Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 27, Petersburg, Pike County, 9 November 1900 — Page 7

PERSONAL AND LITERARY, Rostand’s “Cyrano de Bergernc,” is its stag? version, has yielded its au*nor up to date,- in Paris alone, a profit '' Of $60,000. " Gen. Lew Wallace ihe other day expressed the opinion that Indianapolis was rapidly becoming as important a literary center as any in the country. Mark Twain says he is in doubt about the age at which an author should lay aside his pen. He used to think it was 60, but he is now 65, and has changed his mind. It rs said that Lord Salisbury, when in the country recently, arose at halfpast four in the morning to read “Monte Cristo.” was surprised at Sandringham .by the prince of Wales, also an early riser, who afterwards got up at four to read the.same book, beating the prime minister by half an hour. Dr. Robert Wilbrandt, a son of ihe well-known author, recently received a prize from the University of Berlin for a work on Kant’s theory of government. On account of some passages, however, which might offend the government, it was announced that the manuscript would have to be thoroughly revised before it could be published. Unlike most German authors, Gerhart Hauptmann is a wealthy mun. He had some means by inheritance, and added to thenra great deal by an early marriage, while his plays are profitable, too. Building villas is his favorite way of investing his; earnings. His first villa was in Silesia, the second near Berlin, the third in the Giant mountains and at present he is building a fourth, in accordance with his own plans, at Blasewitz, near Dresden. The author (Mr. Ford) is very popular with the newsboys. He has given some lifelike pictures of their struggles in the street in his latest book, arid in token of their good wishes a dozen-of the smallest and most ragged urchins in Park Row presented him and his w ife with a huge bunch of flowers on their wedding day. A grave question arose as to whether it should be svnt to Mr. Ford or to his bride. Matters were finally compromised by sending it to both. “They can divide,” so explained the spokesman.'

TRIBUTE TO CANNIBALS, A MinMiunary'a Opinion of African i Suvaurit Who Km Human llcluKK. That cannibals in West Africa art superior to tribes of less voracious w ays is the startling assertion of a 11a pti.'i missionary, Itev. W. Holman llent* ley, who has written a book called “Pioneering'on the Congo.” Mr. Bentley has been in Darkest Africa 20 years, ami know s whereof he speaks, says the New York World. He found cannibalism rife all along the Mobangi river. Slaves were bought in «*^Humehsc numbers, and fattened for the shambles. Human flesh was the only acceptable medium of exchange. j Did a European trader want ivory? It was useless to offer brass wire, beads or cloth. “(live us batu.” said the chiefs. Hatu means “people to eat.” There was one chief who exhibited most engaging qualities. He was the brother of a man who worked for the mission two years. He was honorable, kind and intelligent. “Have you ever eaten human flesh?” he was asked one day. “I wish I could eat all the people in the world!” he exclaimed, with a laugh that displayed all his strong, white teeth.

This is how the broad-minded missionary sums up his observations: “Cannibalism is a bad habit, but it does not necessarily mark out the natives who observe it as a lower type than others who do not. It is a wellknown fact that some cannibal people* of Africa are far in advance of many tribes who would shudder at the idea. The natives of Manayunga and1 theLukangu district of the cataract region were far more degraded, and no less cruel and wicked than the wild cannibals of the Upper Congo; but they would scorn the idea of eating human flesh as much as we should.” How frank and innocent the savages are in following this loathsome practice is shown by a passage the author quotes from the report of Mr. Grenfell, the first explorer of the Mobangi, an important tributary to the Congo. “Since first coming to the Congo, the further I traveled the further cannibalism seemed to recede; everybody had it to say that their neighbors on beyond were bad, that they ‘eat men,* till I began to grow skeptical; but here at Bangala I absolutely caught up with it, and .was obliged to allow what I had hoped to be able to maintain as ‘not proven.’ The natives could not understand why the white man should take exception to their proceedings. ‘Why,’ said they to one of our boys, ‘do you interfere with us? We don’t trouble you when you kill your goats. W’e buy our nyama (meat) and kill it; it Is not your affair.” Mr. Bentley relates that when a Congo dignitary dies ten of his slaves are beheaded and thrown into the grave with him. In addition to this four of the deceased’s wives are half killed and flung into the pit to smother with their lord. A royal funeral calls for a much greater number dfdScrifice*. The victims have been known to number 300, and the missionaries have heard iw ports telling of as many as 1,000. Maklagr of Ollulith. Cellulith is a substance produced bj a long and continuous beating of wood pulp. It is transparent and elastic, hardening slowly until it at-> tains the consistency of horn, its specific gravity being about 4.5. The cellulith may be worked as is horn or ebonite. Combined with sawdust and 30 per cent, lampblack, the result is a kind of dark ebonite; this it dense and may be polished.—Science.

