1 V1 '3 I 'S3 UHO Kill IIMU... g If you are intend- 5 In to put in Gas or are having any 5 trouble with your pipes already in, f : Let us ' know. 1 SAHltARY j PLUMBING . IN ALL ITS, . BRANCHES' S Cuddeback & Co, S 4 BROAD ST., .:. MILFORD, PA. A 0T0000r-o0--00-0L00eO0.ewC'0oeo00-. OwOKO00OCQOC)00Cooooooooooo -'' , A 'A 'J? NOW IN PRESS Theodore Roosevelt's OWN BOOK African Game Trails Hi via in Book Form the Sole Account of Ilia AFRICAN HUNT WKITTKS BY HIMSELF c"5 : i VI c Agents WANTED NOW in ever City Town and Village to handle Colonel Roosevelt's Great Book. Ki!t "Mihsoriptions Filled by Frt Conies from the Press $V fill! rTl.L A'.iFNTS' I'ROBPECTUS WHITE TO 2o Charles scribner's sons, jg 153 Fifth Avc-nur, NEW YORK c oec ooooooocjooooococ iooeooe N i.v Amatite Roofing T. R. J. Klein & Son, Agents Iroa and T;n Roofing of all Kinds Xetal Shingles' and Metal Ceilings Mara a are, Stoves and Ranges Gutters, Leaders, Plumbing, GasSttine General Jobbers and Repairers Broad Street, Hilford Pa 3 ; Painting-, : Decorating-, I " Hardwbod-finishing Graining- . Gilding Sign Painting" High , class Paperhanging ft ft Prices Reasonable. Satisfaction ' GUARANTEED. EMIL ANGELON II I G II STREET MILFORD 'n Rear of Court Houss PENNA 2 - r m 4 -W.V."'', V'Vi " , r xi r i :, .. f r! '- f ' V It V it f -sr ,', All kinds of rooting slate constantly at hand at lower juices than elsewhere. : We lay blate either on Lathed or Tight Boarded Roofs and guarantee satisfaction. GIVE US A T1UAL, .Matanioras Slate Roofing Co. Cor lVnim. Ave. & 7th St., .h-taiiiora.s, Pa. rrH--s-"w---'-e. n--w-V ALASKAN MOSQUITOES. Th Far North SpfM-WorM Tkaa Any In Tmprat Zona. "Our lummw Uuited. for tliw moDtha and during that thn by 4aj as wHI aa by night mm Ka4 Ik SuM of our Una acalnat aaaiaaa W M quitoea which tor taaaetty of urpo and aodeaTor cannot fca aquaUi kl tbla vorhl. asd I hara Bmrnn a goof danl of It In my ft u yvara a a aaa 41 or." aald A. C Oardnar. aaraaat of Company C. TTnty-m4 Infantry, at the Union depot, recently. Berat. Gardner was returning bone to Mil vrakee, Wla, after two yeere ceeat at Fort Gibson. Alaska, some 0 miles north east of Nome, on toe T kon. "The Government maintains six poet a In Alaska,- continued Bergl Gardner. We had two companies at our post and did very tittle actual military duty. Our principal work waa In keeping up tbe telegraph lines which are owned by tbe Government. The slftnai corps has large repreeeav tatlon In Alaska and the soldiers fre quently are railed on to give that d rartmont asfttfitance. "1 have fought mosquitoes In the woods In Wisconsin. In the flats of Xfw Jeremy, In the swamps of trie Mississippi River and In the Philip pine, but there are none that eaa equal the voracious species they have !n the far North." Kansas City Job nal. . Named By Queen Victoria. Rrltlsh Columbia, the scene of tht newest gold "rush." was of all the colonies the moat Intimately associat ed with the late Queen Victoria. 