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VOL. VIII.
MILF01U), PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1003.
NO. 25.
THE WASHINGTON LETTER.
The greatest Interest is manifested
at tho state department in the news
which has just come from Colombia
that President. Marroquin may seek
to ratify the Panama c.mal treaty
with the help of lila minister and
without waiting for the action of
congress. As such action would be
a wide deviation from the American
conception of a president's powers,
the constitution of Colombia is twine
carefully atndid in order to Bseer
tain, if possible, on what ground the
President of Colombia sssnmes to
have thin power. It Is known that
public order has not been restored
in the repnblio of Colombia and that
every material consideration would
indicate the advisability of the ratl
cation of the treaty but consider
able doubt is expressed as to whether
this country would bo warranted in
accepting a treaty ratified by so on
unusual ft procedure. Admiral
Walker and other members of the
commission have already engaged
In looking over the ground and
inspecting the work performed on
f he Culebra cut.
The wholesale Investigation into
the affairs of the postoffoe depart
ment still continue, and in theopin
ion of the postmaster general will
occupy another two months before
they are completed. Since General
Payne returned to WasliiPKton there
has been a considerable decrease in
the news abtsinable by the news
papers and when vour correspondent
asked the postoffioH geneneral if he
could not arrange to give out a few
itoirs daily, lr. Payne replied la
conically, "Would you have me
bell the cat?" Mr. Payne is most
courteout to the newspapermen and
receives tham daily at 4 p.m. He
appears to have become accustomed
to the cross questioning to which
the twenty or thirty correspondents
submits him and seems to enjoy
what he calls his "press receptions. "
It is evident that, regardless of ir
regularities and. such rascality as
may have been practiced in the past,
there will be a general reorganiza
tion of the system. The postmaster
general is authority for the state
ment that when this is completed it
will be impossible for one official to
make allowance and then pass upon
the expenditures therefor and sign
the vouchers. As no general reor
ganization has taken place since Mr.
Wanamaker was postmaster general
and the gross receipts in the inter
val have increased from $56,000,000
to 1140,000,000 annually, the neces
sity for an overhauling is but natural.
The Northern Securtles decision
continues to occupy the attention of
financiers and of the legal light-- in
Washington and several New York
attorneys have corns to Washington
to ascertain if there was no means
by which relief could be obtained
from the decree of the court of ap
peals. The attorney general very
wisely left town soon after the de
cision was announced and his exact
whereabouts is not known. It was
rumored that he had gone west to
consult the president but that hns
been denied and it is now believed
his western trip is in connection
with the beef trust. Meanwhile,
the capitalists of the east are crying
out against the Sherman anti-trust
low, which they formerly regarded
with scorn, and their newspaper
organs are loudly demanding its
repeal or at least its amendment so
that its provisions shall not apply
railroads. Interstate Commerce
Commission will meet in New York
on Tuesday to investigate the alleg
ations that a coal trust exists and
that the railroads are violating the
anti-trust law in their operation of
the coal mines. It is believed here
that attorney general is resjionsible
for the present energy of the com
mission and that their investigations
may be followed by legal proceed
ings Rgniuts the "coal roads."
The members of the Financial
Cum!uinion, which is cliHrgn with
the duty of meeting representative
of foreign powers arid adjusting the
ra.ion of silver to gold, i ave bad a
Conference lu Washington and have
consulted Secretaries Hay, Hoot and
ICliaw. The members of the eir.u-inis-iiim
will visit London, Paris,
Berlin, r'uiut Petersburg, Peking
and the City of Meiieo to confer
Willi tho oilioiuls of foreign. Suvt-ru-tneiitg
wilh a view to aflVeting an
in'.irn.'ition sfreeti'.ent, if pot-sble,
for the mutiilniuco of silver at a
laU.l, Vet. JO bo lU'lertoUlii.l but JT
to-!. oil iy iu ti.M iKiihborhotd of Si'
I, : 1. 'I. ; ! i : j o:; .'.-I nt)
believe that the joint interests f
nations having silver using colonies
will prove snffleiet to enable them to
accomplish this important work.
Of the North Atlantic fleet of
seven battleships, which, at the
conclusion of the winter maneuvers,
was pronounced the most efficient
sqnar'ron that ever sailed under the
flag of the United States, two are
badly disabled as a result of target
practice and this result is the occa
sion of the gravest anxiety on the
part of naval officials. The gnn
which exploded on the Iowa had
been fired but 127 times and yet it
would appear from the reports thus
far received that it was worn out.
