Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 23, Petersburg, Pike County, 15 October 1897 — Page 3

••COMMERCIAL RELATIONS." A Xew u< Valuable Volume Soon to be lo seed by the Bureau of Foreign Corn■oce of State Uepartmeut—It to of Larger Scope than Ite Predecessors. Washington, Oct 1L—The bureau af foreign commerce of the state depart in cut is just now busily engaged 4 in the preparation for publication of the volume known as ‘'Commercial Relations of the United States,” embodying annual reports from United States consuls in every country in the world upon the trade conditions in their respective districts. Within the past three years the quality and the value of this annual publication to the business interests of the country have improved in an astonishing degree, owing to careful selection of material, patient suggestion to consuls of information likely to be desired, and the addition of a compendious and thorough review prepared by the chief of the bureau, setting out conclusions as to general trade tendencies that may be impartially drawn from the vast store of matter supplied by the consuls. The forthcoming volume is of larger scope even than its predecessors, and instead of being little more than the dry compilation of figures that it formerly was, the “Commercial Relations” for 18UO-7 will present a mass of information of such variety as to be valuable and interesting not only to exporting merchants, but to public men, to manufacturers and to technical workers. * An indication of the character of the work is afforded by the extractions that have been made from the reports received within the last week only aud have been given the benefit of advance publication. From Hanover comes an account of the installation of an electric railway for handling heavy freight, suggestions for placing American tools in Germany aud talk of an opening for breakfast cereals. The consul at Barcelona reports upi>n the trade of Spain as affected by Italian war upon the Spanish woman's aversion to the bicycle, und upou tariff and financial questions. From nearby Sauto Domingo comes a report of railway development, of tariff changes aud a comparison of Eurofieau aud American credit systems. The depressing effects of American competition upon the Swiss watch trade is described by the consul at Geneva, wau also tells .of the preference for American bicycles, and of the growiug demand for American canned goods. California fruits aud sole leather. ■ The leather trade is also treated by the cousui at Bristol, a trade ceuter, aud li£ adds u chapter on bacon that should be luteK-stiug to . hog-raisers and packerS'Tecause of the technical hints irpotKgrovving aud curing for the J^ugliih hiyrkct. The inroads that Ainerioaul^ead pencils are making iutc the formerly exclusively German foreign markets is the subject of a chapter in the report of the consul at Nuremburg.' The oonsul at Straford reports upon corn and barbed wire, aud the cousui at Coaticouk throws out some hints to American newspaper publishers as to the means of obtaining a sale for their publications iu the Domiuiou. GOLD FOR AMERICA. tto Price of Silver Again l>ectlnes on At! verse News .from India. ^4 London, Oct 11.—The resumption of the gold shiptueuts has changed the outlook for the mouey market Grain shipments from the United States are now large and cotton also is en route, while there is little, if any offset iu the way of American purchases in this market So far. indeed, as slock operations are concerned, special rernip tances in cash are being made to New York iu connection with the coming sale of the Union I‘acdie railroad. These circumstances combine to indicate a somewhat large drain of gold and an advance in the bank rate, although the American demand will doubtless be met to some extent from Paris, French purchases of wheat being considerable. A moderate rise in the value of money is probable. Discount is rather firmer. The banks are not taking paj»er freely, though money remains in good supply at one per ceut. for a week, liar silver isl '- j pence per ounce lower, owing to the general belief that the ludiau government has definitely refused to reopen the Indian mints to the free coinage of silver. If this belief is well founded, all the negotiations of the American bimetallic commissioners may be considered at an end.

SILVER AS A RESERVE. |t Wilt B« Hoard of No Mor* ta tb* iUuk of KnflaiiiL Loni>on, OcL 11.—The Times,-in its financial article this morning, expresses the belief that ho far as the Bank of England is concerned nothing more will be heard of the offer to hold silver a* a portion of the reserve. Proceeding, it says it deplore* tne '•'.aischievous" effect that the governor's letter has had abroad, and it quotes at length from a letter written by a big American manufacturer, whose name is not giveu, dilating upon and regn-t-tiug the fact that the bank's offer was to some extent a-coufes-sion of the advisability of what Mr. llryau had claimed. WILL NOT RETURN. V. Kotaeba. lh« Kuulan HlaUtrr UrcMn to Kruutu at Bona. Washington. Oct. 1L—It is stated ou good authority that Mr. £. de Kotzebu. the Russian minister to the L'uited States, who is now at $L Petersburg on a leave of absence, has decided not to return to this country. His reasons for this are said to be of a family character. It is also said that the minister’s health is not so robust as when he first came to Washington. The announcement of bis successor is exnee ted within a reasonable times

