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VOL VIII.
MILFOM), PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1902.
NO. 3.
THE WASHINGTON LETTER.
"Wo hoar tlie president shoots
well but that the boars nre having
lncky escapes," said 4 member of
t tin president's clerical stall when
nsked if lie had received Buy private
ndviccs ns to Mr. Roosevelt's success
in the south. Referring to tlio re
port Hint young Theodore Roose
velt was dangerously ill, and that
his illness would interf.'ra with the
president's outing, Secretary Barnes
told yon correspondent that there
was no ground for the report.
"Theodore, Jr., bus boon using his
pyps very hard of latp," he said,
"nnd the doctors rtistr4 him to give
tlinm a week's rest. He is coming
to Wnshington to spend Hint week
with his mother. Thnt is nil there
, is to the sensational story."
Mnny of the senators and rppre
scntitivps who nro coining to Wash
ington express their amazement
thnt the president can be away from
the White House nt this time and
some are clearly disappointed. They
have nnnijious "fish to fry" and
the nbsenee of Mr. Roosevelt is quite
disconcerting. The energy and ex
pedition with which tho president
dispatched tho miijor portion of his
message is unprecedented but on
the other hand lie has worked early
and late and has enrned the brief
respite he 19 now enjoying. To
those persons rntitled to know, his
secretaries explain certain portions
of his message nnd mnke notes of
their recommendations, us the pres
ident can read thorn, in a much
shorter time Mian would be required
to listen to the verbal expression of
their views.
With a majority of 6,900 behind
him, Representative Hepburn has
returned to Washington for the
session. He says that there is no
doubt in his mind but that the
speakership must remain in the
Mississippi valley. Referring to
Mr. Cannon's candidacy for the
speakership, he said, "He is an ag
gressive man, disposed to be arbi
trary and passionately addicted to
Laving his own way, and if these
temperamental qualities were aided
by the present honse rules, there
would be but little necessity for
having any other representative in
the house than the one from Dan
ville, Mr. Cannon's home. Don't
understand me to mean that he
would be unjust or usnrpative of
power, he would not have to do
that ; he would not have be a usupor ;
simply exercise the power conferred
by the rules on the speaker. This
fact, in my judgement, makes it
desirable to elect a man as speaker
who will use, as infrequently as
possible, this great power, and I
think Mr. Babcock, from his temper
ament and from his ideas of the
relations which ought to exist be
tween the individual members and
the organic body of the house, will
Btrivo to protect the representative
character of the house. " Mr. Hep
burn states that he has come to
Washington early in order to pre
pare for legislation establishing a
department of commorce, which he
hopes to see enacted.
Senator Elkins has come to Wash
ington and has given to the press a
statement of his attitude in regard
to Cuban reciprocity. He says that
the reason that he so bitterly opposd
the Cuban bill during the last sos
sesion was that he feared that it
, would prove the entering wedge
which would enable the congress
men from the northwest to secure
free lumber. The duty of f2 per
thousand feet on lumber has proved
of great value to West Virginia, but
the northwestern states wish it
removed Ha tays that he is per
fuetly willing to vote for a treRty
granting reciprocity because that
will establish no prHouent for the
removal of the duty ou lu:uler.
tien. Tnsker 11. Bliss, w ho has gone
to Havana to promote the negotia
tion of ti.e treaty, will it is believed
be able to greatly promote that end.
It is tli" earnest desire of the admin
istration to send the treaty to the
si-nato before tho Christinas recess.
After that there will ba several re
puMicaiiri absent (nun the senate as
ti.i-y will have to stiiy at their Mute
capitals, tool lit;; after their reelec
tion ami, as it requires a two-thirds
v,it.3 to ratify tho treaty, evt-ry r
jiuUic.in vote may Lu needed.
The treasury eiUt'iiils regard the
act! ! of t!.o Gel man Koicl.Mag, in
t-. ! ! .i.;,' U.e hj (,!;. -.1 r't.uiiitiy
uiBiapH iu the la v,- t,ii.:f bill as
I ' ' " I' ;-!". They fe-:. v
that there Is every possibility of the
action precipitating a tariff war
which would prove a disturbing
factor in the American market ami
a Ktill greater Injury to Germnny.
