Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 20, Petersburg, Pike County, 23 September 1898 — Page 2

MCE *111 American Representatives to th# Paris Conference Folly Inform* ed as to Their Duties. KFOSED TO TOO FOR FUtUCATIOI. Who CommtmAtmm Dined at the White ■mb* with e Ptelegnlehed Company —WU1 Not Be Idle While Be Bout*— Sinetirr Frye On Betentlnn of the FhlU Ippiee lelnnde. Washington, Sept. 16.—The cabinet wet in special session at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon and adjourned at 4 AH of the members were present exetpt Secretary Alger, who is not in the elty. All united in the statement made After the meeting that they had agreed to say nothing more of the remit of the deliberation than that the peace commissioners had been fully instructed. Of the nature of these instructions they oenveyed not a word. TIm Oomeeleelonere Folly laetroeted. It was said that the commissioners Acre “fully instructed” and upon seeklag a further expltnation of this phrase it appears that the cabinet had patiently gone over in the discussion with the commissioners every subject tbat la their opinion could be brought 4ato the proceedings before the joint AMnmission. On each of these the American commissioners were made with the views and wishes Ad the a Iministration.

A- Certain Amount ot Swououny. It Is not to be understood from this -Hiit the eommiss;onera go under iron«ind unchangeable instructions at all points, for there is a certain amount «C flexibility in the instructions also. As one of the cabinet members put it «ba president might as well have redue«fl his wishes to paper in the form oi y ultimatum and have sent that to Paris by messengers. The peace commissioners are in ao sense mere mouthpirrrt. but having chosen, with the ^tautest care and consideration, five pgn in whom he puts the most im* licit confidence, the president feels «w they are to be trusted with the Interests of the Cnited States. Kot a Frea Rein. It is not expected they will hare a free rein in the larger questions^ of policy, but, with ample opportunities \ for consultations by cable and other-, wise, there is no reason why the commissioners should sot be sble to carry Nt the desires of the administration, mod at the same time have the oportunity to somewhat shape those desires by conveying information they may •oquire. For instance, it is expected nt Paris the commissioners will facet Gen. Merritt, fresh from Manila, j mad, in addition, they will there have I the benefit of a special report from j Admiral Dewey. These will be of the ' greatest value, for the commissioners ! are not acquainted with the Philippine ! question in detail, and even the infor- | ^nation that is to be acquired from the Spanish peace commissioners is not to ; he despised wjien it takes such an ofti- j dal form that it can be relied upon as j to acuracy. i■! i nTn tor Dupartur* C ompleted. All the arrangements have been completed for the departure of the rmnmlsainn and its staff. Most of the .party will lej||e Washington at four o'clock this afternoon for Ncvr York, hot circumstances may detain some of the commissioners until the night strain. The Campania rails at 2 p. m. Satur- - day, mid explicit instructions have bqen given all of the members of the party as to being on board at that time. Special baggage tags have been printed for the belongings of the members, and a small paper paster, - showing red and blue bars crossed on • white background, gives a handy way of snaking a “red. white and blue** Identification of the personal luggage •f the party. to Work Ea Root*. ' A number of stout cedar chests have been made to carry the books, Cphlera, typewritten papers, etc^ ling a port of the American ease. The chests are like IjLsnallow stearoei truak, ao that they may be shoved under the berths aad thus be available on the passage ever instead of going with the baggage in the hold of the steamer- This will permit considerable work on the trip and it is expected that the commissioners will hold meetings on shipboard They will go"direct from Liverpool to London and there stop for a day’s rest, then proceeding i to Paris by way of Dover and Calais. '•fuUh SI last Ion Ootltaod by Soaev 8a|MU. Madrid, Sept. If*.—The queen regent tpres*ded at the cabinet council yester•day. Senor Sagasta, the premier, outlined the situation and said that the government had received no reply from Washington to its request for the repatriation of Spaniards in the Philippines. According to reports from Manila, one third of the prisoners of n*n. Aguinaldo have died of bad treatment. The peace commissioners will be appointed to-day.

