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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-25
NoIlce.

All persons having claims against Fred
lass, as receiver or special master of the
Rock Island & Milan street railway com,
pany. must present them for adjustment
ON or before May 1, in order to have same
paid. 1t is expected that all funds in his
hands will be distributed according to
order OF court on or after that date.
FRED. bass,
Receiver and Special Master.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-25
A Real Balsam il Ksmp's Balsam.

The dictionery says, "a balsam is a
thick, pure. aromatic substance flowing
from trees" Kemp's Balsam for the
throat and lungs is the only cough medi.
cine that is real balsam. Many thin,
watery cough remedies are called balsam' s
bnt such are not. Look through bottle
of Kemp's Balsam and notice what pure
thick preparation it is. If you cough
use Kemp's Balsam. at all druggists
Large bottles SOC and g..
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23

Among the new breed of fowls that have
come into notice in the last few years, says
an exchange. there are none superior to the
white Langshans. They are a sport from
the black variety and possess all their good
points and differ from them only in color.
The Langshans are excellent table fowls
and superior layers Of good sized, dark
colored eggs resembling those of the Light
Brahma Some claim that the white va
riety lay eggs Of more uniform size than
do the blacks, but we should take that with
a grain of allowance. The white Laugshans
have perfectly white plumage and the pure
ones breed true to color. They have bright
red ear lobes, comb and wattles, a clear
pure white beak, slate colored shanks
showing vivid pink under the scales, hazel
eyes AID the bottom of the feet are pink.
Yellow feet are big defect and birds hav-
ing the colored feet should be discarded
from the flock of pure bloods. The whites
are not quite as heavy nor as high on the
legs as the blacks. but they are being
greatly improved in this respect. Their
flesh is similar to that of turkey having
white plumage they show no black pin
feathers when dressed. They are hardy,
grow fast, mature early and are not psrsis
tent sitters. They have many attractive
points aud are destined to be popular fowl
with all
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
Raising Turkeys.

The raising of turkeys is one Of the most
profitable pursuits in which any farmer
can engage, says writer in an exchange,
and they are not 50 hard ito manage, if you
wish to give them attention. In selecting
breeding stock, broad backed, ll-breasted
and short-legged ones of any variety you
decide to raise should be procured Twelve
hens to one tom is about the right number,
and we prefer young hens to adult ones. as
they will lay more eggs, and if they are
heavy weight varieties, when incubating,
will not break so many eggs, or mash so
many of the young chicks as they do some
times. 1t will not be long time before the
young turks" will make their appearance,
and our experiences in raising them might be
Of assistance to any farmer that has not at
tempted the task.
We have our turkeys lay and sit in large.
comfortable, roomy coops two and a half
feet long bv two feet deep, two feet high in
front. with slope of six iuches to the rear.
When the turkeys get through with them,
we turn them over 10 our young chickens
We keep our turkeys in the orchard until
their broodS are few weeks old, when they
are permitted the range Of the farm. The
hens are prevented from flying over the
fence by a light board, or shingle, ten
inches long by five If ches wide, secured on
their backs by soft, fiat strings run through
holes in the board and tied under their
wings. By this method they can be as
readily confined as sheep. or other small
stock, and it does not injure them in the
least.
The young, after matched, should be first
fed egg bread, curd or light bread crumbs
in a shallow pan Of milk After they are a
week or so old, crushed corn, boiled the
same as hominy, makes an excellent feed for
them.
By the time they are six weeks old grass
hoppers and other insects are plentiful, and
they will thrive upon these, but should be
given one feed in the EVENING" plan. when
adopted, which will bring them home regu-
larly each day.
There are the Bronze, Narragausett,
Slate White Holland, and other mixed va
rieties, but our experience gives us as the
best one the Bronze variety. They are
hardiec, and grow larger and heavier than
the others usually do.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
Beneficial Action of Frost.

