Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 34, Petersburg, Pike County, 30 December 1898 — Page 4

Made from pure cream of t rtar. Safeguards t ie food against alum. Aktmtafcbg^powdgs^ e the greatest ! i pwKflt day. ROYAL MUDS MWMW. "«W VQWK. fb fjb Countt gemorot nr «. net. staors. One Year, tu advance Six Moaths, la advance ..... It 35 .. «5 / Kntered at the poKtoWoe i IVlerahar* for rifcsiou through the utils as' aeeond' V. vranHin ®l«w matter. FRIDAY. DKCKMB R 30, 1898.

* IjEW? » little. It is alw v»*hecessary in (he course of time to add new machinery ami material to a well regc ated newspaper office, ami of course the time has oome when the Democrat is compelled by i*« P* largely increasing subscrip.ion list t' add better machinery to the oficc, which will arrive in the nest two weeks. To pay for this machinery we must have the cash, that is lawful money of Uucle Sam’s manufacture. There are sixty or seventy subscribers who owe two and three years subscription and some who owe more, "and a large number who owe fo:- the pa.-t year. If they will remit at once we can meet the obligation without injuring our credit ami .hare a little left to buy bread. Don't wait for us to seutl you a statement of yonr account but send in the amount you owe, and we will inTeVnrnjfivt yon a better newspaper in the filTurv. Thanking one and all for their past patronage and asking a share in the future we wish all our friends sA happy and prosperous tier year, and may success attend your * eery effort^ Professor Norta Carolina, in a recent visit to Washington City, upon the disfmsttdiiM-mfitrtif the colt rod voter, said: *J‘The purjxve MwaV-rfh Camamans to follow tin example V M sissippi, S>mb Carolina and Louisiana, and accomplish, the i-artia! disfranehiseiuen of the negroes, is worthy and commend* >U* of all supporters of the institutions r-'f this country. It is quite in line with the most advanced ’idea of the McKinley administration, rej*resented by Senator OuUam’s Hawaiian comraission.whicti. by the way, has m.Kleled a splendid plan for t lie disfranchisement of the North Carohua negroes, without intentionally doing such a thing. # The bill he has reported, disfranchising the natives of the Hawaiian Islands, is a very good one. in that the natives of the isl unis are not fit to govern an American terri.ory. If this is true in Hawaii, it is doubly true in North Carolina." » Tag year 1990 will soon be with us, and it should be the aim of every citizen of the county to put forth his every effort to advance the interests of Tike county. When-! ever opportunity offers say a good word for . its ttwourcef. its people aud its many ad- j ■vantages. During the coining ve*r many improvements may be expected, factories j may be located in the several towns, amt j the Black Diamond railroad will be one of} the great enterprises whjch will be built j through the county. Telephone service will be bad with every hamle of the county, new coal mines will la? opened up in several t localities. Put on a little strain, do a little \ork and help boom tfe- county and it> intereats. The Okmocrat is ever willing' to lend its aid in any enterprise that a ill { further the interests of the citixeu* and the j county. _ 1

Thk Indiana legislature meets cm Thurs- ; day of next week wheu the Kilkenny cat j fight among the republican* will Mtke place j for the positions of doork *ej»er, spittoon' cleaners and senator. Froit ail indications * at present it looks like Indianapolis will j take everything in sight am also name the senator. The- senatorial fi ht is creating | but little sti»* as it has nam >ved down to a fine point and the tnan wil be named by the administration forces i nd ttie will of the massea of the republican will count for nothing, as it is a common hing for a few republican* to run the whole party machinery. And-thc repul leans of the country districts sit back < id never say a word, and especially is th e so with the republicans of Sou them Ind ina who never, get anything from the pie or. inter. Thk papers are full, of aik about the reform of county and to\ tiship affairs. There are a doxen or more pc -sons who hare prepared bills with reference > these matters which haT© more or less i erit, but their views will not meet those f the 150 men who make the laws. It is sot more law thas is needed, but the enfe^ cement of the present laws now on the sta tie books, and .the election of men who w ii enforce the laws and work for the it erects of -the people instead of faiteuing their pocketbook* at the expense of the eople. There ts no use to pass new laws i! those now in . force ah* not enforced.. Ne w enactments fiTiii fwr the same as the old. j

