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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06

The weasel is the mortal enemy of
mice, rats and gophers. 1t is claimed
that one weasel will in short time clean
a ten acre lot of gophers.
Any green crop, such as clover, grass
and field peas, can be used for ensilage,
but in this country the great ensilage
crop is Indian corn.
The agricultural commissioner of Geor-
gia calls attention to the fact that the
castor bean is deadly poison to horses
and cattle when eaten i'll any quantity.
A few sound seed are rather beneficial
than otherwise, but when the seed are
undergoing decomposition the poison is
of such a character as to produce death
in very short time.
The American Agriculturist advises
when the cat crop does not promise well
to be harvested in the usual way by reap
ing and binding, to cut it earlier, the
same as grass, take up in light windrows
and as soon as dry stow away in the
NOW. This makes first rate hay for
cows and calves.
The plan of feeding grain to mich
cows at all seasons, if intelligently car
ried out, is one of the most profitable
methods in the dairy.
a correspondent tells in The Ameri-
can Culdvator that 1.-The dairyman, to
get the best winter hay, cuts his grass
before it has headed or blossomed."
Conclusions arrived at and reported
by the South Dakota station on cut
worms in corn are that in gardens hand
picking and repelling agents like lime,
ashes, SCOT, etc, are of value in the or
der named. In fields, burning off, abso-
lutely clean culture (this includes millet
raising) and spring blowing are the best
measures as yet known.
Unleached ashes and raw bone -four
make, in The Rural New Workers. esti
nation, the best dressing for lawns.
1t is reported that there are from one
and half to two millions less hogs in
the corn producing states than last year.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06

PEORIA HERALD-President skipg
seem: to be all the rage. How would
this do for ticket?
For president-William II. Mckinley.
For ice-president-Ex-C Congressman
Niedringhaus.
PIatform-The tin plate lion and the
high wool lamb lie together.
Or this:
For presdent-Chsrles A Dana
For president-Joseph Medill
Platform-The nondescript what-is its
TO the front.
Or this:
For presidential. S Quay.
For vice. president-W. ". Dudley.
PlatfoTm-What we know about
blocks-of-fve and the best way to resign
Or this:
For president 5 lelby NJ. Cullom.
For vice. presldent-C. B. Farweil.
Platform-The American tin cup 10
catch experimental rains
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06

! have been q sufferer from catsrrh fol
over 10 years; had it very bad. could
hardly breathe. Some nights l could
not sleep and had TO walk the flJor.
purchased Ely's Cream Balm and am using
it freely, it is working a cure surely.
have advised several friends TO nse IT,
and with happy results in every case. Il
is the medicine above oil others for ca
tarrh and it is worth its weight in gold
THANK God have found 3 remedy l car
use with safety and that does all that is
claimed for ii. 1t IS curing nv deafness
B. W. Sperry, Hartford, Conn,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06
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THE EVIL REPUTE OF THE CAT.
Superstitions and Proverbs of Various
Nations Regarding This Animal.

Nations Regarding This Animal.
The evil repute of the cat still clings to
him says The illustrated American. A
Fnisterre cat which has served nine mas
tiers in succession is believed to have the
right Of carrying off the soul of the ninth
to he'll. In Upper Brittany there are some
times seen enormous cats engaged in hold
ing meeting. If any one presumes to in
trude upon their presence, they surround
and tease him for time Then long
needle is driven into his heart and he is
dismissed. Hypochondria ensues, and he
slowly was les away. A black tomcat, says
a Russian proverb, at the end of seven
years becomes a devil. A Breton farmer,
who neglected to take the usual precaution
of putting lis toncat to death before it
completed Is seventh year, was found dead
in bed one morning with his throat ter
ribly torn.
Suspicion fell upon innocent persons,
who were kelly TO be hanged on circum-
stantial evidence Luckily, a boy observed
that the cat of the house was always
watching the corpse with eyes that blaZed
with rage. So he fastened to the dead
mans arm string, the end of which he
dropped through the window into the
yard. Then ne told the police TO watch
the body secretly, while he pulled the
SUING. lItN NIi4 So " men IIc 10y gave
the string pull, the corpses arm Jerked.
The cat imagined its master had revived
With one bound it sprang upon the bed
and furiously tore away at the corpse
wounded heck. Whereupon it was con-
demned 10 ne burned alive and the sus-
pecttd persons We're set free.
II is believed that cats viciousness de-
ponds to a great degree upon the length of
its tail. Ii The end of its tail be cut off il is
unable to take part in the witches sabbath.
When a Walloon maiden wishes 10 refuse a
sutton with contUmely she gives him a cat
and tells him to count its hairs. IL is gen.
orally believed in France that a bachelor
who treads on a cats tail will find no
woman TO marry him TIL d full year has
passed by. In Germany, in England and
in France many A religious fete of the Mid
die Ages eliminated in pitching cat off a
| height or INTO a bonfire. Indeed, as re-
Gently - IS Ii decree was issued at Npres,
| in Flanders forbidding the throwing of a
cat off a hi IN tower in commentator o:
a Christian festival. Fonteneue told Mon
crif that he had been brought up TO believe
that not "A single cat Could be found in
| town on the eve of st. Johns because they
| all Went on hat day to the witches sabbath.
| 1t Is readily Ineligible from this why the
| people on that day threw into the fire all
| cats that were foolish enough 10 be caught.
| They actually believed that in doing %
! they We're r.dding the country of sorcerers
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06
A PYNsoy BINDING OF 1879.


