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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

There is an artesian well 1000 feet
deep in Aberdeen, Neb. that throws out
numbers of fish that look like the ordins
arv brook miDnow
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

NEW York, Oct. ga Washington spe,
cial says the Mexican legation characterizes
the press kilograms from Mexico which speak
of threatened general revolution as ex
tremey sensational and unquostionah!y with
out ADEQUATE foundation
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

There are fifteen men under the aye of
80 years in Portland, one, who AIR worth
over 81 900. 600 each
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

All who desire full informatioG about
the cause and cure of Flood POisons,
Scrofula ani Scrofulous Swellings. Ulcers,
Sores, Rheumatism, Kidney Complaint,
Catarrh. etc, can secure by mail. free, a
copy of our 81 page Illustrated Book ct
Wonders, filled with the most wonderful
and startling proof ever before known.
Address, Blood Balm Go,
Atlanta Ga.
For sale by + H. Thomas
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

Hoods sarsaparila. acting through the
blood, reaches every part of the system,
and in this way positively cures catarrh.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

Catarrh is constitutional disease
Hoods Sarsaparilla, is constitutional
remedy. II cures catarrh. Give /. q
trial,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

MINNEAPoLIs, MIMI, Oct % The coop
rr's strike is virtually settled. all the shops
but one having agreed to advance wages to
Is cents uC" barrel
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

Like hot weather. the smiles of lovely
women will at all times viii mans
ChOlcr.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

Secretary ErdiCott has been eating
pears from an ancestral pear tree. 253
years old, at Endicott farm, near Dams
veres Mass
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

q neral Adam Badcau is 4 middle aged
man. short. heavy set. of quick movement
and cutting eye
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

Senator kenua takes with him fiddle
and camera in TIP to the West Virgin
in wilds, where he will rough it
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

Evangelist Harrison is threatened Will
paralysis.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

The Lowell Courier claims to have con-
structed the following ingenious palm
drome: mo, it is opposition" A palin>
drome is sentence that reads the same
forward and backward
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

Thomas F Pendel. Lincoln's body
guard, is still an attache of the White
house
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

John f Owens is critically i'll again at
Towsou. Md
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

Simon Cameron is the only survivor of
the Senate of Folks administration now
that David L. Yulee is dead.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

Gabriel Dumont, lieutenant of Louis
Riel during the late rebellion in the
northwest, was connected with Buffalo
Bills show on Staten Island during the
past summer
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1886-10-23

The illness of Judge Woods, of the
United States Supreme Court, is likely to
prove fatal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-03
THE SEPTEMBER MAGAZINES.

Jumpers for Septemberis unusually rich
in illustrated articles, including de-
scription of the processes of making ar
tistic brOnzes; Working-men in the
British Parliament: "Shorthorn Cat
tie" by Lewis F. Allen; "Old Salem
Sea-captains" and the sixth part of
"rheir Pilgrimage" which is devoted to
the peculiarities of summer life at Sara
toga. Rear Admiral Simpson writes ON
"United States Docks and Navy-Yards, :"
Richard Il. Ely on "The Reform of Rail-
way Abuses" and Richard a. Proctor on
1.-The Central Engine of the Solar Sys-
tenn" Wordsworth's poem, places of
Worship" is printed with an illustration
by Alfred Parsons; there are two short
stories and the customary editorial mat
tiers.
The Eclectic contains Leopold Kat
scher's monograph on Taine, a brilliant
study of the French historian, which
opens the number. Two other literary
papers are Palgrave's Poetry Compared
with the Other Fine Arts" and "Novel-
lists and their Patrons" by Alex. lines
Shand. Augustine Birrell's review of
the life and times of Edmund Burke will
be read with much interest, and another
powerful paper is that on 1.-The Growth
OF the English Novel;" from the Quarter
ly Review. Students of architecture will
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-03

