Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 43, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 March 1899 — Page 8

Spurgeon Item*. Roads almost impassable. Sickness is on the increase here. (Jur town is on the boom. Several new houses will be built soon. B. F. Lance will move to town this week. !

Peter Lowe was here Monday,bringing in a load of hogs. It is reported that F. A. Butler has appendicitis in a mild form. Joseph Parker went to Illinois Monday on business. T. K. and Frank Shoulders, after riding the goat in the I, O. O. F. hall here Monday night, left Tuesday for Newman, Illinois, to work next summer. ' William Jaco of Chandler, was here the first of the week visiting Dr.*Cook and family. Dr. Osbon! has been visiting friends at Oakland City for several days. Elder Charles Arnold returned last! Saturday from Illinois. He is well pleased with his trip. There was no preaching at any of the churches here last Sunday. Emma Shepard visited Miss Emma Shoulders last Monday, Emery Lance is still confined 40 his1 bed with no change for the better. The Home telephone company put up the wires Tuesday connecting our town with Somerville. W. E. McKinney was in town Tuesday and got a barrel of sugar, we suppose to feed his Western cattle, as he thinks them very fine. Uncle Joe Ferguson says he is now very ai^ious to begin sowing oats. Joe is a hustler. r Ida Osborn and May Ambrose will start a millinery store in a short time. We wish them success. Elder F. M. Cato has had a relapse and is confined to his room with grippe. Thomas Parker has been on the sick list but is now better. J. W* Lorton has been sick for the past two weeks./ His many friends hope to dee him fityh is store soon. Trustee Davis is sick again. He got some better, came to his office and transacted some business, but found j he was not well enough yet to stay inj his office." . ’ !

' Words of Truth. We, the undersigned druggists of * the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, unite in saying that Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup has no superior as a throat and lung remedy. It has j given entire satisfaction in this part of the country and is one of our very best sellers: Stafford Drug Co., Marquette, Michigan; H. J. Atkinson, Harbor Spring, Michigan: J. M. Perkins, & Co:, Negaunee, Michigan; H. M.! Powers, Ontonagon, Michigan; D. T. j Macdonald, Calumet, Michigan; F. P. Tillson, Ishpeming, Michigan; A. J. Scott, Hancock, Michigan; Rudell & Conway, Sault St. Marie, Michigan. For sale by Paul Bros. m ! -- '« | Rumble Items. Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett is very .low with the grippe. Walter Wilson was at Petersburg last Saturday on business. Joseph Wiggs was at Carbon Saturday and Sunday visiting his parents. Squire Rumble is again able to be i * out upon our streets after an illness of several weeks. Joshua Blaize was cutting timber and made an awkward stroke and struck his, foot with the ax, making a painful gash. Alfred Beck of this township, was ' married last Sunday to Miss Rosa

Sturgeon of Madison township. Rev. Faust officiating. Elmer Zimmerman, son of Joseph Zimmerman of this township, has be-j come insane and preparations have ‘ been made to send him to the asylum. ’ The twelve-year-old daughter of1 Thomas Inglcr died last Wednesday. The funeral took place the next day, Rev. Hedrick officiating. Interment at the.Miller cemetery. Yellow Jaundice Cured. Suffering humanity Should be supplied with every means possible for its relief. It is with pleasure we publish the following: “Thisis to'certify that I was a terriHe sufferer from yellow jaundice for over six months and was treated by some of the best physicians in our city arid all to no avail. Dr. Bell, our druggist, recommended Electric Bitters, and after taking two bottles I was entirely cured. I now take great pleasure in-recommending them to any person suffering with this terrible malady. I am gratefully yours, M. A. Bogarty. Lexington,Kentucky.” : Sold by J. R. Adams & Son, druggists.

