People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1896 — Page 4
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The People's Pilot. BY F. D. CRAIG. (Lessee.) BLOT PUBLISHING CO, (Liliiittd,) Proprietors. Batis H. Yeoman, President. Wm. Washburn, Vice President. Lee E. Glazebrook, Sec’y. T. A. McFarland Xreas. The People’s Pilot is the official organ of the Jasper and Newton County Alliances,and .s published every Thursday at ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM Entered as second class matter at the post office in Rensselaer. Ind.
Altgeld and 16 to 1 is to be the slogan of the Illinois Democracy unless all signs fail. Returns from the election in Cuba will begin to come in just as soon as the Spaniards dare to go out into the country districts and get them. A battle royal is in- prospect for the national Democratic convention at Chicago. Both gold bugs and silverites threaten to bolt if are disappointed in platform building. Illinois, Indiana and Ohio are vying for first place as the “pivotal state” in the contest as .to whether free silver or the single gold standard shall rule in the party platforms.—Record. The greatest convention ever held in the world will convene in St. Louis on the 22nd of July, 1896, to declare for the emancipation of man, not tj>e> black man, nor yet the wmte man, but man, the human race. Coxey has been speaking in Texas and the west to overflow houses for several weeks. This is what S. F. Norton’s paper says of him: Mr. Coxey is having the biggest kind of meetings wherever he goes. He draws large crowds, and when he gets them makes them a good speech, as all his Texas associates can testify. The usual rule is that more than half the crowd is turned away. Representative Hatch protests that, though he is a candidate for re-nomination, he is attending strictly to business at his post of duty in Washington, and taking no personal hand in propping up certain proverbial fences. He should have his hired men attend to such odd jobs on rainy days, for it is reported that Congressman Hanley and Judge Crumpacker have considerable stock running at large, and liable to break over into his growing crops.
In the wording of a financial plank the Prohibitionists of Illinois have about covered the ground. It certainly is vastly more than a free silver plank. “We declare that money should consist of gold, silver, and paper and be issued by the government directly to the people, without the intervention of any private individual or corporation, and to be a full legal tender for all debts, both public and private. That the government should not discriminate in favor of gold as against silver, and that its mints should be open upon equal terms to both at the ratio now established by law. We oppose the issuing of government bonds in time of peace.” Governor Boise of lowa has come out flat-footed for free silver at 16 to 1 and will accept an election as delegate- at-large to the National Democratic Convention only on condition that the state convention declares for the white metal. The Governor has a presidential bee in careful training for an emergency. When he accepted his last nomination for reelection to the executive chair in lowa three years ago, he refusod to run on a 16 to 1 platform and was in perfect harmony with Clevelandism. It is said, however, that after being soundly whipped at the polls he bought some books on silver and gave the subject a little study and meditation with the result of the above radical change. Associated press dispatches, of last week, announced that the faculty of Chicago university had barred Eugene V. Debs from speaking before the students, which they had invited him to do some time within the next quarter. It appears that the illustrious labor organizer and orator had been extended a cordial invitation from the oratorical association of the university, and when the members of the faculty had been apprised of the intended visit they imme-
diatelysent out for the repre sentatives of the association and demanded that the invitation be recalled. They declared that Mr. Debs belonged to a dangerous element, and his appearance at the University of Chicago with the sanction of the faculty, would endanger the standing of the institution among the orthodox. The members of the oratorical association, very justly, are inclined to resent the po sition which the faculty has taken, and the outcome is somewhat undecided at present. When the faculty of as supposedly a great institution as Chicago university takes such a foolish and unwarranted stand against the representative of the laboring interests of America, it is time for the patriotic who wish to get a correct and unbiased education, to taboo snch one-sided affairs as the U. of C. The aforesaid institution, it is well known, was established for no other purpose 1 han to instill into the minds of American youths the tyrannical doctrines of the wealthy class, and to forge the chains of oppression more tightly around the common people. Numerous acts of this institution are in evidence of this fact.
Democratic County Convention.
