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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-23
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yourself in life insurance. You will flint
the renewable term policy of the Provi
dent Savings Life Assurance society o
New York to be the best, the cheapes
and the fairest. Avoids the unnecessa
rily high cost of level premiums and tn,
uncertainty and insecurity of assessment
insurance. Net cost for $40, 900 for yea
1887. Age %. $4,000; age 35. 1921 80
age 40. $4,000; age 80. $188.80.
LIEBERKNHCHT & OLMsTEAD,
Local Agents.
No. 1712 Second ave.. Rock Island.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-23
Fatal Result of a Rat Hunt.

HYDE PARK, Pa, March x2-P. d. WILL
iams aged 81, of this city, was kicked to
death by horse in his stables here yester-
day. Williams accidentally struck the ami
NAL with an iron bar with which he was en-
deavoring to kill rats The blow frightened
the horse, usually gentle animal, and he
kicked Williams, crushing his skull
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-23
Ingersoll Il Their Bette Noir.

NEW YORK, March 22.-Out of hundreds
Of letters received by the Confederate Sol
diers' home committee, the only ones not
favorable and cordial are about half dozen
whose writer's object to aiding any enter
prise which is assisted by Col Ingersoll.
Most Of these DIRECTORS omit to sign their
names. Col. Ingersoll lectures for the benefit
of the home next Sunday.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-23
Intelligence Column.

"ANTED-AGENTSf for our NEW PATENT
Nv flre-Proof Safes size 2sxlsxIs; weight 500
.os. retail price eS5 others in proportion. High
i hare chance permanent business. our prices
lowest. We are not in the safe pool. Exclusive
territory given Alpine Safe Co.. Cincinnati, o.
nVERSEERS WANTED EVERYWHERE AT
Ohome or 10 travel. We wish 10 employ a res
liable person in your county TO tack up ADVERTISE
ments and show cards of Electric Goods. Adver-
tisements TO be tackled up everywhere. trees.
fences and turnpikes, in conspicuous places in
town and country in all parts of the United States
and Canada. Steady employment; wages 81. 80
per day; expenses advanced; no talking requir-
ed, ocsl work for all part of the time. Ad-
dress with stamp, EMORY & CO.,
Managers, PAL Vine St Cincinnati, o.
No attention paid to postal cards.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-23
nj AsTER's SALE.


STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY
In the Circuit Court-ln Chancery.
Ransom r. c. Bile va. Mary E Young in her own
right and as executrx of the last will and tes-
tamenJ of John Dickson, deceased, George NJ
Dickson, Eliza +. Dickson, The Rock Island
National Bank, Roswell P. Dart, James s
Drake and Samuel Northumberland
No. 3O0S.
Notice is here by given that by virtue of decree
OF said court, entered in the above entitled cause
on the 25th day of January, A d. 1889. shall,
on Saturday the 9th day OF April, A D. 1885,
at the hour of O'Clock in the afternoon, at the
north door of the court house, in the city OF Rock
Island, in said county OF Rock Island. to satisfy
said decree, cell at public vendue, to the highest
bidder for cash, that certain parcel of land stu
ate In the county OF Rock Island and state of ILL
nois, known and described a. follows, to-wit:
The northeast quarter of section twenty-six,
(26). in township seventeen, az, north of range
wo. G), west of the fourth '4tb) principal me-
ridian.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois, this lsth day of
March, A. d. 1889. VIM. JACKSON,
Special Master in Chsncery.
HENRY CURTIS, Compits SoI'tr. IL d4w
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-23

The German emperor now has his Der.
lin palace lighted with electricity.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-23

German cavalry officers hereafter will
have to include steeplechasing in their
studies.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-23

For Rent-Two rooms over my mcr-
chant tailoring establishment.
IT DIXON
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-23
Eews ABOUT Town.

