect tho bonds tonder od or to present new ones. OBITUARY. MRS. ANN K. FlNGKR. Mrs. Ann E. Finger, widow of the late Jacob Finger, for many yeurs a renideut here, died last Sun day in Newark at the home of her daughter, Mary, wife of James Van Auken. She was a daughter of Michael Peters nnd was born in Philadelphia about seventy-six yenrs ago, v LUo she was yet u child her parents moved to Bushkill in this county whore she lived until her marriage with Jacob Finger, when they removed to this borough and resided here uutil bis death in lsiJ. Besides her daughter, one son, v lluaru, or Mlddletown sur vives her. The remains were brought here Wednesday and inter red iu the Milford cemetery. Astounded the Editor. Editor S. A. Brown of Bennetts vi'le, 8. C, was once iuimersely surprised. "Through lung suffer ing from Dyspepsia," he writes, "my wife was greatly run down suffered great distress from her stomach, but the tried Electric Bit teia which helped her at once, and after using four bottles, she is en tirely well, can eat anything. It's a grand tonic, and its gentle laxa tive qualities are splendid for torpid liver." For Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, Stomach and Liver trou bles it's a positive, guaranteed euro. Only 60c at all Urujryihts. PERSONALS Thomas N. Crois of Greene was a visitor in town Tuesday. lion. V. A. K easier of Matnmoras wns an attendant nt the Glen cnnip meeting Sunday. G. H. Lnngton, postmaster of Mntnmoras, spent a day in town the first of the week. B. F. Killam, Esq., of Pnupnc transacted professional business at court last Monday. Paul Schnnnonnd wife of Strouds. burg spent last Sunday nt Hotel Sehnnno in Dingmnn. Mrs. Bessie Jennings, matron of the East Ktmudsburg Normal, Is nt The Homestead for her vacation. J. F. Potter of Pittsburg, search er of titles for the state forestry as sociation, was in town this week. John Do O. Van Etten, with tho C, U. & St. P. R. R. in New York, after spending his vncntion here, has returned to business. Ralph B. Thrall and wife of Sey mour, Conn., were in town this week on matters connected with their lnndod interest here. C. C. Shull, Esq., of Stroudsburg nndT. A. Allen, engineer of the Del aware valley railroad, were in town last Monday attending adjourned court. - Miss Millicont Crissmnu of Bergen Point, N. J., who has been visiting relatives and friends in town for several weeks, roturned home last Sunday. Hon. John I). Biddis and family anipod this week nt Twin Lakes. The Misses Bertha and Lucy William son went out Wednesday to enliven the party. Frank Wells and wife of Atlnnte, a., who have been visiting relatives here for a couple of weeks, left lues day for home via Buffalo where they will visit the exposition. W S. Hopps of Grcoue and 8. R. Hazolton of Palmyra, representa tive citizens from the western part of the county, wero here a couple of days recently to attend a meeting of the republican county committee. Dr. Alexander Hndden of New York, president of the Forest Inke association in Lackawaxen town ship, and Mrs. Hndden visited the family of J. H. Van Etten a couple of days this week. Heal Estate Transfers. Hannah J. Dingmnn et nl. to Charles A. Hogart, wntor rights in Delaware township. Consideration $1 00. Ileston N. Angle and others to Susan F. Snyder, 63 acres, Doln ware, part of John C. Anglo farm Consideration $ft0. John H. Hentor et nx. ct nl. to James E. Nyoe, right, title nnd in terost to 29 ncres, Lohmnn. Con sidoration $100, James E, Nyce and wife to Egypt Mills Club, same land nc above. Consideration $100. Saturday's Races. The following entries have been made for the races at the driving park tomorrow, Saturday, and no doubt there will be some excellent sport : In the stockholders' race Prince It., J. B. Westbrook ; Lizzie McCoy, P. N. Bjuruiqno ; Maude H., John It. Thornton ; Jupiter A., John R Thornton ; Frank W.. W. F. Choi. Iu the free-for-all Prinoe R., J. B. Westbrook j Dewey, Howard Stearns; Prince B. , J. Ketcham ; Little Dick, Byron Williams. Unclaimed Letters List of unclaimed letters remain ing in the post office at Milford for the week ending Aug. 10, 1901 : Miss Bald wiu, Mrs. J. Wilson Moore, Miss M D. Dewitt, Molley Dumuoyer, Miss Laura Johnston, Miss Lizzie Leonard, Mrs. Mary Watkius, Dr. Leonore White, Leon ard Caputo, Adam Gladfelter. Persona claiming the above will please say "Advertisod" and give date of this list. Chahlks Lattimokk, P. M. Milford Hand Laundry. Tho undersigned has opened laundry on Centre Square Milford, Pu., iu the store room formerly oc cupied by Geo. Danman, and will do all kinds of work pertaining to tho business with promptness and in a neat careful manner. A share of the publio patronage is respectfully solicited. John L. Gulklay. Subscribe fur the X'ttEsa, Poetic Justice, A Jcrseymnn, who went out for a pleasure-drive with his sweetheart not long ago, received a needod though severe lesstthbn the necessity of being linmnno to animals in this day and generation. It was a very hot day, rtud When the drive was about half over the horse became balky. The driver thereupon lost his temper nnd gave the animal an nnmetciful beating. Then the trouble began. A constable saw him and promptly arrested him for oruelty to animals. He wns unable to pay the money, nnd his compan ion settled the business for