The Democratic voters of the various townships will meet in mass convention at their respective voting places Saturday May 16, 1896 and elect delegates to the democratic county convention to be held at Rensselaer, Indiana, Saturday May 23 1896 to nominate a county ticket to be voted for at the November election and to elect delegates to the state and district conventions. The apportionment will be one delegate for each ten votes cast for William R. Meyers at the election of 1890 but one township or precinct shall have less than two delegates. The various townships and precincts are entitled to delegates as follows: Hanging Grove 3 Gilliam 2 Walker 6 Barkle Hwest p preci D 0 ct::::: 1 MARION. Ist 5 2nd 5 3rd 6 4th 7 Jordan 2 Newton 6 Keener * 2 Kaiikakee 6 Wheatfield 6 CARPENTER. East 5 West 3 South 3 Milroy 4 Good speakers will be present. A. Nowels, David Shields, Secretary. Pres.
Won’t Hurt Populists.
When the silyer party was formed we thought it was a trick to break up the great movement of the people. When the silver movement fully developed it appears that that party is willing to hold to its belief and let Populists believe as every true Populist must. That party offers further to hold its nominations back till Populists have met in national convention and selected the best Populist they have for a candidate. If satisfactory he will be nominated by the silver men. If not satisfactory perhaps the silver men will propose a man. Of course if he does not endorse all the essentials of the Omaha platform he will not be accepted by the Populists and they may propose another thorough Populist. If he proves acceptable to the silver men he may be nominated by both conventions. It seems to us that such a proposition is strictly fair. There are silver men who have so recently denounced Populism that they hesitate about joining the party that they so opposed before they got their eyes open. If they prefer to work for our candidates in an other organization we should not object. Our people should not retreat an inch frdm the principles we know to be true, but it will not hurt us to confer with the silver party for the purpose of inducing them to assist us in this great work of reform.-—The Sledge Hammer.
Prevention of Potato Scab.
If a person w T ere told how he could increase his yield of potatoes with but little additional labor, and that all at one time, so that he could by this extra attention get a larger harvest and a more marketable crop, and were convinced that the statement was true he would not be
THE PEOPLE’S PILOT, RENSSELAER, IND., THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1896.
likely to neglect the advice. Exactly such a piece of information is the corrosive sublimate method of treating seed potatoes to prevent scab. Potatoes that have a rough, spotless surface, would have been larger, if when growing, they had been kept free from the germs that cause the scabby spots, and many a worthless potato might have been marketable, if it had thus been well grown. If possible, potatoes should be planted in ground that was not devoted to root crops the preceeding year, and they will then escape the germs that lived over in the soil from the last crop. But in any event germs will be introduced into any hill with the seed tubers at planting time, unless precaution is taken to destroy them. For however smooth tiie tubers look, there are almost always some germs lurking on their surfaces, ready to begin operations upon the potatoes as soon as they are set. Unless the season is very dry, or otherwise unpropitious for genns, the crop will suffer from them in the way of smaller and less attractive tubers, having a lower maiket value. The method of killing the germs, and securing a clean crop, is very simple and inexpensive, and any potato grower who has not yet tried it should not fail to do so the present season. If given a trial, it will not be again neglected. This method has proven to be all that is claimed for it through a half dozen years of trial. It is employed by many of the foremost potato growers* of the coun try and has uniformly given satisfaction. Whoever is really desirous of increasing the quality and quanity of his potato crop would therefore do well to give it a fair test. METHOD. The following treatment is recommended on the basis of experiments at the Indiana experiment station: Put 2 oz. of corrosive sublimate (a poisonous substance, that needs to be handled with caution) into hot water in a stoneware or glass vessel. When dissolved put it into a wooden tub or barrel and add water enough to make 15 gallons. Into this put the potatoes intended for seed and let them remain for an hour and a half or two hours. After taking out of the bath, cut and plant as usual. The same bath may be used several times, but as it is constantly growing weaker, the potatoes should be left in longer, or some fresh solution should be added. Do not use metal vessels, and do not leave the material where persons or animals may drink it. —Purdue Experiment Station.
