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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-26
Some Canadian Politics.

OTTAWA, Canada, Feb. 26.-It is asserted
here that deal has been made between
Sir John Mcdonald. the Conservative
leader, with the Roman Catholic church
of Quebec, by which that church is to sup.
port the Conservatives, and in return par
lament will disallow the recent anti
Romish legislation adopted in Manitoba.
This legislation sat down on the parochial
school idea, and requires that the only Of
fetal and school language shall be Eng
lich
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-26
A FicIkie Base BaIlist.

PLYMOUTH, Mass, Feb. 26.-In the su-
perior court Tuesday Edith NJ Flack, Of
Plymouth. was granted a divorce nisi for
desertion from Charles HI. Flack, a pro-
fessional base ball player The evidence
showed that the couple were married here
five years ago, and that they remained to-
gether only one night. On the following
day Flack left his wife, and she has not
seen him since
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-26
The Congressional Brief.

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 26-In the sen.
ate yesterday resolutions of sorrow at the
death of Senator Wilson, of Maryla nd,
were adopted and after few appropriate
remarks the senate, as mark of respect,
adjourned
The house adopted resolution making
the shipping bill a special order for to-day
and tomorrow, the previous question to
De considered as ordered at o'clock this
evening. The immigration bill was passed
and the house went into committee of the
whole on the agricultural appropriat ion
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-26
An Alliance Mans Views.

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 26.-John Da-
Wis, Alliance congressman-elect from Kan
sas, says that the Alliance will have a
presidential ticket for 1892, and that "Gen.
Weaver of Iowa, for president, and Polk
OF North Carolina, the president of the
Alliance, for vice president are SPOKEN of
as the ticket. No one can say what Will
be the result. 1t may throw the election
into the house
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-26
Many Firemen Overcome by Smoke.

MONTREAL. Feb. 26 -Thirty-two stalls
in the Bonsecours market were destroyed
by fire Tuesday, entailing a loss of about
$40, 600 Intense excitement was caused
during the progress of the fire by the re-
moval of twenty-one fremen from the
building in an unconscious state from the
dense smoke. All the men were taken to
the hospital, where it was said they would
recover
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-26
A Train Mrecker Sentenced.

CAMDEN, n. J., Feb. 26-Dennis Nc
Cluskey, of Gloucester, has been SEN
fenced to five years in the stats
prison and $500 fine for repeated attemI Is
to wreck passenger trains on the Camden,
Gloucester aad Mount Ephraim railroad.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-26

The Owaer of the Genesta Dead.
LONDON, Feb. 26-Sir Richard Francis
Sutton, owner of the Genesta, is dead,
aged 81 years
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-26
FRENCH ANTl-GsRMAN SPLEEN.
Exhibited on the Occasion of Empress
Frederick's Visit to Paris.

LONDON, Feb. 26-The sentiment
among Partisan artists against represen-
tation at the Berlin Art exhibition is
growing more bitter, and Detaille and
Bonnat are almost subjected to a boycott.
NJ. Bonnat has quoted the incident of the
comforting of the Cross of the Legion of
Honor Oh Herr Uhde, the German painter,
as II precedent of courtesy toward the
Berlin exhibition. To this his critics re-
ply that the cross was awarded for pict-
ures exhibited in Paris and not in Berlin.
Wrath of the League of Patriots"
The organization known as the League
of Patriots has violently denounced the
visit of Empress Frederick of Germany to
the palace of Versailles on Monday last.
The League has decided to hold daily
meetings of protest until the imperial Wis
itor leaves the city. 1t is known here that
in Berlin it was expected that President
Carnot would call upon Empress Freder-
lex, but after a special cabinet meeting
had been held and the question had been
fully discussed, it was decided that, as
Empress Frederick was travelling incog-
nito, the French government could com
promise the matter by sending the chief
of President Carnot's military household,
Gen. Brugere, and NJ. Ribot, the minister
of foreign affairs, to call upon the ex-
empress.
1t Worried the Cabinet.
This was accordingly done, Gen. Bru-
gere and M. Ribot calling at the German
embassy and inscribing their name in the
visitors BOOK. This question of etiquette
was undoubtedly the cause of much anx-
iety and worry to the members of the
French cabinet, and was made the subject
of long and earnest discussion before it
was finally concluded that the govern
ment could not dare to risk the verdict of
public opinion in case President Carnot
called upon the imperial visitor to Paris
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-02-26

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. GA state
ment prepared by Internal Revenue Com
missioner Mason shows that for the first
seven months of the current fiscal year
the collect ms from internal reveu ue
amounted to $S7, 00O, 9S4, an increase over
the same months last year of 81, 4S7, 412.
The principal items of increase were:
Spirits, So, 519 942; tobacco, 1881, III; fer
mented liquors, 81, 800, 900; oleomargarine,
500 Onn
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
DOCTORS SHOULD BE COOKS.
Frying Pan Often Undoes All He
Accomplished for His Patient.