-Owit* ITuUaitM MmmtUI AJfclall—■ Washington, Sept. 1C.—The George Washington Memorial association, the ^object of wnich is to found a national university in this city, held its fin* meeting; under ita new charter at the dta’eigh hotel in this city yesterday The board of trustees will hold a meeting at the Holland House in New tofic on the 16th and 17th insts. The -annual meeting' will be held in the eeo* end week in December. The association believes from the present outlook -that the corner atone will be laid in

FOR CUBA AMU PORTO RICO. At Amy of 8»»«aty Ttmanaid BtlafOn* wturtd ia Southern Camp* for Garrison Daly la the Antilles. Washington, Sept. 17.—The military movements ore being directed rapidly towards the assembling of » larger army in southern stations! for the win* ter camps and preparatory to the mili* tary occupation of Cuba and Porto Rico. A‘H>ut 70,000 troops are now located in the south and orders will be issued sending the First, Second, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth Cavalry from Montauk to southern stations. The Third cavalry already has gone south, and the First and Second infantry were Thursday afternoon ordered to Anniston, and the Eighth and Sixteenth to Jluntsville. This leaves the Seventh, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth infantry, the Second Volunteer Engineers | and companies G, and H, Fourth Artillery, at Montauk. Will be Ordered South la > Day or Two. Within a day or two these last remaining troops will be ordered south and Camp Wikoff will be no more. The purpose is to establish winter camps between the Thirty-first and Thirty-fifth parallels. The major part of the army thus assembled 1** destined for service in Cuba, with a much smaller force for Porto Rico, and a reserve in the winter camps. It is not the intention, however, to send the army of occupation ! to Cuba until ,after the unhealthy sea- I eon has passed, and meanwhile the troops will be put in the best possible condition.

No i'blDCM Will M IB*™On account of the desire of the war | department that no chances shall be taken in the way of exposure of the troops to the dangers of the unhealthy season, no impatience is felt on ac«y season, no impatience is leit on account of the rather slow progress of the work of the commission of evacuation ut Havana. Great satisfaction is expressed at the progress being made in Porto Rico, and the evacuation is expected to occur speedily, but in connection with the occupation of Porto Rico the same anxiety as to the health of the oimy is not felt, nor are there similar difficulties in connection with establishing the government. Porta Rico becoming at once a part of the territory of the" United States. PoMlbl* Trouble with Organised Insur. gents Not Taken lato Account. In assembling and organizing the army for the occupation of Cuba the consideration of possible trouble' with the organized insurgents is not being taken into serious account. The Havana dispatches stating that there has developed a strong sentiment in favor of independence and opposition to annexation, coupled with hostility toward the United States, are read with rather an air of amusement by officials of the administration, who suggest that it is absurd to give as a reason for hostility on the part of Cubans toward the United States that the Cubans are in favor of entire independence. The purpose of the Cubans to establish a stable independent form of government Is strictly in acoordanee with the terms of the president’s proclamation, and. therefore, furnishes no reason for a feeling of hostility. Cordial Relations Exist. All the information in the possession of the war department, it is said, indicates the most cordial relations and harmony of purpose between the Cubans and the representatives of this government. SPA N r^STi V ACO ATION. Formal Contraction of the Spanish Linas in Porto Rl«f» to Bagla Within the Next Bay or Two. San J uan. Island of Porto Ricu, Sept. 15.—(Delayed in transmission.)—At their meeting to-day the Spanish evacuation commissioners agreed to begin the formal withdrawal of their lines within two days. They will evacuate Lares, San Sebastian and Agualdilla. in the northwest of the island, withdrawing towards the cap it*l. Under the armistice they could hot withdraw their outposts without permission. Detachments of the Eleventh infantry will occupy this territory and raise the American flag. The abandonment of the other out)>osts will follow. The Spanish commissioners understand perfectly that the evacuation ot the islands must be in accordance with the terms of the protocol, as soon as transports can be sijcured. Transports from the fever-infected porta of (Cuba can not, they say, be used to tonvey uninfected troops from Parte Rico. The troops from Cuba and Porto Rico are to be landed at dlrferen*. ports in Spain. The Spanish authorities here can not control the transports in this respect. They must await the pleasure of Madrid. Our commissioners Yealize the force ot this argument. and they are willing to make reasonable concessions. Were Warned In Tla*. Camp Wikoff, Montau* Point, L L, Sept. 1?.—A severe rain storm set in here Thursday night and continued all night. The eamp authorities bad been warned of the approach of th« storm, and were prepawl for it. Every tent had been strengthened, and ths i storm did no damage to the camp.