Coe Items. . farmers sowing clover seed. D. L. tier, who has been very low, is convalescing. ! Our school is progressing nicely under the management of E. Jordan. • John S. Kays did business here last Friday. S. P. Lowe* stock dealer, has rented his farm near here and will remove to Oakland City in the near future. John C. Hurt has bought a house and lot of James McGregor and will move here soon. Uncle Levi Saulman of this vicinity, will move to Oakland City as soon as the mud settles, j What this country needs now is for H%ks to go out of the weather business. Thomas Hurt of this place.will build on the timber lai d of Ashby & Carter. He is cutting tin ber for them. The public highways of this township are well nij. h impassable. This would be a fitting time to agitate better road*. * The recent cold snap has been a boon to coal dealers. It will now be in order for the g. o. p. to attribute' this to McKinley prosperity. Ashby Carter were at Evansville last Friday and Saturday, getting repairs for their s;i vmill and otherwise looking after th t ir milling interests. The presenjt republican legislature should pass som law that-would enable the nexrpta e platform to “point with pridej^ etc. We wbuld suggest an amendment to the dog law.

Recommended for La Grippe. N. Jackson. Da ville, Illinois, writes: My daughter had a severe attack of la grippe seven years ago and since then whenever she takes cold a terrible cough settles on her lungs. We tried a.great many remedies without giving relief. She tried Foley’s Honey and Tar which cured her. She has never been trou Died with a cough since. 25c. J. R. Adams & Son. m William R. Eli s, one of Winslow’s prominent young business men, died Tuesday morning of spinal meningitis after a very short illness. He was 24. years old and a son of Charles W. Ellis, proprietor of the Cottage hotel. He was highly respected by all who knew him and was engaged in the grocery and hardware trade at that place. The funentl was held Wednesday afternoon. Much sympathy is expressed to the family in the death of their pnly son. &

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Th* Vision of tho Garden. Hie W. C. T. U. met at the home of Mrs. A. R. Byers Tuesday afternoon. It was a mothers’ meeting and the subject for the afternoon was child culture. On this subject Mrs. Louise R. Elder read the following:, which is published by request: There came to me once a v felon Of a garden wondrous (Mr; Fined wHta Sowers of choicest treasure #o beautiful and rare. There were roses, crimson-hearted, And lilies of snowy grace; Pansies, whose eyes sweet and modest Looked out from each earnest face. . Pinks grew In detfclouz confusion, A veritable tangle of sweets— Kor-get-me-nots. whose azure beauty Golden-throated, the morning greets. There was many a dainty posy. And all of priceless worth; Pot I deemed as I gazed on the blossoms, Each bad la heaved its birth. And metholight 1 saw the owner. Walking down with stately grace. Midst the rows of blushing fragrance Smiling sweet on each little face. And the flowers, grown bold with his loving is railed back as an angel might; ~ For His very carefts was life-gtring. And His kiss carried With it no blight. But I saw all over the garden. Watching with brooding care. Sweet-faced and gentle women Keeping the garden fair. But lo! In the midst of the vision The owner vanished silent away; And my heart questioned sore in its wonder. “Who will care for these now. I pray!” Then, behold. He stood beside me, o Touched gently my bowed-down head— “To yon and to these are given Their keeping on earth,” he said. "Home day when their glorious beauty You have brought to perfection complete, I shall gather the lovely blossoms, Tliat heaven may be replete.” Then iny heart thrilled with solemn raptuie. As it sang Its thanksgiving psalm. While tears rained down on the flowfet* A s the clouds ram down their balm. Had Hd, indeed, deemed meVrorthy To train with my frail,earlh-atained band. The flowers His own life lile-biood nourished when transplanted from heaven’s land! How my soul grew large with Its guerdon. Whilst 1 vowed again and again. To faithfully guard this Paradise— And each keeper echoed softly, “Amen!” Thus each weut to her task happy-hearted. Twas such Joy to cure tor the flowers; And oft did some under-gardener. When the clouds denied their showers, Let fall in tender pity Her teurs like a gentle spray Wooing back some drooping blossom To life and the golden day, Ani ever they nourished and watched them, Hla*‘king not by night or day, Now plucking a thorn or a wayward slem Or a noisome weed. away. And oft did the under-gardeners. As the twilight hour drew apace. When the day and the night slip softly apart With a smile of exquisite grace— » - s Each withdrew in the stealing shadows To her own quiet trysting-place To meet with the Upper Gardener And talk to H !m face to face. As one would talk to a father Each told of her blossoms rare And prayed that Hla own strong hand Would keep them,us row, pure and fair. How the flowers grew strong with snch tending,

