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M i THE RED CLOUD CHIEF, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1895. i - &?? Mwv II w?. I f u A 1 i i 11 EDITORIAL XOTtS. The populist convontlon has boon called for August 24th, Tup. political situation Is brightening every doy for tho republicans. Wo are tired of isms and tho democratic party. Givo ub tho republican party and pros pority. Tun board of supervisors got thoir foot into u hornet's nest when thoy cut tho bills of assessors. Tho usBOBSors will probably suo tho county and got their money. Tho board is penny wise and pound foolish. Sincb tho publication of our last issue tho pop board of supervisors have been enjoined from paying the S95 to privuto partios in tho contest suit of Whito ot al vs. Thompson. It was a rotton pieco of legislation, and should bo disavowed by good pcoplo. Oivk the country protection, rcpubli can administration, moro manufactories, tho laboring men work, and times will bo bottor and monoy plenty. Our labor ing men nood moro silver, but they need protection, and if thoy havo tho latter they will havn moro of tho formor. The London capitalists aro not only anxious to uuy our government bonds, but they aro also oagor to purchase our first-class railroad bonds at good pricep. Not long sinco, the Pennsylvania road sold a 85,000,000 iesjo of i per cents ovor there, and now the Lehigh VBlloy is about to sell 8G,0C0,000 of 5 per cents in that market. Such transactions in dicate very clearly that in Europe as woll as in Amorica, it is not boliovcd that the domocrutic party can possibly olocttho next president. Judok Boal cannot be elected as judge of the 8th judicial district. As n man tho judgo is all right, but as a Judicial ofllcer ho is a failure. He lacks tho backbone that is necessary in ouch an important position. The contest case should novor havo had one iota of standing in court, yet ho failed to dissolve the injunction. Some future tirao the injunction is liable to causo trouble unless the case is settled. We cannot see tho necessity of continuing the injunction when tho contest is thrown out ot court. BiulncHN mid (lie Crops. The crops are always an important factor at this timo of tho year in the business situation and they were never moro promising in midsummor than thoy are at present. Corn's mndltinn to ..,. - avavu JUb at 99 3 by tho agricultural department, wnicn is nigner than it was for many years at this timo; winter wheat's is G5.8, and spring wheat's 1022. Tho low fig uro for wintor whoat, ofTsot by tho high one for th spring variety, will make the aggregate whoat yield from 450,00o,COO to -ns.OOO.OOO bushel, or au average crop. Corn, howover, promises to beat all records. The condition nnd acreage moan n yiold of over 2,nOO,000,C( 0 bush ols, which is about L00,000,000 in excess of any provlous production, and almost doublo last year's yiold, which was 1, 200.000,000. In nearly all the other great agricul tural produots, too. tho condition ib hot ter than it has been in any recent year at this time. Tho mark assigned to bar ley is 91.9, to potatoes 98.G, to tobacco 85.9, to oats 83.2, to cotton 82.1, and to ryo 80.7. Fruits in general which do not figure in the agricultural department's reports, are also in good condition. Not withstanding the low prices, probably tho value of tho products of tho farm, orchard and plantation in 1893 will bo larger than it has been in uny ono of tho past half dozen years. For some of tho cropB mentioned, of courso, harvest is a month away yet, and for corn it is two months away, and thoro aro chuncos of damage by unfavorable weather, but the general outlook is much more en couraging than it was in many years at this date. The prospects for corn in par ticular, which is the country's most Im portant crop, Hro especially gratifyiog. Largo crops, which mean an increased Income for farmers, fruit growers and planters, jikewise mean un abundance of food for the people at reasonable prices. They mean ulso nn increase in tratllc and income of tho railroads, which will necessitate the employment ot more mon and the disbursement of more money in "'K' " win rorce a growth in rail road construction, which has been at very low figures in tho post two years, and will increaco the demand for iron and steel products. The iron market is Blroady active, As reported by the "Iron Age," the 172 furnaces at work on June 1, producing 157,224 gross tons a week, grew by July 1 into 188 furnaces and 171,194 tons. This is CO per cont greater than the product IbbI year at this timo. In overy department of busi ness a largely Increased produotlon as compared with the corresponding time in 1894 is reported. From present indi cations the fall trade of 1895 will roach tho levol of that