Pike County Democrat, Volume 26, Number 51, Petersburg, Pike County, 1 May 1896 — Page 7

WIT AND WISDOM. —DaVere—“I heard a compliment you today.” Miss Antique—Indeed! What 'wasit?” DeVere—“Young Chapman says you carry your years well."—X. Y. Town Topics. —Remorse of conscience is like an old wound; a man is in no condition to fight under such circumstances. The ‘fain abates his vigor and takes up too much of bis attention.—Jeremy Collier. —Ha (admiring a vase of flowers)— “Are they not beautiful? Do you know they remind me of you?" She (softly) —"But they are artificial.” He—“Ah. yes; but you’d never know it."—Washington Town Talk. —“I," the young man frankly admitted, “am looking for a snap.” “Well," the elderly one suggested, “if you have the ginger it ought to lie easy to find some one with the dough.” And a gteint silence fell inaudibly.—Indium hpolis Journal. * —Judge—“Last time you were here you promised never to steal again.” Burglar—“And 1 fully intended to keep my word, your honor, but this was sucl a difficult case that they had to i call in an expert.”—Fliegende Blatter. —Matter of Life or Death.—Johnny Smart—“What does b-T-e-r spell?” Old ‘Smart—“That depends, my son, on who ! s > is spelling its If it is a German it is about the first thing that be wants; if it's an Englishman, it’s the last thing he wanis.”—Philadelphia Item. —Happiness, Not Fame.—Willey— “I tell yqu. it’s better in the end to be honest. l)»d you ever know a rogue who wasn't unhappy?” Sballey—“Xo; but, then, one would hardly expect a rogue to be happy when he is known. It s the rogues who are not known that are happy.*’—Woonsocket (R. I.) Reporter. ORIGIN OF TATTOOING.

It Wm First a Kfllflotti Prmctlc*— Bow Thieve* Uatn K*teen>. What is the origin of this usage? *>■ Religion, which has so much power oveii* peoples and which proves so obRtinatc in preserving ancient customs, has certainly contributed to maintain it among the more barbarous part of our populations;, we see a quasi-official proof of it at Loretta. Those who cultivate a devotion for a saint believe that by engraving his image on their flesh they will give him a proof, a clear testimony, of their love. We know that the Phoenicians marked the sign of their divinity on their foreheads (Ewald. Judaiachen Alterthum, 3); in the Marshall islands they have to ask the permission of the gods to tattoo themselves; and the priests alone in New Zealand perform the office of tattooing (Scherzer). Lubbock adds to j this fhat a woman who does not bear a tattoo mark cannot enjoy eternal felicity. T|e women of llritain tat- , tooed * themselves in obedience to religion (Pliny, 33). The seeolid cause is the spirit of imi- \ tetion. A Lombard soldier answ ered , me laughingly one day when 1 rallied j him on his having spent a small sum to spoil his arm. “See, monsieur, wears like sheep; and when one of us does anything we all imitate him af once, even if we risk doing ourselves harm.” Love of distinction also has its influence. A thief of the most incorrigible sort, who had six brothers tatooed like himself, implored me, although he was half covered with the oddest tattoo marks, to find him a professional tat* tooer to complete what might well be atvled the embroidery of his skin. “When the tattooing is very curious and spread all over the body,” he told me, “it is to us other thieves like the black cloak of society with decorations; the more we are tattooed, the more we1 esteem ione another; the more a person is. tattooed, the more influence he hJk over his comjionions. On the contrary, one who is not tattooed has no Influence; he is regarded merely as a gooS fellow, and is not esteemed by the company."— Prof. Cesare Lombroso, in Appletons* Popular Science Monthly.

