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Sauer Kraut.

When preparing to make sauer kraut
select good, firm heads of cabbage, cut
them In halves, and remove the hard
core; then shave up into fine shreds on
cutting board made for the purpose, or
the cabbage may be sliced up with a
large knife, but the regular cutting
board is the best implement. The half
barrel or barrels used for the kraut
should be scalded out and made thor
oughly clean and sweet. Lay a few cab.
bage leaves over the bottom of the barrel,
and on these sprinkle handful Of salt.
Throw in half bushel of the sliced cab
bage, and press down with a wooden
pounder as firm as possible without
crushing the shreds of leaves fiat. Then
add another large handful of salt, fol-
lowing with more cabbage, and proceed
in this manner until the barrel is full.
Cover over with a layer of cabbage
leaves, and place on the top clean
board fitting to the slaves of the barrel
moderately close. On this board lay 8
stone weighing fifteen to twenty pounds:
Set the barrel of kraut away in cool
place, and it will be ready for use in from
six to eight weeks. sauer kraut made
late in the season, and foruse IN winter,
should be placed where it will not freeze
during cold weather.-Neo York Sun.
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Utilizing Pinch Of This and That.

promised you a nice receipt, says
Mad &c in London Truth, and here it is:
Take pound of spinach and wash it
thoroughly in three or four waters, pick
ing off any faced leves, but not cutting
them. The knife should only be used
at the root. Boil the spinach in little
water tillit becomes quite tender. Press
all the water away from it, and then
chop the leaves very fine. Now chop an
onion very small, fry it in beef dripping
till quite done, and then add it to the
spinach, stirring them together with
tablespoonful of -four, little pepper
and soupcon of sugar. Take either a
small stewpan or frying pan. Put in
it a tablespoonful of butter, and then
put in the spinach, stirring we'll until it
is quite hot. Set it aside in a warm
place, where it cannot burn (Which it
will do on the smallest preteSt), and set
to work to make savory omelet. When
completed put in the middle of hot
dish, surround it with the spinach and
garnish with croutons. This makes a
nice little entree, and an extremely in
expensive on.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
Children's Sleeping Apartments.

The Importance of pure air In the
rooms allotted to children is strongly
urged upon parents, and no language can
be too emphatic, for in ill-ventilated
apartments the little ones languish, be-
come pale, feeble and sickly. Their con-
stitutions are so undermined, poisoned by
stagnant and impure air, perfect develop
ment is absolutely impossible, and the
diseases common to childhood find them
ready victims, death occurring, not be-
cause those diseases are in themselves so
fatal, but because the children attacked
have not the strength to rally and throw
them off. Perfect ventilation and strict
cleanliness 60 hand in hand. Without
the latter, it is utterly impossible to keep
the air of room pure.-Bost0n Journal
of Health.
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Look to the Horse Collars.

Look to the horse collar; and the traces
in warm weather. A horse may be badly
in, ,ured by half days work in badly
fitting harness. Collar gals are diff
cult to heal in warm weather, and a
horse disabled may be badly spared when
the haying is on. The worst gals are
on the neck, where bruises become very
serious in their results. Metal collar
pads are cool and smooth, and admit the
air under them while the horse is at
work and wholly prevent the chafng of
the collar at the top of the neck. Smooth
metal pads-zinc being free from rusting
and innoxious is the best-might be used
with advantage over the lower part of
the collar, where gals are most fire.
quently made, but at any rate hard,
smooth leather should be put in the col
lar. A collar should fit closely to the
neck and yet be loose enough at the neck
not to choke the animal. AS rule horse
collars are too long and slip up and
down at work, and thuse cbafe and gall
the shoulders. Salt water washing morn
ing. noon and night, and the constant
cleansing of the collar from dried sweat,
will tend to avoid those tormenting sores
which give much pain to farm horses
Neso York Times.
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A Professional Pail Bearer.

