Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 5, Petersburg, Pike County, 12 June 1896 — Page 7

NOT TO BE TRUSTED. SeKhUeyt Conduct Should Be a Warming to t he People. Maj. McKinley will not talk. Hanna’s padlock continues to keep his mouth dosed. But the major has been sending out dippings. The clipping bureau is. 1 at work. A friend in Boston received a clipping from a Chicago paper, “ad- j dressed i.n McKinley’s hand,’’ which re- j ports McKinley as saying in Thomasrille, Ga.: “I would not run on a free silver platform.” It is a pity, for the sake of the whole truth, that the major did not aecom- j pony this clipping with another, containing an interview with himself, in ; which he repudiates the report of the j Thomasville statement, and character- | ired the report as “absurd.” Now why does McKinley scatter absurd reports j among his friends? But the bare opposition to free silver coinage is far from a sufficient guaran- j tee that McKinley is for sound currency, j The Sherman silver purchase law was not a free silver measure. It was the most absurd and unscientific currency j measure that ever disgraced our eoun- j try. It brought distress and ruin upon j tLousands. It bred a panic from which s we have rot yet recovered, because the i 'business world remembers the Sherman j law, and fears a recurrence of the statesmanship that gave it to us. Not since the crazed French revolutionists issued paper money secured by the confiscated estates, has such a foolish, dangerou^chleme been tried as the Sherman silver purchase law. Both were •ad, costly, deplorable experiments. McKinley was the advocate and the ; defender of the Sherman silver pur- j

THE SILENCE OF M’KINLEY. Conduct Unbecoming » Mu of Truth and Honor. If Mr. McKinley has a true friend, that friend should say to him: “Those that tell you that self-respect requires you to be silent do not treat you fairly. They trifle with your good name. You obtain support in the silver camp on the assurance of your spokesmen that you will not stand in the way of free silver coinage. You obtain support in the go]d camp on the assurance of your spokesman that you are for the gold standard. If you remain silent, somebody will surely be cheated. If, after your nomination, you come out for the gold standard, the silver men who supported you will have been cheated. If you come out. for silver, your gold standard supporters will have been cheated. If you come out for a ‘straddle,’ both will have been cheated, for a half-way mens* ure will not practically be permitted to. result in free*coinage or the silver basis; it w ill^not be sufficient to increa-ve the price of silver; but it will be sufficient to obstruct the establishment of a sound money system, and thus to prevent the restoration of confidence and I prosperity. By knowingly permitting this cheating to be done in your name, \ ou make the act your own. Thus the case is a very simple one. A man of | truth and honor in your position will j easily understand that true self-respect j does not forbid him honestly to speak ; oujt. but does forbid him to obtain sup- i pojrt for the highest honor in the repub- j lid under false pretences. And you need j hardly be told that obtaining things of value under false pretences has. among j decent people, a very ugly name.**

A POLITICAL^ ROMANCE. *

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lie—Whose little jrirl is oo? See—1's oo’s. —liai'cifi CvurUr.

chase law. He has neter said one word t< disc rurage the notion that he still believe s in doing something of the same bind for si hr. liven if he should dorian* himself against free silver, he would still l*e far, far away from a gold standard and u sound currency system. Even a declaration for the gold stand a rj woaltl he insufficient. for it would Itear no promise of a reform of our di« •: I. r<d currency law • .«vu.; < : - the l':. s t» 1. S: - tr*-a/’iry t ■ perform the functions of a bank, without Ahe hank's resources. tTiic treH*-ury: roust keep up an endless chain of redemption. for which It must, continually borrow gold. Not only is It necessary foe a sound ntoiiey candidate to be distinctly O’e? loosed to free silver coinage and emphatically in favor of the gold standard. but he must be absolutely free from dangerous tendencies towards the silver interests, either as as industrial or as a political factor. Besides, he should have the statesmanship to correct the disorders which now afflict our currency system. . Is William McKinley such a roan? Can any pledge-or platform be proclaimed th.'.t will inspire the business world w ith confidence that William McKinley is a. sounti morjey man, pr that be is fit to Ik* trusted in the present emergency, v. hich isi indeed great ? Can William McKinley be trusted? Can any* cne surmise what McKinley might do? — L’tka- Observer. .' J