season in 1891 and 1892 beforo the convulsion of 1893 was in eiKut' Think of this. Hood's flaraaparilla is the oBly trae blood purifier prominently In the pnblio eye today, It cores dlseuso whon all others fall, became it makta pore blood. Hood's Pills euro jauudioe, bilioUBuosu, Blok headaoho, constipation and all liver Ills, Ir tho city is goiog to bo a stickler for law, lot it be that way in ovory depart ment and tho people will say "umen." The state oil inspector has been ad ding to his salary by playing into the hands of tho Standard Oil Company. Ahundant rains have mado the farm ors rejoice this season, and Webster county is going to havo a magnificent crop. Wobster county has 75,000 acres of corn, and a safe cstimato would put the corn yield at from one and a half to two million bushels. What a contruut 1 One year ago to-' day tho hot winds from Kansas wore cutting down ovory vestigo of vegotation in tho stale, and tho farmers' hopes went glimmoring. To day, twelve months later, the prospect is far different. Good corn on ovory band. Surely, wo have much to bo thankful for. The Chief behoves that tho republi can party of this city should resort to primary elections this year instead of the caucus. The caucus affords too many chances for disreputable politi cians to put up job. Republicans, who havo no jobs to put up, aro in favor of tho primary way to select delegates. The Hobron Journal, published by E. M. Corroll, ib twenty-four years old and novor missed an issuo. The journal is suroly a legal paper. The Oiuek, which is in its twenty .fourth year, has never miBEcd an issuo, nor a square meal. Our best wishes, Bro. Corroll, for continuod prosperity. Tho Journal is a good pa per. Fito.M all ovor tho tenth judicial dis trict comes tho cheering news that tho Hon, Jas. McNcny of this city is the favored candidate for district judge. Mr. McNony is, no doubt, tho best trained and best read lawyer in tho dis trict, when everything is taken into con sideration. As a judge, he would havo few superiors. The dignity of the court would be upheld at all times. The Chief behoves Mr. McNeny will receive the nomination and, if ho docs, he will be elected. "Orange UloMom" is n iminlees euro for nil dieoneea peculier to women. Hold frcali by C. L. Cotting. - - - Temptation. (ForTHKCiuir.) To the Euitok: 1 hoard it proclaim ed from tho pulpit, recently, that "a man might bo so fiercely tempted to commit murder ob to require a bravo strugglo on his part to resist, and yet coruo out of the conflict sinless." Now, just how a mun could entortain tho thought of tho commission of bo foul a crime, until it kad become a pur poso ot his own, without possessing an evil mind, is the question. I do not think that every evil thought that Hits across the path of the mind and is as quickly banished as it came is sin. But, for a man to concoive tho thought of murder, and entortain that thought until after n strugglo to drivo it away, and yet remain originally pure ot heart, would bo, I think, unscriptural. In the same discourse it was contend ed that "somo temptations emanate from within, whilo others corao from without." I prcsumo tho proaohor mount that tho lusts of tho flesh nro sot in motion only as wo come in contact with such things as present themselves to our minds, and not that outside influences have the power to drivo mon into wrong doing. Now, if a man is living in harmony with tho laws ot God none ot these outsido suggestions can taint hie moral char acter. From the nature ot things, both good and evil uro continually before us, but tho test of our moral rectitude is that of choosing the good and rejecting the ovil. If, on the other hand, temptations Can bo, through some unseen outside power, thrust upon us. until they bocomo a nart otour purposes, without our consent, and wholly against our wills, then indeed might we become iufected through no rauit or our own. But such, eccmlncrlv. is not tho man- and honco our individual accountability to a higher power. I find a bag of gold lying in my path, and tho thought of appropriation suggests itself to my mind, only to bo banished as quickly as It canio; and no sin attachos. But I curry it home, and, attor a soro and bitter oxporience, flnnlly triumph, and iidvertieo for tho owner. Does not tho vory fact of my deliber ation suggest tho thought that I was not so puro minded as I should have beenr Then, when I am wolghed in tho balances, what excuso shall I offer fsr living in a etuto bo out of harmony with God's laws, as to havo thus entortainod the thought ot acting dishonestly I do not know by what alcheralstlc process I could bo accountod free from moral taint, if I entertained tho thought of defrauding a fellow being, whose loss I had discovered. I think the hotter doctrino