PIKE - COUNTY PRESS lJUUt.I.SIIKO 1DVBRY FRIDAY Friday, December 17, 1909 rrti , browk'b building broad ht. SlIltSOKlPTION! Okk Year One dollar and Hfty eeiitft 8tX Months Heveul.v-live cent. sthictly in auvanck. ttntnnxl the pot office of MlHord, Pike County, Pennsylvania, a second O'iw inttiw, November tvrenty-lirst, Roofing Slate All kinds of roofing slate constant- Fable Of The Horseshoe .IK) you know the German fable I About the horseshoe? In the olden times, In tittle Tlllnge of Germany, A blacksmith was hard at work. Tha sound of the anvil attracted th tTtSlS ly on hand at lower prices than else nnil thought It would be good Idea I to gvt his own hoofg shod. Bo the WherG. ati-uilr D tutrirflln. and nut rjn we lay slate eitner on .uatnea. or Advertising Rates. Onlncb, ono Insertion - ---- - . . - . 1 60 B fcoh subsequent Insertion .76 rU'dilcea rutofl, lurnlsm.'l on application, Will Iw itllowed yearly advertisers. Legal Advertising. Administrator's nd F.xeontor's notloea - -nn Auditor's notloei ----- - - 4.00 Divorce notice - - - - - - . 6.0C ' Sheriff's sales, Orphans conrt sales, C lunty Treimunr's sulcs, County stale in ?nt and election proclamation ohargt-d by lite inoh. ' J. H. Van Elian, PCBLISHIR, Attention has been called heretofore to the condition that Ice for family use is cut on Wells dam on which skating l allowed. It is hardly nec- "eesHry to remind users of ice so cut that it may be very fllthy not to say uiisaniiarr. Whatever Impurity U deposited on the ice naturally freer ' and is to conveyed in a mass to th ' user. The ice is used probably It contact with artiole of food, and of ton is put lu tea and coffee and water. If the skating is fartbur allowed will .line one next sjinmer with verj liyltimiigination, when drinhlng lem onsdonr other cooling boverage, even a little "uh be joyful" in which ice l plaeed, stop fur a moment and thtok what other ingredient may be mixed in his draft. It may be some deprivation tc young jcople to prevent fekatlny where so convenient but there other matters to be considered besldet mere enjoyment, and a sober second thought will conviuce even the bnyi and girls that their pleasure should give way to sanitary, if no other, his foot. The blacksmith saw with whom he was dealing and nailed red-hot shoe on, driving the naila square into the devil's hoof. . Tha devil then paid him, and left; bnt the honest blacksmith threw the money in the Are. He knew It would bring bim bad lnck. Meanwhile the devil had walked some distance, and began to suffer the greatest torture from the shoes The more he danced and kicked and swore, the worse the things hurt him. Finally, after be had gone through the most fearful agony, he tort them off and threw them away. From that time forward, whenev er he raw horseshoe, he wonld run off, anxious only to get out of the way. The German peasantry all be lieve this atory today, and one oau scarcely find a doorstep or a barn door that hasn't a horseshoe nailed a p. A FAMOUS HEALTH BUILDER. A medicine tha, will olnanto the bowels and put them In condition to do their piopor work unaided will do more than au; thing eSiw to preserve health aud tcvnji h. Such a medicine la the tonic laxative herb tea, Lane's Family Madiolne Got a SKSj puok'tge to-day at any drugglht' or dealer. So matter what you have tried before, try thU famouahurb tea. Tight Boarded Roofs and guarantee satisfaction. GIVE US A TRIAL Matamoras Slate Roofing Co., Cor. Penna. Ave. & 7th St. Matamoras, Pa. DONT COUGH, BUT LIVE LONG. It eTery oouah were oared before It got I strong hold, human life would be lenth- ened by inanr yean. If every coughing I sufferer knew that Kemp's Balsam would I atop the cough in a few minutes, he would I be glad to escape the serious consequences. I If any medicine will cure a cough Kemp's I Balsam will do it. At druggists' and! dealers' 950. $100 Eeward,$100 The readers of this paper will bo pleased I to loarn that theie Is at least one dreaded I disease that science oas been able to oure In I all Its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Hall'i