Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 27, Petersburg, Pike County, 11 November 1898 — Page 7

A FATHER’S STORY. Wmm the Evening Crescent, Appleton, Win, A remarkable core from a diaeaae which fau generally wrecked the live* of children, and left them in a condition to which death itself would be preferred has attracted t Sit amount of attention among the rent* ts of the west end of Appleton. The case is that of little Willard Creech, son of Richard D. Creech, a well known employe of one of the large paper mills in the Fox River Valley. The laawas attacked by spinal disease and his parents had given up all hope of his ever being well again when, as by a miracle, he was healed and is now in school as happy as any of his mates. Mr. Creech, the father of the boy, who resides at 1062 Second Street, Appleton Wisconsin, told the following story: is

He Qvct to School. “Our boy was absolutely helpless. His lower limbs were paralyzed, and when we teed electricity he could not feel it below his hips. Finally we let the doctor go as he did not seem to help our son and we nearly nre up hope. Finally my mother who lives in Canada wrote advising the use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People and 1 bought some. "This was when our boy bad been on the stretcher for an entire year. In six weeks after taking the pills we noted signs of vi- * talitv in his legs, and in four months he was able to go to school. "It is two years since he took the find of the pills and he is at school now iust as happy and well as any of the other children. It was nothing else in the world that saved the boy than Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." PITH AND POINT. Some men take less advantage of opportunities than of those who offer them.—Chicago Dally Mews. Lots of people put bath-tubs into their houses mostly because it is the cayle.—Washington (la.) Democrat. Not Alone. — Peuly—“l suppose magazine editors have to read some horrible poetry." Spacer—"So do magazine readers.”—Town Topics. Miss La Fitte—“Mr. Spooner is a model husband.” De Witte—“Yes; they say he treats his wife as if he were a candidate for election and she were a voter.”—Puck. Teacher—“In this stanza, what is meant by the line: “The shades of night were falling fast?”’ Bright Scholar — “The people were pulling down the blinds."—Tit-Bits. An Irishman was arrested the other day for trouncing two chappies, which is a refutation of the old saw that you can’t do two things at the same time.—Louisville Courier-Journal. Monotonously Expensive.—“We had to give our pet dog away.” “Why?” “Well—he ran away nine times, and every time the same boy brought him back and charged me 25 cents.*' —Detroit Free Press. A New Idea—Actor—“I can’t imagine how D’Art manages tb get such favorable notice* from the dramatic critic*.” Journalist—“Perhaps be acts well.” Actor—“By Jinks! I never thought of that.”—N. Y. Weekly. Alertness Indispensable.—“Does a man have to be very wide-awake to be a bicycle polieemau?” inquired the person who asks insane questions?” "I should say so.” replied the member of the force* “Those people have to keep tfceir eyes open all the time to •void arresting one another forscorchIng.”—Washington Star.

WHALES OFF THE JCAIN COAST A Hone Mackrr«l Thirty Fret Lon* FwraUhea Fwm for Stare laland Ftaheraaea. Q After an absence of many yean the whales are coming back to these eastern shorts. AH summer the bay of Gculdsboro has been swarming with herring and, now and then, schools of mackerel, and these small fish. have been followed by whales, porpoises and sturgeons. Recently a big whale was encountered, by fishermen off Schoodic, but it was not captured. A harpoon was thrown into the giant fish, but the fishermen^ were not able to hold It, and the whale got away after having nearly capsized their boat. The other day when the little steamer Ruth was making her evening trip from liar Harbor a large whale came tip near the boat to breathe and spouted the water clear over the pilothouse, giving the frightened passengers on deck a severe wetting. It was an enormous finback whale, the largest ever seen in these waters. The last whale to be captured on this coast was killed by an old whaler, Eben Bickford, about 85 years ago. The appearance of whales off the coast the past summer is thought by the fishermen to indicate their return to these waters and the occupation of killing whales may be again followed as extensively as it was 30 years ago. when thousands of dollars were made at the business.

