Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 31, Petersburg, Pike County, 9 December 1898 — Page 7

FUTURE WELt CONTINENT, IMa to What la How Beta* Ooa« oa the Fertile FralrtM of Woatero Cauda. The rapid progress that is being: made in the settlement of the fertiu. prairies of western Canada is leading: to the in* restitution of its resources br those interested in bavin* proviso- made for those living in the crowded cant, for those who have been struggling for years on impoverished farms, ior the renter who is unable any longer to bear up under the strain imposed by the landlord, apd for the farmer who un* able to purchase farms for his sons in his own neighborhood ha* to look around for lower priced lands. The investigation shows that it is impossibls to meet these conditions successfully outside of western Canada. Already millions of bushels of wheat are being grown there each year, while as many at 50,000 head of cattle were shipped out this year. A representative of the Germania, Milwaukee, one of the lead* ing German papers in the United States, recently made a trip^through Manitoba, AsainiboHt, Alberta and Saskatchewan, where He the free government lands of western Canada, and In a future Issue will appear extracts from flattering letters contributed to ih« German is and other papers by tiheii specisl correspondents. As an inducement for immigrants to make their homes in Canada, the Cana* dian government offers 160 acres o! land free of cost to each settler, and information can be had of agents of the government. CAME WITH CHAIRS.

Mr. Charles Wyndhsm Telia a Delightful Story of Thratrlcali la MUaUalppl. The picturesque career of Mr. Charles Wyndham, the well-known man accreditor of the Criterion theater, London, has been recently told to the public, lie left his medical studies in England to join the federal forces early in ihe civil war. After a narrow escape with his life, he joined the histrionic forces of Mrs. John Wood, iu J New York. Here disaster came swift upon him, for stage fright claimed another victim and carried him off—off the stage. It ia like ancient history now, but the story may be repeated. “Dearest, 1 am drunk with that, enthusiasm of love which once in a lifetime fills the soul of man," was one of the lines entrusted to the new recruit. "Dearest, I am drunk,” was all he Could say. The management put a too cruelly literal interpretation upon that brief delivery, and the engagement ended almost as soon as it had begun. Mr. Wyndam tells also of his appearance later in the theater at (Irannada. Miss. When he repaired to the dingy hou«* of entertainment he found it half filled with chairs of every conceivable description, rangihg from the luxurious drawing-room chair, which was eloquent of the affluence of its owner, to the more humble three-legged stool, inquiring what all this meant, - he was told that it was all according to custom; that the man or woman who booked a seat brought that seat along, and that every member of the audience would sit upon his or her own property. Mr. Wyndham put in an early appearance in the evening, and found the people pouring in -from their homes. Borne of them had come ten and some fifteen miles, arriving in ull kinds of conveyances, with more chairs of ali aorta and sizes, while some were traveling oh foot—pater, mater and little ones—followed by negroes carrying four or five chairs apiece upon their heads. The chairs were all dumped down in the theater, and thje performance took place before a crowded and delightful house.—Philadelphia l*ress. How Could They Do ItT $ “Just st this point,” said the ex plorer in relating his experiences, “I was seized from behind. 1 struggled desperately, but was finally overpowered by thirty or forty men.,’ "By how many?” asked the earplug critic. .> "Thirty or forty,” asked the explorer. "Required about that number to sub-due-you, I suppose,” suggested the . carpi ug critic. "That's it,” sdmitted the explorer modestly. "Ten or fifteen would have been no match for you?” "1 hardly think so." “Well, would you mind telling me,* asked the carping critic, "how thirty or forty men were sble to get hold of you iu order ta subdue you? Would you object to telling me how more than four or fire could possibly have taekled you to advantage?” But of course the explorer paid no attention to i '*ux. lie waa only a carping critic anyway, and never had been to India or Thibet and oonsoquently did not understand these things.—Chicago Poet.

A Rwlnu»t«| rower. Men are controlled apparently by A power not their own. What restrain* %en is apparently a restraining povr* er not their owa; a power working ia the midst of human society.—Rer. Dr, McConnell, Episcopalian. Brooklyn ». y. FUNKY CUSTOMS. Xa Ceylon the richest people beg. Taxes on beards are levied in Japa> mm cities. In Japan they give you gooseberry pie with roast dude. And in London a man who refuses to tip a traitor runs a fair chinos of getting arrested. Most Chinese mandarins paw the whole of their tires without taking a single yard sf nereis*. Under no ciroumstaaoes whatever Is a mandarin srar seen on foot in his own jurisdiction.

