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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
EXPERIENCE IN THE POULTRY YARD.
Remarks Made by a Veteran Poultry
| Raiser at "A Farmers Meeting.

Remarks Made by Veteran Poultry
Raiser at a Farmers Meeting.
AT recent meeting of Pennsylvania
sarmers, DIR. Z. Green. veteran poultry
raiser, read an ssay, extracts from
which are here given:
Inc temperature Of coop ought not
to be lower than a. legs. in winter, and
should most of the time be up to 60
degs. If by neglect vermin has been
permitted to infect the birds, roost and
house, get rid of the parasites at once.
The application of sulphur sprinkled
upon the fowls while roosting will de-
stroy the yermin, so also will two or
three drops Of Whale oil on the back
of fowl kill the lice. Coal oil APP
piled to the roosts in small quantities
will rid the roosts o. ver1nln. The nests
must be occasionally renewed, and straw
is better than hay for nests. The drop
pings must be free uently removed and
the floors kept clean with a covering of
loan or sand.
As hens require carbonate and phos-
phate of lime for the making Of egg
shells, this requirement must be met
with an unstinted supply of old plaster
ing, oyster shells, or, best of all. fresh
bones with some of the gristle and meat
attached. These materials should be
placed where they can be conveniently
picked up by the fowls. Eggs can be
increased in size AMI richness by proper
food. Laying hens require variety OF
food and get excess. vely tired OF any one
kind. In winter green food, such us
turnipS, beets, cabbage leaves. etc, are
essential. Corn and wheat middlings,
corn, oats and scraps from the house
should all be fed off and on. changing
the diet as often as thrice a week.
Hens require a great deal Of water.
but, as they drink only small quantity
at a time, it must be kept in constant
supply, fresh and clear A few fowls in
separate pens are much more profitable
and easily kept healthy than when large
numbers are confined under one roof.
The sooner you begin setting the hens III
the spring for the purpose Of raising
chickens the better. Late chickens, as
rule, fare badly. Pullets rarely make
good mothers. Three and four-year-old
hens are best. Wien clucking and not
needed for mothers, the quickest way to
conquer a setting len is to confine her in
| a box with only a hoard to lie upon.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
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DEVELOPMENT OF MUSCLE.
striking Manner in Which Cycling
lnt Il NInsrIa in an Octneenarian.

-,e striking Manner in which Cycling
1he ..,or,J Muscle in AN Octoeenarian.
MI oprat describes military bicycling
L"i N which the party made 100 miles in
w anrs and says: The veteran cyclist,
, ,,u:nC Knox Holmes, ut the near close OF
Mi"!rG;,,.bry-rbird year. mounted on tandem
In Mr. Males. young rider under eight
VIA y.qr, OF age, accompanied the corps,
's .j arrived ut the termination of the eN-
"''p I;,ioo five minutes in advance of the rest
,,.,. q little distressed on dismountinC,
i i., too hard riding the last few miles,
t.., h. soon threw Oh his fatigue and joined
~, '.'' g,,.pauious mt dinner with thorough
., Ms condition is physiolOgically pc
..,.,- I'm Twelve weeks new training he
y' f- Oh. most striking manner, de
..r,.,t muscle in the external and the
.,t.5r., ,a-ti. the rectus and the muscles
..5.,h form me- calf of the lex 1t has be-
.,m. SD entirely "A part Of physiological
f..--.n. chat after threrScore years and ten
.t.,. i- rl new development of muscle,
.r.gr If we had mot seen with our own eyes,
w. ,,. have. this actual development in one
...rr.a aea exceeds by thirteen years the
.u.8f.,,aH -pu of human life. we should
have t.a...I the possibility Of its occur
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
Trect of Treezing on Fruit.

