Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 8, Petersburg, Pike County, 2 July 1897 — Page 7

HAT true American Feds not the blood leap In his veins As stirring scenes of H Are brought to mind, though peace now reigns Where o’er a hundred years ago The Briton came In fierce array. And strove this land of ours to hold

'Neath England's hard, relentless sway. But surely 'twas not thus to be; A higher Power ruled overall; And out of war's grim, wrinkled front We merged, despite Its gloomy pall. As gallant freemen fought for right. And Wisdom's all far-seeing eye Beheld a future for our land For which the patriot dared to die. Their precious blood was freely given. Upon their country's altar rtied; And now we glory in the deeds Of our departed, honored dead. To Washington, the great and true. And ail his brave, victorious host, - We homage pay with glad acclaim. And in their memory make our boast. Thus on thisNday of all the year Columbia's -brightest stars may shine To tell of Independence won, ' While low we bow at Freedom's shrine. And as the rolling years go by. And added glory crowns our land. Still brighter may their memory grow Who first led Freedom's holy band. —R. E. De Reef. In N, Y. Ledger. t IAT was 3our first experience in skyscraping?" I said to my companion, as we settled down in our seats in the railway car. on our way back to W-. ‘Let me hear about that first trip, for I've a notion that there is a good story attached to it." My seatmnte was "Prof.” Raymond, the aeronaut. He had made a Fourth of July ascension that afternoon from W-, and 1 had gone up with him in my capacity as reporter on the W—— Daily Tribune. We had landed uneventfully iu a turnip field, about 30 miles away, and had packet! up the balloon and its "fixings" just in season to catch the evening train for the city. "Well," said Mr. Raymond, “there was a story attached to that first balloon ride of.mine, thirty-odd years ago; but 1 don't tell it very often, for the reason that, even after all these years, it brings back some of the sensations that 1 experienced at that time—experienced that you will soon see were not particularly agreeable while I was undergoing them. “My father and mother both died before 1 was 12 years old, so that 1 was thrown entirely upon my own resources. Even at that early age I began to 'hire out’ for various kinds of service in my native town in New Hampshire, where 1 worked in this way until 1 was 13 years of age. "1 had been working in a sawmill the year that I was 15, and my time expired the third day of July, and, though 1 expected to hire out again at the same place, it pleased my fancy to take a well-earned holiday on the Fourth, when 1 could feel myself entirely my own master. It would be time enough, I thought, to hire out again w hen t he holiday was over. , "There was to foe a celebration in a neighboring town, with a balloon asc<ftisiou. races and all the other attractions that are usual on such occasions, with a 'grand display of fireworks in the evening.’ "The balloon ascension had special attractions for me, as l had never seen anything of the kind, and 1 was up earl;? on the morning of the Fourth, muC setting out for town before six o'clock, resolved to take in the whole affair, from the early parade of Antiques and Horribles to the last rocket that should be fired in the evening. I had earned a holiday by hard work, and had good right to feel light-hearted. "I don't think that anything in the way of entertainment escaped me that day. 1 was unused to the sights and sounds of Fourth of July celebrations, and I drank in everything with the keen enjoyment of boyhood, with an especially keen enjoyment, probably, because of the plodding, uneventful life 1 had been leading so lo«g. "The Antiques and Horribles were properly appreciated. The efforts of those who tried to reach the fire-do 1lar gold piece, said to be reposing on the top of a very greasy pole, were greatly enjoyed, as werealso the efforts of certain men and boys to possess themselves of a fat young porker, whose entire surface was in the same slippery condition as the pole w ith the five dollars atop. "There was a contest of fire engines, or tufas.’ as they were called, manned by red-shirt ed young fellows from several neighboring towns. There were foot races, sack races, and a ball game upon the common; a boat race upon (he river, and then the great balloon a seen - -sion. "It wesabout two o'clock in theafternoon that the crowd began to gather around the big balloon that was slowly being filled with hot air. Such balloons stay up only a half-hour or so. and land not far away from the point where they go up. unless the wind is blowing bard. This was one of the largest of the hot-air balloons then in use. and it -