If the life of the great; guns is to be
as short as that, it means a fearful
expense in their maintenance and it
means too that many of the gnnR
now in use are unsafe and a menace
to the men behind thera, If all the
gnus whicn hava neen nrea tnat
number of times must be replaced it
ill present a most difficult problem
as the capacity of the government
gun factories is now overtaxed, all
are working three shifts of men and
even at that, it is feared that the
armament for the vessel now under
construction cannot be completed in
time. The wrenching of the Maine
by the explosion of her big guns
also raises serious apprehension and
it is probable a thorough investiga
tion and overhauling will be ordered
when the president returns to
Washington.
The imports into the United States
exseeded 11.000.000,000 in the year
ending with March 1903. This is the
first time in the history of our
foreign commerce that they have
exceeded that amount. Prior to
1870 they never reached one half
billion dollars in a single year and it
was not until 1890 that they reached
1760,000,000. Meanwhile, exports
have grown with equal or greater
rapidity. In the twelve months
ending with March last they
amounted to f 1,414,786,954 giving
on excess of exports over imports of
practically $414,000,000. It was not
until 1802 that the exports of the
United States exceeded $1,000,000.
000 so that the rapidity of increase
is most apparent. It is estimated
by the treasury officials that should
the exports for April, May and June
average as high as those for March
the total exports for the fiscal year,
which will close with the end of
June will amount to over $1,500,
000.000. Everett and Surroundings
Joseph A. Buckley, who left Dela
ware township a few years sinoe to
make his home in. Washington,
where his sons were located, is
pleased with his surroundings and
prospects. He sends a pamphlet
issued by the Everett Chamber of
Commerce which gives the Indus
tries and surroundings of that thriv
ing city.
An estimate made by a chief of
the forestry division of the United
States Department of Agriculture is
that there are nearly 196 billion feet
of lumber now standing in the state,
an almost inconceivable quantity.
The fishing interests of Puget
Sound employs 8,000 men and altho
but recently developed tl v value of
the salmon pack np to January 1902,
was seventy-five million dollars and
five million dollars worth of halibut
ware sent east iu that period. Four
pound trout are oommon in the
streams and it is said "the peculiar
ity about your trout fisuing is that
the fish bite."
The state would seem a veritable
paradise for both large and small
game. As indicating the growth of
Everett a city with no inhabitants
in 1890 and in 1899 about 7.000 and
which "had in 1902 over 20,000, from
no bank d- poults in 1890 it shows
in 1902 over two million dollars
The buildings are large and hand
some churches and school houses
among the finest and apparently a
high tide of progress and prosperity
ia flov.ii g in that section.
A Great Sensation
There was a big sensation in Leea
ville, Ind., when W. H. Brown of
that pliice, who was expected to die,
had bis life saved bv Dr. King's New
Discovery for Con.su -lptioii. Ho
writes: "I endured insufferable
agouiea from asthma, but your Nov?
Discovery (iave me immediate relief
and soon thereafter effected a com
plote cure." Similar cures of oou
suuiniiou, pneumonia, bronchitis
and giip ait) numerous. It's li.o
ine;U-s.i remedy fur ail throat and
o;o troubles. Price Olio, and fl.
iitritntoed by all drueg'at. Ttlul
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES
Mrs. Milo Gibbons has removed to
Matamoras.
E. F. Peters of Bushkiil visited
town the first of the week.
lr. C. H. Custls was up at Hones-
hile this week on a business trip.
Dr. W. 11. Kenworthy was In
llonesdule R couple of days this
week.
Mrs. Jervis Gordon of Port Jervis
was a guest with friends In town this
week.
Mrs. II . E. Kipp of Wilsouville Is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Fred
Gum bio.
James W. Plncliot and Edward A.
Mead of New York were here a few
days recently
W. J. Coon, superintendent of the
Blooming Grove Park Association,
was In town Tuesday.
Master Goveneur Emerson has
been visiting with young friends In
New York for several days.
Charles Nobs of Newark spent a
few days recently at his summer
home In Dingman township.
Mrs. M. Ott, who has passed the
winter with friends in Germany, re
turned to her farm in Delaware this
week.
Rev. W. R. Neff of Jersey city.
formerly a pastor of the M. E.
church here, visited In town this
week.
Miss Deborah Kleinstuber of Ding-
man township and II. F. Fisher of
Brooklyn, N. Y., were married In
Lafayette Hall April 8th.
