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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
A Bonanza in Nuts.

Nhe large returns from Individual
trees and immense profits from estab-
lished orchards have stimulated much
interest in growing the soft shelled
Texas pecan, which is equal in quality
to the best imported nuts of any kind.
These are already raised to quite an
extent in Texas, and while the indus
try is in its infancy, enough has al
ready been demonstrated to show that
the profits are far ahead of orange
growing. In fact the United States
Department of Agriculture considers
it of such importance that it has diree-
ted special attention to the subject
and a bulletin will be issued detailing
the results in the near future Cali
fornia fruit growers have made for
tunes during the past few years, but not
equal to those which can be made by
pecan raising. An acre of the large
soft-shelled pecans at eight years old
will, if bearing one peck per tree, earn
at least $100 per acre. which makes
the amount for the running value of
$1,000 per acre. At ten years old the
yield will be from one to three bushels
per tree, earning 500 per tree or 1920
per acre. At fifteen years they should
bear from ten to twelve per tree which
counting the large nuts at 12c per lb.
earns, calling but ten bushels per tree,
$50 or 81. 800 per acre. Some may
think facts will not bear out these fig
ures. but have seen repeated instances
where the wild forest trees earned $50
per tree for their owner and the cult
waited tree should do still better
Unlike most orchard trees the pecan
has no enemy. Once planted they re-
quire no care except to keep the weeds
away until they begin bearing. After
that the gathering and the marketing
of nuts is the only expense and the
trees will bear for generations. They
are known here to reach the age of
500 or 600 years. ALI of the best au-
thorities are now fully agreed that the
pecan cannot amount to much without
deep running tap roots and that when
the original tap root is once removed
a new root will never appear. They
therefore recommend planting the nuts
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
Young Men as Authors,

Keats was dead when just a little
over his twenty-fifth year. Shelley
wrote Queen Nab at twenty and the
"Prometheus Unbound" and the ode
to the West Wind at twenty-six. By
ron startled the town with English
Bards and Scotch Reviewers" at
twenty-one, and at twenty-four woke
up and found himself famous by the
publication of Child Harold" Burns
was but twenty-seven when he was the
lion of the season in Edinburgh.
Campbell published his Pleasures of
Hope at twenty-five. Chatterton was
not eighteen when he finished his life's
work. The great Shakespeare him
self was famous when little more than
a youth and the same is true of the
Shakespeare of France, Victor Hugo;
and Goethe, by the by, was known to
all Europe at twenty-four. Scott, on
the other hand, was more leisurely.
He made no serious effort as an author
till he was over thirty, and he was
over forty when 'Waverly" was given
to the world; and Thackeray also was
verging on two-score before Vanity
Fair established his reputation.
Critic
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06

where the trees are TO grow. There
isno trouble In transplanting the pecan
where It has been previously prepared
as nurserymen prepare them. but as
yet I have never heard OF tree that
was perfect They will look we'll for
q year or two, but finally die. MUIR
serymen sell the best pecan cions at
81 each. These cost $50 per acre to
plant while the nuts can be planted
and are sure not to cost over So per
acre. The largest orchard In the
world is near here and only two years
old. This contains 400 acres and IL
600 trees. The owner who has ex-
perience. says they will begin bearing
when eight years old and will soon
average six blu. to the tree. If the
trees bear only one-quarter of BUSH
Ell each at $40 per bu; it is no big price,
they will earn 1915 per acre. as 10
per cent on $3.50 which 1t pays per
acre the first year. The comparison
with the ordinary orchard products is
hardly to be considered, for all
orchard trees have an enemy while
the pecan has none. The land on
which the pecan orchard is planted,
unless in a forest can be cultivated
each year, but it is best to put the
orchard into grass when the trees are
bearing so that the surface will be
level in gathering the nuts. Investi-
gate and see if all these facts do not
bear me out. Herbert Post in the Ma
tional Farmer.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
a PROBLEM.
A Very Hard Nut for Modern scientises.
to Crack.