8he christened It It was at first proposed to call the place "New Caledonia.' but Queen Victoria pointed out that there was already a French colony ot that name In the Pacific She sug gested "British Columbia," and the happr thought became a fact. After wards her Majesty was Invited by the British Columbians to christen their capital, and ahe decided upon "New Westminster." ""But In after years New Westminster was found to be not altogether suitable for a metropo lis, and the capital was transferred to Victoria. New Westminster, from the clrcumataocs of Its birth. Is sbtn locally known aa the "Royal C4ty. London Dally Chronicle. . Eccentricities of Genius. A patient searcher gives the re sults of his labors In a Parts eon temporary, from which we learn that Haydn never composed unless be had on bis finger a ring given to bun by Frederick the Great. MaKhorln, the novelist, we are told, stuck a wafer on bis forehead to derive Inspiration and to prevent his thoughts, being dis turbed by his servants. PatesleUo only composed when In bed and under the clothes. Meieray In writing his. history re quired candles, svea In broad dar light Rousseau derived Inspiration walking among the plants In the sun. Ampere did bis work standing, and made Us notes tn capital letters. Disinfecting Csrs In Prussia. Disinfection of the coaches of the Prussian state railways has been an noying the sanitation authorities, with the result that the Government re cently established a system of steel tubes, boiler riveted. Into which coaches may be backed and exteriors and Interiors rendered pennies through a treatment of " Jormalla. Cars are run Into these tubas, sate at a time, the end of the tube skated, and Its Interior filled with tonaatta gas. The gas tank la set np as a salt 4a connection with the metal tubing, feeding the disinfecting gases rata the tube at short range. . Taints In Froxsn Meets. Signs of badness In froeen meats are the smell near the bone, boos taint Frosen or refrigerated meat should be defrosted In a special cham ber at 70 degrees Fahrenheit If thawed at atmospheric temperature such meat becomes dry and dirty looking, and will spoil before It can be cooked. Old cold-storage meat Is brick dust color and wetUsh. The American process, currents of cold air SO degrees. Is the best way to re frigerate meat Tree Planting by a Railroad. More than a million trees were planted on tracts along Its right of way. The total number of trees planted since 1U0J. when the forestry work was started. Is 3.481.184. These figure are lnclvded in the report of the company's forester. Special ef fort was given last year to growing ornamental shrubbery for narking pur poses, and to save time 6,000 plants were Imported (ran France. Phila delphia Press. Psnny-ln-ths-lot Light. In the little Slleslan town of Ian kau the authorities havs adopted an inventus automatic device for th benefit of those who are afraid to go home In the dark. The Introduction of a coin In a slot at the foot of aa electric light standard after extin guishing hours, will light the roadway tor twelve minute. Th Majority and Ibsen. The members of a debating socls ty fiercely discussed Ibsen's declara tion that "the majority Is always wrong." They even exehaaged per sonalities over ths matter, aad h th sad a motion affirming Ibsen's Men to be correct wss carried by an ever whelming majority. Inadon Dally News. Ths Pity of It. "Tie one of the saddest things si married Ufa." -What Isr ,: "Ths fact that ths wife eaat think of anything new for dinner, aad taa husband, whils dissatisfied, caat sug gest anything." Joined ths eyeoH. ' Bacon That dog of mine begin to show almost human Intelligence. Egbert How sot H hasnt touched a piece ef meat la three days." EflaEie ew Own With Our