Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 1, Petersburg, Pike County, 15 May 1896 — Page 3

Fashion letter. Variety for tt>« Summer Season. [Special New York Correspondence ] Summer fashions hare already developed into such variety of form and combinations of colors so unique and original that the question of what is going to be worn is practically settled loir the season, and the results will soon be fascinatingly displayed^t the fashionable seaside and mountain resorts in all the diversity of charm which filmy draperies, classic folds, dainty tints and exquisite color effects can produce. White toilets of various summer textiles will be a conspicuous feature ol! the season’s fashions. These begin with the soft sheer wools, then come those of serge, mohair and crepon, with plain full skirts and pert little jacketbodices, or the single-breasted open blazer, which, to be new and stunning, must be lined with colored silk—pale canary yellow, mauve and old rose being favored shades. And this material

also faces the refers and wide collar. Large pearl buttons are used as a finish, and the canary tints are more popular and vastly more becoming than the blue* white shades. Other woolen gowns of English serge are made with Eton jackets, which show very wide revers with a deep square collar across the back, close-fitting vests of pique or finely-corded silk being worn with such coats. Tan, golden brown, and dark blue mixed tweeds, shepherds1 checks in silk and wool, and fancy cheviots, soft In texture and light in weight, are also vised for summer trawling and outing j suits, and for these, hi addition to the Eton jackets, bodices and blazers, there j art; Norfolk jackets, box plaited and belted, with lap leather belt, with Duce ! ties and gloves to match. Another pret- j ty jacket is short in front like an Eton, and has a short rippled basque at the i back. A light shade of pray blue, a darker green blue, pod many new shot effect* are popular colors in serges and mohairs for Utility wear in the country. Cream satin is much used for blouse fronts and w ide revere even, on every-day costumes of plain or fancy wool. Laces with insertions to match are: used by the league to decorate both day and evening gowns, and the new bend garnitures w rought on net bands are exquisitely dainty and decorative. Fancy waists of every description ore still a special feature of fashion, and, de^ spite the fact that there has been a decided tendency to discard them, will be very fashion ably worn throughout the season. Silk waists of shot and , flowered glace in various lovely colors.

of dainty Dresden and pompadour patterns, and plaids und checks of every Sirt, from - the tiny pin check to large blocks nearly a quarter as wide as the silk, are worn on the promenade, for driving and for dress occasions, with satin, silk, mphr.tr or crepon skins, and when the right colors are selected the plaid silk waists are an effective combination with tan and brown skirts. A charming 'title waist is made of rose and « hite shot and plaidcd taffeta silk; with a deeply-pointed yoke covered with lace, w ith collar and girdle covered w ith lace insert ion bands of a matching pattern. The sleeves are full to tue elbow, and extremely close below it. With rows of the 'nsertkm down half the length of tbe forearm. A second model Is a simple and useful one for chocked allk or chene giace and has a sailor collar with deeply pointed ends that reach the belt in iront, this made of grass nen of very fine texture trimmed w ith «e ami insertion. A collar cut is Van* iykes and edged with the lace with nil to match, finish the neck and mts.° Batistes and India mulls, which wear far better than the airy chiffons so long popular, will os much used for odd summer waists, as well as entire toilets. Nothing in the endless list of fa«diion - »bl« materials for hot weather wear compares in comfort and charm with the Freuch chuiiies or Dresden muslins, with their dainty patterns of rosebuds, .violets, carnations and every other blossom imaginable with green foliage as a background. The skirts are plain, With S wide hem, Marie Antoinette fischus or berthas of the goods edged with lace, with belt ribbons and floating ends—a leghorn hat dcoorated with roses and green velvet leaves, a pair of tongwriated silk gloves—and who could ask nf Kato DuhsaM*

