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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-11
The Grating Season.

Germant SWn Telegraph.
Every farmer and gardener should
know how to do his own grating. 1t
is the easiest thing in the world to do
after paying a little attention to one
who is at work. The few implements
necessary should be always on hand,
TO wit: grating knife, which can be
purchased at any seed store; very
fine saw, a long-handled screw-driver,
to keep open the split stock, tin cup
in which to prepare and keep warm
the wax, and thin wooden paddle, or
rather spatula, with which to apply
the wax.
The cherry cannot be grated now,
as the sap of this tree begins to run
early; there is small chance of cherry
scion growing after this has taken
place. The apple and pear can be set
at any time up to the middle or even
the end of May, if the scions have been
carefully preserved and not yet started
to sprout. There is no danger of a
graft not growing if the stock be split
so that the bark shall not be bruised,
and shaping the scion wedge fashion
both ways, preserving, also, the bark
Gninjured, and placing the rim of the
wood of both stock and scion exactly
together, or at least crossing each 9TH
er. so that the sap can intermingle.
We prefer two eyes or buds to graft,
and would rather have only one than
more than two. One years wood
should always be used when it can be
obtained, as it is more certain to take
and grows more vigorously, and the
graft should be cut from bearing
branches.
We wish to remind those preparing
grating wax, that we have found -four
parts of rosin, one part of beeswax, and
one part beef tallow, to be the best
proportions. Melt them together in {
skillet (which is best) or tin cup, anG
mix well. 1t should remain in thu
vessel and be used as needed. Twenty
or thirty scions can be waxed will
one heating up. When much graft
ing is to be done, little fire for heat
ing the, wax should be made on tn,
spot, between bricks or stones.
We have seen various preparation
for making grating wax, and we be
lieve we have tried nearly all, but pre-
fer our own where there is a littl
grating to do, though we shout,
adopt that recommended by our frient
Larkin, of Delaware county, wher
there is much to do. The object t.
attain in the mixture is that the wa,
| will not crack in cool, dry weather, o
run in warm weather. If, however
upon trial, different proportions be re
qui1ed, the foregoing can be altered
though after using them in severa
ways we have come back to these.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-11
LYNCHIEG.

q Few Pertinent Remarks on the Evil
Tendency of the La"less Practice.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19

L. ADes Moines Leader -. a. "a
1tisa mistake for prohibitienists to think
thatsthe license men. cannot get good
speakers. They have plenty of them ready
to take the stump if they deemed it neces-
sary. But they are notshunting ducks with
a brass band. and their heavy campaign
fund is being carefully boarded fora short
quick, decisive campaign just before cleo
ton. @s* sssf
Looking upon the question i'm the light
of party feeling, we think IL the duty of
every democrat is plain one Divesting
the question of all its moral and practical
habilinents, and 10 oking at it in the light
of what is best for future success. then
every democrat is Interested in seeing this
amendment carried. The Lender is. now
and has always been opposed to the amend
naent as wrong and inpractieable. and it
believes that it win not be q success hat we
alse realize that if it carries II will strength
en- the democratic and weaken the republi-
can party Webelieve it viii scarry because
can party viii vote for it. The democrats
and greenbackers have over 12O, GOO. votes
and evenif the bulk of these two parties vote
against the amendment it willscarry But
these voters must be looked after Men
are not going to turn out for a special cleo
ton, and as we have before remarked. the
democratic party is decidedly indifferent
They do not feel any. great principal at
stake, and don't care much either way If
itscarries it viii be failure probably. and
the republican party win suffer from both
sides. IF il is defeated, then the fight of
last fall is successful It will not be vic
tory in either case, and the average demo
crat feels no real fife. Turn 1t anv way
yon viii it resolves itself into republican
scheme. It was fathered by the party and
sucked by the Registes.- All hands would
like to disown the lusty infant but it
thrusts its. parentage in upon them and in
sists uponits public recognition.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19
TIE wE uss.

