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VOL. V1T.
31ILF0HI). 1MKK COUNTY, PA., Fill I) AY, .HIKE 20, 1902.
NO. 31.
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THE WASHINGTON LETTER.
On Friday t he president sent to
congress a message devoted exclu
sively to the subject of Cubin recip
rocity. There is nothing domineer
ing or dictatorial about Mr. Roose
velt's utterance. It is n straight
forward, forceful nppeal to congress
to carry to a successful issue the great
work begun when the United Slates
declared war against Spain because
of the oppression which she had vis
ited upon Cuba, and which ended
with the establishment of the repub
lic of Cuba. Mr. Roosevelt urges
congress not to curtail the magnani
mous policy of this great and power
ful nation by haulting before the
complete fullllment of the pledges
she has made to Cuba, to the world,
but, more than nil, to herself) not to
permit sordid and selfish reasons to
deter her fiom insuring to the new
born -republic that measure of pros
perity which can result only from
generous reciprocal concessions. lie
expresses the firm conviction that
such concessions will not injure any
industry in this country. He dwells
upon the fact that, by the limitations
which we have placed on Cuba's
foreign policy through the I'latt
amendment, we have obligated our
selves ta grant her special concessions
in return.
Iiefore Mr. Koosevelt sent his mes
sage to congress it was urged upon
him that such a course would be in
expedient, that it would have a
tendency to injure his chances'of a
renomination, that it might even in
jure the chances of republican victory
at the polls but these objections had
no .weight with the president. He
regards the enactment of a law pro
viding for Cuban reciprocity as a
duty and . with him the conviction
that a certain action is Ids duty out
weighs all other considerations. His
manly exposition of his convictions
cannot but command the prospect of
all true Americans. whether they
take issure with his reasoning or not.
In the words of the late respected
"Jerry" Kusk, "lie seen his duty
and he done it.". The responsibility
now rests with congress.
8o far as I have been able to learn
the president's message, while com
manding respect, produced little ef
fect ujKtn the opponent of Cuban
reciprocity. They say that Mr.
Koosevelt's views, are purely senti
mental and that he is mistaken in
his conclusions as to the outcome of a
reciprocal arrangement. Senator
Klkins said, after the message was
read, that he so w no reason to change
his views, that the president had
revealed no new phase of the situa
tion and that in his, Klkins', opinion,
the sugar trust would be the only
beneficiary of Cuban reciprocity.
Senator Hard declined to discuss the
situation beyond saying that he had
not change his opinion. Represent
ative Tawney said, "The president
is mistaken and the only result of his
message, if it has any, will be to
make the opposition more solid than
before." Representative Long said
that the president's message would
result in the prompt passage of the
Cuban bill, but Mr. Long has held
that it would pass from the first.
On Saturday Senator Klkins intro
duced a resolution providing for the
annexation of Cuba as a state.
. The determinatien of the senate to
vote on the Nicuraguan canal bill
on Thursday wiil "clear the decks
for action" on the Spooner bill which
will probably be reported from the
committee on relations with Cuba
today or tomorrow. It is still im
possible to foretell what action the
senate will take on the canal ques
tion although it Is generally believed
that the Spooner resolution will be
passed. The greater part of Friday
whs spent by the senate in secret
session, the nomination of Gcucial
Crozier as chief of ordnance bring
under consideration, Senator l'roc
tor made a vigorous fpecch against
the confirmation of Crozier while
Senator Coektvll upheld it. Senator
linker iiiso rpoke in favor of con
tinuation us. did Senators Warren
itml Harris but no final action was
taken and no statement was made
public.