WIT AMD WISDOM. — —Just the Same Thing.—“Say, logh me ten dollars for about a week?” “Can’t; haven't got but five.” “That’ll do—lend me the five for two weeks!”— Chicago Record. —Hubby—“Darwin seems to have a lot of trouble with his cuff buttons.” Bloasie—“How so?” Hubby—“He was f always howling about the missing link."—Philadelphia Bulletin. i—Bixmog—“Zibley, your face is a sight. Did you cut yourself shaving?” Zibley—“Not exactly. Perhaps it would l»e better to say that I shaved myself while cutting.”—Roxbury Gazette. —Watts—“What do you think of this idea of introducing the art poster in politics?" Potts—“Nothing new in it nt all. One or two drinks of campaign whisky always would produce art poster effects.”—Indianapolis Journal. —Fuddy—“Frnsher has the reputation of being a great wit, but for my part I can’t see anything very bright in his writings.” Duddv—“That’s queer. Why, his jokes hare been used by the greatest wits that ever lived.”— Boston Transcript. —Walker—“Er—when you run into a man the rider is 9s likely to get the worst of it as the pedestrian, isn’t he?” Wheeler—“You bethels! The last fellow I ran into only lost a front tooth, while I had four spokes broken and my sprocket wrenched all out of true!”— Cincinnati Enquirer. . —“What’s that?” asked Derringer Dan, “as he paused in astonishment to listen to the efforts of the parlor quartet. “That’s something taken from Wagner. What do you think of it?” “Well,” was the carefully considered reply, “whatever it is. Wagner seems to be givin’ it up mighty hard."—Wash* ingrton Star. A FEW SNAKE STORIES. Reptiles of of Java— Victim* of the Deadly Kang*. There is in Java a; sugar estate of over 12,000 acres, otic-third of which is devoted to growing cane. It is the most densely wooded part of the island and the bush is almost impervious. Snakes flourish there and there are ten varieties which are poisonous. Eight of the coolies employed on this estate have died in four mouths from snake bites. The chain viper is most dreaded, as it will not get out of one’s way and when stepped on by the barefoot natives strikes fatally. Twelve miles away from the estate is the ruined city af Choru, a wilderness oFtemples built of stone, which is cut in designs as fine as lacewQfk. There are long arched jKissages on the north side of these buildings and wild animals dwell there to escape the fierce heat. Leading from these corridors arc small chambers. having no windows and consequently dark. In these chambers live more snakes than can ever be imagined. Two years ago an. English officer visiting on the island had a craze for making a collectkgi of Java reptiles and. with a 16-year-old boy, wandered abont utterly heedless of the warnings of the natives. One day when he was roam: jug these corridors he saw dimly in bne of the chambers a yellow glimmer. Quickly walking up he prodded the yellow mass with his ccne and, suddenly ns a flash, with a leap like a tiger, a big Bari snake, the most aggressive of all the Java snakes, had him in his grasp. The reptile’s fangs were buried in his shoulder and th? deadly coil, strong ns steel, was about his body, lie would have been killed if. his companion hod not struck the snake back of the head, severing its backbone. As it was the two men both indulged in a sj^'.U of fever and the officer’s arm was useless ever after his experience. The snake was black and yellow, 15 feet long and eoukl have killed u horse. A hunter gunning near a river one day saw some wild hogs come down tc drink. A python seized a full-grown one, three feet high at the shoulder, and threw two coils about his body. The hog simply-flattened out and in a minute was a strip of meat, nothing more. The snake was shot and found to be twelve feet long and seven inches through, yet it crushed the bones of its victim as though they* were paper. A man who has in his possession the loin-, cloth and jumper of a collie who was swallowed by a boa constrictor says the cloths were knotted so tightly that they seem to have been done by hand. The only part of the collie’s body found was the lower jaw bone, all the rest having been digested by the big snake.—Chi -ago News. f

To Greet thr Sun. The long- j>olar night came to an end within the Arctic circle on January 20r The inhabitants of the little villages have had nearly three months of steady night. It is the annual custom that on the day vs hen the sun rises above the horizon after the long season of darkness the inhabitants all stand in line, facing the returning orb, and greet it with a military salute. No other effect than that of paleness of complexion is discernible in the natives after this long time of night. The pallor soon passes away with the sun*s return. In. Bodo the sun.can be {seenat midnight on June :J; in.^Tromso it can be seen on May 20; in liiunmerfest, or as far as the North cape, the midnight sun may be seen as early as May 26 or 13 reapedively.—X. Y. Herald, i Better Than aa A nr® turn t. / A witty retort #somettfbes answers quite as well hs a long argument. Tho*e are some things not easy to explain and no better answer could have been marie to the Englishman criticising, in remarkably bad taste, American social customs than that made by Mr. Lincoln. “You see, sir, there is a tremendons difference between the English customs and the American. FoV example, no gentleman in England,** remarked the Londoner, “would ever think of blacking his own boots.” ‘ i “Wouldn't he?” inquired Mr. Lincoln, thoughtfully. “Why, whose would he blank?” -Chicago Xewa. | '

