PIKE COUNTY PRESS PUBLISHED BVKRY FKIDAY. Friday, January 1, 1909 Omi B, BROWN'S HUILK1KU BKOAD KT. BUHSX'HtPTION: Unr Ykar One dollar and fifty centa. Six Months Seventy-live vents. STRICTLY IN ADVANCK. Rntored at (he punt olllee of Milford, Pike County, Peminylvanla, as second 0"ws malter, Novimiiim- twinny-Kml. ltwu, Advertising Rates, Otiv luch, onelriBortinn . . . - . . . . . ii.sn ttach subsequent iusiirtlon ....... .76 tinliu'tiu mtofl, liiritia;u.. on .ipplicatiuii, will Iw ullowi'd yearly advertisers. Legal Advertising. A.lmtmt.rator's and Kxeomor's notices 8.00 A uili Lor b notices . 4.00 Divorce noliees .... ... fi.uo ritiurin"s Sftlea, Orphans oourt dale, Jouuty Treasurer's sulrs, County sttoe m tut ami eloutlon proelamatlun oliargt-d by uiu inch. I. U. Van KtUin. PUBLISHER, KIMBLE Mrs. J. E. Dodun of Lackuwnxen spent Chris'niHB with her daughter Mrs. George Daniels. Fred HiMerhrand and wife ol Haw ley siH'iit Xma with the hitters par ents E L Calkins and wife Our Xnias tn-e and entertainment Was a success. The tree was laden with a present for each scholar. Elizabeth Calkins and Ethel Decker deserve great credit for their work and training the children. Mrs Ida Hittinger of Honesdale visited her sister Mrs. Emma Masker Sunday. Mefsrs Mordecai Edwards, Winfleld Balsdeu, Victor Decker of Hawley and Mrs Newcomb Kimble of Middle- town visited the latters sister Mrs. E Malone Sunday Jamns llurrison spent Xinas Willi relati ves at Dunuiore and Scranton. Mayiue McNally of Mt Cobb la vis ltlnjt ier sister Mrs Olive Satore. William Weaver Hnd wife epeul Xinas with Scruinon relatives. SILVER LAKE The Christinas tree and entertain merit at the school house parsed off very pleasantly last Thursday after noon, there were recitations and dia logues by the children, and a visit from Santa Claus after which ice cream and cake were served. George It Bennett and family spent Xmas with his p irents at Bush kill Dr. Jones of Layton, N. J. was bere last Wednesday bei'r hunting. Edward Shepherd of Long Meadow who recently suffered a paralytic stroke is able t.) sit up some. Several parties have fished In Mud pood lately with good euccesi. Charlie Place of East Stroudsburg, is spending the holidays with bis aunt Mrs. George Bennett. FLOWERS IS SEALED BOXES. A Scheme of the Florists Which Pre vents in Leakage in lelivery. Floristi have hit on a new wrlnkta la delivering flowers. After the flowers have been packed in boxes and the boxes are tied up in fancy style with ribbon, the ends of the ribbon are sealed to the box with wax and the florist's private mark lamped thereon.. This Is not to add style to the package, but serves a strictly useful purpose. It was not an uncommon occurrence for flowers to leak on the way. Two .oiea American Beauties would shrink to one dozen. Some timer the chance of detection was slight, as the recipient would not know how many flowers were sent In the case of a gift, and in the case of a large order few persons wo Id take the trouble to count them, and a half dozen might weJI slip vv-ty unnoticed. So the florists seal the packages now and temptation is removed from the path of those who deliver them. Fishing the Air. "Is this section prosperous?" "You bet It is." answered the Kan sas farmer. "I kin spread a net any tlms and snake a grand piano out of a cyclone." Confidence. The surest way to destroy peo ple's confidence in you is to continu ally Question the motives of others. A Convenient Disinfectant. A handy disinfectant for house hold use is made of chlorate of lime moistened with vinegar and water in equal parts. It may be kept in the cellar all the time, and In case of sickness a few drops scattered about will purify the air in the room. New York's Costly Fire IKpartment. There is a difference between the fire departments of London and of New York city. The London depart ment coals ten rents a year for each Inhabitant, while the department of New York costs $1.75 for each New Yorker. VThe Searvh for Wisdom. .In seeking wisdom, thou art wise; lA Imagining that thou hast found JtAlhou art foal. Confining. j -t j A Bure-Enuogn Knocker J. A. Harmon, of Ltzouiore, Went VrH. , says : "At Inst I have found the perfeot pill vlmt never disappoint ie ; and for the benefit of others afllicted with torpid liver and ohronic constipation, will say : take Dr. King's New Life Pills, Oaaranteed satisfactory. 25o at (J. O. Armstrong Druggist. REPORT OP THK CONDITION OP THE First National Bank of Milford In the State of Pennsylvania, at the close of business, November 97, lNTrj UKRormcKs Loans and discounts $ 64,831 27 Overdrafts, secured nnd unse cured "R7 74 0. H. Homis to sprii re olrcil lation 35.fWO 00 Premiums on U S. bonds HOC Oil Bonds, securities, ofc 107 U66 00 Hanking house, Itlrnlture and rlxtures 1 888 on Due from approved reserve asents ih.u4h 87 Notes of other National Hanks. . - 100 00 Kraeiional paper currency, nick els anu cenr-s g43 so Lawful Money Uoserve In Bank, viz: Speele V 88 ,,,, Legal-tender notes .. 