FARM AND GARDEN. IMPROVED PLANT PIT. Its Distinctive Feature la a WellPlaaaed Atr Fine. To safely keep fruits and vegetables during severe weather is a problem with many. An idea, simple in design, is a I cold frame, wanned some degrees above the outside temperature by air without ; fire heat. Its distinctive feature is an air flue, leading from a point down the ! incline on which the pit is situated | through the earth mal.ily below the [ frost line, in order to Jumper the fresh I air that is admitted, sor.ew hat- A chirm

HANDY GARDEN PIT. ney for creating an air shaft is also included, as portrayed in Fig. 2. In Fig. 1 is given a view of the pit in perspective, showing also the manner of banking up with earth and.the door at the entrance. Fig. 2 gives a lengthwise sectional view and shows the peculiar interior arrangement. In its construction there is first a pit. some four feet deep and about seven feet wide, as loug as desired, of the shape shown. Abovt this the framework is erected, resting on a foundation of stone. The sides oi the house are bauked up nearly to th«

SECTIONAL VIEW OF PIT. top; above the bank, glass is used on ends and roof. Some 50 feet from the pit, a trench two feet deep is dug and extended to the side of the pit, and opening into it from beneath the foundation. Five-inch drain tile are laid in the bottom, beginning at the pit and running to the surface, the ditch being tilled in nghin. At the rear end of the pit a ventilator pipe runs up £roiu the pit, thus causing in all mild weather, when the pipe cut* Dlls are open, a constant current of ait to pass under the stage on which the plants stand. The cold air in its underground passage becomes warm chough to keep plants, ordinarily, from being harmed by the cold.—Farm and Home. % VITRIFIED BRICK. Its Value as a Pavlas Maiertal .Vow Widely Iteeoitntsed. Vitrified brick is highly spoken of as t paving material, in which capacity it promises to become a strong rival of both asphalt and wood. The brick is thoroughly annealed and blended, so as to obtain the maximum degree of hardness and toughness, together w >th the minimum tendency to absorption of water. The bricks made from shale are the best. The silica, alumina and irou they contain give a material that is harder than steel. It is the only substance that will successfully resist the calks and heels of the horse's shoe. It wears uniformly. As the bricks are non-absorb-ent and uniform in size they present an absolutely water-tight pavement which is easily* cleaned by w ashing or sweeping, and affords the best sanitary pavement yet discovered. Brick pavings can oe easily repaired. They are couiparat:w. ,\ noiseless and less slippery than either granite or asphalt. They have been successfully used in Holland for lot) years, and in thiscountry atCharleston, W. Va., without any^j-epairs for 25 years. They are now the standard pavement in many other cities. One of the best tests for determining the value of u brick for paving purposes is the rattler or abrasion test. The oricks are put into a foundry rattler, together with 300 pounds of scrap irou, and revolved for 200 revolutions. They are weighed before and after. The percentage of loss is said to be equal to 25 years' wear in the street. In such tests the Alabama-made brick lost 10 per cent., while other bricks lost 12 “tc 15 per cent.

Milk Cam Need Good Care. The buttermaker. if up to his business, can detect off-flavored milk at the receiving can. but cannot always tell the cause. There are two causes that ire most prevalent. First, the cans are not properly cleansed. Second, the milk has uot been properly cooled. The last is the one we want the creamery men to talk to their patrons about. The aiilk can be cooled in water even if no ice is available, if the water is running and the milk is stirred accordingly. There should always be slats in the vat* so water can circulate uuder , the cans, and even when sitting on the 1 floor it will be a great advantage tc i have the cans raised from the floor. A ! little attention to these details will insure better milk and better butter.— 1 Elgin Dairy Keport. Save the Hardiest Kind*. If peaches were as hardy as apples, i there is no fruit that would pay the ! aortieulturist as well as the *{>ea«-h. tfut from ten to fifteen percent, below tero will surely kill the fruit buds. To improve the hardiness of the trees, seeds of the hardiest varieties of both seedlings as well as budded varieties should be selected and planted out; when these come into bearing, the choicest and hardiest kinds should be •ared for and the poor and most tenier be eat. out.—Western Plowman.

