Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 51, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 May 1895 — Page 2

DUN’S COMMERCIAL REVIEW. X»acibl<i Sl«n» «t ImproTemcat NoUid at LuC—CooBUence Bmun ttf* Ttoroae M Lou; llMrped l»jr lilstraut—Kewer lndl> eationx of Heal tat ton la th« Productive Industries than in Speculative Prices—A Kri;bt«r Outlook. Nkw York, April 37.—R. G. Dun & Co/s weekly review of trade, issued today, says: Neither the rising in speculative markets noy the steady Rain in induatries has ceased, and it is wholesome that there are fewer signs of hesita- j tion in the productive industries than ! in speculative prices. Wage strikes j grow more numerous and cause some trouble, and retail demand lags behind wholesales, and jobbing1 purchases behind production in some branches; but through many conflicting reports the fact shines outJtha* the industries are gaining. It is less clear that railroads are idcreasing their earnings, or that over-production of cotton will be cured by the advance of ljJK cents in price, or that coruering short sellers of wheat will help to make less the large surplus. But revival of activity in all these directions, if possible excessive in some, helps confidence to take the throne so long held by distrust. Quite a number of works have ad-*1 vanced wages during the week, but strikes to compel an advance for some, but not for others, have grown much more numerous. Some shops are closing for want of orders, but a larger number are resuming work. Prices of shoes and. cotton goods are rising; wool and woolens are lower. It would be a distinctly unnatural movement, inviting only distrust, if it

were sympathetic and with equal step in all branches. Doubt whether hides and w hether leather would be held at higher prices hindered shoe manufacturers fqr a time, but now jobbers want to give more orders than manufacturers care to take who have fheir leather yet to buy. The hindrance is the advance in hides and leather, for while 1)4 to 10 cents more is paid for shoes, the present cost of leather makes many 10 to 18 cents dearer, and 8 cents paid for western hides is said to mean higher prices net for some kinds of leather. Shipments from Boston for the month have been 294,44? cases, against 284,615 in 1893. * Cotton mills are getting more money for goods, and have quite generally advanced wages. Consumption oi northern spinners, at the maximum, v would be, in eight - months, 1,350,000 bales, but they have actually taken 1,950,000, and have a profit on 600,000 bales controlled of over 84,000,000. The consumption is large, and advances seems to be warranted. Wool has sold at the lowest price on & record this week, 16 cents for Ohio XX, and 9 cents for this year’s Texas, and offers to clear off stock before new supplies come forward tempt manufacturers to purchase beyond present needs. Sales of foreign 8,117,80C pounds in three weeks of April, against 9,292,500 domestic, make the total 17,409,800, against 15,906,100 in 1892, and less, of course, in 1803 and 1894. The demand for dress goods continues large and improving, but uncertainty in men’s wear continues somewhat increased by numerous strikes. Colored flannels are 5 to 5)4 per cent, lower. London bought about §6,000,00C worth of stocks and bonds here this week, and prices average 8Q cents higher for railroad and 81.34 for trusts. But the coal roads again failed to agree, and the lowest prices of the year pre*

vails for that product. Loss in earnings by Granger roads is very great, and the aggregate of all roads reporting in April is but 1.6 per cent, better than last year’s and 13.4 per cent less than in 1893. In March United States roads earned $58,829,741,_ showing a gain of 2.3 pes cent over last year, and a loss of 13.9 from 1893. Higher prices for wheat, nearly 3 cents above last week, tend to check Atlantic exports, which, flour included, were only 1,868,873 bushels for the fc-eek, against 2,620,445 last year, though for the previous two weeks, about equal to last years’. Cotton touched 7 cents, receding to 6.93, and 9,821,S©6 bales came to sight last week, and British exports of goods were 120,000,000 yards less in the lirst quarter this year than last. With such facts, the rise does not help to lessen southern acreage. 1 Bank exchanges in April thus far average daily 11.6 per cent more than last year, but 16^3 per cent less than in 1898. Money is coming hither from Ihe interior and a larger demand for -commercial loans appears, especially from manufacturing towns in New England and from importers. Imports last week were *37 per cent large# than' last year, and for the month 22.7 per cent, the increase being heavy in dry goods, while exports from New York were 8 per cent smaller for the week and. 4 per cent for the month than last year. Foreign buying of stocks made exchanges easy, but government revenue does not improve, falling 910,000,000 behind exports in April thus^far. “Failures for 18 days in April showed liabilities of $5,975,592, of which $2,682,770 were of manufacturing and $3,288,722 of trading concerns. The failures for the week have been 230 in the United States against 179 last year, and 87 in Canada, against 26 , last year. * ■_ JOSEPH H. CHOATE Talks A boat the Rehearing of the Income Tax Case. “ New York, April 27.—Regarding the 'recent statement of Chief Justice Fuller on the rehearing of the income tax lase, Joseph H. Choates says: “I understand' that if Justice Jackson is veil enough to sit all matters not yet decided in the case are to be argued. Certainly the entire case will not he reopened, for parts of it are already lecided.” Mr. Choate said that he “supposed” ae wovtld nnnear io tbe oa».e

