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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-07
CHICAGO, Rock Island & Pacific RV.;;

The Direct Route to and from Chicago Joliet Ottawa
Peoria, La Salle Moline Rock Island, in ILLINOIS;
Davenport, Muscatne, 0tumwa, Oskaoosa, Des
Moines, Winterset, Audubon, Harlan and Council
Bluffs in IOWA; Minneapolis and st. Paul, in MIN
NESoTA; Watertown and oux Falls, in DAKOTA;
Cameron, St. Joseph and Kansas City, in MISSOURI;
Omaha, Lincoln, Fairbury an Nelson in NEBRASKA;
Atchison, LeavenwOrth, Horton, Topeka, Hutchinson
Wichita, Belleville, Abilene, Dodge CITY, Caldwell in
KANSAS; Kinghsher, Ell Re 10 and Mnco in INDIAN
TERRITORY; Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo
In COLORADO. Trayerses new areas of rich farming
and grazing lands aording he best facilities of inter-
communication to all towns and cities east and west
northwest and southwest of Chicago and to Pacific and
trans-oceanic seaports.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-07

ROTATING THE TUBER AND CUTTING THE
EYES.
hand, holding the stem end downward
and toward the operator Turn it so as
to bring the lowest eyes toward you,
then with a sharp thin knife cut them
out, making a curving downward stroke
extending to the center and base of the
tuber. Turn tuber slightly to bring
other eyes toward the operator, and re-
peat the operation. The eyes of a po-
tato are arranged more or less regularly
around spirally ascending axis, and by
turning the potato slightly after each
operation they can be cut away in COM
pact pieces so as to give each one nearly
equal proportion of the tuber. This, of
course, cannot be done at the seed end,
and when the operator has removed the
eyes as close as practicable to the seed
end good practice is to cut it down
through the center.
This method of rotating the tuber and
cutting the eyes away successfully is
shown in the cut. There, however, the
illustration represents the pieces cut to
one eye; but the system of cutting works
equally well with the two eyed cuttings,
and, for ordinary seed, the bulletin
quoted from advises about that size. If
the seed is cut in advance of planting, to
save time in the rush of work, the pieces
should be thoroughly busted with plaster
to prevent evaporation
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-07

1t was Ben Johnson, we be-
lieve, who, when asked NAL
locks question, @Is life worth
living ?" replied That de-
pends on the A0sy. And Ben
Johnson doubles; saw the
double point to the pun.
The liver active quick
life rosy, everything bright,
mountains of trouble melt like
mountains Of snow.
The liver sluggish-life dull,
everything blue, molehills of
worry rise into mountains of
anxiety, and as a result-sick
headache. dizziness, constipa-
ton.
Two ways are open. Cure
permanently, or relieve tenn
porarily. Take a pill and suf-
fer, or take a pill and get well.
Shock the system by an over
dose, or coax it by mild,
pleasant way.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are the mild means. They
work effectively, without pain,
and leave the system strong.
One, little, sugar coated pei
let is enough, although a
whole vial costs but IS cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-07
FARM AND GARDEN.
INFORMATION OF PRACTICAL iMPoR-
TANcE TO RURAL READERS.

Observations Cutting Seed Potatoes
sIado in Bulletin Issued by the viz
ginia Experiment Station-Rotatinr
Method of Cutting the Tuber Illustrated.
1t is true that whole medium or large
sized potatoes usually give an increased
yield over smaller tubers or small cut
tings, and also show gain of a few
days in edible maturity. But they also
show very decidedly larger yield of
small or understandable tubers, and in
crease the cost of seed many fold, vary
ing of course with the size of tuber used.
This may be illustrated by stating that
seed cut TO 1.-TWO eye" pieces requires s
to 10 bushels to plant an acre if the
pieces are placed 10 to 10 inches apart in
the row, and the rows 2t to feet apart.
Whole seed planted in hills 12 to 20
inches apart will require 40 to 60 bushels
to plant an acre. The conditions desired
In growing potatoes is to place the plants
so as to occupy the entire ground,
having them just far enough apart to
secure good individual development of
tubers. This can be best accomplished
by small cuttings planted closely-say,
rows p feet apart and planted 10 inches
apart in rows. With Early Ohio, Early
Hebron, Sunrise and several other va
reties so planted nearly the entire yield
will be of marketable size.
The often practiced method of cutting
the tubers in two lengthwise or cross
wise at random and then cutting these
pieces into smaller portions is reprehensi-
bic. There is in our estimation but one
proper method of cutting seed. and we
believe that growers who have once tried
this method will assent to the above
statement.
The method of cutting which we al
Jude to is to take the tuber in the left
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-07
"a MAN

