I J r ' CotB ADVEI ...,u -IN liitJ FRLS3? I.OPA1-. COI'NTV. that 1 nn. t!i:l' Fr. .h. that'a ltrllnble. O y1 MS DM EI ii .In the TIKE I COUNTY 9 I'BESa JLL V.' Iyonr HI SFNKKS pn.l.h.l In a that In VOL VI. MILF01M), PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER II,. 1901. NO. 38. THE WASHINGTON LETTER, It is announced that Ambassador Choate will sail for this conntry next Saturday to remain until next Janunry. Between this country nnd Great Britain two great ques tions re pending, nntnety, the treaty nninndatory of tlio Clnyton Bulwer treaty relative to tlio con struction of nn isthmian cnnnl, nnd settlement of the Alaskan boundary problem. President. Roosevelt will insist upon n settlement satisfactory to the American people and in no way can lie bettor reach such nn ad justment thnn by learning the ar guments ndvnnced by British states men in support of their contentions from tlio American ambassador. The war department has made public the annual report of Briga dier General George M. Randall, commanding the department of Alaska. General Randall says the most important work of the depart ment after providing for the hous ing and supply of troops was that of constructing the military telegraph line and military road through Alaska. Up to August 15 about 400 miles of lino had been con structed. Owing to the isolation of army posts and the lack of facilities for instruction in drill, General Randall says troops left to serve there for sevoral years must deter iorate in military efficiency. Ho, therefore recommends that troops stationed in Alaska bo relieved every two years and that only men with more thnn two years to serve be ordored there. Wednesday, the 9th of October, Rear Admiral Schley retired from the active list of the navy by nge limit. This took place while the court of inquiry was in session. His retirement promotes two cup tains to be rear admirals. The exclusion act which now pre vents tho Chinese from coming into the United States will soon expire. Minister Wu Ting Fang and his brother-in-law, Ho Yow, the Chinese consul general at San Fran cisco, nre working to prevent, the re-enaotment of that law by con gross. It is said tho Chinese Six Companies, which control the busi uess affairs of the Chinese in the United Stntes, have levied an as sessment of $3 a head on all China men in this country for use in in fluencing public opinion against the re-enactment of tho law and for work in Washington to the samo end. The Pacific coast people are already showing a great deal of anxiety over the matter and a big convention is soon to be held in San Francisco to memorialize congress on the subject. The Paciflo coast people want the law made more stringent on account of the faot thnt a great many Chinese now find their way into the Uuited States. A large number have come across from Mexico and also from Canada. This shows that if the exclusion act is not renewed the Chinese will flock to the United States in immense numbers and there will be another race problem more difficult to settle than the negro question in tho south. Early in the morring of Septem ber 29 the Ninth Regiment station ed at Samar, P. I., was attacked by about 450 bolomen. The attack wns a complete surprise and in the fight which ensued three officers and forty enlisted men were killed. The strength of the company was 3 officers and 72 men. It lias been announced that the President and Mr9. Roos6Velt will not desire even semi-social inter course with their personal friends until thirty days after the date of interment of President McKiuley. Meantime no gatherings or dinners of a social nature will take place within the family of the president After October 19 the President and Mrs. Roosevelt will begin to enter tain small gatherings, but there will be no apiearauce of a state banquet until January 6, when the iiimiitmrs of the cabinet will be guests of honor. Mrs. itoosevolt will receive on three Saturdays in December , the 14th, 21st and 28th, all ladies who desire to puy their resjiects without formality or cards. This will be a revival of ladies' day at the White House. The attendance at Grace Reform, ed church has greatly increased sinoo President Roosevelt became a member. The members of the con. greirution are contemplating tlio building of a new edifice at a cost of about l.)0,000. A large part of the sum has already btxm subscribed. