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MILFOIID, PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1903.
NO. 48.
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THE WASHINGTON LETTER.
An extremely difficult problem
confronts the president, who return
ed to the White House Monday, and
who will Immediately take up the
case of William Millor and the whole
question of reforms In the Govern
mont Printing Office. No official
statement has been made thus far,
but the situation may be summar
ized as follows, with reasonable ac
curacy : Tho dixcharge of Miller,
followed by his roinstallmont by the
president, has already been told in
those letters. Out of that incident
grew the investigation receully com
pleted. Miller sent a long letter to
the president in which he made
various charges as to the domination
of the printing office by the unions,
the extravagant methods employed,
eto. These 'charges causod the
president to ask Secretary Cortelyou
to Investigate the entire printing
offioe and Mr. Cortelyou assigned
the task to Commissioner General
of Immigration Sargent, and Chief
of Corporations Garfield. Their re
port, which 1 now in tho hands of
the president, substantiates many
of Miller's charges and points the
way to reforms which promise to
save the government thousands of
dollars a year. Meanwhile, the
Bookbinder's Union has scoured the
past record of Miller and has filed
many charges against bis private
life. Sargent and Garfield also
found that Miller was of a quarrel
some disposition, dictorinl and arbt
tary, and a man who, in the position
of foreman, caused friction and dis
satisfaction. Iu a word, be is a man
ill fitted to manage men, quite ir
respective of the union factor in the
situation. There Is little doubt, that,
under ordinary circumstances, Miller
would ba promptly discharged. On
the other hand, there likely to ensue
extorsive and radical reforms as a
result of Millers having brought the
matter to the attention of the presi
dent, and his interest in his work
and In economical administration
will secure 'or him more than ordin
ary consideration by the president.
Again, the ohargos preferred by the
union are so serious that it will be
almost imposible for the president
to ignore them. In fact it is gener
ally believed that they will oonipol
the president to discharge Miller for
the good of the publio service, but
from whatever standpoint he looks
at it Mr. Koosvelt is bound to find
the situation perplexing. I
. 1
Although the date on which con
gress will convene in extraordinary
Bession is still more than a month
away, November 0th, there are alv
ready many indications of approach
ing political activity. At the oapitol
all is activity preparing $he cham
bers and committee rooms for the
advent of Senate and House. Furn
iture is being repolished, carpets
laid, walls repaired and deoorations
touched up, while great quantities
of coal are being stored in the cav
ernous basement. Represenative
Cannon, the speaker to be, has been
in Washington and engoged a house,
and numerous other members of
congress are here looking after their
winter quarters. Members of the
cabinet are returning to the city,
the White House is radient with
sew paint gildings and the fall
flowers In the White House gardens
are showing a wealth of bloom,
especially the great bods of cosmos
at the rear of the House.
. ' .
Notwithstanding tho fact that
Columbia permitted the time stipa
la tod for tho ratification of the Pan
ama canal to expire, without making
any progress towards ratification or
even asking an extension of time.
there seems to be a general confi
dence that the United States will
eventually build the canal and build
It by the Panama route. Tho ex
plsrmtion that local political condi
tions in Columbia prevented the
ratification of the treaty is generally
accepted, together with the assertion
that Columbia will, after the presi
dential election to occur thure in
December, be ready to negotiate a
new treaty on an entirely reasonable
baais, the objection to the present
treaty having been that it was feared
by each of several proHidoutmi can
didates that it would mean that one
of the competitors would have the
feuporvisiuu of tho 10,000,CuO pur
chase price,
Biiiihtor Furaker and Ilepri-wiuta,-tive
Lk-k of Ohio Lave boeu iu
Wu.ilikuHun during a pirt of the
p.i t v-utk find brought news of ti.o
O! :o i'Lniiii;U. They euy th.it
inriipp.wiHcn, win pponk in fourtmm'
towns during tho lust ton days of
the campaign, which it must ba ad
mi t tod, Is a pretty strenuous under
taking. There is not the slightest
doubt in the mind of either Senator
Forakor or representative Dick as to
the final outcome of tne campaign.
