Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 8, Petersburg, Pike County, 29 June 1900 — Page 3

WmLjo K~* OU say you were “born here—that settles the matter;” INot 'quite; perhaps much as the marching and noise, "The burning of powder, the din and the clatter , On Fourth of July makes soldiers of boys. "You see, the American standard was set 4 ®Quite high at the first, and it's rising still higher; ‘■No American boy is allowed to forget ’ That he cannot be great through the K fame of his sire. "The men who are great on our history’s page That speaks of our work for our first hundred years, "Whose fame is increasing as age after age Rolls backward, to drown in the gulf of the years. -Are great from the fact that they stood for the right, t Regardless of person, of place, or of pelf; "They battled each evil that rose into sight For the good of their fellows, forgetful of self. 'This is what is expected. You may have been born In the slums of a city, or far in the West " Mongst the shimmering plumes of the ripening corn; Or first saw the light where a king’s golden crest , * Overshadowed the land; where the poor turned their eyes Frdm their hovels, far out over mountain and wave, ’"To the sunset Republic, where liberty’s skies Smiled down on the homes of the free and the brave. -‘Being born an American, can’t be denied, Gives a ipan a fair start on the highway of fame, •Or of wealth, or whatever else he may decide v To deserve, to achieve and attach to his name. >But whoever would win must be ready to work; He must earn and secure before he may enjoy; ?5n all the wide field there’s no sheaf for the shirks— It means this to be an American boy. 'You may not be selected for perilous trips Over mountains and glaciers, or sail in the van ,Of the fleet for entrapping an enemy's ships, , Then take to the waves on a catamaran. -But you must be ready, and stand by your. ’’•Wherever you find them, as firm as the earth, . If you would be proved one of Uncle Sam’s sons By lawful adoption or fortunate birth. ' Then hold your head high, your eyes on the stars - And stripes of our banner, your hand firm and sure; ’You will win, though you carry an enemy’s sears— X.ike Galahad strong because you are pure. -‘Stand fast for the right. Look well to your ways; 1 Build your life of pure gold, with no grain of alloy; ’ £>o your best if you’d win yourself loftiest praise. And deserve to be called an American boy. -—Margaret Holmes Bates, in S. S. Times.

How We"* Didn't^

Celebrate. k »/ ^2Za0UETH OF Jt’LY xM» bade fair to be a dull day. The selectmen of our town had refused to appropria t e : any money for a celebration, as it had been a very bad financial year. : and for the same reason our own pocket money was in Very limited : siims, and our fathers were loud in the praise of the selectmen for not Increasing the taxes for what the}* felt was a useless waste of money. . Had the times been good we knew our ■ parents vvpuld have given us a gen- * erous supply of pocket money, and -.that they would have prevailed on the .selectmen to give us seme kind of . celebrat jon.; Thus the matter stood on the sec*cnd of July, when we boys met in the .acorn field to talk the matter over. _ If one of us were disposed to take the i same view of the matter as our parents, and we were open to any plan -which would celebrate the day in a ..fitting manner. Plan after plan was •^proposed, only to be dropped for want -of funds to carry It out. Finally one * of the boys suggested that it would be a good: idea to set. fire to the old »■ sawmill. That would make a splendid blaze, and as it was isolated from any -other building, there would not be ..any danger of the fire spreading. The building was very old, and had not been used for many years, although the machinery was still in place. I »am sorry to say that the idea was a -catchy one, and was adopted by a unanimous Vote, and four of us boys -were elected a committee to put the ■.matter through. When the committee met to talk the subject over, it was : found that I was the only one who was thoroughly familiar with the /building, and who therefore knew just -where the best places w’ere to fire the -old ark, as it was commonly called. I called the boys’ attention to the -fact that if we were caught setting fire to the building we would be put In jail, and that if I had anything to «do with the thing, all the boys must be bound by cast-iron oath never to breathe a word of the matter. This was agreed to, and the following ““oath” was written out and signed by *11 the boys who were in the secret, fen in numbers'‘"We, the undersigned members *! the Celebration elnh. do

