Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 11, Petersburg, Pike County, 21 July 1899 — Page 8

HON. WILLIAM «l. BRYAN. An Editorial ludommfnl by n Ilf publican Newspaper. The following editorial is taken from the Tiuies-Herald, Chicago’** ’ great republican newspaper: The same day that ex-Governor Hogg was carrying Tammany by storm with his reference to Bryan, Mr. Bryan himself was received with tremendous enthusiasm both at" Atlanta and at Barnesville. Georgia. Everywhere it is the same story. The man seems to have not suffered at all in the esteem of the masses of his fol- « lowers because of his defeat in 18iHi. True, he has found in several states that the democratic party leaders consider the silver issue a disastrous one, and in those states the popular vote would certainly be hostile to his silver policy, but wherever he goes he meets with manifestations of an almost fanatical personal loyalty. Very few American politicians have been the objects of such general or intense devotion. What, then, will explain this extraordinary phenomenon? It may be referred to a combination of causes, ' each potent in its way. Mr. Bryan has character, sincerity, a winning, personality, intellectual brillliancy. eloquence, and the elements are so mixed in him as to produce the best possible effect. He is, besides, the leading exponent of a principle which gives him a remarkable influence where the principle is held, while his character, gifts and attainments secure him the liking of the people who regret the principle. At one time there was a very natural disposition to ascribe his prestige to a single speech, but the speech was merely his opportunity. Since delivering it he has proved his powers as an orator many times, and he has stood the closer scrutiny of the public, which is attracted hut not dominated

by oratory. We Mave known men even more brilliant on the platform who never {jot beyond the'part of performers in a campaign show. With all their ability \they could not command respect because; they did not possess those moral qualities which the American people desire in their political leaders of the presidential class. Mr. Bryan is clean of speech and act. He has npthing to explain. He is honest in his convictions. What he lacks most is a "lively humor, and this sometimes does a politician more harm than goofc as S. S. t'ox. used to confess Ruefully. Much as Americans enjoy a joke they prefer serious men in high places. When, therefore, all things are taken into account, it is clear why Mr. Bryan is popular, and no one should now feel disposed to grudge j him the position he has won. Whether i he may succeed in commending his | political ideas to the voters of the ! country is another question. Cured Bronchial Trouble. C harles E. Davis, 1074 West Congress street, Chicago, writes: "1 have ! suffered for years with bronchial I trouble and have tried many kinds of j medicines without relief until I began • taking Foley's Honey and Tar. which cured me. It saved me doctor bills j this winter. 25 cents. J. R. Adams j &\Son. j Washington Notes. As though his announcement of his i determination' to reipain in the j cabinet, vgat.il after the lirst of next! January were not humiliation enough j for Mr. McKigJey, Secretary Alger; has actually had the gall to demand ! of Mr. McKinley that he make a! public' statement denying that he j would like Alger’s resignation. That j is what the boys call “r ubbing it in” | on Mr. Mckinley, but those who think that Mr. McKinley should have fired Alger wheh the scandals of the war with Spain first became public, instead of assisting in having him

wnuewasneu, are not inclined to i sympathize with his embarrassment j at the demand. And, there are quite a number who are glad the demand j has been made. Mr. McKinley has. through close personal f riends,allowed the public to suppose that he was anxious to have Alger resign, but wished him to do so voluntarily. Now, it is up to him, to say once for all. whether he wishes Alger to remain in his cabinet. , The law very plainly says that in j the absence of both the secretary and | assistant secretary of war, the general | commanding the army?shall be acting ! secretary of war. Alger and ' his assistant have both ‘been away since j Friday, and the result was the abso- { lute suspension of all public business j requiring the signature or action of the secretary of war,although General j Miles was in his office in the state war j and navy department building, each j day, prepared to perform the duties j of secretary of war. Adjutant General j Corbin said that General Miles was! acting secretary of war, but as a! matter of fact, from Friday until i Monday, General Miles did not sign a 1 single paper, as acting secretary, j although there must have been hun-1 dreds relating to routine matters;' requiring the secretary's signature, i It was another added to the many unnecessary slights put on General