The kitchen garden can always be greatly
improved by exposing the soil to the win
tors frost as much as possible. This is an
item generally overlooked, says an ex-
change, and yet one Of great Importance.
During the winter months in some sections
there is more or less of comparatively mild
weather, when the soil can be turned over.
and the subsoil exposed to the action of the
frost.
In Great Britain and continental Europe
great stress is placed upon the Importance
of ridging up the surface of every unoccu-
pied spot in the garden and around the fruit
orchard. Experience has demonstrated
often enough that such work mellows the
soil, destroys the eggs OF insects, and drives
out any acids or eXcrementltlous matters
that exist in old soils, to the detrlment of
the succession of annual crops. In fact,
many old gardens, that are quite unpro-
ductive if left alone in this particular. are
kept in capital condition by constantly
attending to it.
The ridges ought to be thrown up foot
and half high in the direction Of the slope
of the ground, so that the water will run
off, and not stand in the trenches. They
may be as close together as they can be
made, bearing in mind to keep the top OF
the ridges eighteen inches high. 1t is also a
good practice to turn up lit lie OF the
subsoil, about a couple of inches each
season, at the time of ridging. Tnis brings
little fresh loan to the surface, and after
being acted upon by the atmosphere, it
mixes very kindly with the top soil, and
helps much TO keep up the fertility of the
garden.
If fresh stable manure is at hand, it is
well to give the top spit good coat, and
mix it through the soil when ridging up. 1t
will be found to put the soil in good condition
for spring crops of vegetables. and it is by
far the best method Of applying coarse
manure to the kitchen garden.
The small garden around the house can
thus be made a profitable investment, and
the same applies to a certain extent TO the
small fruit gardens; but here the soil must
not be turned up so close to the shrubbery
a. to expose the roots. The roots need the
covering OF the soil 20 protect them from
the severe cold; but sometimes the soil can
be thrown up in ridges between the plants,
provided tie latter have covering around
the base OF straw, manure or some other
material. This viii tend TO increase the
fertility of the soil between the rows, SO
that vegetables can be grown there; but bet
ter than all, it viii expose the grubs. worms
| and insects to the biting cold Of winter, and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
Salt for Animals.

Why do animals need salt? Because ami
NAL fat is an epitome of mineral and veg
etable matter, says writer in an exchange,
ana salt is a medium between them--a COM
pound of these compounds in certain
definite proportions, and grass and grain do
not supply sufficient proportion to COM
plete the animal compound and are not
therefore complete nutrients. Horses fed
an excess of grain, IN disproportion to
most fibrous plants, will eat the ground
with avidity when they can get at it, and it
supplies, I'M measure, a corrector of vegeta-
BILE acidity. Salt being chloride Of sodium
furnishes both chlorine and soda, the latter
being a neutralizer of excessive acidity,
especially derived from grasses. Pampered
horses should be provided with the follows
ball, always in easy reach:
First make a strong brine of rock salt
with a tenth of saltpetre In it, then get a
spit of pure clay and half a gallon of fresh
wood ashes, and of these MAKE a mixture,
with sufficient water and roll into q ball
and dry. Keep this In a till of the maDger,
clean and always in reach OF the pet ami
NAL, just as the grass and ground in his ma
tive wild. AS have said, the horse is an
epitome of all that he will cat in health, and
this is why they nourish and build up each
function.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
MEDICAL.
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WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
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WI send the purchaser our written guarantee
to refund the money IL the treatment does not
effect a cure. Guarantees Issued only by THE
HEIDI DRUG CO, Sole Agents. Savannah. Ga.
For Chatting, Prickly Heat, use Boracine Toilet
Powder. % cents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
Poultry Raising.

