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VOL. XIV.
MILFORI). PIKE COUNTY. PA.. FRIDAY, FEIUIUARY 12, 1900.
NO 1G
Ffl
BRIEF MENTION
Hlraih a-l.-ixim recently gave e.obine ufloat It Is HO.GOO tons dis-j
demonstration of a Rno aileiicer, at-, placement, 684 feet Inn. carries a j
invention IOl:aK TlOlrCIPe" ino 111--j
charge of rtflo mrtrlilcc. It is a sim ;
pin device ci.iihif.litn; a little ry Hi der
Containing reila attached In the muz
zle of the gm, anil reduces tlio noise
xoat'.n bv fiiinif n (taiiilsnl r.fl'i nf the
Artuy to n degree lets limn tl.o
snapping nf ft (l' ge. .
Bom Feb. 81 U to Murk Ryder and
wife of this Uoro a "-en.
lh South him Jim Crowed the
negrnea and now some of tho fnr
wesiern Slates California, Nevada
nd Oregon want to da the paiUM
kind of not for the Jitps. The Pine
ideut prntorts tlmtit is ei'inlnsr: treaty
regulations wiili that country mid in
trying to prevent it.
The School Directors Convention
at Harrisburg Inst week did not com
wit itseif on the proposed new school
law which mil I; en mil Sen I changes in
tlio States cilui'iitional system. If
school miiniigemmit could lie di.
roreed from politics nnd only men
eepable, qiirtlifi- 1 nnd iniervt:d wmic
elected a directors n lone step would
he taken towaid advancing Miecaute
of education, nnd until peoplo pes
eielly awake to thai fret d miry It
i to execution, new lnwa will nut
greatly nvuil to remedy some "xi!'-
illg Ovi'p.
MIm Florence Littimnre bin gnue
on n visit of several weeks with rel
ative! in Hartford, Conn. She was
accompanied to New York by her
brother Joseph.
It ia expected that within the next
year the total number i f ucn a iu the
State's forest rcsoi ves villi renoU one
million. The average cost of the
land to date Is $2.25 p r ncrn.
Spoaker Cox wants $4000 appro
priated to pay expenses of Members
nd S'tintora to attoud the imiugnr
attoa March 4'h Would they do
the state credit to ttiat extent? Hot
ter let nil who want to attend ooukIi
up the earns lis common mortals
who do not draw pay from the state.
C. O., Arni.tr.mg recently villed
Pbilade'p'ila for enveral day.
Governor 8'uirf, Introducing Gif
lord Pinchot last Week when l.e
aaado an address In (he House said :
Ha was one of the most useful citi
zens in the country and about the
eaoie time when the Forostry bill
was before Conjrresaoneof the wt st
rn n.einlirfra declared that Pinehct
was doing his work only to obtain
the position df Secretary of Agricul
ture. Tlio West because the Forest,
ry Departmeut baa largely curtailed
the unlawful use of Governiueiit
lands is not friendly to its operations '
They want liberty out there and not
law in their buuuess with the pub
lic domains. .
Mrs. A. M Mettler has gone to
Pittston to visit bar brother Floyd
Jennings, who is seriously" III. Be
tanght a select solim.l in this place
some 40 yeary ago, j
Andrew J. Br uk of Montague died
last Monday.
After next Jnly the new stations
of the Erie In New York will be
open and passengers then tnsy go to
either the np or down town through
the Hudson tube, connections with
which aro now being made iu Jersey
City.
"The crop of the farmer matnrca
very year and is taxed once; the
crop of the forester matures oute
about every lit ty years and is (axed
vary yejr. The crop of the farmer
(a taxod when mature; the crop of
the forester is taxed even while it is
growing. Is it just, is it fair? Can
we expect the farmers to take up
woodlot forestry under those condi
tions? A radical change in existing
tax laws must bo made before we
can make womllot forestry appeal to
the farmer und eucour.ig. the glow
iug of tree iu the Statu ''
Forest Leavfa.
