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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-03
s,ept and suffered for sixty Hours.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, N ", Aug. 3.-Minnie
Giese, Is years of age, Of this city, has
Just awakened from continuous sleep
of sixty hours, during which time all at
tempts to arouse her have been unsuccess-
full. The doctors pronounce it Mysteries.
She says that she suffered intensely dur
ing her long sleep, and RENE mbers every
thing that transpired while she slept.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-03
somerby at Indian .polis.

INDIASAPoLIs, Aug. 3.-Suprene Jus
tice Somerby, of the Order of the Iron
Hall, arrived here Monday night, and
since then has been in consultation with
his counsel. He WAS detained by his wife's
illness, but came on as soon as possible.
He refuses 70 say anything about the mat
ter, except that the Iron Hall il all right.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-03
THE BANKS LOSE NOTHING.
Vouchers for the Young Men Pay th'
Defcit-NicholsC Confesses-

Vouchers for the Young Men Pay the
Defcit-Nichols Confesses.
The amount the Central Trust and
Savings bank found itself short was near
ly $50, coo. The bank officials had taken
every precautiou to secure themselves, for
while they had been compelled to accept
the forged paper of their customers
they We're suspicious early in the game.
When the end came Allen c. Fuller,
who is report ed to be worth over SIC, ,000, 600,
and DR.. Burnside, his brother-in law. both
of whom had implicit confidence in the
young men, paid all the shortage and none
of the banks is out one cent.
How They Used Nichols.
Nichols confession shows that Burnside
and Forbes employed him for the specific
purpose of acting as go-between be-
tween the banks and the bank note COM
pany. Nichols was given money with
which to wine, dine, clothe and pay any
other bill that Bartel desired, as compen-
sation for keeping him posted on the
amounts required TO meet their clearings
daily, for certifying checks in the absence
of the cashier and for making deposits for
them with fictitious names whenever re-
Quired.
Kept CLOSE Watch on the Bank.
A numbdr. OF messenger boys were con-
stantly employed TO watch the bank for
momentary absences of the cashier in or
der to give opportunities for presenting
these fraudulent checks to Bartels, in or
der that they might be passed to the credit
of the company, and go through before
The cashier could learn of them. Bartels
was always ready with a certified check
to exchange for the deposit as soon it
came in.
Did business with "a Rush.
These cei titled checks We're taken as fast
as cabs could carry them to the Globe, First
National or other banks, as needed to pro-
tect checks issued on them. In the same
way certified checks from other banks
were.given the Central Trust and Savings
bank-always with some display for effect.
Often large sums of money were deposited,
as has since been learned, for effect.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-03
The Local N arkets.

Wheat-9oao2c.
Corn-54656c.
Rye-79GSlc.
Oats 366l3Sc.
Bran -S5c per cwt. 80
Shipstuff-$1.00 90 per cwt.
Hay-Timothy. Sl1G13; prairie, 1011f; clover
S9110; baled. Sill 0O1l2. so.
PRODUCE.
Butter-Fairto choice, 12Hc; creamery, 22024c
Eggs Fresh, lie; packed. 10c.
Poutry-Chickens, loG1ah; turkeys, 1akc
ducks, 12Ixc: geese, 10c.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.
Apples-S2 .2sGS2 15 per bhl.
-Potatoes-25c
Onions-SOIS5c.
Turnps-I5G soc.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle-Butchers pay for corn fed steers
S1Gt4hc; COWS and heifert, 2h93c; calves
3G4Mc.
Hogs-4c.
Sheep-4Gl5c-
Hard 50G1 80.
Soft-2 1902 80.
Common boards SIG.
Joist Scantllng and timber, 12 to l6 feet, S13.
Every additional loot inlength so cents.
a Shingles 81 75.
Lath 81 50.
Fencing IL to 16 feet SIS.
ock boards, tough SIG.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-08-03

How the Alliance Out There Proposes to
Force Reputation.

Force Repudiation.
KANSAS CITY, Mo, Aug. "a special
from Anthony, Ks, to The Journal says:
Considerable excitement has been &C.
casioned over the abduction of Anon
Farmer, Alliance member of the board of
county commissioners, and the attempted
abduction of Alex Terrill, a Republican
member of the board. Four or five masked
men called Farmer out of bed just before
dawn Monday morning, took him into. a
carriage and that was the last seen of him.
Commissioner Terrill's would-be abduc-
tors, five in number, called at his home in
the west part of the county about IL o'clock
Sunday night and made a forciblc en-
trance. Luckily Terrill was in Harper
and only his wife and two small children
were at home.
Want the Courts To Be Defied.
The cause is simply due to the fact that
the board of commissioners was to have
met Monday to make levy for the
payment of the judgment on the old Har
per county bonds, requested by the man
damus issued by he supreme court two
weeks ago. The better class of Harper
county tax payers has advised the board
to make the levy, but the Alliance men
and leaders of the Peoples party are in
favor of ignoring the mandamus, and de
mand that the commissioners refuse to
make the levy, or resign.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
THE FARMING WORLD.

