; PIKF. COUNTY PRESS ; Th Nwftlt Ppr J FuHlrKrl In Fm ? 8 kiijcpihk rou IT. PIKE COUNTY FRES-Co;ri 0ffletlll , I 02 i i f. r'SKtUfKCtlon OIen In o c tetf8v4itea4 0e VOL. VI 1. MILFOKD, PIKE COUNTY. FA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, I0O1. NO. !). THE WASHINGTON UTTER. Although the statement comes neither from the president hit Sec retary Gage, that tlure will be n new secretary ic the immediate fa tarn is virtually n assured fact. Tbero have been nimipronH fnmor to this effect ever since Mr. floosie volt became president, but tho in formation now comes frcmi wiiiwk so clone to the White Hntiso thnt there is no doubt ns to its authen ticity. Mr- Gnge himself has here tofore emphatic illy dunlin.' thnt. he hnd any -intention of resigning, hut when seen yesterday he merely re fused to deny or affirm the rumor nnd it Is known thnt the president has spoken to several of the pnrty leaders of the probability of Inn having to select a successor. The only nnmes thnt have been men tiored for the iortfolio so fur are Colonel Myron T. Merrick of Cleve land, president of the American Bankers' association and Hon. T. Jefferson Cool id go of Boston, ex minister to France. The Intter is regarded as most, likely to receive an offer of the position. The Appointment, of Mr. Henry C Payne of Wisconsin to succeed Mr. Charles Emory Smith as post master general la regarded as a most happy selection. -Mr. Payne, in ad dition to lieing a close friend of the president, has hnd an eminently successful career as a business man and has bcon for n number of years it politician, but has never lieen the object of the slightest criticism even by his political enemies. His exceptionally capable management of tho postoffice of Milwaukee has given him an insight into the duties of his new office and his great exec utive ability will fit him for the management of the vast business machine the post office department has grown to be. Ho is known to favor penny postage. There have been mimerotis other rumors of cabinet changes, but they appear to be pure speculation. It is said that Secretary Long will be the noxt to resign but the rumor is based merely ou the fact thnt tho secretary In conversation with friends lias expressed solicitude for his law business which he fears is suffering from his compulsory inat tention Few people realize that, apart from the honor, which is nil always unalloyed, the acceptance of a cabinet portfolio is accompanied by many sacrifices. It is imossi blo, even by the most rigid econo my for a cabinet minister to live within his salary. A member of President Harrison's cabinet, whoso tastes were most simple and who occupied a residence entirely tut. suitable for the entertainments he was compelled to give, told mo that his annual expenses exceeded his salary by (5,000 per year and a member of Mr. McKiuley's cabinet plaoed the amount, at 16,000 Kr year. From a business staiidoint there U no future to n cabinet posi tion and politically it is regarded as a "graveyard. " Many peopla believe that Socra. tary Hay will resign to the not dis tant future but lam told on excel lent aathority that be will do so only in case his physician strongly advises it and that the president Is most anxious lii ut. he should remain. It 19 certain that unless the most unforeseen circumstances should occur there will tie no other changes unless it he in tho isirtfolio of the Interior, As a matter of fact, how ever, Mr. Roosevelt is unintention ally mid unconsciously settiiiH a pace which many of the elderly gentlemen who compose his cabinet find a litUo trying. "1 havo just come from a cabinet mottling nnd I am a little breathless," said one of them recently. "We all Hdmire tli (j prcsl.liiut's youthful energy and have the highest regard fur him but unfortunately for us old fellows the pace he sets is a little trying. It makes us very breathless. There are several of us who always leaves Cabinet meeting panllug." On Thursday congress n.lj-nirried for the holidays and rhos-j members who have not vet brought their i M W.i The n.t M tre. .hii.f-'t fu-MU y a: t- i.i'h ii int' h Liivo gone n of the liny 1 the return canal bill by r-oceHtik; cwi- ..f r ; c ii.j f vl i,t j.'-.r y h -. - 1 ..: i 1 a a l V, t.-llo. 1 a.'rl as s-s !... I it V- . 