Governor Stuurt says the animal
floods In Pennsylvania, especially in jsoou be a-.iiii!ile in the various,
the PilUbdig dUtrict, causing losa! courses of ihe (School, some of whioh
of life and enoimoua destruci inn of
property, cauld be rontrolied in lurge
doer., and probably proveuied by
pror forestationof uon.iii!r!cuUural
lands in tho various watersheds.
"Denudation leaves naked soil:
then gullying cuts down to tbe bare
rock ; then meanwhilethe rock wasie
buries the bottom lands. When
tbe soil it gene, men must go; and
tbe process does n ! tska long."
President lloosevell.
William Gehrig wss arrested this
week obarged with unlawfully bav
ing a deer In his possession after tlie
clused season. He gov bjiil f t lu
appsarancs at Court.
j 'The new brittle-Hp Delaware, just ,
J Iftlini'llArl im tliM InrtrM.f. Hfllt.inV ms- '
mum uniiery ui 14 iweiTW im.-u (lutir, ,
besides a norabe r of smaller cultbn
and bn! n Kpoixt of ovit 20 knots nil
hour. Id ie Inrnr than the fnmcius
Hritish Mliip DiendnniiRht.
Tlie Giivermnont will not stand
foi intcxicHtion while on duty. Ixt
week Optsin QuaitiouRh nf the but
tlnsltip )Hirg, w.tt convicted of I he
oIV 'iwh while nttendina; a reception
. Ti:iiriiT nnd suspended for eix
loou'hs, l.exideii biting net back ten
iiuuibera.
The huliei! of Hope church, Mutn
mnrHx, will liHve ml old fifliiomd
upellitiK uiateh at Proarntts lln!l thi"
Friday nveninc They should have
one at lea Nt every month m d other
towns might follow such m example
with profit as well as pleaxnie.
George Lultiinure of Lnlicwood,
N. J., vimled his mot hi r her.i this
wenk.
Mis Florence Lflttimnre is not In
good healih and hir ninny friends
would be Khid to lea:n flint hIiu is
not affected with any gurious nml
ady. Felimary. the phortest month in
the year, has four Siridnya end three
holidays ; Lincoln's birrhdny, loclny.
Ejection day, next Tuesday, nnd
Wnshingtons blrthrlay the 22nd.
The Comptroller ' n currency hrs
called for statements of bnsiness of
Nnt.ionnl Ranks at the close of busi
ness Fob 6.
A thmi'lor shower1 pfsod over
town Wednesday. Tl at In February
is nai l to indicate cold weather nnd
it cimo quite promptly.
Opposition has arisen to the' pro
poed new school code notably from
Philadelphia. It chanpee the entire
educational system and makes msny
iunovatiors. Until it pr.f 3es fiimlly,
as it may be greatly amended, it
would be difficult to outline its goq-e.-al
eff.:o.
A Noble Lifework for
Women
A hundred thousand trained nur
ses would not be too largo an army
to meet the universal need for their
services, which. is so preat that the
Philadelphia Sohool for Nurses, of
2219 Cbestnnt Street, Philadelphia,
Ph., in trying to meet a small part
of the demand, has grown to be the
lmgeHt sohool for . oursea in the
woild. " '
The School is working for a vastly
larger uuinbnr of nurses, gmater
e.CLiuiency and greater viotoriesm the
national conflict against disease and
a:u 14 desires to l lp physicians
in villages and country districts,
wlmre hospital service' nnd scientific
nnrsing nro lacking. wants to
bring to the School hundreds aud
thousands of briuht trirls froui coun.
try towns and districts, give them a
i thorough training, and aeud them
back to b a blesiug the right
hand and main raliuuce of the iysi
ctan. .
Is wants , women everywhere
every mother, wife and dautthtor to
learn the gi eat essentials of scientific
uursing, not only fornse and protco
tion iu their own hoiuow, bur so that
thiiy too can share in t-i.is e.i'rat hu
itmuiiariaii work, this is to tave
bnndiirdA of tnousaiiils of lives from
preventable disea-e und an IT. ring.
