HAND LAUNDRY Patrick White has opened a hand laundry on Ninth St. in Milford and all work in his line will be prompt ly and neatly don Goods will bo called for and de livered. Telephone. IT"' wr." Ea3t Strouiliburg State Normal School FALL TERM Begins September 6th. Board and Laun dry $3.75 per wk. For Catalogue and Other Information Address E. L. KEMP, Principal. 0OwOOwOwOOwOOwCwOC TAIL O R Si Spring finds us ready with a full line of all uio newest stvies ami ian i rics for both Men & Wowi en. Have your clot lies 1 male for you and they will give you twice the wear at the same cost as ! ready made Men's suits ' from $12.50 up. The Jaillets, Broad & Ann Sts; Milford, 5 CLEAN I XO. PltbMSIXfi X KKI'.UKINO J 2 ? OwOwO0OwOOwO00000 y " r Caveat, and 'l'nAm.lrk nhj i. i. i 1', OwttOrrict i Orcn it ii. PA-.-i.wT Qrrr - 'ld we tXTkkvr-l'K tal. i, ,Q il . Uila tt. iL ( k MM ntKlf (. Ii W phM., VHh dfVTlj viwaa. nB saiM, ii pa:em.ai. j t-t B t. I: cel. fciwir. 4r ls I) d'ic ll ijji.i,. ,.-.rv.. wl area. AddrcM, J O.A.CfJOW&CO.i OwPaiTtirT Omei, WASNiNoroai. D. C. i J. C. CHAMBERLAIN Real E3tate Agent. Booses and Lots and lots without Houses Dsier In all kinds of Property. Notary Public ALL BUSINESS GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION Office at Residence on Water Street Milford ?a. I I"f PHI. antartawiuuivtlll M MlaMaaal, asU IMMft WK'Oaaasl. Baaaal muAU. WW r akaaU luf FUCK fwpofi t" sua- 0 08 Bavanth Straet. waarmoTON, o. c. I 5 I t--l j'ex,'sA4,a..v.T X-. u eg. . . i . ti2br-.r f PVBLIC SCHOOL LOSE tJPOUHO. Mtarvdane aot Keeping Up wttM Geowtr 9t Peculation. The rtamewt has J'wt bevs irad that smaller proporttoa of children g- to 'be public schools dow than e?it lee) veers ago. At th uun Dim the enrollment of atudent !n eWlee-ee he lncrensa-4. Tie thewry hi that th blub toot of llvlna take tn poorer ehildpe from the pnhlle arhacls end poa them to work. "Rie pinch la not felt by ttie well to do. who la hvTtn imnbwi trod tharr young folks to Institutions of higher learning Tbe public shonl population fa reckoned on persons of tbe M" from I to If year. Ae-ordlng to tha America K4ucatlmal Review al dl-vlsi-ins of the country show a decree wth ll.e "':iUm of the W""trn The total returns lr.-d-a-e ?h.t O.e-e wre enrolled in ISvTOS wkh t- 3! pT cent, of the - hool pnp ila tiTi. while In l0- "JtS per ert sere atirolVd. Tte low ID New York ely In the dccle approiitrmu 1 t .f OJllt. M'nt Tea for the Nervous. Kin, many virtue and a few rke. iVtil ruhMl. til leaver pulled from toe atom. ellghtly maahed and billing wafer poured or there re e'lls a "mint tea" that la a sovereign remedy for nervous aa well aa atom a'h tro-jbles. Served In a tbla gla T.h crarked Ire and a little surar lr. It cool and quiets Uia system rt tra.Sy. Id preparing the mint tea the bowl fa kept clcely covered until the con tent are cool; then Btrrlned, poured Into a bottle that can be closely corked and set on Ice; when wanted Ice should be pounded very fine and a Utile auirar added If liked; soma prefer the lea unsweetened. New Or leans Picayune. Ancient Bank Note. At the Bank of England privileged vl si tore are sometimes shown the oldest known bank note for 555. with the data "lb Xber. 1699 " The memoranda written aciuj the not abow that payment was made Aby three Inatalmenta. The uank cotes of that period were printed from en rraved plates, blank spaces belnK left for the data, the alitnature. the num ber and the amount The watermark tan be clearly seen and In texture and general appearance the note were rery similar to those of to-day. It waa not until 17U7 that bank notes were issued under 5 in value. Stenography. To a limited eitent the art of shorthand writing, known as stenne;. raphy. waa