Each lifting its face to heaven For the glorioua smile or the tender touch In benediction given Bftt alas and alack for the flowrets. Our human-kind is so frail. And, the lenderest earth.iove falters sometimes, And only God's cannot fuil! I saw as the vision stole o’er me, These gardeners grow slack In their care. For the tangled mesh of the glittering world Caught them sly in Its luring snare. Some were thrilled by tire pulse of Its throbbing mart, * And some by its siren song: But all, forgetting their holy task, Joined the world’s processional throng. Thus some on toil,some on pleasure bent, From the garden turned away. Leaving the flowrets, tender and rare, To the Destroyer’s art a prey. Day by day they grew more careless, Unheeding of weed or thorn, Or plucked with so rude, impatient hand That anou some sweet bud was shorn. For smiles, saw them oftiraes give a frown That fell like a withering blast; s As the sturdy oak sometimes moat bend When the cold north wind has passed. Some flowers, so tender, so fragile, Ere long drooped down their tired heads, And soon they had faded, withered, Lying prone on their lowly beds. And some, more hardy by nature, Clung still to life and the day; But oh, so dwarfed and distorted Their beauty all withered away. And briar and nettle grew rampant. And foul, creeping, clammy things. ~ Where once was but beauty and fragrance Or the trill of the bird as he sings. Then l saw that the Upper Gardener Whose mighty, passionate heart bad tinged each bud with Its crimson blood As It took from 'heaven its start— „ I saw this pitiful Gardener Weeping tears of agony fierce While the thorns of the buds pressed hard His brow As the thorn-crown once did pierce. His hands were all torn and bleeding From scars that long since were given, And flowed from His side a crimson stream As forth from a wound freshly riven. All heaven was hashed and silent With the weight of His infinite pain For lo! on His weary shoulders There rested a cross of shame, ~ AU this for those careless guardians, Who swerved from their God-given task! But at last, heart-smitten, I saw them kneel This lowly petition .to ask: “O heart of love aud pity, Where mercy and troth ere dwell, Spare yet to our carelesa keeping The flowers we love so well. We know we are all unworthy. These blossoms of Thine to touch; But Thy goodness and truth and love shall ' guide, For Thou hast died for such. Keep us true, O gracious Father, To the work thy love hath given That these may be earth's choicest gems And fitted to bloom in heaven.” The prayer was answered; so big is His love It canopies the universe wide. Yet stoops to caress earth’s humblest child When sorrow or sin betide. Once more the flowers bloomed in radiance afresh, Tears and smiles ever flourished the sod j And the breezes that lifted their timid heads Were the prayers ascending to God. For ofteu and ever when rosy-cheeked mom From her purple-draped couch would come "When her wand of light earth’s children awoke f:%tfeu->v■. '

To,loin InUm world’* busy huraOr ltoiTlll-vlD|cd boars sped on to the noon Fa ll-orbed, ao rich and complete. Or the day stole tJowu in gossamer robot. The twilight, her lover, »o meet— Then often, aye ever, when the day grew old. And night with her solemn faea Led the baby stars from some hidden fold To mam in the field of spare— Twas^lhea I would see theta, thesegnnnllans At the hush of the opening day. Or when the eon rode In the height of his power. Or the shades gathered thick on the way— I would see theta send heavenward earnest prayers Aa Incense floats sweet on the air. Or a* strains of music gentle and soft— For the basis of their holiest care. Ye may guess the vision, oh women, dear, Whose hearts thmb with tender chlld-loTe; For whether or no the mother's crown Rests queenly the brow above. In every true heart or womankind Gal has pressed this precious seal Atgl love for the little one blends in each heart With holiest prayers for their weal. Bat oh, to shield them, these blossoms frtill. From thorns or the cold world's blight. Must needs take our thought, nr toil by day. Tears and prayers. It maybe, by night, God grant to keep us true to our task. Teach us how and when to prune. How tografl new stems that may fruitful be. Or burst into fragrant bloom. God keep them ever,your bods and mine, As the lilies in Ills gardens above; That earth may grow sweet with their perfumed lives, f And heaven grow rich In their love!