)n Friday the house of rcprcseiiia
cs pa.-scl tl,c Irrigation bill pre-m-ly
passed by the senate. The
;.c of this bill by a generous
Ljwijiy v ill 'he a -soui ee of the i;i'eat
s,t !.-!.. el ion to Sh-h i lor I ho i -broil - h
I si
d 1 lepu -el, i., lives MoUllell allil
S I, olds V. i.o Lave U 1:1 Led for il
e !..:,;.! i Sy ir.iMii il.o ehti.e ref
ill. IV.Vr I'.e i in i ',. n of tiit-
bill the secretary of the interior is
authorized to begin the gnat work
of irrigating the arid portions of
numerous western states Immediate
ly. On Ycdne-dny the hr,"-e. leg at
ed the Corliss Pacific cable bill and
on Tuesday the 1 dicey bill providing
for n transfer of the care of the forest
reserved from the department of the
interior to the department of agricul
ture, was rejected. Satur..ny was
devoted to pensions and todoy will
be spent on miscellaneous legislation.
On Wednesday the house took up
the Philippine bill reported from the
committee on insular affair and It
is possible that the Lodge bill will be
oll't it d as a substitute. The consid
eration of this bill in the house is not
regarded with apprehension by the
party leaders. Despite the efforts of
the democratic press to mislead the
people and of the democratic politi
cians to distort the facts, current
events !n the Philippins are serving
as a continual demonstration of the
wisdom and justice of the policy of
the administration in the islands.
The insui rection is ended and the
bands of outlaws, who for years have
been following the nefarious calling
of brigands and, more recently, have
been reduced to a minimum. The
more intelligent portion of the Fil
ipinos, under the benevolent guid
ance of thj Philippine commission,
long since turned their attention to
the arts of peace and, with' the ex
tended authority which the Lodge
bill will confer upon the commission,
an era of prosperity will be inaugu
rated such as the heretofore unfor
tunate inhabitantshave never known.
The republican leaders, keenly alive
to the fact that the enactment of the
Lodge hill w ill be promptly followed
by an influx of capital to the Islands,
will neither delay that end nor haggle
over details anil within a few months
American enterprise will have pro
duced a condition of affairs in the
Philippines w hich will put to shame
those democrats who, in their efforts
to deceive the public, have slandered
the army and foretold unprecedented
evil as a result of the humane policy
inaugurated by President McKinley
and carried out to the letter by his
earnest and energetic successor.
Real Estate Transfers.
Matamoras Gus Company, arti
cles of Incorporation.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to Matamoras Gas Company, char-
tor.
C. S. Van Etton to Frank Schorr,
lot on George street, Milford bor
ough, $1275.
W. D. Cole and others to John M,
Hoffman, 50 acres, Dingtnan, f300.
John C. Wallace to Thomas Whit-
takor, 2 lots in Springlalo, Dlng-
man township, 1 50.
Q. F. Rowland, treasurer, to C. XV.
Bull, 10 acres, Lackawaxen, taxes.
Same grantor to same grantee,
400 aores, Charles Cooper, No. 14,
Shohola. taxes.
CI. F. Rowland to Joseph Ander-
egg, 50 acres, Lackawaxon, assessed
to Gustavo Bothke, taxes.
John D. and Charles Houck, ex
ecutors, and others to John D. and
Charles liouck, 175 acres, Greene,
11500.
Making Good R oad.
It is said that P. XV. Helms and
Ira Travis, two Biipurvisors of Ding
man township, deserve especial
credit for the care ami intelligence
manilosted in working the roads iu
their charge. The floods last De
cember had badly washed the turn
pike and it is n difficult highway to
mend but Mr. Helms lias shown
good judgment and, considering the
task iu his hands, has put it :u very
fair condition. Mr. Travis, too, has
been diligent and painstaking and
his work is highly commended.
When a township is so fortunate as
to have giud, capible officials, es
pecially those who have the care of
the roads, it is a mistake) not to re-
lain them in office and give them
ample opportunity to carry their
plans to a sueoo sful coi. elusion.
Unclaimed Letters.
List of unclaimed letters remain-
ling hi the post oliioo at Milford for
i the week ending Juiia 12, l.K'?:
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Reynolds,
Mr. L. Rose;: mot.
I lVrsons claiming the above wiil
; please sny "Advertised" aud give
, il.ne of this li.st.
j Cii.Mci.i s Lattimokk, P. M.
