davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
WIZARD OIL
% cents at the
HARPER HOUSE DRUG STORE.
EXEOUToR'S NOTICE.

Estate OF John n. f. WestphaI, Deceased.
The undersigned, having been appointed Ex-
ecnlrix Of the last will and testament0f John N. F.
Westphal, late of the county of Rock Island,
state OF Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice
that she will appear before the county court of
Rock lsand county at the office of the clerk
OF said court, in the city of Rock Island, at the
July term, on the First Monday in july next,
at which time all persons having claims against
said estate are notified and requested 10 at
tend for the purpose of having the same adj ust
ed All persons indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment to the un
dcrsigned.
Dated thi $ 26th dav OF April A. D., 1888.
SUSIE YVES fPHAL, EXecutrix.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12
july 1-dw
Health is Wealth |!

DIR. f. c. Vests Nerve and Brain trestm ent, a
guaranteed specific for hystera, dizziness, CON
Yusions, fits, nervous neuralgia, headache, ner-
vous prostration caused by the use of alcohol or
tobacco, walefulness. men tai depression, soften
ing OF the brain resulting in insanity and leading
to misery, decay and death, premature old age,
barrenness, loss of power in either sex, involun
tary Losses and spermatorrhoea caused by over
exerton of the brain, self abuse over indul
gence. Each contains one months treatment.
81 a box, or II e. sent by mail prepaid
on reCep of ID,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

A feature of the Cumberland County
Pa Agricultural Fair this year will be
the marriage of two couples, who have
been promised complete housekeeping
outfits
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-05-12

To cure any case. With each oro. tou by
us for six boxes, accompanied with o., re will
send the purchaser cur written guarantee TO re-
fund the money II the treatment does not affect
cure. Guarantees issued only by Marshall y
Fisher, Harper house drug store, sole agents,
Rock Island Ill.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
ABOUT FERTILIZERS.

How Every Farmer Can Make q Supply of
Concentrated Plant Food.
The science of fertilizers is now
pretty well understood. Few farmers
undertake to farm without them. for
they know their use to be profitable,
both directly and Indirectly. Not only
is the present crop benefited by them,
but succeeding crops also. for it sell
dom happens that all of fertilizer is
used up the first year. Numerous in
stances might be named to demon
strate the value of this or that fertil-
izer. A notable one occurred the pres
ent year. A neighbor fortified a part
only of his peanut crop, leaving the
rest to the natural resources of the
field. The part not fertilized produced
an average of fifty-six shocks of pea
nuts per acre, while the fertilizer por-
ton produced ninety shocks, and the
peas OF the latter were not only better.
but more to the vine. This shows q
gain of over II per cent. in favor of
fertilizers. Many such instances will
occur to the mind of every reader.
But fertilizers are not always thus
profitable, Sometimes they fail to
show any gain whatever. How is this
accounted for? Observation has shown
that in the latter case the soil itself to
which the fertilizer was applied was
deficient. It lacked organic matter
Here. then, is the key to the matter.
Fertilizers are profitable, but they do
not constitute the whole science of
manuring. They are good as helper,
a finisher-off, a complement, to go along
with organic matter, but they are never
profitable on soil exhausted of humus.
It is only when the manurial condition
of the soil is kept up by home resources
that it pays to employ fertilizers of any
grade or name.
We say this much in behalf of fer
tilizers in general. We are far from
saying that there is not, after all, a
great deal of humbuggery about fer
tilizers. Farmers have been most
shamefully swindled before now, no
doubt. in some of them. We are just
as far from saying that farmers could
not themselves manufacture as good
ertilizers-concentrat fertilizers
at home.
When a fertilizing company grinds
up simple mari to mix with prepared
bone and a little bit of dried blood,
and sells it as a first-class fertilizer,
there is nothing in the process that q
farmer could not do for himself. We
believe farmers have often paid too
dear for this fertilizer whistle the
shops have been SO eager to sell them.
They could have made better and a
cheaper article at home.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
Strange Things in Numbers.

