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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
Where He Had Us.

There were seven or eight of us in the
smoking-car, and by and by the CONVEX
sation turned upon hotels. Six of the
crowd were going to stop off at the same
village in Georgia, and one of them re-
marked:
"Well, gentlemen, you can make up
your minds to 60 through purgatory to-
night
"Why?'
"Well. there is only one hotel in the
town, and that is run by the meanest
man south of the Ohio River"
"Do you know h:m?'' asked chap
who was suspected of being a lightning
rod agent from Chicago.
Il rather reckon"
"And what's he mean about?'
Everything. He has bugs in his
beds, uses beans in his coffee. his rooms
are dirty, and he's robber in his
charges"
And there's no. other hotel?''
"No. If there was he wouldn't get
custom enough to keep cat alive.
He's the meanest man in the State of
Georgia, and if ever catch him outside
of his town I'll put head on himr'
81 move that we resist any swindie
on his part" said drummer from Chi
cago.
"If I find bugs I'll fire the bed out OF
the window" said a patent-churn man
from Ohio
And thus it went on for half an hour,
everybody anticipating and predicting,
but the conversation finally closed by
the originator remarking:
"Well, we'll have to put up with it
suppose, but you can make up your
minds to see the meanest, lOw-dOwn,
hang-dog tavern-keeper in America.
1t was after dark when we reached
the village, and after delaying awhile
with the baggage five of us rode up to-
gether in the bus. The sixth man had
disappeared. and we didn't see him un-
til we reached the hotel. Then he was
discovered behind the desk, pen over
his ear, his coat off-in fact, he was the
Identical landlord himself! One after
another walked up, took look at him
and fell back, and we had adjourned to
the veranda and were talking of sleep
ing out on the grass that night when he
came out and said:
Gentlemen, will you walk in and
segister?'
One followed the other, and though
we all remained until the next evening.
not word was said nor hint dropped
about the conversation on the cars. 1t
was only as the train was ready to go
that he shook hands all around and
kindly remarked:
1.-The meanest, low-down, hang-dog
tavern-keeper in America hopes to see
one and ali again. Have cigar, gen.
tlemen?"
We sent him gallon of wine and a
box OF cigars from Augusta. but he was
still our creditor.-DsroW Free Presa.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
Plant Good Seed.

Farmers often remark when sowing
grain that small grain if plump is Just
as good for seed as the largest. This is
undoubtedly great mistake, not only
from the fact that it will not produce
crops of good quality under the great
general rule that like produces like and
that the best seed must produce the best
crops, but that the individual plant can
not under the same circumstances OBJ
tain so good start when the seed is
small or inferior from any cause. That
small seed will grow or that shrunken
seed may produce a plant is true, but it
will not produce so strong and vigorous
plants as the large plump kernel.
The following on this point is from
remarks by DR.. Sturtevant concerning
the corn plant, but which will apply as
we'll to other grains: There are two
physiological processes which are con-
cerned in the nutrition of plants. The
first is assimilation, through which the
plant food is taken. through the root
and through the leaf, in the presence of
sunlight and stored in the plant. Then
by a process called metastasis, this
stored material from the air is deoxy-
died and formed into soluble material
designed for the support of growth or
for storage. 1t therefore follows that
in the darkness a plant can only grow
from the material which has hitherto
been elaborated, and when this elabo-
rated material has been utilized there
can be no more growth until, through
the action of the sun. new material is
supplied by assimilation.
The corn kernel is composed of
germ or chit, surrounded by mass Of
material placed there for the use of the
terminating plantlet. The distance to
which the plant can grow from the
light is determined by the amount of
this preserved food. Consequently the
large seed is enabled to force its plant
let through a greater depth of soil on
its way to the surface than is the small
seed.
The seed vegetables under one-half
inch of soil more quickly than under the
six inches, and the growth, instead OF
being massed into extension Of stem.
passes into the formation Of leal, and
the increasing Of the organs Of assimi'
latiep. -petro1 RsR,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
HONE, FARH AND GARDEN.