EUROPE AND JAPAN, German Politicians Surprised and DU-pkw—J-Idipttw WUllaun Toadying M the < zar—Mehotus Think* lllinaclf Ml Expert In Oriental Affairs—Japan’* Friends la llerlln. Bkbi-ik, April 29.--Germany's decision to join Russia and France in the protest against the Shimonoseki treaty surprised and displeased the majority of German politicians. It was snch a sudden departure from the empire’s policy of noninterference that at the first report of it by the semi-official dailies, the general impression was that Germany had plunged inconsiderately into a dangerous policy. Many persons expressed doubt that the cautious and experienced Hohenlohe had directed the more. In Berlin itself public opinion carries little weight in foreign affairs, as most of the people are radicals and socialists who do not care much for international politics. la the provincial capitals, however, the newspapers hare agreed with the Berlin dailies in their attitude to the government’s action in the orient.

Emperor William Toadying to the Caar. " The Koelnische Zeitung’s semi-offi-cial notices of the joint protest have been received with significant silence nr adverse criticism. In the last three days the belief has grown that Emperor . William planned ^fend directed the new move personally so as to identify himself with Russia’s foreign policy and show the St. Petersburg court his approval of the czar’s managing international politics to his own taste. He probably aims also to demonstrate to the crar how much better it is to have a faithful ally like Germany in s|ead of a selfish one like England which is likely at any time to slip away and look after her own interest, without stopping to boost others less sagacious. This explanation of the emperor’s conduct is supported by the persons most intimately acquainted with the czar's peculiarities. Nicholas Thinks Himself an Expert la Oriental Blatters. Ever since his tour through China, and Japan Nicholas II. has regarded himseii as an expertJjndge of oriental politics. Japan’s swift progress has impressed,, him, and perhaps frightened him a little. He has had work on the trans-Siberian railway pushed forward with all possible speed, with a view to using it for the transportation of troops to east Asia. His opinion is that the war ought to be postponed, if possible, until the railway shall be ready for all the uses of a strategic railway, and thus enable Russia to play the arbitrator of affairs in the Yellow sea. Alexander IIL left to his son almost entirely the shaping of his policy toward China and Japan, for he believed the young man had got full knowledge of both peoples during his journey in the east. Emperor William finds the czar's absolute personal control of Russia’s action in the far east highly to be commendable. . Japan’s Friends In Berlin Say that the czar is nursing an absurd grievance against Japan. They assert he wished Japan to postpone the war until Russia could be fully prepared to demolish the victor and dictate the whole treaty of peace. $ They criticize sharply the emperor’s exertions to confirm the czar in his jliculiar views of Japan’s obligations to Russia. The emperor’s few defenders, however, think it right to make a slight sacrifice to tickle the czar's vanity. For the sake of peace, they hold. Japan ought to respect his majesty’s feeling, at the present moment, even at some cost to herself.

