Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1892 — WEATHER FORECASTS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WEATHER FORECASTS.

WHAT PROPHET FOSTER HAS TO SAY. Excessively Hot Weather Ip Promised During she Last Half of August A Btorm Wave May Be Expected from the 10th to the 18th. Torrid Weather Predieted. My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm wave to cross the continent from August ibto 18, and the next will reach the Pacino coast about the 14th, cross the Western mountains by the close of the 15th, the great central valleys from I6th to 18th, and the Eastern States about the 19th. This will be an average storm indorce, preceded by excessively hot weatner and followed by a moderately cool wave which will move eastward across the Western mountains about the 17th, the great central valleys about the 19th, and the Eastern States about the 21st. The term great central valleys used in these forecasts includes all the country lying east of the Rocky Mountains and west of the Alleghanies. It also includes Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The' most dangerous storm wave of August will reach the Paciflo coast about the 20th, cross the Western mountains by the close of the 21st, the great central valleys from 22d to 24th, and the Eastern States about the 25th. This storm will begin to increase in force about the 23d, when near the Mississippi River, and will become a dangerous storm in the upper Ohio valley and the Eastern States about the 24th and 25th. A moderately cool wave will cross the Western mountains about the 23d, the great central valleys about the 25th and the Eastern States about the 27th. The weather, however, will average excessively hot during the last half of Asgust, with local drouths and excessive rains in places. JLocai Forecasts. Weather changes move from west to east across the continent, and each local forecast is made for within 250 miles east and west of the magnetic meridian mentioned, and for all the country between 25 and 5Q degrees <s& north latitude. These local weather changes will occur within twenty-aur hours before or after sunset of the date given;

SANTA FE, DENVEE AND BLACK HILLS MERIDIAN. August—--14 Moderating. 15— Warmer. 16— Storm wave on this meridian. 17— Wind changing. 18 — Cooler and clearing. 19— Fair and cool. 20 — Moderating. GALVESTON, KANSAS CITY AND MINNEAPOLIS MERIDIAN. August—--14 Fair and cool. 15— Moderating. 16— Warmer. , 17— Storm wave on this meridian. 18— Wind changing. 19— Cooler and (Hearing. 20— Fair and cool. ATLANTA, CINCINNATI AND LANSINO MERIDIAN. August—14— Cooler and clearing. 15— Fair and cool 1 .. 16 — Moderating. 17— Warmer. 18— Storm wave on this meridian. 19 — Wind changing. 20— Cooler and clearer. Copyrighted 1892, by W. T. Foster.

GOOD FOR THE CROPS. The Hot Weather Has Been Especially Favorable to Corn. The United States weather crop bulletin issued at Washington says; The high temperature has beea especially favorable to the crops in the corn States. The week has been unusually dry over the greater portion of the central valleys and the Southern States. Pennsylvania—Rain badly needed. Missouri—Haying, harvesting, stacking, thrashing and weeding late corn progressing favorably; wheat yield fair; oats very poor; corn booming. Illinois—Corn is making excellent growth; hay and wheat harvested except in northern counties. Indiana—Conditions favorable to corn, harvesting hay and thrashing wheat; rain needed for all growing crops; wheat nearly all thrashed; hay secured. West Virginia—Wheat, finest yield in years; hay crop comparatively light, quality good; pastures generally good; oats, large yield, fine quality; corn prospects flattering; buckwheat doing well; potato crop medium. Ohio—Thrashing wheat and oats and haying in progress; corn tasseling and growing well; potatoes and tobaoco in fair condition; grapes rotting considerably; showers needed. Michigan—Haying progressing finely; wheat mostly harvested in good order; thrashing commenced; corn, beans and potatoes need cultivation. Wisconsin—Warm weather beneficial to all crops, especially corn and potatoes, which are rapidly catching up; winter wheat, rye and barley harvest commencing. Minnesota —Conditions beneficial to corn; too warm for small grain; some rye cut; barley and oats nearly ripe. lowa—Most favorable week of the season for pushing corn; oat harvest begun in southern district; some damage by rust. North Dakota—Much rust in wheat; rain needed in western portion. South Dakota —Weather favorable for corn and haying; warm for most small grain; barley and rye harvest begun; earlier wheat ripening. Nebraska—Small grain in northern part of tne State injured by drought; corn has made good progress, but has been retarded some by drought. Kansas —Harvest nearly completed in north portion; corn in some localities slightly suffering from drought. Montana—Hay harvest begun; hay short but thick; Fiathead-country greatly suffering from drought; rain needed for grain. Wyoming—lrrigated crops are doing well. Colorado—Good corn-growing weather; barley being cut; too hot for grain that is not yet ripened; potatoes doing well. Washington—ln western portion hay considerably damaged by rain; otherwise generally favorable week; grain harvest begun. In eastern portions grain filling well and prospects for' fair yield greatly improved; hay heavy; fruit good yield. :m ■ Oregon—Fall wheat harvesting in progress, turning out better than expected; spring grain improving; hop lice increasing; potato crop short; corn doing fairly well. World’s Fair Note*. A Boston man wants to exhibit a ekycycle. A skycycle comes under the head of flying machines. An agent of the Turkish Government is on his way to Chicago to superintend the construction of the Ottoman pavilion and Turkish village. A Buffalo, N. V., man proposes to furnish an attraction in the shape of a collection of snakes. He claims to be able to show as many as 2,000 varieties. Great Britain, France, Germany, and, in fact, many ottier foreign nations are asking, and almost Insisting, that more space be granted for their ex< hi bits.

