People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1894 — Page 8

Hicks' May Forccasts.

The month opens at the end of April’s closing storm period, which storm disturbances disappering in extretfie eastern parts of the country, and cooler weather prevailing in central and western sections. An equinox of Mercury is central on the 3rd, and will cause cloudiness and tsndency to continued drizzle. In the extreme north sleet need not prove a surprise. By the 4th decided change to warmer will devolop in the west, and during the sth to 7th. reactionary storms will pass over the country, being central about the time of the new moon on the sth. A sharp change to cooler will follow the disturbances at this time, with strong probabilities of frost along the northern side of the country I• • - u about the 7th to 10th. From 10th to i 1 is the next r ‘gular period of change and storm. A very warm wave is I apt to appear by the 11th, in western regions, and during the throe days next follow storms of much energy and wide scope ' will traverse the country from west to east, /mother very cool wave for the season will come in behind the storms, causing several days of much cooler weather in the country generally. Heavy rains may reasonably be expected during the last named disturbances •namely, about the 11, 12, and 13th, during which time a series of daily storms, recurring near the same time of day, or night, for several days need not be unlocked for. Watch barometers, temperature and direction of wind: if barcmetor fails to rise aftei one storm passes, with wind I still it; east and south, except i another storm from the west.' ami so or, until conditions change, i The cool weather following I’:< storms of the lust period wil; give place to warmer, and secondary storms will appear in immy places about tin- 17t’i and Hlh. immediately a!t»*r whim.. I he baromalm- will rise rapidly u> a very high reading, attended 'ey a .-.map change to cooler. From 21st to 25th. falls the next sionn period, daring which time it will grow very warm, and many storm •> of rain, thunder and wind will appear. In all these disturbances, the intelligent use of the barometer, and correct observation of wind currents, will foreshadow with much certainty the coming and the intensity of storms. About the 27th and 28th, will bo centra! the last disturbances for May bringing fail- and cooler days and nights for the closing mon th. In the nature of things, May must bring more or less violence, in a meteorological way, but there is a marked absence of disturbing causes, so far as other planets are concerned. There are reasons to believe that storms will not be unusually frequent and heavy; but it will be the part of prudence to watch them all, and be prepared to take refuge from all that may carry in their cloudy folds Hie desolators of towns and hearts and homes.

A Quarter Century Test. For a quarter of a century Dr. King s New Discovery lias been tested, and the millions who have received benefit from its use testify to its wonderful curative powers in all diseases of throat, chest and lungs. A remedy that has stood the test so long and that has given so universal satisfaction is no experiment. Each bottle is positively guaranteed to give relief, or the money will be refunded. It is admitted to be the most reliable for coughs and colds. Trial bottles free at F. B. Meyer's drug st. re. Large sizes 50c. and £l. What makes a house a home? The mother well, the children rosy, the father in good health and stood humor. All brought about by the use of DeWitt s Sarsaparilla. It recommends itself. A. F. Long & Co., Druggists,

Wheat [?]ospects.

Toledo, April 28. —C. A. King & Co. during the past four days have received replies from 3,248 reliable grain dealers and millers, covering every important wheat county in the six winter wheat states, which raise two-thirds of the winter wheat crop of the United States. The present prospect is that the next wheat crop in the six states will be somewhat larger than an average one. Four hundred and sixty six dealers report the outlook excellent. 1.378 say good, 796 an average, 428 a trifle below an average, 144 say poor, while only 36 say half a crop. Indiana has the best and a very good prospect, especially in some of the larger wheat counties. Ohio promises nearly as well, while Missouri and Illinois follow’, each saying above the average. Michigan and Kansas have fully an average prospect. The prospect has improved since a fortnight ago, when the April reports of the Agricultural Bureau were gathered; 586 replies say there has been a decided improvement; 1,302 say improved and 726 see no material change; only 178 say the prospect is worse, while but «2 say it is much worse, and these reports are mostly from sections which med rain. Most of the sections have had beneficial rains since the Easter freeze, and the damage now- appears to be less than was reported. The prospect now is somewhat better than a year ago. Ohio has about the. same, but the other states all Show better, Indiana leading. The acreage sown last fall was sina’l'-r. The amount winter killed, '.including what was damaged by the late freeze, was less than the winter before; 1,648 report no damage, 5”2 a sixteenth, 508 an eighth, 242 a quarter, 86 a third and only 78 a half of the acreage destroyed. There is less old wheat remaining in the interior than a oar ago. One-third say there is about the same amount; a sixth report an eighth to quarter more, while a quarter report a half less and a quarter say an eighth to a third less. Ohio has the largest stocks. Indiana, Illinois and Missouri have, small stocks. A majority of the farmers are disposed to sell before another harvest, while only a fifth will carry all over. Clover seed acreage would have been materially increased but for the late freeze, which destroyed considerable. Some has been re sown since, and the area now promises to be about the same as for the last crop.

