Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 18, Petersburg, Pike County, 7 September 1900 — Page 3

A PEERLESS ORATOR, Bryaa’s Maattrly Bxpoattloa of Aaierlean Government Mrai to Hia Speeches. No man living can mj such stirring things in words so free from passion *s William Jennings Bryan. He is equeJlj a master of rhetoric and of logic. He is as modest and unassuming as he is inspiring and convincing. Ef he has an equal among publicists of the day he is easily “first among equals”—primus inter pares. He will take a place in American history with Jefferson and Lincoln, and whether he takes his seat in the presidential chair or not—and it now seems absolutely certain that he will—his fame as one of the greatest interpreters of true democracy and. Amemanism is assureck He grows in stature with the days, and every speech he makes gives new f>roof of his fearless candor and intellectual thought and acumen. His speech at Indianapolis was a masterly exposition of American governmental ideas, and his acceptance of the populist nomination at Topeka. Kan.; was less great only because it was less exhaustive. Truly it can be said that “only himself can be his parallel,” in expounding the great fundamental truths on which our national existence is based, in words as common as they are comprehensive. In accepting its presidential nomination Bryan paid the populist party, in his opening sentences, a high and just compliment for the educational work it has done in arousing the people to a study of economic and industrial questions, for, as he says, “truth grows not in seclusion but in the open

JOHN SMITH CHANGES PARTY, A Simple Story Which llloatratee Iho Oppressive Power of Trust*. This is the simple story of hQjr John Smith came to change nis party. His father was a republican. His grandfather was a whig. John himself had- always voted just as his father did. From his early youth ha had always evinced an interest ia politics, but it was a quiet interest. He didn't go much on getting into arguments. He was always content to believe that the republicans were more right than the democrats, so he vpted a straight republican ticket every time. John keeps a small store in the suburbs of a large city. He sells groceries, oil, candies, stationery for the school children, and deals a little in meat, especially in the winter time, when it is easier to keep meat than in the summer. John has noticed of late that his profits amount practically to nothing, still he does a fair amount of business; he is steady and does not spend his money extravagantly, tries to buy pretty good things for his store, although he never buys very much and he keeps things neat and clean about his place. A few months ago John got hold of a newspaper with some interesting articles regarding the growth and destructiveness of the trusts. His business was quiet, he had nothing else to read, so he glanced over the ar- j tide. Very soon he became interested and read them very carefully. As

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field, and it thrive* best-in the sunshine of full and free debate.” It is this free and full discussion that MeEinleyism—the bastard republicanism of the day—most dreads. The men who are striving tb make the stars and stripes what Cecil Rhodes called the union jack in Africa, a ‘‘commercial asset,” want no debate. With no more feeling or sentiment than Wordsworth's peasant, to whom the pretty flower on the river's brink ‘‘a yellow primrose was and nothing more,” the the f|ag of Washington, of Jackson, of Lincoln and of Grant, has no glory or meaning in its folds to those greedy and vulgar plotters of force, treason ancl imperialism. “Old glory” in porto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines and at home? unless they can make it a “commercial asset,” is a thing to be furled and especially because of the glowing story and hopeful significance which Bryan waves into its folds. With plunder instead of patriotism as their aim they would make it, as Gen. Halpine wrote in the New York Tribune, in slavery days, a “robber rag” j like other imperialistic bunting, and j if if cannot be so used why then in their eyes it is nothing but “a flaunting lie.” Mr. Bryan touched on several things, but briefly, at Topeka which he passed over at lndianapovis. In referring to the currency question the republican party he says “denies the necessity for more real money, while it permits national banks to expand the volume of paper promises to pay money. It is now committed to a currency system j which necessitates a perpetual debt, while the populist finds himself in agreement with the democrats, who believe in paying off the national debt as rapidly as possible. In sentences few but clear he advocates an income tax, the principles of direct legislation, the enlargement of the s£ope of the interstate commerce act and the creation of a labor bureau at Washington with a cabinet officer at its head. He favors the exclusion of Chinese and other oriental labor from the United States, and in some trenchant sentences shows- the rascality of tbe trusts. “If,” he says, “a private monopoly can suspend production and fix the price of the finished product, the farmer powerless to protect himself when he sells is plundered when he purchases.” Mr. Bry an’s treat men toOf the “pros*perity” argument, of the war and its cpst to the taxpayer, of imperialism and, other issues, leaves nothing to be desired, in the way of putting unanswerable arguments in * terse, pithy and original manner. Every true eiti*en will wish with him in his closing words that “the oppressed of every land will see in our fl&g the hope of their own deliverance and, whether they are bleeding upon the battlefield •or groaning beneath a tyrant’s lash, will raise their eyes towards heaven and breathe a fervent prayer for the safety of our republic*