1 .1 l.O thd ( .1 ilea! ! t--li!i:l. i as ; ha j ; ill a : -.I1 a if :!.t the Niorngunn canal, provided no opposition to the selection of that route arises In the meantime On tho Wednrvhiy before njonrn i tncmt the house of representative passed the Philippine. tariff bill us reported by the ways and menus committee. The minority present ed their perfunctory opposition but their arguments were as rumbling and their suggestions n vague as their opposition was futile. Chnir iDiin Piivno, nfter pointing out thnt the democrat hnd done as much to prrcipitntn the Kpnnish war as hnd the republicans, nnd Hint both par ties, to their credit be it said, hnd postponed belligerent action until every consideration of Immunity made it Imperative, made an elo quent appeal for the support of the aemocrats In the effort of the ma jority to give the Philippine Islands a government which would render tho natives fit for citizenship in the United States, their own or any other country, unit which would im press upon them tho blessings of liberty and civilization. Since tho mpnsnro was passed by the house, the Tail, commission bus recoipmended a reduction of fifty per cent, of the Imports on tobacco, hemp, sugar and some other pro ducts of the islands. The measure is not yet a law and it is possible Mint tho senate may see fit to amend the hill in compliance, or pit r tin compliance, with the recommenda tions of the commission. The ex cellent record of Commissioner Tuft and his associates nnd the success which has so fur crowned their efforts in the Philippines entitle their wishes to consideration and it they believe thnt Home few conces sions will further enable them to establish peaceful nnd prosperous conditioni their suggestions should be made the subjoct of serious deliberation. The house has made tho Hepburn canal bill the order of business for January 7th, the day after con gress convenes, nnd unless Mr. Cannon, chairman of the committee on appropriations, opposes It or the growing, although not yet import ant, sentiment In favor of the Panama route develops beyond all expectations, It Is believed that the bill Ciin be put through within a week. The measure provides for n total appropriation of 180,000,000 and makes the sum of $10,000,000 nviiilahlo ns soon as the measure becomes a law. It Is said that Mr. Can non's only objection is that, as chairman of the appropriations committee, he regards his responsi bility as very great and fears that even the sum provided in the bill will be Insufficient for the comple tion of the canal. Stretching Their Tongu's. In the new apiculture, the length of the bee's tongue is of Importance. The longer the tongue the greater Is' the honey-gathering capacity, and a new French apparatus, the glosso mcter, is designed to aid the npiurisl who, by judicious selection, seeks to develop a long-tongued race. The apparatus is simply a glass vessel for syrup, with a lid having numerous perforations, and a floating scale to show the height of the liquid when the bees just reach it through the holes. It is (Miniated that the or dinary bee can draw swetts from a depth of a quarter of an inch, and that selection can increase the range a twenty-fifth of an inch. Ijiicinn B. llissnm adinini trntor, to Kate W. McCown, lot in Milford borough on Broad street. Con sideration fl,600. Frederick J. Holliert to The Deer park Brewing Company, bill of snln of personal projwrty. Geo Oreaory, W. F. Choi, W T. St ruble. Jus. P. Van Ft ten. Dun Gregory to Commonwealth, bund as Sheriff. W. Jj. Kelley, coroner, and others, bond to commonwealth. . Tuo.l Ci.angod to Poisoa Putrefying food in the intestines produces effects like those of jirseii 10, but Dr. King's New Life. Pills el pel the poisons from cloei ed bowels kiilly, easily but surely corii. Ctiu stiiinlii.il, i;.iioustic-s, Sick Head ache, Fcverti, all Liver, Kidney and .('.owel troubles. On'y Ljjc tit all :Ul.C Chase S.ii.Iji u n't ! 1 1 ! ; iva coiKtj ht Anustr eng iV -tea PERSONALS . L. Rowland, F-sq., of Ilonesdnlf attended court here this week. John L. (iouilny of Newark visited his family hi re the past werk. X. P. Huddy of Providence, K. I , passed a few dnys in town this week. Howard Iteed of the I'. P. spent the week with his family at the Anchorage. Willinm Weaver of near Dover, N. J., is visiting his cousin, Sheriff- elect Gregory, for n week. Henry M. Courtright and wife of nciir Cuiinshnugh woro in towil Tuesday for Christinas sundries. Dr. J. T. Hot brock, stnto Com missloner of forestry, was in tho county Inst, week and visited Milford for a day. John Durling and wife of Ding- tnan township are on a two weeks' visit with friends in New York and Connecticut. Nelson G. Patmer. who occupies a house ou upper Ann street during the summer, left town Tuesday with bis wife to spend tho winter at Pas- sate, N. J. Geo. F. Hogiiu of New York, a former teacher In this county, now attending the Stroudsburg Normal school, Frank Fuller of Rowlands, Will and Louis Hudolph were in town this week. Miss Carrie Armstrong nnd Miss Bessie Van Etten of New York, Miss Liht Van Kt ten of Bridgeport, Cnnn., Fred Klaer of the U. P. and Goo. Wheeler of New York spent the holidays iu Milford. D A. Unsworth of Atlanta, Ga., Vivian Struthers of New York, Ar thur Wolfe of Philadelphia, Roscoe Gourlay, Aimer Terwilliger and Geo. Scudder of New Yoik nre guests in town this week. " A Buffalo Ranch. A ranchman iu Texas is making buffalo a special feature of bis stock. He has a herd of about fifty, with a wide range over the prairie, and says they are not hard to raise, needing only freedom and plenty of room. He has a few elk with them and says that the oik and buffalo got along peaceably for the most part. Now nnd then he sells a spec imen to one or another of the zoological gardens, but ho seems to have gone into the business for sci entific Interest in the preservation of au animal now nearly extinct. 