Low Cost MacLIncry any Farmer Can I. Bu3ding Blocks. Drain Tile and Fence Posts at a Dig For Ike firmer wnfaf a pit, frmrvl ptt r ttrt-mqwuTj r wkv hrm aw oo cr mat of toco, wktw this Mwfr1J mj be hod vtmplv for tbe Uallar, ceomt is tfee cheep-a aad brat building imterttd be emm mm. Kooorb Portland Crmvst to iwkttbiiMlt) bWkrk txtxli Idm cost .boot two or three ceata. For moot firam the rrTt or entabd stone aad amnd eoste sothlnr at all but the haoUnr and the building blocks, draia tile and fence pou mar be made at odd times wbn tt to mpoMtbie to do outer worn oa tbe farm. This en ables the average farmer to build farm bundiafre of all kinds at the lowest pom ble coat, frrqurnilj f-r one-balf and erea one-third contractors' prfrrs, and build better buildings than he would hare if he vised any other known material Tfefi Is ths sr of eewnt. !ta ttB tu bfnm alsMwt a1val. It is tb .t)tvl m.UTlmi for as on tb farm, so crjij krau It tnipnslvt. mm farmer, avarum ii Ums raw stawrtalt necessary with tbe slngta i caption of efiiWDL, but bKn4j u Uits practulf f wr vr anti ts fir. fvoot. Ko farmer has adequate firs protertton. ihorsfnra, he ouf bt to arsrt bmltllno as iartf 6 r proof an pwtN. Omftnt blork walLa, eia''at floors, cvtuvdi pillars, osme;U ro-fa, will not bura. 0iiat dram til are bettor nn nm o ti. wroaw thy an trrmis feB tbelr trsnxta inert witb aca. Csil fenoa fto-ta ars cheaper and setter than wooden ftnea osts. they Ism forever, flres al4if th roadst)ei Br tffect tbem. Cement for lbs ttlo, esstent for lbs pl( pens, feed 1 r. f yards la short, eeicerit ts Ideal lor tyrerj btiild:np purrose os ths faran.be eause tt ts cheaper la ths befmntrrand lat prao- Sacauy iorcTwr wiiDoai rsncwai. ana is orsprool. Wssell cement srarklntr atachlnery of wrary k1l at ths low posItt prfess. Ws tail cement blocs aiachinssstoti third tbe prices aiied bv tnr.rY Baaoufacturers and dealers. Ws bave ssrTibns la ceaBor v-bHiert kinds of biiildlns block machine, silo ma-h i nee. cbsoey moiJt., poch cwlsma voids, drain tils wolds, feces post Molds, concrete sniiers all rr aateed aiactiiserj sold way bciow compsuuon. Send for Our Free Catalogue. w" u,oe tIor j8 ' ' deeerlptlon. It Is 61 ;j builder ssd contractor. Bend us a letter or postal card acd say ';rics -o st:: 1 n; :,:e c. 3. Machinery Catalogue "aad we will forward It by return mail, post-paid. i'v.U ui a.'we ,.at tt.j ,1a1:- His Ovn Saving in Cost , n M .zrzAW 'MJ vi. $3 ? , - C:Mog (- m r OCT tt1 ZithCastilleDown fw :r n. "S are s:irdj. y.rsvonr n r. Jvernt tesBa tcc?.'i!'', "jBfJ iSy arw i way uMsw tusuti prk.es. w 'rkii.r Oi.v'htD 'xr of ererr :i .'it ;-r;oa for the farmer. MONTGOMERY W, .0 CHICAGO AND KANSAS CITY p try jv. BuiiJing Block hi ! l !glfsls .ptsiki a - o 6 a c t o a o a.ooiE,y! sEd- l-ZC-sfe3 2s55.liHI Ufa i-n III UUltmtl llhii m k aassBsav an A 9 e V -i tjj V) 3 o o o w S Si S 5 o fe el.'fiotilill.iw H151ilw.ilia;-i ?itsSp-,5't'0,2-l 3 a. w c . -J " c i-3 - S e - i: !. t; v o J G JS 5 .3 O O o S-i 8 , ' s ' -,.- . 