A WORTHY UNPfI'WTAKINCh Hundreds of City WaUk to Re Mads Happy by a Trip t*» the Country. The return of the heated season brings renewed activity in all the forms of city Parity, says a Cnlcago correspondent. Not even the bitter cold ot. lee's ary has so many terrors for the poorer classes of the largest cities as the seething, sultry days of August, when sweltering nights succeed to scorching days, and the regions where tenement houses and hovels abound have no comforts for the race, of man. For many a child and many a woman these miserable surroundings of stifling air and burning brick walls bring death or suffering, and the only rescue for them Is a short vacation in the country. This is made possible to them by such a charity as the Chicago Daily News Fresh-Air Fund. Its plans and methods are simple enough. It takes up deserving boys or girls of needy families, working-girls whose thin cheeks and bowed shoulders tell of fourteen and sixteen hours’ work every day, spurred on incessantly by the merciless instinct of self-preservation. And it takes them out of the cruel city putting them for a fortnight in the free country. There are so many pitiful oases of want and misery always before the eyes of city people that never come within the knowledge of country folks. Flowers abound out there like good air and sunlight. But it is sad to witness the

eagerness with which these defrauded city children snatch at the veriest suggestion of the beautiful things God made for them. An observer relates that the other day their car was bridged on the viaduct neat the Union Depot. A lady from a suburban train, with a bunch of flowers in her hand, threw away some partly withered roses. A little newsboy, certainly not larger than 6 years old, saw them and stood staring at them as if entranced. Then he looked all ground to seeds .any one was! coming to claim his.itroaßuse,.and ‘sao-j ing no one, picked them upttenaeEjy.j It almost brought tears to the eyes; of theTpcople on the car to see how (lovingly, almost reverentially he handled' those withered flowers, pressing back; the petals with a nrimy ham} and peer-j ing into the flower’s heart. Two other 1 newsboys came up, and he divided his; flowers with them, evidently doubling; his pleasure by-so doing, as shown by the lighting up of hisfaoe in a smile.j “You could not have taken in that; scene,” the on-looker continued, “with l all its suggestions, without having your; heart stirred with a desire to bring blossoms and brightness, into these poor little lives.” It is poseible for a person to do this through the Fresh Air Fund, whether that person lives in the oountry or in the c,ty. City people furnish the money for transporting the wuifs to and from the airy country. • The country folks furnish the homes., which are realms of fairyland to the city waifs, where singing birds,scampiering, sauoy-faced squirrels, chattering ehipmunks, and bright-faced flowers leave images in their childish hearts that will never fade. The methods of the country week are as simple as its purposes are far-reach-ing. They consist of a minimum of organization and machinery and a max-

iraum of workers and results. Any one having a home in the country may become a “country-week" worker by observing the following suggestions: First—Make a personal canvass among your neighbors on farms or in village homes—that are just as good as farms for the purpose—and persuade as many as you can to invite two little children, or a mother and infant, or a couple of working girls to each homo for a twoweeks visit. Second—Send to the Chicago Daily News the names and postofflee addresses of those who invite these “country weekers”—specifying particularly what class and number of guests are to go to each home. State also the date when the guests are to be sent, and to what railroad station. The date should not be less than one week after the list is sent, so as to allow time for all necessary arrangements. Third —Meet the guests at the station on the day fixed and see that they get to the houses of their hosts. Fourth—Notify the Daily News at least four days before the date of return, so that arrangements may be made for the care of the party in Chicago. Unless otherwise specified, two weeks is understood to be the period of the visit. Fifth—See that the party is put safely on the train at the right time on the day o. return, and give the conductor the return tickets. Railroad officials are instructed to pay special attention to the Country-Week parties.

ENJOYING THE COUNTRY AIR.

WHERE PLEASSER ABOUNDS.