1,670 00 ( KrUfinpllon mini wltn u Treasurer (6 of circulation) 050 Oft Total ... $210,772 8V LIABILITIES Cnpitnl stock paid in $ 25.000 on Surplus fund 10,000 00 unumueu proncn. less expanses nnd tnxm putd 4. MA Rs Notion til Uivnk notpnoutatfindlng 24.400 00 u ue to other nnr.ionni Dtink o.oul 77 tndivlcuiil deposits subject to ch.)k 146.06ft 74 Demntid certificates of deposit: . 1.084 Sf Certified c'aecks. 37 25 Total am1778 Mi State of Peonvlvnnla, County of Pike. as: l, .loiiu u. warnor, uamiler of the above nnmed bnnk, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my KnowieuKe niiti uenei. JOHN O. WARNEK, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4tb day of December 1IW. J. C. CHAMBERLAIN, Notary Public Correct Attest: C. O. ARMSTRONG. 1 P N BOirRNItlUK. J Directors? A, U. BROWN. J -L The Sue Canal. It is certain that in ancient times a canal connecting the Mediterra nean and Red seas did exist. Hero dotua ascribes Its projection to Puaroah Necho. 600 U. C. The hon or of Its completion is given by some to Darius, by others to the Ptolemys. How long this canal continued to be used we do not know; but, becom ing finally choked up by sand, it was restored by Trajan early in the sec ond century A. D. Becoming again useless from the same cause, It was reopened by the Caliph Omar, but was finally closed by the "uncon querable sands" about A. D. 767, in which state it has since remained. This ancient canal, from Suez to Bhbastls, on the east branch of the Nile, was ninety-two miles long, from 108 to 160 feet wide, and fit teen feet deep. Washington Times. Why. Hubert Henry Davis, the play wright, who has spent much time In London, tells of an amusing Inter view between the owner of a publi cation in the British Capital, whereof George Bernard Shaw had t?en the dramatic critic, and Max Beerbohm, o:i the occasion of the latter's assumption of the duties laid down by O. B. S. The owner advised Max of the sal ary that had been paid George Ber nard, observing at the same time: "Being comparatively Inexperi enced, you. Sir. Beerbohn, cannot, of course, expect so much." "Oh yes, I shall!" hastily Inter posed Max. "Indeed, I shall expect more! Shaw knows the drama so thoroughly that It is an easy matter fo him to write of It, whereas I, knowing nothing whatever about It, shall find it dreadfully hard work!" Women Fishermen. On the coast of Holland, Belgium and Northern France the fisherwo men are a familiar sight, with their great band nets and quaint costumes. Many of the towns have distinctive costumes by which their women can be recognized anywhere. Those of Mana-Kirke, near Ostend, wear trousers and loose blouses while their heads and shoulders are cov ered by shawls. They carry their nets into the sea and scoop up vast quantities of shrimps and prawns, with an occasional crab or lobster and many smuH fish. They oftei. wade out till the water is up to theli necks, and they remain for hours at a time In water above . their knees, rarely returning until their baskets are full. Steel from the Ore. Two Australian Inventors have found a new process for the continu ous treatment of Iron ore. which It to be exploited throughout the world. It Is a process for directly converting the ore Into malleable Iron or steel, and is said to effect a saving of 26 per cent. After the ore is concentrated it is passed through a revolving cylinder and brought into contact with the deoxi dizing gas; thence it fal!3 into a bot tle of molten Iron and is converted Into steel or malleable Iron, the whole process being automatic. , Their Favorite Topics. "My friends all call me down complained the artist who has just made a beautiful portrait of a well known actress, "whenever I begin to talk about my work. They won't let me brag a minute. They either snub me or get up and go away." 'They are partly rlRht," remark ed the poet sadl.v. "If they let us talk about our v.ork all we wanted to there'd be do other subject of eonversation." Topludy. Augustus Montague Toplady was born in Farnhara, England, Novem ber 4. 1740. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, English clergyman and author, but hardly known now save as the author of tba rr,aiQrtci hymn referrsd to. plod In London AuUM U, Mil) NATURAL SODA FOUNTAIN. One of the Most Interesting Gushing; Wells In the World. One of the most interesting and novel gushing wells in the world, and perhaps without a rival In either respect, Is a geyser of soda water that recently came up at Wendling, Just across the Mendocino County border from Sonoma, cal. This well produces sod water genuine soda water -and of a qual ity that would warrant bottling for the general trade, In such quantities as were never struck before. There Is so much of this water that It Is turned into a huge long flume, and used to float great logs from the forest to the lumber mills. An artesan well borer was recent ly employed to secure an adequate water supply for a large sawmill in that region. He drilled to a depth of 200 feet, the lower 110 feet being through solid granite. Then a slight trace of water was found. The arte sian man then 1 aced fifty-four sticks of dynamite at the oottom of the well, and exploded them. Instantly water guBhed up, rising 20 feet above the surface of the ground, pouring forth In enormous volume. That was days ago, and since then there has been no indication of a cessation of this vast "natural soda fountain." Jluilded Iletter Than He Knew. "There Is a woman up in the front of the car who hasn't pt.ld her fare," said the conductor to the man In the rear seat, "but I can't place her." "Perhaps I can give you a point er," said the helpful man. "Pick out the woman who fingers her hat pins all the time. That is the latest wrinkle of the female street car pirate. Reading her neighbor's pa per and gazing into futurity are out of date. Everybody has got on to those tricks. But the woman that beats her way has to do something to hide her guilt, so she fiddles with her hatpins." "Maybe you are right," said the conductor. "Anyhow, I'll try." After a little he reported to the helpful man. "That worked all right," he said. "She owned up. She said yon would pay for her." "Me?" exclaimed the helpful man. "What have 1 got to do with it?" "Everything, apparently," said the conductor. "She happened to look back here when I spoke to her. She said she knew you, and that it would be all right. There she Is now, standing up and t.oddlng at you. Know erT" "Yes," said the man weakly, "she's my wife." Journalism and Pulchritude. A photographer In an Iowa town was called upon not long ago to make some pictures of an old lady of seventy years or so. but of surpris ing agility and quickness of per ception. The picture man was, therefore, somewhat surprised to find that no words of address could Induce the old lady to speak until after the operation was completed. Then she put her fingers into her mouth, whence she withdrew several wads of paper. "You wouldn't have me photo graphed with my cheeks falling In, would you?" she asked pie photo grapher. "I just stuffed two pages of the Des Moines Register In my mouth to fill out." An Anti-Ant Building. Reinforced concrete is the ma terial which will be used almost ex clusively In the construction of the new Government buildings to be erected by the United States at San Juan, Porto Rico, for use as a post office, court house and custom house. Wood is to be practically excluded from the structure; the only place about the building where wood will be employed will be In the window sashes on one side of the edifice. The Interior doors will be of rattan. The reason why wood Is being avoided by the government In this case Is be cause there is a small ant indlgenua to the island of Porto Rico which eats Its way up through wooden chairs, doors and desks and .makes them spongy on the Inside. EftVecU of Overeating. "Don't eat too much," says "What- to-Eat." Overeating Is responsible for many of the ills that afflict hu manity. It brings on varloua dis eases, and it predisposes to many kinds of infections. The same stric ture niuy be applied to overdrink ing. If one has been so foolish as to eat or drink too much, however, the oest thing Is to remain 1st the open a.r till the enects are overcome. Nothing Is so good for an overloaded stomach and a heavy head as great drafts of fresh air. Every lover of "Pickwick" remembers how the Jol ly Pickwlckians had to take twenty mile tramps to walk off tbe big din ners they ate at old Mr. Vsrdle's place in the country. Centre of Glove Industry. The center of the glove Industry la at Grenoble in. the south of France. The kids there are temled with the greatest care, the Idea Jeing to pro duce skins that are strong and plia ble and at the same time free from blemishes. The huest quality of kid is obtained from animals that are killed before they begin to eat graas at all, because from tnat time the skins have a tendency to become hard and coarse. A Hky Trust. The new comet has six tails. The syndicate idea has evidently spread to the heavens. Room for More women. Women who are dissatisfied with conditions at home may find It to their advantage to emigrate to South Africa. There la said to be a great demand for women in all sorts of work. Three hundred and forty one women went within the year from the United Kingdom to Caps Town, most of them teacasrs, a.n4 til ISUM tmnloymcnt. FISH THAT IS NOT AFRAID. Pike Darted at a Man's Hand An other Bit a Fisherman's Arm. The boldness of a pike Is very ex traordinary, writes an angler. 