NO. 2. VOL VIII. MILFOliD. PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMIIKII-H, 1002. THE WASHINGTON LETTER. Satisfaction mil exultation have characterized the sentiment in ad ministration circles In Washington during tho past week n ml whim on Saturday Representatives Bibcock and Overstreet called at the White House they met with a reception from the president which enthused every onlooker. Mr. Roosevelt congratulated them in the warmest terms on the aide manner in which they had conducted the campaign nnd it is rumored that Mr. Over Btreet whispered to the president that the speakership of the house would be an appropriate reward for his colleague's able management of five successive cnmpaigns. At least Mr. Overstreet expressed that opin ion later to the newspaper men in the ante-chamber. PERSONALS 1L ill t T ...... iTh frUl- I llWIt III Will lJ l'JTH. MIIB Will- neetion, a prominent republican said i today that there was "a beary Pnter Umiolt)h piokello, the headed jrent'enian 1n the senate" I aothori , voting his family here, from that state who would not nr w j (. w Rii!- " nymn object to taking second place on the j ,n fcket niut tn fact who thought lif! , 1UI K. ought, to be seriously considered. The time was when Senator Allison would not have considered the vice presidential nomination but the ef fective service which Vice President Hobart, rendered to President Me Kitiley and the succession of Mr. Roosevelt seems to have enhanced the popular estimate of that position. The din of the election battle had not died away when the skirmish guns of ft new contest were heard in Washington. This contest has for its end the speakership of tno Fifty eighth Congress. Representative Dulzell of Pennsylvania has come to . Washington and announced his' can didacy. He is known as a high protectionist and, in view of the alleged Iowa defection, and the tariff revision srntiment in certain sections of the west he believes that, the "stand pat" men will find it to their interests to combine on a uinu who is known to be sound on the tariff question. It is frankly stated around the White House tl at there will be no tariff revisiou in the im mediate future and that even the president's recommendation of a bi-partisin tariff commission, pre viously outlined in these letters, will not meau tariff revision, but merely a board competent to listen to complaints and advise congress should revision become necessary. There will be many important changes in the house of representa tives. If Mr. Cannon secures the speakership the most Important chairmanship in the chamber will be on n and the gentleman who ser iously op)Kso his candidacy will un doubtedly be -out of the running. If Senator Piatt endorses Mr. Lal 711, Mr. Payne will probab'.jt remain at the head of the ways and means committee but the appropriations chairmanship may fall to Mr. Sher man as a reward for his withdraw al. Hemenway of Indiana, how ever, stands' next In the order of precedence. The committee on judiciary will have a vacancy, Judge Ray having retired, and that of nerchajit marine and fisheries will have two vacancies, made especial ly important by the prospect of the passage of the ship subsidy bill which it will report. All this makes for the greater gaiety of the ap proaching session and the log-rolling will be fast and furious probably throughout the terra, ' Representative Dalzoll, in an noucing himself a candidate for the speakership, speaks like a mail who has heard a voice. He tells bis friends that he will have the sup jwtrt of the entire republican dele gation from his state including Sen ator Quay, and this is taken to mean that Senator Piatt is agreeable and that he suggested in his somewhat emphatic way to Representatives Payne and Sherman of New York, both of whom are candidates, that they withdraw from the fight. The news of eastern contestants does not seem to dismay Mr. Can non of Illinois who telegraphs to Washington that he has established his headquarters in Chicago and means to make the fight of his life for the position Mr. Cannon has done good work in the thankitss position of chairman of the appro priations committees and feels that it is time he came to his reward, but he has also made many enemies, prominent among them, Represent a five Hepburn of Iowa, who it is believed would favor the Babcock ticket. It is true that MeBsrs. Can non and Hepburn always meet at the speaker's dosk and embrace at the close of each session, burying their differences until another ses (don, but there is no reason to be lieve that Mr. Hepburn would re joico tg see his