For many womeu tl. 8e'ieHl l.as
oi(.-iKd the way to a li'-work of ne
fuine.s, blurring unci .,e)f support.
Tlie School holds that tlie tr.iinid
nurse is called to a l.iyh misnion, to
hn tuliiiled ill a b) ii it of ikvoiion ; it
also holds that she i
lonifortiitiln incoiiin fi
entitled low
111 ii. r woi k
Tile idea of self siipjior- is as legiti
mate, as the Mea of fulfilling a noble
mission, aipl It may be eufi'ly af
firmed that scien ilio nursing coin
uia'.ola a fir lari-r r.-lnrii tbun most
of tiie oallmus op. n to women.
A l.iigo number of vacancies will
are entirely Irej, and young womei.
I w 110 desire to enter open this great
' work should take prompt advantage
"f ll;8 golden oppi : tuinly. The
School is situaUl in a pleariant quar
ter of Philadelphia, and la one of
the noted institutions of that city.
Tins Is outh Heading
Leo F. Z-lir.ski, of US Gibson St , j
Buffalo, N. Y., rays: I cured the)
most annoying cold sore I ever had, 1
witli Backleu't Arnica Salve ap
plied this mlve once a day for two
days, wheu every irate of tho sore 1
Wiis gone" Heals all sores fold
end. r guarantee at both drug stores,
i6u.
OBITUARY
HENRf M. COURTRIOHI
Mr. Courtrlght, a life long resident
!nf Delaware, in wl.loh township he
was birn Jan. 24, 1831, disci at his
home near Conashaugh Wednesday
evening. His health has been dcelin
iug for some time and since the drain
nf his wife, who was Amanda Van
Eitnn, which occured last April, bis
failure has been marked He was a
qniet citizen esteemed by hU neigh
bors and the community iu which he
si Ions lived end had held several
local oillcos. A brother Henry An
son of Delaware survives him. The
funeral will be held Sunday at 8 p.
and interment in Delaware Cem
etery.
The Lumber Industry
Bo far this baa been dull winter
fnr lumbermen in the valley. No
one has bot ties and but few have
bcon made, tho recently Geo. Nyce
of Bush kill has beeu offering to buy.
I is Baid he intends erecting oau
rier at Delaware Water Gap to tula
lies, mine props, etc, onl of the rivir
by which tlie labor can be performed
much easlur, quicker and ohenper
than by the former method of doing
wHb teams. Should this prove true
it may open it market for th fan pro
ducts he.-c, ns they can then be raft
ed. Heretofore the expense of raft
ing and taking out has boon too
great to make getting them profit-
bin. Limibcr in the vicinity of hush
kill and wilhin catting distance is
practically gone, especially mina
ties, nnd the distance from here is
toopreat to any railroad to warrant
cutting them wltn profit. Khoutd
Mr. Nyce devise a means by which
they can he handled with less ex
pense it would probably develop a
new industry iu this vicinity. There
is yet considerable tianbsr within
radius of a few miles of Milfoid, es
pecially such as is suitable for mine
ties and could the cutting be made
profitable many no doubt wonld be
got out. If farmers and owpin of
timber lands would ace tbat the
work was done with. care so aa tot
to destroy the very young growth
their timber lots would be the most
profitable parts of their farms, fot
the new growth would quickly iP.
velop and enable them, if judicious
ly thinned out, to make outtlng
every year or two. Keep the Hres
out of tlie woods. Use good judg
ment in outting and 70U will have
yearly source of revenue whioh will
put more money to your bank ac
count than some methods of farming.
JIahkkd For Death
"Thiee year ago I was marked
for death. A grave-yard cough was
tearing my lurgs to pieces. Doctors
failed to help we, and hopu had fled,
nuun my husband got Dr. King's
New Disoovery," says Mrs. A. C.
Williams, of Bac, Ky. "The first
dose helped me and Improvement
kept on until I had gained S8 pounds
lir weight and my health wae fully
restored." This medicine holds the
world's healing record for coughs
and colds and lung and throat dis
eases. It prevents pneumonia. Sold
under guarantee at both drag stores.