Paper car wheels are composed entirely
of paper rings pressed together under q
weight Of six tons, and then fastened by
means OF bolts and steel tires put on them,
when they are ready for use. Laid leesely
the rings stack as high as the shoulders of
an ordinary man. Under treatment they
sink to the thickness reqaired. IL the tim
should wear or fall off the wheel, or the
train run from the track, there would be
no danger of their breaking. as they are
very. flexible. and would spring.
A paper ball can be rendered SO solid
that nothing but diamond tool can cause
an indentation upon it. AT the mill 10 .
square block of compressed paper fastened
on turning lathe and so hard that if q
fine steel chisel is held against it when il
is moving, instead of cutting the paper it
will break the chiseI to hundred pieces
The strength is astonishing. You can take
f5 note Of the Bank of England, twist Il
into q kind Of rope, suspend $50 pounds
upon one end of 1t and not injure il in the
slightest degree sY j s sa -
Bathstnbs and pots are formed by com
pressing the paper made of linen Hbres
and annealed- is, painted with eona-
position which becomes a part thereof and
is fireproof 8 The tubs last indeznisely.
never leak, and put In the FIRE viii not
burn up You can beat On them with "a
hammer and not injune them.
= Plates compressed and anneaaed are
very durable. You cannot only wash
them, but drop them upsnathes Aoerz and
stand ON Them The fork can be used for
any practical purpose and the knife can
always be kept sharp. 80 t@a 3
Papercan be substituted for wood, con-
verted into picture frames and eolersd
like walnut, cherry and the like. Bed
steads are fashioned the Same as car
wheels, only of long strips instead of
rings They are very be autifal and last
ing. Cooking or heating stoves are also
.annealed, and it is Impossible to burn
them out. They are less costly than iron.
"A house can literally be constructed Of and
furnished with every convenience in paper.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19
FOREIGN WAR.

Temperance Island, in the Passaic river,
at Paterson, n j., was a bone of conten--
ton between the Washington Temperance
Association and the Society for Establish
ing Useful Manufactures. The temper
ance people had used the small tract of land
surrounded by water 50 long for meeting
and picnic purposes that they imagined
they owned it., It is green, shady spot,
and its surroundings recommended the
water treaf1aent for thirst. Besides, the
world is. wide enough for manufacturing
purposes without it. But the Society for
Establishing Useful Manufacturers, be-
lieving that they have title to the pro-
perry, put some laborers on it. who began
to dump ashes and make other improve
msnts- The temperance folks did not,
like this movement and they sent a force
In boats'to drive the diggers and dnmpers
off the temperance green. The fleet was
repulsed, with damage TO vessels and
marine, and then came an action in court,
brought by the temperance association,
against the manufacturers, for fercible
entry and detainer.' The battle was
described in court, the temperance people.
were decided nettes have been IN posses
sion at the time, and on motion the suit
was dismissed Useful manufacturers win
now be established in New Jersey without
further impediment.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19

is the title of an Article in the last number
Of the North AMERICAN Recsew, by Mr.
Chas Lydecker, in which he shows the alb
suraity and wrong OF the general govern
ment organizing this state militia forces in
to-a National Guard The author. in
sists upon the democratic doctrine thai
such power is not vested in Congress, bat
that the militia is a body sorganized and
controlled by the different states, and solely
u be directed by them. He closes as fol
lows: tgsns-
We have an army and navy, such az
it is and instead of spreading a. limited
peace income in very thin layers over a
large surface, let our real sources of mill
tary and naval knowledge be helped, and
let the states, In something of the indepenl
dent spirit of their histories, take care of
their own homessal1d factofies,S and give
evidence Of their ability 70 respond to any
call from the Executive ITO execute the
laws of the Union. suppress instructions,
and repel lnvasions." $3.50
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19
NORTH AMERIcAN REVIEW.

In the NORTH AmeyTedas feeotese for June
Senator W. B. Allison has paper on
1.-The Currency of the Future, in which
he indicates the measures that viii have
to be taken by congress for insuring a
stable currency after the national debt has
been extinguished. "A Memorandum at
a Venture, by Walt Whitman. is an ex-
planation of his purpose and point of
view in trenching upon topics not usually
regarded as amenable to literary treatment.
f.Andover and Creed Subscription, by
Rev. DIR. Leonard woolsey Bacon, is a
philosophical review Of the present state
of dogmatic belief in the churches. Hon.
George F. Seward, late minister to China,
in an article entitled Monaghan Immigra-
ton. makes an argument against-the pro
posed antiaChinese legislation. DR. John
w Dow1ing, Dean of the New York
Homeopathic Medical college, comes to
the defense of the Hahnemannic school of
medicine, against recent attack upon its
principles and methods, o. B. Frothing-
ham has a sympathetic article on Sweden
borg. Not the least important paper is
one entitled ss44as Land value2" by
Isaac L. Rice. it being criticism of one
of the fundamental postnlates of Henry
Georges political economy. Finally
Charles f. Lydecker essays TO prove that
a National Militia is "a constitutional
s~A 20 @iag8
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19
DrscRJMrH,Ar4oN.