him. Then she went home and wrote him a note, nnd. this is whnt it said: When a man will so brutally beat a horse and so easily lose his temper, a woman marrying bim would take the chance of the same trentmont." And the rest of tho note released him from the engagement. Most people will be of the opinion Hint the young lady iu question did exactly right, nnd that she was fortunnte in discovering the disposi tion of her fiance before instond of after mnrringe. Insonsibility to the pain of another is not a trait which is particularly desirable in either a husband or a wife. While, of course, it is not to be inferred that every man who will beat his horse will also boat his wife, cruelty to animals so vitiates the moral nature Hint those perceptions upon which a sense of justice depends nre blunt ed. Tho intimacy of marriage is so close that happiness can only exist whore there is mutual forbearance, together with a certain sensitiveness to the feelings of othors. The man who does not possess this sensitive ness mny not be actually cruol to either wife or children, so far bb physical maltreatment is concerned, but he will sny and do things which nre qnito as brutal as a blow with a whip would be. There n dozen con siderations which are likoly to re strain from wife-beating the opin ion of his neighbors, custom, fear thnt his wife mny invoke the law, fear of retaliation by her relatives, or merely the fact that it is not ns ual for American husbands to ex press their sontiments in thnt way. But if his nature is essentially cruel he will find ways to torture those dependent upon him whioh are worse than physical pain. Tho true test of a man's character is not to be found in his aotions when he is restrained by publio sentiment or fear of consequences. He Is his renl self when he is free to not, to indulge meanness, or passion, or cruelty, toward some oroature which cannot retaliate and has no means of defenco. The Jersoyman who is the unenviable hero of the incident above reoorded wns subjected to this test, and apparently he failed. Ho mny have hnd nil idea that by his lnck of considorntion for his horse he was showing a manly and stern strength of character which would impress tho girl In the seat beside him. Some men have an idea tnnt women rather admire those who are capable of cruelty. These men are trying to fit slxtoenth century ideas into twentieth century civilization It cannot be done. It is true that women admire a bravo man, and often the man ir. question is a sol dier or a hunter, but there is a very fine distinction between the brave man and the man who is ready to inflict pain. What the modorn girl sees to admire in the soldier is not his willingness to shoot other men, but his readiness to be shot himself ; not his murderous impulses, but hia sacrifice of personal safety The kind of woman who would like a man better after seeing him act cruelly toward a helpless animal is not fit for a civilized country. Republican Committee Organised. At a meeting of the Republican County Committee held Saturday evening, Aug. 3d, all the members were present, viz : II. B. Reed, A. W. Ba.ch. Jr., U. O. Kipp, Frank Harding, W. A. II. Mitchell, 8. R. Hazelton and Wilmor 8. Hopps. An organization was effected by electing Dr. H. B. Reed, chairman, H. O. Kipp, secretary, and Frank Harding, treasurer. The J. W. Pepper Piano Musio Magazine, published at 8th and Lo cust streets, Philadelphia, is one of the newest magazines in its field. Nobody can complain of not getting the worth of their money, as it pub lisbes 81 pieces 10 vocal and 11 instrumental making 64 pages of the beat musio and all of it original and written by the most popular composers of today. Price 11. 00 per year, BRIEF MENTION. There was a heavy downpour of rain here Tuesday night. Rev, W. R. Neff of Jersey City, a former pastor, will occupy the pulpit of the M. E. church here next Sab bath. P. A. L. Quick lost his fast horse Monday nftornoon. It was sired by Old Rysdyk and was a handsome, speedy and valuable animal. Between the Boer war and the Brnnchville stage route horses nre npt to remain scarce nnd high. Chnuncey Wntson lost another horse this week. Rov. S. Morris of Port Jervis preached nn interesting sermon nt the camp meeting held in the glen last Sunday. The nttendnnco, con sidering the threatening weather in the forenoon, was very good. Mrs. Bertha Reed has entered into an ngreement with H. W. Buchanan to purchase the two lots on Broad street adjoining the courthouse. It is reported that a dwelling will be erected on them in the near future. Rev. E. N. Smead, a post gradu ate of Princeton seminary, who has very acceptably supplied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church here for two previous Sabbnths, will con tinue in that capacity until further notice. S W. Palmer of Stioudsburg, n contractor on the Delaware valley railroad, wns in town Tuesdny. He states that the grading is completed to Bushkill and that the ties and rails are being laid as fast as possi ble. An explosion, supposed to be of gasoline, on Locust street in Philadelphia Mondny evening de stroyed five buildings, killed twenty people and injured scores more. Many other houses in the vicinity were badly wrecked. Ijnst week s illustrated Jjeslte s Weekly contninod on the page en titled "People