ABOUT SOILING CROPS. A Sakjeet That la BdagSladlrdClou* ljr Jait Sow by All PrvsKM* It* Dalr)rai«n. An old adage hath it that closing the bam door after the t'.eft of the horse is not the best me thud of preventing burglary. Yet it is held to be worth while as a discourager of further pilfering. The dairyman who this past summer has seen his cows ; shrinking, feels inclined to shut the ! barn door. How may he do this I best? If he has planted soiling crop* | like peas and oats, Hungarian millet, I and the like, and has been supple1 menting the dying pastures with green feed in,the barn or yard, he has closed the door before rather than after the theft. Moreover, the necessity for the summer feeding of grain is greatly lessened. If he has no recourse to soiling crops, nothing but buying grain can lessen the shrinkage. The Vermont experiment station has for many. years experimented with soiling crops, and recommends to dairymen the large use of sumnier ensilage and of oats and peas sown at weekly intervals, and fed during July and August. Ensilage is probably the cheaper food; oats and peas somewhat the better. If the former is contemplated as a steady summer diet for years, it would be well to consider the erection qf a spesial summer silo, preferably round, with a small diameter and a relatively greater depth. Ensilage spread over a large surface in summer spoils rapidly and loses largely in feeding value. If oats and peas be chosen, they should be sown in successive lots at weekly intervals, the two sown separately, the peas first rather deeply and harrowed in; the oats t\yo or three days later and bushwlm. A better catch is likely to b<£ secured in this way than if sown together. The crop may be either fed green, hayed or put in the silo. Let those whose July and August milk yields prove disappointing try ensilage or oats and peas next year.—Country Gentleman

HELPFUL FIGURES. Coat of HaUtng Calve* for Beef Production W here Feeding Is Done Symtemat lenity. The Nebraska experiment station reports on the cost of raising calves for beef production: The cost of raising calves dropped by six cows showing Short-Horn or Hereford blood was recorded. The cows cost $30 per head. All the calves were dropped after February 1, 1898. They were allowed to run with their dams from birth until the latter part of August. Two of them were then stabled and fed six pounds of alfalfa hay and one pound of a mixed grain ration consisting of ground oats and corn, bran and oil meal, 4:4:1. The oats and corn were ground together in the proportion of 1:2. In the latter part of October all the calves were weaned and fed alfalfa with ground oats and corn, 1:2. The ration was gradually increased1 to 20 poundte of alfalfa and four pounds of grain per head per day. The latter part of Janxiary, 1S99, a pound of bran was added to the daily ration. The cows were fed one year and the calves until April 1, 1899. In dismissing the financial returns, bran was rated at $9 and alfalfa at $3 per ton; oil meal at $1.45 per hundredweight, and corn and oats each at 25 cents per bushel. The total cost of production. including keeping the cows, ia estimated at $70.09. Making suitable allowance for cost of feed and interest on the value of the cows, the author calculates that there was a profit of $10.96 per head, the calves being wortdi $4.50 per hundred pounds. S'____ WATERING MADE EASY. A Device Which, Although Effective, la So Enatly Made That Everybody Can Introduce It. In cold, windy weather watering the live stock is often hard, disagreeable work. Where the pump is within a reasonable distance of the barn a platform may be built over the well and the pump carried upon it. An open wood trough or metal pipe may be r

WINTER WATERING DEVICE. used, as illustrated, for conveying water from well to animals. Water will thus run downhill much easier than it oan be carried during winter. If a trough runs lengthwise of the feed shed, whether for cattde, horses, sheep or swine, the water may be pumped over the troughs directly into the drinking tank or trough. Pack the outfide of pump to prevent freezing.— Farm and Home. Low Temperature for Apples. The most important condition in storing apples is the temperature. The storage room should be kept very near freezing point, ranging preferably from 33 to 35 degrees Fahrenheit. Even a degree or two l slow freezing wi.l ordinarily do no damage. Temperatures which will ruin potatoea and other vegetables are entirely favorable to apples; and, conversely, temperatures which are suitable to potatoes are too high for aouies.