Telegraph Cookies: Two eggs, two
cups sugar, one cup butter, one half
teaspoonful soda, flour enough to mix
soft; roll thin and bake quickly.-M r.
Times.
"A gardener in Baltimore who has q
number of large lighthouses for growing
early cucumbers, keeps q hive of bees
in each house for the purpose of dis
tributing the pollen.
For tile last ten years q mammoth
apple tree belonging to Abel SchOtield,
Of Adair County, Mo-, has presented its
owner with twenty barrels of fruit each
season. 1t measures seven feet in cir.
conference near the ground Chicago
Inter Ocean.
"A good method of cultivating any
crop is a great help. But it is well to
remember that success depends. not so
much on the method as on the man be-
hind the method. The best plans in the
world won't work in the hands of a
lazy, shiftless. happy-go-lucky apology
for a man.-Prdirie Farmer
"A delicate and inexpensive dish for
dessert is made by boiling some rice
until it is perfectly tender. cook some
tart apples at the same time; when they
are soft, beat them with a spoon until
they are light; season with sugar and
little cinnamon, and put a layer of rice
in a pudding-dish then layer of the
apple sauce, until the dish is full, hav-
ing the apple on top. Serve warm or
cold with cream.-N. !. Post.
An English gardener says he does
not agree with those who say that one
good wedding is worth two hOeings.
He says: ''Never weed crop in which
a hoe can be used, not so much for the
sake of destroying weeds, which must
be the case if the hoeing be well done.
as for increasing the porosity of the
soil, to allow the air and water to pene-
trate freely through it,. Oftentimes there
is more benefit derived by crops from
keeping them we'll hoed than there is
from the manure applied.
"A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman deprecates the practice of
burning weeds. stubble and vegetable
refuse on the farm. saying that the soil
is being deprived of the very material
absolutely necessary to its permanent
fertility-bOth plant food and the Ca
pacity for holding moisture. without
which the former is comparatively use
less. To this destruction of vegetable
matter is due the impOverishment of the
soil far more than to exhaustion by the
crops, and not until the destructive Gus
tom is stopped can anything like former
fertility be restored.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
The ArkanSaW Cow.

The Arkansaw cow is, perhaps, the
most athletic animal of her species.
She may be reduced in flesh. but her
horns are always in a flourishlr> pondi-
ton. She seems to have been intended
more for the production of horn than of
milk. Her milk receptacle is always
small, pale and delicate. If her calf
has lost its appetite, she may give milk
enough to satisfy the stomach, other
wise the calf must 60 hungry. 1t
would seem that the milk done up in
such small, almost silken bag, is rich
and of fine flavor, but it is not. The
bag is so thin that in summer the milk
gets too warm. 1t is favored with pen
nyroyal and herbs that have never pos
sessed any attraction for the human
family. The native Arkansaw cow does
not long for hay or corn; she wants the
buds of the sassafras sprouts and the
twigs of the dogwood tree to mix with
her pennyroyal. You might bring her
from the hillside and present her with
bundle of fodder and bucket OF
wheat bran for dessert, and she would
shake her horns in disapproval. She
thinks that such nick-nacks" are
good enough for the bloated cows Of
the North, but for the fleet-footed cow
of Arkansaw such stuff is degrading.
Her great pride seems to be in her feet
hess. Some time ago party Of gentle
men came from New York to this State
for the purpose of engaging in an ex-
tensive deer-hunt. They went out
among the hills and turned loose their
hounds. A wild and exciting chase
Immediately began. The gentlemen
were in luck; they had not dared to
hope for such easily-acquired sport.
The deer fed along the hillside, and,
strange to say, kept in the paths. The
excited dogs howled and eXerted every
nerve, but they could not catch the
wild antelope. Along toward evening
a farmer came upon the party and an
grily exclaimed:
I'm great mind to shoot you fell
lcws. You amt got no sense.
1--WE did not know that this land
was posted" replied the leader of the
party. -.--.--..-,--.--
Posted" vociferated the farmer;
"you are chasing my milk cows
The Arkansaw COW has one virtue
that can not be denied. Her butter, is
never strong. It is always weak and
delicate. The older it gets the more
grayhaired it becomes, the weaker it is,
until at last its white locks are brought
down in sorrow to the grave.--4rkdn-
saW Traveller
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
EDITORIAL QUALIFICATIONS.

Can he leave all his wrongs to the future, and
carry his heart in his cheek!
Can he do an hour work in minnie, and live
upon sixpence q week?
Can he courteOusly talk to an equal, and brow
beat an impudent dunceI
Can he keep things in apple-pie order, and do
half-a-doZen at once?
Can he press all the springs of knowledge with
quick and reliable touch,
And be sure that he knows how much to
know, and knows how to not know too
much!
Does he know how to spur up his virtues, and
put a check-rain on his pride!
Can he carry a gentleman's manners within a
rhinoceros' hide?
Can he know all, and do all, and be all, with
cheerfulness, courage and rim?
If SO. we perhaps can be making an Editor
"outer of him!
And It's thus with our noble profession, and
thus il will ever be; still
There are some who appreciate its labors, and
some who, perhaps, never will.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27

Mr.. Henry A. Sprague, close OBJ
history, writes to the Mirror and Farm
er against red squirrels. which he ac-
cuses of not only preying on fruit, but.
what is worse, fighting with birds for
the contents of their nests
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27

Henry Wizards true name is Helm
rich Hilgard. He assumed willard
As non de plume when he was writing
Western letters to New York paper.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27

Edison, who ought to know, says:
!" 1t requires as much ingenuity to make
money out of an invention as to make
The invention"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-28
M. M. CoRRETT.