No. 1712 Second ave.. Rock Island
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
Trees and Light.

tTrees nearly always develop best-in
other words, make most wood-in the full
enjoyment of light; but their capacity of
developing under shade varies greatly.
The yew will thrive in the densest shade,
while few years overlapping kills the
larch; the beech will grow with consider
able energy under partial shade, where
the oak would only just keep alive and
the birch would die. When planted in
moist places, all species are less sensitive
to the withdrawal of light. In the open
naples, elms, sycamores and others grow
we'll and make good shade trees; in a
dense forest they thin out and have but
scanty foliage. Conifers, such as spruces
and frs, which preserve the foliage of
years, have perhaps the greatest capacity
of growing under shade and preserving
their foliage in spite Of the withdrawal of
light.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
Rotation of Crops.
Philadelphia Record.

No system of farming is said to be COM
plete that does not include grass as one OF
the crops in the rotation. Green grass
makes more beef, morefmilk, more wool
and greater growth OF young stock than
any other food that is allowed, in proper
ton to cost, as it is more plentiful at q
season of the year when the demand of
the animals for supplying warmth and re-
pair of waste is at its lowest degree, and
also because the animals harvest it them
selves by grazing. 1t is the grazing Of
the grass by the animals that reduces its
cost, compared with hay and grain, that
adds to its value, and for this reason the
farmer can afford to grow grass for his
stock alone. But grass performs another
function. It adds to fertility Of the soil.
A crop Of clover sends its roots deep down
into the subsoil, appropriates food that
is far beyond reach of surface-feeding
plants. This stored fertility, which is
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of the World will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh, being constitutional
disease, requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucus surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the disease.
and giving the patient strength by build
ing up the constitution and assisting
nature IN doing its work The propri-
etors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure,
send for list of testimonials. Address,
+. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
sI Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
OGALLAH OOZINGS.

OaALLAH. TREGo Co., Sept. 3.
Candidates are seen on our streets al
most daily.
Everybody in this vicinity is busy a,
cutting corn.
We are needing rain badly. It is get.
ting almost too dry to pillow.
Samuel Ridgway commenced his
school, in the Staplin district, on Monday
last.
Ex-Forestry Commissioner Robb and
wife we're visiting at w. II. Palmer's last
Sunday.
Thomas Tarpey has purchased fine
horse. BE says he is going to give "Old
Bill" rest.
Mrs. NJ. A. Bailey has tradediher farm,
one mile east of Ogallah, for land in
Pennsylvania.
James Mathers, of Cove county, was
in town on Tuesday, looking for his boy,
who had recently run away from home.
Henry Cutler and wife went to Outane'
Kansas, last Saturday to visit their
daughter, who is very sick with typhoid
fever.
REPORTER.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

Any communications addressed to the
home Office of the company will be cheer
fully answered, and if you are told by the
travelling agents OF eastern companies
that the "Kansas Farmer" is mo good"
"don't pay" and sis busted" don't be in
a hurry to believe it, just remember that
the gentleman to whom you are indebted
for the information has an interest
in jeopardy, that he is working for some
other company and his bread and butter
depend on it. Ask your neighbors, who
have been paid in full for their claims
and whose word is better than a stran-
gers. Bear in mind that a company's
friends are not working for other compa-
MES, and that when agents run down the
"Kansas Farmers" it is because the COM
pany is getting the business. A home
institution that gives you the best value
for your money of any company doing
business in Kansas, and pays 100 cents
Oh the 81 in the case of loss! We don't
ask you to take our word for it. Ask
your neighbors who shave been therew
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
Irrigation.
American Farmer.

Irrigation is carried out on an extensive
scale in Wyoming Territory. Something
like 100000 acres of land have recently
been reclaimed and rendered fit for Guilt
vation by means of ordinary bitches, and
official reports estimate that not less than
100000 acres more can ts reclaimed in
the same way. It is also shown that not
less than 100000 acres in addition can
be redeemed by extraordinary means, that
is, by system of storage. This would
give Wyoming about twelve million acres
that might be devoted to agriculture,
aside from the much larger body OF gra-
zinp land.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
PLEASE NOTICE
How the Farmers Insurance co
pany OF Abilene Pays Its
Losses.
To the Farmers Of western Kan,.,.