':Here's curious study in figures"
said the expert accountant. '.Multiply
the figures 1. 2. 8. 4, 5, 6. z. 8. by 45
and we get this result: 5,555. 555, sos.
Reverse the figures thus: 9. 8. z, 6. 5,
4, 8. 2. 1 and use the same multiplier,
and we get another curious string, as
follows: 444. 444, 444. 445. Taking the
same figures as a multiplicand and re-
versing the figures 45-54-we get an
equally curious result: 6,666, 666, 6O6.
Again reversing the multiplicand and
using the same multiplier. makes the
sum total all IS except the first and
last figures, to wit: 5. 33S, 333. 1874. You
will perceive that the first and last
figures put together make 54-the
multiplier. Take the half of 54-27-
or reverse 2 and 2 and use it a null
tiplier and the results will be just as
ast0nishing-au SIS or Is. There is a
witchery in these figures can't under
stand; can you?"-Bufato Express.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
THE ROWSER FAMILY.
Mrs. B. Describes Her Husbands Regular
sunday Morning Performance.

Mrs. B. Describes Her Husbands Regular
Sunday Morning Performances.
I suppose the regular Sunday morn
ing programme at our house is the
same as at all others. and / presume
Mr.. Bowser's conduct is the same as
that of the average husband. He is
snoring away at eight o'clock, when 1
give him a dig and remark:
Come, Mr.. Bowser, we are going
to church this morning"
After about a dozen digs I get him
out of bed and in due time we have
breakfast. After that the performance
begins. AS the curtain goes up Mr.
Bowser is heard saying:
I'D like to know what particular
benefit we get from sitting in church
for an hour and a half and listening to
a dry old sermon?"
well. we must go for example,
example,! Who knows whether
we go to church OR stay home?''
Everybody knows, Mr.. Bowser.
We are in a neighborhood of church.
goers. and we shall be set down as
heathens if we don't 60"
81 might listen to forty thousand
such sermons as we hear and not be an
iota better, but 1 suppose I must be
dragged off. Have I got q clean
shirt?"
''Of course you have-five or six of
them. Go right up and dress your
SELF
He proceeds very slowly upstairs.
muttering as he goes. and in about a
minute calls over the banister:
eff there is anybody in Detroit who
can find my shirts I'll give him a $50
bill"
They are in the lower drawer of
your bureau
Lob! They are! What did you tell
me to look in the chest for?s
From the interval of silence that
ensues it is fair to presume that Mr.
Bowser makes discovery. There are
five shirts in the drawer, all alike as
to cleanliness, but he lays the five out
on the floor and makes a selection.
When he has done this he calls out:
slave your given my shirt buttons
away again?" Is.
81 never gave any of your shirt
buttons sway.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
France and Her Ministers.

The French look upon a Minister as
the accidental temporary manager of a
branch of the administration of the
country; they say that he leads no
body, and that he is guide to nobody.
for every body is aware (especia ly the
clerks in his own Ministry that every
thing he does will probably be undone
few weeks afterward by his successor.
Outside the Presidency and Ministry
there Is nothing. A real place before
the Nation-a place of power, name
ana honor, a personal place, estab-
lished on the personal value of the
hoider-has not existed since M. Theirs
resigned; and even the place he held.
though peculiar to himself and In hi.
strange nature, was altogether incom-
piefe. and Was not at all of kind tn
satisfy :. truly great man. NJ. Theirs
argued, threatened, lectured, -coaxed.
and clustered, but he neverdominated.
his ability was immense. but he nevar
rose to genius, and. as the place that
1t waiting to be taken requires genius.
he never could have filled it. even IF II
had been invented for him. Gambe4t.
came nearer to genius, without reach
ing 1t, but he had less ability and 90.
pecially, less knowledge than III. Ihier.
and was equally unfit, though for ar.
terent reasons And no one else h..
even approached q -Ninefee,,,I
Century. $50
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27


But this does not alter the case as
to the Importance Of fertilizers In cvn-
contracted form. It only shows where
in farmers have been remiss. The
farmer should make his own dry fer
tilizers and know what he is using.
and not allow other men to mix arti-
cles the character of which he is igno-
rant of.
We are told that he can not do il.
that he lacks the machinery. Not SO.
It is not necessary that he should have
the machinery of the shops in order
to manipulate q fertilizer. A common
apple mill is all the machinery the
farmer needs to enable him to make q
first-class concentrated plant food.
With this he can crush old mortar,
mari. bones. and shells; with this he
can grind dried animal manures to
mix with the plaster. botE- to be
ground together; with this he can mix
a variety of things. putting them in
easy shape for sowing in drill. The
apple mill has other uses than to crush
fruit. The farmer can make his fef.
tilizer in winter when outdoor work
is stopped. MESSENGER.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
CURRENT COMMENT.