practiced by the an.:lenta. The freedroen of the poet Ennlua. (Icera, Seneca and other literary men of Rome, are known to have resorted to shorthand. The oldeat known sys tem since the Roman days Is that called the "Ars Hcrtbendl." dating from the year 1412. Dr. Timothy Brigbt'a system, the first English work on shorthand. dat-s from about Btnce then the approaches hava been steady toward the greatly im proved methods of the preseul day. Newton and Gravitation. Sir Ua&c never attempted to tell the people of b.a day what grartuttun vas. HU very frank ata.teu.ent waa u follow: "I do not anywhere take It upon me to define the kind or man ner of any action, the caus- or physi cal reaivona thereof, or attribute forces In a true and physical aeuae to cer tain centre, when 1 peak of them aa attracting, or endued with attrao ttte powera." Bulleta That Hit It tiaa been estimated that Id the rranco-PrusHlan War the CU-rmana fired 20,000.0 (w bulleta. which, killed arid wounded 140 000 KreiH lnnen. Ac r nlttiK to this. ony one bA out of 143 that were fired VH lta n.an. and, auauming that only one man out of aeven hit waa killed. It would aeein tli at only one bullet In $',H proved fatal. But etm-e the men Killed and wounded by the artillery were Includ ed In the above estimate, it may aaife Iv be said that not over one it lie ball In a Lbouaand fired killed lta luaa. True Education. 1'hnt most womanly woman. Han uah More, once gttve an excellent d"l.'iittlon of education. "Education." aul'l she, "Is not that which smothers a umau with accouipllshir.entd, but that which tends to rousoliilate a firm and rcguHi charaitur to form a friend, a companion and a wife." Using Both Eyes. "In choonltig his men," said the Sabbath school s.iirlntor.dent, "Gld ocn did not BHect Ihoeo who laid aside their arms and thn-w themselves down to drink; ha took those who watcbed with one eya and drank with, the other." THE SCIENTIST LOBES. Mora Than Met Mis Match In Hal Landlady. An editor a aa talking about fha famous English astronomer, 8lr Rob art Ball, who has recently declared that radium proves the esxth to b BOO ,000.000 years old. "Blr Robert Ball la aa full of fun aa of learning," aald the editor. "Once I dined with him and a half doseo other actentlBts at Stratford. At the end of tb din ner Sir Robert's eyes twinkled and he aald to the landlady of the quaint Stratford Inn: "'Madam, 1 am going to give you leason In astronomy. Have you aver heard of the great platonlo year, when everything must return to lta first condition! Lialen, madam. In 24.000 yeara we shall all ba here again, on the same day and at tha same hour, eating a dinner praclaely like this one. Will you g.ve us credit until then?' " 'Oladly.' the landlady replied. It la Juat ,0o0 years alnce you were here bofca-a, though, and you left with out paying then. Belli lha old bill cA ill mat 70 wltk te aew." TMt POrtTtfrS DILEMMA. A V'7 SI mot Process If He rotlew ' ad rKs Adv'c-v T.e poter was grei-ly perplnew. At High Poasower a lady with a kwg et'e entered the train. S!ya waa a mMdle-aaed, tall, enari ar, taltor-aade woman, aad sbe Icviked. sternly at the commerrlai traveler In tfce aeat oppo arta through her lotgnetta. Before aeaung aeralf abe opened the car riage window. At HUedon Cross aa other womaa came la. St had fluffy hair and an appeal ing look la her blua ayea. Bha aat doa and glanced at the open wio dow aad shivered pathetically; then aba looked at the commercial traveler. "I shall be fros-aa to death:" ertad the fluffy haired lady. "If this mnlow at closed. I ahall Buff va;e' " tried the other woman. Tfce porter '4-oced hla mouth. Ha s'-AJ-v-d to raia the window. Then be r'reated. Iwzfd. be turned tap pejt!,Tijrlr to Ue