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That highways should be built and maintained by those who lire along them is an ancient doctrine, but an unjust one. Fifty years ago Macaulay described how unfairly the practice operated in the seventeenth century; how toll roads succeeded it and, finally, free turnpikes. But in this country we have only recently begun to see its injustice, and to realise that the relatively sparsely-settled country, with its comparatively small amount of taxable property, cannot equitably shoulder the burden of constructing and maintaining the major part of the highways of the country for the use of everybody. This subject is treated by A. B. Choate, of the L. A. W. highway committee, in circular No. 31 of the Government Oftice of Road Inquiry, on “State Aid.’* “After years of agitation,” he says, “and condemnation of the farmers for failure to build good country roads, the agitators hatf discovered that they have been trying to work an injustice upon the farmers. The mistake was not in demanding good roads, but in asking the farmer* to build good country roads without taxing city property to help pay fo* them.” Equality of taxation is a familial principle, yet nothing could be more unequal thAn to tax farm property alone for the construction of roads which ultimately benefit the entire community. In the newer states tbs taxable property is more nearly equally divided between town and country; but in the older ones the preponderance is gieatly in towns end cities, in New York the proportion being about six to one. “The bearing which this fact has,*' says Mr. Choate, “upon the question of state aid for building country wagon roads is iery apparent, for. If the farmers are required to pay taxes on their proportionately very small amount of property to improve the long stretehes of country roads, while the city people pay only enough taxes on their great wealth to improve the roads within the city limits, it will be necessary that the road taxes levied upon the farm property shall be very much heavier in proportion to the value of that property, and the priuicple of equal taxation will be violated. * * • “The business men In the cities have learned that it is to their interest to

MINNESOTA PRAIRIE ROAD. hare better country roads. • • • The whole state is interested in the improvement of all the roads; and sinoo the city people ara Insisting that they shall be improved, it would be fair to levy a tax on city property as well as country property for the improvement of country roads. This is what is meant by state aid. • * • The state does not undertake to conduct the country district schools, but it does say that, if any school district shall run a school of a certain character a certain number of months in the year, It will contribute to the expense. The state aid proposition, then, ie an application to building country roada, of the practice now in operation for running country schools.” Summing up the principal points. Ur. Choate finds that: 1. All taxes should be equal. 2. Taxing farm property to improve all country roads, and city property to improve city roads only, results in unequal taxation. 3. City people desire to have country roads improved; equal and just taxation requires that they contribute tof ward the expense. 4. State aid simply requires all benefited property owners to contribute to the expense of road improvements that benefit them. 5. Stats aid for read building is the same in principle as state aid for publie schools. 6. State aid is not a new experiment tn road building, bat has proved successful is New Jersey, Massachusetts and elsewhere. ___ 'White Worm fta the Soil. If plants are troubled with white worms In the soil an easy method of extermination Is said to be sulphur matches stuck well down into the soil, sulphur end down. A few drops of carbolic acid in a dipper of water is also good, and lime water in the proportion of a capful of unslacked lime to pail of water is the old standby. Put s oork in drainage hole of pot and saturate the soft thoroughly with the dear lima water before allowing it to run away.— National Stockman*

SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES. Dandelion.—The roots of dandelion Died as bitters or infusion. This is an excellent remedy for all liver complaints. It is also a tonic and cure* obstinate constipation. Catnip.—This is a deservedly popular remedy. The warm infusion should be drank in teacupful doses. It produces free perspiration; useful in colds, colio of infants, nervous headache and hys* j teria. Balm.—This is the moet fragrant of herbs. It is a pleasant and cooling drink in fevers and may be drank freely. i It is anti-spasmodic, and a safe and • pleasant remedy for insomnia from I nervousness. It Is also good for painful menstruation. Oomfrev.—This acts chiefly on the mucous tissues of the systems and is good in all pulmonary affections, as coogha, bronchitis, bleeding from the j lungs and incipient consumption. Should be taken freely in the form of an infusion or sirup. Burdock.—The root is the* part used and is a valuable alterative In diseases j of the blood, such as skin eruptions, boils, old sores, tetter; also a valuable kidney remedy. Dose of the infusion, taken cold, is a half teacupful three times a day before meals.