Ame uay lately a gigantic norse mackerel entered the pound of Wood Brother*’ fi*h weir at Stave island, and made things exceedingly lively for a time for the men employed there* One of the men threw a small harpoon into it and. undertook to oapture it, but the big mackerel started out at a rapid gait about the pound with boat and men. and gave them a dizzy whirl of aeveral minutes. The men could only ait down in the boat and hang on for dear life, and were glad when the monster fish finally broke away from them and went out through the weir, sweeping everything before Mm. The fish was. it is said, about 30 feet long and had followed a school of smajl mackerel into the weir. Fishermen who caw it say that it was the largest bone mackerel ever seen on the coast Y. Sun. J ... ^ \ h.- .

RABBITS AND MICE. How to Protect Fmlt Shads Trees Agalait Their Attacks, at Small Expease. The frequent injuries done by rabbits or mice In girdling1 fruit and other trees has led to perhaps more experiment than the injuries done by any fungous disease or insect pest. Long before the practice of spraying came into vogue we find orchardists discussing this or that method of combating these foes, or of repairing the injuries done by them—mounds of earth or of ; tramped snow around the trees; planting cabbage to serve as food for rab-1 bits; wrapping the trunks with wired lath, paper, tarred paper, corn-staiks, eloth; covering the trunks with j manure-plasters, fats, axle-grease, blood, whitewash, tar and other sub- j stances supposedly obnoxious to mice \ and rabbits, have all been advocated. J As a rule these remedies are only I make-shifts, at least where the animals I are abundant, and not a few trees have died from the effects of one or the other I of these protective measures. A spring-set fruit-tree entering Its | first winter Ss worth at least one dollar, and if it took a, dollar to protect | that tree the money would be well j spent, especially if non-protection l meant loss cf the specimen and re- ] planting. But it is not necessary to j spend so much to get an efficient pro- i tector—a far better one than any j enumerated above. Wire netting of a mesh not greater than half an inch and 18 inches wide cut across in strips at internals of six or eight inches and sprung around the trunks and the lower ends buried an inch or so below the surface of the ground forms an absolute protection against these pests without in any way injuring the trees. If the netting be pressed and rolled * tightly around a hoe-handle or a broom-stick to make the strips curl better they can be applied much easier, and when once in place cannot be shaken off by the wind. _ Such protectors need not cost more than three cents when in place upon the tree, and when once in place need no further attention. since being loosely applied they adjust themselves to the tree as It grows.—Farm and Fireside. j BROKEN-DOWN TREES. An Idea That Caa Be Used Advan. taceoaily hr Those Who Wish to Repair Them. The snow was very deep last wintei In many parts of the country and much damage was done to fruit trees in breaking down the tops and aide branches of the smaller sorts. A lot of dwarf jsear trees that were left by the snow in the shape shown in Fig. ]

MENDING BROKEN-DOWN TREE8. | were treated as suggested in Fig. 2. The main strlk was grafted with a straight bit of branch, with the promise of thus quickly giving the little trees handsome and symmetrical tops again. This idea cau often be used advantageously with other small trees besides dwarf pears.—Orange Judd Fhrmer. A FEW GARDEN HINTS. Every large fruit grower should have a cold storage plant. The apple is. all things considered, the best fruit grown, and the winter banana heads the list. For a small lawn there is no prettier or more cuitable tree than Magnolia acuminata. It is without disease and insect pests do not attack it. There is probably no better gooseberry for this country than the Columbus. It is very prolific and is claimed to be absolutely free from mildew. _ Death la Milk Cass. A case of milk poisoning in Utica. N\ . was traced first to the dealer whose milk cans were found to be clean. Then the health officer looked up the farmer who supplied the dealer, and found his cans in a most filthy condition, looking, he said, as if they had not been cleaned for a week. This is another fact to indcate the value of scrupulous cleanliness in the handling of m|tk. Another case, traced to the same’cause, was that which occurred at Camp Eatou, Island lake, Mich., where a number of soldiers were made violently ill . from drinking milk taken from cans in every one of which decomposed milk was found in the seams and crevices of the j can.

