Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 37, Petersburg, Pike County, 20 January 1899 — Page 3

DEATH OF NELSON DINGLEY. Ih* B pablletn Lwdtr la the Bow* «( B«|: rMeatatlTH Dlea After a Blunt n IllaMi of Heart Failure. Washington, Jan. 14.—Hon. Nelson Dingley, of Maine, leader of the republic in side on the floor of the house of representatives and representing the Second congressional district of Maine in that body, died here last night at half-past ten o’clock of heart failure resulting from extreme weakness due to pneumonia. He was unconscious during the most of the day, apd death came quietly without consciousness being regained. Surrounded by Friend*. / * There was present at the time Mrs. Dingley, Miss Edith Dingley, Messrs. E. N. and A. H. Dingley, sons of the

THE LATE CONGRESSMAN DINGLEY. deceased; James C. Hooe, an intimate friend of the familj% Df. Deale, one of Mhe* physicians who had been attending him throughout his illness, and the two nurses. To within a few hours before his death the family firmly believed, as it has throughout his illness, that Mr. Dingley would recover, and it wasionly when it became apparent that he was dying that the members gathered at his bedside. While the pastLfew days had given great hope of recovery, the progress of the disease had made the patient weak, and had seriously affected his heart. Alternating: Hope and Fear. Late Thursday night and again yes- * terday morning Mr. Dingley had bad ” sinking spells from which he slightly rallied. There were further evidences 6f heart failure as the day progressed and Jhe strongest stimulants were administered, but without effect. He failed perceptibly during the afternoon and’ as night came hope was aban1 doned. Mrs. Dingley is ,very much .prostrated by her husband’s death, “and is now under the care of physicians. g.'1 Heartfelt Expressions of Sympathy. There were many heartfelt expressions of sympathy when it became known that the Maine congressman was dead. All during his illness, which he struggled against so vigorously, there had been constant inquiries at the hotel at which he resided, as to his condition. The Hamilton house, where Mr. Dingley resided, has been the resort for a number of years for most of the congressional contingent from Maine, and it was here that Mr. Dingley spent all of the past 16 years of .his life when his congressional duties eall him to Washington. He occupied rooms on the second floor, and j had with him his wife and daughter, the sons being here but little. jj Sergeant-at-Arms RumfII Notified. Sergeuat-at-Arms Russell of the bouse of representatives, was notified of the death, which will be announced in both hopses of congress to-day, and committees will be appointed to attend the funeral, after which adjournment for the day will be had. It is not yet decided whether there shall be a public funeral hi the house of representatives. This will be left entirely to the wishes of the family. It is expected that interment will be had at Auburn, Me., where Mr. Dingley’s father, who died not long aero, is burieth

Air. Dluglcj'g Illness. Representative Ding-ley’s illness dates back to December 29, when he complained that he was not well. The physician diagnosed his case as one of gTip, so commonly prevailing here, and cautioned the patient to keep to his room. The following Saturday pneumonia developed in the left lung, complicated with great irregularity of the heart. Skillful treatment brought good results, and on Thursday there were signs that the lung was beginning to clear. The next day, however, the disease took an alarming turn, and the two sons in Michigan were telegraphed for. On that day Mr. Dingley had promised to deliver a lecture before the Brooklyn Museum of Arts and Science^, on the topic “Sources of Revenue for the Government.” THE CALIFORNIA SENATORSHIP Democratic Complimentary Tote* Scattered with Profusion—Must Cast a Tote Every Day Until Choice Is Made. Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 14.—In the first ballot for United States senator yesterday the democrats gave theii complimentary vote to Maguire. In the second the democratic complimentary vote went to Col. J. F. Smith, of the First California regiment, now at Manila. On the third the democrats voted for Caminetti, on the fourth for I Devries. After the fourth ballot, with no change from the last ballot of Thursday, a motion to adjourn was made, but roll cail was demanded. The mo* tioi^was carried. f " . : .-.I . i , _\ ~ I , THE PARIS EXPOSITION.] The Ajacrionn Commission Will Need, is* cording to the Latest Estimates, •1,300,000. Chicago, Jan. 13.—John H. Gibbons, Of the Paris exposition cammission, has sent Congressman Cannon, chair-, man of the house appropriations committee, t corrected statement of the probable needs of the commission in products at the exposition, s called for it the las