JAPAN WILL FIGHT Bather than Submit to European Dictation—France Hesitate* to Take Side* with Her Whilon Eueme. London, April 29.—The Paris representative „ of the United Press has learned at the office of the minister of marine that the statement that the French fleet was making a demonstration with the view to intimidating Japan uuless she should abandon her demands for the cession of Chinese mainland territory is incorrect. If such action was to be taken shortly by Russia it would not cause surprise, but it is by no means certain that France would aid or abet her. An interview was had by the correspondent with a high official of the foreign office, where the utmost discretion is observed, who said that he was able to state that the, government had not fully decided upon their eventual action. The matter had been discussed at length and a primary remonstrauee to Japan was made merely to please Russia. It was not then thought that England would withhold action in the matter or that Japan would resist any action that Great Britain might take.^ England’s action in the matter, it was stated, confronts France with a variety of possibilities which require reflection and discussion. The Chauvinist section of the cabinet are in favor of following the, lead of Russia throughout, but certain prominent ministers and statesmen are disposed to endeavor to persuade the hotheaded ones not to push French action to an extreme point. Mr. Katol, the ch ief secretary of the Japanese legation, in an interview expressed the opinion that Japan would fight the European powers rather than abandon her tenritorial claims. A BOYCOT On the Bondsmen of the Slayer of Arthur Schneider at Audersoa, Ind. Andkkson, Ind., April 29.—Labor complications growing out of the killing of Arthur Schneider, at Alexandria, by Officer Henry Painter a week ago, have resulted in a boycott on local merchants. Schneider was a member* of the Flint Glass Workers’ anion, and the organization has boycotted twenty merchants who went on Painter’s bond, together with those who deal with them. The union will prosecute Painter fer murder.

.— ■■■.—. hm AN AWFUL DISASTER. tfc» Bmttsf of Oh Bmrfolf at Boanr, Fnwe*—Mora Than m Hand red Human Um Known to Hava Keen LM and Mmmy XMac-Hudrcdt of FanUlM HomrlMa and ItoaUtuto—Tba 8mm 8tr»wri with Wreck*. Pakis, April 29.—Reports of the devastation caused by (he bursting of the reservoir at Bouxey Saturday have been received from Epinal. The loss of life is far beyond the first estimates. About 130 deaths are now known to , Imre been caused by the flood and the list may grow, as in the confusion and ruin it has been impossible to account for scores of persons who are missing. The search for dead bodies is still in progress. Thirty or more of the dead were buried yesterday. The villages and peasant farms in the path of the flood are strewn with the wrecks of buildings and are covered with heavy layers of mud. More than two hundred families are homeless and destitute. Les Virges, minister of the interior has gone with a staff of officials to the afflicted district to distribute money among the needy. Most of the towns near Epinal have sent food and clothes to the destitute sufferers. A large part of the valley is little more than a morass with timbers and uprooted trees protruding from the mud. The soldiers who are looking for bodies make only slew progress, as the work of digging in the debris is necessarily slow.

EXCITEMENT IN * NICARAGUA. Great Disappointment at the United States' laUare to Help Her Sister Re* public. Loxdox, April 39.—Advices received here from Managua state that the ex* citement throughout Nicaragua increases. < Great disappointment is expressed at the failure of the United States to secure some modification of Great Britain’s terms. While the conservative course pursued by the Washing* ton government was fully expected by President Zelaya and his cabinet* in view of the information furnished to them by the Nicaraguan minister at Washington, the people generally believed that the United States would interfere. The Nicaraguan government is exerting itself to retain the populace. No indication has yet been -given of an immediate intention to pay the indemnity, although the British occupation of Corinto must sooner or later prove very embarrassing to Nicaragua. Mr. Bayard’s request for a brief respite in order that Nicaragua might pay the indemnity in London, it is stated here, was refused by Lord Kimberly. Had this respite been granted, Nicaragua would have borrowed the money in New York to settle the Brit* ish demand. •x"“~ ALL QUIET AT CORINTO.