A marriage license has been Issued
to Miss Edith Davis Nyce of Bush
kill, Pa., and Joseph David Rohmer
of St. Augustine, St. John, Fla.
Henry Kirk, of MIddletown, for
merly residing here, and William J.
Burke, Esq., of th same city, were
guests at the Crissman House for a
few days recently.
Miss Mary Madden, formerly of
Lord's Valley, but latterly residing
at Hawloy, a teacher In the county.
was married April 15th to P. F.
Gibbons of Scranton.
The wed ling of Miss Elsie Gould
of Bayonne, N. J., and Dr. Harry
Wells Ryman, a grandson of H B.
Wells of this place, will occur Tues
day, May 6th, in the First M. E.
ohurch of Bayonne.
Louis de Berhle went to Paterson
Tuesday to brin? up a locomobile
for 'Squire Canne, but found the
roads so rough that after coming to
Tuxedo the trip was abandoned.
The machine will be here this week.
however, and then justice will prob
ably not move with leaden feet, but
will speed like a Pegasus.
'Iphigenia Among the Taurians"
The above entitled Greek drama
by Euripedes will be brought out in
the original language next week by
the undergraduates of the Greek
Department ot the University of
Pennsylvania. This will be the first
time it has been produced in America
Preparations have beon in progress
for more than a year for the unique
production of this play which was
last given by the students at Oxford,
Em land, twenty-three years ago
The Harvard students produced the
"Oedipus Tyrannns" about three
years later and it was impossible to
make room for the orowds wishing
to ttlleud.
The caste of lphigenia consists of
seven characters besides whom there
is a chorus of fifteen representing
Greek captive maidens. There are
also many silent characters. The
costumes, music, dances and general
business of the play has entailed
vast labor and study and it is pre
dicted that the production next
week will eclipse anything of the
kind ever attempted in this country.
Schwarz is Nonsuited
Hon. R. F. Schwar of Monroe
county, who brought an action for
$10,000 damages against the D., L.
& W. R. R. company for the loss of
his son, who was killed some time
ago by an engine on that road, at
the Tiukertown crossing, while on
his way to market with a load
of produce, was nonsuited last
lust week It was granted be
cause the evidence showed that
twenty feet from the crossing there
is a clear vie of the track for 600
feet. This in the opinion of the
court constituted ooutiibut-ory ueg
il;;eiic. WAN'TKn-YOl'Xii MKS to prormre fur
(iovef meut liaiii'a r'me i. h utntji lu
nil Hi nr rntnti. GiwhI fruiiirlK. Sinful
I'lomu'.h.iih. KiitHiluutluiiS Hou. l-'ur-
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MRS. TAW 1NWKOEK DEAD
Faxes Away at Iter Home in Port
Jerri Wednesday Morning
At the Age Of 89 Tears
Mrs. Elizabeth Maria Bull, widow
of the late Ell Van Inwegon, died at
her homo on Cole street, Port Jer
vis, Wednesday morning of general
debility.
She wag born in Westfall town-
ship, this county, June 13, 1813, and
was the daughter of Crissie. and
Catharine (Rosencrans) Bull. Ilnr
ancestors came from England and
first settled at Hamptonbnrg In
Orange county. December 20, 1841,
she married Ell Van Inwegen of
Port. Jervis, who died May 17, 1897.
July 7, 1844, she united with the
Dutch Reformed ohuroh of Port
Jervis and was the oldest member.
both In point of years and connec
tion. She was deoply Interested in
its affairs, was a faithful attendant
and generous contributor to its sup
port and several charities.
She is survived by one son,
Charles F., president of the First
National Bank of Port Jervis, and
one brother, the venerable Rosen
crans C. Bull, of this place.
The funeral will oocur tomorrow,
Saturday, afternoon.
Fire at Dingman'.
Early last Tuesday morning Are
was discovered by Mrs. Dnrragh in
the store house of G. B. Van Auken,
located almost opposite her home, at
Dlngmans, and she aroused her sons,
George and Edward, who with pails
of water attempted to subdue the
flames, but ineffectually. The fire
apparently started outside the build
ing Just where a new addition had
been made to the main room. Inside
was a kerosene tank which the flames
soon reached and rendered futile any
attempt to save the goods. Only a
few bags of feed were gotten out. It
is a mystery how the fire originated.