uRAcoUaMTtD WITH THE GEOGRAPHY OF THIS coUsTRYwL OBTAIN
MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION FROM STUDY OF THIS MAP Of THE
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-07
Mistakes in Pruning Trees.

Nothing in the shape of ornamental
trees has a more awkward appearance
than one of long legged form trimmed up
with bare stem as high as a mans head
or housetop, especially if it is an ever
green. Standing alone, they should be
perfect specimens feathered all the way
down to the ground, or if the trees are
old, large and stately in growth, pos
sessing the magnifcence of broad spread
ing oaks or magnificent elms, the foliage
and the wide branches which sustain it
should approach 80 near the ground that
the huge stem would be barely visible
Country Gentleman.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-07
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO,

LUCAS SOUNTf.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of T. J
Cheney & Co., doing business in the city
of Toledo, county and state aforesaid and
that said firm will pay ;he sum of one
hundred dollars for each and every case
of catarrh that cannot be cured ty the
use of Halls CataIrh Cure.
FRANK J CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December.
a. D.. 1856
49, A W. GLEASON,
! SEAL Notary Public
~~
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upOn the blood aud
mucous surfaces of the system Send
for testimonials, free.
+. CHENEY & Co. Props. Toledo, O
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-07

Mild, gentle, soothing and
healing is DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. Only so cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-07

The Senatorial Game .-Inea!ls: Judg
men,l Kansas: On
Arizona republican., 1891-12-03
WHOLESALE JAIL DELIVERY.
Ten Noted Criminals Make Their Escapo
 in Broad Dayljpht

." hroau Daylight.
 St' Lotus has sensation and material ior !" very interesting investigation in the escape or ten of the most notorious crimi- nais in ohe county from the city jail The ",ia,r mas all the clements of first class olu nowery melodrama of the Jack Shep- patu order, There was desperation and eNeraordlnary coolness and cleverness; .here were false keys, outside confederates ana apparently corrupted guards. And, "naC IS or equal importance, the fugitives are all or high rank-two murderers, four Dank thieves, one ravisher and three first class highwaymen
 And they got off in fine style too. Though it was but little after o'clock in the afternoon, all trace of them was lost m ten minutes after they reached the street, nor could the police find clew as to the routes they took. It was easily proved that they had in some way manufactured or secured keys to the inner doors, but as to the main door which let them out into the rear Jailyard such proceeding was Impossible, for there was double system or locking there, and the same is true of the door which opened from the "bull rlng," where the prisoners take their exer- else, into the kitchen hallway. That both ~''N0N Nooio Nere openeu U. luSlue COnIeO- crates seems certain. Once in the jailyard the men climbed a low cooking shed to the wall, jumped down into Eleventh street and were off
 They are all historic characters. John David Shea takes first rank, and this is the third time he has broken out of the St. Louis jail On Nov. 2, 1881, Shea, then in prison for ordinary larceny, escaped, and that evening Officer Pat Doran met him. Without a word he placed his pistol to Doran's head and fired, killing the officer instantly. Nov 2, 1889, while under sentence for this murder, he again escaped, and five years later was found in the Pennsylvania penitentiary serving a five years term for burglary He was taken to St. Louis and sentenced to be hanged, got new trial and was sentenced to the penitentiary for fifty years, took an appeal and pending that appeal has once more escaped
 John Orrick was to have been hanged Oct. 3l. In 1888 he and his brother Louis
Arizona republican., 1891-12-03