hereby swear and affirm that we will never reveal any of the doings of this club, or of its various committees, un> der penalty of having our shoes filled with boiling oil, our ears cut off and our eyes burned out with a red hot wire.” This was signed by every member of the club, and was certainly very binding, and horrible enough to suit the fancy of 14-year-old boys. After this was signed the committee I appointed me chief of tbe four, and I arranged to explore the building that night alone, and make my report the next day as to the best places to start the fire. We then planned to set the fire in four places, each of the committee to apply the match just as the clock struck 12 on the night before the Fourth. I was to prepare my plans, and we were to meet at the acorn field at three o’clock on the afternoon of the third and hear my report of the whole plan. . , At the age of 14 I think I must have been absolutely without a trace of fear in my make-up, for I never was known to hesitate to go into old buildings or on board old. deserved ships even when they were said to ?be haunted, in the middle of the night or at any time, and I had never seen anything to cause me to be afraid, * So it was arranged that- I should make my plans that night, and I fully determined! to do so. About one o’clock the next morning 1 stole out of the house and made my way to the oldsawmill. It was a very dark night,

out of the city and this town. No one will think of our coming in a boat, and our leaving this side will throw off every suspicion. I pride myself that this is a well worked up job.” “Right you are, Jack,” said Jim, and they went out shutting the door tight after them. I ran up the stairs and to a window looking out on the Water, ahd watched the boat as it went slowly down the river, I watched about half an hour, then I went downstairs, lighted my lantern, and pulled off the stuff from the bags and took them into the boiler room. On opening them I found them filled with watches, jewelry and silverware. They had evidently been robbing a-jewelry store in the city, and after examining some of .the boxes I found one with the mark of Paterson & Co., and I knew' then that they had robbed the largest jewelry store in the city. What to do I did not know, but I concluded to hide the stuff where they could not find it and then go home and think it over. I opened the old ash pit under the boiler and put both the bags' carefully in the hole, then put out my lantern and went home. I got into the house just as the sun was rising, and 1 tumbled into bed, but. not to sleep till,I had thought out a plan of action. After I had made up my mind what to do t went to sleep. I did not wake up the next mornings till mother called me at nine o’clock, and then I made off as if I was mad

“AIN'T THIS JUST THE PLACE TO HIDE 'EM. JA0K?*’

not a star to* be seen, and' the whole sky hung with black clouds, while occasionally a distant roll of thunder could be heard. I reached the mill without meeting anyone and crawled into a window. In the cellar, where the boiler-room was situated, was an old lantern that I had'used many times to explore the dbrk rooms in the mill, and finding this I was just about to light it- when I heard a noise that sounded like some one trying to force open the door where the logs used to be run in to the saw. Putting down my lantern I ran into the room where the door was situated, and sure enough there was a light shining through the crack of the door, shewing that there was somebody at work in the old shoot. I ran noiselessly across the room and hid behind some old barrels which were piled up in the farther corner of the room. A moment later the old) door swung in and two men came into thg room. “Now, ain’t this just the place to hide ’em. Jack?” asked the first man to enter the room. “Couldn't find a better, Jim,” said'his companion, looking around. “Then let’s bring the things in. They will be safe here, for I dbn’t believe anyone has- been in here for years except me. The place has the name of being haunted, but I guess I'm the only ‘haunt’ that ever was here,” and .the man laughed at his own joke, but his companion xjuickly held up the lantern which he carried, and as it flashed on his own face I could see that he was rather white. He didlnot: say anything, however, and the itwo men went out. leaving the door open. In a few minutes they came back, bringing each a bag. which they put down in the farther corner of the room and covered with rubbish, with which the floor was covered!. Then they started for the door again and the one who answered to the name of Jack said': “Xow we will go back to the boat, float down the river and stay on Crowisland all night, and keep in the wood's all day. Then to-morrow night at 12 we will coine in the big boat and take the swag and by daylight we will be well on towards New York.” “That’s the plan, I guess,” said Jim, “but I wish we had the big boat up the river now so we could get away tonight. They will be looking for us tomorrow, andtwe may have some trouble to get away without being seen.” “That’s all right,” said Jack; “I'm glad we didn’t, for they would have seen the boat come in and then if it had' gone off the same night they would have mistrusted that she had some connection with the robbery.” “Guess you are right, as usual, Jack, and your plan is the best. When the boat comes up to-morrow they will not of course suspect, anything.” “No. that’s just it. I have the plans aH laid, as I told you before we cracked the crib. Johnson will sail up sometime to-morrow afternoon, go ashore in the city and buy some provisions, give out that he is a fisherman just put in for supplies, and say he will get away early next morning. They will suspect nothing there, and will be watching the depots and roads leading