Gooseberry Cultivation. Gooseberries are propagated to 6me extent by cutting, but generally ■ ay layer*. The earth is heaped in a ! mound around the bushes and the j young sprouts will strike roots. They | should be planted in rows four by four on a rich, heavy soil, well cultivated j and heavily pruned. The fruit grows i on the buds formed on two-year-old | wood and on spurs and buds of older I growth. Pruning should be directed j to cutting back the new growth and occasionally cutting out extra shoots. Some cultivate in low tree form, but the shrub form is the more natural way of growing, says the Denver Field i and Farm. ... si*.'.■; Kas., «■«:w:

PLATFORM FOR PLANTS. 4 Stand Which Enable* the Ho»*U wife «• Pmcm Be* Floral Pets In Cold Weather. Various are the contrivances for housing plants through the winter in country houses. Some people do not like their windows darkened and it is often a matter of much anxiety how and where the house plants can be kept, j Where windows are small a shelf on a level with the window sill is the most convenient, although however faithfully a coal fire may be kept burning through the night, there are always a few nights through the winter when the temperature drops so low that there is danger of Jack frost taking a nip oi the choicest varieties unless they are moved out into the center of the room. Stiff, brown wrapping paper slipped between the plants and window is usually sufficient protection, but a flower lover

MOVABLE PLANT PLATFORM. jften moves the plants rather than run any risk. Where the windows are large, reaching from floor to ceiling, accommodating a number of plants, this moving is quite a task. Most plant stands of the stepladder sort are not easily turned, henee the plant and flowers all grow toward the window. A stand of the kind portrayed here has been found to fill the bill. Nail smooth boards on three cross pieces of rafter timber, making a strong platform the width of the window nnd which should extend out into the room four feet. When casters are screwed into each of the four corners it is just the height of the window-sill, about one and one-half feet from the floor. The flowers do not darken the window while they all get a share of the sun. One can enjoy the blossoms from the interior of the room; and looking down upon the mass of foliage and blossoms, it is like a flower garden in the room.—* Alice E. Pinney, in Farm and Home.

ORCHARD MANAGEMENT. Begin In a Small Wajr and Increaie Acreage aa Faat as Results Will Justify It. If you cannot find time to trim tha\ apple "orchard all that is required, be sure and cut off those water sprouts that are growing on the body and limbs; also all sprouts from around the body and near t,he surface of the ground, remembering, as a rule, that fruit trees that are full of water sprouts have wet feet, that is, the land needs draining, and in such places the blight is worse. All these take just so much from the trees that ought to gc to the fruit, and the growth of proper limbs to form fruit buds. In cutting limbs from trees, saw from underside partly first; this prevents splitting and peeling the bark. Cut up to the collar formed around the limb; do not cut into it or out beyond it, but just to it. Do not calculate on getting good crops every year unless you feed your trees with manure or by scattering plenty of straw under them, says a writer in Horticultural Visitor. What is better, let fowls and hogs run among them; the fowls will destroy the bugs and worms, and the hogs the stung fruit, preventing the worms in them from maturing to lay further eggs Do not undertake t-io much. We know people who are successful in growing small patches of fruit and garden truck and getting the biggest returns, who would make a fizzle if put on SO or 100 acres. Also farmers who make a success and n good income on the amount invested from a 40 or 80-aere farm that would make an eiffire failure if beginningon 300 acres. Begin in a small way and increase your v. ork as fast as your knowledge will merit it.