__—— took some time to fill it from the month of an oven-like affair that set above a trench, in which a big fire was snapping and roaring, fed by pitch wood and oil soaked barrel staves. “The drag-rope was lying coiled upon the ground, and the balloon was held down by stout ropes carried out on all sides. “As the huge affair got larger and larger and began to tug vigorously on the ropes, we boys who were looking on got more and more excited, and when they began to get the basket ready to fasten under the balloon, we had crowded up pretty close to the great swaying air ship. “‘Now, boys, beep back,’ said the aeronaut, as he came into the circle to make everything ready; ‘keep back, or some of yon wilt get hurt, with this basket thrashing about here;* for by this time the basket had been/fastened on and the balloon was filled out nearly full. “The balloonist threw into the basket several bundles of circulars which he was going to throw out, handful by handful, as he rose through the air, the proprietors of various stores in the town having taken this then original method of distributing their circulars and dodgers. “Everything was now ready. The hot air had been shut off. the mouth of the balloon had been closed, and theballoonist had arranged his circulars ready to throw out, a dozen or so at a time, as he went up. “ ‘Let go the ropes!* he shouted. “And the great sphere shot up into the air. with white paper fluttering out from it on all sides. “I could never tell exactly how it happened,” continued my seatmate, “but I suppose it was a mixture of boyish curiosity and a sudden pressure from behind, as the crowd surged forward; but I know that I suddenly stumbled forward and fell upon the coil of drag rope that was being rapidly taken up. In falling, my foot in some way became entangled in a rope, so that a loop in it caught me by one ankle, and quick as a flash I was going up into the air at the rate of a mile a minute, hanging head downward, while a great cry of horror was sent after me by the people below. "You may be sure that no more surprised boy ever left terra-firma than 1 was, when I saw the earth suddenly dropping away from me. as it seemed. “Fortunately. I did not ‘lose my head.’

a bit. ?I wonder that I hadn’t shouted to him at the very first, but it didn’t enter mj head for me to do anything but hang on and climb. “When I had slowly climbed up well under the car, without thinking what the effect would be I shouted *Halloa!* and the next instant was almost jerked Off the rope, for the balloonist gave a jump that very nearly upset the ear, and when 1 caught sight of his face, after he had turned around two or three times, trying in a dazed sort of way to find out where the voice came from, it was as white as a sheet. He looked cautiously over the edge of the basket. “ ‘How in the name of—he began, but suddenly cut it short. ‘Hold on a minute longer!’ he shouted. “And in a twinkling he had made a noose in the end of a piece of rope tuat was lying in the car, and had passed it down, noose end first, through the wick-er-work bottom of the basket. “ ‘Put one foot into the loop,’ he called out, ‘and I will tie the other end of the rope here, to support your weight. That will take the strain off 3 our hands till I can get you into the car.* “It was a great relief to have the strain of my weight taken off m3* hands and feet. With one foot in the loop I could hang on very comfortably. But then a serious question arose. How was i to get into the basket? An attempt to climb up over the side might upset that frail affair. “ ‘Wait a minute,’ called out the aeronaut. Til cut out two of the ribs of the basket, right here in the bottom, and then, by springing the next one on each side back a little. 1 guess you can crawl up through.” and this was done a moment later. “I can tell you I was glad when I found myself sitting in the bottom of the basket resting. “ ‘How long has it been since we left the ground?’I asked. “The aeronaut looked at his watch. “‘Just five minutes,’ he said. “A good deal can happen in five minutes.1 •■That,” continued my companion, “was the way 1 came to be an aeronaut.** "The affair created a great sensation, and I was talked about far and wide. The owner of the hot-air balloon was threwd enough to see that there was money to be made out of so much free advertising, and he made me a hand- . —■— ■ 1 ' ■ him didn’t jerk the rope