Try Ch in.tiei iain's Stomach and
Liver J'al.letH, the best ph flc. For
'sale by A. W. i'.lch ..V Son. MU
jioi'ins, h!i drug and general stores
in Pike eou'.ty.
PERSONALS
A. D. Hrown was in New York
Wednesday.
flon. F. A. K 'sslcr of Matamoras
beamed on friends here Wednesday.
Kenneth McClurgof Bergen Point,
N. .1., is a guest at fhe Crlssmnn
House,
II. XV. Adams of Hunting Towers
was n visitor in town Wednesday
cv ning.
The Misses Alice and Hila Drake
of New York are guests at the An
chorage this week.
Dr. Huntington of Williamsport,
Pa., visited his mother, Mrs. Gris
wold, here tin- first of this wick.
John Do C. Van F.tten of New
York, with the ('., M. A St. P. It. R.,
is home for a two weeks vacation.
New York papers announce, the
marriage of Dr.. Louis do Plasso and
Mrs. Ella Gladwin, which event oc
curred iu that city Juno J3.
Mrs Frank Yandenburg and Mrs.
Bates of Forest City, daughters of
S. S. Drake, are guests with their
uncle, R. D. Say re, at the bridge.
Richard Nilis has entered the store
of A. Q. Wallace mid George Lalti
niore, whom lie succeeds, has gone to
the drug store of C. O. Armstrong.
Clarence Dewitt, who has been
employed for some months in New
ark painting, is homo for the sum
nicr. Roscoe 'Jourhiy, in the same
business, is also home.
Miss liertha Klienhans tif llloom
ing Grove visited friends in town the
first of the week, accompanying her
brother, Kdgar, here who will re
main for several weeks.
Dr. Alexander Ilatldon, president
of the Forest Lake association, and
wife, who have been on an extended
tour on the Puciflo coast, returned
homo to New York last Saturday.
E. XV. Piorson of Blooming Grove
was in town Tuesday accompanied
by the Misses Norn and Anna Mad
den, the latter of whom is on the
oimmittee on teachers' permanent
cn-tifleates and came to attend and
the former to take the examina
tions. Good Sticker.
The seats in the court room are
excellent human fly paper. The
audience at the commencement ex
ercises last Friday night was "stuck"
on them as probably no crowd ever
was before, and many were obliged
either to remain or peel themselves
loose. Some complained that their
clothing was ruined aud no doubt
many spent considerable time next
morning and used unprintable lan
guage iu their efforts to remove the
traces of paint or varnish which
adorned their garments.
Either the material used in the
job of finishing the seats or the
workmanship is very defective, and
papers, which wore frealy used by
the occupants of the benches to pro
tect themselves, are so firmly glued
that they can hardly be scraped off.
It Is up to the commissioners to
have the work done now so that a
person using the seats can have
.some reasonable assurance that he
or she will not be stuck fast to
them. The county might make
money by selling the seats for fly
paper. They are better than the
a verage.
Priconen Escape.
Charles Grethor, recently convict
ed of murder iu the first degree for
the killing of Adam Strunk last fall,
and Benjamin Aiollo, convicted of
murder in the second degree' for
shooting Iloury Labar, escaped from
the Stroudshurg jail early last Sun
day morning. The theory is that
the night watchman who locked the
prisoners in their cells did not force
the bolt sufficiently in the 8' cket to
ho'd the doors and that Grethor,
getting out of his own cell, released
Aiello, and when once in the corri
dor they had no difficulty in making
their escape.
Save Two from Dealh.
"Our little daughter had nn al
most fatal attack of whooping cough
and bronchitis," writes Mrs. W. K.
llavilaud of Armonk, N. Y., "but
when all other remedies failed v.e
saved her life with Dr. King's New
Discovery. Our niece, who had
cont-uuijit ion in mi advanced binge,
also used this Wonderful medicine
und today she is perfectly well."