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. A tho fruit season draws to a closo nnd housekeepers reiillzo tiow much of a fniluro it has been and that a Mother Hubbard cupboard awaits the coming winter, it may be helpful to some to recall a few of the recipes for the late fall fruits and vegetables. We would be glad to have The Press patrons or any who desire or feel that they may be helpful to their perplexed sisters send any seasonable suggestions only stipulating that any recipes furnished shall have been tried and found satisfactory. Ginger Fears. 8 lbs, penrs, 1 lb. green ginger root, 4 lemons, 3 oranges, 1 tumbler wnior. Pare and slice the pears very thin the round way of the poar. Cut lemons nnd oranges the samo way and very thin j boil nil together Un til a rich syrup is formed. The penrs must bo very hard, the hard er the better. Fear Marmalarfo. To eight pounds of pears chopped fine, six lbs. sugar, fonr ounces grcon ginger cut in small pieces, the juico and rind of four lemons, tho rind cnt in vory thin strips ; boil tho pears and sugar together ono half hour, then ndd the lemon and gingor and b:il until clear. Cold Catsup. peck ripe tomatoes chopped flue and drained two hours, cup grated horse radish, 4 green or red sweet peppors chopped fine, cup brown sugar, 1 ounce colery sood, 1 heaping tPiispoou clovos, 1 table spoon cinnamou ; salt to taste, some black and a little cayenne pepper, add 1 pints of wenk cidor vinegar, mix well, bottle and cork tight and keep in a cool place. Value of Potatoes as Food. The proliflo yield, good koeping qualities and pleasant flavor of the potato have long made it a popular article of food. Potatoes are class ed as starch food and it is chiefly on this account that potatoes are eaten. Being starch the potato is valuable as a source of muscular en ergy, but only in a small degree does it serve to build or repair the body tissue. For this reason pota toes are gonernlly sorved with foods rich in tissue-mnking proper ties, as meats, etc. The country people of Ireland and Germany who live largely on potatoes are thus so poorly nourished. Eaten alone po tatoes torm a very badlv balanced diet. Potatoes which have been stored a long timo and have begun to sprout should not be eaten, as they aro apt to contain an undue amount of solanin or poisonous sub stance. There have been numerous cases of poisoning from this cause. The Drinking of Pur Water, Occasionally people are met who sny they never drink, a statement which wo are apt to regard as an exaggeration ; but as a general statement this is true. There are people who never drink, in the sense that they never use a cup or glass, nnd thoro are a largo nnmbcr of peoplo who certainly drink very little. These peoplo nre healthy, do good work, "nnd often with far greater comfort thnn the person who is constantly drinking. This relates to pure wnter, which is not geuerally considered harmful. To the majority, drinking is to a large extent a matter of habit and self-indulgence, with the result that much more fluid is taken than is wanted, and leads to flabbincss and discom fort. In considering the amount of fluid one ought to drink one must bear in mind the quantity of wnter con tained in our ordinary food. Ac cording to good authorities we may take it that we require for ordinary work about three times as much water as of food, while if we look at a table in which the amount of water in various kinds of food is given we find ninny articles carry with them more than the ordinary proportion. If, however, we par take of fluid in moderation, say 40 or SO ounces a day, we aro tho bet ter for it. Stepped Into Live Coals. "When a child I burned my foot frightfully," writes W. H. Eads of Jonesville, Va., "which caused hor rible leg sores for 30 years, but Buckleu's Arnica Salve wholly cured uie after everything else failed." Infallible for Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Sores, Bruises and Piles Sold by all druggists, i'Oo, PERSONALS Lancelot Armstrong spent Sun day iu town. Miss Elsie Molt, is spending sever al week 8 at Bush kill. John De C. Van Etten visited his parents over Sunday. Mrs. A. T. Seoley has gone to New York city for an extended visit. A party of cnuipors with Mrs. Hart as clinperon is spending the week at Shoholn. Miss Gladys Burnett of Brooklyn, a frequent Milford visitor, is nt the Sawkill House for a short stay. Mrs. Moses Westbrook and Miss Carrio Westbrook of Blooming Grove are visiting fiionds in Mil ford. Mrs. Jamos R. Bull of New York city is spending some time with Mrs. Crissman nt her home on Ann street. Rev. Charles 8. Ryman, with his wife and son, Harry, of Paterson, N. J., is spending it week at Twin Lake camp. Mrs. Rntoliff, Miss Rntcliff and Miss Quick after spending a