Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 49, Petersburg, Pike County, 13 April 1900 — Page 7

A BRACE OF MARVELS. CleT»rn««s of tli«* lt'>«r< »n<l CarxleKimti ' of the Itrltifth Art- Con - • lili'IIOM.

^ Londcn, April 9, 4:50 a. m.— \\hen it is borne in mind that all the dispatches from the front are severely censored, there is little in the news to bring satisfaction to England. Assurances that nothing need be feared, even if the railways and telegraphs are cut and Bloemfontein isolated, together with the news that the ladies and other civilians are being ordered away do n&t augur well. Failed for Lack of Cavalry. There are rumors from Cape Town that the telegraph wires* were already cut yesterday (Sunday) and also that the hussars, who were scat to the relief of the Royal Irish rifles; are also missing, although possibly these are the outcome of. Boer exaggerations designed to encourage the burghers. The attempt of Gen. Colville to catch the Boer leaders in conference at Reitfon* tein failed, probably, as usual, because of the lack of cavalry. The Whole Free State Is Up Altai*. The results of these serious checks to the British arfns is that the whole Free State is up again, and that the Boers are full of activity over the entire field. ? A belated Boer dispatch says that bayonets were being made for the foreign legion under the late Gen. De Villebois Mareuil. A Maanitteent Strategical Feat. The Boers are boasting that the Colesberg and Stormberg commandoes, number 6,000, with ten cannon and 750 wagons, have gotten safely through, thus performing a “magnificent feat.” A Boer account of the Bloemfontein waterworks affair says: “Col. Broad wood evacuated Thaba N’Chu owing to the advance of Commandant Olivier from the south. The federal troops foumf the British camp in peaceful slumber, without a sentinel or an outpost to give the alarm. Gen. .De Wet immediately placed guns and the commandoes in such positions as to surround the British, who did not have time to recover from their surprise.” . A Pair of Marvels. The Cape Town correspondent of the Times, discussing the affair, says: “All the details only serve to bring out clearly the marvelous cleverness of the Boers, no less than the marvelous carelessness and improvidence of the British officers, whom, it would .Seem, no series of disasters will ever teach to keep wide awake.”. I.ike Hnterittg a Cloak Moom. “The Boers in Col. Broadwood’s rear drove his force in to the party at the drift exactly as partridges are driven to a gun. At the drift itself, as each wagon descended the hollow it was shown which way to drive, so as not to block the convoy. When the guns arrived the trap was all *cleat again for their reception. As ohe who was present said; “It was like a cloak room. The Boers politely took ydfir rifle and asked you kindly to step to one side. There was nothing else for you to do.” The American Seont Bnrnhum. The American scout, Burnham, testifies to the terrific pace -with which the Boer commandoes cover the ground, and the ease with which they move their guns. The Boers are displaying increased activity in Natal, but there is no sign that Gen. Buller is moving.* Mafcklna Still Beseiaed. Mafeking was still beseiged on April 1. The garrison was suffering severely from lack of bread, and a mixture of oats, bran and meal was doing duty fdr that article, which is described as “coarse in substance, of the color of ginger bread and of the consistency of Norwegian pine.”

Worst Aspect «t the Situation. Mazeru, Basutoland, Thursday, April 5.—The re-oecupation of Ladybrand, Thaba N’Chu and the Bloemfontein waterworks by the Boers in the very sight of the Basutos who recently witnessed the expulsion of the Boers by the British, is far the most important aspect of the situation here, in view of its probable effect upon the native mind. Already the natives are urging that the British have suffered reverses, and, * should the British evacuate Wepener, the results, so far as the natives are concerned, are likely to prove disastrous. All hope to see Gen. Brabant steadily advance and drive the enemy before him. They X«de a Plucky Stand. Bethany, Orange Free State, April 5.—The five companies of British infantry which were surprised by the Reddersburg commando while marching across the country via De Wet’s dorp, made a plucky stand; but as the Boers had three field guns and the British none the latter were compelled to surrender. Gen. Gatacre arrived too late. Reddersburg was already re-occupied by the Boers, and the enemy are now threatening the lines to the south. Escaping Boer Prisoner*. Simonton, Cape Colony, April 7.—It now appears that no fewer than thirty Boers escaped from the old camp last evening. Nine have since been recaptured. The prisoners effected their escape by cutting a fence under the sentry bridge, while the sentry war above. A driver of a sanitary cart, was offered £600 to carry off the prisoners. A new tunnel has been discovered in the direction opposite to the former one. It had been completed to within five feet of the point for a breach.