Origin of thf Olympic Game*. Each tril>e wished for itself the credit of haring established the.festival which drepr to Olympia the strength, beauty nodi intelligence of all Greece. Some, claimed that Zeus established the festival to Commemorate his success in the contest with Cronus for the sovereignty of Heaven—a myth which seems to point to a Pelasgic origin of the games. The Acheans .coveted the honor for their hero Athens, and Strabo for the 'E&olians. More widely credited waa the belief that the games were established by the Cretan Hercules, who in play challenged his brothers to run a race, and to crown the victor with a branch of wild olive. To the interest of the Doriaus was the myth of Apollo outrunning Hermes and Are*. But such myths do not necessarily imply a remote antiquity for the events to which they give a ;>oelic coloring. It is more to the poiut that Homer describes several of the contests represented afterw ard in the gn at national ^ ' games, ami that some of them aav even be found in Egyptian wail jointings of the second sod third 'millennium before Christ.—Prof. Allan Mar quand, in Century. ATUIn ArrMrnt. | * A friend of mine disappeared for ; three or four days recently, and when he made his tvappeaxauce he waa horribly scratched and cut about the throat and face. “Come in contact with a vigilance ] coir mi wee?” asked on© of his ac- j quoin lances. “No. not quite." j “Been trying to cut your throat with ! a garden rake?” “No, not that, either." * “Maybe you k*t your razor and tried to eat your whiskers off with concentrated lye?" “No; bicycle. Ran oeer s dog. shored my leg through a wheel and my head through a barbed-wire fence."—San •Francisco Post.

FARM AND GARDEN. WIDE TIRES I IhfN Is No DOOM That They Help to Xatyoovo Country Roods. It seems to be generally understood that something must bo done to improve our country roads. But the question row is: What shall we do? | I live about six miles from Rochester. | X. Y., writes S. M. Harris in the New ; York Tribune, and am constantly dmj ing between my home and the city, ! and so I am not only very much interested in the question of road improvej ment, but have also had abundant opportunity to observe the effects ol weather and traffic on our present gravel and earth roads, and I have recently been very much impressed with the great improvement effected in the condition of the roads simply by the us$ of wide tires on loaded wagons. The city of Rochester has adopted an ordinance compelling the use of tires four inches wide on, all wagons designed to carry one ton or more. It, therefore, often happens that some of the wagctns with wide tires that are used in the city come out a few miles into the country. The consequence is a marked improvement in the roads near'the city, v^oh, on account of the heavy trtbllc on them, have always been inT much worse condition than those further gut in the country. These wagons'with wide tires, instead of cuttin into the road, leaving ruts and holes to cateh and hold the water until it soaks in and softens the whole roadbed, actually improve the road by rolling it down h%rd and leaving it smooth, so-that any water that falls on it soon runs off, and does no injury. If such is the effect of a few wagons with wide tires, what would be the result if all wagons carrying heavy loads were constructed in the same way 7 I am fully convinced that nothing that can be done would work so much improvement to our .roads with so little expense as the use of wide tires. Where once tried, I think the wayfaring man, though he be a member of oufstat** legislature, could not help but see the great advantage to be derived from their

The idea of state aid in making1 road improvement is very popular amoftg farmers, who seem to think that they will get good roads in this way without any trouble or expense to themselves. But even if expensive roadbeds were constructed they would soon be ruined unless the use of narrow tires was prohibited. It seems to me. therefore, that the first thing that should be done is to euact state or county laws compelling the use of tires at least four inches wide on all wagons designed to carry a ton or more that are used on our public highways. After this is done we can go ahead and make all the improvements we can afford to, with the assurance tiiat the work we do will not be rendered useless within a few years. Objection is often made to the use of wide tires that they will not run in the ruts, and therefore make the wagon run hard. But if all wagons had wide tires there would not be any ruts. A wagon built with tires wid& enough to keep the wheels from cutting into the road will obviously draw more easily than one that plows through the mud, instead of runningO'er it. In England this use of widb tires has been ‘general for a great many years, and to this fact is largely due the magnificent condition of the roads there. Why are we so slow to adopt tl|is easy and cheap method of improving our roods ? Let us “get out of the rut,” and hereafter roll over smooth roads on Wide tires. TRANSPLANTING DEVICE. On* That Can Me Mad* at Home at a Trifling Expense. A transplanting device is here shown which way readily be made at home, after making requisition upon a tinsmith for the curved blades, which he can cut frofh galvanised sheet iron with his shears and then bend into

