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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-31
CHIeAao. ROCK lSLAHsn g. PhCIFIc r. Y.

Is The GREAT S1tGNESE4EsS LINK
Its masa line runs from Chicago 90 Council
Geneseo, Moline. Rock Isiane. naTeaPoTt. West
Liberty Iowa City. M&rsnGo. Brooklyn. Grinnell,
Des Moines (the capital Of Iowa.. Stuart. Atian~
sie ana Avoca with branches fToa.i bs1sseaH
tine. Washington, Fairfield. 1t5sEla, Iselknars.
Cenfrevsiie, Princeton Trenton. tsallatin. Came-
Washington Co Sigoarney. 0sigalooea, ana KNOX
Vile: eokuk 10 FaTnt1gton BnHaparte, Ben
fonsport. Independent. Et1on Otfs-rnws. Eddy
Vile OskRloosa. Pelsa- Monroe. and pes Moines;
Sinterset; atlantic TO Lewis and Audubon; and
Avoca 20 Harlan. This Ii positively the only
Railroad. which owns. and operates = through
sine from ChicaEo into the state OF kansSs
man Falaee Cars attached. are run each -ay daily
between CHICAGO and PEORIA, KANSAS CITY,
COUNCIL BBUFrE, LEAyEEwoRTH and ATCHI-
SON Through cars arealso run between Milwaus
kee ans kansas City via tha "A5ilwaukee and
Rock Island Short Line.
The Great Rock IsIandn r. naegnincensly
suuipped Its road bed is simply perfect, aud its
track Is laid with steel rails
What will please you most will be the pleasure
OF enjoying your meals. while passing ever the
beautiful pT1tr3es OF IiiD0f9 and Iowa In one OF
our magnificent DtT,iHE Cars that accompany all
meal as good as Is served in anF 6rsr-class hotel
forseventy-siye cents.
Approaching the fact thar majority Of chs
purposes tand the immense passenger business
or this line Earranting I'D. we are pleased To an
n0unce that this Company runs Pullman Palace
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes. and Palaces
PULLMAN PALACE CARS are x-zz
Tickets VIA this Line, kRewn as ths1
iii Ticket Agents in the United States 9
- For information mot @bGaxnahAe IT We
n. Il. CABLE.
yics President End 6sna Msasgas
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-31
ROCK ISLAND & PEORIA RAILWAY.

The :45 p tram makes close connection az
iava with the C. B. 81 O., for points west; arriving
Mt Galesburg at 4 - p. M; Burlington $40 p. M
Heokuk G:25 U. m; Quincy 0:05 p. ~; also max
No close connection at Peoria with [. b. q W., and
T P 81 W. roads for all points east and south
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01
Brighton Cattle Market.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 81.
Amount of stock at market: Cattle, 2lgs; sheen
and lambs, 10000; swine, 4,5O0 vcals, 60; number
of western cattle. 1928; northern and eastern eat
tie 210.
Prices of beef cattle " 100 Ii live weight, extra
quality, S. l541 l22; first, S6 004G21a second, 50
l2la a5S7a third, 81 l2ia a. 90; poorest grades of
coarse oxen, bulls, etc, S3 00a3 s7la.
Brighton Hides, So a9c Y b; Brighton Tallow
4aasc y tb; Country Hides, light ones, GaGlac tFb
heavy, sds1ac Y III; Country TaIlow, 4a4lac y ID;
Calf skins, l2dl242c tg b; Sheep and Lamb skins,
Sl.25aSI.5o each, extra sheep and Lamb skins,
$l.1j each
Working oNen-A few pairs each week is all the
market requires. We note sales pair, grth it,,
IN, live weight 300 b, 5000; pair, girth it., .
In, live weight 3200 tb, SlG0; pair, grth 6 it., !
in, live weight $500 h. Sl07; pair, grth it., live
weight 1900 b, Sl13; | pair, grth it, in, live
weight 2400 H. Sl5.
Mich Cows-EXtra, $55aS0; ordinary, S20a50;
springers for Sl6a6j farrow cows, : / d35 y head
We note sales of COW and calf at SO; do S47 ;
do, $50; do, 5i3 do $50; do, S62 30; ! SPRING
re So; do, S3j; new milch cows, so each.
Veal calves in good demand at to 1sc t9 ii, live
weight.
Sheep and Lambs-The supply flom the West
cost the same those in last week Sheep cost )
4aa61ac; Lambs 61a asc y tb.
Swine-Western fat hogs cost, landed at the
slaughter hOuses,624 a73ic b, live weight On store
pigs prices from to sc T. ib for live weight
or 81 to s. T. head.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01
VOLUME 55.
Origin of the Cereal Grains

