Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 39, Petersburg, Pike County, 8 February 1895 — Page 4

T ft f EARFUL COUQH Speedily Cured by ‘ AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL

~“My wife was suffering from a fearful cough, which the best medical skill procurable was unal ble to relieve. We did not expect 'that she could long survive; but Mr. R. V. Royal, deputy surveyor, happened to lie stop

ping with us over night, and having a bottle of Ayer1 s Cherry Pectoral with him, induced my wife to try this remedy. The result was so beneficial, that she kept on taking it, till she was cured. She is now enjoying excellent health, and weighs 100 pounds.”—R. 8. IIuwphBIES, Saussy. Ga.' Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral Received Highest Awards AT THE WORLD’S FAIR

51k f ikr (County democrat Br .n. JlrC. STOOPS. . Pike Tonntjr Uemorrat hnsTtir lar/*m einmiaUun ut On; newspaper jibiisbeii in iKUr t'«atntj! Advertis*rs will nits* a ttele/of thursttT JCa«# Veer, Ib advance ’ .. . — SI 8 j.g-5'x <g$«>utbs, in advance. 05 at the postofB?. in Petersburg for iaiM'ai through ttu, mails as si-emid-■iiasj mutter. FIJI DAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1895

The appointment of Count Ito and Viscount Alutmi as representatives of Jai>an to treat with the Cf^nese peace envois was made known through an official cattle. The negotiations will take place at Hiroshima. It is d»*“finitely settled that Mr Foster will not be allowed to attend the sittings of the peace eomission. In the expenditure of the county revenue great judgement should he exercised, as every dollar spent is extracted trout the pockets of. the people by taxation. The Democrat is in favor of rendering “value received” to the people in all public expenditures and imprjovenients. The\>eople do not ol jectl to necessary expenses, hut in all things do object to extravagance. With more truth than grammar, a republican state senator at the conclusion of a caucus declared. ‘“The session is one-third gone already, and here we haven't done nothing.” And this is a fact, barring the two negatives. It brings this - consolation, however: The present legislature could have done- niftcli worse than nothing, and the only rear is that it will not > tfl succeed in doing it. Rev. Nicholson’s temperance bill is bothering the republican party very much at the present time. The ieverned gentleman is the representative from Howard county and is chairman of the temperance committee. The leaders of the party are trying to smother the bill before it comes before the house, but the author of it says she must come. “Oh what a night.” And the republican party-of truly moral principles are afraid to put themselves on record 'on the question. Stand up gentlemen, and your colors.

'}|ie republican legislators have now four tests o^their honesty before ffcem. They must decide whether, jthey are partizans euough to pass the most shameless gerrymander ever known iu. the stale. They must decide whether they will unseat a democratic member iu express violation of the election law. They muse decide whether they will pass a liquor law that can be enforced, according —J to campaign pledges. They must decide whether they will |iass a civil service law, iu compliance with campaign pledges. At present the chances in favor of demonstrated hypoc- . risy are veryj.str6ng.—Indianapolis Sentinel. The republican legislature is still grinding away. Up to to last Satururday this body of law-makers had been in session twenty-four days and had enacted five laws which now jbear the govenor’s signature. To give our readers some idea of what fhis br>dv of le«i-!ative reformers fmve done it is only necessary to give the laws passed : House Bill No. 1—Appropriating $100,000 for jU»e expenses oft he present General Assembly. Senate BUI No. 10— Legalizing the act*! of fhe commissoners and auditor of Benton county. ' House BUI No. 4—Reimbursing Governor Matthews for $48,513.00, paid personally by him, for the militia last summer. House Bill No. £5— Legalizing the incorporation of Wheatfleld. Jasper county. , House Bill No. 250— Fixing the number of employes in the House.

Hicks For February. The?inaii wIm> argues that “there l» a Morin somewhere every day,” will find go h| grounds for Mich a prediction during this month. The storm* originating in Januarv v.ill subside to eastward by the 2d. «tid ilie cold wave which followed will have crossed it lit- country to th<* Atlantic. Aboitl the 5th and 6*h. mark.-l nactionarv "M^lrtiis will traus- > re, with Itood i,h*r»Mes*M»eins' c-*ij--tiim-d|iKSt the central/day of the Vlairs equinox on the iflth, the furl moon in IVdiarre on tm 9th. and in- • » the Vntcan period,. 9;h to 13*It. Some hard storms will occur, inter* «■! . i-ed with nust-i|led nnd.threaieun; w* aitier alHnloiig these dates. Hie probability *> <»tv w lit prevail b are t he that heavy north, Imt hay rainy, with Hahming and thunl > will hie the onler in the south (H(*h<ne- and tornadoes are anioi^ ■ it** .probabilities, tretne changes to Quick and exverv ctdd will tollow all **imeral storms of this month. The 17th and 18i,h «Kll brin*f decided storm conditions, witnperhaps sud1 den sweepilist cold wave, bnt Hie sweeping cold wave, temperature w ill rea< i ouicl^i v to very inucb warmer, tin; bar</mcj/r will fall-winds wijl change tol^miherlv, and storms of dangcrousciiaracter will sweep through the continent from about 22nd to 24tb. L;mk for enormous rains in1 many, sections een5 and southward, with heavy I rat snow and blizzards along the northern side of the! country. At this time, wherever it it urns very -warm.V wyth south winds and low barometer —no matter if in the far north—expect \VfoWot storms and caretolly