- The Boston Commercial Bulletin says
Zone of the most remarkable instances OF
freight discrimination is afforded by the
Pacific railroads rates tor the transports
ton of wool. The lowest rate for bring
ing California wool from San Francisco to
Boston is "a cents per pound. and yet the
same railroads contract to bring woods
from Australia to Boston. via San Fran
cisco for twoSeenfsla pound.5 THAT is to
say, their rate for transporting domestic
wool over the three thousand miles of
road to Boston is ri cents; but they will
bring foreign-wocl = $3.50 miles by sea, and
then carry it over the same 5000 miles of
railroad, all for two centss The Bulletin
notices the fact amply - q curious freak
OF discrimination in transportation, and
not in fault-fnding spirit. Curious as it
lis, the fact still remains that without this
inducement the wool would have been
shipped to England and Boston would have
lost the handling o large trade and the
American transportation companies would
have lost also ! large snount of business,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19

II VIM Carroll ard Robt Weise were
brought down and lodged in JAN yesterday
by LIE Claire constable TO await the ac-
ton of the grand jury. They were arrest
ed in lie Clare for the theft OF thirty dol
lars worth of pine logs frema raft belong
ing to Schircker g. Mueller, of this city,
which was tied upat the heatlsef the rapids.
They Were brought before Mayor Hutch
inson, of LIE Claire, who bound them over,
without any bail, to appear before the dis
trict court. The pilsering Of small lots of
logs from RATS h gettingsso be quite ba-l
siness with number of river pirates
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19
RUSSIAN FERocrrY.

From the New York Truth
No better Illustration Of the ferocity of
the Russian mobs, in their attacks ON
harmless jews, can be had than che case
of John Natika. now at Castle Garden.
where he arrived in company with sshir-
teen of his ee-religionistsz ON board the
steamer Greece last Saturday The un
fortunate man is completely dumb, his
tongue having been cut out at its roots by
a band of drunken marauders. 5 He, is a
pitiable object 70, see, especially when he
attempts 70 make himself understood by
sdulI nasalsounds and gesticulations Yes
terday morning his unfortunate .e0ndition
was brought to. the attention OF Captain
Heintzman who requested him 30 make q
written statements n Neutrality-suspicious.
In accordance with this request John Ma
tika wrote story, four -foolscap sheets
long, in Russian. Translated by an OH,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19

cial interpreter, the same read in part p
fsllasF a
sly name John Nakika y ca1nDt
stsak hecas my tagq4 WIS., cute out IN
Russia lived in the neighborhcod Of
Kieff, my business being that of clothier
Last October the peasants became very
abusive TO us Jews, and many were brar
tally illetreased At first they let me
alone. hut in December band of peasants
burned down one, of my outhouses. I
complained to the pristay Captain Of pc,
lice1, but no one, was arrested. | accumn-
lated a little money, fact which the tmour
jiks soon learned On. January 8d. 4 Was
aroused by . number Of them breaking i'm
to my room. They dragged me out of bed
and beat and ! kicked me badly.
They wanted to get my money and
asked me for it. When. pleaded poverty
they took me out into the garden. clad as
| was in my night shirt, and, putting a
rope around my neck, hung me upto the
limb of a tree. When I was half suffo-
Gated they let me down again and asked
me if would disclose the place where the
money was hidden. Again / refused
upon which, without further ado, one OF
the men forced open my mouth. and,
while the. others held me, cut out. my
tongue with a pair of shears. They al
then ran. away, while / almost bled to
death. subsequently recovered, in tbs
hospital. and furnished the police with the
names and description Of my assailants,
who were, however. released on trial,
Here Natika's narrative ends, Some Of
his companions furnished to q TrntA re,
porter the remainder of the harrowing tale,
It seems. that according to the. Russian
criminal code no, person can be convicted
of an assault unless the complainant test,
I fies to the facts in person and by word OF
mouth. In Natika's case there could nat
urally be no question of verbal testimony.
inasmach, as, hav ing lost his tongue, the
eompl ainantwas dumb. This quibble was
Immediately taken hold of by the lawyer
for the plaintiffs and, to heesurprisea lof
everybody, the president of the court or
dered the prisoners--four i'm NUMBERED
be. discharged. The day afterthis decision
took place another Jew was mutilated in a
manner similar to Natika. in one of the
Suburbs of Kief.
Natika and his companions win preba-
bly, be sent to Texas by the Hebrew Aid
society. az 4A4sS s5
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19