5 -5' J " i t S ; ; H 5 3 fc. - D 1 . ? - 5 5 w O- t r - o . O 13 ? T 1 1 1 s: o t 5 9t NOTICX. The Conimlaaonei. of Pike County will hereafter hold BgiUar Meetings be 1 it Thursday of etub mo. between the boars of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. except log la the months when Court may be In Beeelon, nod then during Court THEO. H. BAKER Commissi "Tiers Clerk THE NAME- wants SUPPLIED! I If yon want note heads, bill heads, lette heads, statements, show cards, programs large posters, sale bills, dodger envelopes I tags business oards or job printing every description, done np in tbe best ny for you in an up-to-date end artUtlo mas r celland see us. Prices? THE PRESS PRIST. s gi-nrittTn a THIS PAPER REPRESENTED FOR FOREIGN ADVERTISING BY THE tfaitAiUiiu. GENERAL OFFICES NEW YORK AND CHICAGO BRANCHES IN ALL THE PRINCIPAL CITIES Concrete blocks made in dv quan tlty by R. E. Humbert, Milford, Pa. WANTED!- 8LESMEN to represent os in the sale of our High Grade Goods Don't delay, apply at onoe. Steady employment ; liberal terms. Exper enoe not neoosoary. AILKN NURSERY CO, Rochester, N. Y. NO WONDER SHE'S CROSS. The woruao who has a thousand Detlr carat and aunoyanc a whti she sutlers wllh headache or side ache mutfc not be blamed u she cannot always be angelically amiable. What she needs la thoughtful oeas from her faniily and such a simple and natural remedy as Lane's Family ateuicine, me nerD tea tnat maaee weak woman strona and welL bold ha druua- Iste and dealers. Uoo. is the name to remember wlivii vnu need MILLIXF.UV. If you're HARD to PLEAS K 01 if you're UNDECIDED jimi wliai wiii BEST SUIT YOU, PAY a VISIT HERE. HATTIE L. WEED, Opposite 5 & ioct Store PORT JERVIS. j IHE STORE OF CrrUla SATiEFACTION . STOVE WOOD IWnith.d u! a load. Mail ordt rt iirrn jvn hi- laUion. Milford '., .Vr..;f;j. J. If. A,.Y. FOR RENT A store room 17 x with oellar, on Ann Kirivt oij bk.ck from Broad, next door to MiUor.i lur . Apply at this office. FARM FOR SALE. The farm now occupied l,y &ir-. Joseph Carbuff ia Delaware town ship containing about fifty four ai i e.. till. ty cleared. Good d eilinn, burr aud other outbuildings. AIho exm lent fruit on the place. Foi terms etc. enquire on the uvn litea of ii OH. JObKPll U. Cahiiih Delaware townaliip. Advertise in the Prees. Wire Fencing Prices Reduced Writ) today far a Frwe Copy of our New Fencing Catalogue If ruaa OMlutitU tulldtavsi tauiuat mf a. siftd Uli Ml. W Se .cjsJ ftMnluc ctluj u wki- W wilj b U esM.(i po frw tf ilfai.ly arUei UttsjaT ei S ios)tl or4 t-4 ( t It- Wnto us a lbs tveMS stSsee4 yve. ItHk aad OsMasbeli jsu. irsss CUf.ss Osiii A'efcus MriSat. Utut-. Montgomery Ward & Co., SScnr r. .- . V n 1. The Course ot Lectures Tlie iropoed course ol leclirtes in iBe M. K. Church is an excellent ldis and tliould receive oordial rupporl from the town. Tlie opportunity is afforded to lnnr men cf atili;y and of wide repute, as eliuent npetker. Never In'turj baa it In-eu pMible fur people liere to 1 so witlir-it goi: g awty at in neb ox.hii.i. If the com -e is weil Million- u U milit L- extei: 1 e 1 t .:. ic i-.cif'.- 'i;h-is. We b -e sac.'. i..:t r -st w.i l,j.- ru'.nift -ed a.6- 'o (:"-. e u th i'" I mo .ue ul e t i isu.t 11 ieli t .11 el.ivate ,?i.l 1 1- pr.'ve I.-1 tn.- ei. tiiiHtice eoli -e lli'il .f H.iy cn: 1 E.i.ijiutjiiu ntro -fijrd L'.veii. i:',(J RcwkiJ, J0C. Iuil.uI- . ..!' ll-l, . .) wil! I 1 !- -d tOlearii t:..-i tl.t-t.---a. !nut airu.. .1 u;".-1 :.,it ,.i i.-i,. o Ui.) i iil'lo tj c. u ini I'.t .i .. t:u lal ta ..Tin. i.ui. ct ( ii;, i. l i ', i oi !y j"u. e - iii i n. k .ii-. iniii -..t ;-:t;(1r i -V. t.:;.! - , :., ,t .: i c .'.;- .ITi.'I l U'fcf '' (.! r.-- .-:r. ., . i a. tiiutiu itt. lit. : . rt.i.l'l t t'l' ts ,.'"