A very Hard Nut for Modern scientisoss
A Cyclone demolished the barn Of
Sam Mcpherson. of Monroe coun-
ty. Ky. Seventy-seven days later
the workmen who were clearing
away the debris liberated hen
that had been cooped in narrow
quarters formed by fallen boards and
timbers. In the course of her impris-
onment she had laid an egg, hatched
it and eaten the chicken all but the
feathers and bones. Apparently she
had nothing else to eat.
Here arises an interesting question
for economists: Did it pay the hen to
hatch the eggP
In times of dire necessity self-pre-
servation becomes paramount. Cast
away sailors kill their weaker fellows
and eat them. Famished brutes de-
YOUR even their own offspring. Prob
ably no sentimental considerations
prevented this hen from coolly calcu-
lating whether she could lengthen her
DAYS and increase her chances Of res
cue by Matching out the egg and eat
ing the chicken or whether her
chances would be better if she ate the
egg while it was fresh. Nobody can
say that she did not consider this
grave problem in all, its aspects and
that her survival during the seventy
seven days that elapsed before she was
rescued was not the result of her de-
cision in accordance with scientific
truths.
If there was nothing to eat in the
fortuitously improvised crop, did the
Matched chicken contain more nutri-
ment than the unmatched egg? If
more, was the gain at the expense of
the hen, and did it cost her more than
she received in the way of increased
nutriment? Warmth is necessary to
incubation. Heat can be produced
only by the outlay of energy. If
there was more food in the chicken
than in the egg, was the excess suffi-
cient to restore to the hen the eneE4y
spared in Matching the egg? And if
so, was the excess still great enough
to make up for the loss of edible SUBJ
stance through the conversion of part
of the egg into bones and feathers?
These questions cannot be dismissed
by scientific men as trivial. They are
worthy of the profoundest thought of
savants. Certainly no other hen ever
was brought face to face with ques-
lions from her point of view more
momentous, or which called for
greater nicely in the weighing of
them IN. Y. Sun.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06


The Peoples Press: Senator Sher-
man says: The man who is to-day
getting $3.50 a day or $1.5O for "a
bushel of wheat would find that under
free silver the purchasing power OF
that 81. SO would very rapidly drop to
S1.25, and that the 20 cent loss would
fall not on the merchant or manufac-
sturer, but upon the man who labors or
who tills the soil. That is the mex
orable law of trade because the price
of commodities is fixed by the mar
kets of the world, and can not be
changed by ANY local legislation or the
vagaries of single country
oh, dear! What a sweet, tender
sympathy this devoted (?) senator has
for the man who labors and tlls the
soil. If all this harden is to fall on
the man who tills che soil why is it
that every capitalist. who neither tolls
nor spins, but lives off the sweets of
the land. is opposed to free coinage?
Does the senator suppose that he can
draw the wool over the Ohio Iaboring
mems eyes to the extent of making
them believe that the Eastern capital
lists are opposed to free coinage be-
cause of the great love they have for
the laboring man? No. The senator
had best go on with his old tariff dis
cussion, because there are few yet
who are of the opinion that the sun
rises and sets in the tariff. but such in
consistent logic as the above will not
fool any laboring man.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
Home Hints.

Ii anything runs over upon the stove
and catches fire while cooking, throw salt
upon it at once. 1t will put out the fire
and prevent a disagreeable smell
A method of covering the nauseous
taste of castor or cod liver oil, is to put a
tablespoonful of orange juice in wine
glass, pour the oil into the center of the
juice, then squeeze a few drops of lemon
juice upon the oil and rub some of the
juice on the edge of the glass.
A difficulty is often experienced by
housekeepers in removing the smell from
cooking utensils in which fish has been
fried or boiled. Place some redhot Gin
ders in the pan or pot, upon them pour
some boiling water and move the cinders
around for minute or two, when it will
he found that all smell or faint of fish
will have disappeared.
Paint, after it dries, is hard to remove
but yields at once to turpentine, if ap-
piled when it is fresh. On dark clothes,
however, turpentine itself leaves a trace
which calls for the benzine. This gener-
ally prevents the stains from reappearing
in obvious and ugly fashion whenever ex-
posed to any dust. But after all is said
and done, the best advice is, TRY not to
get spots on your clothes.''
The best way of Kidding a house of rats
is to fill all the holes that can be found
with pounded glass, and seal up with
plaster of paris and tin if you wish. Then
thoroughly clean the premises and see
that there are no garbage pals left about
to attract rats, and secure the services of
a good cat. Treat her kindly, confine her
as much as possible to the basement Of
the house so she will keep these intruder s
away and there need be no trouble.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-06
Bree ding Turkeys.