The amountsof money collected as . tax
sissippi valley, TO which President Arthur
alluded in his special message to congress
on the subject of The Mississippi river, was
Sos, 072, 3S8. This tax was declared 10 be
Unconstitutional by the supreme court. The
president, no doubt. thought it would be
an act of simple justice to. return this sum
TO the section from which it was taken.
The money was collected between July,
1862, and February 3, 1868. The follow
ing in a statement of the amounts paid
of Columbia, fdaho, Maine. Michigan Minnesota,
Montana. Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire~ New
Mexico, Oregon, Vermont, Washington Territory,
West Virginia. WISCONSIN and Wyoming paid no
tax.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19
NERVOUS DEBILITY,
A Cure Guaranteed.

DIRE C. WEsTss NERVE AND BRAIN TREATMENT
a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Commissions.
Nervous Headache, Mental Depression, Loas OF
Memory, Spermatorrhea. Impetency. Involuntary
Emissions, Premature Old Ages esused by oye.-ex-
ertion, self-abuse over indulgence, which leads
to misery, decay snd death, One box will cure re-
cent cases. Each box contains one months treat
men One dollar box, or SIX boxes for i've dol
la;s, sent by mail prepaid on rsceipt OF price We
guarantee six boxes to cure any case. With each
order received by for six boxes. accompanied
with five dollars, we will send the purchaser our
written guarantee to return the money II the treat
ment does not effect cure. Guarantees Issued
only by McCabe q Wheaton, Druggists, Rock lei
and III, Orders by mail at re MAR price d&w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19

I Sir Henry Bessemer says that last year
154, 1874, 800 tons of coal were mined in
England. This is sufficient TO make .
wall 200 miles hong, 100 feet high and e
feet thick, o mass which exceeds that ef
the celebrated Chinese wall by sufficient 10
add 346 miles to its length. Il wsuld
construct fifty pyramids as large Is
the great pyramid of Egypt OF more than
one every week. It win be fcurions %
know how long the energy born Of the
combustion of this mass annualIy viii ~
quire to exhaust itself.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19
SMALL pox
|ERADIc D
Contagion destroyed.
Sick Rooms purified an

Contagion destroyed
Sick Rooms purified and
made pleasant.
Fevered and Sick Per-
sons relieved and re
freshed by bathingwith
ProphylacticFluid add
ed to the water.
Soft White Complex
ions secured by its use
in bathing.
IMPURE Air made harm
less and purified by
sprinkling Darby 5
Fluid about.
To Purify the Breath,
Cleanse the Teeth,
it can't be surpassed.
Catarrh relieved and
cured.
Ervsipelas cured.
Burns relieved instantly.
Scars prevented.
Removes all unpleasant
odors.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON q QUINCY.
CHICAao, MMWAUKEE G. SIT. PAUL.

(RAcTNE AND SOUTHWESTERN DrvIsIok.)
Leave for Racine and Milwaukee S25 a. m, and
u IL p, M =
Leave for Dubuque, Winena. St. Paul and Minneap-
oils, g :00a. m r
leave for Mccregor Porfyille Calmas Sioux CITY
81 and Ysnkton. II 700 D. m
Arrive from Racine and Milwaukee, sos q. H. and
sl6s25 p. N. F7ftE9
Arrive from Minneapolis, St. Panl, winona and Du-
irC baque, :o5 D. M AEeH
Arrive from Yankton, Sioux City, Portville and Me
sf3regoz, 3 96 O. m. ms
e Through sleeping ears are all night trans.
The Night Express leaving Rock Island every Sun
day night atif0o p m. connects with the train
irving m Chicago early Monday morning. No lay
over 0heeke given through tickets from Rock Is
land toe Chicago. Through tickets only good on this
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19
STEFAN AND Gas FTTTERS.
STOCK SPECULATION,