commercial traveler. B.3th the ot"b aiM) turned to the coiiiir,rt'i! trve'.er. That guntlemr.a rose, panned bv the ladles, opened the dnr.r to the platram and went out. fo!.oed 'jT the porter. "And what, air," said the porter, "w.i.d you say aa 'pv I showid do, sir- "!t's quite simple." said the co o- tnerclal tra'r), . Leave the w'ndow aa It la. of?,, t.l 1 oce lady Is froten to death; th u close It acd au9oc-e the other. I'ji going forward for the rest of trie trip." lindon Opinion. ADVICE. "I never know how to act whwi I meet a baby. 1 alwaya feel UXe a fooL" "All 70a bav to do la to act tha way you feel!" Going Soma. A guest In a Cincinnati hotel waa hot and killed. The negro porter who heard the Bhootlng waa a witneaa at tha trial. "How many ahota did you hear?" asked the lawyer. "Two shots, sah," he replied. "How far apart wero thayT" " Bout like die way." eiplatned the nagro, clapping hla hands with an In terval of about a second between them "Where were you when the drat shot waa fired V "Bhlnln' a geroman'a shoe In da basement of da hotel." "Where ware you when lot sec ond shot waa Ored?" "Ah waa a paasln' de Big To' depot- Modern Science. John, on hla return from Sunday aebooL announced with aome Inter eat that tha Arnold boys had capalied their sailboat and had been plckod up nearly drowned and brought ashore by Captain Jim. "That cornea of sailing on Bun days." enapped auntie. "Oh, no," explained John with die concerting superiority, "Captain Jim aald it waa because they bad the beet made faaL" Antiquity of Gold Leaf. The origin of guld leaf, like the first use of gold Itself, la lott in the niislr of antiquity. It Is found, for exam pie. in connection nub the moit an cient known mummies, having been used for covering teeib, tougue. akin etc Sometimes it Is alao found oo the cofflna. Gold lcttf waa also used on the tombs and uionuujeuta of an cient Egypt. TUa pimess uf ru.kiiig gold leaf has thus b.-en Known lint the eighth century B. C. In the elev enth century It seems to hava attain ed as high a degree of perfection as tu day. The gold leaf on sonie uni-ien Grecian pottery Indeed la as thin a that now used. Our First rVoney. The first I'nlttd Siii,cs luiriey ftat made in 17SG, but insi. ;. l of b artug the faces of leading sta;epiti U b.-e only tfce face of Li!,t ny , 3 true ft- v colna were alaniped with liu. laoe of Washington, and are li.Kiily valued by collectors. The hrat coins fuu-k by the ITnlted Staiea :int weru ome half-dimes. In ll'.n. The firnt Tnited States dimes acre strut- In Krance from old silver family plats furnished by Washington, and were known S6 "Martha Washington Diniea," from the fact that the Liberty beud was adapt ed to that of the President's wife. Power of Suggestion. Angry Man (at the tel. -phone) You go hang yourself, Bmlthjra! (Aiter a pauaa) Do you hear mef Central Your party hong up! A Poet's Problem. The Actor Where are you going after supper! Tha Poet I don't know wbera to go after 1L When She Bought Peroxide. "Bhe'a a decided bloanla." "When did aha decide ltf Glancea. He would have been glad to ax change glancaa with her. But a fair exchange were no rob bery. And ake chose rather to ateal a glance alien she thought ha wasn't looking. "Oh, woman, woman!" ha miirmar d, put dared sot rtyrauch ber onegr OLD CALLINGS THAT SURVIVE. Whalmg a, 8tUI Car-ied On. aa la Alas Caddis Msklea. The tauscbicg at Keex of a vies I wilt v rruiw for whale la a reaslad er of the vitality caitle-aa bare eeo wheaj they hsve sunk from their old tj-ne spectaru'ar protslnencw. The wiialeeMps of New Bedford ara no knsger foand In every sea, aa la tha era before petroleum, but a aervlcav abla fleet that searches for spanna. eettl and wr-alebone still