Catarrh Cure Is tnaonly positive oure now I known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh I being a constitutional disease, requires a I nonetltutlonal treatment. Hall's Catarrh I Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly I upon the blood sad Mucous surfaces of th. ysteni, thereby destroying Ins foundation I of the disease, and glvlag tha patient! .treugth by building up the constitution I and assisting nature In doing Its work. I L'he Dronrletors have so much faith In lu curative power that they offer One Hun-1 Painting, Graining, Gilding, oure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHKENKY ACQ, Tol. O. Bold by all druggists, 7S sent. Take Hall's Family Pills for onnsttpatlon CHRISTMAS Imported and Domestic Cigars in boxes of 12 25 and 50, from 5QG TO Every smoker will ap preciate any of above brands of Cigars. v Graduate in Pharmacy n $6.00 F. Harold, young son of County Sur veyor Frank Schorr, fell on the ice lujt week and badly Bprained the lig aments of bis knee. The body of Miss Mae Vanderbeck will be brought here to morrow foi interment. There Will be only a brief service at the grave. It ia rumored that Forester Pin chot has been asked if be would ao oept the presidency of the Univers ity of Miobigau. if tendered bim, and that he replied he wished to oon Bolt President Taft before making an answer Pres. Pinohot wonld Hound good. efferent sugar reQning companies have voluntarily paid back to the government nearly three million dollars in duties out of whioh they de'rnndod 15. This will not exempt they from criminal prosecution. T ) Monroe Democrat this week Is a fine Christ mnn number and also has an excellent history of old B:rnudln;r;i by Dr. Lnntz. Piotnres of gr. s-ti.f twines adorn onepage, but it ia by no ineai H a baby paper. B. C. Tottuu of Matamoros and Mi-s baiaii Prioo of Port Richmond Ktuten Island were married at that plhce Wednesday. Uottt are spright ly yrmng people, the former 73 and tqc latrr 70. The happy couple will go to Florida and Cuba on their honeymoon. We tender congratu lations. Senator J. C Price of Branohville, ' who has been quite ill U much improved. A Rsior Strop's Journey. A razor strop that followed K. W Stephens around tha world after be Ing lost at a dozen places on the i) has just been returned to his home In Columbia from Blue Mountain, Miss, with the usual postage-due stamps at tached. The strop was lost one. In Hongkong and later rejoined the Stephens party In Calcutta. Mr. Steps ens got his razors in extra-keen trim and luvurlated In close shave until be reached the Holy Land. The razor strop was again forgotten, thlr time at Jacob's Well, near Bhecan, but overtook its owner at the Sea of Gait lee. In Cairo the strop was lost again. but was recovered in Athens. At sav. eral European hotels it waa forgotten and mad short Jumps, the hotels hav Ing forwarded It with tha nulls to the addresses left by the travellers. The strop has, coat a doses time Its original price In postage. Kaaaaa City Star. Court Proclamation State of Pennsylvania Countv ii Pike. ' S Kolloe is berely given to all persons bound by recognisance or otherwise to ap pear, that the December term luutt of the several courts of Pike County will be held at the oourt house In the UurouKh of Mil lord on tbe third Monday (20th) as 8 o'clock p m. and will be continued one week if nrooaoary. GKOKGB GREGORY. Milford, Pa , Nov. 23. 1DUU. Sheriff. REGISTER'S NOTICE The following appraisements set apart to wi.low &c. nuvu been nltiu. with th Keif .clur ituti will he prefaenuxl to the Or-pht-is' f'ouiaof Pike County, for eoiiurm atiou on the t:,ird Monday of Deceutber next: Kkt to of Hnwell W. Smith, deceased Invent.rr and AppralNement set apart to Helen bu-ith, widow fcx ,irMtittl prop erty. . Kitate of Jacoo F. Waeker, deceased. Inveuuiry and Apj raliienieut of jteisoual Erupertv cet ap irt to childnin rtslUtug at otue, Ml. JOHN' C WKSTBROOK .TR Mtlfonl, Nov. -J). l'.M). I'.egUter. Hous Where ttonewaiH Jaahsaon Died. A few miles south of