In some parts OF Europethe impress
sion prevails that a physicians train
ing is not complete until he has be-
come an expert in cooking, and the
idea is not bad one, says. DR..
Ohman-Dumesuil in the st. Louis
Globe-Democret. At one of the col
leges in which studied the policy was
much favored, and there were lectures
on how to prepare food to suit differ
ent constitutions. Every one admits
nowadays that cooking, and especial
ly the indiscriminate use OF the frying
pan, is one of the commonest causes
of dyspepsia, and many a time
doctors GO on prescribing remedies
without effect simply because the
cook is undoing all the good he effects
by calling upon the weak stomach to
do what it cannot possibly perform.
There are very few articles of food
that must be absolutely banished from
heinvalid's room, the exceptions be-
ingchief1y immature meats, and when
all doctors learn how to cook as we'll
as how to prescribe, this fact will be
generally admitted.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
BACKED A JACK POT.
Big Poker Game In Which an ILL.,.
nois Congressman Was a Heavy

A Big Poker Game In Which an ILL.,
nois Congressman Was a Heavy
Winner.
"The luckiest man in a poker game"
remarked a Washington man in a re-
miniscent mood, as he drew three
cards, "was certain congressman
from Illinois. He was backed in a
jack pot by the United States. We
were having a nice little game of So
limit. There is often smart pile OF
money in a 50 limit. Around the ho-
tel table were four OF us, and this was
the only congressman who had sand
enough and money enough to sit out
the game. There was night session
and an exciting time in the house OF
representatives, and the others had
dropped out one by one on the score
Of public duty.
swell, it was getting on toward
o'clock in the morning, and we had a
lovely pot and everybody stayed in.
The pot was opened on four deuces
and the man stood pat. That was
TINS same congressman. There was
nothing less than a good pair out,
and everybody seemed to have i'm
proved his hand in the draw. The
betting was lively. Just then a serv-
ant rushed in and said there was a.
call of the house and the sergeant-at-
arms was at the door.
"Td play this hand out if the whole
United States was at the door said
the statesman.
Keep him out minute jim
"'Lock the door,
"But the big foot of the sergean-at-
arms was thrust in the crack of the
inner door as Jim was going out to
bar the outer one.
I'm sorry, gentlemen, but
"'Im not interrupted the member.
I'll go as soon as I rake in this Jack
pot. In the meantime let me have
fifty
1.-The sergeant-at-arms produced his
order book and the fifty soon went
to swell the pile. I'll draw on you for
a hundred,' pretty soon came from
the plucky Illinoisan. One of us laid
down his hand at this and another
began to look nervous. There were
several |. 0. US in the pile already
and was down to my last dollar and
had to call. I had a king full, and
we'll, the Illinois congressman and his
four deuces and the United States
Treasury and that jack pot, with
about $500 in it, all went off togeth-
err"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24

1But if you should meet a mad dog
Or g gorilla, what would you do with
About as much as would do with
q pistol; throw it down and run.
L am now forty years old. Ineyer
did own q pistol, never had any use
for one. | have never met either .
gorilla or a mad dog. i am thank
1ul that Mr.. Pistol came and told me
the story OF his adventuresome life,
or might have owned pistol and
been a murderer.-The Housekeep-
er. a.- =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
USEFUL AND INSTRIInr,,,.
READING FOR THE FARMER 3
Wheat Experimentation .nd
Butter MISUNDERSTANDING n
Manure--How to Cure and
Store Onions,
Wheat Experiments.