They entirely discredit the state
ment of Dr. Brnnier, inndo in the
debate in the Reichstag, tliHt the
American officials changed the clas
sification on a largo consignment of
German goods in the interest of a
trust, and say thnt if any change
wns made It wrs because the subor
dinate officials had erred In their
original appraisement.. Of coursn,
no nction will bo taken In this coun
try unless tho German government
undertakes to discriminate against
American goods but in that event
it is probable that the president will
ask congress to reclprocnte. There
is no power to do so vested In the
president.
There is intense interest in Wash
ington over the Kansas senatorial
contest which promises to be at once
interesting nnd bitter. Governor
Stnntly and Representatives Long
and Curtis are the leading candi-
lates. It is exnocted that each will
have approximately thirty-five
votes on the first bnllot in tho cau
cus and present indications are thnt
none will care to withdraw. All
ire considered able men in Wnsn
mgton and it is believed that the
election of anyone of the three
would mean that Kansas would be
ibly represented In the senate, but,
of course, the congressmen have tho
most frienus here nnd they are
watching their campaigns with the
utmost interest.
The reported willingness of Ger
many to submit to the Hague tribun
al the question of the payment of the
Chinese indemnity In gold or silver
is regarded in Washington as another
triumph -for American diplomacy.
file movement to get the matter sub
mitted to the Hague was undertaken
by Minister Wu In Washington with
the advice and assistance of secretary
Hay and is one more proof of the
friendliness of the United States for
the Celestial Empire.
fieal Estate Transfers
Margaret M. Darragh aud others
to George B. Van Aukon, land in
Delaware, 135.
George Darragh to same, land in
Delaware, tl.
diaries R. Biddis, treasurer, to
Eliza Pinohot, 30 asres, Westfall,
taxes.
Mary A. P Warner to Charles
Gassman, undivided interest 60
acres, Westfall, $15.
C. W. Bull, administrator of J. F.
Pinchot, undivided interest in
same, 15.
Helena Grabau to August Weger,
5 acres, Lackawaxen, Taylortown,
$1.
F. R. Sabin to William D. Ward,
105 acres, Lackawaxen, part of
Richard Howell, $4200.
Delaware & Hudson Canal com
pany to Charles Daniels, land in
Lackawaxen, $400.
Charles Daniels to George Daniels,
150 acres, Lackawaxon, $3000.
C. W . Bull, administrator of John
F. Pinchot, to Commonwealth 50
aores, Ann Bingham, Porter, $30.
G. F. Rowland, treasurer, to P.
M. Nilis, 50 acres, Auu Bingham,
Porter, taxes.
P. M. Nilis to Commonwealth,
assignment of above, $9.
A Magazine 30 Tears Old
The Christmas (December) number
of the Delineator Is also the Thirtieth
Anniversary Number.
To do justice to this, which for
beauty and utility touches the high
est mark, it would be necessary to
print the entire list of contents. It is
sufficient to state that in it the best
modern writers and artists are
generously1 represented. The book
contains over 2-0 pages, w ith 31 full
page illustrations, of which 20 Hre in
two or more colors. The magnitude
of this Deci'inls r number, for w hu l
72$ tons of paper and six tons of jut
have Ix-en u-ifil, may Is? unde'sUHx
from the fact that til prtwes running
H hours a day, have been required
to print it; the binding alone of the
edition of 91S,()oO copies representing
! over 2(1,000,(100 sections which had to
be gathered individually by human
hands.
For a bad taste In the mouth tukt)
Chamberluia's fclomacU anj Liver
Tablets. For s.-lii l y A. W. IlcU
and ! :i, M.it.ineias, ull uVu;J and
,1 U'f s h P.
PERSONALS
Rol. RoMpnernnse of Delaware wns
In town Monday.
Rev. E. M. Smead was absent a
few days recently.
Hon. J. A. Kipp wns it town for a
short time this week.
Harry Armstrong lias gone to
New York for a visit of two weeks
Coe Finch of Scranton attended
the funeral of his sister here last
Tuesday.
Mrs. Black and daugntor of Kansas
have been for several days visiting
Mrs. Jennie Shearer.
Jake Schorr is nursing a broken
collar bone, a resnlt ot stopping too
quick whon be fell off his wheel.
Mrs. Susan Grandin has returned
to Milford after a visit with friends
in Strondsburg and Smithflnld, Pa.
Philip F. Fulmcr, Jr., of Dingmans
with his mother and sister have gone
to Philadelphia to reside for the
winter. -
Miss Jennie Pine, operator for the
Western Union hero, Is quite ser
iously ill at her boarding' house,
Miss Olmsted's.