Calamus.—Calamus is an excellent aromatic stimulant and tonic; useful in flatulent colic, especially of children, and i* a good substitute for soothing sirups, roauy of which contain* more or less opium. The root is the pari used and is given in the form of tea. Camomile.—The flowers of this plant are useful in dyspepsia, and weak, debilitated conditions of the stomach. They make good restorative bitters, strengthening in female weakness and hysteria. If the flowers are simply chewed after eating they often prevent belching of the food and wind on atomacb. Sage, besides being highly useful as a culinary article, is an excellent domestic remedy. It produces perspiration when given as a tea, without stimulating the system. A first-rate remedy for colds and checked perspiration. A strong tea made from the leaves la highly valuable in sore throat, quinsy, ulcerated throat and sore mouth.— Minneapolis Housekeeper. HAVE YOU EVER— Tried to buy a pair of garters for your wife in a department store? Met your wife in the restaurant where you were treating the pretty typewriter to a lunch? Tried to bluff on a pair of deuces when four aces was the best hand out? Seen the horse you have bet your last cent on left at the post? Stepped on the business end of a tack while waltzing the baby to sleep at three a. m.? Tried to save time in a barbershop, by getting a shave with your threeinch collar on? Stepped off a moving cable car back- ! wards, or tried to connect prematurely ! with one on a slippery pavement? Taken off your hat to a lady acquaintance in a preliminary canter on a bicycle? Had a 300-ponnd lady repose gracefully on your pet corn in a crowded street car? Rummaged all through your clothes, lost your temper and disgraced yourself in a vain endeavor to find the commutation ticket that was resting peacefully in vour hatband all the time?— N. Y. World.

FROM A DOCTOR’S NOTEBOOK. Nearly all skin diseases are supposed to be caused by microscopic insects. The leaves of geraniums are said to bo excellent for cuts and wounds where the skin is rubbed off. The notiou that once prevailed at Constantinople hat persons who had had smallpox were plague immune* has been shown in Bombay to be incorrect. Out of 1,173 persons inoculated against the plague at liahli, India, only 2.1 per cent, died, while of those who ‘ refused to be inoculated 26.6 per cent, died. Diphtheria prevails but little in rural districts, for only five per cent, of the cases in Massachusetts from 1887 to 1895 | were in towns with less than 5,000 people. It is extremely unhealthy to sleep In a small room where there is a burning gas jet. One gas light gives out as much carbonic acid gaa aa two human being*. Several doctors having failed to cure ! an aggravated case of hiccoughs In Chillioethe, O., an old farmer admin- | Utered two teaspoonfuls of quince juice I to the sufferer, and immediate relief ensued. ._ ' OLE OLSEN AND Hf$ WIT. Ven Caller flatter mae et alvays mak mae feel lak Aye owe hem semeteng. Te teller vat yo can depend on ea so scare* det hae moat alvays haf gute yob. Semtems te enaurance company haf better opinion of teller's value ea hes vife do. Aye knew eem people vat vorry gute deal baeanse dey bane fraid te devil vlll net get hes dues. A vwm naver get ao ol det she teak point an powder hurt te looks of her teoe. Ven teller try to please efeiybody hoe eepoorty sure to get hull akoetia match ho« at beta.

A Race Agalitt Fir*. After a tea days' fight to avoid death, the crew of a steamer from Spain recently arrived in Baltimore. In mid ocean it waa discovered that iiames were raging in the vessel's hold. For ten long days the crew bravely fought the flames. If men would fight as persistently against disorders of the stomaeh and digestive organs, there would be fewer premature deaths. The best weapon for such a fight is Hostetler’s Stomach Bitters. It is the greatest of tonics, and the best of remedies for kidney, liver, bladder and blood disorders. More Thaw Hts Match. Algernon—In what month were you—aw— bawn? Miss Keene—No matter. The appropriate stone is the diamond.—-Jeweler's Weekly. Give the Children a Drink called Grain-O. It is a delicious, appetising, nourishing food drink to take the place of codec. Sold by all grocers and liked by all who have used it, because when properly prepared it tastea like the finest coffee but is free from ali its injurious properties. Grain-0 ai<^s digestion and strengthens the nerves. It » not a stimulant but a health builder, and children, as well as adults, can drink it with greet benefit- Costs about | as much as coffee. 15 and 25c. There is a man in this town so stingy that he won’t talk any more than he has to, on account of wearing out his teeth.—Washington (la.) Democrat. Limp and lame—lame back. St. Jacobs Oil cures it promptly, surely. The baby’s little game—Bawl.—Golden Days. Lane’s Family Medicine. Moves the bowels each day. In order to be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cures sick headache. Price 25 and 50c. Life is what we make it, but there are people who do not even make their own living.—Ram’s Horn. To Cars a Cold in One Day Take laxative Bromo (Quinine Tablets.. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. If a woman has a dollar every man thinks he is entitled to a share of it, and a lawyer will take it all.—Judge. Cold quickens rheumatism, but quickly, Surely, St. Jacobs Oil cures it. It is harder to do wrong than right, if we but knew it.—L. A. W. Bulletin.