POINTS FOR OUR GIRLS. A young' woman should not bow to any young man, no matter how well mannered he may be, who has not been properly introduced to her. When you have been invited to call on a £fiend who is visiting your friend, and find both hostess and guest out, you should leave a card for each. When you arrive in a strange city Rend your card, w'th your temporary address upon It and the hour at which \ou will be at home, to the friends whom you wish to see. At an afternoon tea it is customary* especially if there are to be many visitors, for the hostess to ask some of her young girl friends to pour the tea, coffee and chocolate. There is no impropriety in giving to' those men friends with whom one is •veil acquainted some trifling souvenir at Christrr.j* or Easter, or when birth- ! days come. I No matter how friendly a young girl | reay feel toward a man whom she has I Known for years, any letters, when. I (rouble comes to his family, should be addressed to his wife, and not to him. | When colling on a jnarried lady you ! leave one of your own and two of your | husband's cards; when your hostess is unmarried you leave one of your own | and one of your husband’s cards. A girl of 14 would better be thinking oi her schoolbooks than of getting marj ried, for it is scarcely likely that she j can judge a^hat age what man would ! be most desirable as > husband.—Ladies' Rome Journal. CHURCH AND CLERGY. Rev. Charles E. Jefferson, of the Central Congregational church, Chelsea, has received * call to the First CongreI gational church of Oakland, Cal. | The rumor that Rev. William N\ | Cleveland, brother of President Cleve- | land, is to be called to Calvary PresbyI teriau ehurch, Cleveland, O., cannot be j substantiated. The Church Union, of which Mrs. j Elizabeth B. Grannis has been the ed- | itor and proprietor for more than ten 1 years, has been sold to Rev. Samuel T. | Carter, one of its contributing editors. According to the London eorresponi dent of the Glasgow Herald a good ] many penitents in Anglican churches ! are complaining of the utter lack of privacy which awaits them when they j go to confession, and are urging the ! erection of confessional boxes of the faj miliar Roman type. Rev. Dr. Cyrus S. Bates, rector of St. | Paul's Episcopal church, Cleveland, who has just died from pneumonia, !■ was one of the most prominent clergyI men in the diocese of Ohio, and was a j member of the ecclesiastical court that j tried Rev. Howard Mac Queary for heresy a few years ago. lie was born in i nhir» in 1SAO