A TT0RNEY AT Law, Solicitor in Chancery and
Il Notary Public Abstracts. Loans and collee-
tons. Once, Buford's. Block, I'D avenue. over
Bakers Jewelry store. nova0dly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-28
Sherif's Sale.

By virtue of an Execution and Fee Bill No.
$3.50, issued out of the clerks Office of the Circuit
Court of Rock Island county, and state of Illinois,
and to me directed, whereby | am commanded 10
make the amount of certain Judgment recently
obtained against Josiah L. Perkins and Rodney r.
Mccormick in favor of Ralph Sage, out of the
l-nds tenements goods and chattels of the said de-
PENDANTS, Josiah l.. Perkins and Rodney r, Nc
Cormick. have levied upon the following property
to-wit the undivided two-thirds of lots one a
and six, (6l in block one, Q). old town of Cordo-
va in said Rock Island county, Illinois. There.
fore, according to aid command, shall expose fol
sale at public auction, all the right title and in
terest of the above named Josiah L. Perkins and
Rodney R. Mccormick in and TO the above de-
scribed property, on Tuesday the 3rd day Of July
1883 at 10 O'Clock a. M, at the north door of the
court house in the city of Rock Island, in the
county of Rock Island and state of Illinois, fol
cash in hand, to satisfy said Execution and Fee
Bill.
| D.. 1888. j. M. RETICKER,
Sheriff Of Rock Island County.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-28
THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO June 27.-The following table
give the range of prices in to-day's Chicago
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-28
sav;uos Rank Rohhe,I.

WOODBURY., Conn, June 27.-The Wood
bury savings bank was burgiarized Sunday
night The vault was broken open, and 81,
500 in cash and all the securities stolen. The
burglars stole horse from the Rev. Wickofs
and drove to Southbury, where they ex
changed it for a better one
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-28
Washington Notes.

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 27-J. NJ, vii
bur testified before the Hill investigation
committee to-day that he had an account
against the government for work done at the
New York post office. He presented the ac-
count to Hill, who said it was all right, but
he lHillr ought to have something for settling
such an old claim He referred witness to
Sannon, an employe in his office, who took
him aside and told him they ought to have 10
per cent for settling the bill Witness did
not assent and subsequently the claim was
disallowed The matter was considered by
congress, and the committee of claims made q
favorable report. At the hearing before the
senate committee, Hill appeared and opposed
the claim.
The testimony for the remainder # the
session was repetition of what it has here
tofore been The witnesses for Hill hatly
contradicted the witnesses for the4eomplain-
ant, and after two or three witnesses had tes
titled the committee adjourned,
INTERNAL REVENUE.
A statement prepared in the Office of the
commissioner of internal revenue shows that
aggregate receipts during May, 1888, were
S346, ,s1S greater than during the same month
in 1882 There was an increase of S231, 729
from sspirits: an increase of $500 ,527 from
tobacco; an increase of S167, 1853 from beer;
a decrease of SS4, ,0i9 from banks and bank
ers, and decrease of S1Ss, ,752 from miscel-
laneous. In the taxation of tobacco there
was an increase of S1i9, 300 on cigars a de-
crease cf So, $50 on cigarettes, an increase of
S17 ,531 ON snuff; an increase of $Sl5, ,609 on
chewing and smoking tobacco; decrease of
s525. .762 from dealers in manufactured
tobacco, and decrease of s07 ,939 from all
| other sources.
THE REVENUE CONSOLIDATION.
1t is ascertained that the effect of executive
order in regard to the internal revenue service
| is to reduce the total number of collection
districts from 126 to 80, a reduction of 46, in
stead of n, as enormously announced at the
treasury department.
The following statement shows the number
of districts reduced in each state and ter
| rtory: Alabama l, Nevada ], Connecticut
l. Georgia l, Dakota /, Wyoming l, Ari
zona |, Pennsylvania 4, Virginia 2, North
| Carolina l, Tennessee /. Kentucky 2, Ohio 4
| Indiana 8, Illinois 2, Michigan 2, Wisconsin
.. Iowa l, Missouri 2, Minnesota ], West Vir
| ginia /, Maryland /, Massachusetts l, New
York s. Washington territory !, New jersey
/, Idaho l, Montana /. Total, 46.
tn transfer of offices, it is stated, can moi
take place before August The actual saving
in salaries discontinued is $140,590.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-28
Masters Sale. !.