Th* HfMuiteli r>«M ComMtalonm. Madrid* Sept., 1?.—It is reported here that the Spanish peace comm is Mon will be composed of Senor Montero Rios, president of the senate; Senor Yiitamuta, Gen. Corero, Gen. As* carraga and Senor Una is. But* it i« added, further changes are possible. Uft on Her Urn Trip. Detroit, Mich.. Sept. 17 —The steel steamer Troy, built by the Detroit Dry Dock Co.,to operate in connection with the New York Central railroad, left for Duluth on her first trip Tuesday evening.

PHILIPPINES FOR AMERICA. The Tread of an Intenriew With tht Archbishop of the ArchtpeUgoPrefer to Become Americans. Manila, Sept 17.—In an interview here Archbishop Doxal, of the Philip* pine Islands, said: “I earnestly hope the Islands will not remain Spanish, because they are now so strong that such a course would inevitably cause appalling bloodshed. The reconquest of the natives is impossible until after years of the most cruel warfare." Hopes tho Islands will Mot Become ladedependent. He also expressed the hope that, the Islands would not become absolutely independent, because it is certain that dissensions would occur which would result in incessant strife and lapse into barbarism and the natural indolence of the tropical race. The only hope, the archbishop said, was that a strong western power would now intervene. The danger was that the people were intoxicated, vainglorious and restless. Tbo Kellptoo* Order* Most Go. It is undeniable that the religious orders must go, because the whole people had determined to abolish them now that they were able to render their retention impossible. Be lays the chief blame upon the Dominicans, Augustinians and Franciscans, the richest organizations, and next upon the Benedictines and Capuchins, which are of less importance. The Jesuits, Archbishop Dozal says, are com par a