-.-.... The democrat# in congress may not succeed in defeating the scheme to increase the regular army to :iOO,QO0 meu, but they intend that the country shall be thoroughly acquainted with the enormous and permanent taxation which those who are behind the scheme are trying to put upon the people. The report of the minority of the 'House committee on military affairs, signed i by every democratic member of the com-1 tuiUee, has been fitted with the clerk of the House—owu,g to the railroading of the Hull bill through the committee and reporting it to the House before the holiday | recess, they had to prepare it after congress j adjourned—and it is an interesting document. It points out that while an army of I 100,000 men would be a menace to our liberties iu time of peace, it would be too weak to cope wit b any first class power in war; that tbe cost of the Hull bill would be about #150,000 a year, which added to j our pension payments would bring our I military expenditure* up to nearly #300.000,000— more than ts paid by any one of j those great Eurojwan nations which keep their armies practically ,oa a war footing! | all the time. IJeic is a clause of the report especially deserving consideration: “It is] well understood'that tbe,great corporate] interests of the country demand this large army for obvious reasons, A. president with such a force behind him, could invade our liberties, suppress freedom of speech and even desecrate the ballot itself,'* The democrats on the committee accompany their report with a> bill with which they will put the House on record, by offering it as a substitute for the Hull bill. It provides for a regular army of thirty thousand men, and for the enlistment, for not more than two years, of 30,006 volunteers, for service iit the new possessmnsof the Crated States and in Cub*. There is no reason, at this time, to believe that we will have any actual need for an army of more than 30,000 men two years hence, as the islands which we are now compelled to garrison are likely to U* either governing themselves by that time, or owned by some other government.

Sexator Grav, the only democratic member of the peace commimton, which has just returned from Paris, bringing the official copy of the t reaty of peace, expressed pleasure to iearn that democratic senators generally bad accepted Colonel Bread’s i idea, that the question of expansion was not in any way involved in the treaty, and that consequently then would be tio party opjwsitioft to the ratification of the treaty.' Failure to.ratify the treaty might cause international complications, while its ratification will clear the deck fora domestic contest, as to whether we shall keep the j Philippines, give them their independence <\r dispose of them to some other country. Senator Gray declined to express an opinion on this matter, further than to say that j he was a democrat, which probably means that he will oppose our keeping the Philippine Islands, r There is one treaty of peace session of the next congress. $20,000,000 whiyh we have thing connected with the that may force an extra That is the got to pay Spain. The tscaly provides that this money shall Jbe paid within six months after the interchange of ratification of t he treaty between the two governments; also that the treaty shall be ratified within six months from the date it was signed. It is expected that the Senate will ratify the treaty at this session, bnt both Senate and House will have to pass a bill appropriating the money. If the present house fails to pass the appropriation, an extra session of the next congress will have to be called to get within the time limit.Gi.w Males badly frightened a number of persons, and some of th|2| holding United States commisssons, when he said that he was making a personal investigation into the sending of ‘’embalmed" beef to our soldiers in Cuba ayd Porto iiieo. An investigation—a real investigation—is about the last thing anybody connected with, that “embalmed” beef wants to see, b- cause, in the first place, it would show that those high in authority agreed to making an eX(4ri«oent that endangered the h« alth and lives of thousands of soldiers for no more apparent reason than it wquld tie very profitable' for those who sold the government the “embalmed” beef. Tan best and moat important laws now on the statute books in the interest of the people were passed by democratic legislatures. Take for instance the,election law, the school book law, the state tax law and the mining laws. Then on the other haud these are a few samples of republican enactments: The fish law, the dog law, the Njchoison-farce and the compulsory educational law. These latter laws are held up as samples of what republicans can do by the great republican editor*.

Tat row oyer the honors of the American- j .Spanish war goo# merrily on. Xew statemoat# are made public nearly every day. | The investigating committee will finish it# work sometime next summer or the year foliowtug, when some (conclusion may be matched. All the officers am softer honors with the exception of two or three. , Tat members of the peace commission to the Paris conference have returned home, having finished their labors. The total expenses of the commission have not yet been footed tip. Struck seem to be quite prevalent during the past few mouths among glass workers. The employee want some of the fruit# of the high protection doled out by republican legislation. j