Inform** Son W anted. The McKinley managers have good reason to suspect “a nigger in the woodpile” in the circular sent put by Mr Clarkson ask ini? information about theielegates to the St. Louis convection. The nature of the question ashed is a*' excellent pointer as to the object of tK questioner. One can imagine why Messrs. .Clarkson ami Platt would like to know the personal history of each delegate, with special reference to his past affiliations, present alliances, post oflioe address, occupation, under what influences he is and how he happened to be elected. With a full roster of the delegates and information of this kind the anti-McKinley bosses v.-ill be in good position to drop their hooks where the fish are biting. They will know how to dispose of the contents of a **bnr*l** to best advantage.—St. Louis Republic. -If there was a two-thirds rule cn the republican side. Blaine would cot hare been nominated in lBSt. McKinley baa no two-thirds in sight. And Blaine was defeated at the polls!—Albany Argo*.

This candid friend may, perhaps, also t ali Mr. McKinley's attention to the fact that ths prospect,, of the election to the presidency of a man tvhose attitude js j one of systematic deceit, and thus pro* tiie uncertainty clouding1 the :fu- i tore of our money system, is even now actually injuring the credit of the country abrc.ui. depressing our securities in all markets, and discouraging business s •enterprise at home.—Harper’s Weekly. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

-With McKinley in the field it is j vain to talk of a straight money issue. The shadow of McKinleyism obscures everything else.—St. Louis Republic, j -By maintaining a persistent silence Mr. Quay proves hijmself a eon- | vert to one conspicuous element of "the 1 McKinley policy.—Washington Star. j -“McKinley stands on his financial j record,” declares the Tribune. This would be a physical impossibility. Perhaps he is able to hop about on his financial record.—X. Y. Journal. ——The dissolution of the firm of Quay. Platt & Clarkson has been announced. It now looks as if a new partnership may be established under j the firm name of Hanna & Quay.—Philadelphia Bulletin. -Perhaps if Mr. McKinley is positively unable to make up his mind what to say on the subject of the currency j he would prefer to change the subject to the trusts. Docs he think the laws ought to be enforced against them re5trardless of their possible contribution to his campaign fund?—X. Y. World:.. -McKinley is ail sorts of a man. He has told the free-coinage men that he is for free coinage, the gold-standard men that he is for the gold standard, the “sound" money men that he is for “sound” money, and everybody else that he is for everything else.—Atlanta Constitution. -Msj. McKinley# silence on the money question is being interpreted as a sign that he is a silver man by eastern republicans, while the west suspects ; thnt .it means a loyally to the single standard faction. Mark Hanna's man 1 is not yet nominated and it may be dis- | covered that a man may talk too little. —Denver 'limes. -Tom Reed, bereft of his presidential nomination chances, has reverted to hia autocratic method* 83 speaker of the house. Bat the satisfaction of sitting on Mr. Pickier, of South Dakota. can scarcely compensate for the discomfort, not to mention the indignity. involved in being sat upon by Messrs. McKinley and Hanna, of Ohio. —v V. Journal. 1

BRIEF AND BRIGHT. “So you feel you cannot marry him ?” “Yes. I am fully decided.” “Why, don't yon like him?” “G, like him well enough, but I can’t get him to propose.” —Harlem Life. • Row did I manage to cell such a costly picture?” repeated the artist, with a low, rippling laugh. “That’s something of a prefessional secret, but I 'LOn’t mind telling you. I made it in the form of a folding bed.”—Richmond Dispatch. ,J - When a girl is 16 the eligibility of a y oucg man depends a good deal on wha t sort of a mustache he has. When she is 26 she is likely to think more about his bank account.—Somerville Journal. Something Different.—“You surely do not favor petticoat government?” said an objector to a woman suffrage advocate. “No, I don’t,” was the reply. **I favor bloomer government.” — Detroit Free Press. George—“That Miss Millwood has a charmingexpression.” Maud—“Do you think so? I think she has a very sly face.” George--“A sly face?” Maud— “I mean the kind of a face that you wouldn’t want to trust alone in a pantry with another girl’s pie.”—Cleveland Plaindealer. WHEN CORN IS IN SEASON.

