, (At o i :! ' . . i v ( lit: ; - , ' A k I I j J i i V V- i! f Mi ii ! M I ,. ta' V . . Js . . X V .j V VOL. IX. MILFOUI), PIKE COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1901. NO. 12. THE WASHINGTON LETTER. At the memorable arbitration mooting held In tliis city the other day, Edward EverpH Hilo made a moat significant and powerful plea for compulsory peace, siying among other things : "Give mn the monpy that will be spent this year In main taining the prosont armament of nations, and I will build yon n four track railroad from the Artie ocean down the spine of the continent to Terra del Fuesro in Patagonia ; on other fourtrack railroad from Vienna across Asia to Hons; Kong ; Another four-track railroad across the Daik Continent from ocean to ocean ; and anotner four-track railroad from Cairo to the Cape of Good Hope. And I will have money enough loft to bnild them all over again " It i3 presumed that the president is greatly gratified that the Cuban senate has this week ratified the to called "permanent treaty" with the United State ., including the require ments made upon the tneen of the Antilles which were at one time thought to be very severe. The time for ratification would have exppred January 22. Cnba seems to be making progress. Now let us bave peace. The hearings will bo resumed next week on Grosvenor's anti-injunction bill, which provides that there shall be no punishment for conspiracy when two or more persons combine in furtherance of a labor dispute. Not only the Knights of Labor, the Federation of Labor, and other worker associations but the Employ ers' Association of Chicago and New York will present their views nt length, the latter of course protest ing against such law. To do entire justice to Perry 8. HeBth, Seoretary of the Republican National Committee, it is proper to record that he has not shirked, but when his name was called in court here trying Machen, the Groffs and Loreuzes for conspiracy to defraud the government, he promptly an swered "present." If he has any thing to hide concerning his official oorduct as First Assistant Post master General, he is not seeking to hide it by running away. The contest over Panama and the the president's oondact in recogniz ing that republio still holds the floor in the senate. The attack is made by naif of the domocratio members and from a strictly partisan point of view. The defence of the presi is vigorous and adequate and mostly in the hands of (Senators Spooner, (WiB.) Aldrich, (R. I ) Dolliver (la.) and Beverage, (Ind.) The most viciously denunciatory attacks have been made by Senators Carmack, of Tennessee, and Newlands, of Ne vada, who did not hesitate on Thurs day to charge the president with wilfully breaking the laws of the country and repeatedly violating his oath. The republicans have pre sented a solid phalanx in defenoe of the president's justice and prudence. Mr. Newlands proposed that con gress disavow the orders of the president and and resume peaceful negotiations with Columbia ; but he did not come to the front when Mr. Allison challenged him to iutroduce a resolution thus rebuking and dis honoring the president, and seo what would become of it. The fight is made, and will be made honee fourth till the election iu November, on the democratic allegation that the administration sent dispatches to our naval commanders in Puna ma, instructing them not to allow any Colombian troops to land, even to enforce the sovereignty of Colom bia on her own territory. This specification is denied or admitted only in a modified form by republi cans who insist that Colombia had a "reasonable time" iu which to ratify the treaty, and that on Let offensive refusal to do so, the president was obliged by law to act as his judge ment dictated, to promote the inter ests of Lis country and "collective civilization." Thus it! the issue jomed. Tl.fc Wushiiij.'toncl.'iksai-e "dread-i-.l timd" bo a use they are hereafter to be ex !;-!. u to v. o! k seven Louis a '"y, Vut they keep their ind:;'na- t.O l b tiie-1 U( ihsi.lrt them Willi ; t--'-..:r ..ai.e mi-- t - s. y wuik;;j (is.1, n ill a year v. hen tl.i-y take tin ir ii i-i.!.'u- leave of a ii.uti'h, tnij tin ir ' . U 1 . vu:' t f a i.o . i.t r itivui lii , b 1 1. 