Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1899 — Page 3

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DAMAGE TO WHEAT.

WIDENED AREA FROM WHICH COMPLAINT IS MADE. fit There la, However, Little Fear of Crop Failure—The Season la Backward, but April Weather May Change Many Advene Opinions. Weather conditions during the week have not been such as to materially change the winter wheat situation, although alternate freezing and thawing has probably tended to reduce the vitality of the plant in districts where it was already weak. At the same time the close of the week finds a deeper conviction upon the crop. In southern Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Kentucky the area from which complaint is received has materially widened and the character of complaint is more pronounced. Over that part of the wheat belt lying north of the latitude of Cincinnati there is still no opportunity for definite judgment of actual present conditions, the ground remaining frozen to a great depth and over the greater part of the district even the surface continuing frozen. There is practically no spring growth north of the Ohio river, though fields in Ohio and portions of Indiana are beginning to show up green. Until we shall have had at least a week of good and continuous growing weather it will not be possible to determine with any degree of satisfaction the extent to which the crop is injured. South of the Ohio river, however, the situation is beginning to clear up. It does not yet appear that . the damage in Texas, Tennessee and Kentucky is sensational, but it is evident that it is widespread. Two weeks ago a considerable share of the local reports from these States were hopeful that the crop would come out all right. This week’s reports from the same sources almost unanimously admit extensive winter killing and marked lack of vigor in the remaining plant. Another section in which while there has been but slight crop advancement it is sufficient to give a clearer idea of the situation is southern Kansas and Oklahoma. From there the reports this week are also gloomier than those heretofore received. It is not yet time to say that the spring is late, though it is verging upon it. In comparison with last year there is a radical difference. The following statement shows the number of counties in each State from which reports have been received during the week and the average of the returns from these counties. These returns come from all sections of the States, and the averages represent the consolidated opinion of the county reporters, but the -figures must be read in the light of the comment on the value of conditional reports at this date: Counties Average reported, condition. Texas 20 81 Tennessee 25 75 Kentucky 27 76 0hi059 91 Michigan 29 80 Indianas6 84 Illinois 70 76 Missouri .65 79 Kansas 55 78 Nebraska 28 74 California 12 90 Oregon 11 80 It will be noted that on very comprehensive returns Ohio makes a claim of very high condition, while Indiana makes a showing but little less promising.

REPORT AS TO FARM ANIMALS.

Department's Fijcuree : how a General Increase in Value. The annual report of John Hyde, statistician of the Department of Agriculture, on the number and value of farm animals will shortly be ready for distribution. It will show an increase in the number of sheep and milch cows and a decrease in the number of horses, mules, swine and neat cattle other than milch cows, with a general increase in value. The following changes in these statistics are shown: Horses, decrease in number 295,604, increase in total value $32,712,406; increased value per hedd, $34.26 to $37.40. Neat cattle (not milch cows), decrease In number, 1,269,972, increase in value $25,634,501; increase per head, $20.92 to $22.79. Milch cows, increase in number 149,229, increase in value $39,420,099; increase per head, $2.21. Sheep, increase in number, 1,457,493, increase in value $14,976,397; increase per head, 29 cents. i Mules, decrease In number 56,069, decrease in value $146,255; increase per head, $1.06. Swine, decrease in number 1,108,362, decrease in value $4,241,666; value per head unchanged. The total value of farm animals is conservatively estimated at $1,997,010,407, an increase of $108,355,482, or 5.74 per cent, during the last year.

Spain Is Deflant.

Notwithstanding the fact that Gen. Otis refused to sanction negotiations between the Spaniards and Filipinos for the ransom of the Spanish prisoners held by the latter, on the ground that the money would be used to aid the insurgents against the Americans, the Spanish Government has offered Agqinaldo 5,000 pesetas for each soldier, and 2,500 pesetas for each civilian.

News Notes from Cuba.