A professional pail bearer has been dis
covered in Philadelphia. He is an ex-
carpenter, who once, when out of job,
was asked to be pail bearer at a funeral
of an entire stranger. Heaccepted, and
was paid literally. He saw business
in it, bought decent suit of black, reads
all the obituary notices, and goes to
funerals. He finds his services most in
demand at the funerals of very old per
sons who have out-lived their COM
paniens; and if the dead person happens
to be an unmarried woman past middle
life, then he is almost certain of job.
He says that he averages two funerals
day, and makes living out of it.
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Rot Of Peaches and Plums.

There is difference in peaches in
their liability to rot, says veteran fruit
grower in the New York 7riJune, those
with delicate or thick skin being more
easily affected than the downy, thick
skinned, and solid varieties, although
there are some exceptions. Wetweather
tends to produce rotting. When the
specimens grew in contact with each
other, the water from rains lodges be-
tween them and produces the same re-
suit. The fruit is more apt to decay
when the trees stand in sheltered places,
where the breeze cannot carry off the
moisture readily from the trees and fruit.
Usually the most common cause of rot
ting is the puncture of the curculio, and
it will often be found that the trouble
first begins aroand these punctures. The
same causes, more or less, operate with
plums. The practical remedies are:
Planting where there will be some
breezes; thinning the young fruit when
partly grown; killing the curculio; and
selecting such varieties as have proved
least Affected. The Washington plum,
and the Amsden and other early peaches,
are more liable to rot than the other
sorts. The character of the soil has
little or no influence.
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Sows EATING Their P.pS.

This is one of the most annoying mis-
haps that the breeder has to contend
with. Gilts are very prone to devour
their young, and the habit is most usu-
ally contracted from neglect to promptly
remove any dead pigs that may have been
still-born or overlaid. A very valuable
SOW of the writer's ate her first litter of
seven pigs, and her second of eleven
pigs, picking them up as greedily as a
wild wolf would have done, unmindful
of their piercing squeals, and with a
crunch or two putting them out Of sight.
We came very near doing a foolish
thing, namely, knocking her in the head
on the spot, and fully resolved she would
never have the chance to do the same
thing again. But as the months rolled
around, we found her with pig again,
and in talking with some of the neigh
bors in regard to it, an old breeder told
US that che had heard that to give SOW
Q pound or two of old bacon about far
rowing time would keep her from it. :"
The day before the SOW farrowed we fed
her some two pounds of bacon, and as
soon as the pigs were born we fed her
several pounds more, probably three or
four at different times through the day,
and again the next day. She had lit
tered eleven pigs again; the next time
she had thirteen, and the last time fif-
teen. The precaution of feeding more
or less bacon or fat meat was taken each
time, and she never offered to molest her
pigs, once or twice failing to eat dead
one when she had the opportunity
american Agriculturist.
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Builders of the Florida Peninsula.

Among the agencies which have helped
to build up the peninsula of Florida, are
certain trees, like the mangrove and
cypress, which grow on land more or less
under water. Like the coral builders,
they have worked slowly, but in thou
sands of centuries the change wrought
would be great. 1t is altogether proba,,
BILE that the thousands of tree-covered
''islands" in the Everglades and Big
Cypress were once mangrove thickets,
and that the present mangrove islands
will in time be added to the mainland.
-Arkansau Trareler.
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Success in Bee-Culture.

Success in bee culture is attained only
by the faithful performance of many
little items. Some persons never have
any duck" with bees, whys One year
the moths destroyed them, and another
season the swarms left while the hives
were being made ready. washed with
apple tree leaves and salt. A person
who expects to make success in bee
culture must study their lessons we'll,
learn the habits of these industrious in
sects and their wants, and supply them.
Last year the honey crop was an almost
complete failure, owing to the severe
droAth, and many colonies at present
have not days ration ahead. Let there
be long continued storm, and bees in
this condition must starve Their owner
must know their condition, and this is
one of the good things of the movable
frame hive. Bees consume stores very
fast in the spring, because of their rails
ing so much brood. Scientists tell us
that an insect in its Larvae slate consumes
more food than during the remainder of
its life. If a colony is short of honey,
the best way to supply it is to remove as
quietly as possible an empty frame, and
insert full one in its place. Where no
frames of honey are obtainable, feed
syrup made of any kind of sugar when
bees are flying. Little wooden butter
dishes make good feeders, as bees cling
to their sides and never drown as they
do in glass or earthenware, unless filed
With cut straw or shavings. This spring
lied lazy mans way-tied cheese cloth
over large pans of syrup, and fed in the
open air. When the syrup was lowered
so the bees could not reach it, pushed
the muslin down upon the surface so they
could.-Proirie Farmer.
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Tomatoes.