uvety utameiesi*. tie aaaeu mat ine rival organizations quarrel amoug themselves, intrigue, aet unworthily and slander their opponents, thus in* creasing the general disfavor. The provincials, who are approximately equivalent to archdeacons, are mainly responsible. They are utterly beyond the control of the archbishop, who denies possessing much power.' Fsw Spanish Priests Remain. The total number of Spanish priests m the Philippines before the war was about 11,000, but lately every departing Steamer has taken 50 or 100 of them away and now barely 500 of them remain. - It was stated to the correspondent that the reason that the archbishop hopes for the expulsion of the friarly orders, is that they have grown too powerful for him and Uzathe wishes to strengthen himself. Several responsible Spaniards assured the correspondent that they would refuse to remain here if Spain was reinstated in the control of the stations. Spanish Soldiers Refuse to Sorv# Again— Annexationist Majority. The Spanish soldiers refuse to serve again, and the Spanish officers are utterly disgusted with the rottennesss of Spain’s government and prefer to become Americans. » The annexationists have a majority of 71 in the national assembly, but the discussion of the subject has not been finished. THE LATE DR. JOHN HALL. Mo was On* of the Foremost Presbyterian Divines, Raving Been Preaching Ever Since 1849. New York, Sept. IS.—Dr. John. Hall, whose death, in Ireland, Is announced, was bom in County Armagh, Ireland, on July 31, 1829. He vas of Scotch descent. When 13 years of age he entered Belfast college, and was repeatedly Hebrew prize man. In 1S49 he was lieersed to preach, and at once engaged in labor as a missionary in the weat of Ireland. He was installed pastor of the First Presbyterian thurch at Armagh in 1852, and in 1858 was called to the Church of Mary’s Abbey (now Rutland Square) in Dublin. He received from Queen Victoria the honorary appointment of commissioner of education for Ireland. In 1867 Dr. Hall was a delegate from the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in Ireland to the Presbyterian church ui the United States, and after hia return to Ireland he received a call to the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church, New York. He accepted it, and entered upon his labors in November, 1867. A new church edifice was erected for Dr. Hall in 1875, at a cost of about $1,000,000, on the comer of Fifth avenue and Fifty-fifth street. He was eled«*d chancellor of the University of the City of New Yoik in 188$. MILLIONS TIED UP. bwUtatioM of looming Restrain** from Viia( Any of lb* Fnyorwanthor BeHNti Ponding Litigation. New York, Sept. 18.—Judge Lacomh baa signed an order restraining tht trustees of Amherst, Eowdoiu. Dartmouth, Hamilton, Williams, Adel bert, Park, Lafayette, Marysville^ Marietta, Wabaah. Yale, Columbia, the University of Rochester, Union theological seminary, the University of Virginia, Hampton normal and agricultural institution and Wesleyan university from disposing of any money paid to •hem from the “alleged secret trust in, or concerning th# resiudary estate of” Daniel B. Fayerweather, until the final hearing of the suit brought against them and the executors of the will by Emma S. Fayerweather and Mary W. Archter Judge La comb’s order ties up $8,993,000.

Tkt >*w Eruption of Tiowtoi Com— o Gloomy state of Aperokooaioo. Naples, Sept. 19.—A state of gloomy apprehension prevails among the population reguttling the eruption of Vesuvius, which is hourly becoming more active and menacing. Streams of lav* are spVeading in every direction. The most threatening of these flows through the Yedrino valley, which la almost filled. The observatory, which originally stood at a height of 610 meters, Is now only 27 meters above the sen level, owing to the sinking of tlte ground. Seven near craters have feasted around the.central one.

HOUSE FOR LAYING HENS. Xt Is So ConvcBleiit That Fowl* Cu* mmt Help Bat Do Quite Satisfactorily ia It. In order to make hens produce eggs when most desired, they must not only have extra care, but be provided with proper quarters. At the same time, however, it is hardly advisable for all poulterers to erect elaborate structures for this purpose, and especially when wc take into consideration the ; desperate competition of the present j day and oftentime low prices of eggs. | Accordingly, we advance the idea that ordinary persons who make a practice | of keeping from 50 to 100 fowls should indulge in a poultry house something like the one shown herewith in the illustration. As can be seen, if situated by a bank, it affords a very suitable habitation foi laying hens. Indeed, in early spring and fall, when the chilly days and m

HOUSE FOR LAYING HENS. I tights retard the inclination of all hens and pulleta to lay as steadily and early as they will with warm, nice quarters in which to reside, it is just the thing. Kea^y, it is so roomy, convenient and well ventilated that fowls cannot help but do satisfactorily in it. For 100 hens it should be not less than 60 feet long, 25 feet wide, 12 feet at the highest point and eight feet where the windows are shown. The pens should be ten by eighteen or more feet square, with nests for layers extending the entire length of the building under its lowest part, it being here dark and obscure—just the place in which to deposit eggs which, with up-to-date nests, can easily be collected by the poulterer at night and not one found broken. Aa to the floor of such a building, it

INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT. ihould be raised three or four inches from the ground to shut out dampness, and dry earth and coarse sand spread over it regularly after the old has been removed, for this gives the hens exercise and grit, both of which are highly essential to their welfare. Wire netting, of course, should be employed to divide,the pens, and in the upright part of the building should be arranged the roosts. Here, also, should be arranged the ventilators, which at their best ought to be left open during the middle of the day, when the hens are down, on the floor or out of the house, and closed at night, or partially so, to keep out the cold. Concerning the stove (look at plan), this comes available for cooking food in its caldron or boiler before feeding the same to flocks in the morning, and also for keeping the building free from dampness—a thing highly important where a large number of hens are kept. Have the stove inclosed in a small apartment by itself, and then when you wish to warm the rest of the house open the door and let the heat pass out. Thus you keep the store neat and clean, while if the apartment is mouse-proof* ns it ought to be, a supply of grain and meal may be stored therein for the fowls, which economizes much in time and labor. The windows, which in their sloping position should face directly to the south, afford the inmates a large amount of light and sunshine—all that are obtainable—and no matter how severe the weather may be, fowls thus provided for are always contented and happy, compensating their owner with an agreeable amount of eggs. When a hard suowstorm is in progress, however, it is policy to cover the windows with straw matting or the like, for then when it clears up the mats may be removed, and with them all ths ■now, leaving the glass perfectly clean and the hens to enjoy a regular paradise.—Frederick O. Sibley, in N. Y Tribune. Live Stock u4 Fertility. Long and painstaking efforts in any one direction make men experts. Not until farmers rightly appreciate the value and necessity of the live stock business in relation to the preservation of fertility will they become expert in this line or capable of getting out of it all there is in it. It has well been said that the policy which the farmers of Hlinois must adopt if they ever expect to attain their former prosperity is to provide a home market for their own product. By a home market we mean a market on the farm, without any cost of transportation except that which the fanner pays to himself for the use of his own teams and wagons. Nothing except live stock can provide this kind of a market.—A. P. Grout, in Farmers’ Review.

Brahmas need but mtJe rung*, While they like the open air they art contented in a small space.

"By Jove!" exclaimed the bridegroom, u he sat down and tugged away at his mustache, “this is too bad!” They had just arrived at Niigara Falls, and the porter had bowed himself out after carrying up a trunk that weighed 487 pounds, . for which he received a 50-cent "tip. The frightened girl dropped her traveling hat upon the center table and stood as if transfixed, with one of her gloves half off. “What is it, Harry?” she asked. "This is a fine go,” he muttered. “I wonder how in the world I ever came to do such a foolish thing.” Then he felt in his pockets again, and cast a helpless look at the nig trunk. "You—you haven't lost your pocketbook, have you?” she asked. “No, darling,” he answered, "but I left my keys at home, and the one that opens your trunk is among them.” “Oh, is that allr' she exclaimed, with a happy little sigh. “Here”—and she removed a hairpin from her rich brown locks—“open it with this. Now I know that I am the only girl in whom you ever took a real interest. Otherwise you would have known. Ah, Harry, dear, I am so happy!”—Cleveland Leader. Why He Had Hopes. Mr. Gotrox (decisively)—My daughter is not the right age to get married. 0 Mr. Haruupp (persuasively)—I quite agree with you, Mr. Gotrox—and every year makes it worse, you know.—Judge. Free .Homes 1st Western Florida. There are about 1,000,000 acres of Government land in Northwest Florida, subject to homestead entry, and about half as much again of railroad lands for sale at very low rates. These lands are on or near the line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and Mr. R. J. Wemyss, General Land Commissioner. Pensacolar will be glad to write you all about them. If you wish .to go down and look at them, fche Louisville & Nashville Railroad provides the way and the opportunity on the first and third Tuesday of each month, with excursions at only 92 over one fare, for round trip tickets. Write Mr. C. P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville, Ky., for particulars. Illusions. "My illusions.” said she. "ire all gone.” "Why,” he asked, with that brutality onlv manifested bv a man who has promised to love and cherish, “don't you go to tne drug store and get some more?”—Indianapolis Journal. The War Is Over And now our thoughts are all of peace and home. There are, too often, people to be found who have no home, and it is to them these few words are addressed. If you really want a borne you can easily get one, but ?ou should act at once before the relapse rom the war puts prices on the advance. In Marinette County, Wisconsin, the very finest' farming land is to be had now at a most modest figure. Excellent home markets are at hand to take whatever the farmer raises, and good prices are given. These lands are on tne Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, and full information- concerning them will cheerfully be furni^ied by C. lE. Rollins, Immigration Agent? 161 La Salle Street, Chicago. Mrs. Short—“Here’s an invitation to Mr. Long’s wedding. What on earth can we send them?” Mr. Short—“He lost a $10 umbrella of mine a year ago.. I’ll make him a present of it.”—Brooklyn Life.