Fredericks burg and Potomac Railroad, is th bouse la which BtOMwall Jackson, the famous Confederate General, died. on May 10, lsL It Is Interesting to learn that this property la to be pre served aa on of tbe historic land marks of the ' Confederacy. It I been purchased by th president of th Richmond, VYsderloksburg and Potomac Railroad, who. It la reported will transfer It to the company, which will convert the grounds about the building Into a park. Btonewall Jackson died a fow days after bis brilliant flank movement on Hooker's army at Cbancelloravtll. and furnish? ed new evidence of hi genius for war. Baltimore Bun. Decorating, Papering, Sign Painting, Upholstering of ail kinds. Matresses remade.' Furniture Polished and re paired. Work done either by day or Contract Prices reason able. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Angelon Bros., HIGH STREET, REAR OF COURT BOUSE MILFORD PENNA. Learn to Distinguish Color. Late experience has shown that th colorblind may be taught to nam or dinary colors correctly, although thy may not aee color a other da A conductor on th Southern railway was discharged for color blindness. when be began to study colored wool ens and plant, and la five weeks pasued a rigid color examination with out a mistake. Dr. Brawley has over come the disadvantage of color blind ness In other persons by a like course of color study. ROUNDABOUT MAIL DELIVERY. To SV tent Ten Feet a Letter Must Travel 24 Miles. On of th most remarkable mall route In th world Is that which a Utter Journeys In getting from Beeb Plain, VL, to Beeoe Plain, Quebec, Canada. While the two offices are within ten feet of each other are lo cated In the same room, In fact a letter mailed from one office to tbe other must make a trip of 294 miles sixty-seven miles in Canada and the rest in th United States. Th plain old fashioned store build ing, which is situated on the inter national boundary line, contains both the United States and Canadian of fice. There are separate entrances to each,, but both are in the same room, have the same lobby, and there are no partitions to mark the divi sion between the domain of Untie Sam and the possession of King to ward. "If you mall a letter from the Ver mont side addressed to the Quebec side," says the postmaster, "It goo; from her to the Junction, then to Nswport, then to Whit River Junc tion and back to Lennoxrthe." As th I pofcen. "English I a funny language, attar all. Isn't Itr "Why sor "I heard s man talking of a political candidate th other day, any: 'U h oaly takes this stand whan h run he'll have a walk-over.' " The Philosopher of Felly. "I tad that It pays to pretend I be :iv what another soma says," o tervee the Philosopher of Folly. "It 1 do, h always pretends he believes hat I say. and w get along great" First Duty f Borne Parents. Parents seem to think on of then I Drat duties is to make their ehlldrt believe all th things they doat be-1 llev themselves. New York Prose. Happy Eskimo. tsktmos are all children, CO test ed, peaceable, honest and hospitable, without ruler and without ambition for fame or power. They live almost entirely on raw animal food, and tats explains the absence of a number of diseases which are common to civil isation. Salt water eoatalna Iodine. Mid all sea animals, aa well as all who eat them uncooked, absorb ajor or less of this flckl substance. tmisrs f Ideas! An Engllaa dramatist should guard himself against idea aa earetuliy a i young girl should preserve her char acter. Dramas of adventure are Im mortal. Jr a. New Jersey Losing Income New Jersey gets t'.OOOAoO year from lu oyster beds, but could get HO.OOO.OOO from the same source II th available tide land was properly sssdst and cultivated. William Whiskers. With moat men. th beard ia strong T on the. rbrht lde. Te Legalize Tipping. While praiseworthy attempts a being made In London to minimi the tipping system, a movement ht been started In Berlin to make I custom compulsory. The cafe wol'.ei In the Kaiser's capital have formed themselves into a union with the ob iect of