Washington Letter. Mr. McKinley’s.backdown from bis arxny bill bluff will go down in c<$ngressional history as the most complete ever made by a president The democratic victory is complete. The new army bill is practically just what was offered to the administration by Senator Cockrell, on behalf of those senators w ho opposed a large standing army—it provides for continuing the present status of the regular army of 69,000 men fpr two years from next j July, and for enlisting 35,000 volunteers for the sarnie period. The ad- [ ministration senators fairly fell oyer each other in their anxiety to accept Senator Cockrell’s offer. The next congress, which will be republican in both branches, will probably inflict a large standing army on the country, ' but will not deprive the senators who killed the bill, to do so at this time, of deserved credit. * Our Philippine policy is b^ari ng fruit quickly. In addition to having an expensive war with the Filipinos on our hands, Dewey’s dispatch to hurry up the battleship Orgeon indicates the belief on his part that there is danger of war with more powerful opponents. Just, how great this danger is can only be guessed* because officials are concealing what information they have and pretending that the dispatch from Dewey, which was made public by mistake, had no meaning. Little information can be gained from private dispatches from Manila as they are^all strictly censored, but it is known that conditions are critical, and that European consuls there are making some stiff claims on account of the recent partial burning of the town. Mr. McKinley has been1 catching it again from members of his own party in congress. Senator Sewall, who voted fpr ratification of the treaty and for everything else that has been asked for by the administration, was sp stirred up by the progress of the war with the Filipinos, tha( he let out the fact that he had been supporting the McKinley policy against his own judgment. He said emphatically: “I never was in favor of the acquisition of the Philippines,” and added that he had begged Mr. McKinley to order Dewey away from Manila, after he had won his -victory. Mr. Sewell thinks the Filipinos will have to be practically exterminated before we can control the Philippines. He also thinks that we shall soon be at war with Cuba, because of the administration policy. Representative Johnson of Indiana, a republican, made a long speech, nearly every sentence of which contained an attack upon Mr. McKinley. He said of those who attacked Alger and praised Mr. McKinley that they have “lacked the courage to lay their ax at the root of the evil and censure the gentleman who, to reward him for his political services and disbursements in the campaign of ’96, appointed him (Alger) to his present position, and had maintained him there ever since, notwithstanding his incompetency and against the righteous complaints that have been made against him-” He said that Mr. McKinley’s recent Boston address “was nothing more nor less than a carej. fully devised misstatement of the issue,5” and of our Philippine policy: “I insist that the whole policy is not simply an error, but that it is a crime, and that the c^ief executive of this nation is the one who has precipitated upon us the embarrassments and difficulties by which we are now confronted.” Speaking of the claim that Mr. McKinley acted upon the advice of Dewey, in demanding the Philippines/ Mr. Johnson said: “The chief executive cannot screen himself behind the gold lace of the hero of Manila.” He expressed the opinion that the real reason for Mr. McKinley’s policy was [ “his concessions to the selfish capitalists of the country, his surrender to %heir demands. These are the gentlemen who furnished the money for his nomination and election, and who, I

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doubr^RQt^have pledged him a renomination and re-election* These ar e the gentlemen who are already grasping after special privileges in the Philippines, in Cuba and in Porfo Rico. It was, I imagine, for their es)»eeial benefit that the president created his advisory board to the war department.” It is an open secret in Washington that Mr. McKinley would be glad to receive Alger's resignation. The story circulated last week that Alger was.about to resign originated in administration circles, and was doubtless intended as a hint to Alger. It brought out the defiant statement from Alger that he did not intend to resign of his own accordl He is^aid to believe that Mr. McKinley is afraid to ask for his resignation, although lie knows that he is constantly being advised by prominent republicans to :lp so ■ , When the Morgan Nicaragua canal bill passed the Senate, there was

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