In fact, they place the majority
for Hunna in the next legisla
ture at from 30 to 40 votes on
joint billot. As to the challenge of
John U. Clark, issued to Senator
Hunna to meet him in joint debate
Representative Dick said thnt
he had not received tho challenge
before leaving Ohio and. that he
could not discuss It until he had
done so, but Senator Foraker said
frankly that, were ho in Senator
Hanna's pl.i3o ho would decline it
and it may be pretty confidently
predicted that will bo Mr. Hanna's
course.
.
Thero have been no startling do
velopments in tho post office inves
tigation during the pant week, al
though some important indictments
are expected in the near future, one
of them to involve State Senator
Green again for complicity with
Heavers in inducing the government
to purohase stamp cancelling ma
chines from the Doromus Cancelling
Maohine Company of which Green
is an officer. Green has been uiak
violout resistence to the efforts of
the government to place him under
bail to appear in Washington for
trial and it is possible that the gov
ernment will have to resort to tho
same, or similar tactics, to those em
ployed in the case of Beavers. The
United States commissioner. Hall,
who is an appointee of Judge Ray,
is inclined to release Green unless
the United States presents its entire
oase in the Binghamptou court. In
that event the Departmont of Justice
will probably permit Green to be
set free but will hold the Indictment
over his head and arrest him the
first time he sets foot outside of the
Binghampton jurisdiction.
Real Estate Transfers
John Baptist Herzog to Erhard
Rosing, 37 acres, Lackawaxen, part
of John Shields, !50.
Frank Beers to Louis B. Smith,
6j acres, near Bushkill, Lehman,
12000.
Commonwealth to C. W. BullA
patent, 3S acres, Porter.
C. W. Bull to Commonwealth, 88
acres, Porter, Win. Overflcld, f2.
Johanner C. Geyer and husband to
John T. Chambers and wife, lot in
Matamoras, on Barker street, :150,
Benjamin F. Allen to II. II. San
derson, interest in Jacob Cox, No. 6,
Dingman, 415 acres, $1.
Ernest Miller and Honry H. Roe
to School District of Lackawaxon
township, acre on publio road
near Sims Pond, 20
Albert Ernst to John Zwirz and
wife, 12 acres, Lackawaxen, on road
from Lackawaxen to Grooly, 1125
Mary P. Essig to Josophine Essig,
88 acres, Blooming Grove,- part of
Henry Barnott, No. 114, 30.
George N. Jaggor to John A. H
Crone, 203 acres, Delaware, part of
Thomas Wilkinson tract. 1150.
An Endurance Teat
Starting from New York, Tuesday,
October 6, almost seventy-five auto
mobiles will begin an endurance te.it
They will go up the Hudson to
Kingston, thence across the state to
Buffalo and then to Pittsburg, Pa., in
all 7'J3 miles. They must cover the
distance in eight days and must not
viohite any regulation espocting
speed in any district through which
they pass. After reaching destination
tlity will be examined to determine
the condition iu which they arrived.
Excursion Tickets to Saa Francisco
or Los Angeles, Cal.
On account of tho Meeting of tho
American Bunkers Association at
Sjin Francisco, Cal., October 20-23,
li03. the Erie will sell upeeiul round
trip tickets from Port Jervis to San
Francisco and lion Angeles, Cul.,
October "th to 18th, inclusive, good
to return on or before November
iiOlh, l'JCJ, at the low rate of l'Jl.30.
Sawci Two From Death
"Our littio daughter hud an almost
fatal fcttnek of whooping cous-Mi and
bronchitis," writes filrs. W. K.
Hsviland of Armonk, N. Y., "but,
wbeu all Oilier remedies failed, we
aved her life wi;h Dr. King's New
Discovery. Our niece, who had
cunsutJipl ion iu tu advanced stue,
also used this wonderful medicine
and today nl.o is perUct'.y well."
