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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-09

Or. sharp speeifc cares by pepsi Iayer pom
paint, Constipation, Vomiting " Food, Sour ssom.
ach Water Brash, Heartburn, Low Spirits, &c y
thirty five years failing 10 cure the most Cd
stinate cases. Sold by druggists generally. Depot
las Eighth street, New York. Circulars mailed on
application. Sold by Emil Kohler- Ill 12dNWbm
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-09
GAUTT HOUSE,
tI4ATE SHERMAN
CHTCAG GO

This frst-class Hotel, corner of Madison and
Clinton sts, one block from joint Depots of the Chi
cago, MilwauRee q st. Paul. Chicago g. Alton. and
Pittsburgh & Fit. Wayne Railroads. The House is
commodious and elegantly furnished. with beauti-
ful suits of rooms. baths, etc.
The Best $3.50 per day House on the Continent.
j. f. CHAPMAN, Proprietor,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-09
r. r. 81 w. Route

and Won vii avoid the Omnibus Transfers. Fer
irages Changes and Delays indident to other routes
q w SMITH General Manager. Urbana, ILL.,
mo w. BAoWN, Gen'l Pass q ! icket Agt..
Indianapolis, Ind.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-09
Saws.
BOYNTONS
LIGHTNING SAWS.
1.z...d tie Msdal of the american Institute, 1872.
Awarded the Medal q the A1leFtfuR I'Is''l"

Two Direct Cutting Edges instead of one serapine on'
Mote extra steel and durability the old " outlined
~ M TOOTH
Challenge $500, toward expense OF 2 pnnEc
tast ~ move that the Lightning Saws excel al ohes
sneed Ease and Simplicity, has been offered s;nee III,
ana has never been accepted More than iWs w ilgh
ning saws were sold during the year ls the
of which testify to their superior merits -.
VI o. laa5;no r.navs such as the Tribune, american
Aor;c,lsrid Christian Union etc. have pu5lshea eyer q
siytv editorial notices recommending these oaTs rs
meris Clubs Lumbermen and hardwa Re- ta atsst
in pronouucsng the genuine Lightning "a" tie sts"'
labor saving implement of the age - - ,,
have hundreds of letter from practical saWyers tu
unfairly written expressing entire approval o. tnes Ne
w Blake ESQ., Superntt of the Amefcain ILL LII
rtitute writes 81 For all purpo Of crosscuns -
or small TIMBER your crosscuts ID woodsaWs nass o
rival in speed or ease Their universal use wouo $40
q vast amount Of money and Tine and hghteh ee @D"
Of millions of men, ,,... -. aa.r IN
practical lumber also writes " II Is as easy ~
cts d TO Is thousand feet with the Lightning saw ~ "
l0tanpsand with the old tooth. We get - cents pei
thousd for cuttingso the difference woulo pay oi
saw In lsss than one days work" ,,,..
Where he Hardware Trade do not sell the I1gnsnng
Saw will sand q 6-foot crosscut and buck sa"-piaoe
on receipt Of ~ ss.s
E.M BOYNTOU, 80 Beekman St., New York;
Sole Proprietor and Manufacturers
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01
Hiuta for Wfmter.

The one thing needed by farmers is energy.
Give pigs a warm nest and plenty of straw.
Feed horses according to the work they do.
Early rising is good; getting at your work
early is better.
Clean mp the premises and make everything
Remember that the more work man does the
more he can do.
Make your heDnery tight and warm, and feed
poultry warm food.
SOws that are destined to breed next April
should be coupled this month.
Thinking is harder work than chopping, and
much more remunerative.
Better hire AN extra man than devote your
whole time to the mere routine work.
Shelter saves food. 1t sometimes does more
than this. 1t saves the life of the animal.
Breeding ewes and store sheep will winter well
on good straw and half pound of corn daily.
Chatting hay and straw add nothing to their
nutritive value, but makes them more conven-
lent for feeding.
When feeding hay, it is bad practice to let
the horse stand with rackful of hay before him
all the time.
The busiest man is the man of most leisure.
The indolent man has never time to do anything
he does not wish to do.
Machinery does not do away with the necessi-
ty for labor; it merely changes its character. 1t
demands brains rather than muscle.
Animals require daily care. Make them CON-
Portable Feed regularly and literally, and see
that they have a constant supply of fresh water.
Give sheep grain. One pound of corn per head
per day for MerinOs is average allowance.
The large breeds may be fed one pound and a
half each per day.
good boy can frequently be obtained in the
winter for little more than his board. 1t is poor
economy for farmer to spend several hours
every day in doing work which such boy can
do nearly or quite as well as he can.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01
MsefnI aud Curious.
Hew e save Weed ana Ce.I.