TREES cut in midsummer are not
worth so much for fuel as when cut in
winter, but their roots and stumps rot
and are out of the way far sooner.
A CHEAP paint can be made by adding
coloring matter to crude petroleum,
The red oxide of iron is a cheap color.
ing material half a pound with one
gallon of crude petroleum answering
well for outbuildings.
A CONNECTICUT farmer kept an ac-
count of the small fruit grown on half
an acre of ground and used for his fam.
lily last year He figured on the fruit
at market rates and found it amounted
to S365, or more than 500 per acre
IT is stated that over 500, 900, 900 per
annum is saved in England by excel
lent roads. one horse being able to do
the work on good road that required
three horses on poor road, while tho
time saved is also an item of i'm
portance.
THE value of giving cows warmed
water to drink in winter-warmed, say,
to about IS degrees-has been repeated.
ly proved; and cows will give more and
better milk on given quantity and
| quality of food than when they drink
cold WATERPROOF. Sheldon.
Potash is special fertilizer for the
orchard. Not only are trees benefited
by it, but all kinds of small fruits also
1t may be used in the form of wood
ashes, or as a muriate or sulphate. Or
heavy soils wood ashes may be advan
tageously applied in the fall, but for
light soils the spring season should be
preferred.
A WRITER in Farm Poultry advocate.
fruit trees in the poultry run. His ex
perience goes to show that there will
be few or no insects upon the trees
that the hens thrive well and the lane
used for the yard pays double pur
pose the fruit grown being quite al
profitable as the poultry.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21

The beetle, b, the same length and is
brownish- black color, club-shaped
antenn8 and light reddish brown wing
cases which do not fully cover the alb
domen. This beetle is very common
late in summer and autumn, and espe-
cially attacks the ears of corn which
have been previously injured. 1t is
most common in the field but is also
found in stored corn during winter.
So far it has not proved very injurious
as it generally feeds upon the dry decay
ing kernels at the outer extremity of
the ear. The best remedy for grain in
sects that has yet been discovered is
bisulphide of carbon. This can be APP
piled several ways, and should be done
when the grain is put in the bins. 1t
can be placed on top of the bin and be
allowed to evaporate. Being heavier
than air it will go down through the
grain. Another method is to tie cotton
on stick of such length that it can be
plunged into the middle of the bin.
Pour the bisulphide on the cotton and
push it into the grain. Still another
method is by means of a long tube or
piece of pipe in which is tight fitting
rod. Push one end of the tube into the
center of the grain, withdraw the rod,
pour the bisulphide down the tube,
after which the tube may be with
drawn. If tight fitting rod cannot be
obtained plug can be put into one end
of the tube and after this end has been
pushed into the grain the plug can
be loosened with rod or stick.
The bisulphide is then poured in
as before. The object of getting it
in the center is to secure as even dis
tributiou as possible. In wheat, oats
and Shelled corn, the last two methods
of treatment are excellent as the ball
of cotton containing the charge of BIZ
sulphide or the tube can be very read
lily placed near the center of the grain.
Corn not shelled however is best treat
ed by putting the bisulphide in an open
dish or sprinkling it over the top of the
heap The amount of bisulphide used
will vary with the tightnesS of bin. AS
rule one ounce to one hundred pounds
=
bisulphide when bought direct from
the manufacturer is ten cents pei
pound for tifty-pound cans, 1t can be
obtained at drug stores for from TWEEN
ty to twenty-five cents per pound, but
as it should be kept on hand, obtaining
it direct from the manufacturer will be
much cheaper. To destroy insects ir
grain in mills, quantities of the bisul
phide can be placed in dishes in various
elevated places. Bisulphide being high
~ explosive it is essential that nc
matches, lamps or fire be around unit
the fumes pass away, as they soon do
In spring the insects in the empty OF
nearly empty granaries should be
killed by means OF the bisulphide OF
kerosene applied with force pump OF
watering can, which will decrease tn,
damage the following autumn and win
ter-OraDge Judd Farmer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
BATTLING WITH SHARKS.