Tomatoes are healthful vegetable,
says Mrs. Parker in the COURIER Journal,
acceptable to almost every one, and can
be prepared in such variety of ways
that they may be placed ou the table
throughout the season without the ap-
pearance of sameness, which might cause
the appetite to tire of them. The follow.
ing recipes are all excellent:
DRIED TOMATOES. -S Select large,
smooth tomatoes; peel and cut in thin
slices; set on the ice or in a cold place
for an hour or two; season with pepper,
salt and little oil. Serve with vine
gar.
BRo1LED TOMATOES. large toma'
toes and cut them in two; butter the
bars of the grid-iron, and lay the toma-
toes on ; broil over clear fire until done
and we'll Drowned, season with pepper,
salt, bits of butter and sugar; serve very
hot.
BOILED TOMATOES. Select dozen
tomatoes as near the same size as posi-
Bile, wipe and put them on to cook in in
salt boiling water, when done they will
be soft. Remove from water. place in a
warm dish, and send to the table for
each person to skin and season to wish.
CURR1ED ToMAroEs.-Wash one cup
Of rice. To one quart of stewed toma-
toes add o tablespoonful of curry
powder. Put layer of tomatoes in the
bottom of baking dish, then layer OF
rice, and layer of tomatoes, sprinkle
the top with bread crumbs, put over a
few bits of butter, and bake in moder-
ate oven.
STEwEp ToMAToEs.-P boiling
water over the tomatoes and remove
the skin; cut them in small pieces. Stew
in a porcelain kettle for half an hour,
then add to every quart of tomatoes a
tablespoonful of butter, tablespoonful
of SUI gar, with a little salt and pepper,
and a teacup of grated bread crumbs.
Stew fifteen or twenty minutes longer.
FRIED ToMAToEs.-Cut smooth, solid
tomatoes into slices, dry each slice and
dust with sat- and pepper. Beat an egg
until very light, add teaspoonful OF
boiling water. Dip each slice first in
CQc egg, CneD i'll Iue pieao VI u'noS.
lard in the frying pan, set on the flre,
when very hot drop in the slices OF toma'
toes, fry brown and turn, take up care
fully and serve hot.
STUFFED ToMAToEs.-Takc dozen
large tomatoes, cut off the ends; take out
the seed. sprinkle the inside with salt
and pepper. Have ready pound of cold
lean meat, half a pound of cold chicken,
a slice of cold ham, all minced, to which
add the tomato juice, and fry brown with
minced onion in little butter. Mix in
a tea-cup of crumbs, two eggs, salt and
peper fill the tomatoes, glaze over with
beaten egg and bake half an hour.
BAKED ToMAToEs.-Peel eight large
ripe tomatoes; cut thick slice OF the
top, scrape out the seeds and pulp, which
put in a saucepan with pepper, salt, a
tablespoonful of butter, teaspoonful OF
grated onion, half q teacup of grated
bread crumbs, two tablespoonful OF cold
boiled lean meat, minced fine, let all
heat thoroughly; fill the tomatoes with
the dressing, put on the tops; arrange IN
a pudding dish and bake in hot oven
one hour
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Keeping Buildings Painted,

Any one who attempts to paint an old
house where the paint has all worn of
will understand the impolicy of neglect.
ing this work. The weather beaten wood
absorbs paint rapidly, causing brush
full to go only little way, and not pro-
duce much effect. Still, it is economy
to keep the house painted, though If
very old and much weather-bea cheap
paints with considerable body are used
for the first course. The paint absorbed
by the wood makes an old house much
warmer in Winter than it would be
without it. From the absorbtive power
of old and thin clapboards it seems as
though the wind might blow through
them. The same is true of neglected or
badly laid cellar walls, where the poor
plaster has fallen out, leaving the wind
to find its way beneath the building and
making the entire house uncomfortable.
American Cutirat;r,
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Cutting Hay.