1 t y frt f v ii; 5 ' t- 15 a d..y f c I O f '! I ! ! '!', it IS m. ; t.: 1 t ,t : - i if f y '.: t i "l ia a body their places might be filled by persons who would think it a "real soft snap" Tho democratic newspapers arc foolishly ooireroiis concerning no alleged difference between the presi dent and Senator Hannn. They may save their breath. There is no such difference. Tho president will be renominated and elected. Harniv is keeping faith with him is not "lay ing pipes" for the succession Hanna has many friends and admir ers, but they would not like to sec him injure his deserved popularity by trying to stem the strong current of publio preference for Mr. Roose velt. He is not a conspirator. It was proposed by Senator Bacon to pay Colombia for the loss of Pan ama, and Senator Hale astonished evorbody by acquieseinn . Whereup on a senatorial wit alluded to it ns "the gold cure for the Panama jag." Secretary Hay and the Russian Ambassador had a conference yes terday in which the secretary was assured that the oommercinl conces sions by China to the United States in Manchuria would be respected and protected. We shall not inter fere politically. Postmaster General Payne brings out the figures, which show that whereas the deficit for the fiscal year ended last June was ft, 600,000, next year it will in all probability increase to nearly $7,207,000, and the year after that to nearly $8,614 000. This frank dealing with the publio is to be commended. It is a gret mistake to try to hide from tho taxpaying community what'ita publio luxuries are costing it. There would be no deficit, but on the con trary the Post Office would be a source of revenue to the Government if it were not for the fact that many snide publications are going through the mails at pound rates. Pocono Fines The success of the Pooono Pines Assembly, of which Dr. MartiriG. Brumbaugh is chancellor, has in duced the directors co draw up plans for a new Chatauqua, including a number of buildings, to cost in all nearly a million dollars. There will be a big stone and brick hotel, a hall and auditorinm, school buildings, a home for various arts and sciences and other structures. Estimates on these will soon be asked for and work ' wrtl probably begin next month. Dr. Harshberger will have a laboratory of the plateau for botanic field work, and other depart ments of the University of Pennsyl vania may join in forwarding the new enterprise. Thi enterprise will be located in Monroe county. CATJCTJS MEETINGS A Republican Caucus will be held in the Grand Jury room in the Court House ou Monday, January 2oth, 1901, at 8 p. m., for the purpose of nominating officers for Borough and Independent School District. Horace O. Kihp, Committeeman. A Republican Caucus will be held at the office of Dr. II. B. Reed in ililford township on Tuesday, Janu ary 2Uh, 1904. from 2 to 4 p. m. for the purpose of nominating officers for township offices. Tohias NflsO!, Committeeman. The republicans of Dingman town ship will mift at the election Louse, (K. O. liiollotut) Saturday, Jan. 11)0-1, at 3 p. m. to nominate candi dates for the ensuing election. J. Boji.KAr, Committeeman. Jan. 13, 1904. If you want folders for leap year pnrties or d.inci-a, The Tkicss Las handsome ones ht an easy price. Ju;-t remember we do any kind cf printing from a large post -rdown to a beautifully engraved card, and at reasonable rates. Will be lad to Uuve orders for vendue bills. The f:;i!i'.ly of 'Mrs. M. L. Bnbbitt of ll.ii i. e! -ton, Tenn., saw tier dying and were powerless to fcuve her. The most k-!h't physical!!) and every lenn-ly Used, l.l. led, while Com-iimp. Imiii ums-IwIv bv sorely tnU'eir l,,.r ii !e. In t his teiritle L.iur l'r. kllig'b New l.---'ieiy t-'f Consumption fi.niii 1 ii.-j nir into i iy. The tirst Lulu-! LriH.j-Lt liiiine-luite relief and US cunt .IHIed u3 CuOIJili-tely Clls-d In r. li s tl-.t) niu.-t eti lulu cure m U.rt world IT t 'ur--ft. and );i:.r tit'ut.i.s. i net i -i i, i tiit-s tt xt.i 41 to. Tu.il b.,;:.!-. t.vo i.t till C;- i-t jus- LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES L. W. Armstrong was in town over last Sunday. Hon. J. A. ICipp of New York visited his family in town this week. Thomas Trans had his collar bone broken Tuesday by falling from a loud of straw. Mrs. Asoiiath V. Lang ton was appointed post mini ress at Mataiiior as last Monday. Stanton Suppleo had a finger severely Injured last Saturday while hitching a horse to the Lose cart. 'Mrs. S. C. GiBiidin, after visiting with friends In New Jersey for sev eral weeks, has returned to town. Dr. W. B. Kenworthey was in New York this week to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs Weaver. F W. Bonner and wife have moved to Summit, N. J., which place will be their future residence. R. D. Snyre and wife, who Lave been visiting Prof. Sommerville In Philadelphia, returned home this week. Ross Brodhead, who has been sending part cf the w inter in Kan sas, was in town a few days ago. He reports that, snow was an unusual sight as there had been none where he was located. II. Stubendoff and wife of Ding man township, who bave been spending some weeks in Philadel phia, expect soon to go to New Orleans to remain several weeks and will