Wheat ranks 10y origin as a degenerate
and degraded lily. Such in brief is the
proposition which this paper sets out to
prove, and which the whole course of
evolutionary botany tends every day
more and more fully to confirm. BY thus
from the very outset placing clearly be-
fore our eyes the goal of our argument,
we shall he able the better to understand
as we 90 whittier each item of the cum
ulative evidence is really tending. We
must endeaV0r to start with the simplest
forms of the great group OF plants to
which the cereals and the other grasses
belong, and we must try to see by what
steps this primitive type gave birth, first
to the brilliantly colOred lilies, next to
the degraded ruShes and sedges, and
then to the still more degenerate grasses,
from one or other Of whose richer grains
man has finally developed his wheat, his
rice, his millet, and his barley. We shall
thus trace throughout the whole pedigree
Of wheat from the time when its ances-
tors first diyerged from the common stock
of the lilies and the water plantains, to
the time when savage man found it grow
ing Wild among the untitled plains of pre-
historic Asia, and took it under his spec-
iaj protection in the little garden-plots
around his wattled hut. whence it has
gradually altered under bis constant Sc
lection into the golden grain that now
covers half the lowland tlth Of Europe
and America. There is 30 page in bot
anical history more full of genuine ro-
nance than this; and there is no page il
which the evidence is clearer or more
convincing for those who will take the
easy trouble to read it Alright. From
"The Pedigree Of Wheat" by Professor
Grant Allen, in Popular Science Monthly
for March.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01

RUSTIC CHAINS. A pretty method of
making rustic chains to hang from
porches, verandas or garden arches, to
support the delicate creepers and vines,
is much in vogue in Belgium. They are
made by taking branches Of trees OF from
one to two inches in diameter, and saw
ng them into lengths of from three to six
inches then cutting willow rods of about
half an inch in diameter to about the
same length; splitting them and bending
one-half of one so as to form semi circle
around the end of one of the larger sticks
and fastening it securely by brad nails
Through this loop the bent split willow
rod to be fastened to the next bit of stick
is passed before being nailed the second
time; and so until the chain is made as
long as may be required. The kinds of
woods which show to the best advantage
in this work are those that have a rough
bark, like the Norway spruce These
chains will form very graceful curves.
and when covered with balloon vine or
maurandius or morning glores, will at
tract much attention.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01
Sewage at the Seaside.

Among the thousands who go to the
seaside for health and pleasure. few pay
any attention 10 the hygienic conditions
under which they are to live for three OF
the most trying months in the year. The
furniture Of parlors and size of dancing-
rooms and amusement-hall are taken
into consideration, instead of finding out
hoN sewage is disposed Of and what re-
dtlOus cess-poOl drains are having with
The wells. Landowners and botel-keep-
eis, following the drift of fashion, furnish
What Their patrons desire. neither side
caring apparently how close connection
is established between animal eXcreta
and tile food which is eaten, the water
which is drunk and the air which is
hIeathed.
Nor is this carelessness confined to
places merely fashionable. In Ocean
Grove, religious resort, no attempt has
Yet been made 10 remove tecal accumu-
atOus Ny means OF sewerage. or 10 sub
stltute clednlv ealth-cl0Sets for the dis
-usting cess-pool and privy Hence the
wells are polluted by human eNcreta, and
the air smells vilely, particularly during
the period Of the great open-air camp
meetings.
At these gatherings over twenty thou
sand people assemble, who congregate
together in a comparatively small space.
The greater part Of this multitude dwell
in long lines Of camp-tents, closely hud-
died together and pay but little regard
to hygienc methods. The executive
committee Of the association owning the
place is equally negIectful, as they have
made totally inadequate provision for
carrying away the eXcreted material OF
so many people
For the purpose OF insuring better san
italy conditions than those prevailing
elsewhere on the Jersey coast. Asbury
Park was severed, during the winter and
spring Of loo2, with eleven miles Of clay
pipes Unfortunately for the travelling
public, this sewerage system was fail
Hre. Constructed in the slap dash man
ner that prevails over the country gener-
ally, its working illustrated the fact that
an imperfect sewer for sewage is worse
than no sewer at an A. IIyneman
Rhine, in Popular Science Monthly for
March.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01
For the journal.
Tom.
BY HIS MAMMA 4.