month at Brink lake camping have return ed to Milford. Mrs. Biglow and Miss Biglow, who have boon spending the summer and fall in Milford, have returned to their city home. Mrs. C. F. Van Inwegen, Mrs. Van Inwegen and Miss Van Inweg en of Port Jorvis spent Tuesday in town calling upon friends. G. A. Swepcniser, W F. Beck and G. F. Rowland are attending the congressional conference at Strouds- burg, which met Oct. 10. Rev. E. N. Smead, who is at pres ent the supply of the Presbyterian pulpit, spent a few days of last week wit h his sister at Bloomsbnrg. W. V. Hilliard, wife and son. Barton, have closed their house on the lower . end of Broad street and gone to New York for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. George Pela, after spending a week with Mrs. Helen Holler, returned to Brooklyn, where thoy will reside with Mrs. Polz's parents. Mr. and Mrs. "Ollie" Ryder of Mntnmorns, accompanied by Mrs. Ryder's sister, Miss Lillie Buchanan of Milford, started for the Pnn- American Thursday. Hon. Jacob Klner and family spent last week on their farm in Milford township awaiting the occu pancy of John C. Titman of Dela ware township, who has been en gaged to manage it for five years. Harry Coursen and wife of Scran- ton, Pa., spent a lny in Milford last week calling on friends of former days, among them Mrs. Husau Gran din, whom he had not seen in up wards of thirty years. Yet each recognized the other with but little difficulty. Miss Florence Loreaux, a daughter of Clovis Loreaux of Flatbush, L. I., returned to her home Monday. Oct. 7th, after spending two months with her aunt, Mrs. William Mc- Cown. Miss Loreaux was born In Milford and has made many friends during her stay in town who regret her departure. She will continue her studies iu a Brooklyn school. Driving Park Races. The last races of the season will be held at the Milford driving park tomorrow, Saturday afternoon. First a free-for-all trot or pace, purse $50. Stockholders' raoo trot or pace, prizes. 2.45 class trot or pace, 25. The entries so far are Jozebn, J. A. Rnndle ; Topsy, B. Ky to ; Dew ey, H. Stearns, and Major C, O. D. Carr. Admissions as formerly. A Fiendish Attack. An attack was lately made on C F. Co'lier of Cherokee, Iowa, that nearly proved fatal. It came through hi3 kidneys. His back got so lame that he could not stoop witnouc great pain, nor sit In a chair except propped by cushions. No remedy helped him until he tried Eloctrio Bitters which effected sucn a woudorful change that he writes he feels like a new man mis marvelous medicine cures backache and kidney trouble, puri flos the blood and builds up your 1,....H1 .,tr KiW. of -11 .I-,,, ,,,( w ANTED Team of good horses, suitable lor both lurm work ana driving. Must be gentle and cheap, G. O. SHIELDS, Port Jervls, N. Y. FR03PIROU3 FARMERS. Thry are Getting Their Full Share of the Good Times. Testimony given through the De troit Free I're from one of the larg est savings banks In Detroit that the farmers of the tributary country are making exceptionally large deposits and appear to be contended with the way the world Is using them is in the nature of cumulative evidence. Like rcort8 come from almost every part of the country and they carry the greater weight because of an ac cepted tradition thnt the farmer Is never satisfied. The charge may be false and the suggestion of the present situation is thnt the promoters of ag ricultural Interest have been slander ed, but the explanation is In the ex ceptional degree of prosperity. The weather conditions of the season have not been all that could be asked, and If there be anything In the world that can throw the average farmer into the tantrums it is the weather. There was a wall over the prospect for corn and wheat, but we have a surplus of these commodities to ship. Only a few weeks ago there was a doleful announcement that there would not be enough potatoes to go around, but the later crop proved a good one, providing plenty and to spare. It was held as a and certain ' that the drouth would produce a fruit famine, yet tens of thousands of bushels of It have gone to waste In the orchards, lieen fed to the hogs and given away. The country wns to wriggle along without enough to matoes to appease Its appetite, but the supply exceeds the demand. As a positive fact there was not to be enough grain to fatten stock for the market, but nothing Is called for In the meat line thnt is not provided without regard to size of the orders. And the farmer is getting all the best of these false scares. He Is re ceiving top-notch prices for every thing