Desperate t hroat and lung diseases
yield to Dr. King's New Discovery
;as to no other medicine on earth.
i Infallible for toughs und colds. COo
ami tl bottles irtaniiiteed by ail
driil.'iats, Tliiil bottles free,
A CLASS IN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
(Continued from lust week )
What they had to say concerned
me and nitti". I frn'-id myself be
hind this excuse in defending my
self against tiio self-Bccttsation of
eavesdropping. Mine? I had look
ed her way a hundred times and she
had completely ignored my pres
ence. Had she given signs of stud
ied indifference, I should not have
cared, for where a woman takes the
trouble to dissemble, she has some
thing to hide. What they were
saying concerned mo alone, then.
"I can't understand, Rebecker,
why Rhe don't go just for the trip,"
said Mrs. Miller, emphasizing her
remark by striking her nose with
her finger. "Think of the excur
sion 1"
"That's Just what I was a flgurin'
on, Carolina. Think of the trip !
So I says, says I, 'Maria, its an op
portunity to see the country you'll
alius regret bavin' missed. I'm an
old woman,' I says, 'but if I ever
have a chancet to go west you can
figure on tne takin' it.' "
'They say Willie Bawkis has got
the idee, too," said Mrs. Miller.
"My man told me that Just last I
night Willie was allowin' round the
store that he'd like first rate to git
some gold if it wasn't so fur."
"Now, Caroline, you doesn't sup
pose them folks would be bothered
luggin' along a great big eater like
Willie Bawkis. do you? Him go?
Why he alius allows he's goin' to do
everything anybody else docs, just
so as to be bigitive. Maria, she
tries hard to give the idee nobody is
goin . She said Hat she wasn t, and
that fur as she knowd the Doctor
would stay home, too, nud let John
Roker take the trip alone. 'But,
Maria,' I says, says I, 'think of your
father. Think what a trip it 'ud be
for him. Why, the Centennial ain't
in it with sech opportunities.' She
Just laughed, Caroline, and 'lowed
it was only gossip anyway, for -if
Mr. Roker went- to the Klondike "
"To the Klondike! 'So cousin
Joe was right. When you are Boon
to move up yonder you don't care
only to change your county here."
Now it was easy to see the whole of
Mr. Roker'a scheme, and it was
plain that it was one that might be
readily carried out. The Klondike
meant gold. The Doctor in his old
age was having a few misgivings
about the future of his daughter.
As long as he lived she would have
a home. But after that? Here was
a way to make up for the waste of
the past. One winter in the new
Eldorado, and riches for Maria I
Then think of the adventure. On
Mr. Roker's part there was the well
grounded belief that the girl would
not allow herseir to be separated
from her lather even though she
might have to endure with him the
rigors of the northern climate.
There she would be far away from
the fascinations of "fancy clothes"
and smooth tongued men from
town. He would have her all to
himself.
"What did he then do, Miss
Spade ; what did he then do?"
The Squire was shouting at the
inattentive spinster If he thought
to embarrass her by his glaring
eyes he was mistaken, for she quick
ly gathered up hor paper, ran her
finger down the column and said,
"Ho had fiftoon sons and twenty
servants."
"No, no, no," cried the Squire.
Miss Spade gave no heed. Her
eyes were not turned in his direc
tion, for sho and Mrs. Miller had
put their heads fogother again.
"Mr. fiume, you may tell us what
did he then do?"
I had not the slightest idea, for
my mind had wandeied toward the
Arctic circle. Mrs. Marcy came to
my rescue by whispering through
the oorncr of hor mouth hiddeu
from her preceptor, "Thirteen."
"So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jeru
salem," said I.
"And where did he eat, Mrs.
Marcy?"
"He ate at the King's table."
"And what affliction did he suffer
with, Mrs. Yullor?"
"He was lame in both his feet."
"As I whs aiiyin', Caroline, "Miss
Spade was whispering, "Maria,
when I mentioned the matter this
muruin', said it was too redio'lous.