The British in Undisputed Possession ot ' the Island. Washington, April 29.—The situation in Corinto remains unchanged. Dr. Guzman, the Nicaraguan minister this evening, in reply to a cable dispatch asking for specific information as to the position of affairs, received from Mr. Manuel Mutus, secretary of foreign affairs, an official dispatch stating that the British were still in control of the city; that the British flag was flying over the customhouse; that the Nicaraguan flag had been withdrawn from all the public places; that all the national authorities ha<L deserted the town and that Corinto afl present was practically in British possion.' • The dispatch contained no further particulars, which leads Dr. Guzman to believe that all is quiet in the re* public. d GOV. BUDD’S OPINION. IVhat the United States Should Have Done In the Nicaragua Matter. San Francisco, April 29.—Speaking on the Nicaraguan situation Gov. Budd said the United States of America should never have allowed the British marines to set foot on Nicaraguan soil. That nation should have been given warning that the United States would see that its weaker sister republics received justice, and we should staud jealously on this ground. Let war with the United States be the consequence of aggression on this continent and there will be no aggressions.” AN ATROCIOUS MURDER Committed by a Gang ot Tennessee Whitecaps. Knoxville, Tenn., April 29.—A special from Sevierville. Tenn., where a gang of whitecaps have held forth for years, tells of the murder of Thomas Gibson, one of the wealthiest farmers of the county, by the whitecaps in a peculiarly atrocious manner. Three days ago he received a warning *to leave the country, but paid no heed. Saturday night as he sat with his 19-year-old daughter, the door was battered in by masked men. He raised a chair to defend himself and was shot dead. His daughter fled to a neighbor’s house, but they were afraid to return, and the body lay where it fell until; morning. Some of the gang of murderers are known and arrests will follow. WHO DID IT?, The Horribly Disfigured Body of a Murdered Man Recovered ' Chicago, April 29.—The horribly disfigured and partially decomposed body of George W. Ebersole, who disappeared election niffht, April 2, was found yesterday in the Chicago river at the foot of Dearborn street. The last time Ebersole was seen alive was II o’clock that evening when he parted with his brothers, Charles and John, at Dearborn and Randolph, after having taken the first Masonic degree in the Masonic temple

■.■■■■■-...- household brevities. —Glazed Sweet Potatoes.—Bake h« potatoes for one hour. Pare them, :uf In halves, or, if large* in quarters, dredge with Hoar and lay them In a pan. flat sides down. Spread eve* them some melted batter and sprir kle with powdered sugar. Set the pan in a hot oren for twenty minutes, to brown slight*/.—X. Y. Ledger^ —Fish to be fried should be laid In a cloth, to lose some the moisture, t hen floured well. Those kinds which are liable to break must be dipped in 1 e~ten eggs, then into crumbs. The ft tin which fish is fried, whether it be 1 ird, dripping, oil, or butter, must be ery hot. All fried fish should be decor ited with fried or raw parsley.—Leeds’ dee curv. —Crullers.—Three-fourths of a p und of sugar, one-half pound of bt .ter, six eggs, a pincb of soda dissolved in a spoojgttl of milk, the juice of one lemondffflour enough to roll out. Roll thfPRmgh one-quarter of an inch t rick. Cuwh pieces two and one-half by hree and one-half; then beginning one hire! of an inch from the top, cut inti * five strips. Take up every other strij fold each strip slightly in the middle and drop them into boiling-hot fat.—£ rston

ouugei. —Virginia Ash Cake.—One qui rt oJ corn meal, a teaspoonful of salt tnd a tablespoonful of melted lard; mi : to a soft dough that can be handled with cold water. The colored people f th< south mold this into thin, oblong cakes and bake upon a clean, hot heart 1, lay ing a cabbage leaf above and bel w the dough, and covering above with ho’t wood ashes. Northerners will c< >nten : themselves by baking these litt le, oblong loaves in a very hot oven on a greased pan. This dough, instead of being baked, can also be pressed into a pan, cut in slices and fried in pork dripping or bacon or ham fat tried out. Country Gentleman. -Soap-Bubble Parties.—A soap-bub-ble party is a delightful entertainment for children. The fluid that will produce the best results is made from au ounce of white castile soap cut into small pieces and boiled three or four minutes in three-fourths of a^pint of water. When the liquid is cool add three-fourths of an ounce of glycerine. Make this preparation the day before your party and put it in a tightly corked can or bottle. The bubbles made in this way are very brilliant in color. Often tin horns about eight inches long and an inch and an eighth in diameter at the big end are used instead of pipes. They can be made at the tinsmith’s at slight expense. A long table covered with an old blanket is a very good place for showing off the bubbles.—N. Y. Ledger. —Frizzled Beef with Horseradish.— Take half a pound of smoked beef, cut it in thin shavings. If you buy beef shaved, remove all the fat and stringy parts, and pick u£ the beef in small pieces. Put one tablespoonful of butter into a small frying pan when hot, add the beef and cook four or five minutes, stirring constantly with a knife. Set the beef over the teakettle where it will keep warm, while you make the following sauce: Put one tablespoonful of butter into a small sauce pan; when hot add one tablespoonful of flour, and stir quickly until it is well mixed. Be careful not to brown it. Add gradually a cup of warm milk, stirring it constantly until smooth and free from lumps. Then add a teaspooful of pickled horseradish, thoroughly drained from the vinegar, half a saltspoonful of sugar and a dash of cayenne pepper, and, if you like, half a saltspoonful of made mustard. ; Let the sauce eook slowly ten minutes, add the beef and serve at once. The beef ought to make it salt enough, but it is better to taste it after adding the beef, when more salt can be added if desired.—Boston Budget.