he has to sell. In some' lines the trusts are helping him because it is their Interest to maintain good prices for commodities obtained through him. Incidental to helping themselves the speculators help him In other lines, and the danger with the farmer In this mortgago-rnislng epoch Is that he will become arrayed against the mighty army of consum ers who are really providing the sinews of all this prosperity. They are paying more for the privilege of living than they would have to pay were there no manipulation of the law of supply and demand. There Is an nrtinclal audition to the actual worth of nearly everything entering into household supplies. But no di rect blame attaches to the farmer and the fact that he is proserous to con tentment Is a source of satisfaction to the rest of the country. Capture of Mies Stone. The missionaries of the American board of Boston located in Turkey and on the borders of Turkey have been exposed to numerous perils duriug the last few years. Tho women missionaries are no excep tions. In the mountains of Turkey are brigands whose business is to rob and to take prisoners and hold them for ransom. One of their latest victims Is Miss Ellen Stone, a Congregationalist missionary. She and a companion were seized be tween lianake and Djoumaoia and are now being held for a ransom of $110,000. An effort is being made to raise this sum by popular sub scriptions. Over sixty thousand dollars has already been contributed and it is believed the entire ransom can be raised within a week. An Incendiary Fiie. The sleeping Inhabitants of the borough were aroused on Sunday a few moments before midnight by the vigorous ringing of the Are bell The Ore was located In a barn on the premises occupied by Mr. Hil liard at the lower end of Broad street. The barn was unoccupied and in or der to accomplish their object the miscreants had torn on the siding and started the fire in the feed box of a stall. The building was entire ly consumed together with some val uubte harness and engineering im plements. Congregational Meeting. The members of tne Presbyterian congregation met Tuesday evening and decided to bear three candi dates, the third to be the Rev. E. N. Smead, who has for the past three mouths been supplying the pulpit. WANTED Five men to clear tim ber land at Mashipueoiig lake, 6 miles east of Milford. G. O. SHIELDS, Port Jervls, N. Y. U BRIEF MENTION. Born, to Charles B. MeCarty ar.d wife. Saturday, Oct. 5, a daughter. Mrs. Frank Pletcher recontly re turned home from a pie 'sant visit with her parents in New York. The driving park associntion will hold its last race for the season Sat urday afternoon, Oct. 12, at 2 o'clock. Secretary of Stnte Hay is to re ceive the degree of Doctor of Laws at New Haven on the occasion of the Yale bi-ceutennry. The cup, for the possession of which so many millions have been spent, is a rntlior insignificant piece of plate of no great artistic boauty, nnd of no special pecuniary valuo. Tho Girls' club of the Episcopal church hold an oyster supper in the basemont of tho church on Thurs day evening from 6 to 9. The sup per was served by Frank Van Campeu. On Sunday evening, October 6, Rev. Geo. Gillespie of Port Jervis preached In the Presbyterian church and declared the pulpit vacant with the permission of Presbytery to fur uish supplies until the spring ses sion. The Prohibitionists of Pike coun ty have filed papers nominating the lollowing ticket: Assooiato Judge, Rev. C. E. Scuddor of Milford ; Sheriff, J. F. Huntington of Milford ; Coroner, A. Griswold of Lncka- waxen township. Samuel Detrick, executor of the lute Daniel W. Fisher, will sell at his residence in Dingman township Oct. 17 beginning at 2 o'olock p. in. a lot of personal property, consisting of corn in the shock, beds, bedding, stove, barrels, etc. Terms cash. Presumedly early in the morning before the family had arisen a pheasant came crashing through one of the large bed room windows of the home of J. H. Van Etten scat- tering glass nnd feathers over the bed and room and alarming the household by the unusual noise. The bird was secured and found to be unhurt. It was caged as a curi osity. At the sixth annual exhibition of the Orange County Horse Show as sociation held at Goshen on Satur day afternoon last it is estimated that there were 6000 people iu at tendance. Governor Odull of New York state with Mrs. Odoll and daughter, Estelle, accompanied by a large party, also a large number of people prominent in Now York so- oiety were among thoso in attend ance. A leading city newspaper has been for the past