FREE RURAL DELIVERY. Thin la a Subject In Which Every Pro* arreorfve Parmer Should Take a Deep Intercut. The advantages of a free mall delivery iin the country0 are so manifold that the subject should be of vital interest to every fanner. And if conn- j try people were as alive to their own J interest as they should i be. a daily | mail would soon be an j established j fact in every, farm community. The superintendent of the bureau o| j free delivery notes and reports the J following benefits growing out oif the j sysflem: First, a marked increase in the post- j al receipts, many routes already sup porting themselves; second, a decided j advance in the value of farm lands in j communities reached bv rural-free delivery, the ..advance being moderately estimated at three to five dollars per acre; third, a pronounced improvement in the condition that roads | as it is made a condition that roads !

EARLY SPRING SCENE. (There Are Lots of Roads Like This in ! This Country.) shall be kept in good condition; j i fourth, better prices to'farmers fc* I produce, by being in closer touch with j the market; fifth, educational ad van- , ' tages. And these are only a few of - the | benefits which wideawake country i people can readily see for themselves | will accrue to them from a free daily I mail. Deprived of many social privileges country people depend more upon j their reading matter to keep in touch j with the spirit of the tames, than do their city neighbors, who may depend more upon the daily association with their fellowmen to keep them up to date. And with new and improved farm machinery comes more leisure to the farmer for reading and study, and j with the improved conditions a greati er desire for mental development and a realization that self-culture is their, only salvation from growing rusty and falling down intellectually. It is true that many farmers think it-is not worth v hile to take many papers and magazines when they can get their mail only once or twice a week, and the accumulation of reading matter becomes stale and unprofitj able, but a daily delivery would soon change this feature of the case, for no class of people feel the need of keeping in touch with the outside world ! through the medium of the press more than those who reside in isolated farm communities. The independent farm telephone is I with us, and with free mail delivery ' the isolation of farm life, of which we J hear so much, would be a thing of the past, and farm people who live up to I their privileges will be enabled to I keep up with the proscession in this I progressive age. and also receive some j substantial benefits from the federal ; government, of which they are now | deprived. And should congress see fit j to shut out all matter of a fraudulent j type from the mails, millions of dolj lars would be saved to the government i for free rural deli very .—Li zzy Clarke ! Hardv. in National Rural’.' i 1 _:_

\ i ■| Coirs wifh ''O'npadunr Tulls. The cow’s t"5l doesn’t bother a certain Holstein dairyman while milking. Stepping in his stables, I noticed that just out of reach of my hat, about seven feet frqpa the floor, above the cow’s hips, a rJo. 9 wire, drawn tight, ran the whole length of the stable. On this, in the rear of each stall, was a small ring or a harness clasp, from which hung a stout cord attached at Its lower end to the cow’s tail at about the point where the brush or long hair begins. This cord was long enough to allow the animal to switch with comfort. ' The device answers the purpose, but the sight of a stable full of cows with pompadour tails is stfr^\to provoke a smiie.—M. G. Kains, in^Farm and Home. £ Good Males In Demnmty Considering what it has cost to produce hind the mule is selling as well as any other live stock just now. Good big mules are comparatively scarce, and the buyers for the British government have relieved the market of a goodly number of the smaller and medium-sized animals. Breeders of tnules, like breeders of borses, restricted their operations during the depression, with the result that there is only a moderate supply now at. a time of extraordinary requirements. Everything points to a revival 6f mule breeding now. Breeders of jacks report an unprecedented demand for good mule getters.—National Stockman. If a cow has had a fair showing from her owner in the pasture and stable, she should remain a profitable milker for 12 years, and sometimes longer.

Stn>Ke QaadraptfJ. Dr. F. Moreno, the commits ion Jr of the Argentine Republic, who is now in this couutry in connection with the arbitration over the boundary dispute with Chili, has brought with him to London, I hear, a piece of the skin of the mysterious quadruped which is said to exist in the interior of the territory cf Santa Cruz in Patagonia. Ac- ; cording to the reports of the hidians.it is a strange creature, with long claws and a terrifying appearance,' impossible to kill because it has a body impenetrable alike to firearms and missiles. The piece of skin which Dr. Moreno has here fully confirms this description, I am told by an expert who has seen it. and a close examination and study lead to the conviction that the animal to which the skin belonged was about the size of a cow. This specimen will shortly be sent, to the British museum, but it may be added that hopes are entertained that a whole Bkin, with the skeleton, will before long be obtained for the museum, since this is ode of the main objects of Harry Cavendish's expedition to Patagonia.— London News. • , . i l!n*a«pectod Enersr. “Law me, but I’m jes’ plum beat out frum rUnnin’ ’cross lots, but then 1 seed Mis’ Green headin’ this way, an’ so jes’ sez. ‘Marthy Potts, don’t you give thet miserable ol’ gossip ther satisfaction uv tellin’ Mis’ Brown ther news ffistv an’ dropped my bakin' an' rushed right over here. You remember that lop-sided, snag-toothed HiramMedders what- went to ther city las’ month, or ruther he had to go, fer he wuz so ornery an’ shiftless nobody in towr would put up with him. Well, what do you think! He hadn’t been in ther city a week before he got in ther way uv a street car. gittin’ both legs broke, an’ gen’rally jarred up, an’ deg goned if he didn’t have seven .thousan’ dollars given him fer it! Jes’ think! Made seven thousan’ dollars an’ him only in ther city a week! Laws a-massy! An' we said he’d never amount to anything!”—X. Y. Journal.