then visit the St. Louis exposition on their way home. The County Funds The balance in bands of the ooun ty treasurer January 4, 1904, as shown by the auditor's report, is 1,062.89. After paying fire bills, balance due on Mott street bridge, for the Rowland bridge, costs of holding February elections, March" term of court and running expenses and with no money coming in from taxes until next July it does not look as if the balance would hold out At the directors convention, -held here not long ago, when the statement was made that more economy might and should be exer clsed in the affairs of the county generally, the imputation of any extravagance was quickly resented by a prominent official, who, after irrelevantly appropriating tho re mark as personal to himself, declar ed as proving that Pike was judio ions iu her expenditures, that of the sixty-seven counties in the state six or seveuwere out of debt and that Pike was one of them. This was a very reassuring statement coming from one in a position, presumably, to know the facts. If, however, the county expenses and liabilities are as above noted, even excluding the Rowland bridge, the contract for which had not then been let, it would seem that instead of being out of debt, Pike, prospectively at least, would soon be in the market for some very fair sized "temporary loans " D. V. R. R. Reorganized Th D. V. R. Company nt a recent meeting, held for reorganiza tion, elected the following directors: Milton Yetter, F.ast Stroudsburgj K. P. Peters, Bushkill; Wm. Bray, East Bangor; Charles Sherman, Buth; Thomas Masters, Itanjjor; William Keubler and II. P. Kitisey of Fasten. The new organization is called the Delaware Valley Railway Co., and elected Milton Yetter, president; E. F. Peters, vice president; William Bray, treasurer; S. E. Shull, secre tary; and J. II. Shull, solicitor. A plan was submitted for the issue of new stock to accompany bonds to the umount of $1)0,000. The capital stock, placed at one million, to re main and balance to be used in extending the road either from Stroudsburg to Suylorsburg or from lSushkill to Port Jervis as may be determined by the company in future. Latin TJp-to-date Virgilius was scribbling away for his Christinas number of the Aeneid. Finally he wrote '"Twits the mix ante Clirislm.is, et till per the doma most every one emt in status of coma." This is the authentic origin of this famous poem. Chicago Journal. loiiimtle Trouble It is exceptional to find a family mime there are no domestic rup- ! lures occasionally, but these ciiu be l. -M !,.-l by Laving l'r. Kiug'a New j I.itrt J ills around. Mucii trouble ti.ey t,,Vi! I V -their (,'le.lt Will k in tt- iniieh iiinl liver troubles. They not only relieve you, but cure, ijc, til uli di 1 Jjt'.'iMa. "AP" ON COLD WEATHEU A Reminiscence of Thirty Tears Ago When it was th Coldest North Wh.kksiiokh, N. C. F.nrnm 1'kk.ss, Dear Sir: Persons who have seen no snow this winter after reading your reports of Milford weather would naturally feel chilly to say the least, but I must take exceptions to a statement In your issue of 8th Inst. You say that on Tuesday morning Jan. fith several thermometers regis tered 21 below zero, and that is the coldest wealher ever experienced within the recollection of any Inhabi tant. Now see here I don't claim to be older than the oldest Inhabitant but do think your older citizens are fail ing so far as recollections of cold weather are concerned. Let me cite you a case of the old time weather and the first time you see Warren K. Ridgwayjust ask him If I am not right. . About 6 o'clock one morning in January 1874 I drove down through town and noticed that the ice houses were smoking as if fires had been built in them and at the same time my ears and fingers began to tell me it was a cool morning- When I reached the Diiiimick House went on the stoop and struck a match to see how cold It was by the thermometer. 25" below zero was as low as that one would register and the mercury Lad hid in the bulb. Knowing that Tommy Armstrong had a thermometer about a yard long hanging back of the drug store wended my way .over there struck another match and found it to be 32 below. I was hauling logs at that time out of the Jersey hills for Warren Ridgway and after looking at the drug store thermometer came to the conclusion that It was too cold for boys to be out and as some one was keeping up the fire in the Dim mlck House went In there.' After awhile several of our teams came along and stopped and upon finding out how cold it was we all struck for the day. After awhile Warren came along and after a "few personal remarks" to each one of us he took Munse Lambert and started out, but by the time he reached the lower hill he did not 