Miles by Secretary Alger and the! willirfg tools which he has surrounded ' himself in the war department. Al- j though the law »ays that General Miles should have been acting secretary of war, during those three days, Alger, assuming himself greater than the law, said that there should be no seeretai$“of war during that period, * and his, word was obeyed, regardless ] of cost or inconvenience, and all i business held up tp wait his return. So many more or less prominent republicans have come to Washington of krte with substantially the same! story about Colonel Bryan’s loss of popularity in the West, that it is practically certain that these men are working in concert, trying to prevent Colonel Bryan being renominated for president, by the democrats. Whether they are doing this under instructions from the republican leaders, who are known to fear Col. j Bryan's candidacy, or in the interests of the handfull of Eastern democrats, who. although they cannot pledge a single electoral vote, are also trying to prevent t 'olonelBryan's nomination, | is not entirely clear, but that they | are spreading the story with a purpose ! is as clear as anything can be—as i clear as the falsity of the story, fori instance. Representative Lents of Ohid, is iu Washington upon important legal business. He no longer regards himself as a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, but frankly says he would like to have the second place on j the Bryan ticket, and adds that he j has received encouragement enough to cause him to believe that he may ! receive the nomination for vice- J President. Kx-Senator Dubois says that if the republican platform comes out squarely for the single gold standard, as now seems likely, it will elect Bryan by republican votes: that he knows of thousands who voted the republican tickot in lWxi, solely because of the promise to bring about!

a wider use for silver, who will under no circumstances vote a gold standard ticket. Mr. Du hois says he regards it as certain that the republican platform. will contain as strong an antitrust plank as the democratic platform but thinks the individual voter should have no doubt as to which party will really combat the trusts. Mr. Dubois also says that he is certain the tickets will be headed next year, by Bryan and McKinley as in 18bi>. Governor Roosevelt was reminded by the turning down of several men whom he had recommended personally to Mr. McKinley for appointment to be officers in the volunteers, that there are other politicians in New York, who have pulls with the administration. Not only were some of Roosevelt's men turned down, but there were New Yorkers appointed whose names were not even referred to him by Mr. McKinley. The authority of this statement is an official of the war department, who knows the endorsements on the papers of every i man who was appointed. Perhaps! Roosevelt would have had better luck I if he had withheld his declaration in | favor of: Mr. McKinley's renomination i a little longer. Publicly committinghimself probably weakened his pull. Rainy Season In Philippines. What is known as the rainy season in the-Philippines' begins in June and lasts until November. Recent reports from Manila stated that all the camps of the American troops^ were Hooded by the heavy rains; that our soldiers were compelled to raise their bunks in the tents by building a cribwork of boxes and the condition of the country was so impassable that all military operations had been suspended. It seems, however, that it has not occurred to the Filipinos that they should also stop fighting until the rain is over. On the contrary, a report from General Otis, published yester-. day morning shows that between June 30th and July 11th. three men, including an officer of the seventeenth infantry and three men of the fourth Cavalry were wounded. It is evident that the dampness and the mud do not interfere with the guerilla operations of the wily Filipinos and "from now until the dry season sets in we must expect to hear of American officers and soldiers being picked off from time

to ume Dy tne snarpsnooters of the enemy. It is said that the heaviest rainfalls in the Philippines occur in August and September, when the riven? .overflow their banks and the fields are covered with water and all traces of the roads disappear. During these months the rains are accompanied by typhoons which sweep the island of Luzon with the force of a Kansas cyclone, therefore the lot of our soldiers is not a happy one, and sickness and death will claim many a brave fellow between now and November. All for the “benevolent assimilation” of a race of semi-savages.— Evansville Courier. -> A Kansas Minister. Rev. L. S. Coulton of Circleville, Kansas, says: “Dr. Warner—Your White Wine of Tar Syrup has been in my family and found tube all and even more than you claim for it. It is a speedy cure for all throat and lung diseases. Sold by Paul Bros. j