Desperati tlir.iat and lung discar.es
yield to Dr King's New Discovery
s to no other uie-du-iue on eurlli.
Infallible for oo.ihii tin 1 col. Is. Due
and tl.O'J b tiles gum unteeti by all
Ul'uJ;'s. i I S'.l b'. U'v'i tioo.
local AND PERSONAL NOTES
Kobinsnn Shepherd of Silver Lake
was In town Tuesday.
II. W. Adams of Hunting Towers
was in town a day thi3 week.
Mrs. L. Huguenin has returned
from lmr visit in sunny France
J. G. Van Gordon, Esq., of Mata
moras visited our town yesterday.
Mr. Arthur N. Boe of Branch-j
ville visited here the first of this
week.
C E. Cuddeback, Esq., of Port
Jorvis made a business trip to Mil-
ford Tuesday.
Hon. F. A. Kossler of Matamoras,
with several friends visited Milford
Wednesday evening.
Murk Brodhead, wife and daugh
ter, Raiharyn, have returned to
their Washington home.
Mis. O. B. Van Wyck and son,
George, have gone to their Washing
ton home for the winter.
The Drysdalo family, who occu
pied Ovorbrook Farm this summer,
returned ho ne this week.
Mrs. Catharine A. Quick of Manor
Hall, Delaware township, has gone to
New York to spend the winter.
E. P. Crlssman of New York, who
has passed the summer in town, re
turned to the city a few days ago.
Honry B. Wells, who suffered
paralysis some months ago, is now
able to ride out on pleasant days.
Joseph Boilean of New York was
in town this week attending the
wedding reception of his brother.
Mrs. Irwin, who spent the sum
mer at the Dimmick House, returned
this week to her home In New York.
Clyde Kipp, who is a student at
the East Stroudsburg State Normal,
visited his home here over last Sun-
day.
T. B. Morse and family will return
to their New York home tomorrow
If the condition of Mrs. Weaver will
permit.
Will Armstrong and wife of Long
Branch, N. J., are spending a week's
vacation with the former's parents on
Second street.
Osoar M. Wells, with the Blanoh-
ard Printing Company;- of New
York, was a visitor in town the
first of the week.
Dr. Walter L. Angle of Mercy
Hospital, Pittsburg, Pa., has spent
the past week in town visiting his
parents and friends.
Mrs. Charlotte Bell Allen, widow
of J. Linn Allen, of Bernardsville,
N J., has been spending several
days here with Mrs. Susau C.
Grandin.
F. F. Seitz and wife have just
returned home after a drive of three
weeks duration, In which time they
traveled 43t miles visiting friends on
Long Island and in New Jersey.
Mrs. Weaver, who resides with
her daughter, Mrs. T. B. Morse, on
Fourth street, has been quite ill the
past week with heart trouble. Her
condition Is now much Improved
Ed. Harold Mott, the prolifio
writor of snake and boar storlos and
who made this nock of woods fam
ous by ' his Pike County Folks, is
domiciled in Port Jervis where he
expects to abide for some time.
County Troasurer G. A. Sweponl
zor, ex-Treasurer G, F.- Rowland,
County Commissioner W. F. Beck
and Commissioners' Clerk Theodore
Bakor attended the New Jersey
State Fair at Tronton this week.
Fred Wilson of New York is at
the Armstrong home on High street
tormented with a white swelling on
his knee. This afiliction began when
lie was only nine years old and he
has been a sufferer at intervals ever
since.
Mrs. Orpba Bennott of Scranton
is visiting friends In Montague, N.
J. Hb .3 is a daughter of the late
Timothy Depew who years ago
resided in Delaware and for a time
was proprietor of the lower mill
here.
L. Hervoy Myor and Harry Pant
ley have purchased land in Okla
homa and will remove thoir families
soon to the Southern part of
that territory. Their nearest post
office will be about thirty miles dis
tant in Texas. Our boat wishes go
with ttiem for success in tbeir fur
olf homes.