There are 2,000 Cubans in the streets of Santiago without work. The new asphalt mines have been discovered at Arroyo Blanco, in Santa Clara province. The Second Illinois regiment, now at Buena Vista, has been ordered by Gen. Lee to the Isle of Pines. In Santiago de Cuba Sunday closings of qll places of business are now in effect, the city market not excepted. An American syndicate has bought 60,000 acres of laud in Porto Principe province for a big cattle and horse ranch. The Chinese of Cuba are emigrating to Mexico. Twenty to thirty leave Havana for Vera Cruz or Progreso every vveek. The United States regulars composing the garrisons of Forts Cabana and Morro have removed their camps to the highlands, west of Cojimar, as a more healthy location. ' Twenty million feet of American lumber is to be employed in the erection of barracks for the United States army of occupation in Cuba, and for commissary and other buildings. Cardenas is so far the only Cuban town i whose municipality has openly and formally protested against Acting Captain General Brooke’s decree removing the old [ fiLviAnacf* atamn Aawna 7 I DpaUlbU Slump

A SENSIBLE LETTER.

A Western Canadian Settler Writes te an Illinois Friend. In writing to Mr. T. Hawkyard, of Rockford, 111., Mr. G. Simpkins, of Leduc, Alberta, Western Canada (and to which points especially low rates are being quoted aver all lines of railway), says: “Dear Sir—Received your letter the 14th Inst We have had no snow till after Christmas, and the cattle have been able to live out, snd are all in good condition. It is snowing now. That is what we want Have about six Inches now. The old settlers say when we have lots of snow it means a good crop the coming season. It never drifts here. The weather is calm and bright We do not have to dress any heavier than In Illinois, and the horses never shiver with the cc!d when we take them from the warm stable, as they do In Illinois. It has not frozen in the •stable this winter. . "The most of the stock runs out but there is nd need of it for timber is plentiful, and there Is no expense to build good stables and houses. We have good log houses, and they are very warm. Two men can put up a house 16x24 in two days. There are good rails for fences. We live ten miles from the coal district the price being from 50 cents up to $2. The land is a very rich, loamy soil, from six inches to several feet in depth; the hills have the deepest. It is a rolling country, and excellent for stock of all kinds. Sheep do well, and there are plenty of small lakes, where the cattle can get good water. The cattle got out of grass last year, about the middle of April, and run at large; unless in charge of a herdsmen, we have to fence against them. Wheat goes from thirtyfive to sixty bushels per acre, oats eighty and ninety, very often over a hundred. Ap to potatoes, a neighbor planted seven bushels and dug 226 bushels and no bugs. Roots oi all kinds do well. There are lots of strawberries and lots of red raspberries, black and red currants, and gooseberries, where the fire has not burnt them. Cattie are scarce. I have been trying to buy some for eight months, and have ■got only three two-year-olds, and paid S3O each. “Hogs are scarce, but can be got. They sell for 6 cents dressed, and cost more for stackers. Wheat 50 cents per bushel, oats 25 cents, eggs 30 cents a dozen, butter 15 and 20 cents, poultry was 10 and 11 cents dressed. Sheep are scarce. If you come, bring your farm tools, but bring no seeders; we use drills. Bring cows, but do not bring horses unless you are an experienced hand in shipping them, for so many of them are hurt in shipping. There will be plenty of work for a binder. Two good horses will break, but three lighter are better. The horses you get here can work without grain, but are better with it It will be hard to tell what prices horses will be, for the immigration will be very large the coming spring. They could not be had last spring at one time. They claim the best time to break is June, but my experience is to break in the spring and work it. You.can break till the middle of July.”

Honest Folks in Sweden.

In certain parts of Sweden, where the most absolute confidence is reposed in the honesty of the people, a very informal postal system is in vogue. As the mail steamer reaches a landingplace a man goes ashore with the letters, which he places in an unlocked box on the pier. Then the passer-by who expects a letter opens the box, turns over the letters and selects bls own, unquestioned by any one.

What Do the Children Drink?

Don’t give them tea or coffee. Have yon tried the new food drink called GRAIN-O? It is delicious and nourishing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-O yon give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Grain-O is made of pnre grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades or coffee, bnt costa about 34 as much. All grocers sell it. 15c. and 25c. The total wealth of the United States —that is, the value of the property of the people and the government, was $7,130,000,000 in 1850. Since then it has increased to $65,037,000,000. • The wealth per capita was S3OB in 1850. It is now $1,036.

Coughing Leads to Consumption.