JOHN A. DoDGE q Co., Bankers and Brokers, 10
Wall Street, New York. buy stocks on reasonable
margin, and, when desired, win advice when and
what to buy. Also Stock Privileges in which $25
to 800 can be prontably invested. Opportunities
or good prohlB are constantly occurring. Full tn
ormatfon or application. and Weekly Report cent
rea.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19

. The Union wants q Rock Island man
nominated, IS matter OF course. but he
will never get there.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19

In 1880 there weres8 ~ meat packing es .
Establishments in the country, having an ag-
gregate capital of $49, 419,O00, employing
26,113 hands. paying SO, 50S.0o0 in
wages. year, and yielding an annual pro-
duct valued ut $303, 562,000 Thus, says
Mr. Hatch sstWhile you are attempting TO
protect 1900 laberers in the manufacture
of salt, you are robbing six times that
numbered hard laboring men engaged IN
the work of packing beef aad pork in the
United States. to say nothing of the mul-
titude of farmers who pay this tax.
1t win be said that we ought to encour1
age the making of salt as an important
home Interest. No doubt; bat beef and
pork packing in the West are still more
important interests; and the meat-canning
business, jastnow being developed, is q
new interests which cannot be too indus
trieusly cultivated; and it is neither fair
nor wise to protect the insignificant ahusi-
ness of salt-making at the cost aof these
far greater and equally deserving vecatiens.
'en which so many thousands depend for a
llEeilH0OQ. Z 3 H.ss
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19
chnIsra dissinafed

| Cholera dissipated.
Ship Fever prevented
by its use. ~
In case of death in the
house, it should always
be nsed about the
corpse-it viii prevent
any unpleasant smell.
An Antldote for Animal
or Vegetable Poisons,
Stings, &c.
Dangerous leffiuvias OF
sick rooms and fiospi-
tails removed by its use.
Yellow Fever
EradfnafaA
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19

have Chas Fish, confessed the greatest
bareback rider. Signorita Adelaide Cor
dona, the queen of female equestrians, Don
yeronomo Bell, another dashing and ac-
complished rider, Delhaun, the homeless
man, Van Aukin and Paine. the intrepid
and skilled gymnasts, a dozen leapers and
tumblers-in fact the finest array of talent
to be found. $50 ...,
This grand combination visits Davenport
Monday next Their reputation has pre-
ceded them, and their mammoth tents will
be packed with an audience they surely
fJeaprye
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19

were ase, and r1sso there was 2c4-.
abw5og steag decrease in the flnmtF
oxesasblishm Is FOR twenty yeassA 1T
.the dfantity kanufakkured, instead II y
creasing. has largely increased. In 1850
it was IL, 7f7oO0 bushels; in 1870, II. $685.
600 bushels, and in 1880, 20, 800, 600 bush
els. The excessive, tariff on the article,
while stimulating the production by max
ing it most profitable business. enables
the great corporations to. swallow up the
little ones and thus secure the business in
their own control, Michigan produced the
largest proportion of salt in 1880, 12,425,-
600 bushels, New York produced s. z4s,-
600 bushels; Virginia and West Virginia,
s, 1o5, 900 bushels; Ohio, s,85o,0 900 bushels,
and other states smaller amounts. The To-
tai number offpefsens employed in the a64
establishments in 1880 was 4,o75, and the
total capital invested was 1920 900 So
much for the salt producers. who are in
,terested in having high price for the al.
ticle. Now, for the salt consumers, who
are concerned in having lew price for
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19
Rock ISLAND & PEORIA RAILWAY.

s. g1sHoRrHsr ROUTE TO THE EAST AND wEsT1
80 a.- LEAVE. ARRIVE.
Way Freight. 6 100 A. M.
Vast Express .S:45 A. M. Mail and Elk. IL: AS p
Mail and Exs- :35 r. M. Fast Express. $40 Ps
= Freight and Accommodation, z 100 p. NJ.
The As p m. train makes close Connection at
Gaya with che c. B. b O., for points west; arriving
at Galesburg at IS p. m.; Burlington $40 p ms
Ke0kuk 10sB p. m; Quincy 10 :O5 .. m; also max
ing close eonnsction at Peoria with /. B. q W., and
4. p q W, roads for all points east and south.
ROCK ISLAND q MERCER Co., R. r.
..3sasi LEAVE. ARRIVE 8
Rock island, 800 A. H. Cable, 1855 A.
-. /" ..4:00 P. n. .......s. 5 as p M.
=. y .--.......1 .oOP. M :, 3:15 p n.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-19
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