Joseph Wallace manages to find
something fresh on this often dis
cussed subject: In breeding turkeys,
the bronze is the largest and hardest
of its species. If, however choice
of other varieties is made. be sure
that the breeders are vigorous. A
proper selection is even more neces-
sary in one sense than in the case of
common fowls bred for mere utility.
because the offspring will show all the
defects of the parents in more
marked degree, as all constitutional
and hereditary defects are transmitted
at once and even the condition of good
health at the time of mating is not
sufficiently powerful to counterfeit or
to influence in modifying the constitu-
tional defects in the offspring, as it is
more or less in the case of the COM
mon fowl that transmit good and de-
fective qualities dependent upon their
state of health and condition during
mating.
The young poult is so sensitive to
wet and dampness that even in wild
state the turkey seeks regions where
there is little rain or dew during the
breeding season. The young poults
feather so rapidly that they are weak
and tender, because there is a con-
slant drain on the system to start and
nourish a large growth of feathers
besides bone flesh and muscle. It is
seen that proper food and care are
necessary until the birds begin to show
FED about the head. then the most
critical period is passed. National
Gfnnl1
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12

A handsome complexion is one OF the
greatest charms q woman can possass
Pozzoni's Complexion powder gives 1t.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
TOWNrAlrKK,,

Try kornlet. at Truesdsle's only.
Wsnted-A girl at the Rock Island
house.
Imported sultune English currants at
Truesdale's.
j. Conner and bride returned from the
west this morning.
Everyone knows or should know of the
London's bargains.
Mr.. Henry " eihler, OF Presumption, was
In the city today.
Dress fine and be happy at the Lon
don's expense.
G. j. Yore has gone to St. Louis to
spend the holidays.
All the popular new books can be had
al Champions.
81 % saved on every S. worth of goods
bought at the London.
A. e. Holland. of Detroit, is in the
city visiting friends.
Underwear and overwear at unhesrd of
low prices at the London.
Make your 5 go fsrthest by trading at
Simon & Mosenfelder's.
Parloubet's select notes for 1892 will
be sold during NJ xt week at 97c. regular
price Sl.25. by R Champion & Co.
There will De meeting for young
men at the Y. M. C. A. rooms at $50 to-
morrow afternoon. An address to
clerks" will be given by DR.. ]. W.
Stewart on Sound Business Principles. ="
to which the clerks are especially invited
to be present.
Al meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Rock Island County Farmers
institute, which occurred at the court
| house this afternoon. it was decided TO
hold the next institute at Milan Dec. 22nd
and 237d for which a good programme
will be arranged.
James kaylor, of Reynolds, a brother
in-law of ex>Alderman Matthias Schrell
came to the city VI sterdsy to pay u note
which he owed the latter, snd the two be.
came engaged in an animated discussion
OF the matter, and both allowed their
tempers to get the better of their discre.
ton. The result being that Mr.. Schnel
struck his brother-in- law over the head
with chair, inflicting an ugly cash sbou,
three inches in length, and which it was
necessary for physicians to stitch up
Further trouble wss prevented by friends
| interfering.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
A Treat for Rick Island.

The Hirschberg Optical company, o
500 Olive street, ST. Louis, have com
p.eted arrangements 10 have Prof Hirsch-
berg or his assistant. stay one week with
their agent T. II. Thomas. and test eyes
for all who-sre in need of glasses. All
tests will be made free of charge. This
will be rare opportunity for all who are
suffering from defective vision to have
their eyes scientifically examined and cor
rected.
The professor comes here wholly in the
interests of the 81. Hirschberg Optical
company and will stop with T. II. Thomas
from Dec. 2 until Dec. ~ where may be
found full line of II. Hirschberg IS
Diamond and Non Chsngeable Spectacles
and Eyeglasses.
All ocuIists and physicians everywhere
pronounce in their favor, and al, who use
them are only too GLAD to testify to their
clearness, durability, comfort and ease
they give TO the eyes. even at the most
difficult work
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
Anus menIs.