Those who have nsver raised ducks, says
the LtUe Stock Journal, do not know that
ducklings grow much faster than chicks and
come at time VIXEN the best prices for
chicks have passed Ducks will lay at
least 40 eggs year, aRd will begin when
six months old. The Pekin is a crea II y
white, by many considered the best for the
farmer, being hardy and of good size
dressing when III market condition to meet
the most exacting tastes.
Many country jewellers have never
thought of raising fruit and poultry in tine
same yard. They work admirably together.
A row of plum or pear trees can be planted
along the poultry buildings. The droppiDgs
from the fowls improve the soil about the
trees, and the chickens will eat the worm
and curcullo-stung fruit when it drops to
the ground. There is nothing better for the
chickens and for the trees.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
-,,cr1TURAL DEPARTMENT.


81, solicit articles for this department.
name Of the writer sho1ld accompany
,,,tsr or arscls. not necessarily for pub
,.-.-5oo. but as an evidence of good faith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23

IS per cent, and the Kirth with S4s per
cent.
The sea island varsity yielded on Middle
George upland 2S4 pounds per acre.
The ''okTa leaf" is represented as falling
ont badly
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23

A. ]. W., Morgan Lake. asks what va
risty of bay is used for Seasoning soup and
stews, and what variety is used in the man
ufacture of hay rum"
The leaves of the bay berry (Saurus
Nobilisl are the most fragrant and doubt
less the kind used for seasoning, but of this
we cannot speak positively. Itmakes quite
tree, with straight stem and shick
head. The leaves are three to five inches
long. entirely green and sprinkled with dots.
The flowers are small and white with a red
dish tinge.
The shay rum" of commerce is made, we
believe, almost exclusively from the
'Myrcias Acris," shrub or small tree that
grows in Jamaica and other West India
islands. The leaves are the parts used.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
Cutting the Tassels Off of Corn


During the past season the Cornell
Agricultural Experimental Station New
York; made an experiment to test the effect
of removing the tassels from corn as fast as
they appeared and before the silks had de-
veloped. The experiment is interesting,
though it is not likely that it will prove of
any practical value, for it is to be placed
IN the same category with tapping cotton,
and removing the flower stalks from Irish
PoIatoes-a practice generally regarded as
having tendency to increase the product,
but rarely, if ever, resorted to, as it involves
more labor than it is usually worth.
In this experiment patch of corn con-
tanning torty-eight rows with forty two hills
10 the row was used for making the test.
In every alternate row the tassels were
removed from the stalk just as soon as they
appeared and before any pollen had formed.
1 ne other rows were left undlSturbed.
Inc corn was gone over four times so as to
insure no tassels forming. The season was
very dry.
The twenty-four rows that had the tassels
removed produced 1888 good ears, and
LOIS pounds.
The twenty-four rows where the tassels
were left produced 1851 good ears. and CPS
poor ones, which yielded 10 pounds of
merchantable corn.
1. In the twenty-four rows of the latter
mere were l ,566 abortive ears that produced
d mere husk, while in the twenty-four rows
Win the tassels cut off there were only 951
aoortve ears. OF course the rows that had
tnelr tassels cut off were fertilized by the
pouen from those rows where the tassels had
not been disturbed.
IL Will be seen that the product from the
I"enty~four rows that had the tassels re-
moved was so per cent greater than from
the other rows.
4. MS is the first experiment Of the kind
suaI we are cognizant Of. Let 1t be re-
peated.
chinese cotton is said to be attracting at
'entlon outside of China. 1t is represented
as oeing of superior texture with long
noer and fair staple. 1t is about the color
Oh gold. 1t is an improvement on the brown
variety known as 'nankin." It can be used
as substitute for wool, or as an imitation
VI camel's hair. 1t is worth from 49, to
oo Per cent. moro than ordinary cotton.
The Georgia Experimental station the past
year tested twenty-four different named
sorts Of cotton. The four most productive
sorts were the "Kirth," "Peterkin," 'iDick-
son" and ''King.n
Ihe two varieties that yielded thegreatest
proportion Of lint were the Peterkin with
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23

probably kill of more than all Of the insec~
ticides could do in one season. Gardeners
should look TO this during the winter and
not neclectit
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
NIB. A. asks what is the best variety