\ New York farmer writes as follows:
Il occasionally see the statement made
that the keeping qualities of apples and
pears Will not be injured by freezing,
provided the fruit remains undisturbed
until entirely thawed out. Without any
question where these fruits have accl-
dentally frozen they should not be ex-
posed to light and warmth, or they vii!
rot almost as soon as they will thaw. II
left to thaw slowly and gradually by a
natural change in the temperature ana
without shaking them by moving them
about from place to place, they Will
come out sound, for they will not decay
while in their frozen state. The best
thing to do when it is found they have
frozen Is to throw straw or hay over
them, whether they are in bulk or IN
barrels, and thus delay the thawing and
make it as gradual as possible. But the
question will still remain. Has the freez-
ing and thawiny injured their keeping
qualities: | maintain that it has, and
that they viii rot sooner than would the
same quantity Of the same kind of APP
pies or pears ia 1t have remained sound
and unfrozen up to the same time. The
| best keeping conditions are to be found
| where the frait is not only kept from
becoming frozen. but IN uniformly
| cold temperature with but slight 'arla-
! tions toward elf her extreme.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
Fncts About stenm ships.

What was the name of the first steam
ship that crossed the Atlantic, and how
long did it take her? The Savannah, in
1919; twenty-five days.
What is the cost of Il steamship like the
Majestic Nearly 100000.
What steamship carries the largest num-
Der of cabin passengers? The Etruria, $50
What has been the greatest days run of
any ocean steamship? Five hundred and
seventeen miles.
How many steamships are there engaged
in the transatlantic passenger trade? About
ninety.
What is the longest steamship now in
service in the world? The Teutonic 565. OS
feet long.
What captain has been the longest in the
Transatlantic service? Captain Brooks, of
the Arizona, Guion line.
How many cabin passengers were landed
in New York during 1890? Ninety-nine
thousand one hundred and eighty-nine.
How much coal is consumed by one of
the great liners in twenty-four hours?
About go to 335 tons
What is the average expense of a single
voyage-New York TO Liverpool and re-
turn? Seventy-five thousand dollars
SCribner'S
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
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THE MILKY WAY.
Legendary Fancies Associated with the
Bright, Starry Band.

Legendary Fancies Associated with the
Bright, Starry Band.
The bright, starry band that lies like
road across the sky, and which is popularity
called the milky way, has given rise to
many pretty fancies. As Dr. Tylor points
out, there is in these 4 striking correspond
ence between savages and cultured nations
the principal idea being that this brilliant
pathway of stars is the great spirit high
way-the vast bridge of the dead, over
which souls must pass on their way to the
other world. According to a Lithuanian
story, this milky way is the Road of
Birds. F" lat whose end the souls of the good.
fancied as fitting away at death like birds,
dwell free and happy"
1t was the belief of the old Aryan world
that ut death the soul on leaving this world
was not left to make the dread journey to
its final destination alone or unprotected,
for, us the Nedas tell us, it was taken up
by "a cow-a cloud-which conveyed it
across the heavenly waters and over the
milky way 10 Iama's dwelling. For this
reason it was made religious ordinance of
the Hindoos that the dying person should
lay hold of the tail OF Il COW in his last mo-
ments. For the same reason cows drew
the corpse to the funeral pile, and black
COW was escorted after it to the same spot
and staid there.
1t was, too, rs Mannhardt observes, COM
monty supposed in oIdcn times in Germany
that the milky way is the way OF souls, and
il Friesland it went by the name of the
cowpath. Il was also believed that who
ever had given a COW to the poor on earth
would not stumble when he had to cross
the fearful bridge, for there he would find
a cow that would carry him safely over.
Hence we are told, lit was of yore flu
neral custom in Sweden, Denmark, Eng
land and Germany that a COW should fol-
low the coffin to the churchyard." This
custom was accounted for on the ground
that the COW was gift to the clergy for
saying masses for the dead mans soul or
preaching his funeral sermon. BY the
Basutos the milky way is termed the way
of gods" and the North American tribes
know it rs the road of souls or path of
spirits while the Manichpans speak of
the column of light
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21

Or Eruwn-Sequard is credited with the
following suggestions forpreventing cough
ing sueezmg etc. He reminds people that
a bronchitis and pneumonia hacking or
Coughing greatly increases the trouble ut
times. Coughing can he stopped by press
ing on the nerves on the lips in the neigh
H1rloO4 Of the nose. Sneezing may be
stopped by the same mechanism. Pressing
10 the uri-hbOrhood OF the ear, right in
front Of the ear, may stop coughing 1t is
So also, Of hiccOughing but much less so
than tpT succzing or coughing Pressing
very hard on the top Of the mouth is also a
means Of stopping coughing, and many
,lg She viii has immense power. There
ire many other affections associated with
breathing which can he stopped by the
same mechanism that stops the hearts &C
ton. la spasm OF the CLOTHS, which is a
terrible thing in children, and also i'll
whooping cough, it IS possible to afford re-
lie! by throwing cold water ON the feet or
by tickling the soles of the feet, which pro
duces laughter, and at the same time goes
10 The matter that is producing the spasni
and arrests it almost at once"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
Some of the Nicknames of States.

