Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 33, Petersburg, Pike County, 23 December 1898 — Page 4

Baking Powder flade from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum. — Alton baking powders are the greatest mcnacets to health of tbe present day. my/M. MUOUO KwotB CO., wrw yqwu Shr 3Pikr County geraomt Rrmncv. ^rvoPN. Oue Terr. In urn*.*nee II 3>r* . Bix Sltn». j«. In *Uv»iK*e «& Entered nt t»>.* i*oatofflrv in IVtereburtt for UmMsmivdoii through the malt* ae «»oodtlw matter. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 83, VW. Tbi peace treaty between this nation and Spain is now completed and the commissioners of this government are now on their wny vbomo. Now that?* peace ha| been resforcd’tiie luvv euai tw for tin puq >se of raising revenue to carry on the war should be discontinued

Thkrk is no telling what kind of hws the legislature will |*ass at the coming session. If the republicans do as well at the next camion as was done at the last two, the courts, will la* crowded with eases to determine whether »r not the laws are eon- ^ etitutionai or not. Tuk dog ami fish laws should be amended ' or killed by the coming legislature. Theselaws are causing considerable trouble | throughout tlie state. In some counties the laws are being enforced by the prosecuting ; attorneys upon whom the duty devolves. In j several counties the trustees have furnished lists to the prosecuting attorney of those who refused to f^ay their dbg tax. The prosecutors are enforcing the law to the letter. , . T«B war investigation commission will take a Christmas holiday, although for anything it i- accomplishing, it might just as well take a permanent holiday. Tin* next prominent witness it will bear will be General Shatter. The commission has been having a little trouble of its own. Half of its force of stenographers went on a strike, -because they said they were tired of d> mg i all the wvt*, and that the other half were inoompcUnt. i i i i n .■! ..-I... The Senate will investigate the charges of bribery against Senator lliflina, made b\ the Ohio state Senate, in connection with the senator’s election to his present term of I office, was briefly dricussed and referred to a sub-committee, consisting of Senatorlloar, Spooner ami Turley. . The sub-com-mittee will investigate the question and practically decide how far it is necessary to go into the matter. The charge was filed duruig the last session of congress and has not been pressed by ifs authors. Th* supreme court last week by a majority vote, declared the law of 1S97,| fixing January 1st w> the time when county treasurers shall take office, valid and vonslilut tonal. The law was jutssed by tlie legislature in order to secure uniformity throughout the state as to terms of countv * treasurers. .Judge McCabe wrote the I majority opinion. ,ln dissenting Judge | Howard says, ji the legislature could constitutionally *. xtend the term of a county j officer four months it could extend it for any period, and the constitutional restric- j tiou would be annulled.

Tub democrats of the House who solidly j opposed the measure an* gratified at their * suooess in defeating the lull tor the incor- ; po ration of an international American bank. This victory was won with the] assistance of the votes of some Western republican- and the aWnce when a vote j was taken of others. The vote «rns 14* u>, 103. Keprescntattve Ding ley, the republican floor leader, could not conceal his chagrin at the defeat of the bill. The Senate bill, incorporating this bank, is in the hands of Che House committee on tanking and currency, and when it is reported to the House, the fight may have to be miule T>tat is a regular cat and dog fight going on among the iv|»ubiieans over whether an extra session of the next congress shall be held in the spring, and it ts growing more bitter all the time. Mr. McKinley and the rejaiblican leaders in both Senate and House, agreed at the beginning of the session that an extra session should be avoided, if possible; but the men who want fiuaucial legislation as soon as the republicans control Ugh brandies of Congress, are working on repnv-entatives and senators, in order to make an extra session necessary, if they cannot compel ' Mr. McKinley, by all sorts of pressure, to change his mind and agree to can one. Democrats are not taking any part in this wraugle, although most of them believe that republican financial legislation, at an extra session, would benefit the democratic |*rty.