shape. The handles can be cut from two thm strips of hardwood, the point of unioh being determined by a trial to show how much the thumb and forefinger will have to spread to open the! blades sufficiently to receive a plant and a goodly bit of earth about its roots. With this tool held as one holds a pair of shears, the blades can be shoved down about a plant, a little pressure applied, and the plant lifted without disturbing the roots. It then can be set down in it* new location, and no check given to its growth.—American Agriculturist, mirk ('arrant* far Canning. Because the black currants do not give as large yields as do the ted currants,1 it does not follow that ihey are not profitable for the commercial grower. The successful grower must cater to the wants of the market, and supply every thing called for that he can produce. even if there are varying degrees of profit in their tultivaiion. .It is important in this connection to note that in some markets abroad the word currant is used for the black currants, that being the leading variety. In this country the consumption of black currants is increasing. Thiy are used for somewhat different purposes than are the red. They are especially excellent for canning. I'ofnniiwtlral. Bat Wall Meant. y We want extensive county roads. And want ’em mighty bad: - So writes *n ungrammaiio friend. And yet that's what he’s had. _—L.- A. W. Bulletin. When the vines are allowed to run about in all directions they deprive each other of light and the trait is poor.

PARTITIONS IN SILOS. Imt They Should Bo Constructed to ls> where twOxinds of silage are to be stored so as to be fed at any time, one | large silo with one or more partitions j will be cheaper than separate silos. In (the illustration shown herewith will be *een how a partition may be put in a round silo. By running a second parJ tition at right angles to the first the | silo may be divided into four pits, but it Is always best to avoid' partitions when possible to do so. If a partition is made it should be airtight, but if the filling takes place on both sides at the same time, it need not be as strong. In tfW round silo the partition should be put in after the lining. To make j the partition, two thicknesses of inch

—*» tp >* ^ PARTITION IN ROUND SILO. boards with paper between may be used. These should be nailed to studding made out of 6x6*6 sawed in two diagonally, using two pieces at each end of the partition, placed so that the sawed face fills the corner formed by the partition. With the intermediate studs the boards should be nailed to the sawed j or wide side, so as to avoid forming : square corners. If a rectangular silo is built, then two layers of matched fencing with tar paper between should be used for the lining. To lessen the spoiling of silage at the corners, these should be cut off .with one layer of inch boards about 18 inches long. This should then be lined with roofing tin soldered together into a strip long enough to nail to the lining and to completely cover the two j •'nds of the short boards by as much as two inches'on each side. The tin should be kept painted with ^oal tar to prevent rusting.—F. H. King, in Orange Judd Farmer. jioUR COMMON ROADS. * lo Repair Them Cost# Ne»rtr Twenty Million Dollars a Year. The total length of the common roads in this country, good, bad and indifferent, is estimated by Gen. Stone, of the road bureau of the department of agriculture. at something over 1,300,000 miles. The majority of these roads have been opened by common laborers, hired by local supervisors, and no engineering principles have been observed in their construction. As a result, it costs more to keep them in repair than if they were as many finely macadamized roads. Keeping these poor roads in repair and opening new thoroughfares cost Massachusetts in 1893, outside of cities, $1.136,944, or $66.30 per mile; New York, $2,500,000. or $30 per mile, and New Jersey, $778,407.82, or $43.25t per mile. The total expenditure for roads in that year amounted to about $20,000,000. As a greater part of the enormous sum was spent in repairing poorly-con-structed roads, that would need exactly the same .attention next year, it is not an exaggeration to say that most of the money was wasted. Fine roads can be constructed all the way from $400 to $500 per mile, according to the nature of the country through which they pass, the cost of crushed stone and other'mgineering problems, The cost of keeping these roads in repair is infinitely smaller than that required to repair the | ordinary dirt roads each winter and. ! spring, when great gulleys and ruts are I washed into them by the rains and : floods.—Manufacturer.

BITS OF DAIRY WISDOM. Never allow a heifer calf from a rich jut ter cow to be killed as a veal. If you do not want her to supply your own dairy—there are plenty who do. If you are a dairyman or a dairywoman puf your brains* your energy in it. Be an enthusiast. If you cannot, then It is not the business for you, and you Will not succeed. Be sure that all the fences are up and strong before stock is turned out. It will prevent the eattle from getting bad . habits impossible to cure and perhaps an expensive lawsuit. By selling gilt-edged butter a dairyman is not impoverishing his farm, i lie is selling his crops to his cows at a I profit* and returning the manurial ele- i \ menu* to the farm which becomes more ! productive every year, j Few remedies for caked udder are I better than soft soap. Cover the bag. J | If the bunches and soreness have not 1 disappeared in a few days repeat, j Frequent bathing with hot water and t hard rubbing,will allay the fever and ! reduce the swellings.—Farm Journal. Coloring' Butter »nd Olrowargaric*. i The practice of coloring butter is so ■ anivewaii that it is no longer regarded being to any extent an attempt to deceive. Innocent as it is* it nn»y have to be given up in some states for the sake of depriving oleomargarine of the rame privilege. It is evident that the farmers lose more in allowing oleomargarine to be colored than they gain in being permitted to color butter. They can then well afford to advocate the passage of a law that will sweep away the privilege once for alL It Is true that there would have to be a very raoleal change in our butter score cards* rhe points for color being nearly or altogether eliminated.—Farmers’ Be- | view.