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though the position was certainly favorable for such a result. Instinctively I grasped the rope that was hanging down beside me and hung on for dear life. “The aeronaut above me apparently knew nothing of what was going on below his car. for the dry-goods and house-furnishing circulars continued to flutter down past ine in undiminished quantities. “He had doubtless heard a great cry from the crowd, but interpreted it probably as occasioned by the sight of a balloon ascension, which was then more of a novelty in thafr region than it would be to-day. “After a minute I was able tq_get my’ foot out of the loop in which it had caught, and so to let myself down into an upright position. The balloon was rising steadily, and there was no more jerking and apparent motion to the rope than there would have been had it been suspended from a high beam in a barn, and this alone made it possible for me to cling to it. “I now found that I could tw ist one leg around the rope, and by resting one foot on the rope where it crossed the other foot. I could very nearly remove the weight from my hands, which was a great relief. I knew then that I had a chance to get out of the fix I was ia. for I could now alternately rest my hands and my feet. ' "Reassured by this. I looked up at the balloon above me, and conceived the idea of climbing up to it. for. like tnoet country boys, I was expert at climbing. “The rope had caught me before half of it had been taken up from the ground, so that the distance up to the car was much less than it might have been. I fottnd no very great difficulty in gradually climbing up to a position under the car. stopping very often to rest. “It has always seemed strange to roe that the man above didn't discover meanwhile that be had a boy 'banging on behind.* but it can perhaps be ex-! plained by the fact that he was an old ’ hand at the business, and. as sailing j through the air wa? no novelty to him. j he didn't spend any time looking at the scenery below. “He sat there in the middle of the car. calmly tossing out circulars and smoking his pipe, while I climbed up toward.

some offer to make the ascensions with him, and I promptly accepted the offer. 1 was greatly interested in my new work, and gradually begun to add some ■‘attractions,’ such as performing on the trapeze bar as the ascension was made, and then parachute leaps from the balloon, high in air. But I never attempted any such ‘attraction’ as was exhibited when 1 went up hanging by one foot to the drag-rope.”—Webb Donnell, in Golden Days. JULY 4, 1897.

Columbia fair, on wheels of Are. Her century made at scorcher’s sail And now the nations all proclaim That she's a nation “up to date.** Ilia Mother-in-Law—Why, what’s the | matter? You look as gloomy a| a new * moon in a fog. He—Xo wonder! WIHm called me a 1 colossal ass! His Mother'i n-Law—Well, yon art i large.—Larks. A Cesslinate Dsetor. Mr. Sickly—Now. doctor, tell me, candidly, what condition do yon find my lungs? Dr. Soonover—They are In pretty bad shape, but there Is no danger of their not lasting aa long aa you lire—fl. 1. World