Alfred Chatillon of Newark, who
has tifeen visiting his family up in
Dingtaan for tha past several days,
returned home Tuesday.
Government Investigation
The geology of the Slatington
quadrangle in eistern Pennsylvania
(Lehigh and Berks counties), one of
the areas rooently mapped topo
graphically bv the United States
geological survey, has just been
completed by Dr. T. Nelson Dale of
the geol igical survey, with the as
sistance of Prof. Frederick B. Peck,
ofLfayette college, Eiston. This
sheet iuoludes most of the slate
about Slatington, the hydraulic
limestone of Cernention, Coplay and
Ormrod, besides numerous widely
soattered beds of iron ore (limonite).
With the assistance of Mr. Fred H.
MofQt a special map was prepared
showing the exaot location and di
mantions of eighty-nine slate quar
ries. There are five very irregular
arjas of the "cement rock," cover
lng la all about 11 square miles.
This rock, which has become of such
industrial importance, is an inter
mittent deposit underlying the great
Hudson-Utica shale and slate moss
and overlaying the Silura-Cimbriaa
limestone and dolomite formation.
It represents a transition from oal-
oarous to argtllaoious sediment i-
tion during a pariod of abundant
marine life. Borne interesting data
were collected as to the relatio l of
the iron ore to the shale, of the s'.iale
to the slate, and of the limestona to
the dolomite. Professor Peck o tre-
f ully traced the intricate bound tries
between the pre-Cambrian gno ssaa
and the Cambliti quartzite ajut
Macungie and Alburtis.
After the completion of the Penn
sylvania work, Mr. Dale spent a few
dijs in West Virginia examining
th newly discovered slate beds
bout Martinsburg. Specimens
were collected for physical tests and
chemical and optical analysis,
which will determine the commerc
ial value of these slates, and will be
embodied in a brief supplement to
the Harpers Ferry folio.
Thanlcsg-iviDSr Day Excursion
Thursday, November 27th, the
Erie will ran a one dollar New York
excursion leaving Port Jervis at 7 a.
in., arriving in city at 10 a. in. Re
turning leave West 2.1rd street at
7.40 p. m., Chambers Btreet at 7.45
p. tn. and Jersey city at 8 p. m., ar
riving in Port Jervis at 10.55 p. m.
8pecial mat i noes at all theatres on
Thanksgiving day, and remombor
the special train leaves Port Jervis
at 7 a. m. sharp. Fare only one
dollar for the round trip.
An Alibi
"Now Johuny" said the Sunday
teaclior, "can -you tell m who
carried off the gates of Uaza?"
"No ma'am,-" replied Johnny,
promptly, "I wasn't out with the
loys thU Halloween, aud so I didn't
have anything to do with it.
Philadelphia Press.
A Startling Surprise
Very few could believe in looking
at A. T. Houdley, a heulthy, robust
blacksmith of TUden, lnd., that for
ten years be Buttered such tortures
from rheumatism as few could en.
dure ami live, but a wonaorful
change followed his taking tllectrio
ititteia. "Two bottles wholly cured
me," he writes, "and I have not felt
a twinge in over a year." They
re;uluuj the iiilnevs, parify the
blood and cure rheumatism, neiiinl
U'a, iiervoiisnijss, improve digestion
and give peitect health. Try tl'eiti.
u!y I.k; at bit dn'sLs.
They Heod Education
"Solf-govornment for the Philip
pines" is a beautiful sounding
phrnso, but is as empty as the heads
which have rung; the changes on
this much abused theory of "rights." L
The Oriental peoples are less
trustworthy both in politics and
business thnn either Amorioan and
Europenn, is a fact learned from
history, and a study of their pres
ent status. Thoir standards of
morals are entirely different from
those of modern civilization. The
experiences of other countries in
dealing with such races hns demon
strated their absolute unfitness for
self-government for two reasons :
First, mental and moral warp, and
second, lack of knoweledge inex
perience. This latter reason may
be overcome in time by giving them
opportunities on a small scale, such
as participation In village govern
ments to acquire tho needed famil
iarity with the workings of govern
ment and affairs. But the first.
mental and moral obstacles, would
soom almost insurmountable. To
them to sink the personal in the in
terest of the wholo ; to seek the
benefit of all In preference to self,
will require ages of contact with
true civilization.