! 'li'tTll.l'iV. sc'. 1 ''' 'i , I; i imI i.ii:imI)0 t .'- ..i-i.. u.l v't. i .. tiiiyuirft .e iLi.i.l..Tl-.i , : .nal Hiving li.e ji..tl n an' 'ictii timl ling jpi Up (klllr ,. -ui oi. a: A ,i-,n4 ii. ;t.;-. m doinir ,t vu:U. 'I'lu-iVui.rii .ir iiiie sotinifh tu. h 111 Ha C'U liUVl (KJrtWrt li.llt till-V OlllT 1 l'f riii.i.lrtil iK.igtn f.r mii um-liiat it fu.is i t .,1'. ,S,-l.tl li r l't u.J tnIlliiouials. Ai'iiii'- i- ciii-.NhA, a: t'J , i.vlf) i, O. .-'ici bv nil bn:.:p -ts, 7V. M.ii.he ti.,ii'B 1 jiiiiiy inlri for cousti..e Roai Lsute 1 ransfrrs. Ailtc '.V. I . .e ni.-1 ..il.i.s t Hal y J. A'.th li L'"" I.lllnvrn, -It. i-i.il, 1.. J.i:i - :-i i--j'.' u it. 1 -I.KUl:!!r J lill- .i .i.-.rd ll.T.j ."1 Jo'ill "illecl. r " i J.) - 111 !. II ir. ;. -1 1 s 1 1 . to Kim s UtLi tt ii't 'i!i V hi t .-t. MiK.iTil, r ioi lsll,t':f As!.llK!(l tO AlllOlllu !.. Uiliuvr. I.ol Mi liivell, o0 V. I. Iet.-liiii.i to Alury A. Keti liini Ills wile. lots MutulKorus. H.J Aikin..n to Julia A. t'omptun. I.ut in Jiii; l'ouil Palmyra, rl7o. K. L. ParLetoJ.8. Memll. Lot in Liii'tHu Park, Vcllall. Anna K. Kiliilt to Nellie H. Iire llel.l. Lot iu MaliuiHiras, 2ou. 01 tiiiurat. Bobby-Tea ii-.-- H krJ or. of ths kids today ajiid tnrf si holarw all asugbed. Ma I hope you didn't lauxh. Bobby No, 1 furnished the fun. Obvious'. Ioliih- Why do o! 'apt io aiak- i rich mairli ? Kep- Bj I woiiH hi-ve to acratrb Ur a living. All Imcii-ovsments. First fhlld We ve got a lies bttiy at our h.'.ise. Socoiid t'hilii ('onteruptuouAly'--Ve fit a new p i ..ra -I -rle Center locked her little bands tie-M together; she was stand ing alert en the rocky bluff above the' sea and the morning breeie was play in llahtly with her soft brown hairy bnt her tys were on the ocean that tretched of and off Into tbe distant-? hprA anil t v. .1 -., . .l Hi... . . . . H .on uiiiea vTr Hie bl ie wate.-s and low on the hortroa lar tlie biick cloud of aa outward boend s?e-.Ter'! smoke; down below the cl:ff t'e et-Mns; tide lapped stead !'; on the -narrow stretrh of shore, vai-':.ntlj- tryir.f to hold Its own i-'C,i:n.-t s hi$hr power. Vorons, ioiifly the young French i a Hps h id parted over her whit f :b and bw. t face was very alf.rul. It st-m.-d aa If she must see ever that rnirb'y curve 0f the ocean to the shores of la b, He France. The ro-irrj of the great French holiday e. :ncd to come like a faint echo 'r' u' nnln. glistening wa-l-rs and to hrlns wl.h tt that old Vi lest, k longirg that time would not flili out nf tier heart A var ten Marie rRrtler had been' at home in i'arie. Tiey had rone to Versailles io keep holiday, her good ratht-r ar.l jrrnde n-.other and she. They had Icuehed and Joked and ban vered !!ko guy young folk out for the celebration of freedom. Henri Lea carbot h.id come upon them In one of the stm u -arched illts and made the party cmr.i i-te. ani! it had Beeiued that In all the world there was no s-jcri tb'-.c n n.-e. h.t only freedom id the hateful Hastille down! There had ben a cru.-h of peorle at the cars gcir.s ho:p nt nightfall, but Marie l.nd Mt lu-nris arru In hers an j Lu:,ti, -j at any f.