One of the most important items of
work on the farm is the proper cutting
and storing of the hay. Just at what
stage is the best time for cutting grass
in order to secure the best quality of hay
is with many debatable question. If
cut too early there is an excess of water
that in cutting dries out, SO there Is q
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Marian Harland.

The celebrated authoress,s 80 highly esteemed
by the women of Ameria, says on pages 1G3
and AS of her popu ar work ''Eue's Daughters;
r, Common Sense for Maid, Wife and Mother"
For the aching back-should it be slow in
recovering its normal strength-an ALLCoCK's
Porous PLASTER is an excellent comforter,
combining the sensation Of the sustained
pressure Of strong warm hand with certain
tonic qualities developed in the wearing. 1t
should be kept over the seat of uneasiness for
several days-in Obstinate cases, for perhaps a
fortnight"
For pain IN the back wear an ALLcoCKs
Porous PLASTER constantly, renewing as it
wears off, This is an invaluable support when
the weight on the small of the back becomes
heavy and the aching incessant."
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When the question has to be met as to what
Is the best course to adopt to secure a sure,
safe and agreeable remedy for those organic
male sex, there is but o wise decision, viz, a
course of self-treatment with DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription. 1t is an unfaling, specifi1;
for periodical pains, displacement, internal
that render the lives of so many women mis-
cradle and joyless. They who try it, praise it.
OF druggists.
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BY its mild, soothing and healing properties,
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures the worst
cases Of nasal catarrh, also "cold IN the head,"
druggists.
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The folly of one generation is the
wisdom of the next.
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Beauty Without Paint.

M. Perrotin, French astronomer, says hs
has seen giants building canals on the planel
Mars.
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Queen Victoria was much impressed by the
splendid appearance Of the German army.
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Milton composed Paradise Los" in large
armchair with his head thrown back.
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How INTELLIGENT Women Decide.

ANEW definition of America is given by NJ
try. an immense caidron open to all races"
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considerable loss of weight-that is, hay

considerable loss of weight-that is, hay
or grass cut too early requires larger
bulk of hay to weigh given amount
than if the hay is allowed to ripen.
Again, if the hay is allowed to stand too
long and get too ripe it contains too large
a percentage of woody fibre that de-
stroys, to a greater or less extent, its
value as a food. 1t is not only an item
to secure hay that will contain as large a
per cent of nutriment, but at the same
time it should be in condition to be
well relished by the stock.
When large crop is to be taken care
of, in many cases it will be necessary to
commence little early or else run con-
siderable risk of having part entirely
too ripe. All things considered so far as
possible, the nearer the grass can be cut
when It'll in full bloom or just after, IS
the best time for making hay, and it can
be done by arranging ahead, getting
everything in good shape so that the
work can be pushed as rapidly as posi-,
BILE. Hay cut at the right stage, we'll
cured and properly stored, will make a
feed of the very best quality; but there
is very considerable difference between
that which is cut at the right stage, we'll
cured and properly stored, than when cut
either tco early or too late and good care
is not taken in the culing or storing
away. :,
1t is only by feeding food of good
quality that we can expect to secure the
best gain at the least expense, while at
the same time better health and thrift
will be secured. While it is very i'm
portant to cut at the right stage, the cur
ing and storing away is fully as import,
ant if the best quality is secured. Good
hay is good feed at all seasons of the
year, and stock can be kept in a good.
thrifty condition with the addition of
very little extra gain. And, under ordi-
nary conditions, hay is cheap food one
of the cheapest that can be secured and
used on farm, and never should be
allowed to waste. Make all the hay
possible. as it can nearly always be used
toa good advantage. What cannot be
used to good advantage at one time
will, if properly stored, keep a long
time. But care should be taken to cut
at the right stage, cure thoroughly and
then store so as to keep in good condl-
tion.-Neao York Herald.
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Beauty without Paint.
"What makes my skin so dark and muddy?
NV cheeks were once so smooth and ruddy!
Iuse the best cosmetics made"
Is what lovely m iden said.
"Thats not the cure, my charming Miss"
The doctor said-"remembe this:
If you your skin would keep from taint,
Discard the powder and the pain.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-30