to think I had slept so long'. I tried to eat my breakfast as though nothing had happened, but T was so excited that I could swallow hardly anything.' Then I put up a lunch and told mother I would not be back till night. This was nothing new for me, as I was often off all day fishing and gunning. Then I wrote this note to the committee of four: “Dear Boys: Do not go near the mill if you want to keep out of trouble. The whole thing is off, and I am going to keep out 6f the way all day. 'Don't go to my house, and I'd advise you boys not to be seen about the streets. You won't see me till sometime during the day of the Fourth. | Don't hold any meeting in the acorn field. See all the boys privately, one by one, and tell them not to be seen together.” I did not sign this, as I meant to give it to one of the boys. Leaving home I soon met one of the committee and I handed him the note, telling him not to rc^d it till he was some-' where where no one could see him. Then I started for the woods. Going through the acorn field I crossed the railroad and went through the woods, coming to the river a mile below the town. Here I found a fellow just going over to the city in a row boat, and I gave him five cents to carry me over. Once in the city I proceeded to carry out my plan. I went to the chief of police. I was shown into his room at once, but he was busy talking over the robbery with Mr. Paterson, and it was some time before he asked me what I wanted. 1 told him I wanted to see him alone on very important business and he told me he i could not see me then, as there had j been a big robbery in the city and he j was very busy. I ‘‘That's just what I Wanted to see i you about,” said T. “Do you know anything about it?” | he asked, in surprise. “Yes, sir. I do,.and if you will listen to me I will tell you where you can find the things that were stolen, and also tell you how you. can catch the whole gang. I have got it all planned out,” Both the chief and Mr. Paterson were interested at once, but I refused to speak till Mr. Paterson was out of the way, for I was afraid he would be so anxious to get his things that he would spoil the plan, and after he left the room and I told’mv story to the chief, he said I was right. He laid Mr. Paterson that I had a very important clgw, and that he would follow it up at once. My plan was this: No one was to go near the mill till after dark, when the chief, with four picked men, would go over the bridge in citizens’ clothes, each one ,bv himself, and come to my house. Then I was to take them to the mill and we were to hide till the men came for the goods. Then the police were to overpower them. Of course, I did not know whether there woiild be two or three men there, but I thought the four police would be enough, even if all three came. The scheme was carried out and we all got to the mill without attracting any attention. The first thing to do was to see if the bags were safe. They were just as I had left them.

and then the men were placed In position to watch for the robbers. Of course, the catching of them wa* planned by the chief, but he e.sked me what I thought of the plan before he carried it out, and I made one or two suggestions, which he adopted. About midnight while I was watch-* ing at the upper window I saw three men in a boat coming up the river. I immediately ran to the cellar and told the chief. He placed his men at once, and I hid behind the barrels to see the fup. I had a big flash lantern, and I was to turn it on when the men started to remove the rubbish from where they had hidden the bags. Of course, they did not expect anything out of the way, and they all three -came in. The two men who were called Jack and Jim came first, and the one whom they referred to as Johnson came last, with a lantern. As the two men leaned over the pile to clear away the rubbish I opened the lantern and the police jumped upon the men and secured them, while the chief put his pistol into the face of Johnson with the remark: “Throw up your hands, old man, if you don't want this bullet.” He dropped the lantern and put up his hands in a hurry, I can tell you, In less time than it takes me to write it. they were all handcuffed and taken out into the boat. Just as we wer$ about to row off with the men, w» saw a light in the cellar and I. with two of the police rushed baek just in time to put out a fire that had started from the lantern that Johnson had