A delicate but almost forgotten wav of preparing1 corn is to roast it. Open the husks and remove the silk: close the husks and roast in the hot ashes of a wood tire. Serve with butter, pepper aud salt. Cut the corn from the cob and put with an equal quantity of tomatoes, pared and sliced. Stew for half and hour and season, adding some sugar. Stir in some butter and let the dish simmer before serving. Cut the corn from the cob and boil 15 minutes in water which was boiling when the corn was put in. Pour oil most of the water, cover with milk and boil till tepoee. Pepper and salt are added and tlje dish is done. Sweet corn-is best v. heq boiled in the husks. The cuter htysks are taken ciT. the silk removed and the corn covered with-the Inner husks, which arc tied on. Put in salted boiling water for half an hour and serve on a napkin. Split the kernels on an ear of corn will 4 knife and scrape out the milk. Add one-third as much cream as there is corn and add butter, pepper and salt and then bake in a dish for half an hour or until the com begins to rise. FADS, FANCIES AND FASHIONS. Just now the fashion in book production in London is long, narrow, roughedged, paper covered volumes, each series styling itself a “library." Mrs. Martha Beers, a clever stenographer in Boston, has invented a et-.f-lupsible theater hat, which can be folded into a small and almost invisible compass while on the head by simply pulling a string. The “loving cup" of spiced wine, which Is sometimes handed around at mansion house entertainments, had its origin in the custom of Saxon forefathers to drink each other's health in a wassail bowl. One of the women of the Vanderbilt connection has the lost new convenience in broughams — a speaking tube — by means of which she can communicate with her coachman without the trouble of opening the door. A talking watch is bn exhibition in Paris, it has neither face nor hands; l ut when you want to leant the hour, you place this confidential time-piece close to your ear, and the exact minute is imparted to you in a melodious wliis1>er. OF FREE AND FLOWER. Forests cover one-third of the land surface of the earth. In the Andes there is a wax tree, the product of which is very similar to beeswax. Roses and orchids are to be the chief flowers for table decoration duriegthe summer in England. Hawaiian honeysuckles grow in clusters on low bushes right on the very brink of the brimstone beds, and are so numerous that a bushel may be easily gathered in half an hour, la appearance they somewhat resemble a cranberry. hnd the flavor is pleasantly suggestive of grapes

THE MARKETS. PATTLF.-NnUve Steers cotton—sii^aumr . Ki.OUit — WiaU" VVlit!4i...». WHEAT -No. I Hard .... COKN -No..1. OATS—No, - . PORK—Old and New Mess ... ST, LOU Is. COTTON-Middling L* I? l' L* C v t c. June ». IWl t 3 7i «,# 4 2-6. %& .4 Tl ii .... & SSttf* S 23 4* •i. 3 23 » 25 ? to 5. 2 *J .i BEK VES—steers.... Cows wad Heifers. - T CALVES....:. ■» l-‘> J hogs -Fair to Select....._ 2 i«J s sUr.KP—Falrto Choice. iJ.i h FLOCK-Patents... 3 30 ift Ksncv to Ksia da.. 2 30 ft* WHEAT—No.2 Red Winter.. V5 ft* UJli.N'-SttJ Mixed.. d oats—No. 2 . i"s© KYR—Mo.2.. 3t> ** TOBACCO-Lugs. 3d) ft* Leaf Burley. ■» »J t INI HAV—ClearVtmoiny ... .... Vto ft* id 5> •S 4 W 3 jo 5 25 3 2.' » 3 Mi 3 Vi 3 13 •*> G* 34 » 00 H CITKII —Choice 0x4 ry. EGGS— Fresh..,. tj 9 POKE-standard Mess (New). 7 15 U *25 3 3 43 It . <* G-'V* 4 Vi 3 to 4 40 3 St 3 “•* :.5'» tSs 21S 2u BACON—Clear KIP _ LAKi>— Prune stead]. « 4 CHICAGO CA1TLE—Shipping. 3 33 H'XlS—Fair u> Choice. a 23 SHEEP— KairSa Choice. 3 od EloUK—Winter Patents"..... Spnag Patents...... WHEAT—No 2 .-prlug. No. 3 Red. CORN—No. 2.... ii.Vl’S—No. 2.... t) POKE—Mess (newi. T li d Kansas city. CATTLE—Shipping Steers.... 3«*Jt HOGS—All Grades. 2 75 ft* WHEAT—Nu 2 Bed.. IS % • '.Vi's—No. 2. 13 -j* coKN— No. 2... 2i(g * NEW ORLEANS FLOCK-High Grade. 3 3a tfft CORN—No. 2... oa'TS—Western. .. may—Choice. 13 dd POKE—Old Mess.. ft* Bacon—Sides. ft* COTTON—Middling.... ft* LOUISVILLE. WHEAT—Ni> 2 Red. $3%% OOKN—No.2 Mixed . 2m , i OATS—No.2 Mixed.. 21 -E PORK—Now Mess.. 7 2V ft* T *,5 BACON -Clear iCo. & ft* At COTTON—Middling. «ft * 4 0) 3 i.i Cl