'need a ther mometer to tell him It was a cold morning and came back, and if I remember right he froze both ears In going down the street and back. It is not my Intention to worry you with a lengthy statement but for fear the rising generation might be misled as to the weather of thirty years ago I make the above correc tion. Some time when the spirit moves me will write you about our glorious southland weather. Very truly yours, A. R. Shekman. A Free-for-all Fight The democrats wound op their caucus last Saturday in Dingman township iu a fre-for-all fight in which some of the participants were badly cut and bruised. There are many versions as to the beginning, which seems to have been a friendly sort of - tussle between Stephen Drake and Jim Ilolden over a win dow light broken by tho former. The melee grew general and, be sides the two named, Chris, and Will Ilolden and "Jack" Boilletot and L. J. Husson got into it. There was something doing with several others, but Ilusson and Jack appear to have received most of the punish ment. Both were cut and bruised about their heads. It is reported that warrants are out for some of the scrappers and the affair may be passed on by jury of the county. Sometimes a conviction and puisli ment has a quieting effect on citizens of that township. Unclaimed Letter List of unclaimed letters remain ing in the post office at Milford for the week ending Jan. 23, 1904 : Miss Ethel Decker, Rev. J. K. Freed, Mr. Theodore T. EJgerton. Persona claiming the fibove will pleasa nay "Advertised" and give date of this liat. Chaklks Lattiwohk:, P. M. This is leap year, but prudent young women will take t!m pre caution to look before they loap. Kansas City Times. Wouilerful Nert' Is displayed by many if mm en dining pams of accidental wounds, cuts, bru'ss, burns, scales, sure feet nr slid' joints, lint there's no need for ii. iiui kleii's Arnica helve will ill! the pi. i ii and cure tho trouble. Its the best salve on earth for plies, too, -jC, at h!l Uiuj-'a a. INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS George FrancisTrain died Monday at the Mills Hotel In New York of heart failure. A. T. Searle, Esq , of Honosdnlo has been elected chairman of the Wayne county republican commit tee. The thermometer showed one de gree lower here Tuesday morning than during the cold snap a few days ago. When Generals Longstreet and Gordon died the last of the lieuten ant generals of the confederacy passed away. Pennsylvania will receive nearly one million dollars this year due from the United States. War botween Russia and Japan has probably been averted. An agreement has been reached on nil except minor contentions not worth fighting for. The oounty commissioners have been this week paying bills for fighting forest fires last year. This substantial reminder of heat may aid the boys in keeping warm during these cool evonjngs. The borough board of health, T. R J. Klein, George Mitchell, Edwin McMurry and C. G. Wood, met Mon- evening and organized by eleoting George Mitchell president and J. II. Van Etton secretary. President Reyes of Colombia hav ing failed in his mission to Wash ington the people of that country are inclined to be angry with him and may cause his election as presi dent to be declared illegal. Fire in the garret of the small houso on Third street, occupied by John Showers, called out the compa nies last Saturday afternoon. The damage was confined to the roof around the chimney where the blaze staited. John Smith, Al Smith, Wm. Dun das and John Crone were arrested recently on warrants issued on complaint of Nathan Emery for outting timber on lands of his wife. The defendants, who are all Dela ware township parties, entered bail iu $100 before II. L. Brisoo. Esq., for their appearance at court. Tho will of Miss Mary G. Brod head, lately doooased, has reoently been admitted To probate. It gives to Louise Ross Hastings, Grace B. Mott, Kate Van W. Brodhead, Happy V. W. Benner and Florida M. E. Brodhead, $320 eaoh j to Ross B. Brodhead, $300; and to the Milford Cemetery Association $200 to take care of lots. A.. II. Sherman writes entertain ingly of a cold morning ho experi enced here some thirty years ago. If any one now had been like Ap, a very early riser, they might have found the mercury In the bulb or even below It at 4 a. in. The record now was not taken probably at that unseemly hour. The Republican oauous to make nominations for the February elec tion in the borough of Milford will be held at the grand jury room in the Court House Monday evening, January 25, at 8 p. m. The democrats will have theirs tomorrow, Saturday, evening at the same place. ' Prof. II. A. Surface, state economic 7,oologUt, gives this formula for making a spray for