JUST A SUGGESTION How Employment Mtplit (le Found for All Seekers After Work. It seems a pity that some one well primed with statistics does not take up the “Cause of Good Hoads” and the “Question of the Unemployed” combined. It seems strange indeed that a community will take no interest in the welfare of its citizens, and see that they are provided with employment whereby they may secure for themselves and those dependent upon them the necessaries of life until some offeuse against the community has been committed. It must be admitted that no single line of improvement can be mentioned that can employ so many hands and give j such immense interest on the investment. First, to the owners of the property | abutting. Second, to the township. Third, to the county. . Fourth, to the state, and Fifth, to the whole country. The proportion that each should pay toward a general and systematic improvement of the roads is a matter that can be determined after a serious consideration of the question. A standing offer of one dollar per day for road work all over the United States would practically annihilate the army of unemployed, thus giving employment to thousands of deserving men, doing away completely with one cause for crime, suffering and suicide, and giving a healthy increase to the valuation of taxable property all over the country. Many suggestions might be advanced as to the methods of paying such a vast army, and I have no doubt but what one. can be evolved that would be both simple and feasible. In regard to the use of “convict labor* on the highways of this nation, I am of the opinion that there are phases ot expense and danger to be considered while in the use of the unemployed there' is certainly no element of danger. and the expense need be no greater, if as great.—Alvin Plummer, in L. A. W. Bulletin. ROADS IN GERMANY. Their Maintenance Filed b» Si»eelWt | Law* nml Itcifiiln tlon*. There is in Prussia and in the other | states a corps of educated, highly trained state employes who have made reads their pro. ess ion, and they know | their business. Constant repair is one main reason for the condition of the German roads. Comprehensive and minute regulations are strictly enforced. | Ip some provinces the village mayor is held strictly responsible for the good I een'dion of all the roads in his district except the state roads. The work of repair is constant and the labor is constantly supervised. Another main reason why the building of roads is carried out honestly is the virtual absence of temptation to do otherwise. The laws are very strict and violations are severely punished by tine and imprisonment. There are three kinds of highways— the provincial, the Kreis and the Ue- I me hide Wege. The former two are those whose building and maintenance rests on the shoulders of the provincial or district representative bodies. All | the rest are communal or private roads, | and the same strict regulations apply to | them as to the provincial roads. In Prussia alone $11,000,000 per an- | num is paid out of the public funds for the maintenance of roads, and this does not include the moneys expended by individual communes and by private companies and individuals. On the highest grade of public road- j it is forbidden to use vehicles with protruding wheel nails, screws, spokes or otherwise objectionable gear. The horseshoes must be of a particular kirid. Heavy loads may not pa»=. over the roads without special permission. The tolls exacted on the German roads, though at one time generally imposed, are now small and infrequent. As the maintenance of the roads is fixed by specific laws and regulations, so too are the conditions of constructing new roads.—A'. V. Evening Post.

Kefrljjt-rntor* to Blame. Often the trouble from souring milk can be traced to the refrigerator. It may have a waste pipe leading directly to an uncovered bell trap in the cellar door, or indirectly by a rubber pipe through the kitchen or dining-room door to the cellar basement beneath, thus leaving all the contents of the refrigerator exposed to the induence of the sewer air. gases and disease-pro-ducing organisms. Or again, the refrigerator may seem cold on account of the great difference between its temperature and the cold outside, while it is in faet not cold, and by reference to a thermometer may show its temperature to be even above 60 degrees Fahrenheit. ' — Xovel Mmeailmnt It tin do. j What is termed a model macadam road is being built at New Urunswiek, N. J., under the supervision of the de1 part meat of agriculture, the street treated being College avenue, in the residential part of the city. The trap rock is crushed on the ground, spread by improved distributing wagons and 1 laid to a depth of four inches. It is then ! rolled by a heavy steam roller and treat- ! ed with a covering of cinders and a I fiue coat of screenings. When this road I is completed a 600-foot length of “farm i era’ macadam” is to be built. This road will be SO feet wide and five inchei ! deep. rialtlvmtloa la the Orchard. It matters not how or in w hat way a tree has been propagated, whether by | budding, whip-gtafted, a piece-root 1 or whole root used, or grown from a cutting. so it is p good, straight, thrifty, well-rooted tree, with an evenly bal acced top; a good tree is a good one and a poor tree is a poor one. It all depends upon the planter, upon the cart he gives it, whether it ever becomes a tree and bears fruit. Cultivation is tht one thing needful; cultivation is tht •aaential oert above all others.