50o nnd 11.00. Trial bottle free.
Proposed New Acts
Among the Aots of general inter,
eut introduced iu the legislature are
the following ;
An act relating to deeds for con
veying lands and prescribing a form
of duud which may be used.
An act providing that the real es.
tnto of all railroad, street railway.
'water, gas, telegraph, telephone.
i eleolrio light, heut and power COUl-
' panics etc., shall be subject to luxa
tion for oouuty. city, borough and ull
other local purposes.
An act to prohibit furnishing cig
arettes or cigarette paper to any per
son uuder twenty-one years.
An act to authorise a brief form
for mortgages, providing for their
validity and recording,'
An act to prohibit in divorce caeca
the remarriage of both libelant and
reeuondeut for Ave years after date
; ot divorce,
An act to amend tbeautoniobileact
of 1905.
An act amending the eleetion of
road supervisors so as to allow them
a per diem while attending their
duties. '
An act to relieve hence, farms
and real estate iu the atate from tax
atiou for school purposes.
If interested iu any of the above
acts write Mr. Marvin at Harrisburg
for a copy.
Auvertiit in the Pukss.
A COMPARISON
Editor Pike County Press.
Dear Hi r:
Are. comparisons odious? If not
please compare the traveling expense
account aud salaries of the Board of
County Commisslonsra of 1808 as
now being published in the Auditors
Statement, with tbat of the Board of
Commissioaera of 1904, the year the
Rowland bridge waa built which
you will find shows op about as fol
lows :
Year 1904 Bridge building and re
pairing $10504, not all paid during
year. Travuling expenses anl Iit
cry $4G2.70. Salaries 12073
Year 1908 Bridge building and re
pairing 115850, Bi t all paid during
year. Traveling -expenses and liv
ery tGO-25. Delivering balbts t70.
Total 13C So. Salaries 900.
A difference in expsnsea of 1356.41
nd iu salaries of IU7S, or total of
$1498.45.'
Notwithstanding the above allow
ing the Board of Auditor of 1908,
as well as their Accountant saw al a
glance that there was "an African l
the fence" in the matter of traveling
expense acconnt, And they immedi
ately employed counsol at a cost to
the county of $10, anil wisely sum
moned the Commissioners by tele
phone from their respective homes to
appeur before ttura al their morning
session, wliloh oou veiled as osual at
10 a. in The twu commissioners
with the smaller bills appeared at
the stated hour, were aworn anrrput
thru the thirty-third degree, whirb
reaulted it ia said in some "astound
ing disclosures'' but mark you Ut
nil tbat, they were dl-inixsed aftor
receiving a gentle admonition from
the chairman and the expert ac
countant, (who by the way is a mas
ter hand in this roaprot.) at which
time it was in order to adjoarn until
2 p.m.
Ou reassembling at the slated
hour, an out going official highor op
iu polities, who' bad also been sum
moned to appear before tbe Board
was put on the grill, a very few in
terrogations bad bean made when
the chairman who la also an ex
county treasurer, carelessly tread on
sleeping dog, and in tbe commotion
that followed tho back bone of the
the Board of Auditors was almost
broken, at this junoture the 00m.
DJissioner with the larger bill en
tered, and waa almost immediately
dismissed unsworn and nnshorn, thus
ended a days session of the Board of
Auditors.
. Now why were those matters dis
posed ot thus the commissioners, if
not the higher official, were at least
caught red handed, the bills were
before the auditors iu black and
white showing that they bad re
ceived out of the connty treasury
$06 25 aa traveling expenses, ia He
matter nf bridge work, and yet they
were dismissed after gentle admon
ition bad been admiulalered to but
two of them. .
Does not the whole affair plainly
indicate tbat either the members of
the Board of Auditors are derellot ia
their duties, or that they too have
been "reached."
Yours very truly,
An Observer of Coooty Affaire.
Ullford, Pa., Feb. 11, 1909.
THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD
Ths OrcalMt N.ppr ( IU Typ.
IT ALWAYS TEIX8 TBI MEW S Aa IT IS
1-HOJiFTLT AND FVLLT
Bs4 la mrj KDcll.h SpcalilDf Cnatrr
It baa invariably been tbe great
effort of tbe Thrlee-a-Wsek edition
of the New York World to publish
the news impartially in otder that it
mi7 be an accurate reporter ot what
has happened. It tella the trntb, Ir
respective of party, and for that
reason it baa aobioved. a position
with tbe public uuiqne among papers
of its class.
If yon want the newa aa it really
ia, subsoribe to Ibe Thrlce-a-Weok
edition of the New York Worll,
w blob comes to yon every other day
except Sunday, and is thus Tactical
ly a dully at tbe price of a weekly.
THE THRICE-A WEEK WORLD'S
regular subscription price is only 1
pr year, and this pays for ICS pap
ers. We offer this unequalled news
paper and 'PIKE COUNTY PRESS
together for one year tor $2.00.
The regular aubsorlptlou prlos of
the two papers ia $3 50.
For SALE or RENT Store room
and dwelling on Broad Street, Mil-
jford, Pa, either together or so. par
jBtely, App'y to
Mrs. K V. Diugman
' or to Piejj Oaice.
iNEWS FROM
WASHINGTON
The boat known strae,t of Wash
ingtoa, Pennsylvania Avenue, a
beginning to arRurue aa Insourn!
I appearance. Seats nod grand stan 1
nave ceen ouui in iront tue v. n tc
House where tbe President, after bis
inauguration on the 4th of March,
the diplom -tic corps, aud blah gov
ernment officials will sit to oNrrvr
the grand parade. Thousands of
others will here occupy seats ou both
sides of the Avenue at prices vary
ing probably from oneto two dollar".
As usual the mile stret -b ot avenue
from the Treasury Department, to the
Capitol grounds on the south file
will be liued with seals or blffccupr
very tnuoh after Hie manner of
those ussd In baseball, football or
athletic apectnclea. Windows all
along the avevne on bcth sides are
rented at exborbitant prices and
Tm these thousands will gaze at
the mllitiary, political and civic pro
cessions as they pass to and from
the Capitol on the 4th of March.
As has been already ob.-rveJ
President Roosevelt will be seen in
ihe carriage only sa lt proceeds to
the Ciipifol. He will not re!u.n
with bis successor to tlie White
House hut wjll go direct to the I'u
ion Station from the Capitol, and
there take a train fo- his home at
Oyster Bay. This is an Innovation :
hut Vy no means, as tbe puhlio weli
knows, nnusual for Theodore Itoose
elt.
His personal lions-bold gords are
already in process of shipment to his
New York homo and after President
elect Tift shall hnvo taken tlie o'ltn
i f ofik-e, Theodore Roosevelt will be.
come a private citizen. There is
gocd sense and propriety iu his effac
ing himself and turning his btck op
the White House and the Cspitsl,
aud leaving the glory and ths burd
en, without diversion of his onnpio
uaus presence, entirely to his sue
cessor.
Congress Is, to all appearances
wasting its time diacnssiui; nuiirs.--eii-tlals
and having furious debntus us
to whether an appropriation of
twelve thousand dollars shall be
made for sutouiobiles for the comine
big presidcLt, Involving a qtii.itiou
at to whether the machine shall sup
ercede the horse or. whether the
horse aball ataud pat and defy the
machine. These questions snern f civ
olooa in view of the fact that the
appropriation bills have not beer
passed and that conservation of the
natural resources, tbe reorganization Protestant, elemeut in the population
of the naval establishment, and oilier is the element in which individual
great questions equally as Important ln ' Wore highly developed ; be
are awaiting the action of the logis ! sides, the Roman Cu'bolio Church
latlve body. But it mnst be remem
bercd that Congresa is talking to the
galleries the galleriea bring their
constituents in far off states and Con
gressiona) districts. In Cougres
atonal coinmitteesa work on appro
priation bills ia going on and the ap
propriation bills, complete or half
complete' will be rnsbed thru ou the
last day of the aesslon.