enemy In the 8iak er's chair. Mr. Littlefiold of Maine is also doing a lit lo vigorous e! tioneering. Sooretary Moodv, who returned from his campaign trip recently, told a party of newspaper men that the day of the spellbinder had passed. Ho said pnblio opinion was now moulded by the pres9 and particu larly the weekly newspapers. "Peo ple like to give plenty of time to the consideration of public questions," he continued "and they find them 'nlly set forth in the press." The Vots in the DUtrlot Below is given the vote for con gressmau and senator in this district which though not official is sub stantially correct : VOTE FOR CCSURESS Sbult d Nenbltt r Northampton 8.698 7,540 Carbon 3,013 2,909 Monroe 3,220 665 Pike 835 j 40' Total J5.704- 11,001 Shull's plurality 4,163. VOTE FOR SENATOR Mulhearn d 7,eru r Carbon 2,479 4,169 Monroe 2,142 1,660 Pike .. 821 412 Total.'.,... 5,422 Zern's majority 799. 6,241 Another important office is dis cussed. Since President Roosevelt is the predestined candidate for the presidency, it is said that the vice president must come from the west. There are rumors that Secretary !Shaw has aspirants in that direc tion. On he tother hand, it is said that the Cummius faction in Iowa politics would opp .se bis nomina tion. Apropos fl this statement there is a report from Iowa to the tffeit that Speaker Henderson will try conclusions with Governor Cum mins next spring, General Header wm, hays thin report, believes that the gubernatorial nomination would be an emphatic continuation of his cla;m that be represents the best element of Iowa rcpuliicaiiiMii und would eliminate th Cummins fac t h u f f in the equation. It would, therefore, pave tho way for Mr. h'.aw's nomination and the latter Mo.tid l.'i t ' le i to ieii.Ic-r mater ial a.-si-tanee to the Speaker's eaii- ,.if'.:o, Mr. r'haw yesterday denied i-.i.y k now U'iU'o i.f (ion. Hendcisou's H;li!ii!;oU. Excursion Sunday, Nov-. Ifl.h Sunday next the Erie will run one of their popular one dollar excursions to New York City, leaving Port Jervis, with siec!l train at 7 a. in., arriving New York 23rd street at 10 a. in. in ample season to attend the beautiful and impressive services held in ail principal churches in Greater New York and visit with friends in afternoon as the special train returning leaves West 23rd street New York at 7.25 p. rn., Chambers Street at 7.45 p. in. and Jersey City at 8. p. m. Remember the low rate only one dollar for the round trip, and that the special tr.'in leaves Port Jervis, at 7.a. in. Sunday, Nov. 16th, VMvl Frank W. Cross was a visitor at New Haven last Saturday and aw the foot ball game. Mrs. Maggie Cornelius, who has been somewhat indisposed, is now entirely recovered. Mr. Jns. Woightman and wife of Brooklyn are visiting their daugh ter, Mrs. Jas. P. Van Etten. James S. Drake of Hartford, Ct., ox-postmaster of Milford, was in town for a brief visit this week. LouIr Lambert and Lizzie Fallstick both of this place wore married in Port Jervis Saturday, Nov. 8th. County Surveyor Frank Schorr and brother, Jacob, are ont in ths wilds of Blooming Grove running lines. A. D. Brown and family expect soon to occupy the house on Broad street until their new house is completed. Miss Huldah Bull recently visit ed In Port Jervis and attended the entertainment of the Deerpark social club. Mrs. C. O. Armstrong and son, Maxwell, who have been spending several days in the oity visiting Mrs. S. A. Salmon, returned home this week. Mrs. L. W. Armstrong and daugh- ters, Carrie and Mabel, closed thoir residence on High street yesterday and returned to New York for the winter. Dr. Otto von der Heyde removed his family to Clarion, Pa., this week at which plaoe he will open au office for the practice of his profession. F. X. Jardon expects to go to Annapolis, Md., soon where he will haVe charge of the grill room at Carvel Hall. He will be aooom panied by his son, Bert. Rev. Pelbam St. George Bissell, priest-in-oharge of the Church of the Good Shepherd for some months, this week removed to Long Island where ha will have a charge under the bishop. The Misses Bigelow, who have occupied a cottage on High street during the past summer, have re turned to New York. It is hoped that they have found Milford so pleasant they will return next year. Harry Dewitt, who has lor some time been a faithful employee with the Press, has gone to New York to learn type setting .on a linotype machine. lie is an industrious and careful young man and no doubt will succeed. Rev. E. M. Smoad had the gixxi fortune last week to kill a large four prong buck. In company with sev eral