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MILFOKD, PIKE COUNTY. FA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, I0O1.
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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
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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
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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.
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