-nrs. Was he not sn.u,) day to nu.ke her Madam Les carhot? For a ti-ne it had been like that and thin the d.rk uays had broken sudden:)- ihe d;.ys hen trouble k-aic r .ntiing eo fast upon Its own heels. Tlie guod fa '.her had been stricken dead ar.il the gentle mother wag soon laid by h s'de. Marie had sat alone waiting for Henri's step on me sta rs, hut he did not come. And the fair young girl had bravely taken the chance ofTured to go to a new world and teach a couple of American lads. It was plain thui she must earn the means to live. "Madamolfelle!" Marie dropped her hands with aa Impatient (resture. Why did this gen tleman ho meant so kindly come to Interrupt her thought of the home holiday? "Dreamlne.?" he asked, and hts stink switched at a rork on ths verge of the bluff. The girl's face softined again and she i,ike qukkiy. It was the great French holiday and she had fancied the boouitng of patriots' cannoo would come across the wide waters to the children of the Revolution. Totii Lambert apoke hts French slowly Vnd with effort It wss in terspersed with Americanisms and full of short stops. But tt was strong tor all of that, and Marie found hs wart asking her to be his wife. Surprised and pained the girl drew herself up and her handa worked nerv ously. Tom pleaded his cause gently, very gently. With her slender figure standing there against the sea and the wistful face In profile, she seemed so pitifully to need his care, and he loved her aa a atrong man loves a mnid. He put a hand on her arm. and his eyes compelled her silence. There shm hi ue no hasty answer, and when th-T had been time for consider a tior he w uuirt be back. . V.'n n he had gone Marie walked ;o-y along th cliff. Tbe ocean gM'iMered In the sunlight and the d .) &.- very beautiful. There was tlie steady i ll. a. of a hoe aa a man worl.ed at the extermination of noxl oi s Is in a vegetable garden, and It n -.ng.f J with the moaning lapping of ti-e Aaves. Tom Iimbert's honest words had lou.-li.-d the girl. To be free from U.e .-ares that beset her meant much: to meet a good man's love halt way could but be right. All through the 6 .. ahe thought of It, and when It would s.vrn right there would come Die old lonelinesa tor Henri that would not be stilled The world was full of a wunderful sunset when Mr.ria tat down to write her answer to Tom I-ambert. a short, firm note to sty that she could not be his wife. It was dusk when Marie went down to a bit of poet box at the and of th lane. Her. white clothes fluttered in Hi-- nli,ht air like a little wlll-o'-the-isp. she was timid aad th sbadows fell heavily under the toll oaks, but rhe kept on alth tile-. determination Dial the letter must be sent that night. A t'-'n i resenl moon hung In th west it ii the whippoorwlils wer singing you.i.T. They seemed to b chasing M .ne srd i-h run bach up th lan :.f-er trt4 post box had clicked shut on hr letter to Tom Lambert. liy tbe stile a tall man rose out of the darkness. "Marie!" he cried. "Marie!" The girl screamed before she caught the strong young face. "Henri!"-sh aald quickly. ' " When explanations cam they were -i uplete. "I couldn't find you until I met l..,i'.iis Lambert. He aald for me tn ooie here." said Henri. Marie clung to hla arm and spoke t. y softly "Monsieur Lambert Is a good nan!" -Mlta limy H. MABTYN. An Expansive Vintage. LXlly There should be more of the spirit of 1778 around. Pally That would be too expensive for me to (irtuk! Th Climbers. Dnvke - There's plenty of room at the top. Linn Tss; aa the rent Is obaaa. sr.
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