the San Jose scale : Lime, nnslacked, 40 pounds ; sulphur, ground, 20 pounds; salt, 15 pounds ; water, 60 gallons. The proper time to apply being when the leaves fall, rather than in the Spring. Several applications should be made. The Stroudsburg Times office Is the proud possessor of an excellent pair of Bcissors though the man be hind them does not always appear to moid the item appropriated to con form with his locality. Locating Port Jeivis opposite Stroudsburg hows either hi9 knowlege of geogra phy or careless habits. The follow ing, no doubt a clipping, Is an illus tration: SI.KKJIUNG ON THE RIVKK The Delaware liiver is frozen over from shore to shore, and Harry Mat sou, an enterprising farmer, has established a lcigti ferry a few miles below here. The trip across the ice covered river, behind spirited horses, is a novelty that many are traveling a long distance to enjoy. Many are driving across on the ice between here and Port Jervis. For a bad taste In the mouth take a itsw doses of Chamberlain's bioiu ach and l.iver Tablets' Price 2i. V.'nriante 1 to cure. For halo by lialcii Sin, Matamorus. and ail euemj fcUn-i iti i'lke county. LUNAR BUPERSTIITIONS Man in the Moon was Seen by the Ancients, Who alo Saw Borne Other Things in Her Face In his recently published book on the moon, Prof. W. II. Pickering presents an interesting account of the superstitions in which the moon plays an important part. Probably even in prehistoric times men have noticed the face of the "man In the moon." Plutarch noticed It and even wrote a whole book on the face. But besides this, many other objects are supposed to lie visible. The dark markings on the surface are likened by the Chi nese to a monkey pounding rice. In India, they are said to resemble a rabbit. To the Persians, they seem like our own oceans and continents reflecting as in a mirror, The size of the moon, as seen by different persons, varies from that of a curt wheel to a silver dollar. To many it seems about a foot in diameter, from which Prof. Young ooncludes that to the average man the distance of the surface of the sky is about 110 feet. It is certain that artists usually represent the moon much too large In size in their paintings. Occasionally they repre sent it in evening scenes with the horns turned downward instead of upward, whereas they must always point away from the sun. The true angular size of the moon is 'about a half a degree, eo that it oan always bo concealed behind a lead pencil held at arm's length. The majority of the superstitions relating to the moon relate to the weather. Besides, we have the superstition that sleeping in the moonlight, especially if the moon be full, induces insanity. Witness our word "lunacy," in which the belief is expressed. Farmers believe that the moon exercises a certain in fluence over vegetation, and that beans should be planted when the moon is light and potatoes when it is dark. Many believe that a change in the weather will come at about the time that there is a change in the moon. Prof. Pickering points out that since the moon changes every seven and a half days, every change in the weather must come within four days of a change in the moon, and that changes will neces sarily come within two daya of a lnnar change. This superstition must not be confused with the real, but ill-defined, seven-day period of the- weather, which is a genuine phenomenon and holds trne to a certain extent. Thus if one Sunday is stormy there is a probability that the several Sundays following may also be stormy. This phenomenon is probably due to terrestrial causes and has nothing whatever to do with the moon. . Some people believe that if the horns of the new moon will bold water, it will be a dry month ; that if they are so tipped that the water will ran out, it will be rainy Nearly as many people hold the reverse view. Both views are wrong. The line joining the moon's horns is al ways perpendicular to the direction of the sun and, therefore, depends merely upon the plaoe of the moon in its orbit. It has been said that thunder storms are influenced by the moon. Nearly 12,000 observations collected by Hazen in the United States in the year 1884 show a preponderance of thirty-three per cent in the first half of the lunar month. The great est number of thunder storms come between the new moon and the first quarter ; the least number between full moon and the last quarter. This is, perhaps, the only satisfac tory evidence that we have that the weather is at all influenced by the moon. Even in this case the effect ia so slight that it has only a theoretical interest. The Hon. David llennett Hill charges President Roosevelt's wcr record withiaving been a spectacular grand-stand affair. We are still