Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 8, Petersburg, Pike County, 29 June 1900 — Page 7

STRONG BOX CRATE. Hot*- to Chanter a Shipping Crate Into a Convenient Holding Box for Ktkglng Hog*. A crate as usually made for shipping can be changed with a little trouble to make a convenient holding box for ringing. The* front should have a double set of posts or uprights, for the double door is used as a holder to work back and forth in. Each door should have one-half of the loop in it for the animal to put its head through, spreading the doors from the!top. for the animal to enter, then closing and sliping pins outside of handles to the top

FRONT VIEW OF BOX CRATE. <Dotted Lines Indicate Doors Thrown Apart for Animal to Enter.) of the doors, to hold the doors dosed till the rings are set, then dropping the doors apart and allowing the animal to pass through. A box 20 inches widevwill be as large as heeded on most farms, excepting to hold a very large male hog; 4»/s feet is long enough, with height 2yg feet. The top slats are one inch apart on the bach end of thhcrate, and a slat nailed across the bottom. A broad board may be used as a door to

SIDE AND END VIEW, drop back of the animal to keep it from escaping till fast in the holder. The doors in front can be widened apart by changing bolts in lower end. This crate need not be made so heavy but that it can be used to haul a male hog or a large sow in. as is often necessary on a hog farm. Such aerate for holding is a convehience on many farms, as they hove not strong box stalls or pens always convenient in which to confine hogs, to catch and hold with a rope, as is usually done.—John M Jamison, in Ohio Farmer. 3 . HOW TO SELL ANIMALS. ^ Special Effort Should lie Made to Pat Sale Stock Into un Extra 1 Fine Condition. Buyers of animals are to a very large extent influenced by their first impressions. Thi& may not,be strictly true of the professional horse buyers, but most of our horses and other animals are sold td men that are not professional buyers. So much does the appearance influence buyers that the professional horse buyers make a point of picking up poor looking but valuable animals and putting them in shape to bring the most money. Sometimes a few hundred weight <*f corn put onto a horse has brought a buyer that made the operation exceedingly profitable. There is no reason why the farmer should not make a special effort to put his sale stock in extra fine condition. A clean stable and inviting surroundings have a decided influence in biasing the.opinion of the would-be purchaser. If a horse is to be sold time spent in grooming him till his coat shines will be time well spent. The fat that the farmer can put on his ribs will be sold at a fancy price. The same applies with equal force to cattle, and the well-fed, wellcarded animal, kept in a elean, airy stable, will sell Tor an advance over, the good animal that is not so cared for.—Farmers’5 Iteview. Hessian Fly Problem Solved. The Hessian fly problem has been solved, according to newspaper reports. A farmer in the central part of Missouri thinks he has discovered how to keep the fly out of his wheat at a moderate expense. Just as wheat was coming up last fall, he scattered common salt over half a field, leaving the other half without any. He used about a bushel of salt to the acre. He says it worked like a charm. The part of the field salted has a good stand of wheat, entirely free from fly. while the other half is badly damaged. Another man says he prevented damage from fly by sowing a barrel of air slacked lime on 15 acres as soon as the wheat came up, repeating the process at intervals of a few days. Strawberry Fromnge. Soak one ounce gelatine in half pint of cold water 15 minutes; then stir it over the fire till dissolved. Wash and press one quart of fresh strawberries through a sieve, to which add one cupful of powdered sugar, the gelatine and a few drops ofoochineal; stir until the mixture begins to thicken, then add one pint of whipped cream; tufn into a form and set on ice tiU cold.—Ledger Monthly, .

PERSISTENCE IN DREAMS. The fettle Girl That a Jiao Dreaanl of Every MkM for Maajr Years.