-'.J...!.Meeting With Success. The “dollar-a-month" plan to ndss ,a large popular subscription for the democratic national campaign fond is meeting with a success that is entirely satisfactory to the organization and very gratifying to all those democrats who have already begun to buckle on the armor for the tight of 1900, says the Indianapolis Sentinel. This movement* which is being simultaneously pushed in every state and territory in the Union, has been put to the test in Indiana by Alien W. Clark, already identified with the ways and means commit

tee as manager or its newspaper department, and in tbe last three weeks Mr. Clark has presented the plan in several sections of the state.to cities and rural communities, to state and local leaders and to merchants, artisans and farmers within the ranks. Last night at the Grand hotel, which he is making his headquarters while in the state, he was asked the results of his efforts. “If tbe other states of the natiou do as well as | now feel satisfied Indiana will do,” said Mr.Clark, “a new era in American politics is dawning. An era in which will be seen on the one side the trusts, monopolies and great corporations furnishing the sinews of war with which to maintain a money system, which is their chief weapon in tbe spoliation of the people; and on the other the masses, the sincere, intelligent and self respecting citizenry—earnest in their conviction that our fight is for the people, knowing the heavy expense of; modern and successful though legitimate campaigning, and with a manly and patriotic desire to bear their own share ol the | burden—who will go down into their own. pockets, as they may feel able, and finance their own campaigns. “This will eternally end, so far as the democratic part v is concerned, the blandishments of the money power for whose gold the rights and interests of the people have been bartered away so openly by the party of Mark Uanua in recent years. Then will end, also, the procession of opportunists going up and down the country with the wail that this or that demand of the people must not be hearkened to by democratic conventions else the coffers of the HJast continue closed to us as they have been ever since the declaration of the timehonored pi vs it ion of the party against the aggressions of the capitalist class became a promise of specific performance instead of a generality not always unmistakable. “On the other hand, if this movement offering a practicable and easy plan for financing the campaigns of the people by the |>eople themselves should fail for any reason after having been fairly presented throughout the country it might make history a great deal faster than anybody would like to predict. Such a failure would demonstrate to the nation and to the world at large that here, under a republican form of government that plutocracy had become supreme. Political part ie.s could no longer make issues ol the questions between the masses and the classes. The only issues would be the offices, or the struggles between opposing combinations of capital, each inteut on its own exploitation of the country and political managers would supinely bow-to Wall street and say: ‘Pay our bills, write the platforms, name the candidates and dictate the administration politics.’ And a'fter such a virtual aud deliberate abdication of the people who can say where the arrogance of the plutocracy would end? “But while some are discouraged, though grimly determined to die fighting in the last ditch, there is very manifest among the large majority of our people a reawakening of the courage and enthusiasm whic h dominated the conventions of a revival of the spirit of actuating our forefathers in 76. or, if you please, that following the winter at Valiev Phrge. They are inspired by a conviction and courage akin to that of those j days and theirs is a heroism in some respects t even more remarkable, for it is without the j glamor of war and to the multitude their j sacrifices seem so prosaic. An instance; [ A brakeman, on low wages with a family I to support, approached me on the train oue day last week and said, ‘I want sign one of those subscription blanks and pay a dollar a month toward the silver campaign funcL 1 earnestly believe in the movement and want to pay my part toward its success.' Farmers, country merchants and struggling j professional men talk to me in the same j way. Surely such contributkms.even small, from the masses of the people, will be blessed to infinitely more good than the large sums paid by the several hundred> trusts for their protection while plundering \ the people, and when success crowns our j efforts we shall have an administration j under obligations only and solely to the people.” j

i n* reporter asKea ,ur. uiarn wnetner, the politi^mns or the people not identified | with politics were the most liberal sub- j scribers. *•! notioe no difference,"he replied. “Of course, we go to the politicians first because , the people would likely look on the move-} rneut with distrust if their local leaders failed to endorse and support it, but the. leaders give it their unanimous approval, partly because of their own knowledge of its importance and necessity and partly, j also, because it » establishing a systemj that will secure a more equitable dUtnbu- j tiou of the burden of campaign expenses. ' The people themselves are rallying to its support because they are intensely in earnest in their desire for silver restoration and because this plan offers them an easy \ method to give substantial assistance. Besides, this plan appeals to their self respect; i no undue pressure or special eolicitatioaJs j made on any one, and there are none of Ibe 1 sand-bagging methods which so often 4har- j acterixe campaign financering.*’ | < “Have you heard any talk of modifying ,

