Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 17, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 September 1897 — Page 8

INTERESTING ITEMS. ^Condition* of the Reformatory at Jeffersonville. . Jftrfchday Anniversary of John Traylor, Jefferson Township. ilwijn pays to Trade With Horae Merchant* You are 4?quainted With. £>* World** Wktat ( rop and Weat h*r Prediction -Otfcer S»»i.

ri; 1*0icn.%tokv crowukd. ■ItiilUr) t'eadltloa* IJwd-Tlir lirrM<ir of PrUooer>. Dr. K. D. Laughen of Orleans, a member; of the state board of health, was at the j reformatory, making an inspection of the j sanitary condition of the premises. He j taid that he was mnch pleased. Many changes had evidently been made to bettdr the hygienic condition, and the health of the convicts was certainly exceedingly good,; he said, only two cases out of 738 convicts ! being in the hospital—one a surgical case. ; while the other was a consumptive. He ; found no acute disease of any kind. He; believed that one cause of the general j health was the bathing required ami the * regular furni'hinj- 6f clean linen. Tl.< food he found nutritious and healthful. A further improvement, he thought, would J undoubt,e<Uy follow the opening of the new hospital, where infectious disease could be; isolated.

1 he questk<n of the overcrowding of the ’ reformatory came up in conversation with] the doctor, and a prixm official said that i in cell house A, all cells were occupied by | iwo men; that tlie aaine condition prevailed j iti some of the ranges in cell house B, and that some of the men occupied cot- in the corridor?. What would or could l*e done when the courts resume*! after their summer vacation, was hard to tell, tie expected to me at least 1.000eouricts in the institution, and all the cell.' where it could possibly l« done would have to accommodate two men, while others a iio could not b- taken into cells would have to sleep in the corridors. He held that a new cell house t> an imperative necessity. Be foie 1803, the old prison south, now the reformatory, rarely reached a population of over six hundred. Then the figure' gradually ro.«c until it went o'er eight hundred. The reformatory officials, say that the great apparent increase in criminality was not due so much to a real increase in crime, but to a great improvement in the police system of Indiana ami greater stringency of the court in the punishment of crime. He recalled incidents where young men had imlulged in frolics acme years ago. which would not now be tolerated in the same community. It was really the best j policed and most law-abiding com mum ties in the state which sent the larger number of criminals, for the simple reason that they woui«i not tolerate infractions of law . but followed them with prompt punishment. Only a few years ago, certain small crimes had lteen often punished only with jail sentences, where now the courts aim '! always uu(s-«d a prison sentence. Ikuifed as au instance the crime of white-eapjdug, which for many years went unpunished until Governor Matthews suppressed p. j Since then many white cappers had been ! promptly coimf led. Dr. Langhen said thm* he and the other; members of the state beard of health wer. ; very atntoUa to arrange some mean.' whereby ! in all 'tale institutions all contagious and ■ infectious diseases could be isolated,ami the llWiatos thus protected from ooe another I At the Kvatisville hospital for insane there ’ was no such arrangement, he said, and it! was lacking m almost all the institutions , much to tha dlsgrace-of th>- state. wlu< h 1 Was behind other states m thus respect. tNMUUMltl 1»U.

Tl* liJ Iirtk4«f of r»H» J«ki Trojlor Ctle braird U>l >*rU«|. Probably one of the largest birthday anpmiWW «# held in Southern Indiana was that tendered Facie John Traylor a: Traylor Union church on last Friday, it faring bin torfoty-wrotni birthday. Every detail as arranged was a success am! it waa indeed a gnat honor to the old gentleman who has so ioug resided in Jefferson township. Those who had charge of affairs spared neither time nor exc use in making it a grand success. Friends were there from all parts of the county to the number of over a thousand to take par: iu the anniversary. They oame with basket* well filled with the things good for the inner wan. The Meehanu-s* band of this city furnished the music for the occasion. In the forenoon Kev. \\\<od? of Wlpen, preached an excellent sermon on the birthdays. At tiie conclusion of the sermon and several selections of musk- the people assembled were iuvited to partake of the bounties of life which had been »o elegantly prepared by the good ladies of that com* ■tunity. Two long tables, each ISO tact. K'tvg. had been arranged and delicately