1 This man offers a refreshing con trast to the butcher in the middle west who killed half a dozen of theso rare animals for a barbecue some timo ago. Buffalo steak is not particularly delicious, and there was no reason for the mnssncre ex cept that thb owner wanted to jiro vlde a rare viand. Tho same mo tive net un ted the lions vivants of the middle ages when they had pea cock breast and humming birds' tongues served up for their state banquets; mid it actuated the sav age chief of the Sandwich islands when ho bad a cloak made lor him- self out of the golden feathers of a certain species of bird, there being but two yellow feathers on the bird, so thnt. an immense numbor had to bo killed to make the cloak. The Texas ranchman, on the con trary, Is doing his best to provide the elk nnd buffalo with a home where they nifiy live in pence and multiply and thus become less rare. Whether his enterprise proves pro titnblo enough to cause others to follow his example cannot ns yet bo known, but it is to be hoped that it will. It Is fascinating work to raise rare birds and Hniumls and when they are indigenous to the soil t'je work is not so very difficult. 8aw Death Near. "It often made my heart ache," writes L. C. Overstreet of Elgin, Tetin., "to hear my wife cough un til it seemed her weak and sore limns would cull. ipso. Good doctors said she was so far gone with Con sumption that no medicine or earth ly help could save her, but a friend recommended Dr. King's Nev Dis covery aud persistent use of this excellent inelieinn saved her life." It's absolutely gunrhiiteed for Coughs, ('olds. Bronchitis, Asthma laud nil Throat and Lung diseases. :,0o and tl at nil druists. Trial j bottles free. I The J. W. Pepper Pinr.o Music Mairn.ine, published at hth and Lo- cust streets, Philadelphia, is one of ! the newest n.a;;az!ties in its Held. I Nobody can compiain of not getting ' tlic win t Ii of their money, as it pub lishes "1 pieces 10 vocal and It i inst I'lUnciital making 64 pag"s of 1 t no best tim-.io and all of it original 'ana written by the most popular c. hi posers of today. I'iice ti.uU per ' year. FIKE COUNT! COURT9. The regular term adjourned from last week to Dee. S3 waa attended by Hon. Allen Craig, president judge, and Associates Ilouck and Klaer. Constables B. U. Tottou, Westfall, E. II. Butler, Greene, and Louis Ktanton, Dlngman, made returns. Estate Cyrill C. D. Pinchnt. Te flon of Mnri A. Pinchot for parti tion filed and inquest awarded. Estate John F. Pinchot. Petition of Mnri A. Pinchot for partition. Inquest awarded. Bond of George Gregory as sheriff with securities filed and approved. Bund and recognizance of W. B. Kelly, coroner, filed and approved. Estate C. Beehler, deo'd. Petition for appointment of trustee. John It. Gilpiu appointed aud bond filed. Joseph V. Carhuff vs. William Hornbeck. Petition for rule on plaintiff to show cause why he 'shall not give security for costs. Quick vs. Quick. Divorce, C. W. Bull appointed examiner. Estate David D. Newman, dee'd. Petition of Minnie Katharine nnd Louise Newman for guardian. C. V, Bull nppointed and bond of guar dian in 200 each case approved. Bridge nt BusliklU across Little Btishkill confirmed ni si. Morris vs. White. Petition to strike off judgment. Rule on plnin tiff returnable 30 dnys after ser vice. Commonwealth vs. Willinm P. Stewart. Horse stcnling. Nolle prosequi allowed on payment of costs. Accounts estates of Jacob Klein- bans, Ruth 8. Hill, Charles Wolfe confirmed ni si. Widow's appraisement. Estate Ernst F. A. Buchtnann confirmed ni si. Private rond in Dlngman town ship. Ph. C. Kinkol, continued. Delaware Valley railroad. Rule to show cause continued. Rule on supervisors of Lncknwax- en township to show cause contin ued Bridge nt Lancaster's in Greene. Rnle on Geo. J. Soniniers to show cause why deduction, shall not be made. Granted. Road in Shohola, reviewers con tinued. Petition for road in Shohola from near graveyard to Philip Kuhn's. Frank Schorr, Ira B. Bosencrance and Joseph Schmalzle appointed viewers. Estate