others he hunte(l in the vicinity of Rocky Hill and It fell to bis lot to be In the way of the game. TWO SECRETS Unclaimed Letter. List of unclaimed letters remain. lug in the post office at Milford for the week ending Nov. 15, 1902: Mrs. Emma Ryan, Miss Anna Ruuison, Elsie Vwilkor, Stcpuun West, Frank Bicehiere, John Mul- ford, Adolf Raeruba,. Persons claiming the above will please say "Advertised and give date of this lht. Chaki.ks Lattimohk, P. M. un lit t!mt : j. ) t.. tl I u.v t a vi.' luck in Thirteen By sending 13 miles Wm. Ppirey of Walloo Furnace, Vt., got a box of Iiucklon's Arnica Salve tha wholly cured a horrible fever bore on his H. Nothing else could Positively cures bruises, ulcers, f: ous. eruntions. Lulls, burns, r.oriiH and piles. Only 2.'o. Guarautetd by all druggists. A Fins Celebration Fifteen members of Milford Lodge, No. 344, F. & A. M. respond ed to the invitation extended by Hawley Lodge, No. 305, tocelobrate the sesqui-contennial anniversary of the initiation of George. Washing ton which occurred Nov, 4, 1752. A largo delegation cams down from llonesdaio in a special train and there were probably over two hundred members of different lodges present. The oration of the eve ing was Ueliverea rjy lion. i. w Fleitz, deputy attorney general, and it was a scholarly, masterly and eloquent address. The speaker loft nothing unsaid and it could not have been better said. Short addresses were made by a number of brethean and the teveral toasts were respond ed to in a most lelicitous manner The large room was tastefully decorated with pictures of Washing ton draped with the flag. The banquet was suporb, the viauds excellent and the service without fault. Hawley lodge de served and received the Liu'liest encomiums for the splendid way in which she cared for her guusts and all came away with a memory o the good time which will remain fresh for years. Oulinil fiaii llll.S. I libsU'i at l: luiiil ' vl prints tti d mus at Lo per yard Startling, But True "It everyone Jtuew what a grand medicine Dr. King's New Lifa Pill, is," writes D. H. Turner, Doiupsoy town, Pa., "you'd soil all you havo in a day. Two weeks' use l.as maJ a new man of me." Infallible fo Ctd'tdipnstou, stomach and liver tlvubli s, 250 8t ftU di'liyOnta. Diet-losing Where the Children's and Wife's Clothing Wore Alo a Different Piet'irs One morning last winter while waiting at a city railway station for an incoming train, my attention was attracted by a poorly clad man and woman who made their appearance upon the platform, each oarrying a baby. As the couple approached the waiting room door, the child in the man's arms slippod toward the floor inadvertently drawing its dress above its waist and exposing its naked body to a winter wiud that caused warmly clad men to button their coats more tightly around their necks. The baby shivered as the wind whistled across the platform, and instinctively clutched at its father's neck as if by holding tightly it might escape the cold. The appearanoe of the couple in the waiting room created as much notice as had been given them outside. Tha woman wore no cloak, oollar nor gloves, and carried in her arms a roll of shawl supposed to contain an Infant. The man was as poorly clad as was his wife and carried the chjld which more than any of the others stirred the pity of everyone in the waiting room. Its dress was of the thinnest rod calico ; its bonnet was soiled and full of holes ; stockings oovered its legs, but it wore no shoes, neither wore its shoulders protected by any kind of a wrap, nor its hands with mittens. Rims of water stood around the child's blue eyes tears foroed there by the harsh wind. It held its hands stiff ly, the blue baby fists clenohed as if to shut out the cold. From over their papers men gazed at the child, then at the father and mother and back to the child as if trying to reason out & problem. Mothers with children warmly dressed looked with pity at the tiny unfortunate, and hugged their own babies closer to their hearts, and it is probable that if a collection had been taken right then a sufficient amount would have been obtained to have purchased the ohild an out fit of comfortable olothing. But the collection was not taken, and after the first few sympathetic glances, the waiting psseugors turned their attention to their own affairs. From the conditions one naturally soeks causes, and as I looked upon the ohild I thought of the various causes of poverty, and forgetting the greatest of all poverty produc ing agencies, I came to the contusion that In this case the father himself must have been ill. Some