Experiments in various methods
ofseeding wheat have been conducted
for q series OF years at the Ohio
experiment station, with the FOLLOWING
results:
In the average OF four years exn
ment, wheat covered one inch or less
has produced at the rate of 81
bushels per acre; that covered two
inches has produced 35 bushels, and
that covered three inches 81 bushels.
Judging from smaller number Of
experiments it does not seem
advisable to SOW deeper than three
inches.
In the average of six years wheat
sown with the roller-press drill has
yielded about eight per cent more
than that sown with the ordinary
drill. More or less increase has
followed the roller-press in almost
every season, but single trial has
given results unfavorable to the use
OF the common roller after seeding.
Broadcast wheat has this YEAR
yielded about the same as that drill
ed; but in the average OF five wears
the product from broadcast seed is
considerably smaller than from the
same quantity OF seed drilled.
The results of seven years. expert
ments point clearly to the latter part
of September or first OF October as
the most favorable season for sowing
wheat on this farm.
A single experiment, made this
year, fails to show any advantage in
favor OF cross drilling over sewing the
same quantity OF seed in the ordinary
manner.
No larger crop has been produced
this year from mixed seed Of two va
rieties sown separately.
The land upon which these expert
ments were made lies in the valley of
the Olentangy, one OF the largest
branches of the Scioto. The soil is a
yellow loan, part first and part
second bottom. 1t is either naturally
underdrained with gravel or artific-
tally drained with tiles, and it's av-
erage yield OF wheat for thirteen years
has been over twentysix bushels per
acre, or an annual acreage OF about
thirty acres.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
How a Silver Plate Was Removed
From WomanS Throat.

How a Silver Plate Was Removed
From Womans Throat.
A young woman at the Highland,
Miss Mary German, of New Haven,
Conn.,, was attacked by fainting
spell one morning about 10 o'clock
and swallowed full silver plate with
seven teeth, says the Bethlehem, N.
II. Dispatch. The teeth passed down
the esophagus, and fortunately, as
events proved, lodged at point about
half way from the mouth to the stom-
ach. Physicians were summoned, but
could do nothing to relieve her from
the intense suffering. Finally it was
decided by her friends to send the suffer-
er to Boston for surgical treatment.
At this juncture, however, DR..
Franklin f. Marsh was sent for, as it
was thought best to exhaust all pos
sible means before sending the patient
away. DR. Marsh found that with an
ordinary probe it was impossible to
reach the obstacle. Taking q silver
"sound" DR.. Marsh was able to make
out the location, about seven inches
down, but having found the location,
he was unable to reach it with any
forceps at hand. Trying to devise
some means OF removing the teeth, the
doctor remembered q silver sound
twelve inches long which he happened
to have with him. Curving the point
of this and inserting it in the esopha-
gus, he was able after considerable eff
fort to engage the teeth on the hook
made, and succeeded after much ex-
ertion in removing the teeth from the
esophagus. The laceration was less
than would be supposed, and the hem
orrhage was stopped without diff
Guilty. The operation was performed
without assistance or the aid OF an
aesthetics. r. ..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
Milk as Human Food.

Milk is one of the most valuable and
economical articles for human food.
Estimated at twelve pounds per COW
daily, the United States produce the
bewildering amount of one hundred
and fifty billions ofpounds ofmilk per
year. And as three pounds OF milk
are equivalent to one pound of beer
infood elements, each inhabitant has
in milk one and a half beeves annual
ly. Whereas, in beef, each inhabitant
has only four-fifths OF one beef per
capita. That, as rule, our people
not engaged in severe manual labor
consume too much meat, there can be
no doubt. Milk, then, will here prove
an article of healthful nourishment, a
lack of which predisposes to the harm
full use OF spirits; in the form of beer,
VINE, rum, or whisky.-American
Agriculturist.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24

How to Cure and Store Onions,
"Joseph," in Farm and Fireside,
has the following to say in regard to
curing onions and storing them for
the winter: Pull the onions just as
soon as the majority OF the tops
have fallen over and begin to waste
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
A Change for the Better

Scrub farmer, feeding nothing but
hay and straw in a cold barn,
what have you to say to the facts
given by Mr.. j. D. Smith, ofDelaware,
county, N. Y, who, by changing his
system of farming, made the same
farm produce 1904 pounds of butter,
when $3.50 pounds was the ex-
tent when he lived-as many are liv-
ing yet-in the clark ages" AS a.
rule, too, the men who have COWS that
produce for them $50 pounds of farm
butter per annum, don't get more
than a ''York shilling" per pound for
it; when by the time he learns how to
make q COW yield $50 or 800 pounds
per annum, has also learned to get
two "York shillings'' per pound for it
Largely because he makes the most
of it, when butter is scarce and high.
The butter income of the same farm
on the first basis is $281.25 on the
latter basis, 100000. Borrowing
money-even of the government, at
per cent-to conduct the first kind OF
farming, would bring a man to bank
ruptcy at the last.-Hoard's Dairy
man.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
Cheese and Butter Auctions,