a jgesult he is in a predicament, is worried considerably. He can no longer accept the presentment of the republican side of the case as he used to. Yesterday he read in a paper about the great prosperity through* out the country, abut the enormous amount of goods shipped and bought by Uncle Sam, of the increased amount of business being done and of the increase in the amount of money in circulation. He does something now that he never did before. He questions the truth of these statements. For instance, he wants to know where the money goes. He is not making any, his friends in business teil him that they are not making any money. Some years ago they used to make money, and they used to spend) it liberally, too, but now they are forced to play close to the cushion. John is doing a little figuring now all by himself, and is doing considerable thinking. 'He wonders why it is that he and his old ^friends, those be knows in town, are not .making any money. He figures that there are more people around town than there were in the days when business was good. He figures that they should eat as much as ever, in fact should spend about as much money as ever. But do they? He answers himself by saying that he does not spend as much money as he used to spend, he doesn’t get hold of it to spend. He figures that what is true of him is true of other people. The question, who gets the money, is what he is trying to figure Out. He looks about the store at his small supply of goods and recalls from whom he buys them. Nearly everything he has in stock is handled by trusts. There is no competition. He must buy from that one party or not buy at all. They bull the price. He has to pay a large sum for the goods, but he cannot always charge a large price, because the people won’t pay it; for, what is equally as bmj, they can’t pay it. What is the result? The result is that the trusts j make the money. The merchant is forced to buy his stock from concerns that tolerate no competition. He is forced to sell his goods in competition with his fellow merchants, owing to the combines that are formed, the profits of the wholesale houses are never cut. If the prices of the goods are raised to the small merchants it simply follows that its profits are diminished. The merchant’s loss is the eombine’s gain. And it is equally true that the combine’s gain is not only the merchant’s loss, but the public’s as well. This’is the fact which John, Smith has discovered and about which he is energetically telling his friends ahd neighbors. And as a result of having at last seen the light upon the trust question, he has decided to vote against them by casting a ballot for Bryan. Thus ends the simple story of John Smith.

STAMPS AND POSTAL CARDS. The amount received by the United States government from the sale of postage stamps, etc., for the fiscal year ending June 30, exceeded $103,000,000. This is $10,000,000 in excess of any previous year. An Amsterdam daily paper j says that the new colonial Dutch stamps, the New Netherlands set, merely surcharged with the colony and value, are only provisionals and will be replaced at a very early aate by definitive full sets for each colony as they have had them heretofore. - 1 It is sdjjd by English dealers that a complete set of Transvaal stamps won..* cost $3,000, for there has been a great variety issued. Some of the old Transvaal stamps of the, British regime of 1877-80, and of the first republic, now fetch from $100 to $230. The Orange Free State offers no such number or variety. The picture postal card has now been fairly introduced into this country, and in a short time may be expected to become a craze. It is said that in New York alone there are a dozen publishers issuing regular lines of decorated cards. As may be imagined, most of the views are of New York and its vicinity, but the rest of the country has not been neglected. Siam has ordered an entirely new set of postage stamps at London and we will probably hear about its being placed in the distributing offices within a short time. The portrait of King Chula-Long-Korn will be a profile instead of the three-quarter face we have seen lor so long a time and the colors will comply with the schedule accepted by the Universal Postal union at the postal congress in Washington. Stamp news from Brhzil partakes of a humorous character. A circular of the postal administration displayed in every post office announces to the public that hereafter the newspaper and postage due stamps will riot be gummed, because the gumming machine does not wdrk satisfactorily or fast enough. As the public does not use either postage due or newspaper stamps, it is difficult to understand why the information is given out.