- Ital* Him Tire*. Brown—Yon are not so young as* you were, you know. Greene—I don't know whether I do or not. Ages mix me up awfully. If I’m not so young as I was, neither is my sister so oW as sbe was ten years ago. Please don’t ask me to explain. It makes my head ache every time 1 think of it.—Chicago Chronicle. Made Her Hair Carl. “Since marriage I have had no need of curling irons,” said Mrs. I>e Tunques. “But still your hair is perfectly dressed. What’s the reason?” “Well, when you’ve got a husband you’ll find that be can come home at any old hour in the morning with an excuse that would make your hair curl.”—Kansas City Star. Deafaeaa Caaaot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure 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 cIosm! deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can he taken out and this tube restored to its normal .condition, hearing will he destroyed forever; nine cases of of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing hut an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of .Deafness (caused by catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. Cheney A Co., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. True to His Promise. Mrs. Synnex—When Tom asked me to have him he promised me that my lightest wish would always be law with him. i Mrs. Sauer—And, of course, that was all j the promise amounted to—mere empty words. “No; I won’t say that. Tom always respects my lightest wishes. It is in matters of importance where he is hound to have his own way.—Boston Transcript.

Homeaeekera* Excursion Tickets. To nearly all points in the United States on sale at all ticket offices of the Chicago Great Western Railway on the first and third Tuesdays of Octowr, November and December, at the very low homeseekers' rate of one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Tickets good for return within 21 days from date of sale. Persons contemplating a trip will save money by calling on any Great Western Agent and obtaining detail/ information regarding the homeseekers rates, or addressing F. H.. Lord, G. P. A T. A., 113 Adams St., Chicago. Stoughton—“Did you have a good time at the banquet last night?” Manhattan— i “Splendid. I drank myself into insensibil- : ity before the speaking began.”—Boston Transcript. Does Coffee Agree with Yon? If not, drink Grain-O—made from pure, grains. A lady writes: “The first time I made Grain-0 I did not like it, but after using it one week nothing would induce me to gooack to coffee.” It nourishes and feeds the system. Children can drink it freely with great benefit. It is the strengthening substance of pure grains. Get a package to-day from your grocer, follow directions in making, and you will haveadeliciousand healthful tablebeveragefor old and young. 15c and 25c. It is said that an ordinary brick weighs about four pounds. Nevertheless, the man who gets hit with one imagines it to weigh about four tons.—Norristown Herald. Best (or the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to a cancer, you will never get welt until your bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature, cure you without a gripe or pain, produce easy natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to start getting your health back. Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on it. Beware of imitations. “Of course you were in Paris?” “Oh, yes. indeed: in fact, we spent so much time there that I’m sure some people regarded us as regular parasites. —Indianapolis What Shall We Have tor Deaaertt This question arises every day. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jell-O, delicious and healthful. Prepared in two minutes. No boiling! no baking! add boiling water and set to cool. Flavors:—Lemon,Orange, Raspberry, Strawberry. At your grocers. 10c. SA Teacher— Willie, where is the capital < the United States?” Willie—“In the trusts. —Buffalo News. It requires no experience to dye with Pent am Fadeless Dyes. Simply boiling your goods In the dye is all that’s necessary. Bold by all druggists. You can’t judge a horse by the harness. —Chicago Daily News.