1 have seen one follow a bait within a foot of the spot where I have been standing; and the head keeper of Richmond Park, England,' assured me that he was once washing his hand at the side of a boat In the great pond In that park when pike made a dart at It and he had but just time to withdraw It, A gentleman now residing at Wey brldge In Surrey informed me that walking one day by the side tsf the River Wey near that towa he saw a large pike In a shallow creek. He Immediately pulled off his coat, tuck ed his shirt sleeves and went Into the water to Intercept the return of the fish to the river and to endeavor to throw It upon the bank by get ting his handa under It, During this attempt the plire, find ing be could not make bis escape, seized one of the arms of the gentle man and lacerated It so. much that tbe wound Is still very visible. Random Shots. I shot an arrow Into tbe air. It fell In the distance, I knew not where, tin a neighbor said that It klllehls calf, aad I bad to pay him six and a half ($.50). I bought some poison to slay some rats, and neighbor swore it killed his caU; and, rather than argue across the fence, I paid him for dollars and fifty cents ($4.60). One night I set sailing a toy balloon, and hoped It would soar till It reached the moon; but the candle fell out oh a farmer's straw, and he said I must settle or go to law. And that is the way with the random shot; It. never hits In the proper spot; and the Joke you spring, that you think so smart, may leave a wound In some fellow's heart. Em poria (Kan.) Gazette. Where the "Good 'nns" Were, One of tbe mottoes which, though good, are rarely applied,' Is "A place for everything and everything In Its place." A writer In tbe Dundee Ad vertiser tells of a London cab-driver wh- seemed to think that affairs were ordered after this pattern. As he sung down the Strand, an Ameri can sitting beside blm asked him to point out the spots of Interest. "Right you are, sir!" agreed the driver, touching his hat, "There's Luggit 'ill, where they 'ang 'em." A little later. "There's Parliament 'ouses, where they make the laws wot does It, across the way. An' there's Westminster Habbey, where they buried the good 'uns wot didn't get 'anged!" One Thing He Could Not Have. AlthougL there was no sort of toy which could be bought and for which Harold had expressed a desire that was not in his possessions, he still had hla. unsatisfied longings. "I know what I wish I was, mother," he said one day, when his own big brother had gone away and the lit tie boy across the street was 111. "Yes, dear," said his mother. "Perhaps you can be It. Harold; mother will help you. Is It to play soldier?" "No, Indeed!" as id Harold, scorn fully. "I Just wish I was two little dogs, so I could play together." Important Personage. A King's coachman Is a personage of no small Importance. Certainly the coachman to her late Majesty Queen Victoria bad a befitting sense of the dignity and responsibility of his position. On the occasion of the Jubilee of 1887 he was asked If he was driving any of the royal and imperial guests at that time quartered In Buckingham Palace "No. sir," was his reply. "1 am the Queen's coachman; I don't drive the riffraff." London Chronicle. . Chinese Pirates. Piracy Is no new thing In the wa ters around Hong Kong. As long ago as the thirteenth century the island of Hong Kong was a piratical stronghold, and for centuries the Chinese government was unable to drive the sea robbers out. All craft passing what s now Hong Kong har bor were compelled to pay tribute. The higher elevations of the Island served as lookout stations, and no boat rnat approached was permitted to leave until It bad paid toll. Improving Mad Dogs. Boston has a hospital for the treatment of dogs suspected of hav ing rabies, and several cases have been Improved, though the veterlna rles do not say they have cured the dogs of hydrophobia. They have merely Improved some dogs suspect ed of the disease. Worcester Tele gram. The Modern Mother. Madam to tbe nurse maid, who has Just brought home her four chil dren from a walk) Dear me, Anna, how changed the children look since I last saw them! Are you quite sure they are the right ones? FUe gende Blaetter. Only a Slight Error. "They done what they should have done," remaras a New York poltlclan v. ho has a careless stenog rapher. Probably he really aald "should have did." Philadelphia Ledger. Quick-Working Machinery. In a single minute a machine which euts up wood to make matches will turn out 40,000 "splints," as they are called. Never-Falling Wit. A physiologist came upon a hard working Irishman toiling, barehead ed, in the street. "Don't you know," said the physio logist, "that to work in the bet sua without a hat Is bad for your brain?" "D'ye think," asked the Irishman, "that Ol'd be on this Job If 01 had auny br.,'os?" TAILORS WHY pay as much for a ready made unit, as for one made to your measure? Our prices are not high $15.00 will buy a man. threejpioce suit or overcoat a ade in the latest style and fit guaranteed. If you pay us more you get the value in better material and linings. Womens suits start at'$20. See our line of table linen it is worth your while. The Jaillets. Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing. TELEPHOrF CONNECTION. Broad Street, Near Ann $100 Reward, $100 The readnm nf thim n ,u . m,4ii nl . i to learn that thei e Is at least one dreaded disease that science oas been able to cure in all Its ataares. and that u (at-arrh n-ip. LBtarro cure Is tneonly positive oure now Known to th'tmedlcHl fnejpnlt.v I '-..,... belns a constitution! riluu, , uuuaiiibutionai treatment. Hall's Catarrh oure is tasen internally, acting dlreotl) upon tbe blood snd Mucous surfaces of th. rtysteni.therebr deatrovlnir tn f.iiinHnfinn of the dlsease.and givtag the patient nreugtn oy building np the constitution snd assisting nature In dninir lu The proprietors have so much faith In Its curative powers that they offer One Huu drod Dollars for any disease that It falls to oure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHEENEY &CO, Tol. O Sold by all druggists, 76 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation THAT RECORD JUMP BY WASHINGTON. Alleged Origin of Thackeray's Story of the S21 Foot Leap. Threo college athletes have had an Ideal shattered by reading a para graph in a speech that Sir G. Trevel yan made In London before the Pub lishers Circle at a recent dinner. These men, in addition to being ath letes, are devoted to Thackeray and "The Virginians." There is a reference in that book to the prowess of George Washing ton as an athlete, particularly as a broad Jumper. This is to the effect that Washington was able to Jump It feet, which, considering that It was away back in the eighteenth cen tury, was some leap. Although tbo best American record now Is 24 feet Tt Inches, It has not been standing so long, and in the early days of American athletics 22 feet was a re markable performance In the broad Jump. These three used to pride them selves on knowing about that per formance credited to Washfhgton, aad they pointed out how In 1876 and for three years following the American championship was won by leaps of less than 20 feet, and that from 1880 to 1885 Inclusive the champion did not do 22 feet, al though close to It on several occa sions. Bo they used always to tell folks who asked about great broad Jump ers that Washington held the Ameri can record from 1762 to 1886. What shattered all this was the following from the Trevelyan speech: "I was present at a dinner where Thackeray discoursed to a delightful audience of young people about "The Virginians," which he was then writ ing and which seemed to fill his mind to the exclusion of everything else. Among other matters he asked us. all around the table, what was the widest Jump any of .us had ever known, and when we agreed upon twenty-one feet, he said: Then I must make George Washington Jump one foot more.' " A Little Devil In the Heart. An Insane devil lurks In the heart of even the most sainted woman. It la the little devil that makes a young wife ask her devoted husband which of the two he would save if she and her mother were drowning, writes William J. Locke In bis story "Simple Septimus," in the American Magazine. It is the same little devil that Is respolsible for infinite men dacity on the part of men. "Have you said that to another woman?" No; of course he hadn't, and the wretch Is Instantly perjured. "My Immortal soul," says the good fellow. Instantaneously converted into an atrocious liar; and the little devil cooes with satisfaction and curls himself up snugly to sleep. V'ses of Irish Peat. Consul Henry S. Culver, of Cork, writes that the peat beds of Ireland may yet become a valuable asset in the country's Industrial development other than for fuel if, as Is now claimed upon the authority of an Austrian experimenter, the fibres of the remains of the reads and grasses of which peat la composed ran be utilized not only for pape,r-maklng and carpets, but for weaving the fin est fabrics as well. Tbe claim Is put forth that the fibre is elastic and dur able, and, being a non-conductor of heat, the cloth manufactured from It Is as tough as linen and as warm as roolcn. r , , A HA?P and NEW TO I ARMSTRONG'S PHARMACY GAS FITTING .. If you are intend- Cuddeback 8c Co. BROAD ST., MILFORD, PA. PRESCRIPTIONS COMPOUNDED BY GRADUATE IN PHARMACY EUREKA PEROXIDE GREAi II NTI SEPTIC TIES LIN A Greaseless Cold Cream made WITH - Peroxide of Hydrogen! KMALiJLi JAR 15C LARGE " full 3 ounces ' 25c F. J. HERBST, Graduate in Pharmacy OeO0040000OeoeOOeO Amatite Rooting T. R. J. 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