M i ' - ' 4*. » *§S A Secretary Sherman’s friends will hare harder work defending his complete change of opinion embodied in the signature of the Hawaiian treaty of annexation than. ha*i been caused by any change he has made in the whole course of his shifty career. When the question of annexation came up in connection with the selection of Sherman for the secretaryship of state the Bepublie quoted his utterance in his volume of recollections, in which he declared that,i$ his life was prolonged he would, do all he could to add to the strength and prosperity of the United States, “but nothing to extend its limits and add new dangers by the acquisition- of foreign territory.** It is urged in justification of changes of mind on the part of statesmen that new situations and political necessities or circumstances arise to force them to a change of course and the adoption of new lines of policy. In politics, as in war, the clash of forces continually changes the situation and compels the correction of plans to meet them. But this plea cannot, be urged in behalf of Mr. Sherman’s present change. There is no change of situation in the case of Hawaii which cannot be met on the lines of our traditional policy and the principle laid down in the deliberate conclusion to which Mr. Sherman arrived in the calm reflection of his old age. Arguments advanced in favor of the annexation of *be islands are remarkable cmeHiT-fq/ their flimsiness. .It is urged that it is necessary to annex Hawaii to prevent the seizure or oppression of the little country by another nation. What absurdity! We were not compelled to annex Venezuela in order to prevent England from seizing the territory or oppressing that country. ! We assure the independence of every republic on this continent without a thought of annexation. We sustain the Monroe doctrine, and we can maintain the independence of Hawaii and protect her rights without the establishment of a formal protectorate or the annexation of the territory. We can assure them self-government in peace without assuming any of the responsibilities o? government or departing a hairbreadth from the safe aud sound policy of avoiding territorial extension or foreign entanglements. We have only to announce the policy to have it. respected by the aations of the civilized world. By implication Mr. Sherman clearly and strongly conveys the opinion that the extension of our limits is bad policy and tends to weaken the nation, and that new dangers would be involved in the acquisition of foreign territory. What compensation would we get for thus embarking in a new and dangerous political enterprise in opposition to all our past tried policy? We would get a fresh debt, a new and distant territory to defend and the responsibility for ^the government of a mongrel people with most undesirable elements. We get no material benefit not assured to us by treaty. The fact is that several thousand Americans have seized* Hawaii and do not know what to do with it or howto let go. Some millions of American money are invested in. Hawaiian property and bonds and the men in possession ofjlawaiijwan^ to shift their political troubles and the guardianship of their property to the shoulders of the United States. We are. asked toyibandon the proved wisdom of the fathers to lift them Out of a hole, and we seem to be on the verge of yielding to the folly.—St. Louis Republic.

POINTS AND OPINIONS* -It cannot be denied that he tariff hill is sugar-coated, but that is not going to make it easier to swallow. Quite the reverse.—Indianapolis News. -When Mark Hanna turns patronage broker he is trafficking not only in offices which belong to the people, but in the personal honor of his principal. President McKinley.—N. Y. World. -W'hen the high protective tariff "bill is passed and the price of favored products is raised we will see how little interest labor has in “protec-* tion.” Labor has no sympathy from trusts and tariff-made monopolies, except just before election.—Columbus (O.) Press. -The proposed annexation of Hawaii again raises the question of Secretary Sherman’s retirement. The aged statesman has put up with some galling humiliations in his day. but it is hard to see how, in view of the concluding paragraph of his “Recollections,” he can retain both his office and his self-respect.—Albany Argus. -The sugar trust is the federal administration’s “Simon.** Simon says Cuba must not be recognized, “Thumbs up!” and Mr. McKinley’s thumbs are elevated. The sugar trust wants Hawaii annexed. “Thumbs down!” and, lo, Mr. McKinley’s thumbs di op down. The sugar trust is running the republican party and its president.—Illinois State Register. -The president is doing what he can to amuse the people while the senate rote them of many millions. He first tried his jumping-jack bimetallic commission.which was really quite funny. He now means to give them Hawaii as a toy, filled with nice white lepers so very interesting and unique, and loaded with possibilities of foreign complications serions enough to turn their thoughts from measly tariff and financial questions.—Louisville Post. -People may wrangle and experts be deluded, but there la one* class of men- in this country who know what the sugar schedule means. They are the Wall street operators. Within four hours after the sugar schedule was agreed upon by the trust and the republican senators sngar stock went np from 118 to 124. and later it was quoted at 128%. Here is an increase of $6.12 a share, coincident with the report and actkm by the senate in adopting the ate aareed on.—Pittsburgh Post.