HIS LIFE MADE MISERABLE. For Twelve Lobs Tears Post* master King Suffers from Nervousness. Aft Times Ho Thought He Would Sorely Die—Is Xow Fifty-One Years Old 0 and as Jleaithy and Hearty as a Young Man of Twenty-One. Front the Tribune, Trenton, Mo. Postmaster tVm. King, of Hickory, Mo., this county, was in the city Thursday and related to a reporter for the Tribune the story of his wonderful cure from nervousness, with which he had been sorely afflicted for about twelve years. The story is nothing more or less than a recital of an almost miraculous transformation from a miserable o*l gradually weakening condition to stroug, vigorous manhood as the result of a simple remedy persistently taken. •‘Twelve years ago,” said Mr. King, “I became afflicted with nervousness to such an extent as to render me miserable. I applied to our local physician for aid and was j told that a short treatment would bring me out all right. I took the medicine prescribed ! faithfully bnt soon saw that instead of get- ! ting better 1 was gradually growing worse. I began to lose sleep at night and to be troubled with; a consequent weakness and lack of energy the following day. I returned to the physician and the medicine | first prescribed was changed, but without | effect. I then tried other means, availing | myself of every opportunity to better my condition, but to ho avail. “I rapidly grew wor e, until finally I could not sleep without the aid of an opiate and also became so weal; I could not do a ! full day's work. 1 had cow been suffering with the disease for some eight or ten years and had become a complete physical wreck. It began to affect my heart and 1 lived in constant d redd of sudden death as a result of heart failure. 1 was compelled to almost abandon my trade, that of a blacksmith, and despite all my efforts was compelled to admit that I .was gradually, sin king to my grave. I wai in such a condition as to be willing to try anything and everything in the hope of relief, but /had, however, no confidence in anything tliat I tried. “About this time 1 noticed in some newsKr an advertisement of Dr. Williams* ; Pills for Pale People. The advertisement told of a ease similar to mine, though not nearly SQ bad. where a cure had been effected by the Piuk Pills. 1 decided to give the remedy a trial and sent to Jamesport for a box of the pills, wl ich I purchased at C- E. Orcutt’s Jtrug Store. I began taking them, one a^ a time three times a day. To my great surprise I began to improve in health. 1 cofutinued to take the pills ;»id to improve in health until soon 1 could sleep jit night. I grew stronger at once and resumed say. work at thd forge. 1 used the pills.until the first of January, this year at which time I discontinued their use. feeding as strong as 1 ever did in my life. I nave worked every day since and am as healthy and hearty as' when 1 whs a young man. 1 am now fifty-one yearn of age and can do as hard a day's work as; any man.” When asked if he bad anv objection to our publishing an account of his wonderful cure Mr. Kifcg r< plied: • • No, indeed. 1 wish you would; publish it. I consider tout the Pink Pills isaved mv life aid 1 want to recoinmeud them to the world.” "Would you have any objections to making affidavit to the'fact- contained herein?” ‘ None whatever, but as there is no official near, before whom I could appear, just say that.] make these statements as postmaster and on mv word as v, gentleman. Please add that if any afflicted jiersou would like to hear from iho 1 shall be glad to answer any letter j addressed to me at Hickory, Grundy County, Missouri.” Dr. Williams' Piuk Pills contain, iu a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing. specific for su h diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial oaralysis. St. Vitus* dance, sciatica, neuralg a,rheumatism, nervous headache, the afte • effec t of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pule and sallow complexions, all form s of weakness either in male or {female, and all diseases resulting from vitiaked humors iu the blood, p.nk Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid dn receipt of price, 50 cents a box. or six boxjes for £!..fO (they are never sold in bulk or by the 100) by addressing Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. V.