HINTS FOR EMERGENCIES. if Yon Can't Get the Thins Yon Want Use the Thins Yon Can Get. A well-equipped medicine cupboard should be supplied with poultice bags of various sizes. They should be sewn on three sides and a threaded needle placed with them, so that the fourth side may be quickly stitched. The superiority of .a bag over a loose c'loth, such as is generally used, will commend itself to all. In England, where linseed is the universal remedy for colds, flannel bags are used. A hint to the inexperienced is that linseed, or flaxseed (they are the same), should not be boiled when it is to be placed next to the flesh. When used in a bag boiling may serve to keep it hot longer, but the process causes it to cake. The ability to find a substitute for the remedy which is not at hand is a valuable faculty, and it often happens that odd bits of information stored away in the brain come to mind when most wanted. Therefore, these substitutes used by others are given place. In the south yellow cornmeal iis frequently made into a poultice, where only heat is required. One who was in the habit of using this, and found it impossible to procure when away from home, substituted oatmeal, and. with equally good results. Likewise, a quick-witted woman, who was w ithout a hot-water bog, took a can of tomatoes which happened to be in the house, heated it thoroughly, and used it with good effect. It seemed a much safer expedient than the bottles so often brought into requisition. So, t.00, a physician in a hotel in Germany, being called in for a case of brain ferer, lost no time in sending for appliances, but ordered a -dozen bottles of mineral water, in siphons, to be brought to him, and with these proceeded to douche the head of the patient— N. Y. Sun. What They Were. A gentleman walking along Lexington avenue one day encountered two boys who looked So much alike that he stopped them and asked! “Are you little boys twins?” They looked up at him for a moment as if they did not exactly understand, then one said, meekly: “No, sir: we are 'Methodists.”—Harper’s Magazine

IS YOUR BLOOD PU Not One in a Thousand can say “ Yes.”

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the sores ceased to discharge, and shortly after began to heal. After taking five bottles the poison war eradicated and the sore entirely healetL 1 now feel as well as ever and enjoy re* newed strength and rigor.” Fuss* 0. Pierce, South Londonderry, Yt. Running Soros. ** I have been troubled with running stares on my hip for years. I began to take Hood's Sarsaparilla in September, and have not been troubled with run* ning sores since January. I never felt better in my life. I weighed 93 pounds when I commenced taking Hood's Sarsaparilla and I now weigh 133 pound#.* Howard Darby, Salineville, Ohio. N. B. If you decide to take Hood** do not be induced to buy any other.

Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is the,Only True Blodd Purifier Prominently in the public eye to-day. The effects of ibe acids remaining in the pure White Lead as bow made, causing it to chalk and wash orr, are neutralized in Hammar Paints, therefore they wear better and look closst much longer: besides. Hammar Faint ccsts kcih less. No labor lost in mixing, no ex pensive Colons.needed to set desired shades, no Turpentine or Dryers, only pure Raw Linseed Oil.

Scenery in the llehrlnjr Sen. “Sailing southeasterly along1 the shore of that haunt of the walrus and polar bear—St. Matthew's island, in the Behring sea," said a navigator of those waters, “one is impressed by the mingling of the grotesque and the terrible in the character of the scenery. The northwest point of the island is split up into a collection of large rocks of most fantastic shapes. Houses, spires, cathedrals and figures of men and beasts are some of the forms assumed by these volcanic fragments, which, rising about the white seething foam of the sea that breaks against their base, give a weird aspect to the grim and desolate region. One rock resembling a large saddle suggested to me the thought that some antediluvian giant might in his time astraddled it, and, perhaps, fished for reptilians over the beetling cliffs which it surmounts."—N. Y. Sun. “Papa,” said a boy, “I know what makes folks laugh in their sleeves." “Well, my son, what makes them?” “’Cause that’s where their funny bone is.” “Ark you an amateur photographer?” “No. Why do you ask f” “Oh, I heard that Sou got Miss Box’s negative last night.”— yracuse Post. An Amplk Reason.—She—“I cannot marry you.” He—“And why uot, pray?” She— “You don’t pay any income tax.”—Detroit Free Press.

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