To say that we have wronged the
seml-civililized and barbarous tribes
of the Philippines in depriving them
of their rights, when they kever
had any, is the argument of the
shallow and the superficial or the
demagogue. Any intelligent man.
who is familiar with history, knows
that the races which today govern
themselves only rose to it through
mnnf years of trial, tribulation and
experience. After many weary ef
forts, with the mistakes of paBt
generations as object lessons, the
principles of self-oontrol and self
government were learned. It is im
possible for any man not blinded by
passion or prejudice to entertain
the idea that the various races of
the Archipelago will not be better
off under the control of a people who
have learned the principles of good
government from experience in the
past. With the example of justice
and fair dealing continually before
them and given the privilege of ed
ucation and the opportunity to ob
serve the workings of that complex
machine government they will
sooner learn the lessons of self-government.
When, In the smaller
trusts given they show fitness, the
privilege of participating in larger
affairs should be extended.
The question of advantage to our
selves is not in issue. They are
now npon onr hands for good or
bad. It is for ns to so handle the
mutter that the future will bring
us no shame. Honest administra
tion shonld be insisted upon. Mis
takes may be made, bnt President
Roosevelt can be relied npon to rid
the Philippine government of the
leeches and pariahs who go but to
prey npon the honor of our country.
Department Bulletins
m
The department of agriculture of
Pennsylvania is sending out to all
desiring them bulletins on various
subjects of interest to farmers. A
mong them are the following, " some
common insect pests of the farmers,"
"the management of greenhouses,"
"phosphates for fertilizers," "the.
fundamentals of spraying," and "an
analysis of commercial fertilizers."
All these contain valuable informa
tion, hints and suggestions and may bi
had for the asking. Send a postal to
the station asking that they be sent
you. The one on spraying Is especial
ly interesting to the fruit grower for
in fact it Is now Impossible to raise
fruit of standard quality without
spraying' During a rtcent visit to
Wayne county it was stuted that
buyers had paid out In that county
alone thl fall over $ii0,000 for apples
and In Warren county, New Jersey,
it is said over $75,000 have been paid
farmers for fruit. ' They are large
sums to be poured In any community
for a single product and one not ex
pensive to raise. Our fanners could
vastly increase their incomes by a
little lubor in the care of fruit trees.
Think of this.
Luck is Thirteen
By sending 13 miles Win. Spirey
ot Waltou Furnace. Vt., got a box
of Buckleu's Arnica Salve
wholly cured a horrible fever Bore
ou his leg. Nothing else could.
Positively cures bruises, ulcers, fel
ons, eruptions, boils, burns, corus
and piles. Only Jios
by all druggmU.
Guaranteed
Outing flannels, pi ints ai d mus
ims. Lnusoal vulu-js at 5o per yard
at I'.j man & Veils'.
BRIEF MENTION.
A tree standing in a forest wns
turned Into a npwspapor recently In
just H!5 minutes.
A glance "at the sheriff's sale
column, elsewhere printod, will
show opportunities for investing in
real estnte.
Part of the iong looked for iron
bridge over the Sawkill near Soitz
hns arrived. It will probably soon
be erected.
Mrs. Elizaboth J. Leidel is having
a neat monumont erected on her
cemetery lot in memory of her hus
band and daughter.
Paul Woodward of Camden, N.
J., was on Monday convicted of
murder by poisoning John Coffin
and Price Jennings.
The continued mild weather docs
not enoournge the bolief that Provi
dence is recognizing the coal barons
as his special trustees.
Thirty-seven labor papers have
been started In the past twelve
months. A good illustration of the
rapid growth of organization.
It is rumored in financial circles
that the Erie will soon issue bonds
to raise funds to put the road in J
condition to successfully compote
with other trunk lines.
Judge Charles D.tfCny Townsend
hns bought of E. S. Wolf nnd is now
having shipped to Oyster Biy, L I.,
where he will bnild a largo boarding
house, 50,000 feet of lumber.
The Pennsylvania railroad com
pany has Increased the pay of all its
employees whose wages are $200. or
less per month ten per cent. This Is
an encou.raging sign of the times.
Mrs William Hadden, who with
her husband for many years resided
near Rowlands, died in New York
last Sunday. She was a sister in
law of Dr. Alexander Hadden, pres
ident of the Forest Lake association
Sol. Rosencranse of Delaware
having more stock than he wishes to
keep over will sell 1 horse, weight
about 1150, 1 Jersey cow, coining to
profit in February, 3 calves, 18
months old, and one Jersey calf, 9
months old.
Both Dr. John Kelly, proprietor,
and Edward Cahill, owner of the
hotel corner of Broad and Catha
rine Btreets, deny that there is any
foundation whatever for the state
ment that Frank Crissman may take
the honse next spring.