The latest suggestionf for helping dali
ry farmers to dispose of their produce
on good terms and to bring it into
prominent competition with foreign
goods is to establish auction marts in
London and all the great manufac-
turing towns, for the purpose OF hold
Ing weekly or daily sales OF consign-
ments of cheese and butter from our
dairy districts. It is contended that
IN this way one Of the advantages
which foreign dairy produce possesses
over our town, viz, that retailers al
ways know where to go for a supply
in any quantity, will to some extent
be removed, and that if farmers only
support these places properly, and
are willing to make a little sacrifice at
the onset in the shape OF insufficient
returns until the mart gets thorough
ly established, and retailers begin
regularly to resort to it, an opening
would be made for their goods which
would be of the greatest service to
them. Perhaps the advantage of
such auctions to butter makers would
be greater than in the case Of cheese,
for the sale of which there are means
already available. At the same time,
If the thing answered for the sale OF
butter, it could not fail to be of some
service to the cheesemaker' also, who
might try it with small lots first, as
the same buyers who went there for
butter would also, from the nature of
their business, be buyers OF cheese
Chester Courant, England.
Ammonia In Manure, a Mistaken
Prevalent Opinion.
The prevalent idea that manure
contains much ammonia is, according
to Bells Messenger, England, without
any foundation. Manure contains the
elements Of which ammonia is formed
during decomposition, viz, nitrogen
and hydrogen; but as decomposition
is very slow process, the ammonia
is only very slowly evolved. AS it is
produced, it is in the form of gas,
which is dissolved in the water exist
ing in the manure or it combines with
the abundant carbonic acid evolved
during the decomposition and forms
carbonate of ammonia. It is very
rare that ammonia can be detected es-
Gaping from a manure heap. The
tet1d odor OF q manure pile is not
caused by ammonia, but by COM
| mounds Of sll1nhl,r and cnrbor ~,
same as those devolved by decaying
eggs and rotting cabbages. The am
monia OF manure is very slowly olsen
gagged, requiring year or more before
1T IS all produced and evolved, and as
the soil absorbs it freely, there is
scarcely any danger OF any loss Of this
valuable part OF the manure as it is
commonly used. The pungent odor OF
a horse stable is caused by the escap-
ing ammonia, and farmers loose more
or this element Of manure in this wav
in one warm night from an unclean
horse stable, than from their manure
heaps in year. Abound OF ammo
MIA in manure is worth in England II
cents, and a tun OF manure produces
only IL lbs of it.
How to Cure and Store Onions.
Joseph" in Farm and Fireside,
has the following to say in regard to
curing onions and storing them for
the winter: Pull the onions lust as
soon as the majority OF the tops
have fallen over and begin to waste
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24


When duck eggs are set under hen
it is best to make the nest on the
ground.
Ducks grow faster than chickens,
arefree from vermin and less liable to
disease.
Always have the nests so that the
hens cen walk into them rather than
jump down.
Feed for growth or for eggs and
not merely for subsistence if poultry is
to pay profit.
Buy your dairy stock Of honorable
breeders and then hold them response
BILE for their representations.
The heller calf from a good COW is
worth keeping until it can be determ-
ined whether or not the dam has
transmitted her good qualities.
il the men do the milking it is q
good thing to impress upon them the
fact that water is better than milk to
wash their hands i'm. Cleanliness is
next to godliness.
Many farmers would make their
dairies much more profitable if they
would give some hard study to the
nature OF different grasses, with q
view to improving their pastures.
During the first year the feeding of
the heifer should be such as would
tend toward development OF frame
rather than to the laying on OF flesh.
Grass and roots and bulky forage
will be OF more value than grain or
other rich concentrated foods.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24