Broke Into Kit House
S. Le Quinn of Cavendish,Vt.,was
robbed lit his cnutomary health by
invasion cf chronic constipation.
S hen Dr. King's New Life Pills
broke into bis house, bis trouble
was arrested and now bo's entirely
cured. They're guaranteed to euro,
jo ut all di us;;.;ibts.
CHORAL SOCIETY FOR MILFORD
AnEflbrt Will be Made to Organize
One Here Mooting Will be
Held October 9th
To the Editor of the Prkss :
Kindly allow me to bring a matter
of general interest to tho attention
of all your readers in Milford who
are lovers of good music.
In 'the belief that the establish
ment of a Choral Society in Milford,
if it cm be accomplished, will be a
source of much bonofitto onrchurcn
choirs and to our town, an effort
will probably be made to that end
tins season. And in anticipation of
this effort Mr. N. Coe Stewart,
for many years Director of Musio in
the schools of Cleveland, O., will
visit Milford on Friday evening,
Oetobor 9th, to tnnot all who can
sing or who want to learn to sing.
We desire therefore to have ft
known that all who care for musio,
whether they can sing or not, are
invited to meet Mr. Stewart In the
parlor of the Presbyterian church,
at 8 o'clock, on that evening. On
that occasion an exhibition will be
given of the methods of instruction
in the reading of musio which Mr..
Stewart employs, and steps will
perhaps be token toward the orga
nization of a Milford Choral Sooiety
for the coming season. It is desired
that every person who U interested
in musio will oonsider himself or
herself personally Invited to be
present, on Friday, October 9th.
I may add that it is upon the
recommendation of Mr. Frank Dam
rosoh of New York that Mr. Stewart
has been oonRulted and invited to
visit Milford for this purpose.
Respectfully yours,
Elliston J. Perot.
HYMENEAL
BOILKAU bELMS
Miss Fannie A. Helms and Loon
P. Boileau, both of Dingman town
ship, .this county, were uuited in
marriage Monday, September 28th,
at the M. E. parsonage in Port Jer
vis by the pastor, W. A. Chadwiok.
They were attended by Miss
Mamie Craig and Roy Helms, a
brother of the bride. The wedding
reception was held the same evening
at the home of Mrs. John Laner, a
sister of the bride.
This most estimable and worthy
young oouple is well know in this
vicinity and will have the hoartiest
good wishes of hosts of friends for
a most prosperous and happy journey
through life.
Some Fine Paintings
Robert Anderson, an artist at
present residing on George street,
and who has spent several years in
this vioinity studying and painting
river scenes, has a cumber of
beautiful views on canvas, Tho
pictures are true reproductions of
stretches of water with the banks
fringed with trees and tho blue hills
in the background. They are a
delight to the eye and are especially
interesting to those familiar with
the windings of the stately Dela
ware. He takes pleasure in exhibit
ing these products of his brush and
they are well worth seeing even if
one has not an artists eye.
St. Patrick's Day Trouble
Several students at the East Strouds
burg State Normal recently left that
institution and entered the Blooms-
burg Shite Normal. It is understood
that the reason for this action arose
over some difficulty last spring when
a green flag was raised St. Patrick's
day which was replaced with an
American flag by other students.
The alleged affront to the Hibernian
element was never satisfactorily ap
peased, hence the departure.
A Great Supper
One of the events of the fall will be
the oyster and chicken supper given
by the Protestant denominations,
Saturday evening, October 8, on the
second floor of William C. Cortright's
store at Lackawaxen. The proceeds
are for relighting the church. Every
body is invited and a good time may
be anticipated.
New Goods
I have just received another lot of
Millinery Goods. All are invited to
call. Miss Flouesoe Kaul,
WfinnI a,n pfepored to furninl
wuu wood in stove lenehs a
a loaJ. Jr. f . riioriz, .111110M
lephone connections.
To Cure Cold iu Oue Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine 'fab
let. All druggists refund tho money
if it fails to cure. K. V. Grove
t(j!inturo U on each box. 2iio.