legalizing tipping. ' They tisve drawn up a scale of tips and passlnx resolutions to enforce ft- If the on e a customer gives In a restaurs amounts to three shilling be will expected to tip the waiter to the tun of U per cent It the ordef 1 ove. three shillings the -kellner" will content with a tip of 10 per cent Uic larger restaurants the waiter will be satisfied with a modest per cen tip If the bill amounts to S. The restaurant keepers protest against this tariff of tips, which they consider will Interfere with their business, but the waiters refuse to give way. The Throne. t- High Grade Foot wear For The Holidays We have made ample provision for the approach ing Holidays in everything pertaining to high grade footwear Arties, Rubber Boots, and leggins for the ittle ones, Men's and boys' high top laced Boots in English grain leather. Tan and Black, and for father who has to do the hustling the Lair, bertville snag proof Rublier Boats. In the finer grade of goods the La France shoes for Women at $3.00 and $3.50 and the Douglas and Crossct shoes or Men at $3.00, .$3.50, 4.00 and 5.00. Slippers, well sav We are just in it Men's Womon's and child ren's from $.35 to 2.50 Now a word to the Ladies; Dont allow your husband or brother to walk around the house picking up car pet tacks - with his bare feet and then blaming you for it when you can pur chase tack proof slippers for them at the above briccs. Mako youi . selections early and they will l)e set aside until called for. Telephone or write us your wants. JOHNSON, FITTER OF FEET, Port Jervis, N. Y. BjiSTMiAi Perfumes Fancy Goods Note Paper Books Calendars Cards Armstrong's Pharmacy Elactrlolty Known of Old. A writer in th bllektrotechnlsche Anzelger cite many Incidents to show that electricity was not unknown to tbe ancients, and that' George Kber's suggestion In a novel that the Egyp tians made use of lightning conduc tors was well founded. Instruments much like the modern heliograph were also used, the writer says, by priests, as a means of communication between '.emnlcs. Ther,ej can be. no doubt, he says, as to the temple having been protected by lightning rods. The Biblical description shows that the roof was provided with metallic points held aloft by columns and that these ending In chalna terminated in great eater tanks. He adds: "All of which Is vouched for In the first book of Kings and the second book of Chronicles." Danger from Irtfected Meat At the recent jneetlng of the Ameri can Veterinary' Medical association. In Chicago. Pr.-J Enos Day of the Chicago meat Inspection staff. In an addretU on tnfeVjtieus diseases, point ed out "the widespread menace of septtccemla tvntn infected meat" Med ical practice hu given the name of "meat poisoning' to this Infection to dlptinguUh It from, ptomaine poison 4ng, .ihe tlucLa tit which are similar. A victim of this,, infection may die of the Illness or oiay oqly be affected to the degree "(Ai"?1 Poisoned sy3- iui. neii. lu, -luoercuiuttia, UT- I'UV said, ne conuM'red epticaemla the most dangerouedlsease the meat In spec tor had to guard against Pain and 0.rfef Common to All. It 1 not aarprhiing that "accidents are always happening." Even king and queens cannot live through calm and peaceful days. Toothache attack! their royal nlbblers and gout brings pain to honored toes. Disappoint ment, suffering, loss of money, anxi ety are merely bitter ingredients in the formula of dally existence. Brr William Say. I don't want ter onderstan' heaven twel I gits' dar.' as' aven den I ain'l gwine ter make too close inqulre ments, kaze dy might ax me whar 1 come frum, aa' how come. Atlanta Conatltutlon. ' Trouble Maker. "be man dat- love to make a dis turbance,' said - Unci Eoen, "la a good deal like d honk bora on en au tomobile. He kin make folks get out la' t wsy. but leave bim to bis f aa a wont (it nowhere," REPOKT OK THK CONDITION Ot THI First National Bank of Milford In the State of Pi-nnnylvaula, at the cloar of business, Nov. 10, luuu. REBCUKCKS Loans and discounts t 70,883 83 Overdrafts, scoured and unse cured 174 8T U.H. Bonds to seenrv circulation 85,(W a Premiums on 17. S. Bonds 000 01 Bonds, securities, eta 104 8S5 00 Banking house, furniture and natures 1 888 0 Due from approved reserve agents Cheoks and other Cash Items . . . , Notes of other National Banks. Fractional paper currency, nick els and cents Lawful Money Reserve lu Bank, vis: Specie.... 