STATE OF ILLINOIS
Rock Island County { =
In the Circuit Courtin Chancery.
Peter Stelk VS.. David Bowen, Albert ". Bowen
Hettie Bowen. Mary E. Bowen, Ida NJ. Bowen,
Nina G. Bowen, Eliza ]. Snyder, William II.
Snyder and Peter Fries, s,-Foreclosure, General
No. 2403.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of decree
of said Court entered in the above entitled cause
on the Fourteenth day of May, A. D.. 1888. shall
on Saturday. the Seventh day of July, A. D., 1888
at the hour of O'Clock in the afternoon, at the
North door of the Court House, in said county ot
Rock Island, TO satisfy said decree, sell at public
yendue TO the highest bidder for cash, that certain
parcel of land, known and described as follows
to-wit:
Lot number two, (a), in block number one, d
in Charles Buford's addition TO the city of Rocf
Island. in the county of Rock Island and state ot
| Illinois.
| Dated at Rock Island, Illinois this 9th day o
| June. A. D., 1883.
| HENRY CURTIS, JR.,
Master in Chancery, Rock Island County, H.
| WIN. II. ATWOOD,
| Compartments Solicitor.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-28
Chicago Live stock Market.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO. June %

LIVE STOCK.
H0GS-Estmated receipts to-day, are 1900
light $5 7006 10; mixed packing, Is 70G6 so
WHEAT-si ooM July; 81 osA Ang 81 o4sl
Sept
GORN--5SK July; 5sss Aug; 53A Sept
0ATS-32A July; 80 August: 29S Sept
PORK-16 05 July; $18 Is Aug. $16 42h Sept
LARD-S9 ITk July: 90 IS August; 90 40 Sept.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-28
Ue "S,ame Down" 4"

New York, June 27-Horseling, who it
is charged, embezzled money of the German
government while receiver of taxes, and
who was arrested at Grand Rapids, Mich,
lately, was put on board a vessel to-day, he
| determining to return to Europe without
| fnrmal pytra6ition
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-28
Toledo.

TOLEDO, O., June 27.-Wheat weak and
&c lower, but active; No. white 81. Is, No.
3 do 9Oc asked, rejected 70c, No. 2 red cash
81. 49,, October $1.151S, year 81 10 asked
2 cash Sac, July 5419c, August 55Hc, rejected
5015c, no grade 40c.
<..zss New York.
New York, June Wheat Opened h@
1Sc higher, afterwards became weaker, and
fell back 1s00lc; trade moderate; No. white
81. 90; No. red July 81. 1891 15A, August
81. rial. TX, September ST. 1s@1, 20, October
81. .211S(QI 21H, November S1.23@1. .2S&
Corn-Opened @@5sc higher, afterwards
lost advance; mixed western spot 50@62c,
future 61sla6515c. Provisions-Beef dull
and weak; new extra $13@l3.50 Pork quiet
and steady; spot new mess, $lS@l8.3715.
Lard higher and firm; stefem-rendered ~ vs..
Chicago Live stock Market.
UNION STOCK YARDS, June 27.-Cattle-
| The market was fairly active and prices fol
good stock steady Fancy heavy steers
&c 6o5cae Is: choice do, s5 7OG5. 90; good steers
| 6. sO(G5. IS; fair shippers, S5.OOG5. IS; cows
So 75(a475; Texas SS S5005 10 per 100 lbs
| Hogs-Market slow, and prices 5@10c lower
| quality good Fair to choice smooth light
| bacon grades, s6.00Q6 As; good to choict
mixed weights, $6.00@6.S SO; good to .choict
heavy, S6..o@5.50; fair to choice heavy
| 81. 30(d655 Sheep-Demand good and prices
steady Common, 90. 25@290; fair to me
dunn, S. 1908 80; good do, $3.60@3S0 anc
choice, So 85@440 per 100 pounds; fancy
| g. 4005.5 so, chiefly at s3.5004.5o
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-28
rHE REyENuE coNsoLIpAr1oN.