Grapfi on Little Land. It is surprising how little exrent oi earth’s surface is needed to root a grape vine. If it can grow upward and have open space enough on one or two sides to get plenty of sunshine, the area in which its roots can run is a matter of comparatively little importance. We have seen thrifty and productive grape vines where there wai only three feet space between a house with its cellar wall on one side and the street sidewalk on the other. As the sidewalk was made of plank, the grape roots undoubtedly extended under it. But even with this there was scarcely a space seven by twenty-five feet on the earth’s surface, and this supported for years two grape vines each of which ran up a trellis as high as the house, and bore every year fine clusters of luscious fruit at the top.— Farmers’ Review. Farmer* *nd Telermau. The man over the hills who raises grain is scared out of a day’s work if he receives a telegram, for he ia sure that some one is dead. The man who raises fruit may lose a day’s work if he does not receive a telegram, in which case he thinks the marketmen has forgotten him. The style at one’s farming, with particular reference to the number of crops which he raises, has great influence upon the man. Grass farming makes grass farmers.—Prof. L. H. Bailey, fa Amer

CYCLE AND CYCLIST. The Iowa supreme court declares that while no law compels bicyclists to use lanterns or bells at night, wheelmen without them are guilty of contributory negligence in case of accident. In 1890 one assistant examiner at the United States patent office was able to examine and dispose of all the applications for patents on improvements on bicycles that were presented at the office. The labor of eight experts is now required to do the same work. A bicyclist who had just ridden 108 miles in eight hours died at Binghamton, N. Y., the other night. An autopsy disclosed the fact that the victim’s organs were all in a perfect condition. It was simply a case of exhaustion. There are limits which cannot be transgressed even by the perfectly healthy person. Twenty-eight motorcycles participated in a race recently between Etampes and Chartres, France. The j distance, going and returning, was ! nearly 02 miles. The winning vehicle, I driven by an eight-horse power motor, with two cylinders, made the round trip in one hour and fifty eight min- | utes, or at the rate of 312-3 miles per ! hour. In Austria the manufacture of bicycles is making rapid progress. The lowest estimate of the 189? output is | 70,000 wheels, which is nearly double j the amount produced in 1896. Exports ! increased from 5,735 bicycles in 1896 to 8,690 in 1897, or 69 per cent., while the production increased 66 2-3 per cent. ' (28,000 bicycles more than in 1896), and imports 37 2-3 per cent. (815 bicycles). COMMON SPICES.

The nutmeg tree is a native of the Moluccas. The ginger plant grows from two to three feet high. A preserve is made from young roots of ginger. Ten varieties of plants are known to produce black pepper. The red pepper plant belongs to the ' deadly nightshade family. Cinnamon is the inner bark of a tree of the laurel family. Cardamom seeds of excellent quality are grown in Germany. The ordinary red pepper has long been used as a medicine. Cardamom is used in England and Holland as an adulterant of gin. The pepper plant flowers in June and the crop is gathered in January. Four species of plants produce capsicum or the red pepper of commerce. | The first cloves mentioned in Europe were brought from the east in 1521. The clove is a product of a tree belonging to the myrtle famiy and is a native of the Molucca islands. Caraway seeds are grown for the market in many parts of Europe and South England. The cinnamon tree grows to a height , of 20 to 30 feet. It is believed to Be a native of Ceylon. The cinnamon gardens of Ceylon have ani area of 12,000 acres and produce from 250 to 500 pounds of this spice per acre. TOSH BILLINGS* PHILOSOPHY. i —- A snob iz a private party who over- ■ ates himself and underates others. The man who has no physikal courage haz but very little mpral courage. | The man who iz determined to winiz sure to; thare ain’t bad luk enuff in the world to beat him. The sassyest man I kno ov iz a henpecked husaband—when he is away from home. j A careless man in a family iz simply a noosance, but a shiffless and sluttish woman iz wuss than a blister. Luv iz a phenomenon; it kan’t be defined nor controuled, and too often, like the wild rose, ‘it wastes its sweetness on the desert air.” j We all ov us think, if we could live our lives over again, we should make fewer blunders. This probably ain’t so, we should only make different ones. A sedate Christian I kan understand to be one who perhaps propperly enuff prefers the shaddows ov piety to the sunshine; but the sad and morose Christian iz a party who haz mistaken hi7 calling.—X. Y.^Week^v.