BLATCHLEY KNOWS THE BUG. Thinks the Kissing ling Not Ho liad as Hald to Be. WillitrS. Blatchley, state geologists who is recognised in Indiana as an authority on entomology, does not doubt the existance of the ‘‘kissing bug.” He says that the illustration which appeared recently in the Indianapolis News was he thinks, a true production of the “kissing bug” that is now exciting interest in the state. Mr. Blatchley says he had not known the bug as a “kissing bug,” but that he knew the species and that he did not doubt that it was capable of inflicting painful injuries with its beak. Mr. Blatchley has two specimens of the bug in his collection, in which the sharp beak is plainly shown. He has been bitten by this kind of bug, and speaks from experience, he says, wheu he makes assertions as to its biting ability. So far, however all of the bugs that have recently been submitted to the geologist and his assistant for inspection, none has been a “real kissing bug.” Mr. Blatchley says he thinks there is much needless alarm over the appearance of the bug. He does not believe the bug has “come out” in greater numbers than usual, but that its notoriety has caused every one who is bitten by any kind of insect to believe that he is the victim of the ubiquitous "kisser.” The bug will bite, he says, but personally he never knew of a single instance where it has bitten any one on the lip. He He thinks it could do so if it wished to. It usually bites, he says, when it is caught. If it is not held tightly it will throw its head around and thrust its sharp beak into the flesh of the lingers. The bite is j>oisonous and causes much pain much like the sting of a bumblebee or hornet. There are two kinds of the bugs. Mr. Blatchley says, which are much alike. Either one might be the “kissing bug.” One

lives in the woods, where it is found under logs and stones. The other is found in houses, where it catches smaller hugs, notably bed bugs. This kind of a kissing bug, he says, is not a bad thing to have around the house. The bug which the state geologist thinks is the one that is causing all the excitement, is known as ‘Tteduvius personatus.” According to the report of the entomologist,,the report of the United States commissioner of agriculture some years ago, it is a 11'.brownish bug, not rare in Europe, in houses, where it is generally found dead and hanging in spiders' webs. Burmeister says the spiders do not seize it as its puncture is very poisonous, but let it incumber their webs until it dies of hunger. The insect is stated to exhale a disagreeable odor, something like that of mice. Pulmonary Consumption. My wife has been troubled with weak lungs and was 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. Rev. J. E. Fly, Susan E. Fly. Brookline Station, Missouri. Sold by Paul Bros. j Board to Overlook County Charities. In accordance with a law enacted by the last legislature Judge Ely w^ll soon appoint a board of six persons whose duty it shall be to look after county charities. The law provides that not more than three of the members of the board may be of the same political party, and not more than four of them shall be men. When these persons are appointed they must meet at the county auditor's office within a week after their appoinment and organize by selecting a chairman and a secretary from their own number. Their duty shall be to visit the jail, county poor asylum, and any charitable or correctional institution receiving support from the. public funds, and closely examine each department and ascertain its condition as to effective and economical administration and the'cleanliness, discipline and comfort of its inmates in other respects.. Any necessary expense incurred by this committee in discharging these and other duties specified by the law will be by the county.

Annual Convention Y, P. C. U. Of the United Presbyterian church, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, August 2nd to Tth, 1899. One fare round tripfrom from all points on B. & 0. S-W. Tickets will be on sale 1st to 5th inclusive. Good returning leaving Pittsburg to August 15,1899. By depositing ticket with joint agent at Pittsburg on or before August 15th, and payment of 50 cents at time of deposit, return portion may be extended good leaving Pittsburg to and Including August 31, 1899. For additional information, maps, time of trains, etc., call on agents B. & O. S-W., or address O. P. McCarty, geueral passenger agent, Cincinnati, Ohio. Glad Tidings to Asthma Sufferers. Foley's Honey and Tar gives quick and positive relief. It is the great remedy for diseases of the respiratory orgaus like asthma, bronchitis and hoarseness. J. II, Adams & Son. j