HE LIKES WESTERN CANADA, Duhamel, Jan 24, 1900. Dear Sir and Friend: We had a lucky trip, made good connections and got to Wetaskiwin Monday afternoon, stayed there all night, bought a pony and saddle for the boy and hired a three-seated rig for the balance of us and got home to dinner next day; caught the boys cleaning up and getting ready to come after us. Wednesday the snow was all gone and wehadbaregroundand bright sunshine for a month, and it has been pleasant weather ever since. The ground is frozen about two feet and about six inches of snow—just enough for sleighing. We had one cold spell in December. The thermometer went down to 32 below zero; but we did not suffer with the cold at all. We have worked every day all winter, are all well and feeling well. Have built a log house 18x18, two log stables 16x18, and are now busy on a well. We have ten cows, three other cattle and six head of horses. The boys send their best respects to Mr. Hucljison, and say they will talk to him enough to pay for not writing when he gets up here. Will write you again next Spring and tell you all about the Winter. We all unite in sending you and family our best wishes and respects and hope this will find you all well. , > Yours very respectfully, (Signed) THOMAS TATE, Duhamel, Alberta, Canada. P. S. It has been down to zero this month; it is 22 above now. Not Intimate Enough. * Mitt Maison—Excuse my ignorance, but Jught I to call you Mr. Bones or Dr. Bones? The Doctor (irascibly)—Oh, call me anything you like. Some of my friends call me an old idiot. * “Ah. but those are only people who know you intimately."—London Tit-Bits.

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Dealaeu Cannot Bo Caret by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to core deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and thin tnlie restored to its normal condition, hearing wiil be destroyed forever; nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition pf the mucous surfaces. We wiill give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send foir circulars, free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. 8old by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s FarnilyPills are the best. Physical Reaction. Brown—How do you feel about Sunday golf? Jones—Don’t tell (hat I said so, but I nave hlard sermons so long late’y that they made me want to go out and take a whack at something.—Indianapolis Journal. ; Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder to shake into your shoes. It rests the feet. Cui'esCorns.Bunions.Swollen.Sore, Hot, Callout, Aching, Sweating feet and Ingrowing Nails. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Bold by all druggists and shoe stores, Sic. Sample mailed FREE,. Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Hoy, N. T. The successful man sometimes gives his mother’s slipper the credit of having first made him smart.—Chicago Democrat. iffome City, Alaska. , Is twenty-eight hundred miles from Seattle. j00®1111- *s to be the richest gola held discovered up to this time. The first Reamer will leave Seattle on or about May 10, 1900. ]• or full particulars address Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Chicago, III. Where He Landed.—Griggs—"What became of that son-in-law of yours who failed in business about a year ago? Has he got cm his feet agitin?” Briggs—y‘No; he is still on my hands.”—Ohio State Journal. Spelts. Bromai. Rape. Cara. Oats. Five remarkable things. Bound to make you rich, Mr. Farmer. Salzer’s catalog tells the story. Send 5c. postage and this notice to-day for catalog to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Cr osse, Wis. [s] Coul dn’t Think of Vampire. Pearl—What do you call these bats tbit hang by their heads, Ruby? Ruby—Acrobats, dear.—Chicago Evening News. We refund 10c for every package of PUTNAM FADELESS D>TES that fails to give satisfaction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionville, Mo. aSold by all druggists. In t he spring a man forgets where he puts things, and places the blame on the housecleaning.— Atchisofc Globe, To Care a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Biotno Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. Sound Judgment.Harlern Life. -The bandmaster’s.— I do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.— .-John F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. 15,1900. He who does! not love honesty is a thief at heart.—L. A. W. Bulletin. Ten men don’t sleep and lose while one buys my Seed Com and gets rich. Particulars free. H. C. Beebe, Banner, 111. The charms, of solitude depend largely oi the man who is to be charmed.—Chieugi Democrat.