iu the Publio Eye" an excellent cut of Edgnr Vnn Etten, general manager of the Boston and Maine railroad. A brief sketch of bis career as a railroad manager accompanied it. W. Jr. Kimball or Mntnmoras was lodged in jail here one day last week on a commitment issued by Justice A. W. Bnlch, Sr. The charge is that of assualt and battery preferred by Edwin Kimball, his brother, and failure to give ball for his appeal ance resulted in his incarceration. Tho Dowager Empress Frederick of Germany diod Monday evening, Aug. 5. She was the eldest child of the late Queen Viotoria and was born Nov. 21, 1840. She married in 1858 the orown prince of Prussia who afterwards becamo Emperor Frederick III of reunited Germany. Frank McCarty of Montague was arrested Wodnesuay morning on a warrant issuod by Esquire Canne, charging him with having broken into Vandermark hotel Monday night and taking therefrom a jug of whiskey, which, was found in his possession in the barn oonnected with Brown s building, tie was committed to jail. Through the courtesy of Officer Wood Howard Wager wns enabled to enjoy the hospitality of the lock up over last Sunday, which was furthor extended by the chief bur gess for 48 hours. The original complaint was made by Wager's mother, who alleged that he beat her. There ought to be a whipping post for such cases. The strike of the steel workers, which was assumed last week to be settled because of the willingness of the men to accept the decision of J. P. Morgun, failed to be finally con cluded because Mr. Morgan with drew the offer alleging that it bad not been accepted with sufficient promptness. The struggle may now be long and contly to both sides. D. L.' Ilardenbrook, owner of Shohola Glen, has discovered whut be thinks a valuable deposit of clay and shale banks on his proporty. The material is excellent for mak ing paving brick and sewer pipe. The owner purposes erecting a $75,000 plant for manufacturing sewer pipe and has already received au offer to buy all he can produce. To Save Her Child From frightful disfigurement Mrs. Nannie Gulleger of La Grunge, Ua., applied Bucklen's Arnica Salve to groat sores on her head and face, and writes its quick cure exceeded all her hojies. It works wonders in Sores, Bruises, Skin Eruptions, Cuts, Burus, Scalds and Piles. 26c. Cure guaranteed by ail druggisU. Laughter and Long- Life. It may be Hint some enthusiastic nnd laborious German statistician has already accumulated fienrea bearing upon the question of length of life and its relation to the enjoy ment thereof ; if so we nre unao quninted with his results nnd yet hnv9 a very decided notion thnt people who enjoy life, cheerful peo ple, nre also those to whom longest life is given. Commonplace though this sounds, there is no truth more commonly ignored in netnnl every day existence "Oh, yes. of course, worry shortens life nnd the content ed people live to be old," we nre nil ready to sny, nnd yet how many recognize the duty of cheerfulness? Most persons will declare Hint if a man is not cheerful he cannot make himself so. Yet this is far from being the case, and there is many a man who is at present a weary bur- don to his relatives, miserable through the enrking enre of some bodily ailment, perhaps, or some worldly misfortune, who, if he bad grown up into the idea that to be cheerful under nil circumstances was one of the first duties of life. might still see a pleasant enough world around him. Thackeray truly remarked that the world is for ench of ua much ns we show ourselves to the world. If we face ! it with a cheery acceptance we find the world fairly full of cheerful people glnd to boo us. If we snarl at it and abuse it wo may be sure of abuse in return. Tho discontented worries of a morose person may very likely Bhorten his days, nnd the general justice of nnture'a ar rangement provides that his early departure should entail no long re grots. On the other hand a mini who can laugh keeps hia health nnd his friends are glnd to keop him. To the porfectly healthy laughter comes often. Too oommonly, though, ns childhood is left behind the habit fails, and a half-smile is the best that visits the thought-lined mouth of a modern man or woman. Peo ple become more nnd more burden ed with the accumulations of knowledgo and with the weighing responsibilities of life, ' but they should still spare time to laugh. Let them never forget, moreover, and let it be a medical man's prac tice to remind them thnt "a smile sits ever serene upon the face of Wisdom." London Lancet While They Talk We Do Business, The astronomers at the Court of Spain in the fifteenth century proved quite to their own satisfaction, first, that the earth was not round, and secondly, that, if it were, Columbus could not sail around it or even half way around it. But even while they were proving this, Columbus went ahead and did sail half way around and discoverd a new world. The Free-Trade press proves daily to its own satisfaction that we can never have an export worthy of the name; that we cannot sell our goods to other countries so long as we maintain our Protective Tariff system and refuse to let the rest of the world come in and monopolize our home market; and while they talk we go on selling our goods to other countries to the extent of more than a million dollars worth a