Tonight at the 3urtis at Davenport,
J. &. Rice's comedians will appear in "a
KnOtty Affair, which is recommended as
one of The best comedies on the road
Tne world famous "Ciemrucesu Case" is
to be presented at the Burtis next Mon
day evening with Miss Sybil tombstone as
Ia" the model.
On Tuesday evening at the Bartis will
be seen Cleveisnds kings of minstrelsy,
undoubtedly the best troupe on the
road.
the next entertainment Under the aus
pieces of the Rock Island Lecture associ-
alton will be the lecture By DIR. Robert
Nourse, Of Washington, on DIR. Jekyr
and Mr.. Hyde" next Thursday evening.
At Hsrper's theatre next Friday eve.
ming Miss Matte Vickers, the fsvorite
coincidence will appear in her latest
comedy. The Circus Q Ieen,"
Edwin Arnold will lecture at the Bur-
tbs opera house at Davenport next Wed
nesdsy evening. His lecture will be
we'll worth hearing. The ticket sale
opens Monday and will find abundant calls
for seats as matter of course. Many
from Rock Island will doubtless avail
themselves of this great intellectual treat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
DIR PECk'S DEATH.
A Famous Surgeon Passes to His
Rest.
Demise at Davenport or DIR. w. p
Peek Early This Morniug-The
Funeral Tomorrow
Afternoon

Dr. W. F. Peck died at his home in
Davenport at l O'Clock this morning,
dis death was trscesble to blood poison
ing with which he was first attacked two
years ago. 10 performing difficult niece
OF surgery he ran silver Of diseased bone
into his finger, and flood poisoning en-
sued from which he never entirely re-
covered.
DIR, Peck was born in New York in
jan. 1S41. He graduate from Bellevue
university in 1862 with highest honors.
He spent two years at j. ncoln hospital
Washington, and in 1854 located at Day,
venDort. He was elected profes sor of
surgery of the Iowa City university in
1858, and held the chair until bis death
de was medical director Of Mercy hospI-
tel from the time of its establishment
and was for "a years attic nGing
physician at the Iowa Orphans home at
Davenport. He was the Ocsl surgeon of
the Rock lslsI d road at Davenpor; for
years anu January l. 1875, was elected
surgeon IN chief Of the Rock Island road
He was member Of he Iowa State Med~
icsl society and of the National Medical
society. He was prominent member of
the American Society OF Railway Sur
geons. He was an intim ate friend of the
late Dr. j. W Cowden. Of this city, and
accompanied him to Europe year and a
half ago, the two attending the medical
congress at Berlin together.
He leaves a wife. daughter and a
son, the daughter having been married q
week ago to Henry Vollmar.
The funeral will be he'd tomorrow af
ternoon at . O'Clock.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
RAILROAD MISSHAPS.
Four or Them in One NIght-The Men
Injured.

Four or Them in One NIght-The Men
Injured.
J. A. Wringer, residing on Fifteenth
street between Fifth and Sixth aven des.
and employed as switohman in The c. ,
B. & Q yards. had the ID isfortune to get
his right hand caught while making
coupling about O'Clock Yesterday after
noon. DR.. Plummer was called and
dressed the injured hand, but found it
necessary to smputste the thumb and
middle finger. Mr.. WriDger was formerly
bsggsgemsn and had only been switch
ing q short time
j. W. Rineley. OF Az Forty-secoud
street, q conductor on the c., R. l, s. P.
hsd his collar bone broken and his sho3l-
der badly bruised while uncoupling an
engine from a train of cars about 10
o'clock last night. He Was taken to bis
home on Forty-second street and attended
by DR.. Plunmer. He is getting along
nicely, though suffering considerably.
j F. Rice, a c R. l. d P. brakeman.
whose home is in Chicago. had his right
hand badly crushed in making a coupling
in the Rock Island yards ate last night.
DR.. Plummer dressed the injured mem
Der, and the brakeman went to his home
in Chicago this morning.
George Mckinley, brakeman on the
Rock Island, had his knee injured at
vii on last night. and was brought to
Rock Island. where Dr.. Plummer at
tended him.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
The Burglar Alarm.