McClure’s Magazine for May will have an article by the emi nent surgeon, Dr. W. W. Keen, indicating the uses already possible soon, of the Roentgen rays in the study and cure of human deformities, injuries and diseases. The article will be fully illustrated from photographs taken by the new process. The Lincoln paper in the May McClure’s will contain some very interesting unpublished letters and anecdotes, showing Lincoln’s rare tact and sagacity as a political manager, even as a young man. It will also describe Lincoln’s life in Washington as a member of Congress in 18471849, and reproduce from the newspaper in wnich it was reported at the time an important but now unknown speech of Lincoln’s made in New England in 1848. A number of rare pictures will appear with the paper. A thrilling adventure in mountaineering will be related in McClure’s Magazine for May by Garret P. Serviss. It is Mr. Serviss’s own experience in trying to climb to the top of Mount Blanc in the midst of a fierce blizzard. The article will be profusely illustrated. McClure’s for May will cpntain the second installment Anthony Hope’s new novel. “Phroso” A full summary of the first installment will be given for the benefit of readers who missed the April number. This promises to be Anthony Hope’s greatest ro ma nee. Mr. Will H. Low, the artist, will have in McClure s Magazine for May a paper on Millet, whose painting “ The Angelus” sold a few years ago for 8150,000 the highest price ever paid for a modern painting. Mr. Low visited Millet several times in his studio, and his paper will embrace some interesting reminiscences from these visits. Careful reproductions of the more famous of Millet’s pictures will illustrate she paper. In Mc-
Literary Notes.
Clure’s Magazine for May, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps will tell the story —now become amusing, but anything else than amusing at the time—of the tumult of attack and approval that attended the publication of the most famous of her books, “The Gates Ajar” There will be a number of strong short stories in McClure’s for May, among them a railway story by Cy Warman.
Loss of Employment a Crime.
Harry Reed, a printer was fined and sentenced to the workhouse for neglecting to support his family. Sentence was suspended for a few' days to enable the prisoner to mend his ways. If Reed can find no boss to give him employment then he will be imprisoned for his atrocious crime. He must beg for work (and begging is against the law, too) in order to get God’s pure air of freedom. Reed is a sober man and after having spent the greater portion of his- life, ill his modest way, in benefiting society, he is hauled before the bar of justice in his old age and treated like a brute. This poor man has been driven from his trade, like scores of others, by machinery. In which direction shall he turn? A few old monopolists won all the land, which no man made, and all the tools of production and distribution, which they did not make, The state protects tjiese property rights; the Reeds are denied access to them, and all the God-given blood-purchased human rights in civilization seem to be outbalanced by vested rights. To sum up, the state, society, makes paupers and criminals out of men, and then punishes them for being such. It is a beastly (with apologies to the beasts), unnatural condition, and don’t forget that old Mother Nature has a habit of punishing those who disobey her wise and just laws.—Cleveland Citizen.
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So Mr. Gilman Brown of 34 Mill St., South Gardner, Mass., was told by the doctors. His son had Lung trouble, following Typhoid Malaria, and he spent three hundred and seventy-five dollars with doctors, who finally gave him up, saying: “Your boy won’t liye a month.” He tried Dr. King’s New Discovery and a few bottles restored him to health and enabled him to go to work a perfectly well man. He says he owes his present good health to the use of Dr. King’s New Discovery, and knows it to be the best in the world for Lung trouble. Trial Bottles Free at Frank B. Meyer’s drug store,
Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly For May.