has that city for lta bail'ng port. Some of these ve-eejs par very baodTie rturf-s to their owners and crews and New Bed ford baa an Interest la the whalers that mat Sen Francisco their base of operatlrnav Steam has been applied to the btia raeoa carn-d on In Pacific Arctic wa ters, but tE the old wbalirg grounds sailing ve-t ' are free fro-n its cotn petltloti. Prov'ncetown 1 altto the hon-e of many whalemen who fled the catling pro3ati'e. even If they do not puab their voyages so far aa the old timers wh9 fit w the ho jw flags fa. uoua la N.w Bedford s annala T-s Nstursi arv)j& The ev.-ap- he'ght of tr.e aiirN abo-jt the w-jrs! b.-irtge is about r 50 f"t; the t-s t of the brlie afout Ji). The :r. of the arch ia M feet: ! aicra? width 80 feet, and lta th'-knesa In the center 51 feet. The bnee does not crops the chasm pre-c:-ly at rgt,t angles, but In aa oblique direction, I'ke wV.al eng1nrers titd to cell a "sltea" bridge. Tfce top of the br'tre is covered fcy a clay so.l to tfce C'-p'b of evrral feet, which ccirirhea s Tn-iicerMe growth of trees and bush-?. Thee, with map-s of rock, serve to form the naturr.l parapeta along the sldea. which quite conceal the view of the chasm below. The Roman Tribune. The Tribunes In er.vent Rome rep reseated the people In much the eama way that the House of Commons does In England, and the House of Repre sentatives In this country. For a long time tha Patricians or artstoi-rata of Rome had everything their own w-iy. But when tha Plebeians (or, as we would say, the "plain people") gt their Tribune the reckless tyrannt of the Patricians ceased. The Tribune had great power, lie couid veto al most any act. and nullify almost any law passed by the Senate: Liberty among the Romans dale from the time they first eecured their Tribune. Would Interest the Child. Mrs. Ella Kif.g Young, superin tendent of the schools of Chicago, says that Bbe does not believe In much home work by the pupils, a statement that will delight parents aa well aa children- She believes, however, that school work ahould be so Interesting snd concern Itself so much with the dally life of the child that It will want to talk It over at home. The fact that children do not consider the work interesting enough to talk about It out of school Is, sba ays, a criticism of the schools. Broadening New York. We New Yorkers, for Instance, don't know our Oklahoma, our Oregon, our Maine, our Texas, our Ullnola. our Minnesota and our Virginia and so forth as they know us. Speed tba day when every Intelligent "provin cial" with something to tell and something worth saying will be wel comed to "go Into type" In the big cities and when every "city chap" al mllarly equipped may be sure of a hearing In the "provincial" presa! New York Commercial. Aak Yourself Thla: What are you going to do, my brother, for the higher side of human life? What contribution ar you go ing to make of your strength, your tune, your lnliuence. your money, your aelf, .to, njuke a cleaner, fulier, happier, larger, nobler life pohhIoIs for some of your feliow men? Henry Van Dyke. - , Frao.ls Leaf of Gold. While a leaf of gold Is so thin that It ia Impossible to uiettiuie lta thick ness, stales have been made whlt h weigh it accurately. One leaf weighs one-fifth of a grutn. It ia co light that a breath will blow it away. Held to the light. It Is translucent and gieen leh. Glase Won't Break. A glas- factory at Biu-ra, Prance, has pr'Hruted a new gl'tfeti that will not break. The composition of the glLSB Is heated to boiling point and then Is plunged Into water brought to a freezing point. The glasa will be used for safety laii.p t.rbea. Your Best Moments. You will find as you look bak upon your life that the moments that