Important differences have devel.
oped among the members of the Com
mlttee on Ways aud Mesne tbat are
expected to Involve a bitter fight
over tbe tariff bill when it comes up
before the House at the speoial ses
sion to be called for the tenth of
March. The Republican ttandpat-l
ter on the nomuiittee are In the
minority. It appsara thut Sereno
Payne leader of the House, and John
Dalzell, the leading at;indpu.ter are
not working harmoniously on the
new tariff bill, From latest infor
mation regarding the Ways and
Means Committee, Dalzull ot Penn
sylvania, Bonynge of Colorado, Need
bam of Californiu,Fordney of Mich
igan and Caldorhead of Kaneaa are
still as rigidly standpat as ever, but
those in favor of revision downwsrd
and of a more liberal policy eve
Haytie of New York, McC'all of ola.
S'ichusetts, IJnle of Maine, Bunlelle
ot Illinois and Longworth cf Ohio,
The two remaining members, Crum.
paeker of Indiaua and Gcines of
West Virginia appear to a doubt
ful element but it is thot a majority
is iu favor of real revision
It is
am tout some nj me uim roiic.es uo -
tween the two groups are irreconcil-
able and that they will not be settled
except after a long dobate and a bit -
ler contest in the House
The President, aa was expected,
; baa vetoed the Ceosna B:IJ appoint- cook, and for a weak stomach there
jing three thousand clerks without ' i nolhius else equal to Hood's bar
j civil service examination. His most 'sajiarilla It giver the stomach vigor
reuiaikable words in the un-rsae ;! ,., ,-Urts dytpepsia, creates
.vetoing the bill were: I do not U- appetite, aud makes ea tit g the pleas
neve in tue oocirine mat to tbe vio-
tor belong the spoils; but I thil k
even less of the dne'rine that tbe
spoils shall be divided without a
f.lit by the professional politicians
oh both siiias ; nnd this would bo the
result of permitting the hill in its
present sliapn to become a law.
Tlia roessujie was received with
thaccoinpaniuient,of laughter whioh
has been the recent fashion of re
ceiving messages from tlie President
by the Honso and Senate. It is be
lieved, however, that Congress will
not he able to muster the nocessary
two thirds vote to override the veto.
It is thought probable that the bill
will remain on the table, awaiting
the action of the special Congress
which, altho it will be called speci
fically for tlm purpose of considering
a tariff bill, will nevertheless have
plenary authority to enact other leg'
islation. Even if Congress were able
to pass the bill over the President's
veto by a two thirds vote, it is doubt
fill if some members and somo sena.
tors would dr.ie to vote in favor of
such a measure.
DIVORCE IS A HOME
PRODUCT
Native-Born Whites Chief
Offenders Against Marriage
. Laws
Increase of divorce In the TJnittd
States Oiiiinot t,o attributed to the
Influence of aliens. It must bn rec
onizeil as oiiu nf tbe developments
of national life for which the native,
born American must aocept respon
sibility, if statistics me to be bclievtd
In tlie February Delineator, Charles
Ellwand, professor of sociology, TJ11
tveriity of Missouri, says:
Divorce is not an evil which the
foreign bom and the negro bavebrot
to na, for It especially characterizes
tl e native white, that is, the piomi
nently American element in the pop
ulation I'. is about twice as high
among the nulire whiles as among
tlie foreign lioin. This leads one to
suspect that divorce has something
to do with thn individualism of the
American people, tho tentlenoy
among ns for each one to do as he
pleases, t.j be a law unto himself.
! This is horue out fry the faot that in
: th-;se sections tf the country in
winch individualism is most highly
developed, the divorce rate is highest
namely, iu Ndw England and the
Western States. It is borne out also
by the fact 'bat divoroe is more than
four times ns common among Prot
estants as among Catholics. The
refuses to sanotion absolute divorce
upon any ground.