In order to make house comfortable, its foun-
dation OF underpinning should be made ART tight;
this will keep the frosts ont Of the cellar, and
cold dranghts of air from rushing up Through the
floors. Banking mp the house with branches of
evergreen trees is the best method of protecting
it. The old habit of disfguring honses with
plies Of loan or gravel, held up against them by
boards and stakes, has disappeared; and branch
es of spruce, pine, or bemlock, cut from trees de-
signed for fuel, or from young evergreens which
spring mp among the pasturage, are now substi-
tuted with much less expenditure of time in the
putting down and removal of them. Put them
closely around the stone work, and, IL needful,
lay boards over them to protect them from the
drippings of the caves.
In the early spring these branches can be burn
ed in n bonfire in the garden, and their ashes
turned TO some little account.
The comfort and health of the family circle de-
pend greatly upon the warmth of the house, and
II Is ail-important to attend to these matters IN
due season. For il crevices and cracks are left
open and the cold air is suffered to rush in from
outside, it is impossible to warm room without
y great waste of fuel; because when room Is
warm, the air comes in from ont of doors with
increased force, and thus more coal and wood
are required than would be the case were the
house well banked up. Double windows will
also lessen the bills for fuel most materially, and
their cost can often be paid for in one year by
the decrease in the amount of fuel burned; ard
then they are of the greatest comfort to the in
mates of the house, and this item should be al
ways of furce to the master of the mansion.
SOL.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01
UtiIixiuu the straw stack.

Horses cows. and sheep will cat cut straw,
when mixed with meal or bran, as greedily as
they will eat hay. A bushel of cut straw (say 8
lbs.) and quart of corn meal, three times day,
is good allowance for a not giving milk.
Cows giving milk should be allowed much meal
or bran. Say three pints of corn meal to a BUSH
of cut straw, three times day; or quart each
of meal and bran.
Horses shoHld be fed according to their work.
A bushel of cut straw and two quarts of corn
meal may be regarded as equivalent to hay. II
the horses are doing but little they will do well
on this mixture, being allowed all they will eat
up clean. If at steady work, give two or three
quarts of oats, or other grain, three times day
in addition.
Fatteuing sheep, of course, should have grain
enough to push them forward as rapidly as pos
slble. One pound of corn per head per day fol-
Merinos is an average allowance. The large
breeds may be fed one and one half pounds each
per day. The better plan is to commence with
half pound of grain per day, and the sheep
become accustomed to 1t, gradually increase the
amount, For the last month of fattening, Meri.
no sheep can be fed one and one half pounds OF
corn per day to advantage. With good, bright
straw and the above allowance of grain, well Sc.
lected sheep should gain from one and one hall
to three pounds per week.-AmerioaH AgricHt
tHrist.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01
Wooden shoes.