Kemp’s Balsam will stop the cough at once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once; delays are dangerous. There are In India 200,000 widows aged between 9 and 14 years, and 80,000 less than 9 years old. We will forfeit SI,OOO if any of oar published testimonials are proven to be not genuine. THE PISO CO., Warren, Pa. Wheat ripens in Chili and Argentine in January;* in Peru in November.

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The Parson Was in a Harry.

Here is a faithful report of a unique wedding ceremony In the wilds of Kentucky: “George Washington Columbus, do you take this woman to be—hush! What was that?” . \ Deep silence, for a few seconds, followed by another section of the service. Then raising his hand, the preacher said solemnly: “As a minister of the gospel—listen, I think I hear a wild cat!” • Deep silence for ten seconds. “I pronounce you—listen, that’s a wild cat sure—husband and wife.” And down the hill the party raced, with the preachet three lengths in the lead and running easy.—Atlanta Constitution.

Avoid the Night Air.

Avoid the night air when damp and cold, and you will often avoid having neuralgia, but St. Jacobs Oil will cure it no matter what is the cause and no matter how long it has continued.

Crime in England.

The British Home Office report for 1897 shows that while serious crimes tend to diminish in England, there is a great increase of minor offenses. By far the larger number of criminals convicted during the year have been convicted of some crime before—a fact that led the Home Office to conclude “that neither penal servitude nor imprisonment serves to deter the habitual offender from reverting to crime, and it is the habitual offender who forms the bulk of the prison population.”

$100 Reward, $100.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors nave so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it falls to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. lay Sold by Druggists. 75c.

A Good Idea.

“What do you think of a poet’s club?” asked the versifier, brushing the hair out of his eyes.’ “Every newspaper office should be provided with one,” replied the editor; “hickory, with iron tips, and kept close at hand for all emergencies.”—Philadelphia North American.

Bromus Inermis Grass !

It’s the greatest grass on earth—Salzer says so. This grass yields 4 to 7 tons better hay than timothy in dry, rainless countries; yields even more than that in Ohio, Ind., Mich., Wis., lowa, 111., Mo., Kans., Nebr., Mont, yes in every State of the Union! Salzer warrants this! Pota* toes $1.20 a Bbl. Send this notice to JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., LA CROSSE. WIS., and 10 Cents postage and receive their great Seed Catalogue and sample of this grass seed and nine other farm seed Rarefies free, (c. n.)

Ups and Downs.

In Germany it is considered necessary that a child should “go up” before it goes down in the world, so it is carried upstairs as soon as born. In case there is no upstairs, the nurse mounts a table or chair with the infant

Shake Into Your Shoes

Allen’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous feet and instantly takes the si ing out of corns and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Alien’s Fcot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, aching feet Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mail for 25c, in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Consumption kills nearly 12 per cent of the people of the United States sooner or later. Pneumonia is the complaint next most fatal, carrying off nearly 9 per cent

Have It Handy.

He cried out In agony, and they ran to the neighbors for help. Sciatica was torturing him. Better run for St. Jacobs Oil, or have it handy. It is known to cure the worst cases. For the past two years each convict in the Missouri State prison has earned three cents a day more than the cost of keeping him.

A Remarkable Offer.

The special offer made elsewhere in our advertising columns by the T. M. Roberts Supply House, Minneapolis, Minn., should be carefully read by every reader of this paper. It is made tn good faith, by a reliable firm, and consists of remarkable values. It has been estimated that steamers are 20 per cent safer than sailing vessels.

To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L.B.Q. on each tablet. Chinese streets are not often mote than eight feet wide. Mrs. WtaaioWs Boonma Sntnr for Children teethio*: softens tbs sunx reduces allays pain, cares wind colic. S cents a bottle. WANTED.-Caseof bad health that R I P-A N'S wffl not benefit. Send 5 cents to Rtpans Chemical Oo_ New York, for 10 samples and L®» testimonlsJa.