terials posS ole being generally adopted
This order, on the invention and use Of
movable type about \. d. l44G, was dis
tinctly changed the manuscripts them
selves We're 10 longer of the extreme value
they had been up to this time, and as the
simple printed page superseded the heauti-
full lilumiu ated manuscript, 50 leather
took the place of the costly enamels,
carved ivory and jeweled bindings hither
TO used
Books bound in the Fifteenth and early
in the succeeding centuries usually had
clasps, and frequently short title is writ
ten on the fore-edge. The clasps are seldom
found perfect, as the books, having been
kept laid on their Sides with the fore-edge
and its title outward, they were useful as
handles, and have been, in consequence, al
most always pulled to pieces. In some cases
the printer was his own publisher and bind
er, and we lind his device or initial inside
and outside the same book, as in the lit
tie abridgu ent of the statutes printed
by Richard Pynson in 1899, of which the OBJ
verse of the cover is here illustrated.
In the Fifteenth century the size of the
leather bindings of printed books We're deco
rated, if at all, either in cut or stamped
work; the cut work was not used to any
extent III England, DuJ tne stamped WOrk
was. The stamps were engraved on metal
or wood, and were impressed upon the leath-
er after the book was bound; sometimes
they were heated and sometimes not, and
the leather was damped in either case.
Richard Pynson was native of Nor
mandy; a pupil of CaXton. He worked in
England from 1893 to 1929, and seems to
have been an especial favorite of Henry
VIII, as, in an edition of the statutes print
ed by him about 1909, he says: by me, Rich
ard Pynson, Squyer and Premier 20 the
kynge's Noble Grace"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06

ST. LOUIS Republic: If Mr.. Blaine is
now 1.-THE most popular man in the coun,
try" it is only because he is down. Dem
ocrats are never mean enough to hit a
man when he is down. Just now they
are crowding around Mr.. Blaine in their
anxiety TO find out what hurts him, and
this demonstration of sympathy on their
part is mistaken for popularity on his.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06

A Mothers Gratitude My son was in
su almost hopeless condition with hux
when | commenced using Chamberlain s
Cole, Cholera ani Diarihoea Remedy 1t
gave him immediate relief and | sm sure
1t saved his life. l take great pleasure
in recommending it to all. Mrs NJ L.
johnson, Everett. Simpson county. Miss.
25 and SO cent bottles tor sale by Hartz
d Bshnsep, druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06
Real EaIsam ID Esmv's HaIeam

The dictionery says, "a balssm is a
thick, pure, aromatic substance flowing
from trees" Kemp's Rslssm fer the
throat snd lungs is the only cough medi-
zinc that is = resl ba'ssm- May thin,
watery cough remedies are called balssm q
bat such are NOT. LoOh through a bottle
Of Kemp's Balsam aud notice what pure,
thick preparation it is. II you cough
use Kemp's Bslsam- at ali druggists
LARGE bottles soc AMI -.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06
l. arometric Plants.