Didn't Marry far Iriui.ey.
The Bitot on nihil who lately mar
ried a sickly rich young woman is
happy now for he got Dr. King's
New Life Pills which restored her
to perfect heulth. Infallible for
jaundice, biliousness, malaria, fever
ind ague and all liver and stomach
j troubles. Gentle but ellective.
Only 25c at all druifttf.
sho is different from most, remem
ber that. She has been living in
the ceety. Fhiladolphy alius makes
folks bi-r fe'elin'. You mind the
Tnggels, don't you, and how they
took on "
"Now, Miss Spade."
It was the Squire again. I-had
forgotten him fur a timo and he
seemed like an old acquaintance
just returned from along journey.
Miss Spade bad forgotten him, too,
and gave a sudden stnrt and began
to hunt wildly for her lessou paper.
What would John Roker do with a
doctor and a womarl along?' she
asks. 'Well,' said I, -s'pose they
was his wife and father-in-law.'
Then she laughed."
"But, Becky," expostulated Mrs.
Miller, "what in the name o' com
mon sense can be nrhkiii' that girl
give up sech a trip west?"
"That's just what I wants to
know and what I'll find out, Caro
line. Now, most girls 'ud git mar
ried for an exonrsion like that. But
She recovered it, but it did no good,
for the Squire asked, "What does
the lesson teach us?"
The little spinster ventured no
reply. The Squire glanced at me
but was met with a glassy stare.
Mrs. Elislm Marcy in answer to
his inquiring gaze volunteered: "It
teaches us that we should be good
to our friends' relali ins."
The Squire leano I back and eyed
the coiling intently for a few mo
ments. Thou he uhispu.l his h inds
across his front, and wiggled his
thumbs and smiled on us benignly.
"Come, come," ho said, raising
his hands in the sweeping gesture
orators use when they embrace the
whole world. "All of you guess
what the lesson teaches us."
"It teaches us "
"Ohl There's Mr. Marcy. Well
Johnson, what does it tench us?"
"That Mephibosheth did eat at
the King's table and was lame in
both his foot," answered Johnson
in measured tones.
The Squire's thoughts seemed to
fly to the coiling again. The ven
turesome soholar got very red and
let himself further down in his pew,
so that only his head must have
shown to those behind him. His
wife took up the cudgels iu his be
half, for the silence that followed
her husband's guess seemed weight
ed with contempt and pity.'
"Well, Squire, what does the les
son teach us?" bIio asked sharply.
The old timn drew his chin into
his collar and surveyed the adults
over the top of his spectacles.
"Tbe lesson teaches ns many
things, Mrs. Marcy," he said slowly,
wiggling his thumbs in unison with
his words. "It teaches us many
things, indeed. In the hull Scrip
tnr' I know no passage more fraught
with beauty and 'instruction than
this here same be-yntiful story of
Mephfboshoth." Here the teacher
paused and drew forth his watch
aid wound it. After he had care
fully replaced it in his pocket he re
sumed wiggling his thumbs and
talking. "The idee occurred to me,
though, as I was walkin' down here
this very morning,' that it was un
fortunate that the Board had not
thought to put before us in easy
shape the real lessons tot be the
passage we have been stedyin'."
The watch came out again aud was
wound backwards for a time amid a
deop hush on tho part of all the
adults. Then the teacher went ou :
"Perhap9 the Board, however,
keepin' in mind the fact that the
vast majority of our scholars is
minors, decided that it was best to
leave soniethin' undone that they
might figure it out tor themselves
and thereby grow in grace aud spor
ntuality. The "Board "
The sharp ring of a bell stopped
the discourse.
"The five hundred and fifteenth
hymn," shouted Elisha Marcy.
" -See the mighty host advancin',
Satan leadin' on ' the five hundred
and fifteenth hymn. All sing."
"The Board bavin' failed to put
this before us plain," resumed the
Squire iu a loud, hoarse whisper,
"s'pose we all stody over tho matter
carefully in our minds duriu' the
week and come prepared Dext Sab
bath to tell just what the be-yutiful
story of Mephibosheth teaches ua."