uroppeu, anu mat we uaa tailed to notice as we took the men out. We made sure there was no more fire and then rowed back to the city. The men were convicted, of course, and I was given tv very handsome reward for mv part in the discovery. None of the boys dared to say anything about it for fear the townspeople would find out why I went to the mill, so to thi&jday no one, not even the police, know how I knew about the robbery. We did not have our celebration, but we spent the whole day in the acorn field, talking pver the robbery and the fact that I captured the robbers. One thing more I want to say, and that is that from that time till now I am the greatest coward that jever lived, and no money would ever hire me again tb go into any dark place alone. I can't say why. but such is the fact.—Jennie Jameson, in Farnr and Home. THE FOURTH. Hall to “America, land of the free!” *■ Holding her honors on land and on sea! Reaping her victories, kindly and true. All in the name of “The Red, White and Biue!” Hail to the spirit of justice and truth Born in’ America's spirited youth! Hail to her enterprise, courage and skill! Hail to her upright persistence and will! Hail to her loyalty! Hail to her brave, Determined endeavors her dear states to save When danger assails them! and hail with a cheer Her glorious old banner her sons hold so dear! Hail to our “National Holiday!” Hail! For never in hearts shall its joyousness fail! Hail to its advent, and even its noise. Since it stirs in the hearts of our girls and our boys A bold, sturdy reverence, never to die While America’s flag waves, for Fourth of • July! '„ . —Mary D. Brine, in Christian Work. THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.

THE MORNING ^Ar-~

THE EVENING. —Adapted from the Puritan. Too Difficult. “There's no use wasting1 time on some psychological problems.” remarked the man with white whiskers and silver-rimmed spectacles. “I am always willing to express opinions on telepathy, and mind cures, and reincarnation, and kindred topics.” “Well, there can't be many mystical topics that you are afraid of.” “Only one. I give up when it comes to explaining how it happens that the boy who won’t get up till nine o’clock, if he can help it, on a school' day, and the boy who will be out with a brass cannon at four o’clock in the morning on the Fourth of July are one and the same boy.”—Washington Star. An Early Start. Hopkins—You country people start into town early on the Fourth of July! Perkins—Well, we have^to—to head off our city relatives coming out to see us.—Golden Hays.

THE REPORT OF A MAN OF EXPERIENCE. IVhat He Foand In Wes tern Canada to Indnee Him to Settle.