The reception given CoL Bryan by democratic senators aud representatives ; shows very plainly that: he is stiff recognised by them as the jatrtyffeader. One probable , i'* suit of Col. Bryan's visit to Washington ; will be that with oue or two possible exceptions, democratic senators will offer no opposition to the prompt ratification of the treaty of peace by the senate, they having, after talking the matter over, agreed with UoL Bryan that the question of expansion was not involved in the treaty and will not necessarily be affected by that document. Col. Bryan is very emphatic in expressing i his liehef that we should accord the same* treatment to the Philippines that will bh given to Cuba. Representative Swanson of Virginu£ goes further thau C«l. Bryan in opposing expansion. Be. said, white discussing Mr. McKinley’s Atlanta speech, iu which he asked “who would haul down the flag:” in the Philippines; “1 am one of the men in Dixie who would haul dowhthe I flag over the Philippines. 1 would rather establish a republic in the Orient than destroy one in the Occident. The Philippine islands should be turned loose and their people should be allowed to establish anti maintain their own government.” But j there are other democrats who favor I expansion. ,Kor instance. Representative King of Utah, who hopes soon to be a senator, said: “The democratic-party will !i. vt r go on record its a party iu opposition to expansion. We will oppose imjH*rialisin, I but not expansion, and we will advocate j giving ail jtersons under the sovereignty of the United States the greatest degree of self-government of which they are capable,” [and Senator Sullivan said: "Col. Bryan tried to convince me that 1 was wrong, but l firmly believe that the United States should not relinquish anything it has fairly earned by the war.” Among other democrats who openly express their belief in sVtping wliat we won by the war, art* Senators Morgan and Money, Representatives Berry, of Kentucky, and Livingston of Georgia. There are many democrats who decline taking ground either for or against expansion until it can lie officially learned what interpretation the adiuinistration intends to put upon the term.

W. H. H. Miu.Ka, law partner of ExPresident Harrison, ami attorney general in Harrison's cabinet, in an interview at Indianapolis on Monday inveighs strongly against the government expansion policy, lie said: “1 have always believed that after Admiral Ihwcy defeated Monti jo the fleet should have norm diately beeu withdrawn. Spam neyer had complete sovereignity over the l’hillippiues and consequently can’t transfer thorn to the United Stales, “\\ e cannot keep eastern nations off this continent while we assert ourselves on the eastern continent. ‘•Under a decision of the United States supreme court last March a child born in the United States, though both patents are Chinese aliens, i> a citizen and can't be excluded. Therefor, we make citizens of a lot oi Chiuese. “Furthermore a military government is contrary to the declaration of independence and the Uuited States constitution,” Young man, when you jeer at a lady passing along the street or haunt and startle her with your glance, does it occur to you that some other scoundrel might insult your sister, your wife or, in coming years, your daughter, in the same infamous manner, is the sensible question asked by an exchange. Would you think it smart': Would you regkrd it manly or an evidence of blood : If so, you ought to be kicked from onp end of the continent to the other and then horsewhipped back again. The Hazleton Washout. The Evansville & Terre llaute railroad company has just completed a costly piece of work on its lines south of Hazleton where, on the morning that 1’resident McKinley was inaugurated, a train was swallowed by the raging White river. The overflow had dammed up against the track embankment. The track had lawn closely watched, a track walker having pressed over it only a short time before the disaster. Seven trains also had passed over it within a few hoars. But it is said that the water for hours hat! been working a way under the surface,and when the flyer came along the crust gave way, the engine weut down, three ears followed and all within a short time »>n* swept out of sight. Five persons lost their lives, aud the only body ever recovered was that of a passenger named Lang who lived in Fort Wayne, and who earned an insurance on his life. The company refused to pay the |>olicy until the body should be procured. The railroad company fluidly dug it up. It was thirty days before the railway company was enabled to run trams over; the hreak. Trains were taken round by ; Mount Carmel and Ytneenn«s and the work !

of repair nan been going on ever since. In the progress of the work engineers met with all kinds of obstacles. The bents had to 1 be put together on land, sunk into lhe ! water connected by divers, who worked I under t he water. The waterway where the road crosses the White river was made 500 feet wider, had a mountain was cut dbwn , and dumped into the break. More than 15i,000 car loads of filling were hauled to the place. It is said to he in condition now to resist any flood that may be sent against it. An unusual outcome of this disaster is that a woman farmer, whose property lies adjacent to the road, has sued the company \ for ffi.ObO, alleging damages to that amonot. She says that the company’s track embankment hacked the water over her land and left a sand deposit, which practically renders it vrnUm for agricultural parpen* ,