of the opinion, however, that we would prefer the charge of San Juan hill to the charge of D. ii. Hill. A Very tloae Cull Ml stocked to my engine, although evory joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain," writes C. W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman, of Burlington, Iowa "I was weak and pale, without any appetite and ail run down. As I was about to jrtve up, I got a bottle of Electric Hitters, and after taking it, I felt as well is 1 ever did in my life." Weak ei-.kiy, ruu down people always train new life, strength and Vigor from from their use. Try them. Satis faction guaranteed by all Orug'.aU. i'ltcij 00 cents. THE RAMBLER'S PICKINGS Cold enough the forepart of the week. Tuesday Uncle Tom Truax while assisting Chas. Wood to move some straw from the Bonrniqtie barn had the misfortune to npset the load and break his left collar bone. Dingman township had a primnry election last Saturday, Something besides votes were cast, in conse quence of which two residents of that township are laid up, Bnd two of onr physioians have extra jobs. A number of our town people enjoyed? a sieigh ride to Daloz's Monday evening. Constables should be careful when serving a summons. A true and oorrect copy of the original mnst be left with the defendant. The week of prayer has been extended over several weeks, mnch to the gratification of those who love to attend church. Geo. Bull, Esq., recently spent several days in the city. It Is about time the Hatchet Society gets together to make prepa rations for their annual supper. New York City seems afflicted with pneumonia. So far onr healthy little village has not had one case of that dreaded disease this winter. The time is now here for both parties to make nominations for the different offices to be filled in our borough the coming eleotion. It is not likely we will come. up to Ding man township for excitement. So Sandyston don't know there are any Dutch over here. Bless you, brother, how do you suppose Pike county would look if all the Dutoh and Frenoh were taken out. Guess again. It is not the Dutch alone who drink beer and eat lim burger, and some Yankees could eat a Dutchman sick putting away sauerkraut and bretzels. There is too much loose snow in the woods for good sleighing say those who know. Brownlow Road Bill There Is a bill introduced in Con gress by the Hon. Walter P. Brown low of Tennessee, and the Hon. Jacob II. Gallinger, member of the Seriate Irom New Hampshire, appro priating $21,000,000 on the part of the National Government as National aid in building- wagon roads. This money is to be apportioned among the stated according to their population, except tnat no state shall receive less than $250,000. .Each state receiving National aid from the Government must add a like amount to the sum received. This will, therefore, cause the spend ing of $ 18,000,000 for roads and will build from 6,000 to 7,000 miles of splendid road and will place in each state from 100 to 500 miles of fine hard road, which will not be affected by frost or spring rains and on which the farmer can haul the year round. It will be a great advantage to those living near it, but it will be a far greater advantage to the whole coun try because it will be a-wonderful object lesson and will prove to everyone that a good, hard road which can be used the year round, no matter what the rains are, Is a good and desirable thing; it will make everyone who sees this road and who uses it want more roads just like it, and it will cause more roads just like it to be built. While under the Brown low Bill the building of 0,000 to 7,000 miles of splendid road is a great thing, yet it seems to many that the greatest advantage of this bill is the wonderful object lesson which 100 to 6K miles of fine road will produce when built in every state of the Union. Pennsylvania would be entitled under this bill to $I,28,000. A bill has been introduced in con gress to purchase the Temple Farm at Yorktown, Virginia, and the old Moore house there situated, the scene of the surrender of lird Cornwallis and the headquarters of Washington, Lafayette and Rochumbeau. The handsome Yorktown monument erected by the United States to com memorate this victory over the British now stands in an oieu and barren field at this point. The Tern, pie Farm includes five hundred acres. "The nicest and pleasantest medi cine I have used for indigestion and constipation ia Chauiberlain's Stom and Liver Tablets," says Melard fc". Craig, of Middlegrove, N Y. "They work like a charm and do not gnpo or ha vrt M n V nil l.l.-HKHllf HtTnef. " l-'or 'stilt) by lial U & Son, Matamorus, nil general stores ia Pike cjuutj, ( t
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