hnd room for cogtation in Mr.. f. II.
Bakers paper on "The Evolution of Ar
chitecture;' and those who have studied
the evolution of types and ideals in art
VIII turn quickly to Charles Newton
SCOTS "Child-God in Art" There are
peslues several poems and interesting
minor articles.
wac d''"f" has a opening article the
story, "When Book Meets Bool; e. q
salutatry tale to be read bv both child
rem and their parents. Hon. ). :. Cox.
|. ,. minister to Turkey. contributes -
racy article upon "LEnfant Terrible
Turk, which is fully illustrated from
Turkish photographs. Following. and
in contrast, is a long and dainty Irish
ballad by Mrs. ). NJ. b. Piatt. entitled
"Ihree Little Would-be Emigrants. and
has five full-page illustrations by Has
sam Another interesting article of tray-
ell entitled "Some Indian Children" is
by Mrs. NJ. G. Norton, widely known in
connection with mission-work in Dakota
Mrs. Helen Campbell writes the s.war
story of the number. SIN the Turtle
Crawl relating thrilling experience of
her ancestors in the Seminole War. The
tale OF adventure, MY Friends Stiff
Shoulder" is by John Carnifex. and de-
scribes tiger hunt. Mrs. Sherwood in
"Royal Girls and Royal Courts" writes
OF the royal young folks at Sandrinobam
and Mrs. Fremont in her 'Souvenirs. re.
lates some interesting things about the
Austrian empress, and Prince Hobenloe
and some ideal inns in the Tvrol. Miss
Harris in pheasant Authors Describes
Tx Marvel" Mrs. Treat, in ''My Garden
fets' points out the garden beetles
whose lives ought to be preserved; and
Edwards Roberts describes "a Nooui
Snake Dance, at which he was present
last year There is much other interest
ing matter, notably three serials. Wide
-i"06e is 81 year. ID. Lothrop a Co.
publishers, Boston.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-03
THE WIZARD OF THE TREASURY
From the Louisville POST

In all the departments there are en-
ployees who hold their positions. not on
the strength of their political influence.
but upon the strength of their peculiar
abilities. Among these is Patrick Bvrnes
OF the division of loans in the treasury
department. For a dozen wear, not an
interest check has left the department
that has not passed through his hands.
The interest on the bonds is paid quarter
ly, and, to insure absolute certainty that
none of the checks 90 astrav. it is abso-
lutely necessary that they should all be
sealed by one individual As the holders
of bonds are represented in number by
many thousands, it would take three or
binary clerks to do the work. but Byrnes
does the mailing single handed. The
checks are brought down from the loan
division, and piled on his desk in stacks
like cord wood Each one must get in
its right envelope, which has been previ-
ously addressed; then Byrnes begins.
With no mechanical assistance except
wet sponge he starts in to do the seal
ing. Those who have seen BltZor Herr
mann handle pack of playing cards be-
fore Il wonder-stricken audience might
have some idea of the way that Brynes
RIFLES the checks into the envelopes.
Fifty minute. How he does it no one
knows. 1t is a sleight of hand, but so
rapidly performed that the eye cannot
follow the movement. Trump, thump,
thump, all day long, and at the close of
the departmental day he has filled three
store boxes with sealed envelopes. Does
he ever make a mistake? Well. no. The
checks vary from $50 to $1,000. and
single mistake on his part might cost
him Il years salary. 1t is safe to say
that he never makes one. OF the thou
sands of people who quarterly receive
these interest checks, few know of the
the wizard through whose hands they
have passed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-03