To the Farmers Of Western Kansas:
This is to certify that on the 7th day Of
June my barn was destroyed by lorna.
do; that notified the Kansas Farmers
Insurance comp any; that they sent their
Special agent, G. w. Staplin, who ad.
justed my loss. and said COMPANY paid
ME in full to my entire satisfaction.
was treated generously and courteously
by their adjuster aud by said company.
The Kansas Fire Insurance company is
good enough for me, notwithstanding the
false reports circulated by interruptions
agents of other companies. This is the
second time I have called upon them. and
they have responded to each call With
promptness and dispatch. 1 cheerfully
recommend them to my friends, as they
will come to our rescue in the case Of
loss, and pay it without wranglinp or liti-
cation.
Yours respectfully,
r. E. COOPER.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
PIONEER POINTS.

F4ON GEsn fO1N 10.
PIONEER, Sept. 5.
Miss Hathaway will teach our school
this fall.
Miss Maggie Cooper is on the sick list
this week.
Rev. Mr.. Rogers will preach in Pioneer
next Sunday.
20. A. Cortright is at home, working in
the corn field.
Miss Lizzie Cooper, formerly teach
er in this district, will teach the Downer
school this fall.
Riley Moore and family will start east
this week to visit Mrs. Moore's brother,
James Ferris.
Mr.. Owens and family, who have been
living on Mr. Henkel's place. near town,
will move on Mr.. Geo. Bakers place next
week.
Nearly all the people in this neighbor-
hood have threshed their grain. Some
OF the grain has been left over to be
threshed when the sorghum is ready.
WINDY WARBLER.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
Shelter the Stock.
Thomas P. Montfort in Prairie Farmer.

1nOTdS r. MOntfOrt IN Pra1r10 FARMER.
Winter will be on us again directly,
| and it behooves us to ask whether or not
we are prepared for it, or are doing any
thing, oreven contemplate doing anything
toward getting prepared for it. We don't
want to 60 through the coming winter
like great many of us did through the
past winters. We don't want to let the
snowstorms catch us without adequate
shelter for our stock, as it so often has
many of us. We don't want see to our
COWS and horses seeking shelter in the
fence-corners, or sshivering with cold,
backed up behind some friendly embank-
ment. We don't want to waste feed by
throwing it out in the mud for the stock
to tramp over, eating very little of it. On
the contrary, we want to be prepared this
fall SO when the; the storms come, our
stock need not suffer, and our feed need
not be wasted.
There is plenty of time now to make
shelters. If Your barn is small, and you
are not able to build shed, or an addi-
ton to the barn, you can utilize your
straw to good advantage in building q
comfortable shelter at very little expense.
In fact, with an Ak and wagon and team
you can accomplish the work yourself, and
without forks and poles cut from the
woods, you can arrange the framework
for your shed, and when you thresh your
grain, Instead OF piling your straw Up in
some obscure corner to rot, run it up on
this framework, and thus cover it, and
bank it up, making not only dry shelter
from the rains and SHOWS, but a warm
protection from the cold winds as WELL
Ii you attempt to make shelter like this
you will be surprised at the ease with
which it is accomplished, and when you
have had the benefit of it for one winter,
you will consider it the best and most
profitable piece of work you ever devoted
your time to.
Then after getting your shelters thus
provided, next consider the matter of win
ter-feeding. Do not content yourself with
the old habit of piling hay about in fence
corners, or here and there, on a brush
heap, to be trampled down and wasted,
but instead, prepare hay racks, in warm,
dry places, where the stock can eat with
out waste, and at the same time eat in
some sort of comfort
These preparations are two-fold in ben
eft. They save feed, and at the same
time, the stock thus protected and fed
come through the winter in much better
condition. and are consequently worth
more. Besides being profitable, it is hui
name. 1t is every farmers duty to care
for his stock. Build shelters, by all
means, and do not think of leaving your
stock to weather the winter storms unpro-
vided for.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
FARM 8 FOREST.