A NEST OF SIEVES Their Vie la Called For Almost Beery Dor to Every Variety ot Farm Work. I ]. - . f ; _ . * The value of a set of sieves witi meshes of varying degrees <Jf fineness is too apparent to need argument Their use is called for almost every daj upon the farm. They are useful in sep arating weed sped from grain that is t< „be sown. In fact, all seed grain ought to be sifted with a mesh just fint enough to hold the sound, plump, per feet grains, and to let all foreign seed and shriveled grain pass through. This is but one out of the many important uses to which sieves may b* put. It is important, however, to have a whole line of these articles, else just the right mesh will always be lacking. A very handy arrangement is shown ix the cut. A boxlike framework is made < i '

A NEST OF SIEVES. having a slit in one side and a.groovt around the inside. Light frames are made, strung with mesh of varying degrees of openness, and* as wanted, one or another of these frames is slipped |nto the groove and a sieve ojf !|he right sort is at hand. One excellent use fora set of sieves at this season of the yeai is in getting out of cracked corn just tlie right sized particles for chicks when first hatched, foir those a couple of weeks old, a month, and so on. Cracked corn is a splendid feed for chickens, but it must be graded to se* cure the best results. In the same ex* celient way grit of proper size foi chicks of varying ages can be provided, Once get a full set of these sieves, and you will be surprised at the great num< be’r of uses to which they can be put.— N. Y. Tribune. GYPSUM IN THE SOIL. Gxperlmeati Demonstrate That th<| Sabstaace Is Not Inimical to Plaat Growth. It has generally been supposed that gypsunu when used as a fertilizer, it valuable largely because it attracts moisture and furnishes Some material which nourishes the plantsIn extreme* ly dry weather. As a soil for producing vegetation, it has never been considered, indeed it has not been supposed that plants would grow in it, but some experiments at agricultural stations show that plants will flourish in pure gypsum and make an almost phenomenal growth. Grain and plants were raised in this soil with most surprising results. Experiments also have been made in growing plants and grain in clean, -white sand. Tlje results of these efforts may, it is said, almlbst revolutionize the growing of certain forms of vegetation. As a case in point: Some years' ago a family moved into a new

bouse winch was built upon an un* promising gypsum bed. The mistress of the house was extremely fond of flowers and bewailed the fact that she could have no flower garden. Finally her house plants became so trouble* some that she turned them into the sand bed. digging holes and .dropping them in regardless of order or system, and left them, as she supposed, to die* H.ei astonishment may be imagined whea she grew such verbenas, petunias, geraniums and other plants as she never raised in her life. The neighbors insisted that she must have used some commercial fertilizer, but the fact was that the roots found abundant nour* ishment in what would usually be considered absolutely worthless soil.— ■Journal of Agriculture. ORCHARD AND GARDEN. In transplanting cut off all broken or nutilated roots. Fumes from an oil stove are not good for house plants. If the lawn needs manuring, now ia the best time to give it. /" In mulching, use material that is free as possible from weed' seeds. In growing fruit for market it is an advantage to have varieties that will keep well and bear transportation. While lilies and gladioias are injured by manuring, tulips, hyacinths and ; crocuses are benefited by a liberal allowance. Nearly or quite all kinds of fruits and vegetables keep much better if the temperature in the place where they are stored can be kept even.—St. Louis liepublic. Winter-Grown Pie Plamt. Growing pie plant in winter hat passed the experimental stage and become a profitable industry. Thousand* of dollars are paid the gardeners each winter for the product, which is bought at high prices, both for home consumption and for shipment. Any cellar oi outbuilding which can be made absolutely frost proof and light proof will answer the purpose. There is nonobjection to the house cellar, as no manure and very little water are re* quired, so no odor or dampness will —i— *»■- -"-hff is so litthe