A MOTaBMAJTS LIFE. Pull of HfirdaMpe. Expo®ire and Constant Denser. The Gmt Strain on » Una's Horn Sufficient in ItMii to Wreck Him inn Worn the Cmcinnati^ Ohio, ISnquirer. The life of is motorman is not a Bed of roses. Be is subjected to many hardships especially in the winter when be is exposed to the cold and snow. Even in the summer he must-bear the intense heat witioh beats down upon. him. Considerable nerve and •elf possession is necessary in a good motorman, for the lives and limbs of his passengers are at stake. One of the best known electric motormen in this city is William Frazer, who is at Present running tear on the Cumminsville electric line. He not only well-known to his fellow employes but to ti:te people who travel on his car. Mr. Frailer is a young man about twenty-air years of age and resides with his wife and chile, at Wi Betts- Street, CincinAbout a year ago Mr. Fraser was nati, O. __ __ _ taken with serious stomach troubles. He bought several kitds of medicine which were recommended to him, but. none of them seemed bo give him even temporary benefit. An enthusiastic admirer or that famous remedy known as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People told him to try them. Fraser was almost discouraged, but took the. advice, To & reporter cl thoEfcqmrtr ho said: “lean most?heartilvreoommend Dr. Wlh lianas' Pink Pills. They are all that is claimed for them, in fact they advertise themselves better Ibsa any medicine I ever saw. I was seised some time ago with a bad attack of indigestion. Mr stomach hurt me nearly all the time and f could not digest my food. The pain was almost unbearable and I found nothing that would give me relief. I confess that when I bought the first box of Piuk Pills I hadn't much confidence in their efficacy because I had tried so many things without success that I was. almost discouraged. Before I had taken one box I was decidedly better. Two bone cured me entirely. While I have been under the weather from other causes my indigestiou has never returned. If it ever should I know just what to do. I have so much confidence in the efficacy of Pink Pills that if 1 ever get* real sick again with any disorder l shall use some o f them. It is a pleasure for me I assure you to testily to the excellent qualities of these Pink Pills. They not only tone the stomac h but regulate the bowelkand act as-a mild cathartic.” Mr. Frazers testimonial means sometiling. He speaks from personal experience and any one who doubts that he received the benefits stated can easily ve rify the assertion by calling on Mr. Frazer or seeing him some time while he is on his oar. Pink Pills contain all the* elements necessary to give new life and richnass to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are sold in boxes (sever in loose form by the dozen or hundred) at 50 cents a box, or six.boxes for 12.50,and maybe bad of all druggists or directly by mail from Dr. Williams’ Med. Co., Schenectady, N. Y.