A French writer makes the following in
teresting assertions about some familiar
plants: If the stalks of clover and other
leguminous plants stand upright there
will be rain: if the leaf of the wood sorrel
turns up it is sign of storm, as is also
the closing OF the convolvulus flower, the
expanding o. the lettuce flower and the
turning upside down of the pitcher plant,
but if the las named stand erect it will be
fine, as it vii be if the flower on the sorrel
opens.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06
Do Yop Cougsi

Dou'l Delay. Take Kemp's Balsam, the
best cough cure. 1t will cure your
coughs aud colds. 1t viii cure pains in
the chest. 1t will cure influenza and
bronchitis ard al diseases pertaining to
the lungs because it is pure ba.saui
Hold il to the light and see how clear spd
thick il is. You will see the excellent
erect after tsking the first dose. Large
bottles soc and 81
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06
To Nervous and Deb,rsred Men

If you will send me your address we
will mail you our illustrated pamphlet
explaining all about DR.. Dyes celebrated
electro voltaic belt and appliances. and
their charming effects upon the nervous
dabilitsted system, sDd how they will
quickly restore you to vigor. manhood
and health. Pamphlet free. If you are
thus afflicted, we will send you belt and
appliances on trial.
VoLTAIC BELT Co, Marshall. Mich.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06
Early English Eookbinding.

When printed books We're first produced
in England by William Caxton in l47t-7
they We're bound in leather, usually calf or
deerskin, OF in parchment, but in the case
OF manuscripts ii was comparatively sell
dom made use of, covers ri chilly adorned
with the most valuable and decorative ma
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06
Albert Erwin editor Of the Loom

Albert Erwin, editor of the Leonard.
Texas, Graphic, says: For the cure of
cramps in the stomach Cham berlain s
Collie, Cholera and Disrrhoea Remedy is
the best and most speedy I ever used -
Many Others who have tried it entertain
the same opinion. For sale by Hsrtz s
Babnsen, druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06

Mr., Clark, 10 the public:-I wish 10 say
to my friends and the public, that | re-
gard Chsmberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Disrrhoea remedy as the best preparation
in use for colo and diarrhoes. Il is the
finest selling medicine ever handled, be-
cause it always gives satisfaction. O..
Il Clark. Ofaugeyile, Tex. For sale by
Harlz Il Bahnseu, druggists.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06
ROBBED or THEIR TROUSERS.
How the Mckinley Tariff Has Shut Out
Cordurnv '.Rreeches.,'

HOW the mckinney Iarih Has Shut Out
Corduroy "Breeches."
a good illustration of the mischief
wrought by the Mckinley law is found
in the case of corduroys. We have been
importing, it is estimated, about mil
lion yards of corduroys a year. At least
three-fourths Of this was cheap grade
of goods, worn by laboring men. farm
hands, etc.
Under the old tariff the duty on cor
duroys was 50 per cent. ad valoren; and
even with such high protection no cordu-
roy was made in the United States.
Corduroy makers must have a long
training, as the corduroy, after being
woven, must be cut by hand, an opera
ton requiring great skill and patience.
Owing to the great difficulty of manu-
facture and to the cheapness of foreign
corduroy our manufacturers have pru-
IDENTIFY kept out of the business. One
firm, however, the Crompton Mills COM
pany, Of Providence, thought they
would like to try an experiment in max
ing cOrduroys, and so for their sake alone
Senator Aldrich, of that state, had the
duty on corduroy raised. The old 81
per cent. duty was changed to a COM
pound duty Of fourteen cents a square
yard and 20 per cent. ad valorem. The
effect of this change is to make an enor-
nous increase in the duty on the cheapest
goods, while there is scarcely any change
at all on the finest.
The following table will show the diff
ference in the way the tariff makers
dealt with the poor mans corduroys and
with the costlier goods which are used
by richer men to make riding and hunt
ing suits. This table takes two grades
of goods, one wholesaling at twenty
cents a square yard, the other at sixty
cents:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06
THREE members of email church con-
gregstion near Spring Valley. N. Y, are
aged respectively. 81. "a and 100 years.

GOVERNOR Hills future seems to be
worrying republican editors considerably
We are not prophet, nor the
son of a prophet. says an exchauge
and yet we can see many things
which indicate that Gov. Hills future
will be much brighter than that of the
republican party.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06
THE SHERWOOD FOWLS.