1t is to be hoped that Mrs James
G. Blaine, DR., has absorbed enough
magnetism during her connection with
the Blaine family to thrill her audi
ences. Chicago Glo6S
General Harrison's first APP
pointee is an Englishman, and the first
public dinner he has attended was
given in honor of the Confederate Cen
eral, Longstreet. Chicago Herald.
We are in fair way to have a
navy no American need be ashamed
of, in contrast with the fleet of ancient
and unserviceable tubs bequeathed to
tary Whitney's splendid administrative
capacity makes plain sailing for his
successor. = Pittsburgh Post.
a denial from sources which are
authoritative is made of the rumor
that President Cleveland has ill-treat-
ed his wife. The denial was unneces-
sary. No sensible person paid any
attention to the story. started by
some of the more reckless of the scau-
dal-mongering crew who can unfortu-
nately find listeners any where. Chi
c0g0 M0R Rep.) }.
General Palmer, the first G. A.
Il. pOst-commander for Illinois, has
withdrawn from the order because he
believes it is manipulated in the inter-
est Of the Republicans. As an old
veteran he does not want to sail under
false colors. While he believed it was
an association of army veterans for
social and beneficial purposes he adj
hered to it. but he will not consent to
see it prostituted to partisan uses
BelteUitle Nesos- Democrat.
The Democratic veterans ought
long ago to have left the Grand Army
of the Republic. The Republican press
rarely. if ever, recognizes that large
part of the Union army was Demo-
cratic, and every thing achieved by
Democratic soldiers had been credited
to the Republican party. The Grand
Army of the Republic is now merely a
Republican machine, and is of no BEN
eft TO the country, whatever.-L ossis.
Uiile Courier-Jouraok
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
KITCHEN coNvEniEncEs.

NttO0GN OONVeNteNOeSs
Advice Which Should He Needed by Every
Good H0usekeepof.
IF q pleasant dinning-roOm is nee
essary to the well-being Of the family.
a well arranged kitchen is yet more so
to their health and prosperity. Good
housekeeping counts no place SO we'll
as in the kitchen. and in no depart
ment of our homes are sunlight. fresh
air and ventilation so much needed as
in the room where the most important
work of the household must be done.
In all cases when it is possible. the
kitchen should be large and airy, even
If it Is made SO by relinquishing ele-
gance in some other portion of the
house.
The kitchen walls should neither be
papered nor painted. but twice year.
spring and fall, they should be white
washed; the woodwork should be
simply oiled and vanished. If the
floor is not covered with Oil cloth, it
should be of hard wood and oiled,
when grease will not show. and it can
be easily wiped up two or three times
a week. The chief object to be
obtained is to systematic every thing
in this department, so order will pre-
vail and the head save the hands
labor. The furnishing of the kitchen
is matter of great Importance. Per-
haps the most necessary article is a
good stove, and very few house.
keepers understand how to manage
one when they have it. Once or twice
a week it should be thoroughly
cleaned, pipe, oven, and every part, so
as to be entirely free from SCOT, dust
and ashes. Besides the cooking uten-
sils furnished with the stove, many
other articles are necessary. A wide,
roomy dresser should be placed on one
side, and safe on the other. A bread
block in the corner; tray. sitter, pre-
serving kettle, perforated. skimmers
and iron spoons, ladies, iron forks,
sharp butcher knives, egg heaters,
graters. pans, dippers. pepper, salt
and spice boxes, match safe and
good clock. It will be found economical
to have, rs far as possible, the utensils
of metal rather than wood. A sink is
necessity in every kitchen. and
should be near the stove, SO as to be
convenient to hot water. When hot
and cold is not conveyed into the
kitchen, large boiler, well filled with
water, should always be kept on the
stove. A long table should be placed
near the window, on which to dress
and vegetables. Under it may
be drawers, in which can be kept a
supply of polishing and cleaning ma
terials, with scrubbing brushes and
plenty of coarse linen towels and dish
rags. A wooden mat, made by mailing
strips of lathe ten inches long anil one
wide across, is a great protection to
the kitchen table. Hot pans and ket-
ties from the stove may be set on it.
The room is best lighted by bracket
lamp at the side or a hanging lamp in
the center. which should be filed and
cleaned every morning.
"A place for every thing and every
thing in it's place. is an old rule very
necessary to have observed in every
kitchen but this will scarcely be done
even by the best of servants, unless in
sisted upon by neat, methodical
mistress.-Eliza r. Parker, iss L0uis-
ville Couraer-Jourmal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27