would bo that, tho ovil thoughts mon nd women come not from that mythical gentleman commonly callod tho devil, but that they emanate from within. Wo cannot avoid tho use of our soneos: wo soo and hear and taste and smoll and touch, but that does ntpre-8uppose the sp-oallod fact that wo aro helpless, and, through their exorciso, bocomo contami untod, jndopendontly of our moral powers of resistance. I do not write these thiugB for tho sole purposo of provoking controversy, but because ministers, even may not always teach In a manner con ducivd to tho good of society. John M, Ciiaffjn. WITH I IS ALONE, PLUCKY JOHN DUSS FOUGHT THE BATTLES OF TROUBLED ECONOMY. Like Cromwell of Old Heroic ItflTorts to Itrntorn n Semblance of Order Out of 'lino Society Burdened wltli llebla J calamity Within nnd lagrntltndo Without Freely Sliown IntercatliiK RtoryTold by the Chief. Thcro is a passage in Hood's biog raphy of Cromwell in which tho his torian speaks of the many enemies who tried to destroy the great commoner, and how he successfully met their va rious schemings. "Numberless little coteries of hiss ing snakes and hissing cols were wrig gling and twisting toward desired em inence. As wo havo haid Cromwell never was a republican Icsb se now than ever. Shouts of 'Usurporl' 'Ty rant!' 'Traitorl' 'DcocivcrI' from the factions; 'Detestable wretch I' 'Mur dorerl' woro mot by the calm lightning of that deep, clear, gray eye. 'Very likely, gontlemen; just as you please about all such pleasant epithets. Meanwhile, understand that I am hero somehow or other. 1 have somo no tion that I havo been put hero by tho Eternal God, who raiseth up and cast eth down. Noblo natures, you will please to understand that I am ruler here to savo you from dummy eels or hissing snakes; and you, Mesiicurs Kelt and Snakes, put youraclf into the smallest compass, if you please, or by the Eternal God that sent mc so mica the worse for you.'" It must have been souiethingof the same quality of determination and tho same kind of courage which has ac tuated John Duss, of tho Economite Society, to fight its battles during the last four or five years. The work ho bat had to do required tho most in domitable will power, the most posi tive kind of courage. RKADs LIKE A ROMANCE. The story of bis experiences sinoe he assumed charge of affairs is really something oat of the common. He wsuld not give it to mo as I wanted it. Ilis objections to being interviewed concerning either himself or the old Harmony Society; liia trials and diffi culties, the present society and its prospects were as emphatio as theywere decisive, but warming to tho subject he eventually told a great many inter esting things concerning the society aad the property which has been the subject of so much litigation during the last five years or so. It was a story of the most uncommon interest and best told by the man Mr. Dubs himself who haB playod so prominent a part in it. If it all be true, and there dees net seem to bo the slightest reason in tho world why it should not be, John Ours has gone through an experience in that short life of his the like of whioh osmes into tho life of but few en. It is but small wonder that the strongly marked lines which give his face so muoh character aro those whioh ought to come only with 50 years instead of te a young man whose age is but 35. Few men there are who would have come through tho "oonfliot," as Mr Duis terms it, as well as ho has done. When I spoke to him of it he said: NO TIME TO THINK OP IT. "I wonder at it myself sometimes. They say human nature don't bear up beyond a certain limit. I would like to know what iny limit is. For two years, however, I had not the oppor tunity to think about it. I had to hold up, although I seldom was able to eat a meal in the manner it should have been eaten." "Won't you tell The Dispatch of your experiences in those days? The publio is interested, not only in your solf, but in tho old Economito Society, whioh has been so familiar to Pitts burgers during theso many years." "I well know it to bo a subject of quite general curiosity to know what is to become of the Eoonomito Society, For yoars no new members have boon received, aud marriage being tabooed, the question of what was to beoomo of the sooiety and its members us they died out was one of the widest and oftentimes the wildest conjecture Al most tho entire publio has given itself up to prophcoy on this sooro. It was frooly given forth years ago that when old Fathor Henrici died tho Eoonomito Sooiety would dio with him. As every body well knows evory prophet wants his proahcoios to come true, It is really a disappointment if they dtnot. TBX PROPHETS WKRE DISAPPOINTED. "St whon Father Honrioi died and tho socioty bade fair to still continuo thercQwai much