FUN AND FROLIC, She—“It is g'entle woman’s part to lean.” He—“Yes, but she ought not to be too lead.”—Somerville Journal. “Burch. I tell you that old black hen is a jewel.” “Yes, and I see that shehas a fine setting.”—N. O. Times-Demo-crat. Resort Hotel Keeper—“Any guests in thi9 evening's train?” ’Bus Driver —“Nobody to speak of. Only a single trunk woman and a grip gent.”—Boston Transcript. Snarley—“What’s self-esteem?” Yow —“It’s something we all hate to see in some one else, but which is a virtue if we possess it ourselves.” — Syracuse Herald. Bobbie—“Pa, is Chicago the largest city in thfe world?” Father—“Yes, my son—that is, it’s the largest city for its size this world has ever seen.'’—Town Topics. “Do you like your job?” “No,” replied the editor, glancing wearily at the ax which he used in the case of poets, “there’s too much hack work about it.” —Detroit Journal. Good Suggestion.—“I wonder why they dvi’t name one of the new ships the Mayflower?” “What for?T e‘Why, so that future generations can say their ancestors came over on it,”—Philadelphia Bulletin. “What ajre you kicking about ?” they said to him, arranging their chips in piles of ten. “You seemed glad enough when we let you in.” “Yes,” replied the hard loser, “but if you hadn’t let me in I wouldn’t have been out.”—Philadelphia Press. THE MARKETS. U- New York. Sept. 1. CATTLE—Native Steers....$4 50 5 90 9% 4 35 8i% 4t>*% 25*a <b COTTON—Middling .'. ® Ft.0UR—Winter Wheat.;.. 3 75 ® WHEAT—No. 2 Red......... 79>s® CORN-No. 2. & OATS—No. 2. (y CORK—Mess New.. 12 00 ® 13 UO > ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling . 9&< REEVES—Steers . 4 25 i Cows and Heifers. 2 501 i CALVES—(per 100). 5 00 HOGS—Fair to Choice. 4 75 SHEEP-Fair to Choice.... 3 40 FLOUR—Patents (new)— 3 45 Other Grades. 2 80 WHEAT—No. 2 Red. 74 CORN—No. 2. OATS-No. 2. . RTE-No. 2...*.. 50 TOBACCO—Lugs .. 3 50 Leaf Burley— 4 50 HAY—Clear Timothy (new) 9 50 BUTTEU-Cholce Dairy.,.. 15; BAOON-Clear Rib. ;... EGGS—Fresh .... — .j PORK—StandardMess(new’) —| LARD—Prime Steam. CHICAGO. CATTLE—Native Steers.... 4 75 HOGS-Fair to Choice. 4 90 SHEEP—Fair to Choice— 3 40 FLOUR—Winter Wheat.... 3 70 Spring Patents... 3 50 WHEAT—No, 3 Spring.. No. 2 Red CORN-No. 2.. OATS—No. 2.. POKK-Mess .11 00 KANSAS CITY. CATTLE—Native Steers— 4 75 ® HOGS—Fair to Choice. 4 50 ® WHEAT—No. 2 Red..... 72 « OATS-No. 2 White. & CORN—No. 2. NEW ORLEANS. FLOUR-High Grade. 3 55 ® CORN-No. 2. & OATS—Western ... .... ® HAY-Choice .. 17 60 ® PORK—Standard Mess..L ® RACON-Short Rib Sides... 8%® COTTON—Middling . ® LOUISVILLE. WHEAT-No. 2 Red.. 74 CORN-No. 2.... 42! OATS-No. 2 Mixed. 22 PORK-New Mess.12 50 BACON-Short Rib.. 81 COTTON—Middling ... ® 40%® 22 ®