SEE THE WORLD’S FAIR FOR FIFTEEN CENTS. Upon receipt of your address and fifteen cents in postage stamps, we will mail you prepaid our Souvenir Portfolio of the World's Columbian exposition, the regular price is fifty cents, but as we want you to have one, we make the price nominal. You will find it a work of art and a thing to bo prized. It contains full page views of the great buildings, with descriptions of same, and is executed in highest style of art. If not satisfied with it, after you get it. we will refund the stamps and let you keep the book. Address H. E. Bucklen & Co., Chicago. 111. Benzoul. Benzout is an imported French draft horse, dark dapple gray, and weighs about 1.700 pounds. Has good style. Will make the season five and one-half miles northeast of Rensselaer, at the farm of Perry Malatt. Charge for season, 85 to insure. An excellent breeder and shows some ■ good colors. Perky Marlatt. Owner. Pasture, J. A. Timmons has a good pasture to let and will take in stock the coming season. Location, eight miles south of Rensselaer, 42-3 t,

Some Remarks.

“There is too muc freedom in this country rather than too little.”—lndianapolis Journal (Rep.) “If the workingmen had no vote they might be made more ameanable to the hard times.” — Indianapolis News (Dem.) “The time is near at hand when the banks will be compelled to act strongly. No act of congress can overcome their decisions.” —New York Tribune (Rep.) “The battle with socialism will be brief, but it will be hot.” —Rev. Dr. Hitchcock. “I say, come on with your schemes of cuxiscation, and forced loans, and graduated income taxes, and irredeemable currency under universal sufferage, and to you who are sufficiently’ frank in proclaiming the doctrine of your ringleaders, then under military’ necessity, and even here in the United States, we must get rid of universal sufferage, and we shall. Rather than allow these things, we will have one of the fiercest civil wars.” —Rev. Joseph Cook of Boston.

“The people be damned.”— j Vanderbilt. Scribner's Monthly said of the j man who is compelled to travel in search of work: “He has no rights but those -which society may see fit to bestow. He lias no more rights than the sow that wollows in the gutter or the lost dogs that hover around the city squares.” “There seems to be but one remedy, and it must come a change of ownership of the soil and the creation of a class of land owners on one hand and of tenant farmers on the other - something similar to wha»t lias existed in the older countries of Europe.” N. Y. Times. “The capitalists have bought and are buying largely the associated press, and are contreli.ng all the avenues of intelligence.”—Wm. Windom. “Bread and water are good enough sot the laboring man.” Henry Ward Beecher. “We need a stronger government. The wealth of the country demands protection. Its rights are as sacred as the rights of. the .paupers who are continually’prating of the encroachments of capital. Without blood, and rivers of it, there will be no political change of administration. To avert fearful bloodshed a strong central government should be established as soon, as possible. - Senator Sharon. “The capital of this country is organized at last.”—N. Y. Tribune.

“The old English system, of imprisonment for debt would be preferable to our present bankrupt law." —Chicago Times. “The best meal to give a regular tramp is a leaden one.”—N. Y. Herald. Hand grenades should be thrown among those who are striving to obtain higher wages, as by such treatment they would be taught a valuable lesson, and other strikers would take warning by their fate.—Chicago Times. “Give them a rifle diet for a few days,>amd see how they like that kind of bread.—Tom Scoot, railroad king. The simplest plan, probably, when one is not a member of the Humane Society, is to put a little’ strichnine or arsenic in the meat and other supplies furnished tramps.—Chicago Tribune.

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Willis McColly.

It was certainly wit’a regret that we chronicle the. death of Willis McColly. There was no person in Rensselaer, better known to our Citizens as he. and when the sad news of his accidental shooting was made known to thc-m, his worth and capability as an officer was more plainly perceptible. Last Friday morning about 30, clock, Mr. McColly was at F rank Iliff’s feed stable, and had gone to the corn crib to get an aim. load of corn with which to help the boys feed the horses in the barn. As he leaned over to pick up the corn, his revolver dropped from his pocket to the floor, the jar of the fall causing its discharge, the ball entering his body at the lower part of the abdomen and passing through the body. Mr. McColly called out to Frank King, who was at the other end of the barn, that he had been shot, at which the latter rather ridiculed, but upon ' being told more positively of the i sad misfortune did all he could for the wounded man. Mr. McColly was taken into the office room of the barn and lay down on a cot, while the two boys then -went for Dr. Loughridge and Mrs. McColly, He was removed to his home and upon a thorough examination by the physician, his case was pronounced fatal and on Saturday morning he breathed his last. This certainly was a sad shock for the family. Had it been a lingering spell of sickness, they would have been prepared, but the sudden intelligence of the fatal shooting of the husband and father must have been a trying ordeal for them.

The Odd Fellows, of which o.der the deceased was a member, took charge of the remains. The funeral service occurred on Sunday afternoon at the residence, Elder J. L. Brady conducting short services. The D. of R. also held their service at the residence. The remains of the deceased were followed' to Weston cemetery by over 150 odd fellows and about 30 D. of R., besides a large concourse of friends and relatives. It was one of the largest funerals that has occurred here for many years. Mr. McColly had passed his 43rd birthday only about a month before his death. The bereaved family certainly have the sympathy of the community.