Lydla M. Arnst. Petition of administrator to sell real estate to pay debts. Estate of Bertha Sobusslor, doe'd. Petition of administrator to soil real estate to pay debts. Petition for bridge in Lnckawax en. Frank Schorr, Edward Bwart wood and Geo. Ainsley nppointed viewers. Sheriff acknowledged deeds to Walter II. Warner for lands in Mil ford borough, consideration G00, and to Betty Cornelius for land in borough, consideration 157. Petithn of A. G. Rowland, ad mir.lstrator of Valentine Stnng, to sell real real estate. Bond in tCOO approved. Estate of Minnie Katharine nnd Louisa Newman for allowance. Accounts ot estates of Geo. F. Schette, Catharine Mulheiaen and John Percival confirmed absolute and accounts in estates of Elsie G. La bar, Gottlieb Mulheiaen and Cath arine Eckhart confirmed. Orders to fill jury wheel and for venire for March term. C. P. Mott appointed auditor to audit accounts of prothonotnry, etc. Fill C. Negley vs. Mary White. Rule to show cause why judgment shall not be stricken off. L. Rowland vs. Paul Scharlock. Order for issue in action of eject ment. Estate Gottlieb MuJheisen. J. H. Van Etten appointed auditor. Estate Catharine Eckhnrd. Geo. R. Bull appointed auditor. James H. Quick vs. Juliette J. J. Quick. Testimony filed and di vorce decreed. $1 to New York and Return Jan. 1 Ou Wednesday, Jnu. 1, New Year's day, the Erie will soil special excursion tickets from Port Jervis to New York and return at the pop ular rate of tl for tho round trip. tickets good going on tho Ornngu .o. l.xprt-as leaving 1 oit Jervis at 8.00 a.m. and good returning on 'any train leaving New York baiiie day except trams Nos. 5 aud 7. Hero is au opportunity to spend New Years in Greater New York at very llttlo cost. Remember the train leaves I'ort Jervis at 8 30 a. in. Jan. 1, ItloS 12-27. BRIEF MENTION. The Masonic fraternity will enjoy a banquet lit the Crissmnn House this evening. The ooinmtGstorter recently let the contract, for laising the Iron bridge nt Struble's mill to Jacob Wacker for tK10. F, P: Sawyer, who lately visited Milford, lost 100 or had his pocket picked while on a train going to Charlcstown, 8. C. Arthur M. Adams of Hunting Towers was elected at the annual meeting of tin Pennsylvania For esiry association held Doc. 9 a mem ber of the council. Henry M. Bross of Mast Hope died recently, aged about 65 years, of consumption. He whs a mehibor duiint, the Civil war cf Co. B, 6th N. Y. Cavalry. Dr. J. T. Rothrock, state commis sioner of forestry, claims that he has found a spot, where consump tives will be cured. It is on the Po cono mountains In Monroe county. The president nnd managers of a company for erecting a bridge over the river 1 win ware neat Milford have declared a semi-annual divi dend of 2 payable after Jan. 15, 1903, by Win. Mitchell, treasurer. Willinm P. Stewart, who was re leased this week from tho county hotel, will lie sent aboard it school ship. Hereafter if his propensities for horses lead him to long for a ride he must of -necessity appropriate a sen horse to Indulge his whim, Tho returns of assessors in the oonnty just filed show there nre 2.357 voters and 1,707 children of schis 1 ago. There were since the last semi-annual returns in May CO births of males and 43 of females. 28 males died and 24 females Tho number of dogs taxable is 1090. John M. Hoffman of Sawkill says that doer are very plentiful in the woods. No one in this seotion prob ably is more conversant with these matters than is he, and there is little fear if the law is enforced that there will be an' scarcity of this game In the county for many years. A new Russian apparatus for re storing hearing consists of a light rubber shell, furnished with a inina ture microphone, which is connected to a sinnll galvanic battery. It Is claimed that the microphone caus('S even the softest speech to react on the auditory nerve of the deaf when the apparatus is placed to the cnr. The Sunday school of the Church of the Good Shepherd held its en tertainment and distribution of gifts Tuesday night in Brown's hall, which was nicely decora tod for the event. Miss Lallnh St. John of Port Jorvis added greatly to ttie en joyahleness of the occasion by her excellent accompaniments with the violin. Our icemen are feeling uncertain as to where they will obtain their supply for the coining year. The dams nearby from which they usu ally cut it are swept away and there is bat one small pond iu this vicin ity. That Jako Schorr has secured and it makes him an important per son. If the river doesu't freeze up ice may be a scarce article here next summer nuless it is hauled a long distance. Amateur Theatricals. The play of Cranford, itti adapta tion, giveii lu Brown's Hull Monday evening by a number of ladies of this