- Diuglry Dfflelt, Treasury rejiorts of ^receipts and expen* ditures for November aud the first five months of the fiscal year reveal sorfie interesting facts. The month's receipts, $38,900,000, are about the average for/ the proceeding four months, and fall $10,000,000 short of expenditures, which foot up $49,090,000. Receipts for the past five months aggregate $904,357,000, which is $56,000,000 iu excess of the receipts of the corresponding five months of 1897, although the footings of last year’s period were swelled by the receipt of $18.C 0,C00 on account of the Union and Kansas Pacific railroads. Deducting the Pacific railroad items, receipts for the five months of the fiscal.year 1897-98 footed up $180,000,000, which is $74,000,000 less thau during the five mouths ending yesterday. Customs receipts since the 1st of last Jnlv were $79,381,000 against $51,104,000 for lhe corresponding five won*hs of the preceding fiscal year, aud internal revenue receipts aggregated $115,778^00, against $71,155,000 for the corresponding period of 1897, au increase of $44,658,010. This increase in the internal revenue item is believed to just about represent the receipts from the war tax law. The revenue from that source has struck an even gait, of about $9,000,000 a mouth, or less than $110,000,000 a year, which is $40,000,000 less than the estimate of the ways and means and finance committees of congress. The measure is to that extent a surprise to its makers, but the smalluess of the returns will be a powerful argument against the repeal of the law tor a year or more. Indeed, it can now be stated that neither the secretary of the treasury nor the house and senate leaders will ask for its amenduuut or change in any particular likely to affect the revenue. Practically uothing will be done with the law. The commissioner of internal revenue started in to recommend a long list of changes, but. subsequently omitted them from the completed draft on his report. The subject may hardly be opened up during the short session, it stands a fine chance of being completely side trucked by more important matters.

Millions Given Away. It is certainly gratifying to the public to know of one .concern in. the who me not afraid to is.* generous to the needy and suffering. The proprietors of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds, have given away over ten million trial bottles of this great medicine and have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely cared thousands of hopeless cases. Asthma, bronchitis, hoarseness and all diseases of the throat, chest and longs are surely cured by it. Call o« J. K. Adams <fc Son, druggists, and get a trial bottle free, regular size 50 cents ami $1.00. Every but tie guaranteed or priee refunded. « Hunting Laws. Just now state laws relating to hunting will l»e oi much interest both to farmers aud those who annoy them by hunting, or attemptiu to hunt on their lands. On page 107 acts qf 1801, will be found this paragraph: “Whosoever hunts with a dog, or dogs, or hunts with any kind of fire arms on enclosed lands without having first obtained the written consent of the owner or occupant thereof, shall upon conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of not more than fifty dollars or less than five dollars. Provided, that no prosecution shall l>e instigated under Die provisions of tljis section, except upon the consent of the owner of the laud entered.”

“Whoever, being about to enter uulaw- , fully upon the inclosed or uninelosed lands of another, shall be forbidden to do so by the owner or occupant or his agent or rfrvaut, or who being unlawfully upon j inclosed or uninclosed land of another, | shall be notified to depart therefrom bv the j owner or the occupant or his agent or his j servant, and shall thereafter enter upou ] such land, or neglect or refuse to depart therefrom, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined : not less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars." \ No Humbug. Foley's Honey and Tar does not claim to perform miracles. It does' not claim to cure all cases of consumption.or asthma, but U does claim to give eotnfort and relief in advanced stages of these diseases and to usually cure early stages. It' is certainly worth trying bv those afflicted or threatened with those dreaded diseases. J. It. Adams 4c Son. d Any Old Stamp Won*! Ho. A great many people seem to think that an; old stamp will do, so after attaching a proprietary or documentary revenue stamp to their letters they innocently drop them in the ’ox with the hope that the letters will be delivered immediately if not sooner. A* a matter of fact, the revenue stamp is lost and the letter held for postage. Revenue stamps are as much out of place on letters as cigar stamps are on fancy soap, or as much as postage stamps would be on a whisky barrel. Whenever a letter comes along that has a revenue stamp on it the letter is laid aside and the person to whom it is addressed is notified to forward the necessary postage. So that if even promptly attended to, the letter is three times as long in reaching its destination as it would if properly stamped. A Kansas Minister. Rev. L. S. Coulton of Cireleville, Kansas, says: “Dr. Warner—Your White Wine of Tar Syrup has been in my family and found to be all and even more than you chum for it,” D is a speedy cure for all throat and »y L oamy raui. a