The little Tom. whose loving face
Brings JOY within our home.
We seek with pen and ink to trace
From foot to sunny crown.
Day after day each pink white foot
We dress with tender care,
But soon he strips off sock and boot
To give his toes the air.
The next we see, above bare feet,
A suit of sailor blue
Trimmed of With threads of yellow silk.
And golden buttons too.
His hands are busy night and day,
They cannot stop to rest,
For in his dreams he is at play
And still with making gcst.
He makes mud cakes, and palace cars
To trundle to and fro;
And Tom himself 5 the iron horse,
Just hear him puff and blow.
\ broad brimmed bat upon his crown
He wears with jaunty grace;
And "Kitty Sambo" meath his arm.
He goes with merry pace.
His blue lined hat is dotted DER
With spots Of purc>t white,
\ starry ornament it seems.
His face the solar light.
The hat itself concealeth not
The mass of curling hair.
The playful breczes blow it of;
He not a whit doth care.
The sunlight shines all DER his face
And glints bis yellow pow.
'TfS something kin to angels grace
That touches lip and brow.
Whcne'er the shadows east their gloom
And darkness falls from every tree,
The little fellow hies him home
And snuggIcS down by me.
He rub> each cheek against my own
And then must ''love" my hair.
Long doggieS shall moi touch Your Tom,
He sighs with glad>omc air.
Then happy dreams come on apace
And all i Wondrous fair
ntil he. waking. seeks my face
And tinds-iu>t my black hair.
\ piercing shrek now strikes the ear
He cries. in anguished tones.
"Oh-h-h, you're not looking al me-
And springs to mammals arms.
Canst thou not see my blue eyed boy
That in my arms | fold:
His presence makes my life Il Joy.
That precious thrCe-year-old.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01
Clippings.

The Constitutional prohibitory amendment
resolve had the nearly unanimous support of
the Republicans. one fourth of the Democrats.
and about half of the Greenbackers. This does
not look as though prohibition was PLAYED out
in Maine. TGardiner Home journal.
We fail to find many who are dissatisfied
with the Congressional apportonment bill as
passed to be engrOssed by the house. lit brings
Sagaduhoc into COED company and keeps the
old second district stout and hearty and good
condltoned,' says prominent political proph-
ct of our city bath Times.
The Lewiston journal says that Mr.. Moore
of Thomaston aspires to be the Democratic
candidate for Governor in Maine in 1884. Thonl-
aston is the seat of the State Prison-a de
sirable residence for a Chief Magistrate, who,
like Gov. Butler, makes the inmates of that in
sttutioE his constitutional advisers. boston
Journal
There are three leading questions before the
Maine law tnkerers: "Shall prohibition be put
into the constitution" ''Shall capital punish
ment be restored:' "Shall more stringent
divorce law be enacted?" After these momer-
tous questions are settled there will be ample
time to talk about Holsters, clam factories aud
Madawaska bridges. Boston Post.
Divorces should only be allowed for what
are unquestionably good and sufficient causes,
such as ought to annul this most solemn, sacred
and permanent of contracts. The period with
in which the divorced parties should remarry
should be fixed at least at two years This pro-
vision as to remarriage would, in our opinion,
dOm more to prevent hasty divorces than all other
provisions combined. Camden Herald.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01

The Washington correspondent of the CIeve-
land Leader draws the following pen picture of
Senator Frye: Senator Frye. of Maine, is Il
little bright-eyed fellow, looking more like
youth of twenty-five than the great man of
tifty-two that he is. He is short, slight man
with brown hair and yellow mustache, and
he would not weigh, l should judge, over 125
pounds. He is one of the great teasers of the
Senate. He is a good speaker and when he
takes the floor he chooses the rear of the Sen
ate chamber, and walks up and down the room
as he pounds his ideas into the ears of his
brothers: Senator Frye is an efficient worker,
and he keeps up the reputation of Maine at
Washington as Blaine did before him. His
father is wealthy wooden manufacturer at
Lewiston, Me-, and Senator Frye has had all
that money could do to make him what he is
He had good education at Bowdoin college,
and studied and practised law at Lewiston
after his graduation. AT the age of thirty he
entered the Maine Legislature, and he has been
an active member of the Republican party ever
since, serving on the National Committee, and
for the past thirteen years in Congress here at
Washington.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01