RECENT INVENTIONS. An improved spirit level baa a stud 1 «et in tie liquid pocket to change the chape of the sir bubble, causing it to ^flatten and lengthen and allowing the i use of the level in very accurate work. In a newly-designed safety knife the blade is pivoted in the handle to swing I the catting edge either in front of or behind a fixed guard lying parallel to it, thus covering the sharp side of the blade when not in use. \ A Californian has patented an automatic stock-feeding apparatus in which a clock releases a weight at the desired hour, the fall of the weight lifting the cover of the feed box and dropping hay down from a rack overhead. To prevent the spread of poisonous gases from the explosion of giant pow- , der in mines a composition "made of wheat flour, salt and soda is mixed with i the powder, the burning of the mixture in the explosion neutralizing the poison in the powder gas. j An Iowa man has patented a^ com- , bination rake and pitchfork, the tines : being pivoted on a rod running at right ! angles with the handle, with notches' ; cut in the disks on which the tines are 1 mounted to receive spring pins which : lock the tines in position for use. In an improved incandescent electric^' light holder the wire is passed through I an eyelet in the top of a flat shade, with i a wire holder on the un^er side, which I engages the socket andthe tip of the i bulb to hold the lamp in a horizontal I position, thus increasing the amount of j light. * An apparatus has been designed for use in excavating frozen ground, consisting of a boiler and firebox to heat water and drive the steam into a covered heating chamber having the bottom open to allow the steam to thaw the ground, with openings for shovel barklies in the top. THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD.

Mexico continues to furnish over half of the United States’ supply of mahogany. It furnished $68,209 wor+h of the total of $132,901 purchased from southern countries in September. Although the s>tate Of Washington has exceptional^airying facilities, half of the cheese consumed in the cities of thg state and nearly half of the butter comes from without the state. Tlie profit from a single whale that is captured is very large. J One about 50 feet long weighs 140,000 pounds and will give 60,000 pounds of blubber, from which 48,000 pounds of train oil can be made, and 3,000 pounds of whalebone. It is curious to note that wood tar is prepared, just as it was in the fourth century IJ, C. A bank is chosen and a hole dug into which the wood is placed, covered with turf. A fire is lighted underneath, and the tar slowly drips into the barrels placed to receive it. The latest in the building line is the aluminium hut for Klondike miners. When packed for carriage it weighs 110 pounds. It is composed of four sides and a roof of thin sheets of aluminium, and when put up it contains 190 cubic feet. During the season of 241 days in J89S | the Sault Ste. Marie canal did a busij ness of 21,23#,664 tons. The Suez does j about 9,000,000 in the whole year. The ; tonnage of the Sault cost about $46,000,- ! 000 and the freight bill of the ships that i pass it is about $15,000,000 yearly; 17,i 161 vessels, 21,224,664 tons of freight I and 43,426 passengers was the measure ' of its business. EDUCATIONAL BREVITIES. J The library substatiomseheme in con- ! nection with the public schools has been introduced in Omaha. President Harper, of the University of Chicago, announced at the last convocation of the university that gifts agI gregating $402,000 had been made duri ing the quarter to the institution. ! Among this year’s Princeton students ; is Kin Beung Surh, a graduate of Boa- | noke college, the first Corean to take a j B. A. degree. He comes of a distin- ! guished family/'which traces its geneal- ! ogy back nearly 2,000 years. \ Frank P. Graves, the newly-appointed president of the University (A Washingj ton, in battle, is the youggest college president in this country,* if not in the world. He was born in Brooklyn in 1869 and was graduated from Columbia in 1890. H. O. Armour, of New York city, haa given $20,000 to Whitworth college, a i Presbyterian institution at Sumner, | near Tacoma, Wash. The gift compiises j $500 cash, 127 acres of land at West Seattle, a house and lot at Seattle and blocks of stock in two mining corporations.

UNLUCKY FRIDAY. In many country districts, especially in the north of England, no wedding takes place on Friday, because it is thought to be unlucky. The superstition of sailors, whose antipathy to undertake a ^.voyage, or, in fact, to commence any work of importance on Friday, is everywhere no tori o us. That peculiar-phase of superstition which has regard to lucky dr unlucky, good or evil days, is to be found in all ages and climes wherever the mystery man of a tribe of the sacerdotal caste of ' a nation has acquired rule or authority over the minds of the people. Throughout the east, among the populations of | antiquity, are to be found traces of this 1 almost universal worship of “luck.”