prepared with the finest edibles the land affords and fit (or a queen. The dinner was enjoyed by all, and there was enough left to feed 1.000 more. In the afternoon the band again furnished music to enliven the people. The Rev, Qoodwin of Otweil, delivered an address i which was very appropriate to the occasion. ! Herschel Richardson, the artist, was on | hands, and took a snap-shot, of the large i assemblage. Then came the hour for adjjourniiig, and after wishing Uncle John i many more such happy and pleasant occa- ! sione the people returned to their homes. Uncle John Traylor is one of the oldest residents of Jefferson township, being born and raised on the farm which he now owns. He lias always taken a prominent part in the affairs of his township, and is a man highly respected by all who kuow him. He is liberal with his means, and donated the land on which stands Traylor Union church and the cemetery plat, and also nearly completed the church of his own means. He has always lent a helping hand to the needy and always a friend to the people. In politics he is a democrat of the old school and for many years took an active part in the campaigns. The DmociUT and a host of friends wish him a long and happy life in old age. BUY Of' Horn: ItEKtilAXTS. A Utile Advice Wlitch il Mtfrht be Well to Heed ia Fut arc Hu jin* Frequently have we warned our rentiers about the danger of buying goods from strangers and particularly against signing notes or other papers, at the suggestion of oilv tongutsl rogues. Such papers generally turn up to be promisorv notes. We are informed that thebe is a gang of smooth looking strangers traveling about the country selling clothing, piece goo*is, dry goods, etc., in bundles, taking the purchasers notes for the same. If some of those notes should be ‘•raised*’ or some innocent looking order signed, should prove to be a note collectible by law, the victim would then be able to see that he had been duped. Then there is another reason why citiaenought not to buy from these tramp dealers it is not loyal or justice to home merchants who pay taxes and help defray the expenses of the county. ThoSS wandering dealers come along with a lot of shoddy goods, and by false slat incut induce people to buy.* The trutii is, better goods* can generally is* 1 anight for less money from home dealers —good n-ponsible merchants who have reputation to sustain and can not afford to swindle their customers, These tramp merchant*^?} have no reputation to sustain. They sell a few inferior goods and then leave before the Assessor comes around. Resides it is safest to buy from home dealers.

WO It LAN WHKAT t'UOP. Tl»s l.arfrrst Shortage known lor a Number of The world'' wheat harvest of 1897 has turned out deficient. Kurope is short 384 - tXJ0,000 in her |»riKluctiou as com pa ml with her average consumptive requirements. This is the estimate of Beerbohm, an accepted authority. It is borne out quite fully by an extraordinary demand from Europe for wheat. America has produced a most excellent crop of winter wheat, but a |<oor. in both quantity and quality, of spring wheat. Art estimate by the government, recently made, gives the total crop at 458,000.000 bushels, some 10,000,000 or 12,000,000 below the av> rage of the last ten tears, and in that decade we produced, in J^Ol 2. the two largest crops in our history. This *'tiinate by the government Is-gener-ally accepted as too low. The most acceptable iigure now is 500,000,000 bushels. Of this »e-shall need very chose to 400,000,000 for our oap us*- in consumption and seed, Beerbohm, in hi' calculation, places our crop at 55O,OoO.0OO buslwtls, ami our homo requirements at 365,000,000 bushels. He say' America will have only 185,<*00,000 for export, based on his figures of alt enlarged crop and reduced home requirements. This would indicate a decided advance in price in the future. rONTI K'N PULUK TIOXX.

The l'rw|>h**r Predict* the U cmlirr lor v>|)ifmbtr. My last bull, tii! gate forecast* of the stprm WHv*t u> cross the continent from the 29th to 31*1, ami the next will reach the Pacific cea»t aU»:it September 1, cross the west of the Roekin* country by close of the At, great central valleys 3d to 5th and eastern Mates 6th. A warm wave will cross the west of Rookie* country about September 1, great central valleys 3*1 and eastern state* 5th. A cool wave will cross the west of Rockies country a Unit September 4.great central \aileys 6th. and eastern state* Sth. - The low of this distutbanec will pass through the southern and the high through the northern slate*, which will cause not very high temperature in the warm wave, but quite low teni|*-rature* in the cool wave. Temperature of the week ending August 2Sth, will average above in the northern ami Mow in the southern states. Not much rain during that week. General high temperatures will prevail about August .*9 and 30. and heavy jamwill follow, heaviest in the southern states. Next week’s bulletin will contain general forecasts for September, including rains and northern frosts. A Care for bilious Colic. Resoracx, Screven Co., Ga.—I have been subject to attacks of bilious colic lor several years. Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoe Remedy is the only sure relief. It acts like a charm. One dose of it gives relief when all other remedies fail.—G. D. Shaw. For sale by J. R. Adam* A Sun. s

FOURTEEN QUESTIONS Continued from first page* Answer. The fineness of the gold dollar, i and the weight of the gold dollar have all | been changed since 1793 without injuring | their efficiency, but, of course, these ! changes affected their value. The amount of pure silver in the silver dollar has never beeu changed sinee the first dollar was coined. But the question then is irrelevant because bimetallists do not desire to change either the weight or fineness of the gold and silver coins. They desire the free and j unlimited coinage .of gold and silver into j coins of the present weight and fineness. ! without waiting for the aid or consent of | auy other nation. Question 11. Is unity of the commercial I value of the raw material in coins essential if those eoins are to fulfill the same j monetary function iu the commercial world? j Answer. Concurrent circulation of the | metals is not essential to bimetallism. It has already been shown that the bimetallic system existed in the United States from 1793 down to 1878, although the metal did not circulate concurrently, the reason being that France maintained a ratio of 13 1-8 to 11. The French ratio was more favorable to gold than ours up to 1834, and more favorable to silver afterward. The legal ratio of France controlled 4he commercial ratio iu the United States, and raided gold to a premium prior to 1834 and stiver to a premium after 1884. There being now no such influence at work to destroy the party, bimetallists contend that the parity cau maintained between gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. I may add that during the entire existence of the bimetallic system iu the Uuited States no political party ever condemned it in national convention,but it is a significant fact that after the abandonment of bimetallism and the adoption of the gold standard, no political j party ever commended the gold standard prior to lt>96, and in 1890 the gold demo- i crats, who did comment! the gold standard, only mustered 133,(K)U votes in the whole country. The republican party pledged itself to promote international bimetallism, and the administration has already sent a eommission abroad to petition the nations of Europe to co-operate with the United States in getting rid of the gold standard. • Question 13. Would changing the vig.-j netie. legend or milling ou any one of our ; coins change its efficiency or value in the commercial world ?