The subjects requiring the chief atten-
ton of hOusekeepcr are ventilation and
food. Next to ventilation there is moth
ing on which the health and happiness
OF a family depends more than on the
manner in which their food is prepared.
You may make your house cnchantingly
beautiful, hang it with pictures, have it
clean, airy. and convenient, but if the
stomach be fed with sour bread and
burnt meats it will raise such rebelli0ns
that the eve will see no beauty anywhere
The abundance Of splendid material We
have in America is III great contrast with
the style of cooking most prevalent in
our country. How often, in journeys, DO
we not sit down to tables loaded with
material, originally Of the very best kind
which has been so spoiled in the cooking
OF it that there is really nothing fit to eat
Hot biscuits, heavy and tough; bread
heavy and sour; meat slowly simmered
in fat till it seems like grease itself, and
slowly congeaing in cold grease: tea
that is badly favored hot water; and
coffee that is = well, not coffee; and
above all, that objectionable enormity-
IN a land OF green pastures strong but
ter How are lungs to tell ana to show
people what might have been done with
the raw material out Of which all these
mUnstrosities are concocted There is
no country on the face of the globe where
an ample, well-furnished table is more
easily spread, and no country where SO
many families sit down daily to SO much
abominably cooked food, 1t behooves
every woman, every mistress of house
hold TO study the art of preparing food
so that the blessings which Providence
has so bounteously provided snail be re
ceived and treated with at least an ap-
pearance Of appreciation and thankful-
ness. Exchange.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01

We have something to say, and want to say it
plainly and frankly. 1t is this: We know it to be
a fact that Hunts Remedy, the great kidney
and liver medicine, is the only real cure for dis
eases of the kidneys, bladder liver and urinary or
gans. This is the plain, unvarnished truth. We do
not believe much can be said for any other medi-
cine. You who suffer and doubt have faith enough
to try Hunts Remedy. 1t will cure. 1t every
body.
The Lancet says that women often wear a weight
OF clothlng such as few men would care to carry.
1bls is sheer nonsense. There are plenty of men
VINO would carry the clothes with the women inside
of them.
Given Away.
We cannot help noticing the liberal offer made to
all lnvalids and sufferers by DR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption. You are requested to call
at r. FL. Moody's Drug Store and get a Trial Bottle
free Of cost, if you are suffering with CONSUMPTION,
Severe Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Hay
Fever, Loss of Voice, Hoarseness, or any affection
of the Throat Lungs 1t will positively cure you
Evansville has girl who can fairly make a piano
talk. The other evening she played the "Ice King -
and everybody in the room got up and went to the
stove to warm their feet.
is Negroes
Who left the United States for Liberia last year,
have lately returned being unable to stand the eli
mate. Everybody going to a new climate should
have bottle of sulphur Bitters with them a
safeguard against disease. Hartford Courant.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01

NEWSPAPER NOTES. The kennebec Reporter
has entered upon its eighteenth year, and is en-
terville Sentinel has been reduced in size, has
adopted the quarto form and is now published
at 81 a year,.....On Monday week the Boston
Advertiser moved into new building built es-
pectally for its busness-one of the most com
plete newspaper publishing offices in the coun-
try. The Advertiser deserves prosperity, and
ting its due. The editor-in-chief of the Adver-
tiser is a Maine man, a native of Augusta, and
IA Bowdoin man of '6l-Edward Stanwood, Esq.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01

HOW TO CURE BACON PROPERLY.
Hams, shoulders, and sides should be
cured in such manner that a large pro
portion Of the water they contain is alb
stlacted from them. They should never
he put in brine, but placed where the
moisture will be drawn out of them. The
sugar, salt, nitrate Of potash, or ashes
employed for preserving them should be
applied dry to the surface Hams of ord !
mary size will absorb a sufficient amount
OF sugar and salt in the course OF four
weeks, if they are rubbed with them
twice week, and they are cured with
the same substances during the remain
der Of the time. They should then be
transferred to the smoke house, which
should be Of sufficient capacity to allow
all the pieces Of meat to hang without
coming in contact. The best favored
smoke is produced 10y burning corn cobs
or green hickory wood. The process of
smoking should continue three or four
weeks, during which time the meat will
become quite dry and well favored. If
the smokehouse is quite dry and dark,
the meat may be kept in it during the
entire season without being covered with
cloth or other material. If it is so kept,
small fire should occasionally be built
in the smokehouse. Flies and other in
sects may be kept from hams by placing
them in paper bags, such as are used for
holding flour.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts
and experiences are solicited from housekeep-
erS, farmers and gardeners. Address Agri-
cultural editor, Journal Office. Belfast Mainel
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01