MADISON, Ind, june 27-The first ripe
peaches were pulled to-day. Shipments will
begin Saturday.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1883-11-17

issue another call prior to the assem-
bling of congress. The offer recently
made by the Department to redeem
bonds embraced in 122nd and 123rd
calls. with interest payable to date of
presentation, has not had the effect of
causing many holders to present them,
as up to this time less than half
million worth of such bonds have
reached the Department and this
amount has been forwarded by various
small holders. Bonds embraced in the
two last calls are known to be accumu-
lating in New York, but bankers are
said to be holding them for the purpose
of realizing greater amount ofinterest
than they would receive by presenting
them at this time. This fact, said pro-
minent officers to-day, shows con-
clusively that the money market is
remarkably easy.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1883-11-17
WEATHER AND RIVER NEWS.

VIcKsBURG, Nov. 16.-River rose
inches. Fair and cold. Arrived
Belle of Memphis and Scudder, st.
Louis, Cole, Memphis. Departed
Fred A. Blanks, Ed. Richardson and
Helena for New Orleans.
ST. L0!LLs. Nov. 16.-River II feet
inches and falling. Clear and cold.
MEMPHIS, Nov. 16.--River ID feet
s inches and rising. Clear and freez-
ing cold.
CAIRO, Nov. l6.--River % feet anG
rising. Clear and colder.
CINCINNATI, Nov. l6.-River II feet
3 inches and falling. Clear and cold.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. l6.-River fall
ing. Clear and cold.
EVANSVILLE, Nov. 16.-River 16
and 2-10 feet and falling. Thermome-
ter %.
PIrTsBURG, Nov. l6.-River feet
S inches and falling. Very cold.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 16.-Arrived
Natchez, and City of Yazoo, Vicks-
burg; Laura Lee, Grand Ecore. De-
parted: City of YaZoo for Vicksburg.
Fair and cold.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1883-11-17
A Railroad Muchly Sued.

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.--A Montreal
dispatch to the Post says that 500 of
pne thousand men hired at two dollars
day to work on the Canada Pacific
Railroad have arrived in that
lty absolutely destitute and have en-
cred 300 actions against the Company
DR. wages and damages. The 'non
ae all French Canadians ana great
Indignation exists among their compa-
tiOts.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1883-11-17
John Smith Hung.

OAKLAND, M. d., Nov. l6.-J no
Smith, colored, murderer of Josiah
Harding, was hanged to-day at liza.
lie made a confession during the
m Orning to Rev. Mr.. Benz. Isidore, his
religious adviser. He said he killed
Harding but only did it because he
was under the influence of liquor. He
ate hearty breakfast and ate his
dinner about II o'clock with great
relish. He was led into the Jail yard
smoking cigar, which he threw
away at signal from the sheriff as he
mounted the scaffold. After MIR. Isl,
dore had read the 51st Psalm and
offered prayer, Smith made a short
speech confessing his crime and said
he was not sorry to go. AT the close
of his remarks he burst into tears.
His neck was broken and death was
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1883-11-17
Railroad Smash.up.

DALLAS, TEX, Nov. 16.-The south
bound passenger train on the Houston
& Texas Central Railroad jumped the
track last night just north of Choctaw
throwing the engine, baggage and
express cars through the trestle. The
fireman was killed and the engineer
baggage and express messengers were
seriously injured. 1t is rumored that
convicts employed as laborers, placed
the track in such condition as to cause
the wreck.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1883-11-17
Fire Fiend.

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 1G.-A special
from Oshkosh, sent at noon, says: The
Number yard of Stanhieber, Amos d
20, and o. ID. Pickard are burning
and fire has broken out in Morgan
biock near by. The flames are beyond
control and the mayor-has telegraphed
to Tond-d~-iac-for aid. Less of severah
hundred thousand dollars is anticjpa.
ted as the wind is blowing a gale.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1883-11-17
Printers STRIKE

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-Union prinJ
eers in evening newspaper offices
struck to-day for an increase fron2s s. to
40 cents for 1000 ems. Tk11Post and
Mafyand cypress refused increase and
the Union mefSsess$their cases. The
papers, however, will be published as
usual. The Graphic refused increase
and all hands resumed work. Other
evening papers give Union prices.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1883-11-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

CHICAGO, Nov. 16.-A special from
Dallas, Tex, states that passenger
train on the Houston & Texas Central
Railroad due there at $50 last evening
had not arrived up to midnight. There
is report current at Dallas that the
train has been seriously wrecked near
Sherman, though no facts are obtaina.
BILE,