most beautiful furniture was of Red
Towering maple, and bedsteads are still
made of it which, in richness of lustre,
exceed the finest mahogany. At Boston
some cabinet-nakers saw it into thin
plates for inlaying mahogany. But the
most constant use of curled maple is for
the stocks of fowing-pieces and rifles,
which to elegance and lightness unite a
solidity arising from the accidental di-
rcction of the fibre.
The cellular tissue of the Red-nower-
ing maple is of "A dusky red. BY boiling
it yields purplish color, which. on the
addition of sulphate of iron, becomes
dark blue approaching to black. 1t is
used in the country, with a certain por-
ton of alum in solution, for dyeing
black.
The wood of the Red-llowering maple is
so little esteemed for fuel that it is rarely
brought into the cities.
The French Canadians make sugar
from the sap of this maple which they
call Plume; but, as in the preceding
species, the product of a given measure
is only half as great as is obtained from
the Sugar maple.
1t should be observed that the Red
towering maple never attains its full di-
mansions except in swamps where the
bottom is composed of fertile soil. When
the population of the country becomes
denser these tracts will be cleared and
improved by some mode of culture more
profitable than the growth of woods and
especially of this species, which is fit
neither for the use of the wheelwright
nor for any other solid work; for it
possesses little strength, is liable to in
Jury from worms and ferments and speed
lily decays when exposed to the alterna-
lions of dryness and moisture. Though
at present it is extensively used. its I'M
portance in the arts is not such as to EN-
title it to preservation. and it will doubt
less one day become rare. When the
period arrives that it is necessary in the
| nited States. as in Europe. to renew the
forests, or TO preserve those which have
escaped destruction. the American for
ester will find among the oaks. the wal
nuts and the ashes many species more
deserving of his care. The sugar maple
also will be preferred, which grows ON
uplandS and possesses in superior de-
gree all the good properties of the other.
From these consultations the Red-tlow-
ering maple appears to have no preten-
tons to place in European forests.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-03
HOW SOME MARRIED WOMEN co
TO SLEEP
From the Chicago Tribune

lrl"h the chicago TriDune.l
There is an article going the rounds
entitled "llow the Girls 90 TO Sleep"
The manner in which they 90 TO sleen
according to the article. can't hold can
dIe to the way married women 90 TO
sleep.
Instead of thinking what she should
nave attended to before going to bed. she
thinks of it afterward. While She is re-
NolNlng these matters in her mind. and
while snugly tucked up in bed. the old
man Is scratching his head in front of
the fire and wondering how he will pav
the next months rent. Suddenly she
eXclaims:
James did you lock the door,"
"What door," says james.
The cellar door" says she.
NO" says James.
"Well. you had better 90 down and
lock it. for heard some one in the bacl,
yard last night"
Accordingly James paddles down the
stairs and locks the door. About the
time James returns and is going TO bed
she remarks:
Ibid you shut the stair door,"
NO" says James.
"Well, if it is not shut the cat will get
up in the chamber"
Let her come up. then" saws James
ill-naturedy.
My goodness, no" returns hi, wife:
"shed suck the baby'S breath"
Then James paddle, down stairs a@ain
and steps on tack. and closes the stair
door. and curses the cat, and returns to
the bedroom. Just rs he begins to climb
into his couch his wife observes
Il forgot to bring up some water.
suppose you bring up some in the BIG
tim
And so James, with a muttered curse,
goes down into the dark Kitchen and
falls over a chair and raps all the tinware
off the wall in search of the tin" and
then jerks the stair door open and howls:
Where the deuce are the matches:"
to find the matches, and adds that She
would rather go and get the water her
self than have the whole neighborhood
raised about it; after which James find,
the matches, procures the water, and
comes up stairs and plunges into bed.
Presently his wife says: flames.
a. ~. NJ n n,lar In. 81,
matters. Now next week I've got 10
pay"
II don't know what you'll have to paw
and don't care" shouts James as he
lurches around and jams his face against
the wall, "all want is sleep"
That's all very well for YOU" snaps
his wife, as she pulls the covers vicious
ly: you never think of the worry and
trouble have. And there is Araminta.
who | believe is taking the measels."
Let her take EN-" says James.
Hereupon she begins to cry softly, bur
about the time James is falling into a
gentle sleep she punches him in the ribs
with her elbows and says;
Did you hear the scandal about Mrs.
JoneS?'
Where" says James sleepily.
"Why, Mrs. Jones'"
"Where?" inquiries James.
II declare" said his wife, 'you are
getting more stupid every day. You
know Mrs. Jones that lives at 2l: Well.
day before yesterday Susan Smith told
Mrs. Thompson that sam Barker had said
that Mrs. Jones had"
Here she paused and listened. James
is snoring in profound slumber. With
a snort of rage she pulls all the covers
of him, wraps up in them, and lies awake
until , a. m, thinking how badly used
she is.
And this is the way some married wo-
men go to sleep.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-03
PA RSoNS'

or relieve all manner
box Of pills. Find out
about them, and you
will always be thank
full. One pill a dose.
Parsons'Pills contain
nothing harmful, are
easy to take, and
cause no inconven-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-03