secret lay hidden behind this exhibition of dire want ; I oould think of none more plausible. But I was not to remain long in the dark regarding this secret. Passing in front of me on his way to the ticket office the man's coat fell back, disclosing in his hip pocket the secret itself in the form of a battle a common glass bottle ball filled with amber liquid. The secret was out. Here in this bottle was the baby's cloak ; its shoes, its bonnet, Its undercloth ing. Perhaps its food, its bed, even its home had likewise disappeared in the bottle, and as I looked from the bottle to the child the words personal liberty" sounded mock ingly in my ears and 1 said, "This, then, is an exhibition of a man 8 personal liberty." The dlsoovery of the secret some way seemed to change tne ennu trom one unfortunate individual to type of childhood unprotected, outraged, defrauded childhood, left by the government that should do fend its little ones, to live or die as beat they may. And the bottle the deadly bottle seemed to repre sent this traffic that oocsumea each vear a billion dollars taken from the helpless babies and innocent women the bottle that is itself the prime secret of. the provety and waut that disgiacesonejof the richeut nutions under the Canopy of heaven. Into a nation's great bottle are being da.ly puured manhood and womanhood, comfort, honor, hearts, lives, souls and eternal destinies. The strength of the moral govern ment itself is disappearing in the bottle inasmuch as it makes the bottle, legal, and so long ss a nutiou carries the secret of its own shame in its own pocket of legalized pro tectum, bo long will fathers pour into the bottle all the comforts cf l.fo, and drink to themselves the I long dure draughts of evvrhutiug dvetructi'iu. But a secret of brighter Bitrtiifl oance ootnea to my mind. Into a poverty stricken and dilapidated place a family once moved their poverty ' stricken and dilapidated iMilonginga, which oonsUtml of A few articles bf household furniture and an old horse "and wagon. Even the common necessaries seemed to be lacking in this home. When a piece of coal was needed, one of the child ren ran to the shed and carriod coal into the house by hand. The cover of a tin pail was used to take up ashes, the pail itself did service ns a disbpan. The children could not at tend school because they had ho suitable clothing, and the bill of fare was limited toooarae and scanty food. AU this time the father went regularly to his work each morning, driving away in his rickety wagon, and returned the same way at night. The impression obtained by be coming acquainted with the way in which this family lived led one to suppose that the father was one of those unfortunate mortals who find it necessary to toil at starva tion wages In order to put tho plain est of food into the mouths of a family of childon and their condi tion naturally excited pity. But one night when the rickety wagon arove into the back yard some paroe'.s were taken out and unwrapped, and the children gath ered around in admirini' astonish ment to gazi upon a now disbpan. Not many days later the wagon came home with mora packages, which proved to be a shinning now coal scuttle decorated with gilt, and a shovel, both of which were used by the proud children that very same night. But this was only the beginning. There came a day when a great unpacking took place from the old wagon aDd the children ran buck and forth from the old wason to the house oarrying dishes, for a dream of long months bad been ful filled and a new dinner set was theirs. But the good times did not stop even here. - Suits for tho boys, dresses for the girls, sohool books and provisions were brought home from time to time until a. trans. formation had taken place in the people of the miserable cottage, and the neighbors said, "What is the cause of this sudden turn of fortune? Is he not working at the same place? What's the secret of this good luck?" But seorets will be revealed, and when one Saturday night the old wagon itself came home newly painted and shining like a looking glass, the children in sheer joy criod by way of explanation, "Our papa hasn't drank a drop in three months, and he never will again," Then the neighbors knew the secret of the good luck. They knew that the ooal scuttles and dishpans and olothiug and dresses and pro. visions that were being brought home had before gone into the bottle They knew that the change in the fortune of their neighbors took plaoe the day the father removed from his hip pocket the deadly bottle And the change that took place in this home is but