 A Phpnix, Arizona. N. W. KALES, President
 SOL. LEWIS, Vice President
 GEO. ". HOADLEY, Ca nieT. Capital, Peid Up. SlOO.OOO Surplus, 3O,OOO
 DIRECTORS. N. W. KALEs, J.Y. T. sNIrB, soL. LEWIS CHARLES GOLDMAN, GKo. W HoADLKy.
 CORRESPONDENTS. The Bank of California ....S Sap Prancisco Agency of Bank of California. ..,... New York The Farmers and Merchants Bank. Los Angeles. The National Bank of Commerce. .... St. Louis Consolidated National Bank. ............Tu Tucson Denh VI hriLonh rrescOtt
Arizona republican., 1891-12-03

Dr. Prices Flavoring Extracts
Arizona republican., 1891-12-03


 murdered Hiram Antiss in Wayne county, Mo-, the murder being one of unusually cold blooded deliberation. They escaped and Louis was killed in resisting arrest. After many adventures John was arrested In St. Louis, tried and condemned to death, but he now has chances on the outside Daniel Clancy was an insurance agent in St. Louis, and committed atrocious as- saults on young girls. Edward Lenbert is but nineteen years old, yet he is famous as skillful thief. Walt Jones, Frank Mur- phy, John Morgan and Frank Walsh are the four notorious bank thieves, and the remaining two are scarcely less noted in ordinary rascality.
 The most interesting features of the case are still to be revealed, as many thousand dollars were sent by friends of the bank thieves in Chicago and elsewhere, women disguised as 'philanthropists' frequented the jail, keys were stolen and initiated local politicians were appealed to and finally it is suspected that guards were bribed.
Arizona republican., 1891-12-03
One of Uncle sam,s Gums.

Uncle Sams big cannon recently test ed at Sandy Hook has a 12-inch bore, fires a 1000 pound proJectile and is the largest cannon ever made in the United States. The biggest charge allowed for it is 40 pounds of prism powder, and this gave the projectile velocity of 1885 feet per second; nevertheless, Du' pont, the manufacturer, will have to try again, as he has contracted to supply powder that will insure velocity Of l,975 feet per second. The gun is fired by electricity, so as to explode all the prisms of powder at once, and the con cussion has shattered windows five miles away. It is too big to fool with.
Arizona republican., 1891-12-03
Through Tourist Cars.

Beginning Tuesday Nov. 10th, the Texas and Pacific, in connection with the Iron Mountain Route and the Southern Pacific company, will run a through Tourist Sleeper, leaving st.. Louis every Tuesday, 9;45 p. m, Fort Worth Thursdays 9:05 a. m, arriving at Fl Paso Fridays 1915 D. m., Los An geles Saturdays 10 p. m, San Francisco Sundays S:45 p. m. Similar cars re- turning, leave San Francisco, Tuesdays D. m., Los Angeles Wednesdays 5:l0 D. m. Fl Paso Fridays ? 80 p. m., Fort Worth Saturday GAO p. m., reaching St. Louis Monday morning at 6:2O.
 For further information, time tables, etc., apply to E. l.. Sargent. general agent T. & P. railroad or II. D. Platt, depot agent, El Paso Texas.
Arizona republican., 1891-12-03

The National Conservatory of Music, for which congress made an appropria. tion at its last session, will soon be one of the great attractions of Washington city, and one of the leaders in making it such will be Signor Maina, the basso. He is at present leader of the choir in St. Patricks church, Washington, is a native of Italy, was pupil of Tancioni and came to America under the manage. ment of Mir, Strakosch. He has sung with Gerster and Kellogg, as Mephis, topheles in Faust" and has also been very successful as vocal teacher.
Arizona republican., 1891-12-03
LITTLE TUESDAY.

Little Tuesday, as she is called (and very few know her real name), is by far the youngest child now doing any prom inent part on the stage, and is therefore allowed to play only on special occasions. Her skirt dance is decidedly the funniest and prettiest little act of the evening. and there is a general cry of delight from the children in the audience when she toddles to the middle of the stage, gath. CTS up her lace hounces and begins her graceful movements. She is barely five years old, and so her rollicking, careless movements have all the purity and beauty of graceful infants antics.
Arizona republican., 1891-12-03
At the Club.