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS
Senator Quay was soveuty years
old Wednesday.
Morris Jones of Wind Gap, Mon
roe county, was fined 100 this week
for usii.g dynamite in a fish stroam.
Born, Wednesday morning, Sept.
30, to Cashier John C. Warner and
wife a son.
Born, Thursday, to Edward Blood
and wife a daughtor. Mrs. Blood is
here at the home of hor father, T.
R. J. Klein.
W. F. Choi this week moved his
residence to tho house of Mrs.
Martha C. Nyce, adjoiuiug Centre
Square Hotel.
The United Slates Treasurer has
designated the Stroudsburg National
Bank as a depository for government
funds and $00,000 have been deposit
ed In it.
Lottera of administration have
been granted to Mahlon Kctoharu on
the estate of Lydia A.' Cogdell, late
of Port Jervis, to satisfy a mortgage
held on lands in Pike.
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court J. Brewster McCollum is
seriously-ill at his home In Montrose
with paralysis and his only brother,
Alexandor, is likewise afflicted.
Cutting away some brush and
trimming the trees at the Mott street
bridge have greatly enlarged the
view of the road tit that point and
the public will appreciate the im
provement. Christum Seitz brought to this
office Wednesday a couple of bunches
f White Plume oolory of which he
has about 800 nicely bleached. The
oolory is clean free from rust and of
most excellent quality.
Williams Hall, of Lehigh Univers
ity, South Bethlehem, will be form
ally opened October 8th. The
building will be devoted to the de
partments of Geology and Meohani
cal Engineering.
Wells' dam at the foot of Broad
street which was supposed to be
completed some days ago proved too
weak to carry the weight of water
and broke down. An entire new
dam Is now being put in.
Down in Ciiester county last Sun
day the thunder shower was aceom
panied by hail and high winds which
did considerable damage to crops and
njured several buildings. Many
pigs and chickens were killed and
greenhouses were left without glass.
Beoause of wet weather iu the
spring which destroyed many infant
turkeys, the birds will be soaoe and
high in price this fall, and those
who Indulge in the luxury at
Thanksgiving may have to pay
nearly thirty cents a pound.
Peter E. Gumaer of Port Jervis
has been nominated by the republi
cans of Orange oounty for sheriff
He certainly knows how to keep one
kiud of Hotel, we speak from per
sonal knowledge, and no doubt
would be equally well qualified to
keep the other, but that we have no
desire to test.
Tho Erie's Last and Cheapest Ex
cursion to Niagara Falls
and Buffalo 1900
The busy season is now over and
evorybody is asking for a low rate
excursion to the Groat Cataroot,
Niagara, and the "Queen City of tho
Lakes." The Eiio Railroad Com
pany will run a grand Harvest
Excursion, starting Saturday even
ing, October 10th, reaching Niagara
Falls early Sunday morning, return
ing same night. The rates are the
lowest of the season and are within
the reach of everyone Ample ac
commodations will be providod.
Half fare for children. Tickets to
the points of interest at Niagara
Falls will be furnished on the traia
at reduced rates. Traia will leave
Port Jervis at 7.40 p. m. Fare
rouu 1 trip 3.00.
Unclaimed Letters
List of unclaimed letters remain
ing in the post office at Milford for
the week ending Oot. 3, 1903 :
Mrs. Holcombs, Miss Margaret
McGowan, Thos. Laurence Toomey,
Goo. U Hall. W. C. Tnttle, Th
Redmond.
Persona claiming the above will
please say "Advertised" and give
date of this list.
CllARLKS LaTTIMORK, P. M.