Experience has shown that number of dseas-
es often resulting in impaired constitutions, and
even in the loss Of life, have been contracted by
portion of the farming and laboring population
in consequence of wearing leather shoes when
engaged in their operations during the cold
weather, or in wet seasons To prevent those
evils to some extent, wooden shoes are extensive
" worn in France and Germany. They are high
ly recommended by the agricultural societies aud
Governments of Europe. Impressed with their
Importance, the Board of Commerce and Trade
of winterburg called practical workman from
France to give instruction in their manufacture.
Not allowing water to penetrate, rs leather shoes
do, they are naturally drirr. capable of keeping
the feet warmer, prevent diseases by promoting
the requisite and saiutary respiration, and
regarded, to great extent, as life preservers,
even in such cases where salt baths, the use of
wheys and other indictments proved quite inef
fectual. There is hardly an operation the
farm and about the farm house in which they
could not be proftably used. They are most
economical about stables, where leather shoes are
exposed to the destructive attacks of dung water,
in blowing, moving, harvesting, in doing earth
work in vineyards, chopping wood and market
ing.
With these advantages, in n salutary point Of
view, they combine snch durability rs to last al
most a lifetime. They are light and easy to wear,
being provided with a small cushion on the up
per side within, so as to ebvate any pressure on
that part of the foot. They are Of q neat and
pleasant appearance either of their natural color,
or blackened, or vanished. Their price in Ger
many ranges from from fourteen to thirty-six
eents-shoes for children being still less. These
advantages will certainly entitle them to the at
tenton of n portion of the farming, manufacture
ing and laboring population of the country.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01
Killed his Man,

You have doubtless heard of DR.. Thompson, the
waggish proprietor of the Atlanta, Hotel, Atlanta,
Georgia. Well, once upon a time two gentlemen
(the one decidedly under the influence of spirit
ua presence, and the other apprOximating the same
condition) stopped at the doctors hotel In conse-
quence some extraordinary manifestations on the
part Of the "tightest" gent, he found himself
singh unto n muss" with the doctor. His friend,
however, carried him off before matters reached
q crisis. After slowing him away, the friend re-
turned, and accOsting the proprietor, said, very
emphatieally-
.fSir, you have been treading upon dangerous
ground, sir; that man is not to be tempered with,
sir; do you know, sir, that he has killed his man,
sirf"
"Killed his mani" says Thompson, with a voice
like a thunder-clsp, and a most intense express
ion of contempt upon his phiz; "by Jove! sir, let
me inform yOn that have practiced medicine for
twenty years, and you mustn't attemptto fright
en- me with chap that has only killed his man.
Bah sir, it wont begin to do"
The fellow collapsed, and forthwith settled his
bill
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01
for the farmer.
PUMPKINS AND APPLES ron CATTLE.

There has much been said in regard to the yalue
of pumpkins food for stock. Some write in
their favor while others do not see any value in
them; some saying the seeds must be taken ons
OF they are an injury TO cattle: otheEs do not
discover any harm in feeding them with the
seeds. have been amused tO hear farmers who
have devoted years to their calling, say that
pumpkins dry mp their cows; ALSO that apples
do the same il given TO them; and that they are
not worth gathering for that purpose.
For the purpose of ascertaining the value of
pumpkins for feeding purposes had one yoke
of oxen (seven years Old) weighed about the first
first of October; also pair of stays, three years
old, Chat had just been castrsted,) and yeari-
ing steer, fed with them as they were taken-from
the field, Chat is ripe green as they might BEL
but as the fall was fine they were mostly npe
ones, and were nearly all gathered and housed
before any frost, which think shonld always De
done to get the valne of them. The oxen were
unruIy, and were fed abont two bushels each
per day, and then ran loose in large stable, and
ate from q NOW of wheat, that was pertitioDed
off from one side of the stable and filled when
threshed my wheat, and 50 fixed that they wond
eat without wasting. The stays were also kept
in the stable, but fed on hay aud cornstalks,
with one and half bushels per day, and the
steer had half bushel per day and run in the
pasture, except he was brought to the stable for
his feed
The result: The oxen gained 800 pounds, one
stag 100 pounds, the other 120 pounds, and the
steer about 100 pounds, which think was as
cheaply done as cOuld be with meal or any other
feed. The stays / have no doubt would have
done much better, but they were not well when
the experiment commenced, as they were put in
the stable and commenced their feeding immedi-
ately after castration; they were fesl without
any regard to seeds, some being taken out of the
best ones for seed and the rest fed as they were.
Having plenty of pumpkins, some were given to
| two farrow cows, and they nearly doubled their
milk in the months of November and December,
| till they were all fed out.
This year apples were too scarce to feed, but /
think; from some experiments have made that
they are at least equal to carrots in weight for
feeding to neat stock, and especially to mieh
COWS, they always gaining both in milk and flesh
with me- when fed on them. Apples and pump
kins should not be suffered to freeze rs that in
jures their feedng properties very mueh.-Cor.
| Country Gentleman.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01

MEASURING HAY.-To measure the contents of
stack of hay proceed as follows: If it is a round
stack, tapering to point from the ground, meas
ure the width half way between the ground and
the peak of the stack; multiply this width by
ITSELF and divide the sum by 1854; this will
give the average area of the surface covered by
the stack. Then multiply that by the height
from the ground to the point where the width
was measured. II these measurements are feet,
the sum found is the cubic feet in the stack.
If the hay is timothy, orchard grass, millet, or
Hungarian, 500 feet will make ton, or cube
eight feet each way. IL the stack is very solid,
and was cut when dead ripe, $50 feet will make
ton, or a cube of seven feet each way. IL the
stack is mixed with clover, about 200 feet, or a
cube of nine feet each way, will make ton. If
it is all clover light meadow grass, or rcd top,
800 feet will be required to weigh ton, unless
it is pressed very hard, when some allowance
must he made. These estimates are made from
notes of great many stacks and mows of vari-
GUS kinds and will give q fair average.
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Landlord" said a transient guest at a cross
roads tavern, as he drew near the end of his din
ner, "won't you give me little more pork to eat
with this potatof" A little later he said: "There
was more pork than wanted; let me trouble
you for little more potato to eat with the pork"
And shortly afteaward: "Well, declare, I've got
some more potato left, and it seems pity to
leave it-just small piece more of pork, if you
please" 1t ran on so for some time. At length
the landlord stepped short in front of his guest
and remarked Look here, stranger, faint no
use. I'm willing to do anything in reason to
make that pork and potato come out even, but
I've made up my mind, the way you eat, it can't
be did. You're bound TO lap over on one or the
other every time. Now jest make up your mind
which you'd ruther leave, and leave it and quit
I've got enough pork and potatoes, but, if you
keep on, you'll bust"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01
Cur Strip 8puk.
THE DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR
AT ALFRED TExyYsoS.

Full knee-deep lies the Winter snow,
And the Winter winds are weariiy signing;
Toll ye the church-ben sad and slow
And tread s9ftly and speak low,
For the old year Hes dying.
Old Year. you must not die;
Ycu came 70 rs readily,
You lived with steadily,
Old Year, you shall not die
BE iiveth still; he doth not move;
He will not the dawn of day;
he hath no other life above;
He gave me friend and . true true love.
And the New Year will take them away.
Old Year. you must not go;
So long a. you have been with rs;
Such JOY as you have with
Old Year, you shall not 60
He frothed his bumpers to the brim;
A jellier year we shall not see;
But though his eyes are waxing dim.
And though his foes speak Ill Of him.
He was friend to me.
Old Year, you shall not die:
We did 30 laugh and cry with you.
I've half mind to die with you.
Old Year, If you must die.
He was full Of joke and Jest;
But all bis merry quips are DER
To see him die, across the waste
His son and heir doth ride posthaste
Bat he'll be dead before.
Every one for his own;
The night is starry and cold, my friend e,
And the New Year blitbe and bold, my friend
Comes up to take his own.
How hard he breathesi over the snow
heard just now the growing cock.
The shadows flicker to and fro;
The cricket chirps; the light burns low;
'Tis nearly twelve O'Clock.
Shake hands before yOu die;
Old Year well dearly rue for you;
What is it we can do for you'll
Speak out before you die.
His face is growing sharp and thin.
Alacki our friend In gone!
Close up his eyes: tie up bis chin
Step from the corpse and let him in
That standeth there alone.
And waiteth at the door
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01

How TO MAKE MUSTARD PLAsrER.-How
many people are there who really know how to
make mustard plasterf Not one in a hundred,
and yet physicians prescribe their application,
never telling any body how to make them, for
the simple reason that the doctors themselves do
not know, as a rule. The ordinary way is to
mix the mustard with water, tempering it with
little -four, but sueh plaster as that makes it
simply abominable. Before it has half done it's
work it begins to blister the patient, and leaves
him finally with painful, fayed spot, after bav-
ing produced far less eject in beneficial way
than was intended: Now mustard plaster
should never make q blister at all. When you
make a mustard plaster, then, Use no water
whatever, but mix the mustard with the white
of an egg, and the result will be plaster that
will "draw" perfectly, bnt will not proGnce 4
blister, even upon the skin Of an infant. no mat
ter how long it is allowed to remain upon the
part.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01
THERE used to be a Judge in the western part

THERE used to be Judge in the western part
of Michigan who had one expression under which
he cloaked all his ignorance and perPlexities and
that was that he must decide according to the prn
ciples of substantial justice. On one occasion a
culprit was undergoing his trial for petit larceny
The offender was an old one, and every one be-
lieved him guilty, but the evidence was lamenta-
bly, deficient. After the arguments were closed,
the Judge rose to charge the jury. He had de-
termined to have the fellow convicted, but he
could not fortify his purpose by the facts and the
law. At last, after laundering abOnt for long
time, he closed in the following summary man.
ner:
"Gentlemen, You must never lose sight Of sub
stantial Justice. That is the end of all law. The
evidence may be rather deficient in this case, but
gentlemen, you ought, think, to keep in view
the eternal principles of substantial justice
Gentlemen, think this man ought to be convic-
ted. He is a id rascal; he stole my wood all
last winter-and think you had better bring
him in guilty any how
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01

CARELEssNEss is the principal canse of sick
ness-particnlarly of children. child cones in
with wet feet which it insists are only little
damp, and an indulgent mother permits it to
have its own way about changing its shoes and
stockings. The result is a cold-which often re-
suits in Group, diptheria, some other danger
GUS disease that little care on the part of the
mother might have prevented Children should
be warmly dressed. They should always wear
hannels in the winter time, and care should be
taken to avoid exposing the little arms, shonl-
ders and limbs. This thoughtlessness on the
part of some mothers is almost criminal careless
ness.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01

THE following process will, it is said, afford
an unusually adhesive paste, adapted to fastening
leather, paper, ETC., without the defects of glue
which, if preserved from evaporation in closed
bottles, will keep for years. Cover four parts,
by weight, of glue, with fifteen parts of cold wa
ter, and allow it to soak for several hours, then
warm moderately till the solution is perfectly
clear, and dilu.e with sixty-five parts OF boiling
wafer, intimately stirred in. Next prepare a
solution of thirty parts of starch in $50 parts of
cold water, so as to form a homogeneous liquid,
free from Jumps, and pour the boiling glue solu-
ton into it with thorough stirring, and at the
same time keen the mass boiling
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-01-01
For Sale.

HE improved North east Quarter Of Section n Town
ship Range IL; all enclosed with new plank fence.
good frame dwelling house; failing stream Of pure
water and some timber: and nfty acres in cultivation
Situated short distance from cities of White Cloud
Havstha and Ruo. This quarter viii be sold for 81 800
one two. three, and four years. with interest
ALSO FOR SALE
The Southea quarter Of Section is Township Range
Ia This unmproved quarter IL two and onehaf miles
from the city Of White Cloud and has q never-falinZ
srsan q wates running through il and adjns the farm
o. M Macy Price 2oo-tfoo cash the balance in one.
two. three, and four years. with interest
Both quarters lie In Brown County and close TO two
hazi-oads. For information. apply to ,. II. BURNS,
novd Boz sei. Wheeling. West Virginia.