Celery Slaw.-One-third celery,
two-thirds green apples, chopped fine
like cabbage; place this in a frying
pan and pour over it a little hot water;
cover tight and let steam five minutes.
then remove it from the fire. pour
over it the above dressing ard serve
cold
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27
STABLE ECONOMY.

How to Supply Cattle and Horses With
Pure Air in Winter.
1t has been laid down as a rule by
careful English sanitary observers that
no stable is properly constructed that
does not allow to each horse one
thousand cubic feet of air, and to each
COW eight hundred. not reckoning any
space over ten feet from the floor. and
with ventilation so arranged that the
complete volume Of air may be changed
at least once in every hour. During
our extreme cold weather it would be
difficult to accomplish this without
lowering the temperature very much
below what we generally find it, unless
artificial heat be supplied. Or the ami
NAL protected by clothing. But it GER
tainly would hardly seem rs if we
were justified in warming the air in
our stables at the expense of its pu-
rity. .
In attempting to ventilate certain
facts must be borne in mind, viz: That
air becomes lighter as it becomes
warmer, SO that the inlets should be
nearer the floor than the head of the
animal and the outlets higher. Sec
of the stall, so that the air may not be
tainted by odors arising from the
manure; the outlets should be behind
the animal, SO that such odor may be
carried away. Third. each stall
should have separate ventilation. so
that the animal may have pure air
when lying down.
There is such a diversity in stables
that it is not possible to lay down a
definite rule for their ventilation. But
both ventilation and lighting can best
and easiest be accomplished when the
stalls face outward. A good plan would
be to have a window in front of each
stall, situated pretty high up, with
hinges at the bottom and triangular
piece of board at each side connected
by strap for the window to drop back
against when open. The advantage
of this style of construction is that the
air is passing in. if there is any wind
to force it in (for it will not without),
is thrown upwards and scattered so
that one part of the body is not cooled
more rapidly than the others, which
is the cause of taking cold.
This window will furnish the neces-
sary light and sun to regulate the tenn
perature, but as it would be likely to
be kept closed through the winter, it
is not an important factor in ventila-
ton. Amore perfect plan for that pur-
pose is to run a tunnel OR box the whole
length of the stable under the man
gers, both openings at each end and in
front of each stall. The end openings
should be provided with doors or slides,
by means of which the openings may
be partly or completely closed; as in
case of high winds it may become nee
essary to completely close one of them.
This inlet will answer all practical
purposes if kept clean and carefully
regulated.
The outlet may be by one or more
shafts depending on the number of
stalls) run from the top of the stable
out through the roof, with the lower
openings behind the stalls These
shafts should not open into NOW
above. Or be used to throw feed down
through. as any opening below the
roof would interiors with the draft,
and the escape of the impure air among
the food tends to make it unpalatable,
and to a slight degree unwholesome.-
Cor. Western Farmer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27

History will; stamp Mr. Cieve-
lands administration as one Of the
uisest of the centhry.-Iosedo Bee.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-12-27

-When'a lady strikes one spree.h,-
tne biaw Is supposed to be welcoms : :
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-07-31
Is Cassidy All He Claims?

The Carson APPEAL says Cassidy
is honest enough to differ with his
party and openly admits that he
believes in protection. This is
trash. When in Congress Mr.. Cas-
sidy voted for the Morrison Hori-
zontal bill, and had he been in Con-
gress would have voted for the
Mills bill. He believes in free
wool, and has not the courage Of
Randall. Cassidy may be a pro-
tectionist in Nevada but at WASH
Ington he swallows the whole
Democratic hog. Journal.
Cassidy should openly define his
position on this question II he is a
protectionist in Nevada and a free
trader in Congress, he ought not to
get 100 votes in this State.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-07-31