Delaware is known as the Blue Hen or
Diamond State; Arkansas, the Bean State;
Colorado, the Centennial State; South Car
DINA, Palmetto Tennessee, Big Bend;
Texas Lone Star; Vermont, Green Noun
tain; Virginia. Old Dominion or Mother
State; West Virginia, Panhandle; Wiscon-
Sin, Badger; Maine, Lumber or Pine Tree;
Massachusetts, Bay State; Michigan, VOL
VERNE; Minnesota. Gopher or North Star;
Mississippi, Bayou; New Hampshire, Gran
lite; New York, Empire; North Carolina,
Old North or Turpentine; Ohio, Buckeye;
Pennsylvania, Keystone; Illinois, Sucker
or Prairie State; Indiana, Hoosier State;
Iowa, Hawkeye; Kansas, Jayhawker or
Garden of the West; Kentucky, Blue
Grass.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
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VISITING CARDS.
Wife Leaves One Only OF Her Hus
bands Cards This Season.

Wife Leaves One Only OF Her Hus-
bands Cards This Season.
The latest edict in the etiquette of card
leaving, according to the New York Sun
relieves US from the necessity Of distribut-
ing shower Of paSteboards all along the
weary way we traverse in "A calling expedi-
uon, that Is II We would follow English
customs. A few years ago it became Il
liked rule that woman calling on "a hus-
band and wife without her COnsOrt should
leave two Of his cards and one of her own
with the servant at the door. But the
great calling world has gradually decided
mat II Is intensely stupid to use up twice
rs many OF q mans cards as of a woman's,
when IL Ls plain that u call on the wife is Il
edl! Oh the husband Consequently, unless
you are very punctilious, it is considered
quite sufficient to leave one gentleman s
card The lady's card should be left only
WAen che hostess is out, except in the case
OK inst call, and should not be LETT ut ''at
homes" teas or receptions if you would be
LnStish and up to date
The fashionable card for a lady is a shade
smaller than that of last year. 1t couldn't
DE shade larger without resembling n
reception OF dinner invitation, so the reduc-
lion was coerciye measure. The man
card Is smaller and narrower than that of
former years, the proper dimensions being
one and half inches in width and little
more than three inches in length.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21

uatity pays. The man who grows pump
kins bigger than his neighbors and lets
the people know it will have trade. The
man who makes the pumpkins into first
class pies and advertises them will have
to put in new tables to supply his Gus
toners. "Get individuality or get out
of the race" Nj. House says ''there is
no secret in raising big pumpkins. Of
course not. Nature has no secretS Her
story is like an open book" to those
who have the will and the patience to
learn to read it.
These big pumpkins are used by res
taurants to attract big trade in pump
kin pie. Every day, therefore, dozen
or more of these great fellows may be
seen i'll front of the restaurant. These
are the best advertisements they can
get. During a season one restaurant
alone used forty five tons of pumpkins.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21

Children like to appear well; therefore
10 not tell even the smallest one of his
faults before strangers, but If possible
alone and away even from the family.
1t is considered unlucl1y by some people
10 celebrate the twentieth wedding ami
'ersaTy.
y point of business correspondence
rarely grasped by the amateur is the ETH
quette Of stamps The proportion of peo-
pie writing on their own business and re
quesung answers who send stamps Is
about one to four. There is an amiable
confidence in human nature displayed by
strangers that is very curious to the pessi-
mistic observer.
The showiest fun at the lowest rate is to
be had by turning the peculiarities and
ioibles of acquaintance into ridicule.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
CLOVES Are Unopened TIewers.