When Baby was sick, eve gave her Castoria,
When she WAS Child, sho cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoris,
When she had Children, she gave thom Castoria,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-03
| DISEASES OF
| WOMEN.

forded large experience in adapting remedies
for their cure, and
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-03
Farm for Sale

THE Farm in the southeast part
of the town of Shoreham, of late
the home place of William G. Will
son, deceased, is offered for sale
This farm is supposed to contain
l47 acres, consisting of meadow,
pasturage and woodland, in desira-
bic proportion. The dwelling
house has lately been thoroughly
repaired and modernized; and is
neat, convenient, comfortable and
commodious. The out buildings,
though not new, are in fair condi-
ton, and entirely ample for the
wants of the farm. The farm is
well fenced, and has upon it
young, thrifty and bearing orchar |.
This is a fine opportunity for any
one desiring a good home and
farm with more desirable and fewer
Objectionable features, than the av-
erage of farms. If desired, easy
terms of payment will be granted.
For price and other particulars, in
quire on the premises, of
Mrs. ELIZA WILSON.
Or of f. J. ORMSBEE, Brandon.
ShOreham, Vt. JAN Pc, lSS6 SIT
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-09-03
STATE OF VERMONT,
- District of Addison, IS.

- District of Addison, S..
The Probate Court for the District OF Addi-
son
To all persons in the estate of hiram
Rich, late of Shoreham, in said District, de.
ceased. GREETING.
by the authority OF the State OF Vermont,
you are hereby notified to appear before the
said Probate Court, AT the Probate ONCE in
Middlebury, in said District, on the 18th day
of september, \. ID, lsS6, AT 10 o'clock "A. m, to
show cause, II any you have, why the account
of c. +. Bush administrator OF the cs.
tate of said deceased, should not be allowed,
and also why the residue of said estate should
not he distributed To the parties entitled there
to.
Dated at Middlcbury, i'm said District, this
18th day of August, \. d., lss6
"a LYMAN T.. KNAPP, Judge.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-22
s&sE.sg si=+A
WATER FOR SHEEP.

- ~ LAE+H
Sheep, like other animals, need
water, They do not need so much
as some, as the evaporation from
their bodies is not SO great, butwhat
they do need is as imperative for
them to have as for other animals to
have what they need. 1t should be
pure waterr--not chemically pure, of
course, as no water, unless distilled,
is chemically pure-but good clear
well, or brook water. If it, is what
is called "hard"-that is contains
lime-sheep like it all the better,
and it is said to be good. for them.
But they should be able to obtain
water without getting their feettin
it or into mud, Stagnantf water,
and, all kinds Of impure water in
the general a~cceptation ofIthe, term
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-22

should be kept away from the sheep
or the sheep away from the water,
for it is full of the germs OF disease
for all kinds ofanimals as well as
human beings. These germs1enter
into the circulation and produce
fevers and arrangement OF the us
sues. But while impure water is
to be avoided, pure water is to De
provided for sheep and all other
domestic animals. There can be
no fluids without it. 1t is the base
of all fluids at the natural temper
ature of the animal organisms. 1t is
necessary, also, to carry off the urea
and some otherproducts of the spent
tissues by washing out the duets
and larger channels. About seventy
percent of the body of the sheep is
water. How is the water to be sup
piled on dry hay or even dry pas
ture? The most succulent Of grass
does not contain sufficient water to
supply all the needs Of the body.
The dews and rains may help some,
but they are an uncertain source OF
supply. The sheep must have water
to drink at will, in order to do it's
best.-National Live Stock Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-22
THE DEVON FOR ROUGH LAND.