TWO BEUIKULE eons * Of Two Prominent and Well-Known People. A Catarrh Cure that Cures. Some Seasonable Spring Sayings. Springtime has come at last, and now is the time tor all catarrh sufferers to begin a systematic course of treatment for this disease. The greatest difficulty in the way of treating chronic catarrh is that the patient is so liable to catch cold during the treatment and thus delay the cure. This liability at this season of the year is, in a great measure, removed, and no one should neglect the opportunity to begin treatment. Miss Dade Stegeman, superintendent of the Chicago North Side Woman’s Club, of Chicago, in a recent letter to Dr. Hartman, speaks of Pe-ru-na as follows: Chicago, Jan. 23, 1899.' Pe-ru-na Drug M’f’g Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen—Pe-ru-na has often been Sused by the members of our club in cases of stomach trouble and general debility—also recently in cases of la grippe, and always with the most beuefi cia r y results. I - think a great deal of Pe-ru-na—often rec- - ommend it to my DADE stegeman. friends, and am glad to say all who have tried it speak a good word for it Yours truly, DADE STEGEMAN. Send for free catarrh book. Address Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Co., Columbus, Ohio.

“ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD?" LUMBER =buk We will sell you Lumber, Doors, Windows and Mill! Work at Chicago Wholesale Prices. Send for Catalogue and Price List FREE. We are NOT In the TRUST. RITTENHOUSE & EHBREE CO., 3500 Center Avenue, - - ■ - Chicago, lIL| STATE YOLUt OCCUPATION 1 SAPOLIO IS LIKE A GOOD TEMPER, “IT SHEDS A BRIGHTNESS | EVERYWHERE.”

IE SLICKER WILL KEEP YOU DRY. or rubber coat. If you wantacoatij > nw that will keep you dry in the hard- | est storm buy the Fish Brand I Slicker. If not for sale in your ‘ town. write for catalogue to t AJ. TOWER, Boston, Mass. wuR SHOOT Winchester ioapeit 6UN towrMng CwwonSwp. fag. AmNMION/t PosnLdM, FMiszfwluusntmDGrMiOMe. Defeating-Ajims ltd WiNQitsruAn. Xn/Hnm. Conn. RICYCLES «TAX»AEP aOBKLa, rumuiteed, 59.7 S to /<\ \1 SIG. Shopworn & seoit °“ d hand wheels, good J “ new > to SIOj W// 4 I Yff trial witboot a erntiw advaneG OMHuBtOYOUE “ «dnrt« mr mmiS I is. rs rfomfl.skwt MMNtaM «kMS WM. at mm OuriS K. C. Mead Cycle Company, Chicago, Hie. pensions Trite Capt yfAMttLL fsMtoAgszt.WMtogtos. ftA

HI 1 GENERAL S. S. YODEE. . -M Notwithstanding that a great number of people have been cured of chronie catarrh by taking Pe-ru-na during the past cold season, yet it, cannot be denied that the cold, wet, stormy has retarded many cures, and in some cases actually prevented a cure. General S. S. Yoder, ex-Member of Congress from Ohio, in a recent letter to Dr. Hartman, speaks of Pe-ru-na a» | follows: Washington, D. C- ’ Pe-ru-na Drug M’f’g Co., Columbus, O.r 1 Gentlemen—l desire to say that I have found Pe-ru-na to be a wonderful | remedy. I only used it for a short time and am thoroughly satisfied as to ite ' merits. I cannot find words to express ? my gratification for the results oh- 1 tained. As a catarrh cure I shall gladly recommend It to all sufferers. YouMR truly, 8. 8. YODER.

7«b, ortncu.it yon want knife No. | SEEDS; (retail price Is over $1.15) and, wa will coXigi the entire 31 packet, and the knife FRER, aH PMs»j N 0.758. Inks. GemPmalpks. EoHpyeßfeod'huail Yellow Danvers flat k £t° pk«. I . S vSa 0 B-' ““ At 77 emu the No. lab, fr L y pt" oollMtioneannot be broken or any yariatfaa aiaqߣ*3 a.erl.l —in order to test this mi— paart 1 as an aw vertlslng medium. To everyone who will encieee WM advertisement with their order we win send 30 MM 77sb and 57 pactaces for 97 centa A riensrtstiln nIMKj T. M. Roberts Supply House. MianeapoHe, Minn» THE SCHOOLS Of Greater New York, Boston, amM many other places use Carter’s Intij exclusively and won’t use any othex«| That speaks well for . CARTER’S INK and gives you food for thought. ”C. N? U. ' No. 13-99 - WBEN WRJTINO TO ABVEKTISERS FLEASE ” yw saw the advcrdaeaKst ia IMa papar-