The illustrated “Lee of Virginia” series is continued in the May number of Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly with a paper by Henery Tyrrell, relating to General Lee’s part in the momentous events of the years 1859-1862. These events include the John Brown raid at Harper’s Ferry, the secession of the Southern States and outbreak of the Civil War, General Lee’s resignation from the United States Army, and appointment to the command of the Confederate forces of Virginia, his campaign in the West, the establishment of Jefferson Davis at Richmond as president of the Confederacy, the first battle of Bull Run, and General McClellan’s invasion of Virginia by way of thePenninsula and advance uponßichmond. Akin to this subject is a charming sketch written by Mrs. Jefferson Davis, descriptive of life in the “White House of the Confederacy” during the war, Mrs. Roger A. Pryor adds an interesting chapter and an exquisite portrait to her “ Ancestry of General Lee.” Other notable features-of the number are the illustrated articles upon: “Cuban Noncombatants,” by Frederick A. Ober; “The Prince of Wales on American Prairies,” by Mrs. J. Leduc; ‘•Sons and Daugters of Feudal Sires,” by Mme. Barbara MscGahan; and “Vagabond Wanderings in Guatemala,” by Thomas R, Dawley, Jr.
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Remington Notes.
The entire family of Rev. E. A. Goodwin has been afflicted with measles the past week or two except Mrs. Goodwin, who had previously had the disease. We are pleased to note that none of the cases were particularly severe, and all are practically well at this writing. Malignant dipptheria has been quite prevalent west and northwest of Remington for the past few days. Mr. Wood, four miles west of town on the Goodland road, buried his only daughter, who was about eight years old, last wek, and several more of his children are afflicted with the dreaded malady. Two of the children of Charles Dluzak have also been quite sick with the disease, but under the new treatment administered by Dr. John P. Ramsay, they will probably recover. Ho 1. George Major and w T ife left Remington last Friday for their new home in Bloomington, Ind. We are very loth to lose such eminently estimable citi zans from our community, yet we trust they may find many new friends and enjoy the pleasures of their new home. Arthur Fisher has sold his livery barn and stock to C. E. Watson, who has taken charge of the same. Mr. Fisher does not yet know what business he will engage in the future but we are satisfied he will not long remain in idleness for the very good reason that he is not “built that way.” RobertF. Irwin and his daughter Celia were called to Noblesville, Ind., last Thursday to attend the funeral of Mr. Irwin’s father-in-law, Mr. Jacob Banceurt, who died the day preceding. They returned home on the Saturday following. Alexander Littlefield, living north of town, a former soldier in an Illinois regiment, is at present taking a stroll through some of the southern states. He will look over some of the old battle fields that he was familiar with during the late war, and will probably visit, Messrs. Murphey, Burr rnd Allman at their homes at Gordonsville, Va., before he returns home. Charles E. Mills of Rensselaer was in town last week, ostensibly looking after his political ences.
We have had what would easily pass lor July weather the past week, which is bringing vegetation to the front in great shape. What we most need just now are heavy rains, which would insure a good hay crop. Uncle John D. Meyer, a former citizen of Remington, now located in Goodland, was a visitor here last week. He has an immense number of friends in Remington, in fact every one who is acquainted with him is his friend. John Westfall has gone to Danville, Ind., to attend the spring and summer term of school there. W. S. Parks and wife of Rensselaer were visiting friends and relatives in and about Remington a few days ago. At their town meeting held in the town hall last Tuesday evening the Republicans named the following town ticket: Trustee first ward, O. P. Taber; Trustee second ward, William Broadie; Trustee fifth ward, Mark J. Phelps; Clerk and treasurer, William R. Love; Marshall, Isaac D. Luckey. And. on the Thursday evening following the citizens meeting named a citizen’s ticket by endorsing Taber and Phelps for trustees and Luckey for marshall. This meeting named A. Beasley for trustee for the second ward, and Ira W Yeoman for clerk and treasurer for the town. Mr. Broadie has declined’ to be the candidate on the Republican ticket for trustee in the second ward, and as there has been no one selected to fill his place on the ticket. Mr. Beas ley has no opposition. It will i thus be seen that the only offices that will be contested for are those of treasurer and clerk with Love and Yeoman as contestants. At the meeting held ifi the Christian church last Saturday evening, for the purpose of perfecting a Township Sunday School Association, after Mr. John P. Major had stated the objects of the meeting, Mr. Smalley was chosen chairman of the
association,* and Miss Henricks was selected as .secretary and treasurer. The superintendents of each Sunday school in the township were made members of the executive committee, and each school authorized to select one additional member of said committee. Mrs. William Reed has recently removed to west Lebanon, Ind., where her son Webb and family reside. Her son N. J. Reed went with her there, and will remain a few days. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hollett, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Walker, Walter L. Gumm, Hon. Robert Parker and John W. Parks will leave about May 7th to 15th to pay a visit to the states on the Pacific slope and will take in all the most interesting objects on tlieir visit in California, Oregon, Montana. Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona, and possibly other localities. They will probably be gone four to six weeks. *L D< M aS on of Elwood, Ind., visited Remington on business a couple of days last week.