SMILER^?. “Do you take fuel in exchange for subscriptions?” asked the caller at the country newspaper office. “What have \ou got—a poem?”—Yonkers Statesmen. Not His Kind.—“Intemperance," said the long-haired passenger, “is the crying evil of the day.” “Ain’t with me,” said the fat passenger. “I always git the singing kind. Never had a crying jag in my life.”—Indianapolis Journal. . Short Engagements.—Little Boy— “IIow soon are you and Sis goin’ to be riiarried?” Accepted Suitor—“She has not named the day yet. I hope she does not believe in long engagements?” Little Boy — “She doesn’t, I know, ’cause all her engagements has been short.”—Town and Country Journal (Sydney), f ^ “I’m glacl to see that one thing has been brought to the attention of con- | gress,” said the man who is perpetually I indignant. “What do you mean?” “The necessity for a universal standard of weights and measures. What we want right away is some scheme that'll make 9§ pounds of ice weigh just as much in July as it does in April."— Washington Star. PROGRESS OF JAPAN. There is no precedent in the history uf nations for the wonderful progress made by the Japanese. The country is becoming less and less dependent oh other countries for its supplies. THE MARKETS. New York. May 9.1 CATTLE—Native Steers i 10 COTTON-Middling. .... FLOUR—Winter Wheat...... S 60 WH K AT -No. t Hard.. 74 CORN -No. 2,... OATs—No 3.... POKK-Okl and New Mesa.... 9 OU ST. LOUIS. COTTON-Middlmtf. ...... UEKVES—Steers—... t Si a Cows and Heifers. 3 <£ CALVES...... ov @ noii.S Fair to Select.____ 3 3-> sHekP-Fair to Choice.. 3 7j * LOUR— Paunts:. 8 60 _ Fancy to Extra do... 2 75 WH EAT—No. 3 Red Winter. COKN—No,: Mixed........ OATS—No. 3 ... .. ....... ... RYE-No. 3..... To ii A CCO—Luir*. Leaf Harley,...,. HA Y— dear Twnotny.. MUTTER -Choice dairy. ..... EGGS—Fresh... .... PORK—standard MessHNewy. h 00 UACVN —Clear Rio... kiiio-l’mwswMun.' .... CHICAGO CATTLE-Shipping. 3 60 ROO»—Fai r to Choice.. 3 %i SHEEP—Fair to Choice . 3 73 FUUCR—Winter Patents..... 3 :*i s>pnu£ Patent*...... 3 Id WHEAT-No. i -prune.. .... No.3Red.... 63S-$ CORN-No. s.. <* routv —arev* utem.a.v** ^ KANS.CS CITY. CATTLE-Shippu CATTLE—ShippingSteers.... 3 73 Q HOG^-AtlGraadST..... 3 30 S WHEAT-No XjVod.. 63 % MAI’S—No t..'.. 15>4 * CORN—No. 3.. 2SJ4J NEW ORLEANS FLOUR—Hi«h Orade.TTX... 3 66 CORN-No. 3 ..1. OATS—Western..... SMi HAY—Choice. 19 tw PORK—Old Mesa.. BACON—Sides..... .. COTTON —Middling. 7*W LOUISVILLE WHEAT-Na 3 Red. .. 33 CORN—Nat Mixed. M» OATS—No.3 Mixed.. SIS PORK-NewMess. ... . _ 8 85 BACON-Clear Rib... COTTON—Middling.

WOMANS WIT. Told bj- a Society Qfxl BwwTlitBK About Morphine, Solpliv, Xu> 1mm* and Other Things. From the Evening Newt, Xevxark, N. J. Among the popular society lenders in East Orange, N. Emma L., Stoll, a charn- ! log young maiden, stands in dm foremost rank. She is of a lovable disposition and the light of the social set in which she moves. For two years she has been a sick girl from Internal troubles peculiar to women, and having recently recovered, has given our reporter the folio wing interesting account: “Instead of improving under the care of ; my physician I became Worse. For fire I weeks I was unable to get out of bed and a'xnit six o’clock each morning 1 suffered i horribly. My lips were sore and lacerated I from the marks of my teeth, for in my efj forts to keep from screaming I sunk my teeth deep into my Ups. At such times! rolled and tossed until the bed shook like au aspen leaf and it finally got so serious that too doctor—I won’t tell yon his name— gave mo some morphine pills to take. The very thought of them now makes me shiver. These morphine nils simply put me to sleep for awhilo and when I became conscious strain my agony was renewed. “The pain in my stomaoh and hack was more than I could stand. ‘Your blood is poor,’ said the doctor, ‘tako sulphur and molasses,’ and I did uutil it was a great wonder that 1 was not a Inolasses cake. It w as time : wasted in taking it because I was not bene- ' fltod in tlio least; my suffering continued, j but by a mighty oiFort after being in bed so long, I got op. Oh, but I was a sad sight them From 113 pounds, 1 had fallen to ninety; my* chocks wore pale and sunken and IUmped; yes, actually hobbled from the extreme pain in my side. Then 1 read of i Dr. Williams* Fink Pills for Pale People and the testimonial in the Aew» inspired me with hope. I sot the pills and took them. Before many days 1 began to improve and before 1 had finished ouo box I felt as if I could so out and walk for miles. I soon stopped limping and through the Pink Pills 1 soon bid good-lye to my headaches while the pain in my stomach and back slowly but surely succumbed to the influence of those pills that seem to bo able to persuade all pam to leave one's body. Now 1 am as I used to bo; well and strong, light-hearted and merry but never without the pills. See I have got some of them now,1' and from a nearby dock she handed out one of the Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain, in a condoused form, all the elements necessary to give now life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are also a 8f>ecific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irregularities and all forms of weakness. They build op the blood, aud restore the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. In men they effects radical cure in all cases arising from mental worry, overwork or. excesses of whatever nature. Pink Piil9 are sold in boxes (never in loose hulk) at 50 rents a box or six boxes for 33.50, and may be had of all druggists, or direct, by mail from Dr. Williams’Med ciuo Company, Schenectady. N. Y. How Napoleon Plagued the King of Prussia 'wIn the afternoon thekingof Prussia, with his staff, was generally invited to join their cavalcade for a ride. The emperor of the French gave a malicious account of those jaunts in later years. Himself a fearless horseman, he spurred his charger to full speed, and the czar followed with glee, while the king, as .timid in the saddle as in the cabinet, jounced apd bounced, often knocking Napoleon's arms and elbows.—Prof. Stoane, in Century. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafuess, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of tbe mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. Chexet & Co., Toledo, O. Sold bv Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Let not mirth be thy profession, lest thou become a make-sport. Be that hath but gained the title of a jester, let him assujre himself the fool is not far off.— Quarles. Snx—‘-You say that man is "out?” He— “Yes, he was struck out,” She—“Why, no one struck him.Cincinnati CommercialGazette. * To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; and to have a deference for others governs oar manners.—Sterne.