CustOmer-Is this the latest style Of
burglar alarm:
Clerk-Yes, sir.
what is the principle of it?''
ut rings a bell when the burglar
raises the window, and by means of an
indicator tells in what part of the house
an entrance is being attempted"
''And am l supposed to get out of bed
and grapple hand to hand in the dark
ness with the burglar or burglars"
Eyes, unless you can get your wife to
do it instead" -4.-
"Humph, I guess we'll make the old
style burglar alarm, the dog, last lit
tie longer. Yankee Blade.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12

1 tba method and results when
:, of Fi-s is taken; it is pleasant
'TTsf-sshing to the taste, and acts
H. vet promptly on the Kidneys,
=; J: and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
|. sfac.uallv, dispels colds, head
!, and fayers and cures habitual
|-+iration. Syrup of Figs is the
: remedy of its kind ever pro-
r., pleasing to the taste and ac-
Lille to the stomach, prompt in
,rion and truly beneficial in its
-. p-enared only from the most
[,fby and agreeable substances, its
|.,r excellent qualities commend it
ii and have made it the most
|,rIar remedy known.
| sr1p OF Figs is for sale in SOC
Esl bottles by all leading drug
4 ANY reliable druggist who
+ not have it on hand will pro-
e il promptly for any one who
81. to try it. Do not accept any
|s.i!ute.
EILlFORRiE FIG syrup co.
81 =R4HGJSc0. ca.
ngyuLlt X GEp TU1E ~
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
STATE OF OHIO, CRY OF TOLEDO. f,

LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of z. ].
Cheney & Co.. doing business in the city
OF Toledo, county and state aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of one
hundred dollars for each and every cas-
OF catarrh that cannot be cured BY the
use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. D.. 1886.
49, A. W. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
T. j. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
Suspension of Traffic.

Rock Island ARSENAL. Rock Island.
H., Dec. ~ Owing to the dangers that
now exist at the railroad Gro ssing in Rock
Island where they are constructing the
viaduct. it would seem best to close the
Rock Island bridge to all wagon traffic
after Saturday, the 18th inst, till the via
dubt is completed.
Foot passengers may cross over for
short time longer, but they do so at their
own risk. NJ. ". LYON,
Capt. of Ordnance Commanding.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
superior AnOthers

Allcock's POrus Plasters are the great
external IT medy of the day. The quick
est, safest, surest. best. Not only
UNNECESSARILY superior to all other
plssters, but also to liniments, ointments,
oils and similar unctuous compounds.
Beware of limitations, and do not be
deceived by misrepresentation. Ask
for Alicock's and let no solicitation or
explanation induce you to accept subs
stitlte.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
llSCribe for Stock

IN the Second series of the
Flne Building and Loan AssO-
lIol, Of lock Island.
a safer and better investment
Eal Government Bonds, be-
Flse the loans are made only
E0n established values and it
E!S more than three times as
pen interest besides the
IoQnt invested and the profits
\ be Withdrawn at any time.
hhey loaned at lowest rates.
R A. DONALDSON. Secretary.
NICE, Rooms 2, 4, and 6 Masonic Temple,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
An Appropriate Name.

"a fast horse, is her"
'Trots like a streak of creased light
ming"
well, that's fast enough. What dc
you call him."
What Ma Says"
"What Ma Says! That's a strange
name. Why do you call him that"
because what ma says goes.p-Cape
Cod Item.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effects OF Syrup of Figs. when
in need of laxative and if the father OF
mother be costive or bilious the most
gratifying results follow it's use. so that
it is the best family remedy known and
every family should have bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
Hard.

Marie-He broke her heart - the
wretch!
Celeste-Did he jilt her?
Marie-No; he insisted on her keep
ing her engagement when she had a
better offer.-Life.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12
After Her Return.

He-And you did not forget that we
were engaged, did you, Maud, while you
were away
She-No, George; couldn't. Mamma
kept reminding me of it all the time
HarDer's RaZar
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12

Pozzoni's Complexion Powder pro.
lnces soft and beautiful skin; it com
bines every element of beauty and purify
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-12-12

For beauty, for comfort. for improve
ment of the complexion, use oEly Poz
zoni's Powder; there is nothing equal to