Sau'.t Ste. Marie, Mich., feb. 20. 1900. To whom it may concern, especially to those who are desirous of obtaining health and wealth for themselves and families, I wish to state i few facts in regard to the Canadian Northwest, where I went, leaving Siu It Ste. Marie on May 2nd, 1399, for tin purpose of seeking a better home ic r my family in the future. <sl got a special rate ticket for Ft. McLeod, Alberta. Through Manitoba and part of A:.siniboia the farmers were busy employed ploughing and seeding. 1 found the farmers very kind and friendly, willing to talk and assist in giving me the particulars of the country. At McLeod I spent a fetir days looking over some ranchers' stock, which I was surprised to see loo ting so w-ell; tiiey were in better condition than any stock I ever saw in Michigan, even those that had been stabled, and most of these had never seen cite inside of a shed or received any feed ffbm the hands of man. But as I was looking for nixed farm land I fount McLeod ho place for me, it is only fit for ranching pur poses. Betracing my way back to Winnipeg, X stopped oft at Lethbridge where I found, some of the greatest horseranches I ever had the plea sure of looking at; it is a fine level country and lots of water and good grazing.' At Medicine Hat. which is located in a valley, there were lots of sheep, cattle and horses in the surrounding country and all looking well. On July J4th I went on to Regina; there I began to see mixed farming lands in abunuance and the crops looking remarkably well, and as long as daylight lasted I saw the seme all along the line, and on the 15th of July I arrived in Winnipeg, just in time for the Exhibition; there I met with 6ne of the most beautiful pictures of the world’s records, for as sc on as I entered the grounds my eyes met with all kinds of machinery, a'l in motion, and the cattle, grain and produce of the country was far beyxmd my expectation. in fact it was beyond any industrial exhibition or lgrieultural fair I ever visited, and I have seen a good many. From Regina to Prince Albert, a distance of 250 miles, it is all good for mixed farming, and well settled, with some thriving little towns. In pome places the grain, just coming into he&d, would) take a man to the waist, and.the wild frfiit along the line wr's good, rich and in great quantities; i’ro*m Saskatoon on the south branch of the Saskatchewan river to Prince Albert on the north branch of the same river, is one of the best farming districts without any doubt that ever laid face to the sun, and everything to be found there that is necessary to make life comfortable; all that is required is labor. There is lots of wood, good water and abundant hay land, and the climate is excellent. ’Prince Albert is a flourishing little place, situated on the north Saskatchewan river, having a population of about 1,800, with good streets and sidewalks and churches of nearly every denomination, three schoolhouses and another one to be built at once; also a Brewery and Creamery. Here I stayed for about four months, working at my trade of brick-laving, and met with

farmers and ranchers with whom I made it my special business to talk in regard to the prospects. I llso visited several farmers for some distance out in the country while crops were in full bloom and I may say that i never saw better crops in all my travels than I saw along the valley towards Stoney Greek and Carrot Kiver. In he market garden there is grown currants, both red and black, and as fine a sample of roots and vegetables as ever went on a j market. The soil in and a *ound this 5istriet cannot be beaten for anything j you may wish to grow, and besides the season is long, giving time for everything to mature. The cattle were looking as good as I saw anywhere, good pasture and hay land, and plenty of water wherever you go. The country is dotted all around like islands with timber fit for fuel and building purposes and within a day's walk of lumbering-woods, where lumbering and tie-making is carried on, ia winter. Both large audtsmall game is plentiful. There are two good sawmi ls in this district, with a good supply of all grades of lumber all the j*ear round and also two good brickyards with an excellent quality of brick. There is no i scarcity of building material and at a reasonable price. Clothing and living are no higher than I find in Michigan, and furthermore I wish to say that there is a great demand forr laboring men all the year round and good wages ranging from $1.75 to $2.00 per day, and from $23.00 to $35.00 per month with board. a I w ish to say that I am perfectly satisfied with the country and I intend to return to Prince Albert earjly in the"’ spring of 1900. Any reasonable man can go there and in from five to ten years make a good and comfortable home for himself and family, and if any person into whose hand this letter should fall, desires more information, please write to me and I -a ill freely give them my best opinion. 1 am writing this for the benefit of those who may want to make a better hdme for themselves and families or friends. Trusting that this statement may be useful to yon in the publication of your next pamphlet and be the means of guiding at least some of those who are in search of a home, I remain > Your humble servant, (Signed) WILLIAM PAYNE. The above letter was writ ten to Mr. 3. Grieve, Canadian Government Agent at Saginaw, Michigan. Information as to lands., etc., can be had from F. PEDLEY, Superintendent of Im r igration,

Ottawa, Canada, or C. J. BROUGH TON, 1223 Monadnock Blk., Chicago, 111.; J. S. CRAWFORD, 214 West Ninth St„ Kansas City, Mo.; E. T. HOLMES, The Bates, Indianapolis, lnd. THE SUPPLY OF CATTLE. Tlie CnihiiK Di'pemtfd S non to For. niah Accurate Data Ipon a Much Mooted Qomtlon.