thekqpShey plank for the 1900 campaign?” “Oh, yes, a little; but it is like McKinley prosperity—always ‘in the next county.’ And if any of the politicians have anything like that up their sleeves and intend to, play it they’ll find the Indiana democracy as vigilant and determined and a good deal less patient than it has been in the past, if any one doubts this he has only to visit a half dozen country counties to get his eyes open.* A Narrow Escape. Thankful words written by Mrs. Ada E. Hart of Groton, S. D.: “Was taken with a bad oold which settled on my Juugs, cough set in and finally terminated in consumption. Four doctors gave me up, saying I could live out a short time. I gave myself up to my Savior, determined if I could not stay with my friends on earth, I would meet my absent ones, above. My husband was advised to get Dr. King’s >iew Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. 1 gave it a trial, took in all eight bottles. It has cured me, and thank God I am saved and now a well aod healthy woman.” Trial bottles free at J. K. Adams & Son’s drug store. Regular size 50c and $1.00 guaranteed or price refunded.

Expenditures br Towashlp Trustees. A bill was passed at the last session of the legislature which is of much interest to township trustees and to taxpayers generally. The law provides that the boards of county commissioners shall meet the first Tuesday of each month and audit every warrant drawn by the several trustees of their .county during the preceding month ■except for the payment of teachers. It shall be the duty of the board to ascertain for what purpose each warrant is ijrawn, whether a proper one, and whether a reasonable charge against any of the funds of the township, whether or not the article purchased is a legitimate purpose,or whether the township had use therefor, and whether or not'the amount named in the order is a reasonable compensation tor the article purchased or labor pertormed, and shall write or stamp on the face of each warrant or order that it audited and approved the same. Any taxpayer of the township may appear before the board and except to any warrant or order being’audited or issued in whole or in part. I f any warrants or ordeis shall be rejected by the board in whole or in part, and all of which have been protested, such order's or warrants shall be certified to the circuit court, where matters therein involved shall be heard by such eourj. One or more taxpayers of the township concerned may appear and contest the payment of auy warrant, and the court, on final hearing, may make the contestor a reasonable allowance to reimburse him for the expense incurred and trouble had as it may deem just. Severe penalties are provided for issuing and delivering warrants without complying with the provisions of the law, and trustees shall be liable on their official bonds. -^- Two Pointed Qucsilous Answered. What is the useof making a better article than your competitor if you cannot get a belter price for it? Ans.—As there is no difference in the price the public will buy only the letter, so that while our profits may be smaller on a single sale they will be much greater in the aggregate. How can you get the public to know your make is,the best? Ans.—If both articles are brought prominently before the public both are certain to be tried and the public will very quickly pass judgment on them and use only the better one. This explains the large sale on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The people have becu using it for years and have found that it can always be depended upon. They may occasionally take up with some fashionable novelty put forth with exaggerated claims, but are certain to return to the one remedy that they know to lie reliable.aml for coughs, Colds and croups there is uothing equal to Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. For sale by J. R. Adams & Son. d

California. The only true winter route to California is via the Illinois Central, New Orleanes and the Southern Pacific railway. Direct connections made with the famous “Sunset Limited" on Sunday and Wednesday. Through Pullman Tourist Slee|*er to San Francisco every Thursday at very low rates. This sleeper, runs without change, through Memphis. New Orleans, Holton, San Antonio,_ j01Piiso and Los Angeles. Ask your ticket Agents via Evansville and the Illinois Central, or write to P. R. Wheeler, C. P. & T. A., 300 Main street, Evansville Indiana. 29tf «- * — .. y v- >« Humbug. Foley*9 Honey and Tar does not claim to perform miracles. It does not claim to cure all cases of consumption or asthma, but it does claim to give comfort and relief in advanced stages of these diseases and to usually cure early stages. It is certainly worth trying by those afflicted or threatened with those dreaded diseases. J. R. Adams k Son._^_d The Excursion To Greensboro, High Point, WinstonSalem and other poiuts in North Carolina and Virginia, will be tun this year over the B. & 0. S-W. and Norfolk & Western railroads on December 6th and 20th. Round trip tickets and one way tickets will be sold on these days at low rates from any coupon ticket station of the B. k Q. S-W. railroad. No other route can offer the quick time made by these lines. For further information call on ticket agents of B. k O. S-W., or address Fleming Ratcliff, excursion agent, New Castle, Indiana; O. P. McCarty, general passenger agent, Cincinnati, Ohio. v