Government Land.
Probably the last great chance to secure a quarter section of good farming land under the homestead laws will be at the opening of the Chippewa Indian reservations this spring, which comprises the majority of the land in about fifty townships, and will furnish excellent homes for thousands of people. But little is known concerning this opening by the general public'for the reason that Congress wisely provides in the Act opening the reservation to settlement for the publication of the notice of opening but two papers in the United States, both of which are near the lands in question. This will effectually shut out speculators and land sharks and gives the bona-fide settler who is informed a much better chance to secure a good homestead An effort is being made to 4 furnish all necessary information to all honest intended settlers, which can be obtained by addressing at once, Department of Information, 600 Calumet Bdg., Chicago, 111.
Real EState Record.
John W. Paxton to William H. pooverandlda F. Coover, Mch 5.1896, pt Me nw 30-29-6, Rensselaer '. *450.00 William Boys to George W. Houser, April 6, 1894, e% s w 34-30-5, 80 acres, Q C D 1,00 David J. Thompson to Emerald Aldrich April 16. 1896, it 3 bl 15, Rensselaer 81.00 DeMotte Canning company to Wm B, Austin. April 14. 1896, pt w side nr. sw 26-32-7. 2 acres 3.000.00 Mary E. Womsher to Georgs Johnson, April 13.1896. w H ne 31-28-7 80 acres 3,600.00 Lemuel Mclntlre to Fanuie F. Cettingham, Oct. 20. 1894, It 6 bl 6. Fair Oaks 15.00 Same to same, Oct. 20, 1894, Its 7,8, 9. IP, bl 6, Fair Oaks 260.09 James R. Guild to Charles J. Mans held. Mch 3, 1896, w y, sw, 26-31-5 80 acres 2,000.00 Alfred Thompson by heirs to Jas. Murray April 10. 1896, nw nw 27-32-6. ne ne 28-32-6, 80 acres 500.00 Emm Hoover to Char/es H. Mustard, March 10. 1896, wnd % n % s w 24-28-7, wnd (4 w end n H se 24-28-7 1,500.00 Abraham Leopold to Emma Lewis April 19.1896, Its 4, 5. bl 21, Leopold’s addition to Rensselaer.... 400.00 Elisha F. Short to Warren Robinson, April 16,1896. It 3, 10, bl 7, Chambers & Morgan’s addition. Remington 1,200.00 Abram Warne to Charles U. Garriott, Feb. 29.1896, n y„ It 10, Parr Vi acres. 1000.00 Ephraim Fleming to'Stearns F.... lliff, Apr 21,1896, und Haw se, 19-28-6,.... .1 (60.00 » Jasper County Draining Assn to Leota N. Joncs v June 8.1895, ptse nw 30-29-6 Rensselaer Q. C. D... 1,00 Charles E. Mills to Jesse Osborn,.. Apr. 21, 1896, all bl 1, 2, Weston’s 2nd add Rensselaer ISoo.oo
Gems of Thought.
The lazy apologist for injustice explains the cause of all human misery as the will of God. Under a just* and enlightened government industrial depression and hard times would be unknown. In this country neither is any more natural than that a man should go hungry to a rich banquet. Catholic Edu-* cator.
Some men will not advertise because their buisness would lose in dignity if they did so. The subject of the most extensive advertising since creation is religion—and that by divine command. More travelers have been sent out and more printed matter distributed to push it than anything else in the world. Our friends, who refrain from advertising for the reason indicated. apparently suffer from’ a misapprehension or an egotism so colossal that we shudder Kentland Democrat-
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