town was an excellent porfortn ance. The parts were well conceiv ed and the costumes very appropri ate to the period, 1830, when the scene is laid. In fact the ladies gave entire interest to the play aud it Seems almost a pity that such an amount of labor and talent should be bestowed on a production which smacks of no more virility than the Ladios' Home Journal. The scene is English and simply portrays a parcel of title-worshiping females whose highest aim in life is to num ber on their visiting list a "juke" or a "milady" without much inquiry as to thoir personal attributes and to play deceptions on each other iu tha agony to precede iu that dis tinction. A good American play of the co lonial period would give equal op portunity for a display of dress and acting, and the ladles who partici pated evidenced, by the skill with which they developed such charac ters as Cranfoid embodies, that they could mnko such a play an eminent success. The singing by Mrs. W. II. Armstrong was highly appreciated and culled forth au t)ii corb to which she graciously re-blionded. Why tha Nicaragua Canal ;Bouts Was Chosen. Professor Emory R. Johnson of the University of Pennsylvania, who was appointed by tho lute pres ident as the-commercial exiert upon the Nicaragua canal commission, briefly described in a recent address the reason his commission selected the Nicaragua route and discarded the Darien and Panama routes. Tho canal route through tho Isth mus of Darion, Professor Johnson said, the commission found too cost ly and impracticable, ns tunnels would have to be constructed, nnd none large enough for the largest modern vessel could bo properly ventilated ; and even if it were pos. siblo, the cost of construction would be too great. As between the Panama and Nic aragua routes, the latter was select ed by the commission, the export said, because it entails less work to complete, has fewer engineering difficulties to overcome, oosts con siderably less and enn be oompleted in a much shorter time. On the contrary1, it is longer than the Pan nma route, has more locks, is not so straight, and calls for concessions which the government must obtain from the Costa Rican and Nicara gnan governments. By acquiring the Panama course, the constrno tlon would cost about 145,000,000 less than the Nicaraguan, but tho difference would be made up in ob taining the concessions. The Nica raguan canal would require about four years to complete while the Panama canal would take ten. The former would be shorter by one day for Atlantic and Pacific const com merce, but it would be longer for the South American and Asiatio trnde. Compulsory Vaccination. ' In view of the prevalence of small pox In Philadelphia this winter, the Trustees and Faculty of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania are taking every precaution to prevent this dreadful disease from taking a foothold among those connected with the institution. While no one has yet been stricken with smallpox at Pennsylvania, and while the health of the student body is considerably above the average, no chances are being taken. Every student and every member of the teaching force and all others connect ed with the institution must, by special order of the Trustees, exhibit evidence satisfactory to the dean of each department that he or she has lieen successfully vaccinated within five years, or present evidence that he or she is capable of successful vac dilation. Anyone who has failed to comply with this requirement will be excluded from all departments of the University after Decern lier 21th. The result of this resolution has lieen practically that the only ones who remain unvaocinnted are those who left for the holidays before being able to comply with the wishes of the trustees. 1 lie university hospital has at present over 230 patients, 60 more than Inst year at this time. The same strict regulations are used there, all the nurses and doctors have been vaccinated, and patients are vaccinated when brought In; at the same lime no visitors will be admit ted to the wards until after the dis ease Is stamped out of Philadelphia. Whero Woman Woo the Ken. In describing some of the curious customs prevailing among the Hop! Indians, Curator CuIin,"who visited the Hopis In Arizona last summer for the University of Pennsylvania, said that women are held In higher esteem thun in most Indian tribes, and they, rather than the men, do the wooing. When a Hop! maiden decides which of the eligible young men of the tritiejihe wishes to marry, she goes and sits In his house and grinds corn until he is suilicicntly im pressed by her industry to marry her. After the ceremony, which is an elaborate one, the couple go to live in the wife's house. If he tires of her husband she can obtain a divorce by merely throwing his saddle out of the house. After marriage the house, fields, and all their property except the herds belong to the wife. The Hopis are very indulgent pur- ent.