A Love Letter
Would not interest you if you're
looking for a guaranteed salve for
sores, burns or piles. Otto Dodd, of
Ponder, Mo., writes: "I suffered
with an Uf,'ly sore for a year, but a
box of Bucklen's Aruii :i Salve cured
It'a tin Kut ti..lu.a n i-1 1 ,
' jc at all druggists,
DAIRT AND FOOD BULLETIN
The Commissioner is Determined
to Enforce the Laws and
Protort the People
That Dr. Warren, the commis
sioner, is active in his efforts to
provont adultorations of food and to
prevent those who porsist in the
praotioo of selling doctorod products
is shown by the monthly bulletin.
Of 45 butter samples 28 wore pure,
10 oleomargarine, 5 doubtful and 2
renovated. In chooso 11 wore pure
and 4 adulterated. Fifty-throe lard
samples showod 22 pure, 21 adulter
ated and 10 doubtful, of 686 milk
samples 546 were pure, 89 preserved
1 oolored, 4 preserved and watered,
12 low in fat and 34 watered and
skimmed Of the 139 pnre food
samples 47 were pure, 69 adulterat
ed, 4 eolorod, 1 preserved, 5 pre
served and eolorod and 13 not
correctly labeled. In 11 samplos of
vinogar 4 were pure and 7 adul
terated. Two prosecutions were brought in
cheese cases, 59 in milk cases, 12 in
oloomargerine cases, 81 in pure food
cases and two in renovated butter
cases 357 liconsos hove boon issuod
to oleomargarine dealers from Janu
ary 1 to August 15, 1903, and the
total amount of money rncoived
from same is J36.729.38. This sum,
in occordance with low, has been
deposited in the state treasury and
will be used as may be required to
aid in enforcing existing laws relat
ing to the manufacture and sale of
oloomargerine and renovated butter.
VERNE
When the day Is slowly tndlnpr, tarn
A nd my thoughts to sweet ponce
As I sit and watch the glonmlng,
I am thinking of you, Vorne.
Thtit when silence deep enfolds mo,
And the far-off hill-tops burn.
In the glow of goldon sunset,
I am thinking nf you, Vernn.
Thinktnp of you, ever thinking,
In the quiet rest I earn,
After dally cares are eudd
I am thinking of you, Verne.
When I dream by quiet riv'lot,
Mid tho violet and the fern,
Thon my thoughts are far away
I am thinking of you, Verne.
As one by one th3 days are passings
And each ono the more I learn
To rospect and honor some one
I am thinking of you, Vorne.
When the shadows darkly gather
I can still one hope discern,
E'en amid the blackest midnight
I am thinking of you, Vorne.
When 1 watch the flowers nodding,
Brightly In the marble urn,
When I hoar the sweet birds singing
I am thinking of you, Vorne.
Whon the moonbeams softly glimmer
And with longing deep I yearn
Sadly to behold a home face
I am thinking of you, Verne.
A Charming Magazine
The Delineator, a magazine pub
lished by the Buttrlck company of
New York, is one to delight every
woman. The September issue in
particular is a gem. Its stories are
very readable, its fashion plates most
excellent and its contents as a whole
are of esjcial interest in the house1
hold. It may be said that no lady
desiring to lie uptodatj can afford to
miss reading this very attractive
volume.
An Old Coin
While digging in Plum Alley
adjoining his lots on Fourth street, a
few days ago, F. F. White unearthed
an old English penny of the time of
George III. It bears the inscription
Georgius III Hex D. G. 1806. The
coin was found about a foot beneath
the surface and may have lain there
since the early settlement of the town.
It Is rare now and of considerable
value as an antique.
W. W. Scranton and wife of
Scranton came up the valley from
Stroudsburg Wednesday on an auto
mobile to Port Jervis and returned
to Delaware Water Gap making a
run of 84 miles. They drove the
machine from Stroudsburg here in
two hours. Mr. Scranton probably
brought the first machine which
ever visited this town, some four
years ago, coming down the Milford
turnpike.
Concessions ol a Priest
Rev. Juo. S. Cox, of Wake, Ark
writes, "For 12 years I sulfured from
yellow j.iundice. I Sonsuited a
number of physicians and tried all
sorts of medicines, but got no relief.