Cost of Creamery Buildings and (Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station, Newspaper Bulletin No. TO, Do* comber 10,19MM The attention of the Indiana exporimoot station has been called to the fact that certain agents of creamery supply houses are at present wot king in Indiana, endeavoring to organize stock companies with the purpose of erecting and equipping e:« pensive creamery buildings. To express it mildly, during the years 1S91-5, creamery *‘pr< maters” carried on a work in Indiana, that did the dairy interests of the stale great damage. People unfamiliar with the creamery business, and tire conditions essential to success, were led to form stock companies bv “promoters,” pledging themselves to purchase of firms the “promoters” represented, buildings and equipments costing far more than circumstances would justify. As a result of this scheming, came a collapse later on that greatly injured the dairy interests of the state. Buildings were erected where In many localit ies not enough milk could Insecured to pay for running tho plans. The excosivc cost of outfit, and small supply of milk, coupled with lack of knowledge of the business, swamped beyond redemption many creamery stock companies. Tire writer has within hi* possession a record of SOcteanierics iu Indiana, that went into insolvency, and are now defunct, which cost originally ovi r $2u0,000, This was a dead loss to stockholders, lo say nothing of other losses beside the original plant. Creamery buildings may be erected in which tirstclass butter may lie made, for from $500 to $1,000, and equipped with uiaohinery for handling 7,000 to 10,000 pounds of milk per day, at a cost of not over $1,500, or an estimated total cost of $2,500 at the outside. In some places $2,000 will establish this plant. Outside of building, the two heaviest items of expense are for separator and engine and boiler. The very best separator may be bought for from $490 to $500, separating from 2.000 la 3,500 pounds of milk per hour. An engine and boiler costing new

from $400 io $3tH> will lx necessary. Miik vats holding 000 gallons of milk may he yurehaml fur $00 or kss, a cream vat holdlag • $00 gallons lor about $05, standard butter worker for $40. cburu about $30, with many other items in the way of equipment, mostly in a small way. There are reputable, well established supply houses that will sell persons one thing or everything necessary to use in a creamery at rvaaouable prices, or will assist in locating creameries where desired. People who wish to establish a creamery will be wise to get bids from, different supply houses, and so secure the most favorable j terms. First, however, they should be guided iu their new work by clear headed, fair minded men. entirely familiar with creamery management and equipment, who are not in the employ of parties interested in selling buildings or machinery. With such a person looking after the stockholders’, interests, a creamery may be established that will answer all purposes and at reasonable cost. No eo-operative creamery should ever be established, before a contract has been made and signed among the several stockholders and patrons, to guarantee a specific minimum amount of milk during the year, i if milk cannot be assured, the future of the creamery will hang in the balance. V. S. Plumb. Director. Pulmonary Consumption. My wife has been troubled with weak lungs ami whs pronounced to be in the last stages of pulmonary consumption. She commenced taking White Wine of Tar and received relief at once and is now using the fourth bottle and her health is better than for many years. We cheerfully recommend it to all. Brookline Station, Mo. Rev. J. R. Fly. Susan E. Fly. d Sold by Charley Paul.

California. The only true winter route to California is via the Illinois Central, New Ortatnes ami the Southern Pacific railway. Direct connections made with the famous “Sunset Limited” on Sunday ami Wednesday. Through Puiltnau Tourist Sleej*er to San Francisco every Thursdav at very low rates. This sleeper, runs without change, through Memphis. New Orleans, Houston, San Antonio, KIPaso and Los Angeles, your ticket agents via Evansville an Illinois Central, or write to F. R. Whee C. P. & T. A., 300 Main street, Evansville Indiana. 89tf ) *Nlu Ask heen^ For Hoarseness, Benj. Ingerson of Hutton, Indiana, says: j “He had not spoken above a whisper for months, and oue bottle of Foley's Honey j and Tar restored his voice. It is used very largely by speakers and singers. J. K. Adams & Son. d Lunar Eclipse this Mouth. On December 37 there will be a total eclipse of the moon, visible on all of the continents except Au>tralia and over the Atlantic ocean. The duration of the eclipse exclusive of the penutnor&i phase, which is never perceptible, will be three hours, forty-nine minutes. The moon will be totally eclipsed one hour and thirty minutes. At the middle of the eclipse the moon will be in the zenith of an observer in longitude & degrees east from Greenwich and in north latitude 33 degrees 30 minutes—very nearly at the center of the Sahara desert. Fur Pneumonia. Dr. J. C. Bishop of Agaew, Michigan, say*: *‘i have used Foley’s Honey and Tar , in three very severe cases of pneumonia the past month with good results.” J. R ; Adams 4 Son. d

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