He wheeled about and sat down.
A Terrible Explosion.
"Of a gasoline stove burred a
lady here frightfully," writes N. E.
Palmer of Kirkmun, la. "Tho best
doctors could not heal the running
uoro that followed, but. Huck'.oii's
Arnica Salve entirely cured her."
Infallible for cuts, corns, sores,
boils, bruises, skin diseases and
piles. X'oq at all dru'iots.
BRIEF MENTION.
Cherries will be scarce in this vi
cinity. Saturday will be tho longest day
of the year.
The bridge at Strublo's mill is
now open for travel.
You may catch bass now if you
efln coax them to bite.
Hon. C. F Wright of Susquehan
na was nominatod for congress iu
the 4th district Tuesday. All tho
counties but Wayne voted for him
on the first ballot.
Hon. John D. Houck of Greene
visited Milford a day recently. It
is current rumor, and not denied,
that he will bo a candidate for the
legislature this fall.
Thos. B. Gould of Washington, D.
C, who is oo-inented with tbe U. S.
department of fisheries, mado a tour
along the river this week to ascer
tain tho number of shad token at
the different fisheries this season
for statistical purposes.
At the adjourned term of court
held June 16 a number of treasurer's
deeds for lands sold by him were
acknowledged. The court on mo
tion of J. II. Van Etton, plaintiff's
attorney, dismissed the rule to show
cause why the Delaware Valley
railroad company should not be al
lowed to file bonds to condemn
lands in Delaware. The Milford
and Dingiuan railroad company was
the opposing corporation.
A couple of Port Jervis toughs
indulged in a fight last Tuesday
night in which one, Roilly, was
badly cat in the groin by a knife in
the hands of Gouley. The row oc
curred at the corner of Piko and
King streets and was tbe result of a
trivial dispute. Reilly is in the
hospital and Gouley in Goshen jail
awaiting the outcome of the wound.
Saturday our town was visited by a
party of tne same ilk and two of the
men finally landed in the lockup.
Payment of a fine and oosts gained
them liliertv.
Commencement Exercise.
The exercises last Friday evening
at the court house by the pupils of
the Milford schools desorve the
highest oomuiendation and it would
be invidious where each part was
so well taken to make especial men
tion. The program was long and
many of the pupils were embraced
in the selections, whioh gave oppor
tunity for the display of their tatH
ents and it is pleasant to say that
none were disappointing. All en
tered with hearty zest in the pirit
of the pieces and all acquitted them
selves with great credit. The
Schocopee school was especially
happy in the dialogues aud even its
warmest friends were agreeably
surprised. Its teacher, Miss Flor
ence Rochotte, has reason to feel
proud of her work and those under
her charge displayed an aptitude
which speaks well for their applica
tion. The graduating class individually
deserve words of praise. Percy W.
Hart, valedictorian, entered into the
spirit of his oration and delivered it
with force and good elocutionary ef
fect. The salutatory by Miss Alicia
J. Emerson was a well rendered
and happy effort. The history by
Miss Helen O. Palmer did that
young lady much credit and the
poem by J. E. Wolf contained sparks
of genuine fervor. Louis Gregory,
presonter, distinguished himself
by animation and clearness and
proved that he has theeleraeuts of a
forceful speaker.
Excellent piano music by Misses
Maude Klein, Bessie Armstrong and
Myrtle Ryder enlivened theoccasion
and those young ladies showed
themselves skillful in technique and
happy in expression.
Seven Years in Bed.
"Will wonders ever cease?" in
quire the friends of Mrs. L. Pease of
Lawrence, Kan. They knew she
had been unable to leave her bod in
seven years on accourt of kiduey
and liver trouble, nervous prostra
tion and general debility ; but
"Three bottles of Electric Bitters
enabled me to walk," "she writt-s,
"and iu three months I felt like a
new person." Women suffering
from headache, backache, nervous
ness, sleeplessness, melancholy,
fainting and dizzy spells will find it
a priceless blessing. Try it. Satis
faction is guarautetd by all drug
gists. Only 50c.