Mr. Van Auken carried $1,000 Insur
ance on the building and an equal
amount on the stock, but his loss
above Insurance will probably reach
$2500.
By prudence, careand good business
methods he had built up a large trade
and had a well furnished store. His
loss will be severely felt, not only by
himself, but, by his many customers,
and he has the general sympathy of
the community In his misfortune.
Pastor is Enjoying Himself
Rev. and Mrs. Wood write that
they had a pleasant trip to Oberlin,
a -lelightfol time at the wedding
anniversary and are enjoying a
refreshing rest after the recent ex
citement of moving. Mr. Wood
preached Sunday evening at the
Oberlin M. E. church to a large and
attentive congregation. It was in
this ohuroh that Mrs. Wood allied
herself with the cause of Christ and
spent a number of years of active
service. Many friends greeted her
most cordially and mora invitations
to call were pressed upon her than
she can possibly accept. A visit to
her sister in Geneva is contemplated
as part of this and next week's
program but Mr. Wood will retnrn
to Milford on Saturday to attend to
his new duties at this place. Mrs.
Wood expects to retnrn about three
weeks later.
Sultan Wants Wild Animals
Dr. Douglas Brown of New York,
who 1 spending a few days at Hotel
Scbanno, and who represents Hon
James W. 8. Langerman, vice consul
to Morocco, who is also a commis
sioner to the St. Louis exposition
from Morocco, is desirous of com
municating with any who have, or
can obtain, wild animals, birds or
reptiles. They are desired for the
Sultan of Morocco and will be ship
ped to that country in a ship with
special attendant ' Any one who
may desire to engage ia the capture
of such birds or animals or wno may
have specimens with which they are
willing to part may address Dr.
Brown at Hotel Sohanno.
Arm Squeexed
Saul D. Emery of Port Jervis was
seriously injured Monday by having
his arm caught between the bumpers
of freight cars while attempting to
make a ooupliug. The right arm
was badly injured and it is not im
probable that it will be necessary to
amputate it. The accident occurred
at Howulls. The unfortunate man
is a son of our townsman, Nathan
Emery, Jr.
To Cure a Cold In One Cay
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
lets). All druggi.ita refund the money
if it fulls t cure. E. V. (trove 'a
siiistuit) U OU each bol. 2
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS
Mrs. Revoyre is improving her
premises on Broad street by the
addition of a poroh.
The democratic state convention
will bo held at Itarrisburg Wednes
day, September 2d.
Dr. Samuel L. Fottlke, a prominent
druggist of Stroudsburg, died Inst
Friday of cancer of the liver.
Some farmers np in Wayne county
who failed to sell their apples during
the winter have Just hnd them made
into cider.
A committee on permanent cer
tlflcatos will hold an examination at
the old academy in Milford on Sat
urday, May 9th.
J. A. Buckley writes from his
home at Lowell that "the Pikb
County Press is like the face of an
old friend In his far western home."
Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons, wife of
the well known pugilist, died at her
Bensonhurst home last Friday morn
ing of pneumonia. Dr. J. B. Lung,
who is a frequent visitor In this
county, was the family physician.
Monday morning tho intermediate
department of the Milford schools
began occupying the store room on
Broad street, just in the rear of the
Crissman House, and the grammar
department removed to the old
academy.
A special meeting of Milford
Lodge, No. 344, F. & A. M , will be
held tomorrow, Saturda y, evening.
D. D. G. M. Haulsizer of Honesdale
with several brethern from that
plaoe and Hawley are expected to
pay a fraternal visit.
The death rate of the globe Is esti
mated at C8 a minute, 97,920 a day,
or 85,740,800 a year. The birth rate
is 70 a minute, 100,800 a day, or
30,792,000 a year, reckoning the year
to be 365 day9 in length.
Rhododendron plants are being
shipped in large numbers from Mon
roe county to Boston. During the
past year over 100 carloads have been
sent from Cresco station. Wayne is
also contributing many car loads to
Tuxedo and other points near New
York.
The Bible is now widely read in
India. At Singapore It is stated the
British and Foreign Bible society
will sell thescripturesln overseventv
five languages and dialects. The
Bible has also been translated into
sixty-six of the languages and dialects
of Africa.
The annual dinner of Blooming
Grove Park Association took place
at Dolmonioo's Tuesday evening.
April 14. President N. 8. Smith
and a number of distinguished gen
tlemen were present. A check of
$250 was presented Otto Keuling,
head game keeper, who has served
the park well and faithfully for 25
years.