watch ail threatening clowns. I he probabilities are ( hat dangerous local floods mav result from heavy fains, impeded bv the breaking and gorging of the ice, along the rivers and streams that, flow through narrow valleys. Careful-and long observation has shown us that the first regular storm period after the center of Venus period is apt to bring the heaviest storms, unless this instance proves an exception, the stoini period, 20th to 24,h, will make a record jto he remembered We look for the heaviest disturbances about the 22ud, 23r<l jyuf 24th. A great cold vvave will follow* from the northwest—onetliat may prove a terror to man and hea«t. The mopth goes out growing warmer, with reactionary storm conditions Increasing.! Fake and Lotteries. Frequent inquiries have reached the postoffice department at Washington city regarding tiie condensation ot subscription laws printed in many instances in small newspapers. All of these the department holds, are lakes and no such laws as printed exist. Assistant Attorney General Thomas has also made a ruling on the scheme frequently resorted to by merchants, offering each purchaser of a designated value of goods a numbered clH-ck and giving as a prize a music box to the party holding a numbered checli corresponding to the one placed in the hook. The scheme is held to constitute a lottery and matter relatiug to if is not amenable.

Our Trade With Cuba. The state department has been informed by Uuiied Slates minister Taylor, at Madrid, that the Spanish Senate has passed the modus vivendi placing the United States again in ike most favored nation column as to duties on imports into Cuba and Porto Rico. Tbe bill ye* remains to be signed by the Queen, but it is believed that two davs will suffice tor the completion of all foftnalities, aad that tbe United states will be given the advantage of tire old rates immediately. This restores the customs rates under which the United States has enjoyed a large trade in flour, breadstuff*, lard and other products with Cuba and Porto Rico. . The fourteen-months-old child ot Gustoff Ropp, living near Oatsyille, in Logan towftship, met with a terrible death on Wednesday of last week. Mr. Ropp wat boiling some feed in a large kettle in the house and the Ifttle tot was playing about ami person stumbled and fell into the hours after the acctdent. Thu funeral took place Thursday, the interment taking place at \valuut Hi 11scemetery this city. The family have the sympathy of all in the sudden and sad bereavement. I t« any address, pjutt 26 of Young People's Bible History. T%if number contains 12 magnificent full-page engravings with a Bible history of each. If you want this beautiful number send them your name and poet oflioe address by return mall. Child Scalded. in crossing over the room to some kettle of boiling feed and literally scalded to death living only several The Ameru5ali Pqblutiing House, 3.^60 Farmount Are., Philadelphia, Pa. will send

A Chance to Stake Money. I liMve had tnv first streak of lock and I want to tell you about it. A tittle oyer four wwks ago I began wiling/ dish withers. and, have cicartnl in tliatt time $400 Isn't that prettv good tor the first month? I am sure I can «lo better every month right along, as every washer I sell helps to sell others. I can wash and dry^the dishes tor an ordinary family in two minutes, and as soon as people *ee fetich a machine, they will buy it quick. This is a business anyone can do well at, in any locality. You can get full particulars by addressing the Iron City Dish Washer Co., E E. Pittsburg, Pa. Ihm'l wait till some [ one else gels your home territory, but I start to work at once. Mrs. W. Uesry B. Paloku Pointers, L S. Davis and family. id* Survant: visited the faintly of his brother C C. Davis last week. Charles Butler and family,of Spurgeon, visited the family ol Ephriatu j Roberts Saturday and Sunday last, j Aunt Patsv White^iuse, of near J Union, is visiting the faintly id Joseph Condor this and last week. * \V. G. and J. B.- Bottom made a business »rlp to Petersburg Monday. It is rumored that there will he a wedding in this Vicinity, in the near future. Dont ask who! There is being circulated it' these parts, a paper,‘the purpose of w hich i«s to prevent the ^enforcement «f S‘stock law". The papers are reihg many sig natures. Kind idsyim should have investigated this matter before going to the polls The booth is the place to test ami