Dress making in all branches.
Will go to tho house or do the work
at home. Address Mahy Lt'oww,
bruud street, Milford, Pn.
THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS.
Brother XV. of Sandyston, please
dont throw, any stones at us over
here. The trick of stealing a horso
and burning the barn was invented
In Jersey. Remember a case about
twenty years ago?
Washington Pndget has been
spending a few days at Mill Rift
visiting his parents. Wash is a
mcmlier of the 23d U. S. Infantry at
present stationed at Fort McPherson,
Georgia.
The finest strawberries I have seen
this season were raised by Joseph
Shinier of Montague.
The Rgony Is over. There is a
county superintendent of schools.
Some joker remarked In our hear
ing that a new lockup will be built .
against the borough building to keep
the latter from leaning.
The sticky scats are nice to sit iu
on a warm evening especially if the
sitter wears light colored clothing.
Not every unfortunate (?) individ
ual who gets full has a sister who
conies, pleads for him and pays his
fine.
The small boy is happy. School la
closed and the ever glorious Fourth
with Its fire crackers will soon be
here.
The upper glen has been cleared of
brush, etc., and presents a neat ap
pearance. The farmers' hotel has been re
painted by Frank Van Campen and
Fritz Pollion.
Jake Wacker secured the contract
to rebuild the Mott street bridge
abutment. The price Is tS5.
The Rev. E. M. Smead announced
last Sunday evening that hereafter
during the hot spell he will preach
sermons "short and to the point."
That Is right as it Is no pleasure to
sit in any building for more then one
hour at a time when the mercury
marks 90.
Tuesdays cool breeze came very
acceptable, the preceeding showers
having lard the dust and put new
life Into growing vegetation.
Chas. Zimmerman and family of
New York are again domiciled In
the Dr. de Plasse cottage for the
summer.
Our liverymen are prepared to
cater to the summer trade judging by
the number of new wagons they
have added to their stock.
The Sunday School Claa.
The Squire's method of teaching,
which is concluded this week, rath
er broadly bnt quite truthfully il
lustrates the manner in whioh maoh
of the teaching ia done in Sunday
schools now with the aid of the les
son helps and other papers gener
ously issued, at a profit, by the re
spective religious publishing houses.
The question is, Are pupils gaining
much either of Biblical historical
knowledge or of the great moral
lessons supposed to be inculcated by
the study of Bible characters? In all
these matters, as well aa in the
methods pursued in these days in
our publio schools to a great extent,
is there not an effort to macadamize
a royal road to learning along which
youth may walk pleasantly and
with utmost ease? Helps are prop
er and necessary to aid tbe faltering
footsteps of the yonng and to point
out how knowledge may be most
rapidly and thoroughly acquired,
but after all were not the good old
times when pupils were required to
do more searching ot the Scriptures
to properly learn the lessou more
conducive to their knowledge than
the present methods of putting it all
before them so that without mental
effort they can answer the questions
propounded? How many Sunday
school scholars today can repeat a
whole ohapter of the New Testa
ment? How many have memorized
one of the grand old hymns their
fathers and mothers used to sing?
Complaint is made that grammar
has been supplanted by language
lessons and as a result children are
becoming nngrammaticul in speech,
and in the same way it may be said
Sunday school lesaoi; helps and in
fact some of the lessons given in the
series have about as much point
and teach as much moral truth as
tbe one elucidated by the Squire and
his class.
My little sou had an attack of
whooping cough and was threaten
ed with pneumonia ; but for Cham
burial n 'a Cough Remedy we Would
nave had a serious time of it. It
also saved him from several severe
attacks of croup. 11. J. htnekfuden,
editor World-iierald, Fair Haven,
Wash. For sale by A. XV. Baleh
& Son, Matamoras, ail drug and
general stores iu Pike county,'