Answer. The changing of the inscrip ! tion upon our coins would not affect the value of the coins in the commercial world, but if the stamp of the English sovereign were substituted for the Goddessof Liberty and the American eagle our A merican coins might be more pleasing to those who think that our financial policy should be determined for u> by the financier- of Loudott. Questiou 13. Is that good money of ultimate redemption which nerds to be insured against loss or damage by fire? Answer. The thirteenth question overlook,- the fact that gold can be melted without loss because, and only because, it can be coined without charge. If the government charged 5 cents for converting258-10 grains of standard gold into a dollar, that, dollar would lose- 5 cents in melting. In other words, the fact that gold can be melted without loss is due to law, not to nature. The same will t>e true of silver when silver is given equal privileges with gold. Question 14. Would the manufacture and issuance of a cheaper coined dollar iHeresy-- the value of the property in the United States, or redistribute that property more nearly equal? Answer. If the weight of the dollar, whether gold or silver, were lessened, the! nominal value of property would be! increased, but the purchasing value of a[ dollar can be increased or diminished without changing the weight of the dollar. President McKinley in a speech made in ! 1801, criticised Mr. Cleveland for discriminating agam.-t silver, and declared that Mr. Cleveland was trying to make dollars dearer by making them scarcer, and even intimated that this was equivalent to making “money the master and all things else-the servant.” The gold standard has raised the purchasing power of money and caused a general fall in prices. The restoration of bimetallism would undo what gold monometallism has done. To lessen the weight of the dollar after a imtract was made would injure the creditor just as an increase in the weight of a dollar would injure the debtor, but a similar result can lie produced without changing the weight of the dollar. The debtors of the world have been injured by legislation which lias increased the value of gold. If, by the latter part of the fourteenth question, it is meant to assert that bimetallism would cause a redistribution of property, it may ; be replied that bimetallism merely restores the conditions which existed prior, to 1873, and stops the unjust advantage which the government ha.- been giving to the money changing classes at the expense of thej : wealth producing classes.

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A Most Thrilling Free Feature! «THE GREAT VED.OCK* Who dives headlong from a towering spire to a net 100 feet below, daily at 10:30 a.m. and 0:30 p.»n.

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The grandest, richest, r*re^t street parade ever beheld—defying all competition—e\erv morning at 10 o'clock. Two complete performances daily at 2*aml $ p.m. Door:? open one hour earlier. One ticket admits to all. , Petersburg, Saturday, September 4th.

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Summer Suitings We have the latest patterns ami styles to select from. Suiits ^Cs.d.e to IMTea-suLre: SIS, IS, SSO, S22 and. "CXp. Pants ^vPad.3 to Oxd.ex: $-4, 5, SS, 7, S3 and "CTp. Burger & Bro., Merchant Tailors i

I have some of the best pigs on hands now that I ever owned. I have 13 gilts and 4 males that are tiptop, sited by my great show hoar, Bonne, No. 2095. Among the lot are two extra December hoars that are large enough for service. Prices reasonable. M.L.Heathman, Glezen.lnd

Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis G. Railroad Time table in effect Jane 27.1807; St, Louts St. Louis Fast Kxp. Limited. . 8:i<7 a-m. P:tiT p.m. Leave lv:tVs.in.i U:i>p.tn. Leave U^>5 h.ui 12:M a.m. Leave ll:it> a m , 12:l>a.m. l.eave 11:81 H.m.i 12:31 a.m. Leave d:2u p.m. 8:38 a.m. Arrive. Stations. lenlKviUe Huntmgburg Velpen Winslow Oakland City Si. Louis* Louisville Louisville Limited. Fast Exp. arr:ve; arrive; arrive^ arrive: arrive) Leave' 7:00 a.m. 425 a.m 4:«2 a.m. 3:32 a. in 3:57 a.m. 8:15 p.m. 5:30 p m. 3:00 p.m. 2;3R p.m. 2.27 p.m. 2:12 p.m. 7:32 a.m. Nigbt trains stop at Wittslow and Velpen on signal only. K. A. Campbell, G.P.A., St. Louis. J. F. Hurt, agent, Oakland Citj.