An Illustrated Description of This So
Called New Breed.
That so called new breed the Sher-
woods is in point of fact not recent
production. as they originated some
forty years ago on a farm in Virginia
known as the Sherwood Farm Journal
gives their history as follows: About
1850 there was introduced among the
stock bred on this farm some pure white
games from Georgia. During the period
of twenty years these white games and
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06

What is more attractive than q pretty
face with fresh. bright comp EXON? For
it, use Pozzoni's Powder.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-08-06
2-cent 60-cent

And now what has been the result of
all this tariff building? 1t is stated by
the importers that fully one-half of our
usual imports of corduroys has been cut
off, and that this proportion will soon
become three-fourths. Meanwhile the
Providence firm, for whose benefit the
duty was increased, has not succeeded in
turning out such goods as this market
demands. They produce a lightweight
stuff not suited to the rough wear for
which people usually buy corduroy.
Their New York agent exhibits their
samples and remarks, Like the tin plate
manufacturers we at least have samples"
But samples do not make the laboring
mans trousers.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19
Pointers for Farmers.

The New England Farmer contends
that personal expenses have nothing to
do with farm profit. They are expenses
that have to be incurred in any kind of
business. Mr.. A. may fairly show that
his farm paid $1,000 for his labor and in
vestment. Now Mr.. A. may live extrav-
agantly, use up all of this, and even run
into debt; or he may be very prudent in
his personal expenses and save money.
Neither case has anything to do with the
profits of the farm, which are as really
$1,000 in one case as the other. The So a
day that the mechanic receives is an I'M
alterable fact whether his personal ex-
penses are ST or 50 so per day.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19

"A close shave all round ~ returned
Sam. Gwen be round at the office to
identify 'em tomorrow. That's all.
Good night!" He closed the door again
and regarded Raxworthy, wallowing in
his gold, with smile.
4" He does love it, doesn't hep he said.
I" If every man were as aflectionate to
his wife Well, we may as we'll leave
him for the present. He'll begin to think
by to morrow morning and then he'll be
of some use. Come along"
What was the meaning of it all?
1t was a perplexing case. The two
burglars somehow turned out to be the
two English gentlemen whom Rax-
worthy had treated with concerning the
proposed sale of his treasure. One of
the chief witnesses against them was the
original owner of No. 81 Vernon street,
who also, strange to say, was Identical
with that excellent lady and medium,
Mrs. Selkirk. She, | have since sus-
pected, was not unknown to Sam, and
it may be worth mentioning that l once
saw in Sans back office an old bell
crowned hat that reminded me of one
had somewhere seen before.
But is it not singular that the robbers
should have concealed their booty in the
very spot, of all others, where the ghost
of CATER Peters babe Raxworthy seek
for his own hoard? And if so, what about
spiritualism? One thing is certain-Rax-
worthy did buy the house, but l believe
Sam has taken it off his hands since
then.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19

The New England Farmer recently
published statement made by Prof
Brooks of the state agricultural college
as to the analyses of milk from the col
lege herd of 40 cows. They are fed the
following average ration, varying slight
ly on account of weight and appetite of
individual cows: Ensilage, 25 pounds
per day (made from corn planted one
kernel to foot in row, with rows three
and one half feet apart, well cared and
matured); eight to ten pounds English
hay; five pounds corn slower; three and
one fourth pounds bran; three and one
fourth pounds cottonseed meal. The
analyses ranged from 10 SO solids in milk
given by three-year old Holstein heifer
six months in milk after her first calf
giving Is quarts per day, to 1886 given
by 13-year- old Guernsey year in milk.
By breeds the figures were as follows:
Ayrshires, from to II years, averaged 1922
HOlsteins, II.9l
4 Shorthorns, 2, 8 and years,
nearly months in milk, 1873
Jerseys, 3 and years, 6
months in milk, 1891
The herd also included 20 grades picked
up for butter making, in which the Short
horn blood predominated, with Jerseys
next, all new milch cows. The milk of
these averaged 1926 solids. The grand
average of the whole herd was 1917.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19
Right to the Point.