disappointment on the part of the products, They really were grieved that it should eoino to pass that anyone strong and able to maintain the organization should happen to appear just at the right timo. The sooioty still remains. It isn't even prosptrous, but it holds to gether nevertheless, and therein to somo extent lies tho full meed of my sinning. "I should have allowed tho society to go out of existence. Had I dono so I would have satisfied all tho pro phets and gained them to my side, perhaps; although it would bo inter esting to know just exaotly what use they would havo been to mo under tho circumstances. "Somotimes it seemed almost amus ing I would havo enjoyed it had not tho odium and calumny cast upon mo bcon so bitter and poisonous. Tho publio prophets appeared to bo purely and simply mad because their pro phecies did not como true. Of course publio sentiment was reflected by tho press, as I fear tho press was only too oftea reflected by publio sentimont. The worst of it was that it should bo so when tho exigencies of tho complex finanoial difficulties I was laboring called for tho opposite." SHOCKED BY A DISCOVERY. "When was it that you discovered tho true state of the financial affairs of tho society?" "About a year before Father Hen- rici's death." ''Did the discovery astonish you?" "Well, I should say it did. It fair ly took mo from my feet when I ac cidentally disoovered that tho stcietv was indebted to different banks to the extent of about $300,000. But that was nothing compared to tho later de velopments, which showed the Indebt edness to be about $1,500,000." "How was it that this indebtedness was so long unknown to even tho se ciaty?" "Through the fact that both tho so oiety and the orcditors had the most unlimited confidence in tbe business probity of good old Father Henrici. lie was generally thought to be the shrewdest of men, who had all tf tho business affairs of the society well in hand, and that ho had unlimited re sources of capital, as well as the sccur ity of valuable real estate bnck of him. 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Make all remittances payablo and address all nomuiunioUions to Omaha Daily News-Republic, Omaha, Nebraska, Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder A Pare (Irate Creaa M Tartar Pewder, Weather Bulletin. ICopvrlsthted, W by W.T. Poster.! St. Joseph, Mo., July 27. My Inst bulletin gave forecasts of the storm waves to cross tho continent from July 28 to Aug. 2. Tho next will reach the Pacific coast about Aug. 3d, cross tho western mountain oountry by oloJo of 4th, the great central valleys from 5th to 7tb, and tho eastern states about tho 8lh. This disturbance will be of un usual force and severe storms may bo expected, accompanied by extreme tomporaturcs. The first ten days of August will probably average cooler than the mid din third of the month. The warm wavo will cross tho west of Rookios country about 3d, great central valleys 5th and castorn states 7th. Cool wave will cross the west of Rockies country about Gth, great central valleys 8th, and the eastern states 10th. Summing up my forecasts for tho feur crop months, March, April, May and June, only ono error occuis. Southwestern Texas had moro rainfall than calculated. For all other parte of tho country tho vcifications of my rainfall forecasts is tho most re markable event ever recorded in con nection with meteorology. In a general way the calculations and published forecasts indicated a great shortage of rainfall for thefc four months in the central portion of the great central valleys. Draw an irregular oirole from Portsmouth, Ohio, through Toledo, Chicago, Du buque, Leavenworth, Fort Smith, St. Louis, and back to Portsmouth, and within that circle the figures indicated a general drouth, and the weather bu reau records show a shortage averag ing about fivo inches of rain. The figures further indicated about an aver ago rainfall from Philadelphia to Jacksonville, excess of rain in tho east gulf state?, and average rain in tho arid districts cast of tho Rockies. How wonderfully all this has been verified I To forecast tho crop season rainfall has been tho greatest puzzle oonneot ed with meteorology, and tho failures havn been universal, while my calcu lntions have provon correct in nino "ihhh out of ten, that being ihc nutn hr of rainfall districts cast of the i'.oclcy mountains. I located the great tt exTss of rainfall in the east gulf states pre cisely where it occurred, that section showing an excess of about fivo inohes for tho four months, My calculations for Key West and other parts of southern Florida whtro a drouth is recorded proves to havo been correct. An interesting feature developed by tho rocords is that while tho countries of tho great lakes and tho central ports of tho great central valleys ex perienced a sovcre drouth, a complete oircuit around that drouth center had an excess of rainfall. A most important success is re corded for tho forecast in the Ohio valley. Rains early in June wcro predicted for the countries west and a continuance of the drouth in the Ohio valley till lato in Juno. The destructive drouths usually oc cur in July and August. My calcu lations and forecasts almost entirely roversed the oonditiens for theso two months, indicating abundant rains in the earlier drouth districts and drouth where tho rains were abundant earlier in the season. This last part of the forceasts is not yot fully tested. Another feature of marked success es in my werk is in correotly forecast ing the coolest part of the month. The first half of July was to avorago cooler than the last half, and tho whole month was to avorago below in the great contral valley and about normal on tho Atlantic and Paoifio coasts. I am free to say that these fore oasts are based on what tho weather has boon and without tbo weather records of the national weather bu reau it would bo impossible to mako much progioss, theteforo if the new chief of tho weather bureau ncgleots tho record making part of his work he will certainly blunder. UnlcBs tho national weather bureau proves to bo an aid in securing long rango weather forecasts it will fail to satisfy tho people. Twelve to twenty four hours in advanoo 'weather fore casts may bonofit speculators greatly, shippers moderately, and dealers slightly, but agriculture can dorivo but small, Tory small, beneita from flu i rdM ' f areV -ntaHaJiK B. F. O. Koke and Daughter He CaiVt Live Bald my frtendt and neighbors. I had Df. ppla 18 year; physicians and change ot climate did not help me. Dut Hood's Samp- Mood 'g Sarsa- parilla rllla did me moro good thin all the doctoring. Cures I can now eat, sleep aad and work. My daughter alio had distress and rheumatism. Hood's Bar taparllla mtde her stout, well and healthy. B. F. O. Kokk, Fslrvlew, KaniM. Hood's Pills are purely vegetable, and de not purge, pain or gripe. Bold by all druggists. i22i: suoh forecasts. For tlicpo reasons agiicultiim is damaged by tho weath er bureau fcrccasts, in that they give tho speculator advantage over the farmer. Leng range forecasts give equal op portunities to all, and tu secure and protect equal upportiiiiUicH is the tho principal object of covcrnnient. With good weather rccurds the fu tuns ef tho weather can bo calculated. Where wo havn tho best records I havn tlui heft success in forecasting the weather. The records at San Antooio and Austin, Texas, aro deficient, and to this I attribute my partial failure as to rainfall in seuthwestcrn Texas. Our best records are at Philadelphia, Portsmouth, Ohio, Cincinnati, Colum bus, St. Louis and Leavenworth. Our now chiuf, Mr. Moore, will also err if he fails to continue tho work of Prof. Bigelow, for in his work lies the only hope that tho weather bureau will ever be able to mako long range forecasts. In connection with rainfall, drouth and crops, there aru a few well estab lished faots that may bo received as axioms or general rules, and, by tho observance of theso axioms, tht farm er, dealer and speculator uiavwbo ulator maybo Tersely '6tsm A greatly benefitted, these axioms are: 1. About tlio iiiimunt of rain falls in the United St.itop, Mexico aad Canada every i..r, but seldom tho same amount in tho same place for two successive years. 2. Excessive ruins in the contral part of the great contral valleys St. Louis, Toledo, Chicago causo drouth in the east ot Rockios arid districts and the southeastern states. 3. A drouth in the samo portions of the central valleys is aocompanied by excossive rains all around the drouth district. 4. Excessive rains in tho cost gulf and south Atlantic states aro accom panied by a diagonal drouth belt, ox tending from northern New York to southwestern Texas. 5. Good crops seldom ocour in the Ohio and upper Mississippi valleys when the crops aro good in tho east of Rockies arid districts; the rcverso of this is also true. C. Weather conditions and crops are similar in tho east gulf states and tho Dakotas; on north Atlantio and north Pacifio coasts; west gulf states, cast of Rockies arid distriots, and the south Pacifio coast. Tho above rules aro not infallible, but are so reliablo that to foreknow many others, and when my system ib comploted the farmer will know when and where to sow and plant in order to catch favorable orop condition ia tho succeeding voats. ' If the hair has been made to grow a natural color on bald heads in thousand ot cases, by uainu -Haifa Hair Renewer, why will it not in your oaseT Hull lusuriiniw. Furnished by J. 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