stand out, the momenta when you bava really lived, are the momenta when you have done thing In a aplrit of love. Henry Drutuinoud. Tnan Sparka Flew In EarneaL Mr a. X. (quarreling) And what would you ba now If It hadn't been for my money? Mr. X. (caliulyl A bachelor, my dear. Boston Tran script A Sailor's Prsyer. "O Lord, 1 atn no common beggar; I do not trouble Thee every day; for I never prayed to Thee before; and If It please Theo to deliver me this once, I will never pray to Thee again as long aa I live." K. 8. Batea In tha Atlantic, Touring In tha Rockies. "What'a that?" Inquired Mr. Cbug glna, excitedly. "Stage-robbers," replied tha chauf feur. "That shot Is a signal to stop." "What a relief! I thought we'd had another blow-out." Pound with the Goods. Artist I'm going to do a picture of Whlttler'a Maud Muller. Friend How do you Imagine aha "punpve-l.w A M ?, WtrSTS Tl THF. A ooN- rfT- Tt tnwrr-rriTO the CtTIZT" f'l TtTf f)M v I TH FOR v-tr-ai P'!:,A-Jinn Kjr"Tro BY T! C .KV! Asrvni.V OF THI txir.w:i ru r riv-V!tAjti, AID flt L-hi:i r.Y OKM'.K .jf TBI KHVTT tr THF flK..Mrj I.TH, rw prR-i ' K .r tim iii xvm tr THE OiN-TIT.TK'S. I Vr-r'r 'In A"lM'l"hKi;ST K--Ol.t TIOM i Pr i"J ' an e-nerdmeat to ectfto tw-rrTT -ix ff s'cie are c.f the '..rn.sv. tTM1r.n : (he temmonstairh of Pnco sytvnli fwt-s... ...i iff the S- p te concur.) That 1e -M'iVf s eef-M-f-j ., r-ft'-n' twr.ty-.'T 'if r'M. "re n 'he (i..r,tttu-! tion P'C:rTivsr-ia he. ai'd ;ie vstae Is ' heetiv. p--in-fl. ii accordance with the enuui n -Hr.f r i I bat Mf-'-u '4 Article wbk-h ; vut. a f -How.: --s-iciioo .vt. All laws relAtira r. r"rxs ftl,il be evnerml and nf untfni r,1 tbe .--rnt7ttoTi. . . r ,,f s;t n.urtf. of . - v.W so fsr ( ra-jla-ed f r-e and --f-.ct ( lae -r:;. ff -(.-e nitir-s. --) tcetien-ral Awem - -.:-!::, f r. m creatine r. ihep-jiri-n vetd -.'i in the J';de rf tbi -i Hl-as ai,.i vrvhir,f ..-1 so tpat the Mim jl-,wl , pr- r-.i 11 blv i f- v r. ' cnif.-rr 1 .-r r,tio . -(---l urtvi. ;i- n. ano 1 uf ifce c:-isit ' - -- - : i"1 a s- d t:w .v -r--. and ;'i"K - " -hn.l un:! m- i.ili. ';'" ACT r-' 1"Iif. -H i -i.i'j 1 .-'!- t.-nernl A.-mblT '- ' .- t l-i .Tab .n lies I t;jne, as tb.- stime 1 1 ..J -itv or rnuniy. ul;U - t .- -r and J'iiimi c'i"b ; i' the Luuitjer of u i- w exi.iiea' "v be re t . .- -iTu'.iatie il- miiii". or 1 -'Jf .- r '-;-s the ji.-uUKtl' ti . .- t r.iurt ui,t F.T- i'i ' i;: -,- ;. i. .rti.ie wfc. rtVtrr 11 ;ti '.- aft. " .- r- Ih--; -orti roar (Mid -': I.-' . f-'.-irr tor Itw i'.il-.-r!j '. rt-i----n.-i -nluio -t jil-li' '-1') '' H- '.r - -n .No I H'lL'i.'tT V irts S .-rfMi. y 1 i t. luit-ouwealth. vnnT.. to iiriiii.,i- rhe rt(iirv tion of the rii''1' r- KHiolv.fi I f -he H..u of !pp..smir tiT concur, , Thi it- r. lh.vruv ameud-m-nt td the Con-nui' n of i n; ihmio wealth tf PcnnylvnDia t. nrd h unt il heivltT, r,rt..,..-,-vi, m atcvrrtanOL- witt thp ei(rlst?-ith ..-.:. ,) rhnrvv-I; Thut Be tlfii tf.t .f nrtj.-i- ?i,t:ht he aiiiendfl. l-r rikiiitr rut the i -ut-tii oum- ration I Kvt'ry nuile cnizfn tmoutf- one Teani 01 afiv. p nstiKiir tli- fol-o ; quaimi-auoni, sna:i pt eiitld.i tj Tot nt nil l.-cti n, ntT'-t hwevt-r to o -h lnw rpvnrtriR auo rvn-iiMTinic th r.-fi-tration -t elrctors a the '.p.r Assciuhly may " irt H shrill hare Nn a elMzon of ine L-nitt-tl tstnte fit ltt utie month. foood. He hill have refiidid n the state one yenr r :r. bcvving prtTtously hot-n a q':atitlil el.M-toi or n .tlre-bjrn !t'nn ol the Sitiv, h h:'11 hr rpmovKl ibttvfr'ru. nd n'turn-d, thtu i.v months) ihird. .tifill hve r-.-l.