Inventors have queer dreams. Nov day dreams alone, although these for the most part are thought by the pub. lie to be queer enough—but just the ordinary sleeping dreams. Dreams of the latter sort were discussed at a meeting of Inventors one night lately. After talking of dreams in general and the philosophy of unconscious cerebration, several of those present related personal experiences that are peculiar, strange and1 weird1, says the Kansas City Journal. “For 25 years,” said President Dimmitt, of the Inventors’ association, “I have dreamed almost nightly of flying. Occasionally I misjs a night, but a week never goes by without my aerial flight. It appears to ne that I take a running start as though on a. bicycle and gradually rise from the earth, soaring over cities and towns, looking down at the people, and ob-•ervingjJt-hcm often to point at me, Faying:! ‘See him! There he goes! TheiV lie goes!’ 1 sail along from the top of .one hill to another, traversing immense! distances in a single night. There is nothing terrifying .in it at all. On the other hand, it is a delightful sensation to feel that .you arc soaring above everybody, but notwithstanding this I often g->t provoked at myself for dreaming this dream so persistently. I have tried! in every way to break myself of it. but to no avail. I still take ray fly nearly every night. I do not imagine that 1 am in an airship— I am alone, and am just sailing through the air like a biro.” This experience caused a great deal of comment among the inventors, and various explanations were olYered of the frequent recurrence of it. Then George 1). Shultz came forward with a dream even stranger yet. “My uncle,” ho said, “who lived in the eountry. had a large meadow adjoining his farm. There were perhaps 30 acres of it, and it was lowland, soggy, wet and sproutlv a great pari ol the time. It was surrounded! by a rail fence and was bordered on one side by a dense thicket. For some reason my uncle always said that he wanted to be buried in that meadow, and when he died the family, in consideration of his request, -buried him in one corner of the meadow. I remember the grave distinctly. The—ground about it was so wet that they had to bale out the grave before the coffin was lowered' into it. “A small fence was built around the grave, inclosing it in a small square lot in the corner of the meadow. “Now. this is where my dream begins, and for ten or fifteen years of my life I dreamed it regularly every night. One night I saw a little child, a girl, emerge from the thicket bordering on the meadow, crawl through the meadow fence and start in a direct line across to my uncle’s grave. She had got only part way toward It when a great herd of lions, tigers and other savage beasts rushed- into the meadow and made for her. oust before they reached her they all got into a terrific fight and-in the scramble hid her from my view. But in a moment she came into view again,

running lor nor Jile back to the spot in the fence ■where she entered the meadow. I could1 see that little child as plainlj' as I see anyone in this room. I could see every featiire of her face and would recognize her instant* ly if I should ever meet her. I can see her little dress blowing out straight behind her as she rail from the wild beasts. I can see the very panel of the fence that she crawled through, and many a time I went in broad daylight and examined it, peered into the thicket-and searched for a child's footprints, lightly for years I dreamed this dream. Always the same little girl, always the wild beasts coming just as she got part way across the meadow and -always her terrified flight back again to escape them. I dreamed this over and over again, the details always the same, until finally one night the child got clear to the little inclosure around the grave before the animals reached her. She got over the fence, turned around and put her face to the cracks and looked through at the lions and tigers. She was perfect^’ safe. The wild beasts could not reach her. She was in a haven of refuge. Since that night thy dream has never come back to me.” The “Tubman” and the “Postman.” The promotion of Sir Richard- Webster recalls an almost forgotten institution in the old law courts at Westminster. Sir Richard (then Mr. Webster) held in turn the coveted positions of “tubman” and “postman” in the court of exchequer. At either end oiLthe row of barrister seats behind the row occupied by queen's counsel in that court was a little partitioned “box,” the one allotted to the “postman” and the other to the “tubman.” The stiff gownsmen who held these pbsts were entitled to preaudience in the case of motions over both queen’s counsel and the law officers (except when the latter were engaged on crown businses). and; consequently the positions were not without their value in the estimation of solicitors. The late Sir Charles Hall was at one time “tubmgn,” and was appointed-, it is understood, at the instigation of the prince of Wales by the last of the lord chief barons. Sir Fit? Roy Kelly.—London Chronicle.

=te= ALL SORTS.

There were no strikeit in North Carolina last year. The Japanese population of San Francisco has reached nearly 20.000. Milwaukee business men hare contributed about $100,000 this season is funds to entertain conrentions. New York derives a yearly income of $6,500,000 from corporations for privileges enjoyed in the use of the streets. It is estimated that during the past 14 months upward of 10.000 wolves have been killed in Wyoming, in addition to mountain lions, wildcats, lynx, bear and coyotes. A good government movement hat been started at Portland, Ore., in which a Homan Catholic archbishop, a Jewish rabbi, a Presbyterian minister, a Unitarian clergyman, and others of diversified views are working together Ben. William Bull, superintendent ol the Buffalo police department, will not tolerate drinking by patrolmen while on duty. A patrolman was recently rep rimanded and fined $73, although i charge of intoxication was not sustained. Mayor Hart, of Boston, has suspended the issue of the City Record, a weekly paper started under the administration of Mayor Josiah Quincy to give news and information concerning the municipal departments, city advertis ing, and statistics. It has not been t success, and its paid circulation has been small. One of the most unique laws evei passed will shortly go into effect ir Winchester, W. Ya. The city council of that place passed a law requiring every* citizen to pour kerosene oil qe every open pool and that every open rain barrel shall have the spigot at the bottom. The town is infested with mosquitoes, and the law was passed in order to make the place an attractive resort for summer boarders* OF FOREIGN INTEREST. Roasted grasshoppers are stiU esteemed a great delicacy by the natives of Morocco. Bombay receives its water from three large lakes, which receive their supply from a region that is intensely ipalarious. ■ The municipal authorities of London are engaged in the establishment of sterilized milk plants in different parts of the English metropolis. Berlin postal authorities estimate that no fewer than 160,000 postal cards without any addresses at all are mailed in the German empire every year. “Oberammergau is a quaint place,” says a traveler. “Tins whole town is practically controlled by the Lang family’. They are the leading spirits in the production of the play. They have more or less charge of the various -taverns, inns or hotels for the accommodation of the travelers and in a general way’ supervise everything.” In Italy, as in the British isles, the propagation of infective disease by oysters is now a recognized danger, and at various points on her coasts— particularly where populous seaports discharge their sewage—the oysterbeds have become neither more nor less than fever preserves. At Taranto the alarm aroused by the suspected propagation not only of typhoid but of diphtheria by its justly’ celebrated oysters has led to the appointment of ft ‘‘Ccmmissione Sanitaria” to inquire Into the condition of the beds.