Do You Like Boils If you do not, you should take Hood's Sarsaparilla and it will purify your blood, cun your boils and keep your system free from the poisons which cause them. The great blood purifying power of Hood’s Sarsaparilla is constantly being demonstrated by its many marvelous cures. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is America’s Create? Medicine. SI: six for IS ---— Hood’S Pills core Sick Headache. 25c. ’ Her I^tfora. Mr. Willikina—Do you believe in annes* ation? , , Miss Bidsley—Oh, Arthur, this is so sudden. But if you can gain papa’s consent I will try to learn to love you.—Chicago Evening News. Starving; for Breath. Several hundred thousand people in the United States and Canada are literally starving for breath because of chronic Asthma, when if they would consult Dr. P. Harold Hayes, of Buffalo, N. Y., by letter, he would inform them how to be cured of this most distressing and treacherous disease, and cured to stay cured. Dr. Hayes makes no charge for examination by mail and his opinion as to the curability of any case. At the Fancy Dress Ball.—Wife—“Henry, I’m ashamed of you; you have had six distinct drinks to-night that I know of.”4 Husband—“No, m’ dear, lasht two ver’ indishtine’.”—Judy. Blue Blood. First Mosquito—And you actually landed on that foreign nobleman? _ Second Mosquito—Cert! You didn t imagine I’d been eating huckleberry pie, did you? —Boston Journal. She Wanted Healthy Haas. Mrs. Murry—Give me tin cints wort’ av ham. Grocer—Sugar-cured, madam? “No! I want some thot has niver bin do sazed.”—Judge. Many a puny, debilitated infant, fretting and wasting away daily, often unable to digest its food, may be rescued from an untimely grave by Dr. Moffat's Teethina {TnUhing Powders). Teethina Aids Digest tion, Regulates the Bowels and makes teething easy. The man who fails to lay up something foi a rainy day always has to depend on his friends for au umbrella.—Chicago Daily News. To Care a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.. All druggists refund money it fails to cure. 25c. Some people are so hopeful that it amounts to laziness.—Atchison Globe. Hall’s Catarrh Care Is a Constitutional Cure. Price 75c. It’s a wise man that follows the races—ai • safe distance.—Chicago Daily News.

MBS. PINKHAJTS WABNING TO WOMEN. Neglect Is the Forerunner of Misery and Suffering—A Grateful Hus* # band Writes of His Wife’s Recovery. Nearly all the ill health of women is traceable to some derangement of the feminine organa* These derangements do not cure themselves, and neglect of the sensations resulting from them is only putting off trouble.

rathetic stories are constantly coming to Mrs. Pinkham of women whose neglect has resalted in serious heart trouble and a whole train of woes. Here is the story of a woman who was helped ^ by Mrs. Pinkham after other treatment failed: Hi Dear Mbs. Pxxkham:—It affords me very B great pleasure to be able to state that 1 believe my wife owes her health to your medicine^ + and good advice. For three years her health failed rapidly; she had heart ironble, often falling down in dizzy and fainting spells, shortness of breath*

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