establish all such matters.' Gentlemen v<*ur petition will be of no avail whatever. If. you did not want the the slock law whv support its supporters. And now fellow citizens “f lake the liberty to appeal to your own houor as.you have voted to your disadvantage as well discomfort ]a*i fail, to begin as soon as you read this to make up your minds to vote your sentiment* a-ryotir on n interests prompt you NoWeipber, 1896. Yon ntav consider jlii*i a,n eaiiv- warning but a timely earn ion is worth inujcjy more than a hurried, hut fall excitement. Let’s use more prudence and less hut rail wnen we again have the liberty of depositing our suffrage. Tlte stock law, my friends, is only a very small matter'so to*s:eak, to whar might \el be imposed by republican yt-rryntawdprs. But we w ill be real hesitate ami examine the progress of the advancements. Barlow. Election of Officers. At a meeting of Petersburg Divison No 40. U. R lv. of P., last Monday even mg the following officers 'were elecietl for- the .coming year. The installation will take place February 19th: Captain—Leslie Lamb. Lieutenant— S. P. Hammond. Herald—WTHiamLiibs. Recorder-^!. Met Stoops. Treasurer—S.J. Haines. Observe Wash m$ ton’s Birth thfj. Tumuas Q. Lawler, tJonunana\l-ia-cbief of the Grand Army til th<A Republic, has called the attention of the pasts to the resolutions passed at the twenty-seventh National encampment Ao properly observe Washington ’s\birthday each year, and asks them embers to take steps that will lead to thft^proper observance of the day. y

Marvelous Bespits. From a letter written by Rev. J. Gunderman, of Dimondale. Mich . we are permitted to make this extract: “l have no hesitation in recommending Dr. Kings New Discovery, as the results are most marvelous in the case of my wife. While I was pastor of the^Raptist church at Rives Junction she was brought down with pneumonia succeeding la grippe. Terribe paroxysms of coughing would last hours with little interruption and it seemed as it she could not survive them. A friend recommended Dr. King’s New Discovery; it was guick in its work and highly satisfactory in results.” Trial bottles free at J. R. Adams & Son’s drug store. Regular size 30c and $1.00. Cheap Rates South and Ea t. Continuing the series of Home-seekers’ excursion to points south and southeast, the Baltimore £ Ohio southwestern R^p-au. nounees the following additional dates for sale or round trip tickets to points in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida. Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Caroling, Sopth Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia, including the valley of the Virginia. March&th April 2d and 10th. For rates limit of tickets and all other information call on-or address nearest ticket agent J. M. Chesbrough, Gen’l Pass’r agent, St. Louis, Mo. O. W. O. Hardman. Sheriff of Tyler Co., W. Va , appreciates a good thing and does not hesitare to say so. He w^is almost prostrated with a colfrwhen he-4»rocured a bottle of Chamberlain's cough rflhedy. He says:“lt gave me prompt relief. I tind it to be an invaluable remedy for coughs and colds.” For sale by J. R. Adams £ Son, Petersburg. E, Dillon, Otweil.

History of ttie Crosbey Peach I Ttota Iron dad Peteb originated at Billerica, Massachusetts, about lST'i^aud a tear trees 1 mttf dtftrtlHitt4 tfiroQih Sorth'm Mw>* achus. tts and New Hampshire, alter which the originator died, and propagation ard disj tribal ion vu discontinued; hovcver, rhe ' constant bearing of these tree* tor eleven years, often when nil others have at lei, has ; brought the hardiness and.vulue of this variety to public attention, and the demand for ; trees has become enormous from those who know it best- %■ j The tree is of tbe low. spreading willowy ' habit of growth, similar to Hill’s, Chill, Wagner, and others of that ehw-s of hardy peseta s, however, it Is even ntoie dwarf than these and otten tbe entile product fit a tree two bushels or even mote, can be picked by a : man standing on the ground, the fruit is large size, bright, orange yellow, splashed with streaks o(, carmine on the sunny side, ol beautiful appearance, and not so aelfl as most yellow peaches of the Crawford class. It I ripens between Early and lAle Crawford, or i about with old Mixon, a good family pea&h,at j all times,and on ae,»ount of its be..*;: ful color * wilt command a ready sale alongside of the 1 beat standard sorts. In a season of abundance; l however, when it Is considered that its fruit • buds are so hardy ns to.withstund the fro«i*of ; winter and spring that often kill all other j good varieties, Us special value is apparent; j a One yellow peach to supply the market j when there are no others, r The foilowiug careful pomologies! description of thh* peayh is given by Mr. W. A, Tuylor, assistant pomologisi of U- ». department of agriculture: The Fruit is of medium size, round oblate, sometimes compressed, and tapering toward the apex. The suture is distinctly marked, though not very deep, except at the apex, beyoud \thlch it extends about half an inch, i tie tip is small, not protruding outside of Mie suture. In color it is a bright yellow, beautifully splashed and distinctly stripe*! with bright crimson, in this rest ect resembling Columbia, skin moderately thick and covered with *hor| down. The flesh la light yellow,'red at the stone, front wii ich it is tree;in texture It is firm; mooeraiely Juicy; in flavor a mild sub-acid; quality good. The leaves are of medium size, dark green, with senulate margin, and prbminei t, reuitotem glands.” ’ . j The season of 18M0 was one of almost totaj failure of pea-hes all over the country, yet 'Crosbey trees in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, were load* * with fruit and product sold fn Boston and t ‘at markets ut^-SO a: d|3 per-half bushel basket; Sorto ftl per bushel, wholesale, end it waij. much the same in lS8t>, when Crosbey was he only variety uninjured by the frost of winter. The winter and early spring of 1S80 killed nearly a!! peach buds east of the Rocky Mountains, yet l’rot. Muynanl at the Massachusetts Experiment Station reported in April, LSaO. It surelyJs what the New England Homestead calls a