THE MARKETS. iiJ yivi <if 48% 2814 to 12 to 5 75* 4 i5 6 50 4 ‘.5 4 It 4 00 83% 4a 24% to s oo to 12 oo to 12 00 15 7% to 0% Ne w' York, June 25. CATTLE—Native Steers....$ 4 50 to$ & 10 COTTON—Middling . 9% to 0% FLOUR—Winter Wheat.... 3 £5 to 4 50 WHEAT—No. 2 Red. 00 CORN—No. 2. '. OATS-No. 2.....:. PORK-Mess New. 12 00 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling . BEEVES—Steers . 4 25 Cows and Heifers. 3 00 CALVSS—(pel 100). 4 50 HOGS—Fair to Choice .....a 4 75 SHEEP—Pair to Choice;_ 4 25 FLOUR—Patents (new).... 4 00 Other Grades. 3 30 WHEAT-No. 2 Red. £3 CORN-No. 2.. . OATS-No. 2. RYE-No. 2.J. TOBACCO-Lags -.... 3 50 Leaf Burley_ 4 50 HAY—Clear Timothy t,new) 10 00 BUTTER-Choice Dairy.... 13 BACON-Clear Rib. EGGS—Fresh . PORK— StandardMess(neW) LARD—Prime Steam.... CHR. AGO. CATTLE—Native Steers.... 4 50 HOGS—Fair to Choice. 5 00 SHEEP—Fair to Choice.... 3 75 FLOUR—Winter Patents... Spring Patents... WHEAT—No. 3 SpringNo. 2 Red. CORN—No. 2. OATS-No. 2... PORK—Mess. 11 05 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—NatiVe Steers.... 4 25 HOGS—Fair to Choice...... 4 60 WHEAT—No. 2 Red. ? 7S OATS—No. 2... 26 CORN-No. 2.. NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR—High Grade. 3 75 CORN—No. 2. 50 OATS—Western, .1...... 30 HAY—Choice .17 00 PORK—Standard Mess. .... 12 50 BACON—Short Rib Sides*... COTTON—Middling . LOUISVILLE. WHEAT—No. 2 Red. CORN—No. 2.. OATS—No. 2 Mixed PORK— New’ Mess.. BACON—Short Rib @ 3 40 78 £3^to 41Mi> 25 to> a 60 5 22M 4 10 3 85 SO 84 44tfc 254* to 12 10 to to 5 35 5 20 79 2614 391* 8%to 9 to S4 25 61 to 3014 to 17 50 to 12 75 8% 91* COTTON—Middling 85 @ 441*4$ 26 12 25 @ 12 75 7%@ 8 SC 451* to 9K

Do Yoar Feet Ache and Bnrat Shake into your shoes, Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New Shoes Feel Easy. Cures Corns, Itching. Swollen, Hot, Callous, Smarting, Sore ana Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Sho' Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, K. Y.