The supper in the M. E. ohuroh
Tuesday night, given to raise funds
with which to replace the furniture
in the parsonage destroyed by fire,
was generously attended and dem
onstrated the sympathy of the com
munity with the object. The re
ceipts were $90.20.
Mrs. Roland B. Molinoaux has
gone to South Dakota where it is
said she will gain a residence and
apply for a divorce from her hus
band, who was lately acquitted of
the the murder of. Mrs. Kate J.
Adams. The cause of action has
not been made public.
After the leading bicycle manu
facturers went into a trust they gave
up to a large extent advertising and
Pope, maker of the Columbia wheel,
attributes the great decline in the use
of Jjicycles to this fact. He says had
the advertising been continued the
sale of wheels would have kept in
creasing.
The North British and Mercantile
Fire Insurance company, Ryman &
Wells agents, have very, promptly
and satisfactorily adjusted and
settled the loss sustained by Rav
C, E. Scudder in the parsonage fire
last week. Less than five days have
elapsed, ouch, expedition is very
gratifying.
Governor Stone has appointed a
commissi an to enquire into the con
dition of Hon. P. P. Smith, a super
ior court judge, whose health for
some time has not beon good. Judge
Smith says he is able to sit and pro
posts to do so, therefore no matter
what tho finding of the commission
he will remain ou the bench.
Water Cure for Chronic Constipation
Take two cups of hot water half
an hour before each meal aud just
before going to bed, also a cup of
water, hot or cold, about two hours
after each meal. Take lota of out-
thatidoor exercioe walk, ride, drive.
Make a regular habit of this and in
many cases chronio constipation
may bo cured without the use of
any medicine. When a purgative is
required take something mild and
geulle l;ke Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets. For sale by A
VV. Jwilch aud bkm, Matanioras, all
drug and genera! stores in i'lke
county.
Exceedingly Magnanimous
A recent number of the Port Jor
vis Gazette gave large credit to a
Pike county man hs being a most
famous Nimrod, whoso knowledge
of nooks nnd crannies where game
of all kinds is apt to disport, added
to an unerring instinct concerning
the habits of the forests denizens
which over shadows that of Soton
Ernost or Ernest-Soton-Thompson
renders him infallible in the pur
suit, nnd a skill with a rifle or shot
gun which is so deadly ns never to
fail. Two deer, a bear and slnthers
of small game succumbed to his
fatal aim within a very briof period
nnd it would nppenr from the article
thnt in his lonely might he hnd gone
forth destroying and to destroy.
No mention is made of companions
in the chase, no one witnessed the
slnnghter, the possession was sample
evidence of his prowess. No doubt
the facts are ns stated in the oolumns
of our contemporay for it probably
obtained them from either a bank,
a law office or Sunday school in its
own town all sources of the limped
est kind of truth. It Is net likely
that the probable bunch of inform
ants had any other motive than
that of sounding the praises and
magnanimously spreading to the
world the story of the might of a
Pike county man. It was carefully
stated that the fruits of the slaughter
were adorning his home. Doubt
less a fact, and a skeptical game
warden who says he is prepared to
prove before a grand jury in the
United States district oonrt that the
gamo transported itself beyond this
jurisdiction is laboring under a
hallucination. He does not seem to
understand that the game was doad
and could neither fly or run hence
it wns impossible for it to get away.
Hindoo relics
Prof. Maxwell Sommerville will
soon make further additions to the
almost priceless collection of antiqui
ties with which he has already pre
sented the University of Pennsyl
vania. Figures and paraphernalia
of Hindoo worship are now on the
way and will In a few days arrive.
Two will guard the outer gates of
the temple which Prof. Sommerville
has already presented the university.
They represent the guardian spirits
of Buddha. The professor lectured
last Sunday in the temple when part
of the preliminary forms of Hindoo
worship were enacted, one of which
was standing in silence before the
locked gate of the temple Professor
Sommerville thinks Christians take
a too narrow view of religion. He
says Christ was not the only mediator.
There were three, first Buddha the
son of a king who renounced his glofy
to guide men in the spiritual way.
Five hundred years later Christ the
son of a carpenter came and 670
years after Mohammed a caravan
boy. All taught a religion which
will make men better and to the
Eastern people their faith Is as sacred
as is Christianity to us.