month. There Is nothing in any way remarkable alwut this di vergence between the facts and the claims of the Free-Traders. We have grown very familiar with Free traders. We have grown very fain iliar with Free-Trade arguments and Free-Trade theories, which conform to everything but facts. If the Free Traders undertook to conform their theories to facts, there wouldn't tie any Free-Traders, and we would be deprived of souio very interesting fiction. So, perhaps, things are all right as they are, especially as most of the people of the United States are too much occupied with the business which they owe to our Protective policy to pay much attention to what the Free-Traders are saying. Fan-American Excursion Tickets. Until further notice the Erie will sell the five day excursion ticket from Port .Jervis to Buffalo on Tuesday and Thursday of each week at the low rate of $7.75 for the round trip. Romembor these tick eta are good for five days iucluding day of dale, but are not good in par lor or sleeping car. The regular fifteen day excursion tickets to Buf falo are on sale every day at $11.50 for the round trip. Two barrels good roasted Rio coffee cts. per lb. ; oue barrel Maracaibo aud Mocha mixture roast ed 18 cts. per ib. at W. & U. Mitchell's, THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS. It will take farmers nil summer to gather their hay. Horton's white "Rambler" is a beauty. Get ready for tomorrow's horfo race. There w ill be lots of sport. Some young chnps are liable to get Into trouble with our bonrd of health if they are not careful. It took nearly two thirds of a column in a nearby paper to give nn account of a game (?) of base ball. Bill. Kimball bns gotten into trouble with his brother. Billy didn't mean to. Did you hear the Rev. Mr. Morris of Port Jervis preach at the camp meeting Inst Sundny? If not you missed a good old fashioned sermon. The supply of free beer is cut off for the present and candidates nre not sorry, although some feel rather sore. The number of boarders here is on the Increase, even in the Hotel Hissam. Will Intoxicants rob a man of his wits? Some late developments have shown such to be the case. Chauncey Watson and P. A. L. Quick each mourn the loss of a horse this week. Jas. A. Rundle of Montague is never happy unless he pulls the reins over a "fast un." His latest pur chase is a horse from the stable of Greg Porter of Port Jervis. It never pays to conceal truth. The Greatest of Steamships. Some idea can be obtained of the dimensions of thel steamship Celtic, which made her way slowly and cautiously up the not oversafe chan nel of New York harbor by stating that her displacement tonnage Is 10, 300 tons more than that of the Great Eastern, which was so great a mar vel that thousands came to New York city simply for the purpose of seeing her. If the Celtic were placed upon Broadway she would completely fill that thoroughfare from side to side, her upper deck would be on a level with some of the higher busi ness structures and her pennant would reach to the eaves of some of the sky scrapers. Furthermore, she would reach from bow to stern the length of some seven Broadway blocks. Her trip across the Atlantic seems to have demonstrated the accuracy of the theory of some of the marine en- gineers that great size, with propor tionately large keels, will serve prac tically to overcome, what has been the chief discomfort of ocean travel, the rolling of the ship. One of the passengers informed the writer that there was scarcely any rolling motion, and that not once during the entire trip was it necessary to use racks to protect the dishes upon the dining table. Some allowance, however, must be made for the fact there were no storms, or even strong winds up on this passage. The earning capacity of this gigan tic vessel is yet to be demonstrated. Her owners did not care to bring over or to take back a heavy cargo upon the first trip. If the Celtic demonstrates that the greatest profit is to be found in a comparatively slow steamship, the Celtic being in tended to make the passage In about seven days, with an enormous cargo capacity, then, in all proba bility, that will become the preva lent type, excepting that some of the lines will build a few very fast ships for passengers who can afford to pay high rates and for freight that will boar a heavy traffic charge. What would happen were the Celtio to meet with accident here involv ing dry docking, must have been a serious question for her owners. There is nothing in the vicinity of New York which could receive her, and it is doubtful whether there ia any dry dock on the American coast that can float her. Philadelphia Press. Their Seer Its Out. All Sadieville, Ky., was curious to learn the cause of the vast improve ment iu the health of Mrs. 8. P. Whittaker, who had for a long time endured nntold suffering from a chronic bronchial trouble. "It's all due to Dr. King's New Discovery," writes her husband. "It complete ly cured her and also cured oar little granddaughter of a Bevere at tack of Whooping Cough." It pos itively cures Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Bronchitis, all Throat and Lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles 50c and $1. Trial bottles free, at all druggists.
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