First JBcbglar—“Nv}w mind yer, Bill, no murder.-7 {Second Burglar—“Why notf’ First Burglar—“It’s sioh a reflection on yer sanity.”—Truth. , Throe for » Dollar! Three what i Three charmingly executed [>osters in colors, drawu bv W. W. Deusenv, Ethtl Reed and Ray Brown, will be scut free <>f postage to any addressjm receipt of One Hollar. All who-are afflicted ; with the -poster craze” will immediately embrace this rare opportunity, as but a limited number of ti e post rs will be is- i sued. The scarcity e f a good thine enhances its value. Atj dress Geo. H. HkafroKD. General 1'assenp'er Agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Uid Co ony Bui.ding. Chicago, III. Lrr your literary compositions be kept from the public eye'ft. r nine years at least. —Horace!

Gladness Comes! With a" better understanding of the transient nature of the many phye- '! ical 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 dis- „ ease, 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 millions of families, and is everywhere esteemed so highly by all WhoVatne 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 acts.. It is therefore j all important, in orderto get its bene- , ticial effects, to note when you par-* \ chase, 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 js regular, laxatives or other remedies are then not needed. If afflicted with any actual disease, one may be commended to the motet 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 and is most largely used and gives most general satisfaction.

A Sinking Fund Of rltal energy Is easily and pleasantly «► Elenishable. Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters ► an invigorant without a peer, and will j speedily infuse fresh stamina into an enfeebled physique. Besides this, it averts and remedies malaria, and subdues bilious, kidney, dyspeptic and rheumatic ailments. The nervous derive great benefit from ita use. Gkntub Hint.—Charlie—“Dear auntie, I congratulate you on your birthday, and promise you not to lose tho dollar.”— Fliegende Biaetter. A torpid liver has frequently succeeded in convincing man that he is fairly reeking with statesmanship and independence.— Washington Post.

Dropsy is a dread disease, but It __ Its terrors to those who know that HL . Green & Sons, the Dropsy Specialists Atlanta, Georgia, treat it with such gw success. Write them for pamphlet; full information. “Yes,” said the cornfed philosopher, “lb is not so difficult to get something for nothing, but when one gets it it is not worth the price.”—Indianapolis Journal. I cannot 8peak too highly of Piso’s Ctnw for Consumption.—Mrs. Frank Mobbs, 21» W. 33d St., New York, Oct. 39,1891. ' She—“I wish you wouldn’t smoke that cigarette in my presence.” He—“Then Fjk throw it away. ” “Oh, I didn’t mean that.*' -Life.

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o PLUG "A Bicycle Built for Two." Five cents' worth of "BATTLE AX" witt serve two chewers just about as long as 5 cents' worth of other brands will serve one man. This is because a 5 cent piece of "BATTLE AX" is almost as large as the 10 cent pie& of other high grade brands.

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the wash-board out of the house. There’s no room or placefor it with Pearline (BOuS.p), nor for any of its wearing-out; tiresome rubbing. Youll be doing your pocket-book a good turn, and help toward making it fatter and sleeker, if you'll do all your washing and cleaning with Pearline. «• --

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