N. B. A. asks what is the best variety of
onion seed to plant.
We have always preferred the Italian
variety, "Giant Rocca." The "Queen," a
smaller kind, is cure maker, and where
coed seed is used will make a sure crop.
The "Prize~taker" is good variety. If
we had to plant only one kind would choose
the ''Rocca.". It is sold by nearly all seeds
man
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
The Question Box.

psaders of this department of the NEWS
40 at liberty 10 ask questions relating to
ming and gardening, and replies will be
-.,rded ell whenever it is practicable.
c-ornmuuications also upon all matters per-
hing to the same subject are cordially
'--i,ai for this department. Address such
=, .ori. Editor, box 81, Milledgeville, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
DANIEL HOGAN.
T Il t. S I'll
@is-s--..:- :. .. - : :,

From the markets Of the world we are
now receiving the very latest and mos.
fashionable fabrics in LADIES' SPRING
GOODS.
The good taste displayed by HOGAN'S
buyers in quality and attractiveness is a
record" and we need only invite attention
to cur latest acquisitions in IMPORTED
aud DOMESTIC selections consisting in
part Of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
White Iannshans.

For a disordered liver try Beecham's
Piils-Ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
The oues,ion Fox

E. G., Ochlochonee, Ca: Your question
in reference to Berkshire pigs and Jersey
cattle replied to by mail.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
ADYERTIsTNG.

SSccT l-ce,>2-1-c-C-c
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-02-23
Ayers SarsapariIla

PREPARED BY
Or. J. G. AVER g. CO., Lowell, Mass.
Sold by Druggists. 81, six 5. Worth S. bottle.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-11-21
Not Dead Languages.

Greek. then. and Latin are two
members OF that great family OF Ian
guages Of which our own and most OF
the other languages Of Europe are also
members, writes Professor Freeman.
in Macmillan's Magazine. They are
the two which were the earliest to
stand forth in the record OF European
history. They are the two which for
many ages stood side by side without
fellow as the two civilized tongues OF
Europe. They are the two which
have had, each in its own way. the
greatest influence over the kindred
tongues which came on the field in
later times. No tongue OF Europe no
people speaking any tongue OF Europe,
could have been what IL Is II the
Greek and the Latin tongue had not
been there before them.
One has sometimes heard the claims
those tongues pressed on the ground
that they are dead languages. Their
real claim rests on the ground that
they arc not dead languages but the
most living Of all. The tongue OF the
Hittites and the Babylonians are dead
languages; they are most proper sub
iects Of special study for specialists
whose tastes lead that way; but be-
cause they are dead languages, they
are therefore unfit TO be insisted on US
as essential-in the schoolmaster's
phrase 'compulsory'-snbjects for a
whole university. But the tongues OF
Hsllas and Latium. the tongues which
have affected every stage Of European
history from its first beginnings till
now, the tongues which still abide, in
one shape or another. on the lips OF
o great part Of Europe, are tongues
emphatically living. Each has had
its influence. but the influence OF each
has been OF different kind. The in
fluence OF Greek has been for westerns
mainly indirect; it has been an in
fiuence of example and analogy, an
influence working largely by the help
OF Latin. The influence Of Latin has
been direct and universal; It has
touched and modified everything.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-11-21
LEr YOUNGSTERS souAlL
When a little Fellow. He Saves a Life by
Howllng.