What Poor Roads Cost. If ever there were two classes of people that had a good cause in common they are the bicyclists and the farmers. The question on which their interests agree is that of the need for good roads; for while a hard smooth surface is an absolute necessity to the wheelman, it is of even more vital importance; to the farmer, seeing that the condition of the road make a serious difference one way or the other in his yearly profits. As the result of an inquiry made in 1895 by the United States department of agriculture, replies were received from over 1,200 counties giving the cost of hauling crops in various parts of the United States. The average load hauled was found to be 2,200 pounds: the average length of haul, 12.10 miles: the average cost of hauling a ton of crops to market was $3.02; while the average cost of hauling a ton for a distance of one mile was 25 cents. In order tp compare the roads of the United States with those of Europe the bureau through its consuls made careful inquiry on the subject of cost of hauling in England. France, Germany, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland. The average cost of hauling one ton one mile was found to be in England 10 cents, in France 10 cents, in Germany 81 cents, in Belgium 91 cents, in Italy 71 cents and in Switzerland from 0 to 8 cents, the average for all these European^tates being 8 0-10 cents per ton per Mle. More than one cause may enter into this determination of cost but that the great cost in America is due to our poorly made dirtnroads is proved by the fact that while over the superb roads of Europe a farmer will haul three or four tons at a load our farmers are able to haul only a ton or less than a ton over the “plow and scraper” ridge of soil which even at this late day is dignified by the name of road in many parts of the country.—Scientific American.

Algiers Items. On last Friday evening Miss Pearl Payne of near Algiers, entertained a i number of young friends and associates, it being her nineteenth birthday. They served ice cream and cake. There were about forty young boys and girls present and they enjoyed a good time. Miss Fannie Chew of Algiers, is visiting her uncle, Dr. H. W. Read, at Oakland City, this week. Heusting Armstrong is dangerously ill at this writing. Sallie Willis, wife of George J. Willis, is numbered with the sick. The farmers are very busy now | threshing wheat and making hay. Corn is looking very well consideri ing the wet weather we had last | spring. William Bradlield of Algiers, lied last Saturday evening and was buried Monday at the Morrison cemetery. Real Estate Transfers. The following transfers of real es- ! tate have been recorded in the county i recorder's office during the past week:' Jabez Woolley to Sadie E. Curll, pt ; lot 20, Canal port add, Petersburg, Mary H. Shawhan to Thad R. Coleman, pt se qr sec 32, tovrn 1 north, range 0 west. Grace Bolin to Theodore Arnold, lot 1, Otweil. Maude Harrell, by guardian, to MeCrillus Adams, lot 21. Petersburg. Howard Smith to Turner W. Smith, nw qr ne qr sec 0, town 1 south, range 8 west, 40 acres. There Is No ? About It. No question indeed, with those who have used it, but that Foley's Kidney Cure is absolutely reliable for all kidney and bladder diseases. J. R. Adams & Son. i Indiana is reported by the international association to be one of the best organized states in Sunday schdbl work in America. The report issued in April credits Indiana with flfty-six “banner counties,” which is more than twice as much as any other state has: and equals 25 per cent of all the “banner counties" in the wffiole country.

Notice.—The town trustees have passed a general health ordinance, which imposes on me the duty of enforcing. In obedience therewith residents feeding hogs within the corporate limits must remove them at once and abate all nuisances. The ordinance will be enforced. 10-2 1. V. Higgins, Marshal. What kind of‘people are there in Petersburg any way that they can read approvingly the amount of vilification and personal abuse that weekly appears in their papers. In these stirring times there is plenty of news of public interest available without resort to personalities in the papers. —Newburg Leader. The farmers are not selling their entire wheat crop this year, matt} of - whom are putting their wheat in ; granaries with the hope that prices will advance. The crop of wheai; is short this year and by holding they hope to advance the price above frljat it is at the present. ;

■THE Bio' STOR Calls your attention to their 'hoe ami Clothing departments. These two departments are certainly the mrst reliable of their kind in town. Brim lull of the right goods at the right | res. You can't afford to buy a new pair of Shoes or a Suit and not see their line and get their prices. We know no store can offer y«*o first quality goods at such low prices as we now make. mention a few prices. The spriti,i trade has left us a few broken lots awl'Chlift we wish to close out. *3 Suits most all sixes in A1 Wool Cassimers in nice Fancy Check and Plaids, worth rom $7.00 to fi 10.00 now Hundred* of neat Sirrpcs. Fine French Clays, Fancy Cassiiuers and Scotch Plaids fill' 00 fi 18.00, now*. These are a few items we show, single punts of m11 sort?.