THE MARKETS. New York. CATTLE—Native steers ... tu’lTuN-Miauling .. FLOCK—Winter Wheat ... WHEAT—No. 2 Rea. CORN—No. 2 . OA IS—No. 2 ..... 1*0UK—New Mess . ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling .. liLEVKS—Steers ... Cows and Heifers— ; CALVES—(each) .. HOGS—Fair to Select. : »HKKP—Fair to Choice— i FLOUK—Patents (new) ... Clear and Straight.. ! WHEAT—No.2 Red Winter • CORN—No. 2 Muted.. { OATS-No. 2 . . RYE—No. 2 .................. 'iOUACCO—Lugs .. Leal Hurley .. HAY—Clear Timothy... S RL ITER—Choice Dairy ... i EOOS—Fresh .. : PORK—Standard (new) ... ' liAt.oN—Clear Rib. i LARD—Prime Steam . CHICAGO. ’ CATTLE—Native Steers .. H(X1S—Fair to Choice. SHEEP—Fair to Choice..., FLOUR—Winter Patenu - Spring Patents . WHEAT—No. 2 Spring...... No. i Red. CORN-No. 1 ........... OATS-No. 2 . PORK—Mess (new) . KANSAS CITY. 4 00 O 5 60 3 20 M 3 75 2 Vi 'U 330 if 3 35 V $i V "25 « 8 uo it 4 50 3 60 4 2U 66 67!4 32 2514 8 0s CATTLE—Native Steers... 4 HOGS—All Grades . 2 WHEAT—No. 2 Red (new). OATS-No. 2 White. CORN—No. 2. NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grade . 3 CORN-No. 2... OATS—Western . Ha Y—Choice ..12 PuRK—Standard Mess. KACON—Sides .. COTTON—Middling . LOUISVILLE. WHEAT-No. 2 Red.... CORN—No. 2 Mixed. OATS—No. 2 Mixed....

Witt Cuba's L«h Meaaa to Spate. The k>w of Cuba meant to Spain the lou of the very sustenance of the nation. Already her tax ridden people are crying for bread. In the same way the loss of your once vigorous appetite means poverty and starvation to your body. If any reader of this paper wishes to be as hungry again as when a child, and wants to fully enjoy hearty meals, we can recommend Hoetetter’s Stomach Bitters. It cures indigestion, dyspepsia and oonstipation. Small Capital. First Theater-Goer—Mrs. De Style, who went on the stage, after a divorce scandal, has failed to make expenses. Second Theater-Goer—Well, it wasn’t much of a scandal, anyhow.—N. Y. Weekly. Deateeaa Cannot Be Cared by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and thaf is by constitutional remedies. Deafness' is caused by an inflamed cc Jition of the mucous lining of the Kustacuian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling aound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely dosed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, bearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s PamilyPillB are the best. “De trouble wif some men dat knows heap,” said Uncle Eben, “is dat dey hab sech a positive way o’ tellin’ it dat dey makes folks too mad to listen.”—Washington Star. Coaghlac Leads to Consumption. Kemp’s Balsam will stop the Cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Large bottles 25 and 50 rents. Go at once ; delays are dangerous. Professor (in medical college)—“What is the first thing you do in case of a cold?” Bright Student—“Sneeze, sir!”—Yorkers Statesman.

Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H, Green’s Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. the greatest Dropsy specialists in the world. Head their advertisement in another column of this paper. The first proof of a man’s incapacity for anything is his endeavor to fix the stigma of failure upon others.—Haydon. Only a sprain? You may be a cripple. St. Jacobs Oil cures, sure. Sorrow makes men sincere and anguish makes them earnest.—Beecher. To Core a Cold to Ooe Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. An Atchison bride has particularly good luck in cooking since she lost her cook book.j —Atchison Globe. A center shot. St. Jacobs Oil strikes Sciatica and it is killed. Every master is more or less of a servant to his “help.”—L. A. W. Bulletin. I am entirely cured of hemorrhage of lungs bv Piso s Cure for Consumption.— Louisa Lindaman, Bethany, Mo., Jan. 8, ’94. Some of the highest-priced stuff the apotheary sells is a drug on the market.—Golden Days. . A mule, a kick, man sick. St. Jacobs Oil eared the bruises. In warning there is strength.—Lew Wallace.__ STORIES OF RELIEF. Two Letters to Mrs. Pinkham. Mrs. Johx Williams, English town, N. J., writes: “ Dear Mbs. Pinkham:—I cannot begin to tell you how I suffered before taking your remedies. I was so weak that 1 could hardly walk across the floor without falling. I had womb trouble and such a bearing-down feeling; also suffered with my back and limbs, pain in womb, inflammation of the bladder, piles and indigestion. Before I had taken one bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound I felt a great deal better, and after taking two and onehalf bottles and half a box of your , Liver Pills I was cured. If more would I take your medicine they would not have to suffer so much.” 1 Mrs. Joseph Petebsoh, 513 East St., | Warren, Pa., writes: “Deah Mbs. Pinkham:—I have suffered with womb trouble over fifteen years. I bad inflammation, enlargement and displacement of the womb, i I had the backache constantly, also headache, and was so dizzy. I had heart trouble, it seemed as though my ; heart was in my throat at times cholcI ing me. I could not walk around and i I could not lie down, for then my heart ; would beat so fast I would feel as though I was smothering. I had to j sit up in bed nights in order to breathe. I I was so weak I conld not do anyj thing. “I have now taken several bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and used three packages of Sanative Wash, and can say j I am perfectly cured. I do not think j I could have lived long if Mrs. Pinkham’s medicine had not helped ma* WHISKERS DYED ~ 4 ft*a/ ts&df by Buckingham's Dye. Prtoa M canto of all drn*Kisto or R. P. Hall * Os, Nashua. N.H.

THE EXCELENCE OF SYRUP OF FI8S is due not only to the originality and simplicity of the combination, but also to the care and skill with which it is manufactured by scientific processes known to the California Fie Strut Co. only, and we wish to impress upon all the importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the California Fie Strut Co.' only, a knowledge of that fact will assist one in avoiding the worthless imitations manufactured by other par*, ties. The high standing of the Calt* forxia Fig Stkup Co. with the medi-j cal profession, and the satisfactionj which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to millions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence of its remedy. It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys, liver and bowels without irritating or weaken* ing them, and it does not gripe nor nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effects, please remember the name of the Company — CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.

___anyou an Organ r write and tell us. Don’t be afraid. You’ll have an yes, an before yo it. Estey I0-T0-BAC S&SMBRBlMUST SHOOT ‘WINCHESTER lOADET .Shot Sun Shells

Usa ar Ailthe (bamhonShws. ftci. Jem Name ona Aasnf&to. m 152 f*6£ lUUfSTRATtD QTA106U£. ^feiClffSTfR {CFEATIN6 (<p 1B9 Mnrtomm. Com A L LE. N’S U LCE1RINE. SAl-VF. I* the only i e«r*, Bj OMkV^ irnew falli. Draw*outallpoison. Kth expense nod snBerin*. Care* permanent. I WlkiTtfor AbstMHS, Pile*. Borns, Cat%. mu 63c. Book free- «*• T. CO.. It real. Mlu. BeM Mr FISHTAC KGMMQ MWs r$q«ni iiiijpowtu. K '3 VlVlUfiiiiibM! 4 CLEMENT X1M»I i OPIUM aau W maker *inoil* Cared. Writs l» BM. Woolley,*^ Atlanta, (an. DROPSY" eases. Bead for book of tow NEW DISCOVERY; quick relief nod auras timooiais and !• J

"THE MORE YOU SAY THE LES8 PEOPLE REMEMBER.” ONE WORD WITH YOU, SAPOLIO