twenty years preserving the statistics of lynching in the United States. There has been con siderable Improvement made in the past ten years. In the more advanced districts lynchlngs are growing less frequent and in the next decade we may hope for still greater improve ment since pubic sentiment has be come so pronounced on this subject and speaks out clearly and strongly against Judge Lynch. Fine canned peas, equal to French, 12o. a can at Mitchell's. The recent raoe between the Col umbia and Shamrock II. was the closest in the history of internation al contests. The Columbia won the third nnd deciding contest by 41 seconds, so for another your at least the America's cup is safe. Sham rock II. is by odds the best boat that ever came to our waters, just as Sir Thomas Lipton is himself the finest English yachtsman who has sought the cup. Among the many suitors the American cup has had there has been none the American public would have been more willing to see win the trophy than Sir Thomas Lipton. For Chase & Sanborn's teas and coffees go to Armstrong & Co, The swiftness with which the assassin of President MoKinley has been tried, convicted and sentenced, as well as the dignity and impartial ity with which the trial was con ducted, gives new respect for the law and for the methods of courts of justice. On Sept. 8 the crime was committed, the president died on Sept. 14, the assassin was con victed on Sept. 25 and on the 27th was sentenced to suffer the extreme penalty of the law during the week beginning Oct. 28. The trial of CzolgosZ is contrasted with that of Gultoau which dragged along for nearly three months. Guiteau was executed one year lacking two days after the commission of his crime while Czolgosz will die within two mouths after McKiuley was shot. Right of Club Merob r. Thoro having boon consider rib ) discussion over the offoct of the In regarding non-residont gunners, i i order to give tlio public informntu 1 as to how the state game commit, sion views the matter we publish l, j consent the following lettir : Office of thk Boaki of Gamf. Commissioned. Hahuishiiho, Pa Oct. 3, 1901. J. H. Van Ettf.n, Dear Sir : Your letter duly re coived and my nuswer has born tie laj ed by the desire upon my pai t to thoroughly investigate tho sub ject before attempting a reply. 1 now rnr nv owner or holder of cop. ital stock in a corporation or associ atlon in this8tato is not a rani estate ownor because of such holding. There is a long lino of decisions to tho effect that enpitnl stock is per 8onnl proimrty for all purposes in this state ; the holder, then, of such stock in a corporation or association for sporting purposes would not be oxeinpt from the payment of the ten dollars imposed by the recent act of our legislature requiring "non resident hunters, the same not. being owners of real estate in this stato, to pa a tax before hunt ing in this commonwealth." This office also holds that the son of a farmer of this state, snid son having removed his residence to another state, may not return to this state and hunt gamo upon his own fath er's property, nnd which will be his by inheritance : this upon the ground that the game of the state belongs to the state at, lnrge, and not to any particular class, evon though that class may own the real estate upon which said game may be found, nnd that being so owned the land owner can grant no privileges, whatever, contrary to the general laws of the state. Visitors, there fore, to the club houses in your sec tion can acquire no rights by grant from said bodies. Respectfully yours, Joseph Kalbfus, Secretary of the Game Commission. Where Women Vote. Miss Minnie J. Reynolds of Den ver, Colorado, one of the speakers at the National Suffrage conference recently hold in connection with the Pan-American exposition, gave a careful survey of the results of women snffr.igein her state. Among other things she suid : "Before women were enfranchised in Colorado there was no discussion of politics at home. It was all downtown. Nowadays the woman's club and the bosom of the family are the chief arenas for political dis oussion. Sometimes our good friends and allies, the anti-suffragists, talk as if that priceless thing, woman's indirect influence, was to be lost when she received the bollot. It is not lost at all. It is all there ; only it is exerted in a new direction. It isn't so much the things women do themselves as the things they make their men folks do, that tells in Colorado. "The oorrnpt politician in Colo rado does not like woman suffrage, the idea of these women sitting at home and discussing these things. He can't influence them, he can't bribe them, he can't get at them to talk to them. He can fool them for a time, but he can't do it perma nently. He has to cover up his dirty work a little closer ; he has to push it under cover ; he has to take more care about it ; it bothers him more. When the tickets are made up there is another element to con sider, and along with the Irish vote and the colored vote and the saloon vote, politiciins who wish to win have to consider the woman vote also." Heal Estate Transfers - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Joseph Anderegg, 427 acres, Lackawaxen. Consideration $15. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Thomas Whittaker, 1SS acres and 27 perches, Delaware. Considera tion $13.18. Rosario Kinzler nnd husband to Stephen Palmer, 1 acre of land, Dingman township. Consideration $20. Reward Offered. In consequence of the two fires lately occuring in this village, which are without any doubt the work of incendiaries, the town council offers a reward of $50 for any information that will lead to the arrest and con viction of the guilty parties. Great reduction in shirt waists at T. Armstrong & Co. 'a. Prices now b'Jo, 55o, 69o and bOo. THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS. Our fire laddies were called out again about midnight Sunday. They were prompt to respond. J. Victor Rosencranoe of Newton was in town last Saturday. Qniok Bros, of Sawkill, hnvinat disposod of their excellent farm team, now draw the lines over a nont pnir of colts. George Lattimore Is spending a few days with friends in Brooklvn. N. Y. Charles Zimmermann nnd family, who oooupiod the Dr. DoPIasse cot tage all summer, returned to the city last Monday. Now is the time to hunt nn your last season's overcoat. Chestnuts are in market. Very little oider Is mnde. Rumor has it that Thomas Whit- taker has exchanged his farm near Silver Lake with J. C. Wallace for a house on upper Water street. The chap who stole Gumble Bros.' horse and carriage must either be smart or lucky as no trace of man or rig has been discovered. Those who drove out to Brink pond Inst Sunday report a first rate time, and such a dinner as the O. P. C. club furnished, it was out of sight. I notice "Sunny" DeWitt is wear, ing spurs again. Maybe he will oc cupy the chair in the telephone cen tral before long. Within a short time four unoccu pied barns have been burned In this town and all located pretty close to. gether. The question Is, "How did they get afire?" Charles Klaer is visiting his broth er, Judge J. Klaer, on Harford street. G randpa John MeCarty now. Game Suppers the Fashion Here. The law abiding citizens of Mil ford have been sorely tempted in the last few days by having quail and pheasant enter their homes through open doors and windows, either seeking protection or like the buck of Blooming Grove fame that walked up to the hnnter, who was so paralyzed when confronted with the opportunity to shoot big game that he forgot to pnll the trigger of his gun. The buck seeing his dilem ma politely refrained from escaping and requested that he be shot, only stipulating that the most approved painless method be nsod to render the operation perfectly safe and the sensation pleasant. So these guile less quail entered our homes but like the fly of Mother Goose lore, the invitation to enter the parlor was enticing, but who enters onco shall ne'er come forth again. POLITICS IN PHILADELPHIA. What Durham and Martin Think of the Campaign Which la Now About to Be Opened. Caroline Cameron has seen and talked with Israel W. Durham id David Martin on the political out look for 1901 and will present in next Sunday's Press a remarkably inter esting story of the impressions con veyed by these to political leaders. Mr. Durham, In particular, has gone in more or less detail concerning the needs of organization, and his views will not only be instructive to those jiersons who have had no ex perience in the field of politics, but will be decidedly interesting to those who have felt, from long experience, that they knew all about the work that is necesoary to roll up majori ties. If you have not already order ed your copy of next Sunday's Press you had better do so at once. Tot Caueea Night Alarm. "One night my brother's baby was taken with Croup," writes Mrs. J. C. Snider, of Crittenden, Ky., "it seemed it would strangle before we could get a doctor, bo we gave it Dr. King's New Discovery, which gave quick relief and permanently cured it. 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