a large number Of sleighing parties
We're out Saturday night,
Quite a number of Davenport's repre-
sentative business men drove about the
city while out on "a pleasure ride yester
day.
Yesterday was a great day on the ice
The course up Sylvan slough was in ad'
mirable condition. and many and in great
variety were the turnouts that enlvened
the scene.
There was a great crowd aud jolly
sport at the Spring Cove slide Saturday
evening. The night was one of the
most perfect ever experienced, fair Luna
being seemingly brighter than ever after
the eclipse. The atmosphere was just
crisp enough to make outdoor sport en-
joyable, and the merry laughter of the
tobogganers rang out on the night air
like silvery bells. Mr.. Newberg pres
pared an excellent supper for party of
twenty from this city, and received many
for his hospitality,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-30

Muhs. Spirk Sc Reeves, of the Evening
Commercial school, this city, have ac-
cepted the challenge of Wood & Van
Patten. of Davenport, for $50 contest
on the points of addition, subtraction.
multiplication and division, with the I'M
derstanding that there shall be four sep
nrate operations. i. c., but one branch to
be IN each operation, and that in addi-
ton there shall be one or two columns of
four orders each, and not less than eight
deep. Each side is too choose one Judge,
and the two to choose third. The
numbers are to be called by any principal
of the public schools, or by any dsinter-
ested person upon whom the contestants
may agree.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-30
ShOuId Re n warning

John Schnitger, Peter Jansen, Norman
Christianson and Clarence Olson, the
boys arrested Saturday afternoon for
creating a disturbance about the public
library, were fined SIS and costs each by
Magistrate Bennett. Under promise of
good behavior in the future, the fines
were suspended on payment of costs.
The deserved punishment which these
boys have received should serve as a
warning to Others who make themselves
nuisances in their frequent visits to the
library
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-30
A Newspapers Trouble.

The Peoria Nationals Democrat created
a sensation Sunday morning by produc-
ing three column article setting forth
that the JonrnaL of that city is in peril
GUS financial straits. 1t is asserted that
the JournaI is embarrassed to the extent
of $95, 900 and is totally unable to meet
its obligations The NutionaI- Democrat
does not make this publication with any
thing of a partisan spirit or as an attack,
but makes it as an explanation in the
Journals behalf. The news is certainly
very surprising, as the Journal has long
enjoyed the reputation of being one Of
the ablest and best provincial newspapers
in the state, and has been regarded as
one of the most tiourishing in financial
condition.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-30

Put it down. The Union has exploded
sensation at last, The following start
ling revelation was made by that sheet
y yesterday morning:
The mother of President Garfield is
now over eighty>seven years old, but
still remains bright and strong in mind
and body.
Wonder which the Union will learn
about first-"G randma" Garfeld's death,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-01-30

Rock ISLAND, ILL.,, Jan. 80. 1855
take this method of informing my friends
and the public generally, that the COS
partnership of Buford & Loosely Bros E.
in the insurance business, has been dis
solved by mutual consent, and hereafter
the old insurance agency will be conducted
by me in person. Having been intimate
ly connected with the leading insurance
companies of the country for twenty
seven years, and during that time having
paid over $500 900 of losses to the I'M
fortunate, | am prepared to meet the
wants of the insuring public with indem-
nifty that cannot be surpassed anywhere
in responsibility, or in prOmptness in
psSing losses. The companies repre>
sented by me are all time tried and fire.
tested; their rates are MS low as the
hazard will Justify When you want in
surance. either fire, life or accident, it
will be to your interest to call on me.
Office over the American Express Office
ARGUS block, Rock Island, Ill.
j. NJ. BUFoRD.
General Insurance Agent.