the type of what will take place in a hundred thous and homes so soon as the govern ment takes from its bip pocket of protection the secret cause of more proverty and cuffering than war, famine and pestilence combined. BRIEF MENTION. Judge Horace Heydt defeated JikIh Allen Craig in Carbon county by 383 majority. A fine three year old cow belong, ing to Arthur Adams was killed Tuesday by being kicked in the head by a horse. It has sounded this week as if New Jersey was celebrating pr was being bombarded. The report of shot, guns has been so incessant. V, (!. Plume congratulates himself on being a successful Nimrod and a good shot and he too can lawfully kill but one more dctr this season. The weather bureau frightened people by predictions of cold waves which do not materialize seems, to be in cahoot with tho coal trust. The ladies gave their Riinnal sup per last night in the Presbyterian church winch as usual was well nt- t THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS Will that day ever come? To doubt it is to doubt that God still lives. Mrs. Bernnie Babcoclc, Little Rock, Arkansas. Congresaiocal Majorities Asa matter of gome interest we ap pend the majorities given in this con gress district for the past ten years : Mutchlerover Walton.. 1892, 6,214 Mutchlor over Roedor. . . 1893, 4,480 Hart over Kirkpatrick. . 1891, 197 Kirkpatrick ovet Barber. 1896, 329 Barber over Kirkpatrick. 1898, 2,891 Mutchlor over Stewart. . 19"0, 1,695 Shullover Nesbitt 1902, 4,148 From the above it appears the democrats are forging up to their old time majorities. Is it because they are managing their campaigns better? ended and in every way satisfactory. During a scufflj on the depot platform at Stroudsburg Tuesday Walter Custard of Marshall's Creek was stabbed, but not fatally, by Harry -Whims. Wyckoff's store at Stroudsburg is an excellent place to buy goods. It will be of advhntnge to watoh the ad which gives some idea of the stock of goods. The fight between the beet sugar men and the sugar Trust is likely to make that sweet very cheap. Grau ulated is now 4 a pound in the city and it will likely be lower. A fire iu a tower of the new East river bridge at New York Monday night injured the cables and other wise damaged the structure so that the completion will be delayed sev eral months. Ixiwis Gregory Is now in the Pkess office learning to stick typo. lie is a graduate of the Milford high school and has selected a busi ness which affords wide opjKirtunities to a young pian of industry and am bition. An old, dilapidated and unoccu pied houe just back of the jail on High street, owned by Mrs. Olivia Walters of Middletown, Ct., burned last Friday night. The fire was probably oaused by matches and a two legged mouse. George Sawyer was appointed by the court Judge to assist in oom put in g the returns for congressional election at Enston Nov 26 and W. F. Choi was appointed for the senatorial election to meet at Stroudsburg. The New York Tribune Farmer last week published a number of outs illustrating views at the Penn syvania agricultural station. They were accompanied by an excellent article showing how young men may obtain a scientific) and practical education in farming there.. A bottle filled with good old rye but labelled sulphuric aoid caused a few prominent democratic politio iana here not long ago to turn pale, hold their waistbands, roll their eyes and shake in their boots. Tbey punished the stuff for the scare as soon as they were satisfied it was improperly named. Emil Kemnitz, residing on what is known as the Schimmel place in West fall about half a mile from the main road opposite Aldrich's lane will have a large sale of stock, farming utensils and household goods Saturday, Nov. 29th, begin nine at 10 a. m. He will remove to a farm in Dingman township. In the trial of Molineaux at New York Ex-Governor Black for the defense tried to show that Harry B Cornish killed Mrs. Adams Dec. 10 1898, and that the motive was that she interfered with and opposed bis designs on her daughter, Mrs, Rogers. Molineaux was acquitted by the jury Tuesday in less than 12 minutes after it retired. The supremo court of New Jersey has filed an opinion sustaining the Roe park and fish bill. This act allows the county to purchase all ponds above a certain size and make VonlHon is more plentiful at pres ent than good native beef. We hope Harry Dewitt will be successful In his new venture. Warren Choi went to Strouds burg last Monday. Madam Tlssot went to New York Monday on business matters. The Middletown hunters had lots of siiort here last week. Too bad they could