U«t loath of the Teaaeaoee Ce*.<> teaatoi u4 Udaitrlal Bxyositloa. The month of October clones this greatest of all Expositions ever held in the South, and next to the Columbian, the best ever held in this country. For the closing month, spe cial attractions have been arranged, and the rates from all part3 of the country have been made lower than ever before known. The location (Nashville, Tenn.) is on the main line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, directly on its through car route between the North and South, and the trip in either direction via that city can be made as cheaply, if not cheaper, than via any other route. Ask your ticket agent for rates, or write to C. P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky., for rates and iniormation. Tibbs—“She is not only a fine-looking girl, but they say she has £5Q,000 in her own right.” Xibbe—“What would you do it you had a wife like that ?” Squibba—“Nothing.”—Judy. Left Destitute! Not of worldly goods, but of all earthly comfort, is the poor wretch tormented by malaria. The fell scourge is, however, shorn of its thong in advance oy Hostettcr’s Stomach Bitters, its only sure preventive and remedy. Dyspepsia, biliousness, constipation, rheumatism, nervousness and kidney complaints are also among the bodily afflictions which this beneficent medicine overcomes with certainty. Use it systematically. Lady (engaging servant)—“I ought to tell you that we are all strict teetotallers here. I suppose you won’t mind that?” Mary Jane—“Oh, no, mum! I’ve been in a reformed drunkard’s family before!”—Punch. When lumbago sets in St. Jacobs Oil Sets out to cure and cures it. When a woman takes off her coat at church it is not ne< essarilv a sign that she is too warm.—Washington Democrat. If You Are Heat lean and can not sleep at night, a dose of Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey will give you natural rest and refreshing sleep. It checks a cough at once and cures a cold in one night. It heals the throat, chest, and lungs, cures la grippe permanently, does not stupefy, is harmless. Children love it. Old people like it. Good druggists sell it. Whenever a man's business begins to drop off. others say it is a judgment for crooked dealing.—Washington Democrat. Hot or cold. Neuralgia's the same. St. Jacobs Oil cures the same. If a man has a little money and doesn’t work, he is called a capitalist.—Washington Democrat. “The Wont Cold I Ever Had.” You can cure it in one night with Dr. Bell’s Pine-Tar-Honey. *25e at all druggists. In thi3 world there is nothing except hypocrisy and lying.—N. Y. Weekly. Hall's Catarrh Care Is taken internally. Price ?5e. We often think it Is a waste of time to live.—Atchison Globe. The worst? It is—sciatica’s pain. But St. Jacobs Oil cures it. “Hades roust be like a big hotel in the crowded season.” “Yes—without tire escapes.”—Harlem Life. THE MARKETS. New York. October tl, 1897. CATTLE—Native Steers.i 3 75 5 15 COTTON—Middling..;. © «4 FLOUR-Wiuter Wheat.. 4 75 on 5 35 WHEAT—No. 2 Red... © CORN-No. 2. © 33** OATS—No. 2.. © 23*4 PORK—New Mess.. » 5© © 10 W ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling...*..... @ HELVES—Steers. 3 2a © 5 16 Cows and Heifers.. 2 50 © 3 so CALVES— (per head). 7 UU © 12 25 HOGS—Fair to Select. 3 50 © ? 3 80 SHEEP—Fair to Choice. 2 75 iftSK) © 4 90 © 4 60 (It *5 © 26* © 20 © 43 46 6 50 © 12 00 © 0 50 15 © IV) .. © 12* .. @8 25 .. © 6 .. © 4fc SH E EP—Fair to Choice. 2 75 FLOUR-Patents. 4 80 Clear and Straight.. 4 00 WHEAT—No. 2 Red Winter. .* .... CORN—No. 2 Mixed.. .... OATS-No. 2. - RYE-No. 2. 42 TOBACCO-Lugs... 3 00 Leaf Burley. 4 50 HAY—Clear Timothy.. 7 00 BUTTER-Cholce Dairy EGGS—Fresh.... .............. .... PORK Standard (new). .... BACON—Clear Rib .... LARD—Prime Steam. CHICAGO. CATTLE-Natire Steers. 4 85 HOGS—Fair to Choice. 3 65 SHEEP—Fair to Choice.. 2 25 FLOUR—Winter Patents.. 5 00 Spring Patents.. 4 80 @ 5 10 3 85 4 35 5 1* 5 10 86N 2. 4 19 7 75 WHEAT—No. 2 Spring No. 2 Red (new). © CORN -No. 2. 27)4 © OATS-No. 2.. •• 40 PORK—Mess (new) . 7 70 © KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers. 3 65 © HOGS-All Grades... 3 50 © WHEAT-No. 2 Hard. 814 © OATS-No. 2 White... 184 CORN-No. 2. 24)4© NEW ORLEANS FLOUR-High Grade. 4 50 © CORN-No. 2... 36 © OATS— Western. 254© HAY—Choice.... 12 00 PORK—Old Mess.. .... BACON—Sides. .... COTTON—Middling. LOUISVILLE. WHEAT No. 2 Red.-,. 94 @ 964 CORN -No. 2 Mixed.......- 30 * © 31 >4 OATS-No. 2 Mixed. 21 © 22^, PORK—New Mess. 9 00 © 9 75 BACON—Clear Rib. 7 COTTON—Middling... © ** 5 20 3 70 844 20 25 5 10 364 26 © 13 00 © 8 50 © 64 © 64 sMimtmMmumMi

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