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THE EXCELLENCE OF SY5UP OF ROS 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 6cientifio processes known to the Cautormla. Fig Stbup Co. only, and we wish to impresa upon all the Importance of purchasing the true and original remedy. As the genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured by the CAurojuna Fig Stbup 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 Cau* fobbia Fig Stbup Co. with the medical profession, and the satisfaction which the genuine Syrup of Figs has given to mil lions of families, makes the name of the Company a guaranty of the excellence at its remedy. It is far in advance of all other laxatives, as it acts on the kidneys* liver and bowels without irritating or weakantag them, and It does not gripe, nor _ nauseate. In order to get its beneficial effiMTtSi ptwun remember the at the Company— CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO. sax psaxcisoo. 0*1. UOmUA IS HKW T9MM. X. T.

D«akf»eM Caimt Circi by local applications, u they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing 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. are the best. Owe Objection. “Would that I had a hundred lives to give for your sake,” he exclaimed. “Don’tyou think,” she asked, coldly, “that that would rather overwork the foolkiller?” He left withouteven stopping to brush tfc# dust from the knees of his trousers.—Chicago Post. Burning, itching frost-bite. Use St. Jacobs Oil—cures promptly. Cools the fever. Nothing emits a worse odor than a tainted reputation.—Chicago Daily News.

For Californio Toarttt*. The Burlington Route has Weekly Toon ist Sleeper Excursions, personally con* ducted (by a Burlington Route Agent) every Wednesday from St. Louis, and Thursday from Kansas City and St. Joseph to Lm Angeles and San Francisco. The route is via Denver, Scenic Colorado, Salt Lake City, with 98 per cent, sunshine throughout ton year. Ask Ticket Agent or write for descriptive folder to L. W. Wakeley, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. When a man gets far enough along that ha quits using tobacco every little while, ha may be set down as a confirmed user of the weed.—Washington (la.) Democrat. Ito Most barbers have to “rake and acrape1* to get along.—L. A. W. Bulletin. We have not oeen without Piso’s Cure for Consumption for 20 years.—Lizzie FerreL Camp St., Harrisburg, Pa., May 4, '94. A peculiarity of the sea of life is that redd buoys a person up in it.—Detroit Journal. A cruel pain—sciatica. Its cure is sure, use St. Jacobs Oil. ' Where a woman coaxes a man threaten* —Chicago Daily News.

AN AFFAIR ™ NATION It h*s been saad of Americans that they are “a nation of dyspeptic^ and it is true that few Are entirely free from disorders of the digestive tr&tt, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Stomach amd Bowel trouble, or Constipation. The treatment of these diseases with cathartic medicines too often ad* gravates the trouble. THE. LOGICAL TREATMENT is the use of a remedy that will build up the system, thereby enabling the various ; organs to act as Mature intended they should Pills for Pale People mre is the proof. In Detroit there are few soldiers more popular and efficient than Max It. Davies, first sergeant of Co. B. His home is at 416 Third Avenue. For four years he was a bookkeeper with the wholesale drug house of Farrsnd, Williams & Clark, and he says: “I have charged up many thousand orders for Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, but never knew their worth until I used them for the cure of chronic dyspepsia. For two years I suffered and doctored for that aggravating trouble but could, only be helped temporarily. "I think dyspepsia Is one of the most stubborn of ailments, and there is scarcely a clerk or office man but what is more or less a victim. Some days 1 could eat anything, while at other times I would be starving. Those distressed pains would force me to quit work. I have tried many treatments and remedies but they would help only for a time. A friend induced me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and after taking a few doses 1 found much relief and after using several boxes I was cured. I know these pills will cure dyspepsia of its worst form and I an pleased to recommend them.”—Dttroii (Mick.) Journal. ^ The genuine p&ck&ge &Yw&ys beors the Ml name. At All druggists, o* sent postpoid on receipt of pxiie.50* per boi, by the Or-tfilltAms Medicine U., SiheneeUdy.N Y. Such & remedy is found s

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