Cholly (with unwonted enthusiasm)- By love! sec that some fellow has in- troduced bill into the state senate mak- ing it misdemeanor to send annoying letters to any one. Deuced clevah law. that. III have my tailor sent up for six months, by Joye!-Life.
Arizona republican., 1891-12-03

MT. c. Wood Davis, of Kansas, has won fame and excited great deal of discussion by his articles on the food supply of the world. He was born in . New Bedford, Mass, became an engi- neer, and while in this service of the old Kansas Pacific Railway company in 1866 was driven by nervous troubles to locate on his farm near Solomon City, where he sunk the first suit well west of the Missouri river. After engaging in a variety of occupations he returned to his farm in 1883 and began to investigate the question, Will farming pay? After a careful collection and study of statistics he concluded that population has about overtaken food supply and that the farmers are soon to enjoy unprecedented prosperity.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-07
New occupation In nalne.

Vicarious atonement is no longer theory, but condition, at least in the State of Maine. In that Common wealth tho prohibitory hquor low is vigorously enforced, and vigorously evaded It has lately been discovered that in some parts of thst State men can be hired for S2 day to expiate the sins of others, by acting as dummy salooon-keepers in those very dry ueighborhoods where the prohibitory law actually prohibits The duty of dummy substitute is to stand at a win dow, and by touching an electric but ton notify the real proprietor whether an approaching customer is genuine or counterfeit, an orthodox disciple of St
 Bacchus, or a spy This duty requires that a dummy possess intuitrye percep- tions keen and true as those of point CT dog. It Is also the duty of the dum- my, when the police make raid on the saloon, to represent himself ns the proprietor, and so to prison without grumbling, thus making 8 vacancy for another scapegoat, who will hold the position until the old one returns from the wilderness, which in this case means the jail This kind of atone ment Is not unusual in tue world, but it is ruinously cheap when furnished for S2 a day although during the war many man died for his country by means of a substitute costing less than $500 I onco knew soldier to falsely accuse himself of stealing from the sut Ter, and take his punishment like a man, the real culprit paying him for 8 doing 8 plug of tobacco down, and promising him S5 in money "after pay day, time as indefinite as the far mer's 'atter harvest. regret to say lhat when pay day came the latter part of the bargain was repudiated on the ground that it was against good morals and contrary to public policy. The expiator complained to me about it.
 but could only advise him never to expiats in future except for cash.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-07

How Elephants Express Their Feelings.
 Pleasure is often expressed by eie- phants in an eXcrueiating squeak far from pleasurable to the auditor. Sat lstied and contented the animal purrs gently. Fear finds expression often in remarkable reverberating roar and sometimes in shrill squeak A thor. oughly enraged elephant utters deep warning sound in the throat, often q hollow. reverberating, runbling sound.
 When suspicious or desirous of giving q slight warning the tip of the trunk is tapped upon the ground, while from the trunk is issued volume of air, which at times sounds like sheet of tin being rolled Young or baby ele phants express their wants by singular sounds uttered from the throat An other sound made by wild elephants is produced by striking tue trunk sharply against the sides.
 That elephants use these and other sounds us methods of communication or as language there can be no doubt.
 St Paul Dispatch.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-07
Cari,ls,s sonsr nf nnmor.

With Carlyle, as with all persons of his temperament the disposition to lay the words on strong is half sportful, and under the gravest overstatement lies humorous intent He has no thought of being taken literally. He means much always, but he often means much less than he says, and he trusts to the readers sense of hunor to make the due deduction If the reader chances not to have a sense of humor. sad misunderstanding arise; but if he have it. he comes to greatly relish the tasks that Carlyle demands of it. -E. c. Martin in Scribner's.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-07
Ada.,yratian of Food.
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 A report of rather startling nature is about to be issued by the Depart ment of Agriculture on the adultera- ton of coffee and tea. The former ap, pears now to be chiefly sophisticated by the substitution for the real bears of artificial ones nodded from compost tions made of clay, condensed milk and other materials. Secretary Rusl will urge the importance of excluding these and other limitations from importation to this country by the passage of a law shutting out articles Palpably intended for the Justification of foods The beans are manufactured by wholesale in Ger many and sold here at l0c per pound From Utrecht also are coming large quantities of artificial almonds, made from glucose paste. They are shaped and colored by machines, being finally steeped in nitro-benzole to give the necessary odor. The deception is so perfect that, when mixed with the real article, the commercials are scarcely to be discovered. Of course, they are ready shelled.
 There are many factories in tho United States, particularly in Connec- ticut, which are wholly engaged in the production of adulterants for sale to various trades, such as ground cocoa nut shells for mixing with pepper. It is estimated that there is hardly any pepper on the market at present which is not at least three-fourths something else The manufacture of such articles intended for the express purpose of swindling consumers, often to the in- jury of their health, is unrestrained by any legal enactment. In fact, the sophistication of food hns come to be regarded as part of legitimate busi- ness,
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-07