Boston, July 28.-.John L. Sulli-
v&n met with a little adventure
three or four nights ago that did
not end at all as he anticipated. He
entered a South BoSton barroOm at
an hour when it was filled with
'lorgehoremen, and filling up on
mixed drinks started TO clean the
place out. He knocked down one
inufensive toiler, when he was set
upon by the whole crowd, who
knocked him down, jumped on i'm
and otherwise maltreated the cham
pion slugger. When he was final
iy released he left the place much
bruised.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-07-31
I'M assaT AL KI~a.G.
Stewart s;ectsrc~ the Fall APP
preparation.
WASHINGTON, July "a. 1855

| WAsuINGroS, July "a, 1888.
| s. z. DAVIS, Ed. APPEAL
| A cut in wages has been ordered
at the Carson Mint. The watcl,
men are only paid $3.50 ger day
1t is not likely the Government Will
get responsible men to work at
those wages. - Eureka Sentinel.
(Dem.)
have noticed the above item
| floating about your State In varions
papers, and as you have seen fit TO
publish it, it is probably about
time to question it. do 80 be-
cause the Mint will have The regu-
lar appropriation OF STA 500, in
stead OF SA4 $50 as proposed by
the House, and therefore there
ought to be enough money to pay
the old salaries.
1t may be of interest to your
readers to state how the sum OF
STA, 500 was obtained after the Dr.
rector of the Mint had recommend
ed the abandonment of the Carson
Mint.
The Legislative appropriation bill
as it passed the House provided for
only $44,75O for the Mint. When it
came into the Senate and was re-
ferred to the Appropriation Com
mittee Senator Stewart appeared
before that Committee and made an
argument for the regular allowance
of $l14,50O. He explained the
situation OF the Mint and showed
how vastly its business had in
creased within the last few months. |
The Committee acted favorably up
on Senator Stewards recommends |
ton, and increased the appropria- |
ton to the sum last stated. When /,
the Conference Committee OF tho
two Houses met to consider the |
Senate amendments to the bill, it
was necessary for Senator Stewart |
to make another argument in de-
Tense of the amendment increasing
the Carson Mint appropriate IN to
$ll4,50O. The amendment was
agreed to, the bill has passed both
Houses and tie Mint is saved
Had the sum of only $44 $50
been provided for the Mint as the
House proposed. that institution
would very likely have shut down
before six months of the present
fiscal year had passed.
ISAAC FRoHMAN.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-07-31
o.44 -. L. 16aa 1AmrA4.N
EEe Will Make Protection 4is
strong Point.

| There will be two James q.
B!aines on the stump, but not
until Autumn. James G.. Blame
Jr. Is spending July at Seabris hi.
He said to = rep,fter: "FaIher
will make srverai speeches soon
after his return from Europe, pro1-
ably. but he will not go into cam
paign until S .,t.nper. We expect
that he will put two months OF hard
work for Harrison and Morton"
"What will be his oratorical special
ty" "Protection. That is the is
sue you know, and he will devote
himself to ~" Being asked If the
rumor was true that he was going
to take the stump, young Mr.
Blaine replied: Yes, expect to
make SEINE speeches-as many as
our people deem desirable. The
programme is not yet made out
definitely, but l anticipate sthat
father will speak IN the cities OF New
York, Connecticut, New Jersey and
Indiana-say forty to fifty speeches
in September and October. Can
he stand it? Yes. His health is
good, no matter what has been said
to the contrary. My own appear
ance on the stump will be Of com
small account, of course,
and l am willing to go wherever
the Campaign Committee dictates.
| shall talk tariff, too, and it is
hardly necessary to add that my
fathers views are mine.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-07-31
EShnavOSuc.

Those who went to see James
Ward IN Irish comedy last night
we're not disappointed. James
Ward has built up . wide reputa-
ton in the portrayal Of Irish char
acters, and assisted by his wife
Carrie CLARK, and an excellent
company, gave splendid rendition
OF the play. Ward has an inimit
able brogue. and gives the pure
Irish eccentricity without :the
coarseness with which many actors
invest the Irish character. His
work is all clean cut, and the com
pany see that all the points in the
sparkling drama are well brought
out. Tonight "The Red Fox" will
be presented, and in this piece Mr..
Ward is fairly i'm his element. l,
is full OF dramatic and tragic incl.
dent, and gives Mr.. Ward a fine
opportuning for the display OF his
powers.