Gladness Comes With a better understanding1 of the transient nature of the many physical ills, which vanish before proper efforts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts— rightly directed. There is comfort in the knowledge, that so many forms of sickness are not due to any actual disease, but simply to a constipated condition of the system, which the pleasant family laxative. Syrup Of Figs, promptly removes. That is why it is the only remedy with mill ions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all who value good health. Its beneficial effects are due to the fact, that it is the one remedy which promotes internal cleanliness without debilitating the organs on which it acta It is therefore all important, La order to gut its beneficial effects, to note whan you purchase, that you have the genuine article. which is manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by all reputable druggists. If in the enjoyment of good health, and the system is regular, laxatives 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 a laxative, one should have the best, and with the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of Figs stands highest ami is moat laraely ii|sed and gives most general satisfaction.

More Good News. General Manager P. 8. Maegowan, of the Waller A. Wood Harvester Co., 8t. Paul, Minn., informs us that business is excellent and that his company- will be able this fall to liquidate its entire indebtedness, and pass out of the receiver's hands in a most prosperous condition. He is our authority, also, for announcing the good news that some of the most influential stockholders of the St. Paul and Hooakk Falls companies are now at work trying to effect a reorganization, to the end of placing both companies in a position to go along with the immense business in such manner as to maintain past reputation for solidity and progressiveness. If the reorganization is effected, which, from present progress would seem assured, -he business will again be on a solid foundation and under a management that will push its well known machines in every market on the globe.—Farm Machinery, April 21, 1896. 'y True statesmanship is the art of changing a nation from what it is into whatit ought to be —W. R. Alger. A sentence, well couched, takes both the sense and the understanding.^-Feltham.

[ The Migatldennee of a Gray Overcoat Upon the tongue, yellowness of the shit ami» eyeballs, nausea and uneasiness beneath the right ribs and shoulder blade, is that fiae victim of these discomforts is bilious. The “proper caper'* under such circumstances la to take Hostotter’s Stomach Bitters, which also cures chills and fever, constipation, dyspepsia, rheumatic and kidney complaints and nervousness. Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.-HBregory. . Win,,,, n / Fits stopped free by Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer. No fits after firstday’s use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and & trial bot* I tie free. Dr. Kline. 881 Arch St, Philo., Pa Vest it h itself offends when coupled with forbidding manners.—Bishop Middleton. I am entirely cured of hemorfhage of lungs by Pisa's Cure for Consumption.—Louisa Lindamax. Bethany, Mo., Jan. 8, *9#. Most men bav^ more courage than even they themselves think they have.—Grevilla.

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