THE MARKETS. b 13 50 25VJ New "York, Nov. 5. CATTLE—Natrv* Steers_$ 4 75 5 05 COTTON—MUidUmr . iu 9% FLOUR—Winter Wheat.,.. S 2T. <$ 1 O') WHEAT-No. 8 Red.. ”V« 70t* CORN-No. 2. 45Vs<& OATS-No. 2.. $ “•* PORK-Mess New....;.12 25 ST. LOUIS. COTTON—Middling . 9 BEEVES—Steers . 4 25 Cows and Heiteis. 2 50 CAEVR8—(per 100).. 5 00 HOGS—Fair to Choice—.. 4 40 SHEEP—Fair to Choice.... 3 50 FLOUR-Patents (new). 8 55 Other Grades. 2 75 <5 WHEAT-No. 2 Red CORN-No. 2 OATS-No. 2.. J RYE—No. 2. TOBACCO—Lugs .. ... 3 50 Leaf KUrley.... 4 50 HAY-Clear Timothy...10 60 BUTTER—Choice Dairy.... 1« i BACON-Clear Rib. < EGGS—Fresh . i PORK—StandardMess(new) .... 1 LARD—Choice Steam.,.... < CHICAGO. CATTLE—Native Steers.... 4 50 i HOGS—Fair to Choice.. 4 45 < SHEEP-Fair to Choice.... 3 25 j FLOUR—Winter Patents... 3 70 ^ Spring Patents... 3 40 1 WHEAT-No. 1 Spring. 6S i No. 2 Red. 73K< CORN-No, 2....-OATS-No. 2.... 22 PORK-Mess. i KANSAS CITY. SJATTLE—Native Steers.... 4 80 i IOGS—Fair to Choice.. 4 40 i WHEAT-No. 2 Red.... 68 < OATS-No. 2 White. 24W CORN-No. 2................. 8594 NEW ORLEANS. FIDUR—High Grade. 3 50 O ^ 33>4 $ 4S*i <® 8 50 & 13 )0 1* 00 9 IS g 8*4 @ 16Va © 13 00 © 6H CORN-No. 2. 4. gjijf 4 10 17 50 OATS—Western HAY-Cbotce ... PORK—Standard Mess. BACON—Short Rib Sides... COTTON-MTU„fsv..Lii .... 81 » OATS—No. 2.*. 22%<§ 231i PORK—New Mess......~1S 00 IS 50 BACON—Shcrt Rib. 84 COTTON—Middling . fi $4

A Trial Bottle Free. Rheomatism, Sciatica and Neuralgia witk> stand every other medicine, bat yield on the instant to “5 Drops.” To enable all sufferers to test this wonderful remedy, we will send free a trial bottle on receipt of two % cent stamps to pay for mailing. Large bottles of 300 doses $1.00, sent prepaid by mail or express. “5 Drops is a preventive as well as a curative for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neuralgia, Gout,, Dyspepsia, Backache. Asthma, Hay Fever, Catarrh, Liver and Kidney Troubles, Sleeplessness, Nervousness, Nervous and Neuralgic Headache, Earache, Toothache, Heart Weakness. La Grippe. Malaria, Paralysis, Creeping Numbness, and a long list of other ills. Write us in haste and stop your suffering. Agents Wanted. Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., 160 Lake Street, Chicago, HI. Evidence ot Progress. “Are you still resolute in your idea of being a singer?” “I am,” answered the young man. “Are you attracting any attention?” “Some. While I was practicing yesterday two of the neighbors stopped at the door to ask me what was the matter with me. and to inquire if they could be of any assistance.”—-St^r Stories. Very Low Rum to thr North-West via the Missouri Pacific Kaliw.y. St. Louis One Round to Way. Trip. Anaconda, Butte.Helena.Garrison and intermediate points..$25.00 145.00 Spokane.Tacoma.Seattle.Port‘aud, Vancouver. Victoria and intermediate points....,..........$80.00 150 0 I Tickets on sale every Tuesday up to and ! including November 27. For further infor- j mation see your City Ticket Agent, or write | any Missouri Pacific representative, or H. j C.TowxsnjiO, U. P. & T. AgtSt. Louis, Mo.

She Helped Him. He—A friend of mine, just returned from Lapland, tells me the people there depend largely on the reindeer. She—Do they? I thought it was the snow, loVe. A moment later she was in lap-land. —Philadelphia Press. The Beat Prescription for Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove’s Tasteless Chill Toxic. Itis simply iron and quinine in •tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price,30c. Tramp (caught stealing a ride)— ‘Mr. i Brakeman, if you force me to leave this train I’ll boycott this road and never ride over it again.*’—Indianapolis News. , I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds.— John F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb. Qualified Praise.—Brown—“Do you believe in sea bathing?” Robinson—Oh, yes, I think so. Many people have been known to survive it.’—Town Topics. f To Cure a Cold la Oae Day ♦Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25o. When a man climbs up in his family tree and looks down upon the passing throng he has outlived his usefulness.—Chicago Daily News. Jell-O, The New Dessert. pleases all the family. Four flavors:—Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Strawberry. At your grocers. 10 cts. Try it to-day. All men are born ignorant—and some never outgrow it.—Chicago Daily News. The stomach has to work hard, grinding the food we crowd into it. Make its work easy by chewing Beeman’s Pepsin Gum. An Atchison young man is called “Lily" by his acquaintances, because he toils not. —Atchison Globe. SCATARRfi

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