There was a large gathering of
state editors at Harrisburg Tuesday
at the hearing before the governor
on the Balus Grady libel bill. The
speeches against were made by Hon.
Charles Emery Smith, editor of the
Philadelphia Press, and Hon, Thom
as V. Cooper, editor of the Media
AmertouiL Alexander Simpson and
Richard C. Dale, Esqrs., of Phila
delphia, spoke in its favor.
A small quantity of powder in the
store of George B. Van Anken,
which was burned Tuesday morn
ing, exploded when the building was
nearly burned down and scattered
tbe debris generally and also broke
many panes of glass in the Dnrragh
house across the road. The house
was saved from distruction only by
most strenuous efforts ot a bucket
brigade.
The school board met Tuesday
evening and having received but
one bid for the erection of tho new
building, postponed the time for
recei vingbids for ten days.ja notice of
which appears elsewhere. At the
meeting held last Saturday evening
the resignation of Hon. B E. Brown
was tendered and accepted, and
Tuesday evening County Treasurer
G. A. Swepeniaer was appointed to
fill the vacancy. .
Ileal Estate Tran.fars
Peter Felter to William Buchler,
50 acres, Palmyra, $12im).
Nettie A. B. Weitz to Ievi Shaw,
Timothy D. Rayrow, Ira R. Lawsou
and I.rt;wla Basting, trustees, lot on
Wig Pond, Palmyra, named Minne
wawa, Indian for rustling waters, $1.
The Barnard Realty Company to
Ward lirower, luud lu Sholiont.
William Counterman to Sarah E.
Counterman. 100 aeres, Lehman,
Boudeowue Howey tract, $50.
Levi Shaw and others, trustees,
to Mury E Kifp, lot ou Big Poud,
Pttlmyru, $1.
A VALUABLE FORA9E PLANT!
A History of Alfalfa and Instruction.
Regarding- its Culture and
Preparation a. Cay
Alfalfa, or lucern, medicago
sativa, is ft native of western Asia ;
it was early Introduced into south
ern Europe, and later was taken to
South Ameria, whence it found its
way Into Mexioo and then to Cali
fornia and other Western States.
In the region south and west of tho
Missouri river it found congenial
conditions, and has proved of im
mense value to farmers throughout
that country.
Alfalfa belongs to the same fnmily
as clover, peas and beans the
legume family. The young plant
at first has a single stem, but as this
is cut off or grows old it brances and
forms a crown with many stems.
The plant has a strong tap root,
with small lateral roots as feeders.
This tap root goes deeply into the
soil, and finds moisture even when
far below the surface. On the roots
are found tubercles or small nodules,
similjar to those found on red clover
roots, and by means of these tuber-
clos, which are induced by bacteria,
the plant is enabled -to gather and
use as plant food free nitrogen of
the air, so that in common with red
clover and other members of this
family it not only has the power of
storing up within itself large quan
tities ot that valuable nitrogenous
material, proteine, but by the ao
cumulation of roots it leaves the
the soil richer in this element than
it was before producing the oron.
Professor Davenport, when speaking
of the members of this important
family, says : "They not only work
for nothing and board themselves,
but they pay for the privilege."
These plants are the only ones of
any agricultural importance that
can use the atmospheric nitrogen,
and they can do it only with the
aid of certain bacteria.
The young alfalfa plant is rather
delicate and a week feeder ; conse
quently the seed bed must be care
fully prepared, with a good iupply
of plant food readily available.
The ground should bo ploughed
rather deeply and the surface
brought into a fine condition, as in
the sowing of clover or other small
seeds. From ten to fifteen pounds
should be sown per acre, preferably
without a nurse crop, and as early
as possible in the spring without
danger of frost, which may kill the
young plants. As soon as the first
blossoms appear, or whonever the
plant shows signs of losing thrifti
ness, it should be mowed, as this
stimulates stronger growth. It can
usually be cut three times during
the season, and after it has become
well established it will yield from
three to five tons of cured hay an acre.
Alfalfa seems to do best on sandy
loam soils that have a good supply
of plant food and are well drained,
though it has been known to have
grown in a heavy clay soil. It will
do well on any soil that will produce
wheat or corn. The field designed
for alfalfa fhould be selected with
the view of leaving it for several
years. The plant teems to reach its
prime in four years, and can as a
rule be left in a field profitably for
seven or eight years. No difficulty
is experienced in getting alfalfa out
of a field if it is ploughed in mid
snmmer ind kept well cultivated.