away. Leave on the ground in wind
rows until the tops have all dried
down, or if rain should threaten, take
to an airy loft or barn floor and
spread thinly, until fully cured.
Then sort, removing all remnants OF
tops, etc, and try to sell them at an
early opportunity, which is much
better than to attempt keeping them
over winter and running the risk OF
losing part OF the crop by sprouting,
rotting, or freezing But if you are
bound to try wintering, you should
have a storage room that can
pc % Kept at q temperature near
IS IS degrees to P Is dearysea 5 Foh.
renheit. Put the bulbs in rather
open crates, and keep we'll
aired and dry. Onions can also be
stored in pits, like potatoes, only
guard against heating 1t is better to
have them freezing than to get too
warm. The question OF "best'' COM
mercial fertilizer for onions can only
be answered in relative manner.
When ground is very rich and abund-
antly supplied with minerals potash
and phosphorus,) nitrate OF soda
alone may be the best and cheapest
fertilizer. In other cases ashes and
nitrate OF soda may be the best; and
a good, high-grade, complete manure,
such as our leading fertilizer manu-
facturers offer under the name Of
special potato or special onion,
or general vegetable manure, is
usually safe to apply even in
pretty large doses-say ton or
more per acre.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
Indirect Fertilizers,

There are substances that in them
selves do not furnish the plant any
needed ingredient for growth, but
when applied to the soil assist ma
terially in augumenting the crop. One
Of the best Illustrations Of this class of
Fertilizers is common salt. Lime is
another substance rarely lacking in
the soil, but when added assists in set
ting free other substances that are
much needed by the growing plants,
that otherwise would not have be-
come available for the crop. Water
is added in irrigation not as fertil-
izer but because it is the great solvent
in nature and the vehicle of transfer
of the various substances that 90 to
build up plant when entering it from
the soil water.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-09-24
BESET BY WILD DOGS.
BY EDMUND COLLINS.

LONG certain parts OF
the coast OF Newfound-
land, as well as OF Lab
rador, are herds otwild
dogs, lean, with shay
gy hair and shy eyes,
and when hungry they
are as ferocious as any
beast OF which I have
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1891-12-06
AGENCIA EUROPEA
(EsTABLEG1DA EN- 1914

-@--@--.
Dosean,os abrir cuentas con todo honrade
comprador colonial que no figure todavia nnes-
trOs Hbros al tener con0cimiento de aus solcitu-
dee, tendrenos ell gusto de mandarles precios co.
riientes de cualquiera mercancias europeas o anne
ticanas Nuestros libros de refereEcias contienen
variOs milOnes de nOmbres nuestras enormcs
relaciones nos ponen en- capacidad de hacer condi-
clones especiales al contado con los prmeros ma
uufactureros pos mayor, dc modo que despues de
agregar nuestra modesto ganancia, nuestr0s pre-
clos son amenudo memories que los del mism0 ia.
uricante.
Podemos haoer mercancias de cualquier estis
%, clase rreco, asf es que 81 SO manda una pin.6
mesa en- dinero, pr0dnctos, para cnbrir, nuess
tro conocimiento del negocio, facilita colocar
orden Embellishments en- las meiores manos
emitir prontameute las mercancias.
IIacemos cajas de muestras desde G6 arriba.
COMO utilizamos nuestra larga experiencia en-
escojer las mejores mercancias para el mercado
adOnde van, recomendamos confiadamenSe Ioa
puea haciendolo asf tendran las dltimas mAa
..ceptables novedades
, Las consgnaciones de pr0ductos SON inFnaA
aata y cuiiadesamente atendidas.
La prOnta esmerada atenci6n los interessa
de nuestros corresponsales, juntamente cen los
moderadfsimos cargos sencilIo honrads pro-
ceder, nos han proporcionado poder sostener por
TRES CUARTo DE UN sIGLo
una reputation CUE estlmamos an mueho para
.,ermitir que 90 empahe por 81 NAL dssemp psno de
q mas sencllla transaction. Direction;
WILLIAM WILSON A SONS
8, TALBOT COURT LONDON, E.. G.
Relacionea on todos los Distritos Manufacsursros.
Sc sOLICITA CORREsP0NDENCIA
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-17t.t
Julio Lopez

SAS'TRE De MADRID, FoRrALEzAs 10.
Gran surtido en- merinos negros, casini-
res = franelas de colores, pantaones chalo-
cos do alta novedad de las mejores fabricas es-
panolas = extranjeras.
Rl lmismo LoPas cortA dirjje l0s trabaios
que 20 edecutan, con arreglo ( los dltimoa mo-
deIoe dc Madrid y Farin, -,