Qiimij ul Asia Mian. It is inevitable that Asia Minor shall mituaUy pm from the dosmmmni of Mohammedanism, and whether Germany accomplishes the task or not, the Saltan must yield to a Christian nation. It is just auk inevitable that diseases of the digestive organs must yield to Hostetter’e Stomach Bitters. The diaordemot ihis kind are usually called dvr. pegng^constipntkm and biliousness. The Bitters are equally good for all such com* plaints, r«gard)ess of the name. Sanitary Hates. "It seems to me, doctor, that your prices are rather steep.” “Well, yon must hear in mind that it hi not my own health for which I am running n sanitarium.”—-Indianapolis Journal. One at the Penalties at Wealth. If tou are any man’s rich kin, his neighbors have heard all about you.—Atchison Globe. Florida Air Uae. The Louisville Air Line has inaugurated for the season through sleeping car route to Jacksonville, Fla., in connection with the Southern Railway, Queen & Crescent Route and Florida and Central Peninsular railroad, passing through the important cities of Louisville, Lexington, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Macon. This line affords passengers rip via Asheville, N. C., the for Florida trip greatest American all-year-around resort. Correspondence solicited and information promptly furnished. R. A. Campbell, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. merely Philadelphia North American. Sudden weather changes bring Soreness, Stiffness. St. Jacobs Oil brings a prompt cure. Which S the harder, to make a million or to die and leave it?—Town Topics. Laae'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 23 and 50c. Employer (irascibly)—“Confound that boy! He’s never at»und when he is wanted.” Clerk—“I think it must be hereditary with him, sir. His father is a policeman.”— Golden Days. Deep as is the Sciatic nerve, St. Jacobs Oil will penetrate and cure Sciatica. lighting dogs meet thei Horn. match.—Ram's

THE MARKETS. New York, Jan. 16, 1899. CATTLE1—Native Steers...* 4 ft) fe$'5 75 COTTON—Middling . 6 if 6* FLOUR—Winter Wheat.,.. 3 25 <oi 4 Cv WHEAT—No. 2 Red.. # 80»4 CORN-No. 2. 43ta& 44 OATS—No. 2. if “* PORK—New Mess—.'....I. 9 75 W 10 DO ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling . @ 51 BEEVES—Steers . 3 80 if 5 30 „ Cows andHeifers. 2 00 <t± 4 00 CALVES—(per 100>. 5 00 & 0 75 HUOS—Fair to Choice...... 3 40 © 3 85 SHEEP—Fair to Choice.... 3 40 if 4 00 FLOUR—Patents (new).... 3 50 3 60 Clear and Straight. 2 75 if 3 25 WHEAT—No. 2 Red Winter 74 @ 75 CORN—No. 2 Mixed. 36 OATS—No. 2. 2S&I& 29 RYE—No. 2. 55 ®> 56 TOBACCO—Lugs . 3 00 <tf 8 50 Leat Burley... 4 50 if 12 uQ HAY—Cleat Timothy .6 50 if 9 50 BUTTER—Choice Dairy.... 16 U IS EGGS—EFesh . @ 16> PORK— StandardMess(new) .... if 9 75 BACON—Clear Rib .. if 5= LARD—Prime Steam. if 5* CHICAGO. CATTLE—Native Steers. 1. 4 75 @ 6 00 JHOGS—Fair to Choice. 3 40 & 3 80 S11EEP—Fair to Choice.... 2 50 if 4 15 FLOUR—Winter Patents... 3 40 if 3 60 Spring Patents.. 3 2o if 3 50 WHEAT—No. 3 Spring. 64 @ 68 No. 2 Red... ^ 71 CORN—No. 2 Mixed. .... if 36 OATS—No. 2. if 27 PORK—Mess (new). 9 75 @ 9 80 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers... 4 75 @ 5 65 HOGS—All Grades..... 3 25 if 3 75 WHEAT—No. 2 Red tnew). if 72 OATS—No. 2 White....... <tp 2^ CORN-No. 2.... 33 if 33> NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grade. 3 40 @ 3 95 CORN—No. 2. .... li 42 OATS—Western .. if 33’ HAY-Choice .. 13 00 (g 13 50 PORK—Standard Mess. 9 50 if 9 75 BACON—Sides ..'.. It 5‘ COTTON—Middling ........ 5*4fc 5: LoUtSVILLE. WHEAT—No. 2 Red 71 CORN—No. 2 Mixed..V 36 29 if 72^ OATS—No. 2 Mixed PORK—New Mess.10 tO if 10 25 BACON—Clear Rib... 5^© 6 COTTON—Middling . 55V. TWO GRATEFUL WOMEN Restored to Health by Lydia XL Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. “Can Do My Own Work/