Finally, two-thirds of all divorces
aro granted upou demand of the
wife. This suggests that tho stand
ards of morality of the mule element
of the population are not what they
should be, and that husbands too of-
: teu give ground for divorce bv im-
moral oonduot. Higher standard's
of morality are necessary aa oiviliza
tiou advances, and conduot which
the wife overlooked in the husband
a half century ago, or bore in si
lence, now becomes a ground for di
vorce. This last statement suggests an
other muse for increasing divorce in
this country, and that is the emanni
patiou of woman. Woman has now
almost equ.il rights with man, and
has Bohieved her economic Intellect
U;l aud-rnoral as well as legal inde
pendence of man. This has beeu a
good thing iu ilself, but many wom
en have used thuir freedom to em
phaslze their rights rather than their
duties, aud consequently have ren
dered the family life less stable. In
so far as the movement for "wom
an's rights" has been simply an ex
pression of growing individualism
or belfiabm-rtij on the part ol our
women, it has tended, like all in
iii v: Juulfsm, to destroy the home.
The Christmas Dinner
In spite of tlie fact that the word
dy.-p-!paia uieans literally bad cook,
it will not be fair fur many to lay
j the blame on tho cook if they begin
; me inristmaa i'lnner with little ap
; petite and end it wrth distress or
, ususea. It may not be fair for any
! to do that let us hope so for the
j sal.e of the cook! Tbe disease dys
' prpsia indicates a bad stomach, that
j is a weak stouauch, rather than bad
Ure it rh ul-i bu.
NOTES FROM
SANDYSTON
We regret to annonnoe tbe illness
of Miss Fanny Fuller, now in at
tendance at the .Trenton Normal
School.
Miss .Fuller will come home aa
soon as able to stand the journey.
John Aber has sold bis plaoe near
Bevans to Edword Raser, who will
occupy it April 1st.
Price not stated.
John Layton jr an aged resident
or this town is critically iU at his
home near Bevans.
He Is in his 81th year.
' Albert Knight, one of the most re
spected oitlzens of Walpack town
ship, dlod on thb Srd inst aged 73
Tears.
Mr. Knight has been in ill health,
for a long time and bis death waa
not unexpected.
Candlemoa Day came and went,
and there is no doubt, but that the
groundhog saw his shadow About
the other prophecy of having half
your meat an j half your hay, that is
a question
The many friends of Willie Clark,
youngest son of Whig Clark, former,
ly a resident of Sandyaton wtll ba
glad to hear that be has been re
elected Police Judge of Mt. Vernon,
N. Y., and only a few daya ago waa
appointed Transfer Tax Appraiser at
a salary of $2,600 per annum, and hn
will fill the bill.
John Wanklin, an aged blaoksmith
who has worked at different plaoes
in this valley died on Saturday last
at the home of Daniel Bugsbee in
Montague from an attack of paraly.
SIS.
A New England supper will be
held in the church at Layton on the
evening of the 23rd insc. The ladies
bsre always provide lots of good,
things and all can be assured of a
good time. '
Some of our wise acres are putting
op a howl beoause Governor Fort ad.
vises tbe using of moneys formerly
given to the sohool fund for other
purposes. If any one interested will
read tbe article on New Jersey fin
ances in last Sundays' New York
Herald, they will find that tbe Gov
ernor Is in tbe right.
Roe Fuller, teacher of the Brook-
side school, resumed his sohool room
duties Monday morning. He ia just
getting over an attack of measles,
Medicine That Is Medioini
"I have suffered a good deal with
malaria and stomach complaints, but
I have now found a remedy that
keeps me well, and that remedy la
Electric Bitters: a medicine tbat is
medicine for stomach and liver
troubles, and for run down condi
tions," says W. C. Kiestler, of Halli.
day, Ark. Eleatrio Bitters purify
and enrich the blood, tone op the
nerves, and impart vigor and energy
to the weak. Your money will b
refunded If it fails to help you. 50a
ut both drug stores.
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