DO not allow the early potatoes to re
main in the ground too long.
Strawberries eau be set out now a
any time to good advantage.
Neither onions nor potatoes shonld
be put in large piles until cold weather
sets in.
One hundred feet OF raspberry bushes
will furnish On ordinary family with 6
supply for year.
In the fall is a good time to set out al
asparagus bed. Make arrangements fol
the plants in good season.
If trees are growing in poor soil
more or less manure should be applied
to furnish plenty of plant food.
Crab grass and foxtail should not be
allowed to mature seed in the garden;
once these pests get well established they
are difficult to eradicate.
With young trees especially, it is
sometimes an item to prune in August,
when the flow of sap has nearly or quite
stopped. Older and more matured trees
can be pruned later.
-Prunes should never be planted very
close to plums, as they will hybridize,
and the quality of both be more or less
injured; otherwise they will grow any
where the plums will.
In many localities thorough work is
necessary in the strawberry patch, to keep
down the crab grass at this season. In
the cad it will prove the most economical
to never let it get start.
Plan both the garden and the small
fruit plot so that as much work as pos
sible can be done with the pillow, the har-
row and the cultivator. These will near
ly always be found cheaper than hoeing.
Soap suds, wood ashes, old bones and
pieces of leather can always be used to
an advantage in fertilizing the garden, or
among the small fruits. Nothing of this
kind should be allowed to 60 to waste
"A good rule to follow is that when
ever the limbs or branches of the trees
make such growth as to be in the way,
cut them of then, irrespective of the sea-
son. There is nothing gained in let
ting them grow.
The advantage in setting out full
supply Of small fruits is that they will
furnish supply in a much shorter time
than tree fruits, and at a much less cost
in almost every way.
In making up the list of fruits, for
fall, do not overlook good selection of
of hardy shrubs for the fruit yard A good
selection will add materially to the ap-
pearance of the farm
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

Just beyond the reach Of the farmer, al
though on a neighboring farm, is trans
mitted to every portion of the plants, and
the substances in time find their way
back to the field in the shape OF manure
The farmer, therefore, enriches his field
through the agency of clover by bringing
from below the fertility of the subsoll
and transferring it to the soil.
But there are other sources Of fertility
which clover plants apply. which is the
nitrogen of the soil brought down by the
rains as ammonia or nitric acid, and a
large proportion of this nitrogen is stored
in the roots which, when the land If
plowed, leaves large amount of available
plant food for the grain crop that may
follow. Clover, however, draws very little
nitrogen from the soil itself, as it prefers
potash, but it leaves for the next crop a
certain food not necessary for itself, but
highly important for clover. If a piece of
land is kept continually in clover the land
becomes "clover SICK" thus indicating
that though plant-food exists that is more
suitable for grain, there is no longer an
abundance of that preferred by clover.
Hence we find large yields of clover on
land formerly occupied by clover, the land
in the course of few years, by judicious
rotation of crops, adapting itself to clover
again.
By properly rotating crops, making
clover, wheat, corn, oats and potatoes,
follow each other, or by any other prefer
red system of rotation, the land is given
q better cultivation, fewer weeds spring
up, and the soil is not exhausted to GER
tain elements at the expense of diminish
ing its fertility, though plentifully pro-
vided with other elements. By rotation
of cropsIthe loss of the ingredients of plant
food are more evenly balanced, and each
crop will yield more than when the land
is devoted exclusively to one crop for sew
eral successive seasons.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
HAPPY, GRAHAM Co., KAN,
Anr1oS IA 1890

We hereby certify that on the 20 ult. we
lost our school house, insured in the
Kansas Farmers Insurance company;
that we notified the company, and that
they sent their Special Agent, g. w. Sta
pin, who adjusted and paid our loss to
our entire satisfaction. eThis is the sec
ond call of our school district, no. 80, the
wind storm of June Z. The company
paid us the damage. We know the COM
pany have treated us courteously in pay
ing us on the same building two losses
within two months.
Yours respectfully,
BEN LAW, Clerk.
L. Law, Director.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
Historical Trees Cut Down.