Cloves are the unopened flower of a
small evergreen tree that resembles in APP
pearance the laurel or the bay. 1t is ma
tive of the Malacca or Spice islands, but
has been carried to all the warmer parts Of
the world, and it is now cultivated in the
tropical regions of America. The flowers
are small in size and grow in large num-
bers in clusters to the very end of the
branches. The cloves we use are the flow
ers gathered before they are opened and
while they are still green. After being
gathered they are smoked By wood fire
and then dried in the sun. Each Glove con-
sists of two parts of a round head, which
are the four petals or leaves of the flower
rolled up, inclosing number of small
stalks or filaments; the other part of the
Glove is terminated with four points, and
is in fact the tiOwer-cup of the unripe
seed vessel All these parts may be dis
tinctly seen if few cloves are soaked for
a short time in hot water, when the leaves
of the flower soften and unroll.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
Now TRY THIS.

1t will cost you nothing and will surely
do you good. if you have cough. cold,
or any trouble with throat, chest or
lungs. DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds is guar
anteed TO give relief, or money will be
paid back. Sufferers from La Grippe
found il just the thing and under its use
had speedy and perfect recovery Try
a sample bottle at our expense and learn
for Yourself just how good a thing it is.
Trial bottles free at Har,z 8 Bahnsen's
drug store. Large size soc and 81.
Specimen Cases.
s. Ii. Clifford. New Cassel, Wis, was
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism.
his stomach was disordered, his liver was
affected to an alarming degree. appetite
fell away, and he was terribly reduce Il
in flesh snd strength. Three bottles of
Electric Buffers cured him,
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,, had
running sore on his leg of eight years
standing. Used three bottles of Electric
Bltters and seven boxes Of BuCklen's
Arnica SAlve. and bis leg is sound and
well John Speaker. Catawbs, Ohio, had
i've large fever sores on his leg, doctors
said he was lncprabie One bottle Elec>
iric BIuors and one box Bucklens Arnjca
Sslve cured him entirely Sold by
Hariz u Bahnsen, drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
Big Pumnkin Fnrmin-.

The pumpkins shown in The cut are
mammoth affairs, grown on the Pelham
farm, in Ulster county, n. y. From an
acre to an acre and a half of pumpkins
are grown each year. These are planted
on sod with plenty of stable manure
and also some fertilizer in the hill. The
hills are twenty feet apart. They are
cultivated by horse and hand as long
as the vines will permit In time Of
drought water is brought in barrels and
poured around each hill. The flowers
are pinched off, 50 that each vine will
produce but one big fellow. The largest
pumpkins yet grown there weighed 239,
331 and 341 pounds, respectively.
Mr.. House, the manager of the Pei
ham farm, is not satisfied with these
weights and proposes to reach 400
pounds next year. The raising and
marketing of this crop shows progress it
anything ever did, remarks the Rural
New Yorker, to which thanks are due
for the cut. The lesson is that individ-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21

VHH.a IpUr lhiuCh waist Is a dotOrmitv
sr.1.a.i.-r woman the New York Ledger
...rE-ftrn, Justly he doubted whether
-.....-.r.H waist ui the Venus de Ncdici is
OLD. somewhat jut lar--e to he in proportion
...I I4-I..r- OF tine average American
,r.rar lt is characteristic of women of
Oh. U.-r.~. types OF the Indo-EurOpean
-r..-tu ..Ee wide hips and narrow waists.
Truhgr races the hips are narrower and
.r. wrists larger The American woman
anpagr-. ig consequence Of her large hip
measurement, % have smaller waist
than eh. actually has. To the unskilled
aa-.ulu. .ge t -irI with Il waist - or - {
inches may seem 10 have a wasplike figure,
when n reality her measurement is very
nearly what 10 should be to satisfy the
critical Judgment oil an artist or her family
physician.
the Venus de Nedici is feet inches in
HEIGHT y, inches about the waist, "a
about Tue bust AMI A about the hips. The
women employed as cloak models by
most ui the great dry goods establishments
u New York city are about the same
height. The measurements required OF "a
"m1.e." 3 u.rt . inches in height in one eo-
uhu-hmcut are the following: Waist. D .
ngiiu.Nu-. bust, 81 to 50; hips Is to II;
lasao. ~.,4I. Jo waist, 10; bicep-, III, to l2''
a appointment physician recently gave the
following us the correct measurements for
awgG formed, well developed and healthy
woman %. % feet inches: Waist, 24 inches;
ur-. @ 10 81 biceps, Il to -; wrist,
-o5 . hips, IT 10 -; calf, Il to II, and
ankle, 20 ~" The doctors model
woman has smaller hips and smaller
UTst. and about the same waist as the
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
FOR Over Flftv Years