-a in the elerttoD ditrk-, where he eh! I offer to Tote at lect w month .mmeiiiatvlr prt oediUK (helect n. A trae o-pjr f Holninn No. 9. KObKKT McAJF.E. Scrf 'Hry of tha Comnionwealtb. N iiuibur Throe A JOIST RESOLUTION Pnioina; m amendnipnt to the Contttn tion if 'ii ('..nin.orww.lth vt lVnnvl- vanln, a iv e rttoMdata? ihe cotirt of common piva-, ut AliiKhenv Coiiiit fek-ctioD 1. hv it reaolved br the -nf and Hoo-w of Ht'oresttfitatlvit of the iwonmHnw.aitn 01 fennsvlvanta tit Utn era! Aaaeminr met. That the following aiiienuiiitni) w vue .onbiiiunon or fenn ylranta be, and th Mine it herervr, pro poned, In accordance with the eighteenth rticle thereof: That sH tlon six of article five be amended, ty ttriklijft out tbe hvid tvctlon. And inherting iu place thereof ibu follow ln: rctlon r) In the county of Philadel phia all the jurisdiction and power now reLd in the district courts tind courts of coin ruuu p'r; nutjjtct tou;b ch(iiige as may bo nandc l.y tlA ("odi! t titlou or by law, shall lie in Philadelphia veU-d 10 five dlstin. t and r-narat -X)urU of equal and cu-orltriHi jiiri-etiietion, conipied of thrve x. ' h. The tn,U courts in Philrtde!t-'' j t e.; .i.i -lesigiiitt.-d rpect-tv-iy n ti. 01:1 1 i,f cjiiiinou pk-as num ber otte. limit!'!- two, nitinU r three, nuir.Ur ! :r, ,n I number five, but the uuiuKt u( .,id I'oiirtit Hatty be by law iu creHjed, fr- :u ti'.u: to time, aisd alifll be in likr n.ai.i.ti i.trinnted by ,uoiv-i.ive numU1- i f:e ;iuiuler of jndprt-fj iu any of a.. id r. r-H. ri any oouutv where vht ea.;n(:!;f'ut:.ii ..f an adiitiitiiia) court tmis -' Ji ir.nl l-y law, mav le In- iH tu lime, nlid wlicn- -hall amount In Ihe ii throe judtft-H shall i .'id si-p-tr-itw uM.j-t hi . .(.! be mn itjji-et hb . -.in J;itito h i a'ili. riu.il tl.l- riil;d iMU.'tti of ttXl.- it 'U liifuarii; the uutu ' ud the Mvnd :-.iit and apportion the !' n in much m tuner an I ' v inlea of curt. and ?i Ji any suit i-hull be t,l Luvu azclutve iun--nf'jtct to elianjti nt ever nn h WlioJt- tu t COlil pUM.' ! afri-i.Mi. ilfor.ii.l lie lfiMH', UM1U ('ten bei ..I ! COli: ' aim bu.i fh..!l eaiTt tmitT1 i i-' till to die! . -i-ii i. veu-jM, .is .it! ih , i. yt.i.-d by law. In ! i'in.,y .v tyheiiy it.l i he juru-du'iii-n .iiil ni r i:.ii veottxl iu the sev eral rami - ed i-miia of coiuiu u fhall ho -;t-.l lit 'ii-' njtirt uf toinin'tu pleif ctiiiij ofcrd ''fall the judip in C"tii mUf.:.f! in tiiifl ii'iurit, Sut.fi juriouu". luii mid yow ei s -f. ii) t xieud to ali ur iw at Jaw an., iu r fi'.y ohait have been U.btuiUtl iu t:.-1 st ver;it iiuiob' ii ti ciurii, iar.d him! 1 tn. ml.jtvt to ucd ehtug. f. airty u- n. .;.:-. tty law, and ut jeol tj change of 't-ri.ir a pruvid -d by iaw The prtmdi Tit judtfc c-f nnid ourt hall bj i !eetrd ut priv(dcd by law. The uuiuher of Julg -H Iu itd ca.rt may be by law lucrohhed fr.in time to time This itiiit-ndiiteirt ihvil take eiTeut ou the tirt dty of Jiatiuary Miemliij,; m u lopiiun. A true copy uf iUil i!! N i H KOHKHT MiAKKK, Seurvlnry t the CotiiuionHtialih. Number Kour A JOINT KKSOLUTION PrKpOatiiit; tvn Uf.it t:Uinut tones. tion eight, article uiue, of the t'oustiiutlin of Peon eylvania. SeA ttiD 1. Rf It resolved hr the Senate and rlouw- of Kt-pre!eutative of the Com moiiwealth of iYnnt-y Ivjinm, iu General Atifeiuhiy li.ut, Th.tt the ti lhiwiug hi propOMHl an aiiieiiiiineiit to the Counti tuti iii of the (1omiuon wealth of Peniiayl uuia, tn accordance with the provi-iious of the eihueiith article thereof: Aiuetidment to Artiele Nine Section KiKht. Pectioo 5f Amend re iii n t ight, article nine, of the (.'oio.ni uti.ui ,f l' uu-ylvaiua, hich road a& f.tilow: 'option 't'tio dfti t nf any county, city, buroUh'li, township, school dintrict, or other municipality or incorporated di trict, except aj"li.rejn prmided, hstl Dev er eneed iN Vt n j.r Lfiitiim upou the as sessed value of lite taxable property there in, tior ah iti 1 