In late number of the n. E. Home
stead we'find the following paragraph,
which is worthy of consideration: Some
men are doing very well at farming.
They are happy, contented, prosperous.
This class of men are not the loud grum-
blers, but they are workers in every gen.
uine reform. Education and agitation
are all right in their place, but learning
and CAB alone won't make good farmers
or good laws. Yet the men who know
the most about both farming and public
affairs are the ones whose example,
counsel and leadership are so much
needed to-day. If the unsuccessful far
mer will heed their example, profit by
their advice and follow their leadership.
our farmers movement will be rich in
benefits of real value. When there is so
much to be done, let US not spend our
energies in recklessly championing an
impractical theory, but unite in the real
work before US. Instead of calling on
the government for agricultural sub
treasures and loans of greenbacks on our
farms, let US take hold and by cc-opera-
ton help ourselves.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19

Cleanse the vitiated
blood when You see
its impurities burst 1
ing through the skin
in Pimples, Blotches,
and Sores. Rely on
SULPHUR BITTERs,
land health will fol-
low
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19

SULPHUR BITTERS
will cure Liver Com
plant. DON'T be dis
couraged =; it will cure
you.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19
BLOCK ISLAND BAPTISTS.
Some Queer characteristics of the People of
That Sea Grit Isle.

That Sea Girt Isle.
Block island is queer little world,
seven miles long by four miles wide, Is
miles southeast of Stonington, Conn. On
maps it looks to be about as round as
and no bigger than pineapple cheese.
Its surface is composed of a multitude of
treeless, groveling knobs and hollows,
divided into miniature farms, with one
story, weather beaten, shingled farm
houses. 1t has 30 summer hotels. There
are 1900 people on the island, and all of
them are Democrats and Free Baptists.
Twice in every generation everybody
there is converted or reconverted. Fiji
teen years ago every Block islander was
converted to the Baptist faith, and for
five years there wasn't a sinner on the is
land. In the past ten years some of them
became backsliders. A new generation
had come on the stage, too, who knew
not the saving grace of a great revival.
So Block island had new revival this
winter, with powerful exhorters from
the mainland. The Block islanders have
joined the Free Baptist church again.
Not long ago 20 rugged islanders were
baptized in the ice cold waters of fresh
water pond on one of the coolest days of
Tile WluUtIs duu d utlICdUc IIONlutuCc
lady who witnessed the ceremony of i'm
mersion was so overcome by her pity,
fearing that the converts would catch
pneumonia, that she tried to stop the
proceedings. The islanders laughed at
her fears. Since that incident another
company of Block island people have be-
come converted, and are the most impor-
tant ones in the worldly sense on the is
land anOnu thap haipo ava Scomh hi
man John G. Sheffield, Chief of Police
David B. Rose, ex-senator True Dodge,
ex-senator Frank Littlefield. and the big
hotel owners. The religious faith of the
Block islanders is very simpla, and they
are extremely superr titious. They be-
lieve in a score of elfin tales, besides the
romantic story of the ssPhantom Ship
famous in Whittier's poem. Though the
islanders are all Christians, if man is
thirsting for free fight Block island is
just the spot for him to visit.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19
Spring Jackets and Wraps.

Orders placed with the manufacturers
for several hundreds, which will begin
to come in soon. In the mean time there
is still an opportunity to secure JACK
EFT, PLUSH NEWMARKET, CIRCU-
LAR or CHILD'S GARMENT, from
our winter stock at tremendous sacri-
flee. Handsome and stylish garments
selling at little over half price.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19
Furs and Capes

Selling for only few days longer al
about half price before packing. Many
have availed themselves of the opportun.
ity. Who will have another? Quick, OF
you lose them.
See the Corset Covers advertised at q
cents each.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19

If you do not wish S p, biIlEhs
to suffer from Rheum- VIII oulu you up anu anu
atsm, use a bottle of inahS you e'iohs anu
SULPHUR BITTERS nealtny.
it never fails to cure. SIrI puup RITTrRs
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19
Balls Corset aists

For Ladies, Misses and Children, are
proving great success. They are sold
much cheaper than other makes. Even
the "chiIdren cry for them" Large
lot just in. Try pair.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1891-03-19
"Kabo" Corsets

Are the popular Corset of the age.
They are modelled exactly after the
French ''P. d." adapt themselves per-
fectly to every form, and every pair is
absolutely warranted not to break down
or roll up. If they do they can be ex-
changed for new pair. Also