TRUSTY FRIENDS. Wk« Help the Ilea Thtnsk. The republicans of the senate have given the best possible proof of their insincerity in professing to be hostile to trusts by rejecting the Pettigrew amendment putting on the free list for* eign articles when the corresponding domestic articles are controlled by combinations. The republicans passed the anti-crust law of 1890. The author of that law, John Sherman, had declared on the floor of the senate that he would vote to withdraw protection from producers who combined to stifle competition. He held to the republican theory that protection was a good thing for consumers in the long run, because it induced competition among home producers and thereby reduced prices below what they would be in the absence of protection. His attention was called to the fact that producers combined to destroy competition among one another, and extort up to the limit fixed by the duties. It was then that Sherman said he would vote to withdraw protection in such cases. He did not do that, but he introduced his anti-trust bill, and his republican associates voted for it. By that act they publicly professed to be hostile to monopoly combinations. That law has been practically of no effect. And now the republicans deliberately refuse to reach the trusts in the only sure way— by denying them protection. And they emphasized their refusal by tabling the Pettigrew amendment in connection with the sugar schedule, which their steering committee so framed that it sent up the diluted stock of the sugar trust five to ten points, to 126. And they do it in the face of the plainest possible demonstration that the trust absolutely stifles competition. They have not only the admission of the head of the trust before the Lexow committee, but they have also the seven identical bids submitted in response to an advertisement for sugar for the Indian reservations. In the face of this evident conspiracy to rob the government, the republicans vote down the Pettigrew amendment. And, not content with that, they vote down in caucus an amendment offered by one of their own number. Senator Spooner, intended to compel the tru;: to dispose of the enormous stock oi sugar it has been importing in anticipation of higher duties at prices based on the present tariff. Not content with giving this great monopoly more protection, they deliberately assist it in beating the treasury and raking off millions of extra profit. The republicans are exceedingly kind to the trusts, and especially to the sugar trust. And the only excuse they offered was that of Mr. Hoar, who said that the tariff bill was no place for such an amendment as that offered by Mr. Pettigrew, and besides it would enable any three men to put any article on the free list by organizing a bogus combination. Obviously the tariff bill was the only proper place for the legislation pro- ■ posed by Mr. Pettigrew. And not less obviously is it easy enough to distinguish between a genuine and a bogus trust. The Hoar excuse will not serve -^-Chicago Chronicle.,

AT THEIR OLD TRICKS. ProteetloiUt* to Keep Ip tlie Old Confidence Game. The republicans have long been telling the fanner that it is their earnest desire to protect him, and they are always threatening to do it. Tariff after tariff has been made, and yet, preliminary to the making of evet^ tariff, the farmer has been told that he must be protected. Tariff duties have been repeatedly socked on the farmer's products, and yet he has always been marked oat for the considerate attention of the protectionists, just as if he had been hitherto overlooked. The same game is being played now. The fanner is again assured that he must be protected, the inference being, of course, that the tariff makers forgot all about him the last time. He is to be made happy, therefore, too, by the slapping on of the same old tariff duties that have admittedly failed to constitute protection heretofore. And so it goes, and so it will keep on going. There is reason to think it anyway. The other day it was proposed in the senate to pay a bounty on agricultural products. This would have meant pro- i teetion; there'is no doubt about that. All that the farmer needs is better prices for his products. He cannot get such prices uuder the protective sys- j tern of imphrt duties; because there j is little or no competition from foreign j agricultural products, and the home j market is not equal to the absorption i of his entire production. The proposed j bounty would have been a good thing for him. It is the only thing, in fact, in the wav of a government gift that could be helpful to him. Will he get it? Not much. The senate lost no time i In rejecting the proposal. The protec- j tionists are burning with a desire to do j something for the farmer, but when j the opportunity to help him is afforded them, they let it slip; they run away from it. Perhaps, some day. the farmer’s eyes will be opened to the sort of work the republican tariffites are giving him.— Exchange. -In response to a widespread ap- j peal for relief, the administration proposes to .give the people a Sandwich. If this meant the sidetracking of the scheme of tariff-robbery, all might be well, but it doesn’t mean that. Nothing can alter the determination of those in power to turn the trust wolves loose on the helpless people.—Binghamton (N. Y.) Leader._; -Under the pending tariff bill the people will pay a bounty to the men who stumbled on land rich in lead deposits. but it will put a heavy burden on the men who are engaged in the business of smelting lead ore.—Kansas City Times.

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