%>6PECIAL« 300 pairs good Cottonade Pnijts well mule worth 50 cents per pair, now............ / See Our Line of Children's Suits. Our line of Shoes! Well! Come ami fee what we have to offer. One lot odd sises in a #3.,Mi Custom ilade Misses Shoes, only a few sixes left, while they last. only. ..... 200 pairs Ladies'- Fine DoBfidh Kid Shoes all Button and and best v. Made, of these we have only fixe * 2, 2i,3 and 3*, all are #2.50 and fS.00 while they last, 50 cents per pair. • '"'7NN ^ Lot 3, is a lot of Fine Shoes and Slippers in Lae#, Black or Custom yoo*ls but the lots anti sixes are brokeu. $3.00 was the price Shoes, now they are 00 cents per pair. ry*Mens' Shoes at just Any Oid price. Remember the plate SOL FRANK’S BIG STORE WITH LITTLE PI

Mice to Build School House. Notice Is hereby given Hint sealed bid* will [ i<e received bv the undersigned trustee of Washington township, Pike wmniy, Indiana, ; sit tils office, In the town of Petersburg, on Thursday, August 3rd, 189b I <vt 2 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of b itlding # school house for said township, in the town of Alford, according to the plans and <peclfications now on file In the office »f said trustee, which all persons can examine. The contractor will be required to give bond with approved surety In double the amou r of the contract piice. conditioned for the aithfnl performance of said contract, and also to execute a bond payable to the state of Indiana, with good freehold surety, conditioned for the taithtul performance of said, work, the payment of all materials used hi the construction of said house, including Hie payment for all work and labor and board tog of the bands employed in the construction thereof. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids. This July IStb. IStitt. Kkastps Johnson. Township Trustee of Washington iSchool Townstitp, Pike County, Indiana. N. Harris & Son DEALERS in ^FURNITURE’S

Funeral Supplies of all kinds Hearse Free to all Funerals. We keep a full line of white and black caskets, rohee. slippers, nut! all funeral supplies. Embalming ami tafc t»g cure of the •lead a specially. We save > >u from 15 lo 20 pereent on all undertaking goods. Call and see ns ro^ anything in onr line or business. Cumberland Telephone In office. OTWELL, INDIANA.

Skin Diseases. For the speedy aud permanent er> re of tetter, salt rhenui and eczema, Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment is without an equal. It relieve®fi&& itch ing and smarting almost instantly and its continued use effects a permanent cure. It also cures itch, barber's itch, scald head, sore nipples, itching piles. » chapped hands, chronic sore eyes and granulated lids._, ; ' . - Dr* lady’s Condition Powders for horses are the best tonic , blood purifier and "ennifuge. Price. 23 cen£«p§old br ' i i - Vy,ll.SON A TYNER, r. w.'wii.son. T. ^^VKKR. Petersburg Collecting Agency. Collections In all parts of the United states. Remittances promptly made. Charges are ! reasonable. Give «s your old accounts, notes. | etc., ami we will do the rest. Call odor write ! us. Office ooposite court house in Parker , building, Petersburg. Ind. ■ ggglp-'-80 YEARS* EXPERIENCE Patents THAOS. MARKS Anyone sending a sketch end d<_ „ quickly ascertain our opinion free ’ invention is probably v-* ~ ' tions strictly cont sent free. Oldest * Ac. Patents taken tGo^ tpetial notite, without charge, in the Scientific HmeHcan. A handsomely Illustrated eolation of any scientific i four months, 91. ~ year: fonr months, 91. »Md bjrall newsdealers. NUNN & Co.36,Bn“~>Hew York Brauch Office. 639 T St,Waahiugti a, D. C.

SPECIAL SAL July 15th to August i 20 Pounds Granulated Sugar 1 Pound Tea 3 Fine Pounds Coffee 1 Pound Baking powder 1 Pack Buckwheat Flour 16 Bars Soap 20 Cents Worth of Anything in Store All For Only $3.00 Cash J.H.McAtee&C McAtee Block, Lower Main Street, IF’eters"fc >\xi=r, Indiaxia 70 V i50 0 5 5 10 .00