The Devon is not considered the
best breed for beef, milk or butter,
vet it combines all those qualities to
a certain extent, and considering it's
hardness, activity and ability to
exist on scanty pastures, it is really
one of the most desirable Of our
breeds. As work-oxen the Devons
are superior to all other cattle, being
rapid walkers strong and enduring,
If we were asked to recommend
some special breed for crossing on
natives that are accustomed to pick
ing up their food in the woods, or
on abandoned fields, with steep hill
sides to climb, we do not think any
breed could compare with the Dew
ons for that purpose. We admit that
the beef breeds will increase the
weight Of the c~arcasses, and that
the butter and milk breeds will
cause larger yields, but the condi-
tions must be changed to conform
to the object desired, and therefore
the pastures and grazing must be
better. We are not favorable to the
recommendation Of any breed that
does not induce the farmer to adopt
better methods as we'll as better
stock, but there + those who think
it economical to turn their COWS on
the woods and bare places, and who
will not improve with any class of
stock that cannot exist under such
circumstances. The Devon is the
best for this purpose, and though
we place the Devon in such a posi-
ton, yet it is not because it cannot
be made use in other respects. 1t is
really an excellent breed, is large,
makes good beef, gives rich milk,
and more than the average quantity,
and, like other classes of stock, does
best on good pastures and kind
treatment, being n Of the most
useful breeds known.-Farm, Field
and StOckman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-22
FEEDING WHOLE VS.. GROUND
CORN.

At the Agricultural Experiment
Station, of Maine, an experiment
bearing upon this question has been
made with a pig, which was kept
so confined that all the excrement
could be collected and weighed, the
object of the experiment being to
ascertain the proportion of the food
actually digested when fed in the
various forms of whole grain, corn
meal, and corn-and cob meal. Omit
ting the details Of the experiment,
which are given in the annual report
of the station, recently issued, we
may summarize the results obtained
as follows: Of the total organic mat
ter in the corn, nearly eight pounds
more in a hundred were digested
from the corr meal than from the
whole corn, the difference being
greatest in the most valuable portion
of the grain-the albuminoid mate
rial, whence it appears that in feed
ing I bushel Of corn without grind
ing, about five pounds more would
be wasted in the excrement than in
feeding the same weight of meal.
In feeding the corn-and-cob meal, it
appeared that about eleven per cent.
OF the organic matter Of the cobs
was digested; but it also appeared
that this increase of .digestible mat
ter fell almost entirely upon the
crude fibre Of the cobs, material that
probably has the least value of any
of the prominent ingredients Of
feeding stuffs.-Fnrm and Fyeside.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-22

should be tabooed until they are a
year old, By this time their diges-
tive organs will acquire power to
digest even the richest food. If fed
while young with oats or barley
meal in Summer and a little corn
meal as cold weather approaches,
the pigs health will be unimpaired
and his largest gain is made while
young.
sTUBBLE AS MANURE.
Nokind of stubble except of clover
of which the root forms the princi-
pal part, is worth anything as
manure. Of grain crops, especially,
neither the stubble above ground
nor the root below is worth regard
ing as a fertilizer. If the. straw of
grain stubble can be burned it is no
waste to make this disposal Of it,
SOIL, CROPS AND MOISTURE. d.
The interesting researches in Ger
many of Prof. E. Wollny have shown
that both soil and crops have a
great influence upon the proportion
of moisture in the atmosphere.
Other things being equal, the at
mospheric moisture is greatest over
humus soils, least over sands, and
takes an intermediate position over
clays. The air over fat and con-.
concave surfaces is moister than
that over adjacent slopes, Ground
inclining to the north contributes
more to the moisture of the air than
southern slopes, while easterly and
westerly inclines take an intermedi-
ate place. The moisture is greater
over a plant-covered tract than over
a bare soil, and increases with the
density of the vegetation. Among
ordinary crops, meadows impart
most moisture tothe air; henfollow
perennial fodder plants, such as
clover and lucern; then Summer
crops, which have a prolonged veg
citation, such as turnips, maize oats,
beans and potatoes; then those of
briefer growth, such as flax, rye, bar
ley and peas; and lastly Winter
wheat.