Alfalfa for hay should be cut when
one-third of the blossoms have ap-
apeared, because at this stage it
makes the best quality of forage
It should be raked np into windrows
when somewhat wilted, and never
allowed to dry out before being
raked, because then it does not cure
so well, and most of the leaven are
broken off in handling. It should
be bandied so as to preserve ail the
leaves, since they are the most val
uable part of tbe plant. In a dry
season it can some times be plased
in the barn or stacked the day after
cutting, but it will usually be
better plan to allow the hay to stand
iu cocks a few days.
Alfalfa seedo rather uncertainly ;
the second crop is usually better
than the first for seed production
For seed it should be cut when the
seed pods turn dark, and sljould be
bandied in the same way as clover
for seed. The yield is from two to
four bushels per acre.
Explained At Lat
The buy stood on the burulug duck
Di-ctuise he was afraid,
He ouuld'iit swim tu tave bis ueek
Aud that was why he elayed.
(fhlladalphla Press.
Advertise iu the Putsd.
THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS
Fred Redecker, one of Port Jervis'
leading butcher's, was a oaller In
town Sunday.
Frank Seitzhas purchased another
horse and a road wagon. Nnxt I
Everything is not gold that glitters
Neither are all socallod hayseeda
fools. Some olty chaps can paste
that in their hats.
Some will persist in riding wheels
on the sidewalks until something
drops.
Rumor has it that Dr. de Tlasse of
New York will open an oflioo in
Port Jervis.
Peter Rutnn was down from Port
Jervis last Sunday showing a sample
of the autos he sells.
Ed Crissman of Now York is a
visitor in town.
Great cry cry, but few and small
are the trout caught.
Last Sunday our streets were very
lively. Horse flesh was in great
demand and the roads were fine.
Tho moaRels have about run their
course over in Montague and nobody
is sorry.
So the Brick House is going to
have another store. Biz must be
brisk over there to support three.
Pike county rattlesnake medicine
has not lost its power yet. The
effects of it are seen now and then.
Mrs. A. Revoyre spent several
days in the city lately.
When a young man starts to seo
bis girl and his wheel breaks flown
both times at nearly the same place
wo miles from home, what should
he do?
Mrs. Geo. McCarty of Montague
was a visitor over here Sunday.
J. A. Watts, wife and daughter
spent the forepart of this week in
the city.
Al Dingman has made a decided
improvement in his store room by
enlarging it.
A delegation from Vandermark
Lodge, I. O. O. F., went to Lacka
waxen Wednesday evening on a
fraternal visit.
Mrs. Whitney and son Frank have
returned to town and are stopping
at tho Centre Square Hotel. Franks
health is improving some which is
gratifying to his many friends.
Cacdidates for offioe are around
already seeing the boys. As it is
some time before election the office
seeker may become tired.
TBE PRESENT
Softly the breeze, play,
Sweetly the stream
Flows on Its silvery way,
Whll'st here I dream.
The pant and tbe present I
The old and the new.
All center 'round my gaze
Brlghtiy In view.
Why sigh for the past?
'Tls the present we live.
The future a phantom,
What will it give.
Hope, happiness, health?
Ah, I trust so indeed.
An El Dorado of wealth
The world seem, to need.
The gav and th ) joyous,
The brave and the fair,
To a future all lorlous,
Look forth without care.
The past is a ghost
That reflects to our gnze,
The thing, we would blot
From memory', rnya.
Then livo In tho present
By far that la test.
Forget past aud future,
O yes let them rest.
T be present holds pleasures
Which neither can give
Be content If you can
In the present to live.
Milford, April, lyuit.
Unclaimed Letter..
List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the post office at Milford for
the week ending April 25, 1903 :
Miss Girtrude Armstrong, John
E. Robinson.
Persons claiming the above will
please say "Advertised" and give
date of this list.
CUARLES LaTTIMOKB, P. M.
Robbed the Grave
A starling incident, is narrated by
John Oliver of Philadelphia, as fol
lows : "I was in an awful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes
sunken, tongue coated, pain contin
ually in back and sides, no appetite,
growing weaker day by day. Three
physicians hod given me up. Then
I was advised to use Electrio Bitters ;
to my great Joy, tbe first bottle
made a decided improvement. I
know they robbed tbe grave of an
other victim." No one should fail
to try them. Only 50 conU, guar.
atueed, at all crcj