8 078 701 Legal-tender notes. .. a 035 00 j Krdemption fund with U S. Treasurer tofa or circulation 80.6(10 87 70 8 46 W 819 73 10,718 711 650 00 Total ttiilMtA 88 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid In 1 88.000 00 surplus lunu lu,uou u Undivided nronts. less exDensea and taxes puld ... 9.300 OTi National Linns, note outstanding lt,H u Due to other national banks 61ti 84 Individual deuoatts subiect to cluck 104,899 54 Lieniana certificates oldoposlt.. 1,770 Certified cheoks 118 81. Total (236,496 8 State of Peutiitvlvnnta. Countv of Pike, ss I, John C. Warner, C.w,hier of the abovr named bank, do solemnly swear that tht above statement Is true to the best of my anowleafre and Deller. JOHN C. WARNER, Cannier. Pnbsorlbed ann sworn to before me thlt 83rd day of Nov. 1UU9. J. O. CHAMBKULAIN, Notary Public. Correct A tt et : . A, U. BROWN. ) C. O. ARMSTRONG. 5 Directors. W. A. H. MITCHELL, OPPOSITE 5 & 10c. Store PORT JERVIS TAILORS woolen Merchants are anxious to clean up stock before the New Year, We give you the benefit of their reduced prices. Call and see the excellent values we can cive vou for a little money. The Jaillets, Broad So Ann Sts Milford, Pa. CLEANING, PRESSING AND REPAIRING. Headquarters For Mas A I IT 11 Goods. i Luxuries and necessaries to eat to wear and to to please the children and grown ups. We can suit and satisfy We invite thejopportunity to demonstrate our offer. W.-S. RYEV1AN & SON, aVaiiibrd, Pa. FITTING... If you are intend ing to put in Gas or aro having any trouble with your pipes already in, Let us know. SANITARY PLUMBING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES g Cuddeback a Co. 3 BROAD ST.. MILFORD. PA. S The Test. Eut of tbe three 6orts, n.vrc'y those who acquitw g.'&tB0i4. r.i.d !ho-e who have greatness Ihru't i.un cfcetn. only the first are anyvi:e ter 'flin to know what the differe'il Iij.k.s ire for at the fashlon.tb!e dir.iitTa vUably glveu In their honor Iioui lL:e to time. Puck. His Prospects. "I fear I am not wo. thy of yon." 'Never mind nbout that," respon d J tha young lady with the square jaw. 'llctwoen mother and myself I Lys ine can effect the necessary ni provouianta." Louisville Courier Journal. Many Unknown Regions. On uuy map of the entire world It Is impossible to Indicate all the un known regions, since many of them are comparatively small. A map showing every section of the earth's surrace as yet unmapped would be doited with thousands of such ureas. Ravages of Hookworm. Dr. Chamberlain. V. 8. A., says that GO j.er cent, of Southern-bred soldiers U;ive houkworm disease, and of r rew recruits the perteolae i tiit:ea as hlyh as io. Sotlieru , T-.re loss well developed ph. . j tl.aa Northern ones. Steam Up. A train of tho.igl't won't do yon n-.uch good unit s jot: get up cno-.slt stum to carry it through. New fork Tin:es. Revised. Truth la more of a stranger than fiction. Other Qualities Count. Clever men are good, but they are not th. best. Carlyle. Suffers for His Deftness. The most suspicious woman whom we hav. beard of recently Uvea in Eubtwater. She has become con vinced because bar husband is aiile to h-Hik her waist In th. dark that he can't be true to her. Chicago Record-Herald, Tuberculosis Among Soldiers. For 1.000 active troops In tbe armies of the great world powers, th. follow ing figures show th. percentage of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis: United States, 4.72; Great Britain and colonies, 2.4; France, 51; Germany, 1.6; Austria, 1.0, and Russia. 2.7. Right A man may not resent an aspersion against himself, but b will delet.d th. accuracy of his thermometer to his last breath. Topeka Capital,
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