Indiana's Counties. The nomenclature of the ninety-two counties into which Indiana is divided is a subject to which probably not one hoosier iu a thousand has ever given any consideration whatever. Familiar as these are as household words there are few who nexer | take the pains to inquire into theur derivation, and yet such an investigation opeus a most interesting field of research. The names of the counties in this state, says the India,qapolis News, were severally designated and fixed by public law at the tia>e of their organisation respectfully. A very large number of the0 counties were named from eminent statesmen aud warriors of the revolutionary era. Among these are Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madisou, Monroe, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, Jay, Knox, Marshall, Rush, Alien,Bartholomew, Cjurroll, Dearborn, Franklin, Greene. Marion, Jasper, Newton. Montgomery, Morgan, Putman, Starke, Sullivan, Warren, Wayne, Pulaski, DeKalb, Steuben aud , Kosciusko*

lhe following counties derive their names from distinguished officers or sbkliers in the war of 1812 and in the Indian wars occurring about that period, upon the frontier of the northwest, and from distinguished statesman and civilians of the same period, succeeding the era of the revolution: Brown, Bopne, Daviess, Dubois, Floyd, Grant, Johnson, Pike, Porter^ Ripley, Seott, Sheiby, Spencer, Wells, Whitley, White, Warrick, Owen, Jackson. Renton,, Clay, Randolph, Cass, Clinton and Crawford. The name of quite a considerable group of our counties have a distinct local color, being derived from those of notable men resident in our own borders, well known in the earlier history of the territory and state of Indiana and distinguished by service either civil or military rendered to our people. Among these are the following: Clark, Vigo, Vanderburg, Posey, Harrison, Gibson, Phrke, Jennings, Hendricks, Noble, Tipton, Howard and Blackford. Six of the counties in our state renamed from rivers which either bound or traverse their territorial limits. These are: Ohio, Elkhart, Tippecanoe, St. Joseph, Wabash and Vermillion. | There is a small number of counties in j other and older states whence the first settlers had removed to Indiana. Among 'these are Orange, Huntington, Martin, Union, Fulton, Fayette anti Fountain. The following counties were named from Indian tribes formerly living in the region of country where they are situated: Miama I and Delaware. Three of our counties perpetuate the i memory and heroism of distinguished , officers in the old nayy of the Uniletl States during the last war with great Britan: Perry,. Lawrence ami Decatur, i liake county is named from Rake Michigan, by which it is bouuded on the north, f The county of Switzerland, whence the larger number of the first settlers of the county emigrated to the United States.. Lagrange county was named in honor of the country seat and residence \pf General Lafayette in France. \^_ 1 The county of Laporte was named from a certain prairie lying in it, a tract of | country long and well known for its beauty land fertility, which w;ts, in the language | of the earlv French explorers of that region, called ‘‘Laporte,” that is, “the door.” Although the nomenclature of our counties is, in any historic view, very recent, yet iu a few instances differences of opinion have arisen in respect to the origin of the name. In the foregoing classification regard has been given in such instances to the weight of opinion derived fiytji what' has been eouceived to be most authentic Rncklen’a Arnica Sal re. The best salve in the world for cuts, »ruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheugn, fever ores, tetter;, chapped hands, chilblains, *>rns, and all skin eruptions, and pos'tivey cures piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or noney refunded. Price 25 cents per box, for sale by J. R. Adams & Son.

Will Seek the Coal Fields. State Geologist Blatchley believes that | the people of Indiana should think more seriously of the possibilities of the coal fields | of the state than of the failiug gas supply. His forthcoming report will deal with this exhaustively. In his last report Mr. Blatchley called attention to the fact that the gas fields gave every indication that the supply could not last more thau four years in any considerable quantities and that the people, both | manufacturers and householders, would be j compelled to return to the use of coal at an early date. In speaking of this recently he said that the sections of thestajejtn which the coal deposits are beiifjjw/mrked are j destined, within a eotnpaw^vely short J time, to be the manufacturing center of j Indiana. He will show us in his report that there is coal enough to last two centuries. Aa the industries in the gas belt are obliged to seek new fields on account of the failing supply of .gas, they will be irresistibly attracted to the coal fields. Mr. Blatchley says it' is his personal opinion that the heart of the gas belt will supply gas for manufacturing purposes only two or three years more, and within that time the real value of the Indiana coal deposits will be realised as they never have been before. A Kansas Minister. Her. L.S. Cotillon of CirotevilJe, Kansas, says; 4‘Dr. Warner—Your White Wine of Tar Syrup has been in my family and found to be all and even more thau you claim for and d it.” H is a speedy cure for all throat

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