OBITUARY
MI88 MARY FINCH
After a long and distressing ill
ness Miss Finch died at the homo of
her sister, Mrs. Virginia McCarty,
in this village oarly last Saturday
morning, Nov. 15.
She was a daughter of John and
Sarah Jane Armstrong Finch and
was born iu a house on upper Broad
street Deo. 10, 1841 Her parents
soon after removed to New Jersey
whore she resided with her mother,
who after the decease of her first
husband married Allen Everitt, un
til recently when she returned here
with her Bister. She was for many
years a respected member of the
Montague Reformed church. Besides
the Bister above mentioned she is
survived by one brother, Coe Finoh,
of Dunmore, Pa. The funoral con
ducted by Rev. A. J. Myer occurred
Tuesday aud interment in Milford
cemetery.
Asleep Amid Flumes
Breaking into a blazing home,
some firemen lately dragged the
sleeping inmates from death. Fan
cied security, and death near. It's
that way when you neglect coughs
and colds, lou'tdoit. Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption,
gives perfect protection against all
throat, chest aud lung troubles.
Keep it near and avoid suffering,
death and doctor's bills. A tea
spoonful stops a late cough, persist
ent use the most stubborn. .Uurrn
less and nice tus'ing, it's guaranteed
to satisfy by all druggists. Price
DOc, and $1. Triijl bottles free.
THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS
It appears whon there are two
there are sure to bo three fires in
the neighborhood.
Those of tho Milford fire depart
ment who attended tbeM. E.ohurcb.
Sunday evening were well repaid
for the trouble of going. I oould
not help but note several faces that
appeared strange in the church.
Thanksgiving is getting close and
the wise gobbler knows what to do.
As Christmas draws near the at
tendance In the several Sunday
sohools increases. '
Lafe Brink and wife of Port Jervis
wore visitors in town over Sunday.
A number of our residents went
to New York on the excursion last
Sunday.
Moses Detrick and Abner Boalsr
want to Oyster Bay, L I., Tnosday
with Judge Townsend 's horses.
Abner will stay down there and
work on the judge's farm.
Charles Metz, Sr., of New York
has been stopping a few day at the
Grand View Hotel.
John Radoliffe of New York was
a visitor in town over Sunday.
Joe Sohaflfer drives the Branch
ville stage.
Charles Zimmerman of New York
was a Sunday visitor in town.
The supper of the L. A. S. of the
M. E. church' Tuesday evening was
more than well attended. The ladies
were surprised they had not reckon
ed on such an attendance.
The man who hns an idea that
banks will loan money on good
security may get left in some plaoes.
If farmers fail to get their fall
work done before cold weather sets
in it will be their own fault.
Monumental Injustice
People sometimes decline to sub
scribe for their home paper for the
reason that they already take several
papers published In New York and
elsewhere out of the county.
Yet those same people often ask
and receive favors from the local
paper, while none Is received or ex
pected from the outside journals.
When they wish to express grati
tude for kindly assistance during
sickness or misfortune, the local paper
is asked to publish a card of thanks.
When they wish to have a supper
or reception of any kind, the local
paper is asked to give it a free notice.
When a public meeting is to be held
for any purpose, they want the local
paper to give It due publicity.
When they want their town boom
ed so as to increase the value of their
property, they call on the local paper.
When they want a new railroad or
a factory built, they expect the local
paper to work for it with all its
might.
When a death occurs In the home,
they expect the local paper to report
it in tender, sympathetic strain and
to extol the virtues of the deceased.
When a birth or wedding occurs In
the family, they expect the local pa
per to give a glowing description of
the event.
When they are trying to build up
churches or schools, the local paper
Is asked to give them good, strong
puffs.
If there is a battle for right In the
county or precinct, the editor is ex
pected to bear the brunt of It.
Thus people are constantly receiv
ing favors from the local paper, but
many fail to show their appreciation
by subscribing for It.
Yet they cheerfully pay their sub
scriptions annually in advance for
the New York Bazoo or the Philadel
phia Barnstormer, which never did
anything for them or their commun
ity.
This practice of bestowing one's
patronage upon the furoff Journal
while receiving all newspaper favors
from the publication is a monumental
injustice of which no decent person
should be guilty.
Reader, don't come Into our office
and ask us to publish in your iuterest
a personal puff or a long winded obit
uary claiming that you are too poor
to take this paper and asking for a
dozen free copies while your pockets
are stuffed full of story papers and
magazines, paid for in advance.
Carrollton (Tex.) News.
Startling, But True
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