-s. The right of the children to do as they please is never questioned. The trip to the Hopis was part of the Wanainnker Expedition of l'.tol, nitnle In the interest of the Depart ment of Areiueiilogy of the Univer sity of i Vtui-vlvaiiia. Two barrels good roasted Rio coffee j cts. per lb. ; one barrel Maraeuilx) m.d Mocha mixture roast ed 18 cts. per lti, at W & U. Mitch. eliV 13 Wives and Still Lives. A reporter's cinch has this waek appeared in the city papers about a ' man aged 09 years who has indulged in the felicities of conjugal lifo with the unlucky number of 13 wivps The name given is James N. Lsnn or Vann and his residence Goshen and Middlotown, N. Y., as best suited the scribe. Latin claims, so they say, to have been born in Mount Hope, Orango county, April 23, 1893, and has been a root doctor. author and preacher. He practiced first at. Greenville nsing a compound he called "Dr. Latin's Gospel Medi cine," but in 1827, having nearly run all the doctors out of tho coun ty, au angel of the Lord appeared to him as to Saul of Tarsus of old and told him to "git" and he camn to Pike as being off the face of the earth and located at Milford to lead a retired life. Pike would have to bo in it, anyway. Here in 1830 he became entranced with the charms of Marin Weetbrook, married her, but alas ! she soon died, having en joined on him as a last request that he marry her sister. This he could not immediately do but in throe years he married her aunt, Mrs. Kate Westbrook. In three years she diod and although over-vhelmed with grief he soon learned to love a Miss Mary F. Peiton, a relative of his deceased wives, and thev were married and moved to Wash ington, D. C, where she soon died. Undismayed he pursued at vari ous places his habit of marrying nnd burying until the unlucky thir teenth was registered in his family Biblo. She was the belle of Orange county but too much for our vener able friend and hedivoroed her. In cidentally he had lost his fortune, but now lives in comfort and happy in the reflection that he has sot a noble example and proved that marriige is not in all respects a failure. His hanging on to life can only be accounted for on the ground that perhaps he is afraid to go hence as he would be almost sure to meet some of his deceased wives some where. The Burr Bit. The agent for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty'to Animals in New York recently captured a dozen pairs of burrs from the mouths of horses owned by fashionable people. In the circumstances, it seems as If the horse show might well be supple mented by some sort of an exhibition calculated to educate the public in the matter of treating horses decent ly. Perhnps it would lie Interesting to exhibit some of the owners of these horses with the burr bits In their mouths, being driven about by people who understand the business of using the diabolical instruments. The burr In question is a circular leather pad, with the inside covered with little stiff bristles, nails or screws. This thing is put on the bit so that the spikes touch the horse's cheek, and the slightest pressure on the rein or movement of the head causes the burr to prick the skin, aud the horse starts and pmnces with pain and irritation. This is supposed to give a mettlesome and stylish ap pearance in the turnout. Undoubtedly, there Is a superficial resemblance between the natural frisklness of a spirited horse and tl e nervous jumps of one tortured by contrivances of this kind, but it does not take a very keen observer to see the difference. It seems almost too much to lielievc that civilized human lieings can deliberately torment a sensitive and helpless animal in this fashion, but tin burr bit Is proof that they do. Something ought to lie done to these people. A fine is a more bagatelle to them, and im prisonment is not quite puiiifulenough for the punishment they deserve. What really ought to be done is prob ably impossible. They ought to be harnessed to wagons and made to draw loads, with burr bits in their mouths, check reins on their heads, and the lash on their backs. A Woman's Awful Peril. "There is only one chance to save your life and that is through an op eration," were the startling words heard by Mrs. I. B. Hunt of Lime Ridge, Wis., from her doctor after ha hud vainly tried to cure her of a frightful case of stoujactt trouble and yellow jaundice. Gall stones had formed aud she constantly grew worse. Theu she began to use Electric Bitters which wholly cured her. 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