I MARCH AND APRIL Ar* the Mo«t l)lucrM»b|« Month* «r the Ywr in the North. In the South, th©v are the pleasantest and most agreeable. The trees and shrubs put forth .their buds and flowers; early vegetables and fruits are reaaj for eating, and in fact all nature seems to hate awakened from its winter sleep. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company reaches the Garden Spots of the South, ana will on the first third Tuesdays of March and April sell round-trip tickets to ail principal towns in Tennessee. Alabama,Georgia and West Florida at almost half rates. Write for particulars of excursions to P. Sid. Jones. 6. P. A., in charge of Imtn igra tion.Birmingham, Ala.. or Geo. P. Horner, D. P. A., St. Louis, Mo, “The caramels are coming! Oho! Oho!** softly hummed the maiden, as she heard her nicest young man’s ring at the doorbell.— Ohio State Journal. Ghost of the Glacier And Other Tales, including Making a Revolution, Susquehanna Trail, Sculpture of the Elfs, Once a Pillar of the World, Feathers of i Fashion, and others. A delightful volume, j beautifully illustrated. Ready for distribu- ;• tion about May 1. Send 10 cents to T. W. Lee, General Passenger Agent Lackawanna 1 Railroad. 26 Exchange Place, New York City. Edition Limited. f Wise is the man who acts as if be expected to live a hundred years, bqt is prepared to shuffle off to-morrow.—Chicago Daily News.

O, How Happy 'I am to BE FREE from NEURALGIA Ui what Mrs. Archie Young of 1817 Oaks Are., West Superior, Wis.. writes us on Jan. 2Sth, 1900. 1 am so thankful to be able tosay that your SWANSOIf’!- ‘5 DKOP8> is the best medic^v I llotM ucoH i n mu !•(* T — ^ f(~~__*_a a 1- « . ' • very weak ( But bow I am free my it helped me from th< It seemed that death was near at hand. I thought no one iot__ * I hardly expected to lire to see my hushaud come back ft dm. his daily labor. from pam, my cheeks are ted, and I sleep well the whole nW'ht through. Many of my friends are •o surprised to see me looking so well that they wjll sent! jfojr some of your ‘5 DROPS.* » DUEIIIfl ATICM afflicted wkh heumatism for 2 years. I wasin bed nnCUlHA I lAM with it when I saw your . 4a»rtf- - minvmn ■ ivm SWANSONS try it. It has completely cured n.» bu___ ____ ^ear 1 will get jiitf the same fix I was before 1 sent for •5 DROPS,”* writes Mr. Alena ader Futrell of Vanndale, Ark., Feb. 6th, 1900. Is the most powerful specific knows, PV te from opiate* and perfectly harmless. It • Ives almost instantaneous relief, t ad is a positive cure (or Rheamatlsm. Set- -- -* * ‘ * a. fi.*hua« Unit Patwss- _ ahea, Aeurulala, liyipeiMla, R. tarrh, I.a Orlppe. Creep. SI m .—- Bfeuralgte Headaches, Earawi e, Toothache, Dropsy, Malaria, Creeping Mnaabneaa, etc., etc. IS sehache, Asthma, Hay Fever, Ca> Nervouaneaa, \f Errroiu asd 4A R A VC t° enable snftsrets to gtre “5 0801*8' Ow ¥ O will send a».3«t simple bottle. at least a trial, we , . -aplo bottle will convince vou. [TRAD* KARE.J Sold by us and agents. AUtSTB WATCRD la Rev Territory. Write ns to-day. •WASSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO., ISO i,» I «4 Lake St., CHICAGO, ILL. i* s imple bottle, prepaid by mail for lOe. A m. large bottles i»0 doses > fe.M. 6 bottles lor 9k. fitJ» la See Territory. Write ns to-day. DEFORMITIES CURED. Vaiblll or ?AI<ALYZED, should investigate this and rtmember that cxamiiution and con- gMTIRELY FREE OF CHARGE. suitation by mail or in person is £3?“ i The names of cured patients cheerfully given. PAMPHLETS SENT ON REQUEST.

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"TO No matter how pleasant your surroundings, health, good heaii, Is the foundation for enjoyment. Bowel trouble causes more aches and pains than all other diseases together, and when you get a good dose of bilious bile coursing through the blood life?* a hell on earth. Millions of people are doctoring for chronic ailments that started with bad Bowels, and they will never get better till the bowels are right. You know how it is—you neglect—get irregular—first suffer with a slight! headache—bad taste in the mouth mornings, and general "all gone” feeling '■ during the day—beep on going from bad to worse untill the suffering becomes awful, life loses its charms, ind there is many a one that has been driven to suicidal relief. Educate your bowels with CASCARETS. Don’t neglect the slightest irregular ly. See that you have one natural, easy movement each day. CASCARETS tone the towels—make them strong— and after you bare used them once you will

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