The Right Spirit. "What* did Col. Stillwell say about the brandied cherries seat to cheer his con* valescenee?” “He said he was afraid he wasn’t strong enough to,eat the fruit,” replied the little girl, “but that he appreciated the spirit in which it was sent.”—St. Louis Republic. Marquette, on Lake Superior, is one of the most charming summer resorts reached via the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. Its healthful location, beautiful scenery, food hotels and complete immunity from ay fever, make a summer outing at Marquette, Mich., very attractive from the standpoint of health, rest and comfort. For a! copy of “The Lake Superior Country,” containing a description of Marquette and the copper country, address, with four (4) cents in stamps to pay postage, Geo. H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111. The Cornfed Philosopher. "Woman,” said the Cornfed Philosopher, “will never succeed in her demand for the same pay as man for doing the same work. The only way to get the .same pay for the same work is to howl for more pay for less work.”—Indianapolis Press. The Grand Trunk Railway System Will serve you well to the choicest resorts of Canada, and the East. For fares, descriptive literature, and general information apply to J. H. Burgis, City Passenger and Ticket Agent, 249 Clark St., corner Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. Maudle Again. Maud Muller, raking Jiay one day, \Vas caught in a rainstorm, so they say; The rain came down in a perfect flood; Sail! Maud: “I guess my name is Mud!” —Philadelphia Record. * I am sure Piso’s Cure for Consumption saved my lift three years ago.—Mrs. Thos. Robbins, Maple Street, Norwich, N. Y., Feb 17,1900. Fashion may come and fashion mav go, but the idulgent father of several daughters §oes right on forever—paying large millinery ills.—Chicago Dispatch. Try Yucatan Chill Tonic (Improved). Cures chills, fevers and malaria. Pleasant to take. Cure guaranteed. Price, 50 cents. When a man whistles all the day either his heart or his head is light.—Chicago Daily News. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if itf ails to cure- 25c. Y.—“Have your wages gone up?” C.—“I guess so: the boss made an assignment today.”—Yonkers Statesman. A dyspeptic is never on good terms with himself. Something is always wrong. Get it right by chewing Beeman’s Pepsin Gum. Some pretty girls are so vain that people refuse to admit their good looks.—Atchison Globe.

FOR MALARIA, CHILLS AND FEVER. . The Best Prescription Is Grove's - Tasteless Chill Tonic. • " ' ’ The Formula Is Plainly Printed on Every Bottle* So That the People May Know Just What They Are Taking.

Imitators do not advertise their formula knowing that you would not buy their medicine if you knew what it contained. Grove’s contains Iron and Quinine put up in correct proportions and is in a Tasteless form. The Iron acts as a mnic while the Quinine drives the malaria out oi the system. Any reliable druggist will tell you that Grove’s is the Original and that all other so-called «'Tasteless” chill tonics are imitations. An analysis of other chill * tonics shows that Grove’s is superior to all others in every respect. You are not experimenting when you take Grove’s—its superiority and excellence having long been established. Grove’s is the only Chill Cure sold throughout the entire malarial sections of the United States. No Cure, No Pay* Price, 50c.

IMPROVED. SUPERIOR TO AUL. TASTELESS TONICS. Cure Guaranteed. PRICE. 50 CENTS. Use Certain Com Cure. Price, 15c.

READERS OF THIS PAPER DESIRING TO BUY ANYTHING ADVERTISED IN ITS COLUMNS SHOULD INSIST UPON HAVING WHAT THEY ASK FOR, REFUSING ALL SUBSTITUTES OB IMITATIONS. OPIUM torium treatment. H. Aft. WOOLLE1. Aft. WHISKY and otherdru* habits eurrd in U)day*. Sana* Book and particular* PIX£E. AUaaU, tia

He thinks he lives, but he s a dead one * No person is really alive whose liver is, dead. During the winter most people spend nearly all their time in warm, stuffy houses or offices or workshops. Many don’t get as much exercise as they ought, and everybody knows that people gain weight in wirier. As a rule it is not sound \ weight, but means a lot of flabby fat ranc useless, rotting matter staying in the body when it ought to have been driven out. But the liver was overburdened, deadened—stopped work. There you are, with a dead liver, and spring is the* time for resurrection. Wake up the dead!

Get all the filth out of your system, and get I wady for the summer's trials with clean, dear blood, body, brain free from bile. Force is dangerous and destructive unless used in a gentle persuasive way, and the right plan *• is to give new strength to the muscular walls of the bowels, and stir up the liver to new life and work with CASCARETS, the great spring deaner,disinfectant and bowd tonic* Get a box to-day and see how quickly you will be ioc. j« j:j.l|LJ ||H all 25c* 50c. *** m DRUGGISTS To any needy mortal suffering from bowel doubles and too poor :o buy CASCARETS we will send a box free. Address Sterling Remedy Company, Chicago or New York, mentioning advertisement and paper.

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when WRITIS6 TO ADVIRTISEXa please state that yon »*w the AdvcrtllV ■tent In this paper* A. N. K,—B 1819