THE MARKETS. .New York. April 27,1S98L CATTLE—Native Stfeefs.I 4 00 <M 4 40 COTTON-MiddiinAL.. .... <§> .8 FLOUR—Winter Wheat. 3 10 a 4 00 WHE.yr-No. l Hard.. a 75 OOKN—No. 2. .4.. @ 59 OATS—No 2... _.£...... a 25^ PORK—Old to New Mess. 9 00 a 15 00 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling. T\1% 7* BEEVES—Steers*.. . 3 55 % 3 75 _ , , „ Cows and Heifers. 2 50 «> 3 25 calves. 4 oo @ 6 00 WOOs Fair to Select.. 3 45 a 3 55 SHEEP—F»ir to Choice.. 3 10 a 3 55 FLOUR—Patents.. .. 3 00 *3 3 7.» _ Fancy to Extra do... 2 75 a 3 45 WHEAT-No. 2 Red Winter. a P7 CORN—No.2 Mixed... —• a 205 oats—No. 2 i7«,a is RYE—No. 2. .j. .... 30 a 40 Tobacco—Lugs.. 300 a s*>o Leaf Burley. 4 50 «* 12. ' HAY—Clear Timothy. . 8 50 a 15 on BUTTER—Choice Hairy. 10 @ 11 RUGS—Fresh... .... a 7 PORK-Standard Mess (New). *8 75 a 8 87ih BACON—Clear Rib.i. a f>\ I*ARl>—prime Steam. 4i0 d m / CHICAGO cattle-/shipping. 3 so a 3 *> HOGS—J^air to Choice. 3 25 a 3® SHEEP—Fair to Choice.. 2 25 a 3 65 FLOUtt-Winter Patents. 3 50 a 3 80 Spriug Patents.. 3 10 a 3 40 WHEAT-*-No. 2 Spring. 63 a 633l No. 2 Red. 66Si a 67H CORN—NO. 2. .... a* 293) OATS—No. 2 . 19-'i, -£ 19Si PORK—Mess (new)... 8 bo g» 8 55 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Shipping Steers.... 3 00 a 3 85 HOGS—All Grades. 3 10 a 3 56. WHEAT—No. 2 Red.73 a "5 OATS—No. 2. 16 a 17 CORN—No. 2.... . .... ^ 23^ NEW ORLEANS FLOUR-Hlgh Grade. 3 65 a 3 95 CORN—No. 2..i;.. a 34 OATS—Western... 26 a 974( HAY—Choice.... 14 50 % 18 5o PORK—Old Mess. . a 8 50 BACON—Sides. a COTTON—Middling.. 7*»a LOUISVILLE. WHEAT—No. 2 Red. ..J.-.. 74 a 75<i CORN—No. 2 M Lxed.... 31 M,a 32^ OATS—No.2 Mixed.... 22-i,a PORK—New Mess.. .... 8 75 a 9 25* BACON—Clear Rih...... ..... 5\a 6 COTTON—Middling..... a 7*

Gladness Comes Wlt VV ti 1th a belter understanding1 of the transient nature of the many physical ills, which vanish before proper efforts—gentle effort*—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of >iekn«» are hot doe to any actual diseSSe, out 'simplj’ ton ions Upat^d condition of the system, which the pleasant family laxative. Syrup of Pigs, promptly removes. That is why itis the omy. remedy with mill ions of fa ml lies, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effectaare one to the fact, that itis the one Remedy which promotes internal clear/liness' without debilitating the organs ou which it acta. It is therefore all important, in ordfer to get its beneficial effects, to note when ym/porchase. that you hare the genuine article. which is manufactured by the Califbrsij0fe'ig Syrup Co. only and sold by all rentable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxa tives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the most skillful physicians, but if in need of educative, one should have the best, and w ith the well-informed everywhere. Syrup of Hg» stands highest and is most largely seed and gives most general satisfaction.

T 11 ‘Loss of opportunity is life’s greatest loss. Think of suffering with XX I NEURALGIA y£. y1?„ II When the opportunity lies in a bottle of ST* JACOBS OH* It cures. I *

w You only get of other food tobaccos 31 ozs. for 10 cents.

You get of •• Battle Ax* 51 ^ quality, 3 vi.5* for 10 cents. You get over 2 ounces more of "Battle Ax” for 10 cents than any other tobacco of the same grade. These two ounces really cost you nothing, and the 5 cent piece is nearly f as large as you get of other high grades for 10 cents*

How it looks. to thewomen who'wash with Pearline ). when they see a woman washing in the old-fashioned way with soap— rubbing the clothes to pieces, rubbing away her strength,’ wearing her* self out over the pwashboard! To. these P earline; women* fresh > from easy‘washing* she-seeras’ to “wear, a fools cap unawares.” Everything's in favor of Pearline (T?. —easier work. quicker *work.Kbetter^work.‘ safety, economy. ' There’* not one thing against it What’s the use of washing in the hardest way, when it costs more money? __* 9_ ‘

EVERY PAIR of MEN’S SHOES . . EVERY PAIR of WOMEN’S SHOES ST. LOUIS, MO., IS GUARANTEED ASK YOUR DEALER FOR THEE

FIELD AND HOC FENCE WIRE. ae, 38. ASL BO, or 08 lnohes high. Quality and workmanship the Nothing on the market to compart with it. Write for fun information. UNION FENCE COMPAHT, DE KALB, ILL.

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