Probably no one can figure accurately the. condition of the future cattle market. All attempts to find out the available supplies have so far been based on estimates, which are more or less good guesses. Opposing factors have been at work that affect the situation quite seriously. In the first place the consumption of. meat has been increased by the better business of the *i country. This has caused a rise in 1 price, which in turn stimulated the production of more beef animals. More cows have been bred to better bull® than tor some years. This breeding to better bulls means a direct increase in the amount of qieat being produced. The sire of the calf determines ' to a large extent the size to which the calf is to grow, and consequently the weigfit that he will dress at one or two years of age, 'Fhis is one uf the factors that is likely to affect the market in the future. The. government is about to take a census of the cattle in the country, and it is expcteed that this will give data of more 'nine than we have ever before ]>ossessed. But if men try to figure out the cattle supplies from the basis of numbers they will not arrive at accurate conclusions. During the last ten years the.character of western range cattle has undergone a change, owing to the use on Ihose herds of -better and heavier bulls than former!v. Comparisons of numbers do not show the meat supply. It it not numbers of cattle that affect the market, but the weight of meat they produce. It is therefore probable that the supply of cattle in the future, that is, during the next five years, will exceed considerably most of the estimates.— Farmers’ Review. \ If is a remarkable fact that Maj. Gen. Baden-Powell was very nearly lost to the British army six years ago by reason of regulations—just as fiord Roberts could nov-u- have entered it if the standard of the height and Weight for officers had been then what it is bow. He was in years rapidly approaching the “time limit” at which majors, unless specially liohsinattd for a command, have to take a retiring allowance. There was no chance of his getting a step in his own regiment- Luckily for him, trouble broke out in Ashanti. and he was one of the first ofiicers to be selected for the staff. The German emperor has commanded the celebration of the 700th anniversary of the first mining operations in Germany. These were begun in the Harz mountains, the principal minerals being silver and copper. The emperro himself will attend the celebrations, which will take place at llettstedr, in Saxony, where the first mine is said to have been opened, and will also visit Eislehen. a.large copper mining center, whore Martin Luther,whose father was a miner there, was born. James T. Gerould, a graduate of Dartmouth, who has been for three years in the service of the Columbia University library, has beeh appointed librarian of the Missouri University. Other appointments-the university are those of Dr. Max Meyer, of Clabk University, as professcr of experimental psychology, and child study, and of Dr. Charles AY. Green, instructor in zoology in the Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood’s Holl, as professor ' ’of physiology. i Admiral Lord Charles^Beresfonl 53 virtually revolutionizing the Mediterranean squadron, especially as regards its gunnery. He is insisting on.the utmost attention being paid to accuracy cf fire, both with large guns and rifles, and is manifesting the utmost ingenuity in devising targets of a novel character. He is likewtejg initiating and taking part in gunroefin debates on all matters likely to quicken the intelligence of the officers and men under his orders. ' '

Mrs. Ruiz, wife of Dr. Ricardo Ruiz, the American citizen who was butch^ ered by Spaniards ingCuta in 1897, is soon to receive $C000 from the United States government, which took over all the claims against Spain at the signing of the peace treaty. When Gen. Lee made his report on this case our government placed the figures at $50,000 and stoutly maintained that that was little enough for Spain to pay. A story from Scrsnton, J*a„ says Rev. Joseph Kossuth Dixon, of Boston, has been made trustee of a most remarkable fund. Mrs. Ella M. American, who dieel recently in Massachusetts, bequeathed a fund of $10,000 to Mr. Dixon in trust, the income to be devoted to the care of her two horses {•no her pet dog. The will was admitted to probate in Scranton. The sale of the city directories in Chicago has been prohibited by the publishers, it having been determined - to lease them so as to head off certain advertising schemes at the expense of the company. The books are to be returned at the end of five years. .T. B. Ploda, the Swiss minister at Washington, gave a public lessen in ticmocr^v the other day when he his carriage to” get some soda wider, and carried a glass of the beverage to the coachman on the box. A roan ejected from an excursion car naturally feels put out about it. This feeling passes away when he gains so* briety.