‘FROST PROOF PEACH.” At the lSIXvlSHl, and 1892 exhit tsons »f the Mpssachusftts Horticultural society the Crosbey was awarded premiums, and weti-In-formed horticulturists ^ now timt thissoclety does not give prizes tit random. Crc»shey was given first premium at t itehbii g fair !Se tt-mb-r 1891. iiiuK'^t',the mecdng of the A met lean 4‘oinsfRrgieai Society : i Washington, D. C., the saing wtek; the Special, Fruit Committee, in tlieir report, said >f the Cros -bey, “a very tine looking peach a i tinequality ftnd said'to be a great bearer.” J. H Hale of Connecticut, says oi it: **Po season l&rj, Crosbey sustained its former reputation in every way. producing its tenth successive crop in Massachusetts and New Htneshlre-full crops of «U] riwr frlfit on, all tr« es old enough to fruity in n thre—yearold otehard here of o.l<00 trees. M unrain Hose. Ola Mixon, Stump, and Cmsbey, it was the only variety to produce a crop of fruit The quality proved t«^x* even better than we had supposed, and it is generally agreed to be the best flavored yellow peach grown, and so pronounced by expert Judges at half a dozen fairs where it was exhibited this last fall.” REPORTS FOR 1898. J. H . Hale says o if: “Groshev hit? a train produced full crops aH over the North where trees are of bearing-kge; thus maintaining its refutation as the only Variety of peach in America that has never failed to produce a full crop annually, sinoethe year of it^origin; and in our great Georgia orchard, only <tnc-year-old from June-hud trees, Groshev produces from two to twenty specimens per tree, I white others gave nothing; while the size^ ! color, and shipping qflalities of the Cmsbey ! for southern piouuction proved tu^be equally 1 valuable there as at the north. In our Connecticut orchard, season of 1898, Cros bey gave euormous crops ou two and three-year-old trees: ' „ REPORT FOR 1894. In a letter received from Connecticut June 1.1894, J. R. Hale says: ‘ We can report f oin the orchards this year that »;rosbey - is fully sustaining Us reputation. jJJp to the last of February buds were alive on every tree of all varieties in our orchards. There^n-as then a 1c* Id wave, with mureury a tray rfown below ! zeio, and blowing a gale from tbe north-west 'for twenty-four honrs. This killed 90 to 9& percent of buds on all varities except Crosbey; here less than 40 per cent were killed. All these buds Went through March and up t<> blooming time in April all right, and we looked for a loaded crop on Crosbey. and rather a moderate on all other varieties; but what btooms ■were left, on the other varieties mostly blasted, and we shall have only scattering specimens over our orchards„ with the exception of those on Crosby trees. Tbvy are s ill loaded full, and will require some thinning to bring the best fruit. It wobld be worth at least fifteen thousand dollar* In our pocket this season If all our orchard trees were of this variety.” The importance of the foregoing statement In a season like tills has been can not be too highly estimated, since Messrs. Hale/have large peach orchards in both Connecticut and Georgia. ■,

W. E. McELDERRY, Petersburg, Pike county, Indiana. Dr. Price's, Cream Baking Powder | World's Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.

New Music Store!

HAMMOND & WHITMAN Have^plaeed in stock in Pie S. Ji*w#!rv Store a fine selection o( high irradti Pianos and Organs ot ail the latest make*, such ms the DeeKer Br»w»., Steinway, Fischer, Haines. Baldwin. Crown and Kltingtori Pianos. hstey. Hamilton and Crown Organs. C»|H ai»d -t*ee us in-fore purchasing, as we will sieve you money. Our prices and terms are in accordance with tne times. V J * 1 ' ^ \ Sheet Music and Music Books kept in stock 1i . y ■ Hammond & Wliitman.

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