"Confound that child. how he yells!"
exclaimed an irate passenger on
boat I'D like TO see that brat
spanked or chucked overheard. don't
see why children are made so that
they can howl SO loud anyhow"
''0f course you DON'T replied the
irate mans companion. who had been
listening TO tine infantile squalls with
out any signs of perturbation. ''of
course you don't How should a
erusty old bachelor know any thing
about matters that pertain TO another
sphere of existence. But l can tell
you that once saved life by vigor-
Gus bowling when | was little bit OF
a shaver.
Saved life by bowling? Go and
tell that 10 the marinesm
lit is fact, | assure you, replied
the imperturbable man. lighting a
fresh cigar Il have my mothers
word for il that when | was a baby in
arms l used 10 be prodigious bowler
When l was three my elder brother
was years old. One winter morning
he went out in pond that was COW
cred with ice and toddled after him,
luckily for him. He began poking at
the ice with stick and in he Topped
and up under the ice. so that all the
chances were dead against him.
didn't waste any time in trying to get
him out. | just devoted my energies
10 doing what | could do best
howled as had never howled before.
''One OF the servants was in the
garden long way of hanging up
clothes. But my penetrating howl
reached her and instead OF bowling
back to me to shut up as you would
have done she clapped on full head
OF steam and made bee-line for that
pond. Fortunately she kept hold OF
the clothes rope that she had in her
hand when my signal of alarm reached
her, and arrived just in time to fish
my brother out before life became ex-
tinct My bowling did il. And that's
why whenever hear child howl
never murmur. You can never tell
when the howl may come in handy.
New York Herald.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-11-21
Politics in Their Names.

The recent death Of Lecompton
Constitution Bill at a New York hospi-
tai, aged 81 years, disclosed the fact
that his father, the Hon. James A.
Bill, Of the country town Of Lyme,
Conn, had a very queer way OF naming
his children. He christened them
with the name Of the most important
national event at the time OF their
birth. Another son is named Missouri
Comp: omise Bill, and equally odd
names were applied to other children.
MIR. Bill is notable in his town,
county and state. He has a wonder
fully fine large farm on the shore OF
the sound. which is stocked with great
droves of fancy cattle. He has Angora
goats and European and Oriental
sheep. He has taken great interest in
agricultural fairs, has been president
of the New London County and Com
necticut State Agricultural societies
repeatedly and usually takes most OF
the premiums at the fall shows for his
exhibits. He is a short. stout gentle
man Of agreeable manner. It is a
curious fact that Mr.. Bill never had
any teeth IN. Y. Sun.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-11-21

THE writer of popular book is
known by name to everyone. but the
majority of the toilers in journalism
are not known beyond the Offices in
which they labor. or perhaps by few
of their fellow workers. This concep-
tion of journalism is compatible only
with broad and thorough training,
knowledge of men and books, and the
forces that move society. True, the
journalist except in rare instances,
does not as a journalist achieve lasting
fame. Neither for that matter, does
tina average writer Of books. OF the
thousands OF writer's of books in Eng
land in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, who remembers or cares
about more than half dozen or sol?
OF the thousands OF writer's OF books
who to-day make the presses weary,
perhaps not even half a dozen will live
in literature to the twentieth century.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-11-21

THE necessity of always doing ones
best is, of course, as imperative in
Journalism as it is in literature, in
business or in the professions. In
this respect at least the successful
journalist does not differ from the sue
cessful man in any other pursuit In
no field of intellectual effort has there
been a greater advance within the last
half century than in journalism. The
assumption that hasty, ill-considered
work is more acceptable in journalism
than in literature is an egregious mis-
take of which any writer can be
promptly convinced by brief expert
ment on any great city paper. The
journalist does his work under pres
sure, it is true, and his methods have
but little in common with the leisurely
methods of writer's who turn out per-
haps half column day, if they are
in mood to work at all.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-11-21
Thoughts % Remember.

In feeding linseed meal to calves,
pour boiling water on IL and let it
stand until it iellies. Then pour moro
hot water on to thin it and mix it
with SKINNED milk. The linseed meal
takes the place OF the cream and is,
just as good for the calf; and better
for the calf's owner because much
cheaper. When calf gets the scours'
it does not look bright. Nor does it
show much brightness on the part OF
the feeder. Nine times in ten tho
scours is the feeders fault. And, gem
orally the tenth time too. There are
many remedies for the scours, some
very simple, some very complicated.
The best one is TO let the calf alone
for q while. Skip one meal or two,
then feed very lightly the next. Ana
so work upto q full feed again, but be
careful not to over-ieed. Too RAPID
increase in feed is one of the CHEZ
cnuses Of scours in calves. -National
Stockman.