SOMETHING ABOUT THE WEATHER. GOOD
SLEIGHING AND ITS EFFECTS. THE SHORE
LINE RAILROAD. CONGRESSIONAL APPOR-
TIONMENT
Correspondent of the Journal.
The first grand fact in the history of Wash
ington county for the present season is the I'M
precedented long, even and almost unobiection-
able quality of the winter. True, we have had
solid cold, but not fitful as usual. 1t has been
nearly uniform. entirely bearable and on the
whole, pleasant and enjoyable. At no time up
to the l4th of the present month has the snow
been any where so deep as to impede turning
out on the road with perfect ease and safety.
Our lumbermen have not been so happy for
many winters. Indeed, all classes of people
have been made comfortable because all. or
nearly all, have had an opportunity to work
and earn comfortable living The constitu-
tional grumbler would have little opportunity
to ply his vocation had it not been 50 dry; no
rain having fallen of any consequence for many
weeks, not to say months; therefore they We're
happy in having an opportunity to predict Il
general dissolution of all things for the want of
water. Well, 1t has been some Inconvenience
to many people, but the world las moved right
on all the same and we have not as yet heard of
any disasters resulting from want of rain. 1t
is more than probable that we shall have rain
sometime, in due season 1t is almost unprccc-
dented for the shores of Washington County to
be accommodated With such an uninterrupted
period of good going on the snow. 1t Is worth
thousands of dollars to the income of the peo-
pie, bringing comfort and happiness to many
families who need all the blessings which ma
tlre has in store for them Old fashioned
seighriding has been abundant and it is more
than probable that Ministers and Justices will
get fees ont Of the results of the winter sports
to say nothing Of DOCTORS
Washington County people are slightly stirred
up in relation to the Shore Line Railroad, but
they are determined not to run mad any more
They will wait and see where the fire is that
makes the smoke. That there will be a rail
road through the shore towns Of Washington
County at some future day no sane man can
doubt; and when Col Green or any other man
or men makes it plain the towns to be benefited
by il will respond liberally, but they have run
on tom fools crraui once too often and viii
prefer hereafter to look for some indication, Of
the road before calling town meetings to vote
subsidies
The many places in Washington County
which may BE- used for public resort, and which
will be as soon as a railroad shall be construct
ed, viii serve to hasten that event. The travel
ing public generally prefer railway conveyance
to boats 1t is only by compu>ion that the
thousand and one travellers take a boat instead
Of car, Ii is not choice but anocc>>ity The
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01
Proposed Great Dairy Fair and Cattle
Show.

At meeting Of the International
Dairy Fair Association held III New York
on Feb. l}. resolution was Unauimous-
N adopted that fair should he held in
that city this year to bring together the
producers OF the world for an cXamina-
ton OF the products Of all sections, and a
general discussion of methods, systems
and Improvements. The American Dai-
rNman says: The more frequently the
actual producers Of the country can be
brought together, the better will it be
for the marvellous interests they repre-
sent. The agricultural fair Of late days
where the myriad products OF the soil,
the machinery that increases their Yield
and enhances their values, and the pro
cesses that are employed in developing
specific crops. are displayed, contrasted,
explained and tested, instead Of the one
whose chief attraction is a series of horse
races. has already eNelted 4 marked
stlmulous upon the farmer, whether en-
gagged in large or small operations
Through the efforts of the International
Dairy Fair Association the dairy fair has
now become what its name indicates.
The dairyman himself has risen to his
lust position. Hence, when III agricult-
ure, the farmer, or in any other industry.
the producer, is attracted from his field
of labor to discuss with practical men of
like application the methods and expert
ments that concern all, and TO compare
notes with one another on the new feat
ures that are constantly presenting them
selves in their management, a great ben
eft is guaranteed to all.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-03-01

70 kEEp SYRUP SWEET As you take
maple syrup from the fire, drop in live
coal, and let it remain i'll Your can or jar.
1t will keep sweet a long time in this
way.