any atich luuuicipality or dis trict incur ati new debt, or increase its iLdebt-iiir-a to u uiuouut enwtllug two por otfUtuiii Uiroo mch svMM-tMt valua lion of pp'pert) , without the asaeut of the elector, lb. rof at a pnhliu eltxitlou iu euch lualiucr Mj -half la provultd by law; but any city, tl.e d -ht of wldcjl now eEoet-4a seven pr uentuui of nu b aawesited Taiusv laU., Kuy be a. UrUe4 y lw to lur Tho New York is the most thor oughly practical, helpful, nwful and entertaining, ntiltonal i t-i f 1-4 I flDUrSG ed agricultural & family weekly in the United States. Farmer PKICE, ONE COLLAR A YEAR Send your name for free sample copy to New York Tribune Farmer TBttBUNC BUILO Now York t. ty. N. V. , 1 4 PIKE COUNTY PRESS .$1.50 A JOB PRINTING Letter Heads, Cards Posters, Statements Bill Haads, Envelopes Circulars, Etc., Etc. NEATLY u 'f"',j aa aaasaas the same three per centum, in tbe afrftrs ffate, at aiiv one time, upon tach valua tion." sn as to rend as follows; Section a The debt of anr ooanty. citv. toroush. township, srbool district, or oriier munk-ip.ilitr or incorporateddlstrica i-xrrrt .-w herein provided, shall never ex-ni-d seven per centum upon ihe assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor -th;,ll anr such municipality or district in enr any new debt, or Increase its Indebted ness to an amount extvedinfr two per cent um upon such assessed valaation of prop erty, without the assent of tbe elector thereof at a public- election In such man ner aa (shnll be provided by law; but any city, tbe debt of which now exoeeds seven per centum of Bach an leased valaation, may he authorised br law to Increase the Hint three per centum. In the affrregate, as any one time upon such valuation, e oept thnt nny debt or dhts hert-toafter In curred by the city and ontinty of Philadel phia for tbe construction and develop ment ituliwars for Irnit.l purposes, or for th- cin.lrut-tiuii of wharves and docka. i.r the r-ciittnation of land to be nfed tn the e.ip.tt'irtin of a system of wbarvna and dicks, aa public improvements, owned or ui Ix- owned by said city and county of Phlliulelrbia, and which shall yield to tbe city and ouunty of Philadelphia cur rent i,ct revenue in excess of ibe Interest on st'td debt or debts nt.d of the annual installment necessary for the caneells liun of said d.'bt or Uebta. niay be ex cludid In ascertniniiijr tlie jiotvor of the city and couc.y f Philnrielpbla loheooura otherwise indebted: Prov ded, Ti-at a iiiiainr fund for their cancellation ahall be ect .liliihi-d nnd tiiMintained. A true oopy o( Joint Resolution No. 4. ROUKKT McAKKK. Secretary of the Comiuunwi alth. Tha Hermans. Tha Normaaa ware Northman, or to ba mora preclae. tha .deacaadaata of Northmen, who had been ex palled from their native Norway Is conse quence of an effort oo their part to subvert Its Institutions, and to make Its lands hereditary Instead of batnc dl visible among all tha boos of tha former owner. A band of expatriated outlawa and rob ber a. they won an4 held tha fair provisos of Northera Franc, which the asms Normandy, after their native land. When they Invaded England they were Krench n en only In the sense that they had liied for some generations on Preach soil. In blood they belonged to th treat Oermanlc breed, along with tha Anzlo-Saxona, Danes, and other 8ca dlnavlan and German people. Th Gesture Language. Gesture, or sign, language waa, ha. )'i-id doubt, the earliest form nf tha i t mmunlcatlon of Ideas. Long before t- - re were such things as words men ' .ied to each other by means of well Mruterstood signs. There are still t -nea of men In Australia and tba Isibnds of the Southern Seas, aa wall as In durkest Africa, who, when they ish to exchange Ideaa