The era of nine and ten story build ings was hailed as an suspicious omen of the bright future for those who own Chicago real estate. Then an advance was made to F and 13 story buildings without a word of Gisapprobation from the citizens, who wefe apparently prouder than ever of the manner in which their builders were reaching sly-ward, But the is and IS story buildings now being completed, and the still taller edifces contemplated, have induced the inquiry as to whether or not limit should be established to the ambitious schemes of builders or capitalist The effect of high buildings is discussed from a sanitary point of view, their probable safety from the standpoint of the engineer and their commercial value to the city in general from the real estate owners and invest ors' standpoint.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-07
Sailing Elsl,.

Are these maekerel quite fresh l' asked lady Of a ragged but pompous old iishnouger who came to her door
 'Oh, yes, pufhekly so, pufiickly sol' was the reply. Jess nostrilize them and see
 'Nostrilize theml What do you mean by thatY
 Why. lady, said the fish puryeyor, with look indicative of pity for her ignorance, smell eml smell 'emln- London Tit Bits.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-07
our ser,lceablc war,hlps.
Y. Dispatch to Examinerl

question arises as to just what
 ted States could do in the event
 slaTsd with Chile The Uni
 es has navy of sixteen service 5Ie ships. When tue President the other day asked Secretary Tracy to furnish him with list of war vessels that could be got ready in ninety days for fight, the Secretary replied to the effect that he had sixteen vessels in faiy- ly good condition, and that they could be got in condition to proceed to Chi lean waters in that time.
 h case it should become necessary to send part of the navy to South Ame- l.ea. not more than four ships would be needed to carry on operations against Chile. There are not more than three or fou warships in its navy which could offer resistance to our cruisers. It is hardly probable that England, Germany or any of the great powers of Europe would interfere between the United States and Chile should war re- ~'. and if it should be considered .scessary to send our navy to the South Pacific there would be no need of hold ing back warships to protect the coast in anticipation of trouble with Euro pean governments.
 ''To get the cruisers and other ves- sells now here in condition for voyage would take but few days The ships now at the Brooklyn Navy Yard are the Philadelphia, Atlanta, Vermont, Concord, Bennington, Miantonomah, Terror, Petrel and Chicago The Bos- has left for the South Pacific sta ion, and the Yorktown is on the way here. The Newark is at Boston and ready for sailing orders. The Charles ton, flagship of the Asiatic station, is in China. The Yesuvius is expected here |, m Washington in day or two, and he torpedo boat Gushing is at Wash ington The San Francisco is on the Pacific Coast, and the Baltimore is at Valparaiso.
 "The heavily srnored, double-tur- reted monitor Maintonomah was put in commission Monday at noon, and is fearful antagonist for any warship. She carries four sixteen-inch guns, six two-pounders, two three-pounders, two machine guns and two Gatl;ng guns, and is ready to leave on notice Cruis- CTS of the frst-class have twin screws and can make the fastest time. They are the Chicago Baltimore, Philadel- phia, Newark and San Francisco This tremendous naval force is in full conth- ton and could be assembled against Chile in little over month, but would find no vessels approaching them in. power along tho whele Pacific Coast ''din that time At no time fecentg
 navy heen in
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-07

Many remarkable data of immense value in the preparation of weather forecasts have lately been secured by cloud photographs. The range of ob- seryations extended from clouds float ing less than one and one-half miles high in air moving at seven miles al hour, to nine miles above the ground in gales blowing 65 miles an hour, while the surface wind was only a gen tic breeze of five miles an hour.
Arizona silver belt., 1891-11-07
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