The growing confinement of the consumption of natural gas to domestic use is noted in the annual seport of Special Agent Joseph D. Weeks, of the United States Geological Survey. The only State in which its use for manufacturing purposes increased in 1893 in Indiana. The total value of natural gas consumed in the country in the year was §14,346,250, against 814,800,714 in 1893. Higher prices charged for the gas in 1893 was the cause of the decrease. The greatest value of the gas consumed in any one year was §22,659,875 in 1888. Since that time there has been a gradual decline, with an aggregate of about §8,300,000 less for the last pear than 1888. All States show a falling off in the value of coal or wood displaced by the use of gas. The amount of this reduction in Pennsylvania was §420,000; in Ohio. 848,000, and in Indiana about §1,300. The report shows the number of feet of pipe laid increased during the year to 12,989,657 in Pennsylvania, 5.730,373 in Indiana 1,403,098 in Ohio; The largest production of gas in Pennsylvania was §19,282,375 in 1888, since which it has fallen to 86,488,000. Ohio showed the largest falling off in production for the year. For 1892 the amount was §2,136,000, while in 1893 it went down to 81,510,000' The most important gas field in any State is shown to be Indiana, whose estimated area of productive gas territory is about 2,500 square miles. While the supply is falling far below the demand in

lairre gas fields, it is declared to be well sustained in Indiana, and supplies are being obtained from the state by factories located in other gas territories. The value of the product consumed in the State in 1893 was §5,718,000, against §4,716,000 in 1892. Gas consumed in Kentucky was valued at 868,500 and in California §62,000. The report shows that, in addition to the three States mentioned, gas is found in commercial quantities in New York, Illinois. Kansas, Missouri, West Virginia, Texas. Arkansas, New Mexico, Utah. South Dakota, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Dr. S. F. -Scott, Blue Ridge, Harrison county, Mo., says: “For whooping cough Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is excellent.” By using it freely the disease is deprived of all dangerous consequences. There is i. danger in giving the Remedy U babies, as it contains nothing injurious. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by F. B. Meyer, druggist. In another column will be found Hick's forecast 6f the weather for this month.

Lost—Sunday April Bth, an account book with two letters, by John R. May. Somewhere in Barkley. Hanging Grove or Milroy township. The Ijnder will infer a favor by sending it to Wheatfield or directing where I may get it. Will pay finder for his trouble. Aurthur Fleming. A neat iron fence has been placed around the south school building. Some thing wrong when you tire too easily. Some thing wrong -when the skin is not clear and smooth. Some thing wrong when the Blood is impure. Everything right when you take DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla. It ’Recommends itself. A. F. Long & Co., Druggists. John Callow has been acting as night watch since the death of Willis McColly. Pure blood means good health. Re-inforce it with DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla. It purifies the blood, cures Eruptions, Eczema, Scrofula and all diseases arising from impure blood. It recommends itself. A. F. Long & Co., Druggists. Some nice fish have been taken from the river during the past few days.

If dull, spiritless and stupid; If your blood is thick and sluggish; If your appetite is capricious and uncertain. You need a Sarsaparilla. For best results take DeWitt’s. It recommends itself. A. F. Long & Co., Druggists. Mrs. . Willis McColly has moved into the Sayler property. Remember when in need of hard lumber for any purpose, sawed from white oak, burr oak, or hickory, do not fail to call on D. H. Yeoman & Son. They will fill your order on short notice. Work guaranteed. Work on the gravel roads will begin next Monday. Creates health, creates strength, creates vigor; DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla. It recommends itself. A. F. Long & Co., Druggists. C. C. Sigler and Delos Thompson have taken the contract for the building of the gravel roads, from Curtis & Hawkins. Work will begin in a few days. We hear of a number of our farmers that are plowing up the ground they had sowed in oats, and are now preparing to .plant it in corn. The vacancy of the office of night watch, by the death of Willis McColly, has caused aspirants for the place to spring up like mushrooms. The attendance at the concert last Friday evening should have been double what it was. There is a probability of its being repeated,

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S. Remley & Son. Cordially invite anyone wishing livery hire or feeding done to call at the former Clark & Davis barn, when at Wheatfield, Ind. STOCKWELL'S BAI) BOY. Twenty-three Bide, splitting dialogues. Laugh and grow fat. Money, land and transportation In broken doses. Warranted to make more Populists to the square inch than anything in print. Points for Thinkers knocks the G. O. P. silly. Government Ownership of Railroads pa’-jlyzee’em. 10 cents each; the 3 wailed, postpaid, for 25 cents from this office.

We are prepared to sell you millinery cheaper than any one else. Call and see before buying elsewhere. M. &A. Meyer. Frank B. Lyon, who was recently connected with the Redkey Times, has moved to He will probably study law. The Republicans will nomin* ate township officers to-morrow. There are several candidates for the office of trustee. You will find it very interesting to read Sam Sparling’s letter on another page. It is very descriptive of life in Berlin. As we predicted last week, D. J. Thompson is again with us, from his trip to tropical of Florida. Don’t forget that D. H. Yeoman & Son can supply your wants for hard lumber. Anyone wishing vaultscleaned please call on Harry Wiltshire,