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been used by millions of mothers fo7
their children while teething. If dis
burbed at night and broken of your res
oy sick child suffering and crying with
pain OF cutting teeth SEND al once and get
bottle OF Mrs. Wiuslow's Soothing
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Depend npon it, mothers, there is no mis-
take about it. 1t cures diarrhoea, regu-
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collie, sOftens the gums. reduces inf1amma-
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whole system, Mrs Winslow's Soothing
Syrup for children teething is pleasant
TO the tsste and is the prescription of one
of the Oldest and best female physicians
snd nurses in the United States. Sold by
all druggists throughout the world Price
twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. WlnslOw's Soothing Syrup
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21

Statistics in regard to the frequency of
thunderstorms in various parts of the
world are given us follows by German
periodical: Java has thunderstorms on the
average 90 days in the year; Sumatra, Sc;
Hindostan, J6; Borneo, 81; the Gold Coast,
SO; Rio de Janeiro. 81; Italy, IS; West In
dies, SO; South Guinea, -; Buenos Ayres,
Canada and Austria, % Baden, Wurtem-
burg and Hungary, -; Silesia, Bavaria
and Belgium, n; Holland, is; Saxony and
Brandenburg, Il; France, Austria and
South Russia, l6; Spain and Portugal, II;
Sweden and Finland, s; England and the
high Swiss mountains, :; Norway, I; Cairo.
3. In East Turkestan as well as in tie
extreme north, there are almost no thun-
derstorms. The northern limits of the
thunderstorms are Cape Ogle, northern
part of North America, Iceland, Novaja
Semelj ia and the coast of the Siberian ice
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
a New Explosive.

A new explosive, the principal ingredient
of which is nitroglycerin, has been named
Americanite. Ii is insensible TO shock and
can be exploded at will. Il withstands
friction, AID ifignited with match is said
to simply burn like candle. General
Howard is credited with saying of it, The
advantage of being able to use an explo-
sive of force equal to uitroglycerin with
safety, fired from any gun now in exist
ence and with terrific effect at extreme
range, is evident"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21
BUCKLRN's ARNICA sALvR.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, ehapped banda, chilblains
corns and al skin eruptiona, and posi-.
lively cures piles, or no pay required. I,
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfactio,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents Pc
box. For sale nv Bsrtz & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-21

l have not used all of one bottle vet
l suffered from c4tarrh for twelve wears,
'Xperlencing the nsuseating dropping in
the throat peculiar Ia that disease, and
nose bleed almost daily. | tried various
remedies without benefit until last April,
when saw E " Cream B I'm advertised
in the Boston Budget. procured bot
tie, and since the first days use have had
no more bleeding-rhe soreness is entries
~ gOne.-D. G. Davidson. with the Bos>
ton Budget, formerly with Boston Jour
nal
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-07-07
Notice to Contractors-School
House Letting.

Sealed proposals will be received at the Office
OF the Clerk of the Board OF Educstion of
Paint township, Highland county, Ohio. in
on the LIST day OF August, 1892. for buildiug q
brick school house in sub district No. 8 (Rains-
boro) OF said township. according to plans and
specifications on file in said office. Each bid
must contain the name of every person inter-
ested in the same and be accompanied by a
sufficient guaranty Of some disinterested party
that II the bid is accepted contract will be
entered into and the performance Of it proper
ly secured. The bid for each kind OF material
called for by the specifications must be stated
separately and the price of eacli given, and the
price OF labor must also be separably stated.
None but the lowest responsible bid will be ac-
cepted, and the Board may reject all bids.
Contractors will bid with the understanding
that all the material in the old building that il
suitable will be used in the construction Of the
new.
By order Of the Board of Education.
MARION b. WILLIAMS. Clerk.
New Petersburg. O., June 25th, 1892.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-07-07
Sixth Congressional District.

For Member of Congress.
GEO. w. HUL1CK.
For Presidential Elector.
DIR. A. f. AFRHART.