not carry the game home with them. Our fire department was called out about midnight last Ftiday. The old Gehrig house is no more. Tha removal of the old Newman house on Harford street is a great improvement. The Water street wedding party got a noisy reception last Saturday night. What is the matter with onr Are bell? About one half of onr residents fail to hear it if rung at night. This town has a bull dog that has an appetite for eate. So far he has devoured two belonging to one lady. Some day that pup will meet his match. Frank Seitz spent the fore part of this week in New York. Rev. E. M. Smoad has been busy dividing his share of the deer he killed a week ago. Mr. Smead is sorry the portions are not larger. The old saying "Practice makes perfect" does not always hold good. Tha tnasioale at the M. E. ohurch Tuesday evening was only fairly well attended. It came very near being stormy again. Election Aftermath The politicians have had a shak- ing up. There have been changes, but nothing serious. We still con trol the senate by a large majority and the house by a good working majority. Had the margin been narrower, It would perhaps have been better, as there would have been less tendency to carelessness in legislation less danger of factions. The results of the election of state officials is significant. In New York, where Tammany polled more than its old time majority for the democratic ticket, Hill has demon strated that, pruned of Bryanism, the old Democratic donkey Is still quite vigorous. It looks as though Hill would have been stronger had he not blundered with his coal plank, or rather had not President Roosevelt knocked the props from under the socialistic movement by the set tlement of tho coal strike. As it is, though his candidate for governor of -New York was defeated, it can only be considered a great victory for Hill personally. ' But his mistake was fatal. In his anxiety to gain a tem porary advantage by resort to demo gogic measures, he sacrificed a great national opportunity. He may pos sibly by the exercise of political sa gacity secure the democratic nomin ation for the presidency in 1901, but he has rendered his election as im possible as that of Bryan. Tom Johnson, with his circus cam paign, demonstratea sucn absolute unfitness for national leadership that his nomination, except in a spasm of Idiocy on tha part of the democratic party, would be impossible. Bryan, "sad relic of departed worth," Is no more. His own state continues to roll up republican ma jorities. Without an issue or a leader, the democratic party is an object of com miseration; their only hope a return to the rotund shepherd at Princeton. On the other hand, the result has insured Roosevelt's nomination by his own party, and will check the tendency of certain politicians to fight him because he is not subject to their dictates. The President's pop ularity was appealed to, and with ef fect, to save many shaky districts. A Startling Surprise Very few could beliove in looking at A. T. Iloadloy, a healthy, robust blacksmith of Tilden, Ind., that for ten years he suffered suchtorturos from rheumatism as few could en dure and live. But a wonnerful chance followed his taking Kleetrie liittrs. "Two bottles wholly cured me," he writes, "and I have not felt a twinge iu over a year." They regulate the kidneys, purify the blood and cure rheumatism, tiemal Kia, nervousness, improve digestion and give perfect health. Try them. Only Wo at all drugjMat!!. them forever free to the publio The suit was brought by Andrew Albright, owner or Swartswood pond. "Some years ago while in Martin burg, W. Va., I was taken with cholera morbus, which was followed by diurrhoea. The doctor's medicin did me no eood. I was advised to get a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which I did, and it cured me sound and well." G. A. Morris, Embree villo, Pa. Sold by A. W. Balch and Km, Matainoras, all drug and gen era! fctores iu Pike county, Asleep Amis' Flames Breaking into a blazing home, some nretnen lately araggeu tne sleeping inmates from death. Fan cied security, and death near. It's that way when you neglect coughs and colds. lon't do it. Dr. King' New Discovery for Consumption, gives perfect protection against ail throat, chest and lung troubles. Keep it near and avoid suffering, death and doctor's bills. A tea spoonful stops a late cough, persist ent use. tbe moat stubborn. Harm less and nice tasting, it's guaranteed to Batisfy by all druggiuts. Price 50c and tl. Trial bottles free. Subscribe for the PitEbB,
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers