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SEASONABLE HINTS.
BUCkWUEAT.

Buckwheat may be sown towards
the end of this month or in next, either
for the grain or to turn under For
the former it ought to have good
soil. 1t prefers rich sandy loan, but
does finely on sitter ground provided
it is rich and we'll prepared. INFER
mented manures is not suitable for this
crop. a well-rotted compost or thor
oughly decomposed barn-yard manure :;
mixture of ashes and bone dust, or a
good superphosphate, will either of
them be found a proper application.
Two or three pecks of seed suffice for
an acre, sown broadcast. From its
tendency to shatter, this grain is cut
before all the seed are fully ripe, say
when about half of them have turned
black. AS soon as the straw is dry it
should be threshed out
HARVEST.
Make your preparations in time
Have your implements in order and on
the spot Risk having too large rather
than too small a force, as something is
almost certain to arise to weaken your
numbers as the work progresses. Your
Individual attention to the preparations
will do much to insare successful work
ing when the real labors begin. Do
not neglect the providing of ample
harvest stores. This is matter not
to be Sighted good fare, plenty CT it,
and time to enjoy it, has great deal
to do with securing satisfaction and
contentment among your hands Men
working in the heat Of the harvest field
need ample provision for their physical
refreshment, and good lunches and cool
ing drinks will be found to be coDein-
Give to increased capacity for labor, as
well as lead to health and good spirits
in your force
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have daily pure fresh water, and plenty
of it, with occasionally a few drops of
sulphate of iron added. At all seasons
of the year keep broken oyster shells
where they can find them whenever in
clined. Feed soft food in the morning,
and grain in the afternoon their first
feed as early as convenient, and their
last feed of grain not later than an
hour or two before sunset, and be sure
that they look for more after the last
grain has been eaten. | do not believe
the practice of keeping food before
them is the best, and | have tried it
thoroughly. In the morning | feed
corn meal, ground oats, and wheat bran,
equal parts, with what scraps l have
from the table the day previous, scald-
ed and fed quite warm, adding very
little salt Always keeping a supply
of green food within their reach, such
as cabbage, turnips, and an occasional
onion, chopped small. | consider the
very best of everything fed the cheap
est, and never feed damaged grain or
screenings Many advocate feeding
the latter, but | consider it valuable
only so far as it contains what there is
of nourishment in sound wheat, and
the difference in cost is not enough to
affect the risk of hurtful seeds, which
are often mixed with the screenings.
Occasionally sprinkle the perches
with coal oil, and scatter sulphur in
the nests and busting place. Lime
wash everything three or four times a
year This has been my management
of fowls in Winter, and explains the
beautifully glossy plumage, clean vel
low legs, and general appearance Of
thrift so noticeable to visitors.
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BITTER ROT.
From the Prairie Farmer.

FROM tHe IT0ale TuTWer.
In the Illinois State Horticultural
Report for 1870, a correspondent in
Clay county describes a very healthy
and vigorous orchard rendered worth
less by the attacks of bitter rot. The
trees had been thinned and trimmed,
and hogs had been kept in the orchard,
but without effect In the report for
1872, Mr. B. Pullen, of Centralia, says:
The bitter or black rot has made its
appearance in our orchards, and spreads
with great rapidity. l stopped its pro-
gress in my own by picking off the
affected fruit So far as observed, it
has uniformly made its appearance on
the White Bellfower variety. The
next in order seems to be Willow Twig
and Gilpin" Dr. Warder mentions the
bitter rot in his work on apples, states
that high culture, manure, lime trim
ming, and pasturing hogs in the Or
chard, have all been recommended as
remedies DR.. Salisbury, in the Ohio
Agricultural Report for 1868, perhaps
describes the rot, but we do not feel
certain. According to DR. Barker,
whom Dr. Warder quoted, there may
be two kinds of bitter rot but one may
only be an aggravated form Of the
other
Our conclusion, drawn from an in
sufficient amount of evidence, and there.
fore submitted with hesitation and with
the reservation of the power to "take
them all back" are:
|. That the disease occurs more
south than north CT the latitude of 40
degrees, being encouraged and aggra-
waited, we judge, by the. hotter and
more humid weather
2. That it originates mostly on trees
that are not entirely healthy-such as
trees on a bad subsoil, or those that
have been injured by cold, and are rot
ten and sour at heart
s. That it spreads rapidly, however,
when once originated, under favorable
conditions Of heat, humidity, and
still atmosphere, to the fruit of perhaps
an entire orchard, but more readily, to
some varieties than others.
4. That shaking or picking off and
removing the fruit from the healthful
trees will tend to check the disease, and
that the removal of diseased trees and
of the causes that have made them
diseased will be yet more eflicacious
In an orchard that has been much
affected we would try the application of
waste salt, sulphur, and other foes of
fungoid growth to the soil.
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CARE OF FOWLS.

A correspondent of the "Poultry
World II gives the following practical
suggestions:
| have never yet had case of Group
on my yards, nor lost fowl by disease
of any kind, and have had considerable
experience, first and last, with different
varieties. | believe it much easier,
cheaper, and better every way to keep
away from trouble than to get away
from it. My system of management is
very simple, and only consists in follow
ing the good advice which has been
given over and over again in the col
umns of this journal, so / have no in
tention of getting it copyrighted or
patented. In the first place, person
commencing to keep poultry should be
sure that the birds which he purchases
are not only strong and healthy them
selves, but are from stock of known
good constitution. | believe consttu-
tional strength or weakness exists in
fowls as in animals or men. 1t is ad-
mitted that man whose parents, or
either of them, died of consumption, or
committed suicide, is considered by
Life Insurance Companies, an extra
hazardous risk" The same rule will
apply with equal force to fowls.
Mr.. Lewis Wright says: In select
ing cock for breeding, care should be
taken that he has grown up strong and
did not suffer from weakness in his
young days" | go even farther, and
would be particular that the birds from
which he was bred had also grown up
strong and healthy. Having secured
hardy stock, they can be kept so by
complying with a few simple, though
necessary conditions.
Construct your houses, not too large,
as you will be tempted to keep too
many fowls together Have them with
large windows, SO placed that the fowls
may enjoy as much sunlight as posi-
Bile, perfectly tight, excepting means
for ample ventilation, without a posi-
bility of direct draft reaching the
fowls at night, after going to roost. A
fowl will take cold while asleep as
easily as person, Keep the roosting
apartment clean and sweet by frequent
cleaning, and sprinkling a very little
air-slaked lime and dry ashes under the
perches. See that their drinking foun-
tains are kept clean by thoroughly
washing and scalding, and that they
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DR.. RAILWAYS
Observation-Disclosures

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CUTTING CLOVER

Cut for hay as soon as possible after
it comes in bloom Allow it to lie in
the swath for four or five hours, then
put up into small cocks, which when
the dew is off next morning are turned
over and lightly spread out, then made
into large cocks, it may be secured the
next day, if no rain has fallen on it, and
it will be found green, fragrant and
nutritious. Glover left to fully ripen
its blossoms loses its leaves, becomes
chaffv and is not worth half what tn at
is cured as above.
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phila., viii. & Bait. Railroad.

Sundays excepted,
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WATER FOR Bees" Bees escaping
to the forest, almost invariably locate
near water, running or stagnant. OF
forty wild swarms | have found, all but
one were near the water, the farthest
not ten rods distant This leads me to
believe water is essential in breeding
time. and should be supplied if no
natural supply is at hand"
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Oct 25, lS73-ly
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CHANGE OF HOURS.
Philadelphia, Wilmington and
ORE Rail-, ROAD
sept. 1873

Port Deposit Branch Railroad.
TRAINS RUN AS FOLLOWS:
Leave Port Deposit, $50, $50 aud HOO AM and zoo
and 6.l5 Pm.
Leave Perryville, 7.3o 600 and r.25 AN, and 400
and 700 Pm
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MEADOWS,

1t is good plan, as soon as the crop
is cut, to put on some kind of fertii-
Ger. A good rich compost and some
superphosphate, or bone dust, ashes
and plaster, applied in such quantity
and proportions as you can command,
will pay you for the cost and trouble
YOU are at
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WARTS ON Cows TEATs.-Apply
caustic potash to the warts two or
three times day and they will dsap-
pear
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-20
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.

The people all over the country are
praying that this. corrupt salary grabbing
Congress will adjourn and go home and
thus give US peace Meyer before in the
history of this country, until this session,
has petition been presented in Congress
praying that body to adjourn-but few
days ago such petition was presented
from body of workingmen asking Con-
gress to go home and let currency tinkering
alone. Then came the practical joke of
the Patrons of Husbandry And the Sen
ate In order to make a show of complying
passed joint resolution, yesterday. to ad-
journ June 22d. When it was announced
in the House, Mr.. Beck (Democrat) of
Kentucky, who was speaking. suggested
that the Senate be taken at its word and
offered to yield for a vote on the resolution
proposition, which Mr.. Dawes also urged.
but Mr.. Kasson objected until the pending
bill was disposed Of. At the close of the
moieties debate another attempt was made
to take up the resolution, but objection Wa.
made. and the House adjourned withou
taking any action on the subject.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-20
The CUSTOM HOUSES DEN OF THIEVES,

In the q. S. House of Representatives,
yesterday, Mr.. Beck Democrat introduc-
an amendment making it unlawful for any
congressman TO act as an agent, advocate
or lawyer for any person against whom
proceedings have. been brought for viola
ton of the revenue laws,
Ellis H. Roberts Republican, advocated
earnestly the passage of the bill and was
followed by Mr. Beck on the same side,
who denounced the moiety system as a
compact of the government with pack of
thieves. He referred specially to the case
of Phelps, Dodge & Co.. and alluded to
Senator Conkling and Gen. Butler as coun-
sci for the custom house officials, charging
that Butler got a large fee out of Jaynes' S
moities and those of the thief who stole
Phelps, Dodge & Co, papers How much
Conkling got he didn't know, as the wit
nesses summoned wouldn't come. He
concluded with the assertion that the GUS
tom houses were dens of corruption kept
up on account of their political power.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-20
An Unfortunate Man,

About 10 o'clock this forenoon the atten-
ton of people was attracted to a man who
fell in fit on Rock River street, in front
of Philip Simmons house. Supervisor
Krell was sent for, and he caused the man
to be removed to the Union House, on
Madison street, and sent for DR.. Craig.
About ! o'clock he recovered sufficiently to
say that his name was Wilson that he
came from Louisiana that he was wash
ed out there that he was trying to get to
st. Paul, where he has brother and sister;
that he was put ashore from the steamer
Rock Island because he could not pay his
fare He had nothing with him but pic.
ture, bunch of keys and knife.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-20
GOOD ADVICE AND POETRY.

TUNE, Anything that Fits"
Magic OIL is death on Fits
Magic OH is delicious, thank Renne for thisl
All pain 1t cures quickly for mother or miss
Goes rght to the trouble, rubbed in with the palm
As sure as your faithful ut works like charm
me directions please follow but use your own skill
IL Sprains and Neuralgia, but battle with a will.
Iseq outward and inward 1t never does harm,
In Headache or Collie 1T works like a charm
sore throat from Catarrh or from Cold in the Head
VI Chllis from Cold that would keep you in he'd
magic Oil performs wonders, and acts like balm
Tor 1arg or swatbing''It works like charm
me ''toot horn of fame" most usually lies,
20 the Magic on cures took the folks by surprise
Ine Claims that il made caused wondrois alarm
Inc trial now shows that 1T works Ike a cnarm.s
II cures you So nicely, 1t makes you feel brave.
80 -. tnat ordinary pain Is a luxury to have
Magic on In Dyspepsia gives feeling so calm.
Inc stomach In giee says 1t works like charm ),
VIM RENNE a SONS, manufacturers, Pittsaeld.
Mass. - 1'
Reader, call for it where you trade Sold In
hock Island BY John Bengston and E. Bruenart.
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E. z. Kunkeps Bitter Wine Of Iron.

Has never been known to fail in the cure
of weakness attended with symptoms in
disposition to exertion, loss OF memory,
difficulty OF breathing, general weakness,
horror of disease, weak, nervous trembling.
dreadful horror of death, night sweats.
cold feet, weakness, dimness of vision. Ian
guor, universal lassitude of the muscular
system, enormous appetite, with dyspeptic
system, hot hands, flushing of the body,
dryness of the skin, pallid countenance and
eruptions on the face, purifying the blood.
pain in the back heaviness OF the eyelids'
frequent black spots flying before the ewes
with temporary protusion and loss of eve.
sight want of attention, etc. These
symptoms all arise from a weakness and
to remedy that use f. f. Kunkel's Ritrer
Wine of Iron. 1t never fails. Thousands
are now enjoying health who have used il
Get the genuine: Sold only in 81 bottles.
Take only Z. T. Kunkels. depot and
office No. 259. North Ninth St, PhiladeI.
phia, Pa
Ask for kunkefs Bitter Wine of Iron.
This truly valuable tonic has been so thor
oughly tested by all classes of the commu-
nifty that IT Is now deemed indispensable as
tonic medicine. 1t costs but little, puri-
ties the blood and gives tone to the stom-
ach, renoyates the system and prolongs
life.
| now only ask a trial of this valuable
tonic. Price 81 per bottle. L. T. Kun
KEEL. Sole Proprietor, No, 259 North Ninth
st. below Vine, Philadelphia, Pa.
Ask for kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron,
and take no other.
1t is sold only in 81 bottles, with pho
tograph OF the proprietor on each wrapper.
all other is counterfeit.
John Bengston agent for Rock Island.
5-l-dwlm.
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Decoration Day.

10 the Editors Of The Argus:
see the Union complains Of lack of
interest on the part of our citizens in, pre-
pairing for decoration day. Why is it?
One great reason, | am told, is because the
Grand Army Of the Republic has especial
ly taken charge Of this day, and those who
have never been connected with this Or
ganization do not feel called upon to re-
spond. Besides, this organization fails to
recognize that the war is ended. None
have higher estimate of the bravery of
the southern soldiers than those who met
them as enemies in war on the battle field.
The southern people since the close of the
war have honored the memory of our
brave dead brothers by strewing flogers
over their graves We should not bear
malice towards their dead Would it not
be fraternal act, worthy the representa-
tives Of victorious people, to remember.
in some quiet, kindly way, the soldiers Of
the south who sleep, in the north, the sleep
that knows no wakingg' VOLUNTEER.
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MEANs WHAT HE SAYS.

Though combinations. strong as proofs
of Holy Writ, and as numerous as the
sands of the sea shore, were produced to
prove that the proprietor of Dr.. Sage IS
Catarrh Remedy is in earnest, and means
what he says, when he offers $500 for any
case of catarrh which he cannot cure, yet
there would be some skeptics and fogles
who would continue to shout "Hunt6ag
"HUMBUG r 1t cannot be, because Dr:
Homespun says catarrh cannot be cured.
Now, this DIR. Homespun is the identical,
good natured old fellow who honestly be-
lieves and persists in declaring that this
earth is not round or spherical, but as fiat
as a slap jack, and does not turn over;
otherwise the water would all be spilled
out of Deacon Bascoms mill pond. But
astronomical science has proven that DIR.
Homespun is wrong in supposing the earth
to be fiat and stationary, and medical sci
ence is daily proving the fact that he is no
less mistaken and behind the times in re-
gard to the durability of catarrh, in short
1t has positively been proven that this
world na0Ues, and that medical science is
progressive opinion of DIR. Homespur
to the contrary. That DR.. Sage's Catarrt
Remedy will cure catarrh, thousands who
have used it attest
| Then buy it, and use it. in doubt do not stand
You viii find il In drug stores all over the land.
| From the Catst5H Recorder. Of Noe. Is. 1871.
GOOD REMEDY.
/ We invite attention to the advertisement
of Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Our readers
will bear us witness that we never knowing
ly commend humbugs of any name or ma
ture, and a large portion of patent medi
cines may safely be classed as imposition
upon public credulity. But having wit
messed the beneficial effects of Sage's Rem
edY upon the members of our family AM
, others, in catarrh cases, we unqualifedl
pronounce it valuable medicine, entities
to public confidence The proprietor eoult
easily obtain in Catskill many certificate
of its merits.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-20
The Buford Gang Pillow.

The celebrated Buford Gang Plow is the
most perfect piece of farm machinery we
have ever seen. We saw and had a talk
with Mr.. W. j. Browne, the inventor of
this pillow, He informs US that before per-
fecting his invention, he visited all the
leading State and county fairs with view
to examining and testing gang and sulky
plows. By doing this and consulting with
the most experienced and practical farm
ers, he has been enabled to produce a pillow
free from the many faults common to such
implements. This celebrated pillow COM
bines all the good points necessary for a
practical pillow, and at the same time is
different from all others. The following
are claims of merit which we think practi-
cal farmers will appreciate First-The
draught being direct from the end of the
beam, there is no tongue pressure, and the
drivers seat sliding backward and forward
the pillow can be made to balance, whatever
be the weight of the plowman. Second
The depth of the blowing can be regula-
ted in moment, or the pillow lifted out OF
the ground TO any required height, by
means of two levers within easy
reach of the driver, and which can
be operated as well by a boy of twelve
years as by an experienced plowman.
One of the levers raises the pillow in front.
the other behind. Third-The plows are
SUSPENDED from the frame and carried by
it; and though the weight of them is saved
IN draught, still they are free to conform
themselves TO any inequalities of the
ground and consequently will do good work
IN places where other gangs would be
worthless. These plows are made with
curved iron beams and can be furnished
with or without circular cutters, as desired
Mr.. W. J. Browne, is foreman of Messrs
Butord 4 Co. IS Agricultural Warehouse
at Rock Island. He came to Bedford fol
the purpose of rectifying some small mis-
takes that were made in sending plows t.
this market that were rugged for Illinoi,
soil exclusively. Mr.. Browne will remain
in Bedford until Thursday evening or Fri
day morning, and will gladly impart an,
needed information in regard to these
plows. Messrs Buford & CO., take pleas
ure in referring 20 the following prominen
farmers using their plows in Taylor Coun
ty; John kilgore, John King, jacob
Reed, Simeon Wright, and others.-Bed
ford IOlCd) ArQGs.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-20
Honorable Mentrcn.

The \. Y. 7raBstne, in an article on the
election of Hon. ". w. Eaton as L. S.
Senator from Connecticut, says:
"As a member of the State Legislature
he has had the reputation of being one
of the most industrious and honest
Of representatives, and a very faithful
servant of his constituents The opportu-
nifty is now before him to do much good,
and the beginning of it will be in recipro-
eating the good will of those who have
given him their confidence by showing a
considerable capacity for forgetting and by
a recognition of the fact that the country is
just emerging into new political period .
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The St. Louis Republicans of Saturday
has the following:
At meeting of the directors of the
keokuk- Northern line, Captain Phillips
presiding. it was agreed to sell to Can't. w.
Z. Davidson all the shares of the company
amounting to ISIS in number. The pa
pers were drawn up and the necessary sig
natures affixed, making it a dead sure
thing. 1t is said that this will give Capt
Davidson five of the directors out of the
nine in the Northern line, thereby securing
him a controlling interest sin the whole
line.
Years ago the Northern Line undertook
to monopoiize the river between St. Louis
and st. Paul The attempt brought us
lively competition for a while, then a mo-
nopoly for time. Then Davidson came
in, perfect desperate in business, and
the people had lively competition again.
Then the Northern Line and Davidson
joined hands to fleece the people Next
the Keokuk Line joined in the alliance
and now Davidson rules the roost." We
reckon the little fish among the stockhold.
ers will be swallowed in the operation.
1t Is encouraging to know that Ola
mond 10" Reynolds and the Rockford
Rock Island and st. Louis r. r. will make
it lively for the balance of the season. Il
is one of the beauties of ocean, lake, river
and canal navigation that nobody can mo
nopolize tit is free for all. Railroad;
can and do combine to extort from and op
press the people-but water navigation
they cannot monopolize Free Trade anG
Sailors Right" watchword in the
war of 1912, is as good now as eyer.