at night, ara y'j'.lged to build a Ore so aa to sea by lis light the gestures that are their c.ly means of mental Intercommunl tatton. To this day the sign language Is 'ound useful even among highly ad r.inred peoplea. When you cannot cake a man underatand your words you can oftentimes gut along with him fairly well by "making motions." Cecil Rhodes. Cecil Rhodes la generally supposed to have left a fortune of IM.tKKI.OOfl, all of which he willed to tha pahlia service, a few private bequest ex cepted. Tbe Rhodea Bcbolarehly Fund consists of an annual gift of $250,000, out of which provision la made for the annual matriculation at Oxford of 174 students, classified aa follows from South Africa, 34; Aua tralla, Canada and th West Indlea, 3d; th United State of America, 104 (1 to each State and Territory); and Germany, IS. Th DlfTsrenoe. Forgiveness doesn't rash around and show tba eama dlapoaltloa to v te la! th spaed ordinance which ehaa. acterleea revenge. Atchison (Mob. ' William B. Kenwoithey M. 0 Physician and Surgeon. Ofloe and rsaldunoe Broad Hi reel text Court House. atlLPOHD, For Bent Kurnwlied rooms to rent Enquire of Mrs. XttaPuiJlon, Corner Broad) m4 Ana aUraeM, UilUO, r. J LJfiaUi V--rS I Doth of these papers one year for only I 85 f you send your order and money to Tho PRESS Milford, Pike County, Penn. fl n n YEAR DONE aaaasasasBMasa i Time Table ERIE RAILROAD. AT PORT JERVIS Balld Pnllmaa tralas to BaValo, Xtag ara Falls, Caautauqaa Lake. Clsvsiand Chleag aad CladaaaU. Tieksta ea sale at Part Js all polBta la th Wast and Boothwestsf lewer rales thaa via aay ether first class lias. Ia affect Jna 21 th, lgoa. Taanii Kow Laxvi Port JXRVta a Follows ESTWRU ' st. Dally . " DaUbr Kxoresa i u " M, Local Except Sunday ., r 10 " 44 Holidays only 6 JO No. a, Usliy Bipres. M t. " Tug, Way Sunday Only 7 81 4. Looal except Sun a Hoi J. Si " ' to. Local Kxcept Snuday.. 10 SO ' " 4, Dally Expresa I Hp. . " 104, Sanday Out I tu " M, Way dally exo't Sund'y I 80 ' I, Dally Express IU " ' , Way dally exo'lHnnd'y 86 " " TOt, Local Sunday Only.... t.l " WK8TWABD. Na T, tmlly Exprea I a A at " 47, Dally SB " IT Daily alilk Train t loa I. Dally Express li st " II. For Ho'dnleE'pl Bun.. It lir. -" -t, ExrasaChlcagoltindal f at M, Dally Except Sunday., t ot ' t. Limited Dally Express. It 0 Trains leave Chambers street, Mev fork, tor Port Jervla on week days I. tO, T 15. . 15, 10 80 a. u , 1 J t 30, 4 tO, 8 16. 7 IS, 9 16 U ti r U On SumWya, 7 V, A M 18 M. 1.1.'. f ik).B15 r. at. II. L. 8LAUSON. Ticket Aat, Pi Jerv . H. W.HswIsy, Div'n. Paar.gr. A gen. Chambers t. Slnlionfc.w Yuri Washington Hotels RI6GS HOUSE The hotel par excellence of the ;(' coaled within one block of the V ii HouseanddirectlyopiH.su) the. Trsasui Pineal table in the city. WILLARD S HOTEL A famonaf hotelry, reuiarsaMr fer I hlsturloal associations and lting-snti.ii popularity. Keceutly renovated, rvpalu' and purually rafuiuiud. NATIONAL HOTEL. A landmark among the hi tels nl .. Ington, patronized In forn.er yrr.. Ij prvsldenta and biKh ofllcials. A.. i prime favuriu. Hecemly timoiel,a t a rendered better than eer. Opn H R.dep. WALTKR BUKTON, Ida. ..Iki These hotels are the principal p !. .1 readeavua of tbe oapital at all iin.es. They arolha brat aaopplng plaous at rvaL aooabls rates. O OKWITT Maaassr. akMlutslv Harailssa, Curst SB ha Spat BROMO-PEPSIN Hea ta Ward raswla fllBTC H0CHf, S UHl SStOS U U it L.O liOKtsIiM uouiis$ All Orugajlata, lost ttsttOo, Fer sale by C. O. AausTBOK. Druggiat SCI LL the COUCH utt CURE the LUNC8 w Dr. ling's .lev? Discovery ill THKOaT LUNft TROUBLEt. vr A sta. si T O 6 AT J oi'AVaS&aV asm . ... .r sjkaraj kilii hi ataKlBi ia'sairail
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