Then I bet;un the use of Electrio
Bitters and feel that I am now onred
of a disease thut had rue in its grasp
for twelve years." If you want a
reliable medicine for liver and kid
noy trouble, stomach disorder or
general debility, get Electric Bitters.
It's guuiuntoed by all druggists.
Only &0o.
THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS
Hand organs and trainod boars
hove gone south.
Plenty of frost this wook, but
nothing hurt.
John Warner's smile Is broader
than ever. It is a boy.
The extra mootings in the M. E.
church closed Tuosday evening. No
oonverts are reported. The time
when a person professes religion in
publio seems to have gone past.
How easy a slight rumor somo-
tlmos grows Into a groat big lie I
Thomas McKittrick has rented
the George Horton house on Hor
ford street.
Woll, the assessment is going to
get on over hauling. It may oanso
lisNntisfaotion in some quarters, but
be the reverse in others.
B. E. Brown has contracts enough
on hand to koop his men busy all
winter.
Frank Seitz and wifo roturned
from their overland trip to the city
last Monday.
Now if the railroad is built to
Milford there wont be men enough.
I notice up in Port Jervis the stroot
commissioner is advertising for help
to work on sowers. So there can't
bo hard times. But yet the news
papers are always full of strikes, or
oon torn pla tod strikes. JWby wont
men lot good enough alone?
The Half-Way House kept by
Floyd Bevons, formerly proprietor
of the other Half-Way House, now
kept by Maurice Quinn, is doing
everything to cater to tho oomfort
of the traveling publio. Mr. Bevans
has accommodation for a number of
permanent boarders, his table is
always supplied with everything
tho market affords and Floyd Is a
first class landlord himself.
Manrico Quinn is back on the old
stand, he knows how to cater to the
traveling publio, but what worries
him is the law prohibiting the erec
tion of eel racks. Some day Maurice
will go to the legislature himsolf
and then goodbye game laws.
Henry B. Wells, who hns been
ill so long, was able to take a ride
the other day.
Now Is a good time for supervisors
to go over their road distriots and
remove loose stones, fill up depres
sions in the road, and above all see
that the drains are properly opened.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Frank Kelly, the giant oonstablo
of Lackawaxen, was in tow'n Wed
nesday. W. L. Boyd is nursing on. attaok
of rheumatism.
OBITUARY
HERMAN GUMBLE
Mr. Gumble, a respeoted and life
long farmer of Palmyra, died at his
home, in that township, Wednesday,
after a protractod illness. He was
born in New York, but at an early
age was taken by his parents to the
place which has since been his
homj. Some 21 years ago he
married Miss Sophia Smith who
deceased about twelve years ago.
Surviving him are five children,
May, Herman, Clara, Kate and Rose,
and brothers and sisters, Conrad C,
Honry and Emil of Paupoo, Frod of
Milford, William and John of Ililla-
grove, Pa., Kutn ot New YorK,
Ixrais of Laporte, Pa., Georgo of St.
Augustine, Fla., and Mrs. C. F.
Hackstein of Cuba. The funeral
was held today.
Senator Hanna's health may not
be up to that of the prime athlete but
the senator is not resigned.
Washington will have no victorious
base ball pennant, but she will soon
have congress upon her hands.
The shrinkage in stocks has been
explained. Alexander Dowie is on
his way to Wall Street for the pur
pose of reform.
Dowie is reforming Wall Street;
the Sal vation Army is looking after
the Kentucky feudists; who is going
to attend to congress?
Ran a Ten Penny Nail Through His Hind
While opening a box, J. C. Mount,
of Three Mile Bay, N. Y., ran a tea
penny nail through the fleshy part
of his hand. ' I thought at once of
all tho pain and soreness this would
cause mo," he says, "and immedi
ately applied Chamberlain's Pain
Balm uud occasionally afterwards.
To my surprise it removed all pain
uud soreness and tho injured parts
were soou healed." For sale by
Balch & Son, Matamoras, and all
geueral stores iu Pike county,