President Harrison has had the great
Ailanthus trees in the Capitol grounds, at
Washington, planted there by Andrew
Jackson in 1888, when he was president,
cut down, because of their offensive odor
when in bloom. The tree have been an
annoyance to successive presidents, but
none heretofore have ventured to order
their removal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve.

The best salve In the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilbiains,
corns, and all eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give entire satisfaction OF
money refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by DR.. Jones. 4O5
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

This is to certify that held policy in
the Kansas Farmers insurance company
of Abilene; that my hay was burned in
stacks, and that the company paid me, to
my entire satisfaction, the full amount
claimed.
Yours respectfully,
CYRUS CLICK.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

L hereby certify that on June Z my res
idence was badly damaged by tornado.
I have policy in the Kansas Fire Insur-
ance company. Within three DAYS after
notifying the company, they sent their
special agent, G. W. Staplin. who adjust
ed my loss to my entire satisfaction, pay
ing the full amount claimed.
Yours very truly.
ANDREW JONES.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

I hereby certify that on the day of
June, 1889, the wind storm blew the roof
off my house; that the building was in
sured in the Kansas Farmers Insurance
company, and that the company paid my
loss in full and satisfactorily.
Yours respectfully,
HUGH FALKNER.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

Received the full amount of policy on
my horse killed by lightning. Insured in
the Kansas Farmers Fire Insurance
company. Adjusted and paid by their
Special Agent, G. w. Staplin.
Very truly,
w. P. OLSON.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

The Kansas Farmers Insurance COM
pany Of Abilene have paid me, through
their Special Agent, q. w. Staplin, in
full for the loss to my barn by the cy-
clone which occurred on June Z, 1889.
The company did the square thing by
me, and I recommend them to my friends.
Yours very truly,
E. S. SHORTHILL.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

I certify that the wind blew the roof
from my residence; that the loss was ad-
justed by G. W. Staplin. Special Agent
of the Kansas Farmers Insurance COM
pany of Abilene, and paid in full.
Yours respectfully,
CLARK EATON.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

I hereby certify that my granary was
destroyed by the cyclone on June Z, 1889;
that the loss was adjusted by G. W. Sta
pin to my entire satisfaction, and that
believe the company to be liberal in their
settlements.
Yours respectfully,
CHAS. 81. GIBBS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

Received from the Kansas Farmers
Insurance company of Abilene 800 by
barn, insured in said company, being re-
Gently burned. The full amount has
been paid.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN G. CARR.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

I certify that I insured in the Kansas
Farmers Insurance company; that light
ming struck my stone corral; that the loss
was adjusted by g. w. StapliD, aud paid
in full. and that said company paid all
demanded.
Yours very truly.
HARVEY HALLOCK.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

I certify that my hay burned in stacks
was insured in the Kansas Farmers In
surance company of Abilene; and that
the policy was paid in full of all demands,
they paying me the full amount claimed.
Yours respectfully,
ORLANDO CARLSON.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

The loss on my horses killed by light
ming was paid in full, according to the
policy which I carried in the Kansas
Farmers Insurance comppny of Abilene.
Yours truly,
CURRY DICKERSON.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

Received 500, in full of all demand.
and full amount Of insurance on m,
horse killed by lightning.
Yours respectfully,
G. M. RYAN.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

Received the full amount claimed for
the loss on my barn, damaged by wind.
Yours respectfully,
JOSEPH SMITH.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

Received, to my entire satisfaction,
from the Kansas Farmers Fire Insurance
company of Abilene, the full amount on
my barn, said loss being by wind storm.
Yours very truly.
JOHN COLBUKG.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
Turning Herself Inside Out.

Wa-Keeney is turning herself inside
out for soldiers reunion, to be held
September 25, 26, p. Congressman E. ].
Turner will be one of the speakers.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07

II You want pure home made lard
call at Geo. Bakers market, on Russell
ave. 4O1
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-09-07
ELLIS, KANSAS,

aug. Il, 1881
l hereby certify that the loss by the
wind storm on the 81 ult, blowing down
the addition to my granary, and dam