THE HARDEST HEAD YET. It rr*iet Tm Tonsil to Kick no Ckoortnl ’RmUi Feud to Hts Sorrow. Cheerful ’Rastas hobbled painfully into the office of the city physicians, supported by two abbreviated broom handles, says the Dftrou Free Press. ‘Well, ’Rassy, how is the limb to-day?* inquired one of the young men in charge. “Tol’ble, tol’bie, replied ’Rastus, grinning like a new moon. “Ah tell ye,” he said, as the dressing* were changed, “Ah'se heerd all kin’s storief al»oot coon's haids—how hawd dey is an’ how presum&hus it becomes er white man ter ’tempt ter break ’em—but lem’me tell ye, J* doan’ know aboot it ’tel ye runs agin e real t’ing. Me an’ dis feller n-uz wokin’ togedder puttin’ up a biler, an' a de$sertation aria; between us. an’ Ah, in de ’zuberar ce of me feelin’s, kicked wid all me mite. Well* Ah reckoned ter strike him on de huid, an’ Ah did. ’Deed Ah did! Caught him squnr. He nevah moved—no, sah! But de reaction didn’ do er t'ing but break three of my toes, an’ dat’s what Ah’m here folia! ha! ha! huh! huh.” And Cheerful ’Rastus, with the broken tees, laughed hilariously while the physician readjusted the splints. Medal Awarded Walter Baker Jk Co. Paris, Aug. 20.—The judges of the Paris Exposition have just awarded a gold medal to Walter Baker & Co., Ltd., Ik)rchester. Mass., U. S. A., for their preparations of Cocoa and Chocolate. This famous company, now the largest manufacturers of Cocoa and Chocolate la the World, have received the highest awards, from the great International and other expositions in Europe and America; this is the third award from a Paris Exposition.—New York Tribune. Too Mach for Him. Visitor—Whemie that telegraph editor? Manager—Insane. “Insane? What’s the cause?” * ‘ Spanish-T a ga log- Boer-Ch inese language.” —Syracuse Herald. LOW-RATE EXCL USIONS,

Via Missouri Pacific Railway and 1 Iron Mountain Itoute, To points in the West, South *nest and Southeast, at haif-rates (plus $2.00) for the round trip. Tickets on sale Tuesday®, September 4th and 18th, October 2d and 16th, November 6th and 20th, and December 4th and 18th, 1900. For full information, land folders, etc., address any agent of above lines, or H. C.Townsend,G.I*. & T. Agent, St.Louis,Mo. Part of the Care. Mr. Henpeck—The doctor says I absolutely must go away next week for a rest. Mrs. Henpeck—Goodness! I can’t possibly manage to get away to go with you then. , HJra-m! I guess the doctor must have known that.”—Philadelphia Press. The Beat Prescription for Chtlla and Fever is a bottle of Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. Itis simply iron and quinine in atasteless form. Nocure—no pay. Price^Oc. Clear on One Point.—Sprockett—“Do you believe that the bicycle has seen its best days?” Tyre—“I know mine has.”—Philadelphia North American. The Mexicans allay their thirst by chewing Chicle, which is the main ingredient of White's “Yucatan” Gum. Some lawyers receive a larger fee for keeping quiet than others do for talking.—Chicago Daily News. Carter’s lak Is Scientifically compounded of the best materials. If your dealer does not keep it he can get it for you. If the poor insist upon playing golf, it will be with this precisely as it was with appendicitis; our best people will drop it.—Detroit Journal. Hall’s Catarrh Care Is a Constitutional Cure. Price, 75c. A fool at 20 may be wise at 40.—Chicago Daily News.

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