Mrs. Patrick Dakehy, West Winsted, Conn., writes: “Dear Mbs. Pdtkham:—It is with pleasure that I write to you of the benefit I have derived from using your wonderful Vegetable Compound. I was very ill, suffered with female weak* / ness and displacement of the womb. “Icouldnotsleepatpight, had to walk the floor, I suffered so with pain in my aide and small of my back. Was trouj bled with bloating, and at times would faint away; had a terrible pain in my heart, a bad taste in my mouth all the time and would vomit; but now, thanks to Mrd Pinkham and her Vegetable Compound, I feel well and sleep well, can dd my work without feeling tired; do not bloat or have any trouble Miss Gertie Dcxkix, Franklin, Neb., writes: “I suffered for some time with pain* ful and irregular menstruation, falling* of the womb and pain in the back. I tried physicians, but fonnd no relief. **lwas at last persuaded to try Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound, and cannot praise it enough for what it has done forme. I feel like a new person, and would not part with your medicine. I have recommended it to several of my friends.?’ T

I Remedy ter the Gr ip pe. A remedy recommended for patients afflicted with the grippe is Kemp's Ralmm which is especially adapted to diseases of the throat and lungs. Do not wait for the first symptomsof the disease, but get a bottle Uni ay and keep it on hand for use the moment it is needed. If neglected the grippe has a tendency to brine on pneumonia. The Balsam prevents this by keeping the cough loose- All druggists tell the Balsam. LmIu hike Rain. “It looks like rain to-day,” said the affable milkman, as he dumped the regular quirt into the pitcher. “It ilways does,' said the woman, and the milk man drove off wondering why some teople take such gloomy views of everything.—Keystone, f7 Try Gratn-O! Try Grata-Ot Ask your grocer to-day to show yon a package of GRAIN-O.t he new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-0 has tha t rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most dedicate stomachs receive it without distress. 14 the price of coffee. 15 cts. and 25 its. per package. Sold by nil grocers. la Plata Esgilsh. Johnny—What does the paper mean, pa, by saying that Mr. Tomlinson bore the loss of his handsome property by fire very philosophically? r. Johnny's Pa—Umph! It means that he wi s insured.—Stray Stories. *o to work on Lumbago as if you intendet tc cure it. Use St. Jacobs Oil. ! Ton can't preserve happiness in “famih ja *s.”—L. A. W. Bulletin. I believe Piso’s Cure for Consumptioi s. ved my boy’s life last summer.—Mrs. Alli< 1 ouglass, LeRoy, Mich., Oct. 20, '94. j, Hereafter we shall be able to show on teeth without having Europe act as if w< 1 id just Cut them—Town Topics. Rad, Worse, Worst 6pram.,Good, Bette? Infest Kemedy—St. Jacobs Oil. The lead pencil is sometimes hard pushed •to make re-marks.—Chicago Daily News.

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Heroes of the Wat v^th Spain thousands of them, at* Suffering From lingering div e&ses induced by life in poisonous southern jc&mps. the result of changes of dim&te. or of imperfect nutrition caused by im* proper And bAdly cooked food. Sleeping on the ground lu( rimifr^tie?* --- Vl» UK UIUU has doubtfess developed rheumatism in hundreds who were predisposed to the diseose. In such cases the foys of *98 may take A lesson from the expert* fence of the Heroes of the Ciyil Wat, Hundreds of the Boys of *65 hAve testified to the efficacy of Dr. Williams* Pink Pills Fot PAle People in driving out mol An a, TheumAtism And other

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