A Young Cuban's Brave Befense of y
Purser's Child.
''The prettiest battle ever witnessed
was between young Cuban and two
sharks" said an American sea-captain.
"We had reached Havana and were ly-
ing half a mile from the docks, await
ing the signal to go on. Several fruit
peddlers had boarded us, among them a
swarthy, bare-legged Young fellow who
looked like pirate. The purser was
standing by the rail- holding his five
year-old son in his arms, watching a
couple of monster sharks that were
hanging about the vessel, when the
child slipped from his grasp and fell
into the water. The father plunged
overheard and seized him, and the
sharks at once made for the pair. The
bare-legged young buccaneer dropped
the fruit-basket and went over the rail
like fash. AS the first shark turned
on it's back, the invariable prelude to
biting, the Cuban rose, and with a long,
keen knife, fairly disemboweled it. The
other was not to be disposed of so cas-
lily, though. The purser and his child
had been pulled on deck, and the com
batants had fair field. The Cuban
| dived, bnt the shark did not wait for
him to come up and changed his loca-
ton. Finally the shark advanced
| straight upon his antagonist, his ugly fin
| cutting through the water like knife,
Turned ouiclylv on0n his hack and the
huge jaws came together with vicious
snap, but the Cuban was not between
them. He had sunk just in time to
avoid the shark, and, as the latter
passed, shot the steel into it. The old
sea welt made the water boil, and
strove desperately to strike his antag-
onist with his tail, but the latter kept
well amidships and literally cut him in
pieces. Golden Days
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21

Messrs. 4 it.ors; Knowing nov many ex-
pectant Mo,hcrs in the land will appreciate
the Information, ana desiring " save all
the anguish ana pain of the trying hour, /
wish to give my experience
/ used two bottles of Mothers Friend
with great relief, suffered but little pain,
and was not sick over twenty minutes /
old not experience that weakness usual in
such cases, and looked and felt so wehafter-
wards that my friends wondered at III as on
previous occas ons OF this kind suffered
greatly. fused the pmedy on my breasts and
did not have the least trouble with them, l
passed through the crisis with so little
trouble that even my physician was aston
ished, and after / told him that 1t was the
result of the use of Mothers Friend, he adj
vised his daughter to use the remedy, and
she says she cannot praiso 1t enough. |
have known many ladies' TO use Mothers
Friend, and they all pronounce it great
blessing TO eXpectant mothers.
Mrs SAM HAMILTON,
Eureka Springs, Ark
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
THE ART OF FEEDING.
True Economy Demands Judgment in the
Selection of Foods.

AEue Iconolig ItHlbnu> Judgment II tHt
Selection of Foods.
A regular allowance of a certain
number Of quarts OF grain, or given
portion of hay for each animal, is a
rule generally adopted, the custom be.
ing one that insures at least a fair pro-
portion, none being slighted; but to at
tempt to feed economically by allowing
an equal quantity to each animal is i'm
possible. Economical feeding is not that
method which keeps the ANIMALS on
minimum allowance, nor does it mean
that the farmers should give his ami.
mails all that they can eat Of grain and
hay, but that he should feed them ac-
cording to their necessities and with
view of deriving the most from them
at the least cost
Farrow cows, steers, wethers and
horses that are unemployed can sub
sist on foods that would not be suitable
for cows. ewes and mares with colts. All
matured animals that are non-producers
are not required to do more than sup
ply themselves with warmth and to re-
pair the wastes of the body. There is
no reason for giving them the same
kind and quantity of food that is al
lowed the producers, unless they are to
be fatted for the market, in which ease
they become producers of meat, anG
even then they should have a special
diet suitable for them only.
Young animals require food that pro
notes growth, and yet such foods are
more generally withheld thar 10 some
times known, as they receive snare
of grain larger than is really required.
The young animals FIRST year is de-
voted mostly to growth of frame or
bone production, the foods Tor which
purpose should consist largely of lime,
and especially of phosphates that as
sist in uniting with the lime to form
bone. OF all foods grain is more de-
ficient in lime than any other, while
clover is rich in that substance, a fact
which demonstrates that, for the grow
| ing animals, clover and other hays are
the best foods that can be used, and
when fed in connection with bran the
young stock will be fully supplied with
all the essential elements for making
rapid growth as well as for providing
proper degree of warmth.
Clover hay is one of the most COM
plete foods that can be used. 1t is not
as concentrated as grain, but the stock
can consume larger proportion of it.
1t is also well supplied with the heat
producing elements. Where stock is
intended to be kept over the winter
only (such as steers), no grain at all is
necessary, as hay, with varied diet OF
roots and fodder, will bring all non
producers out in good condition in the
spring; but when they are to be fatted
the grain is necessity if the work is
to be done speedily, as it does not pay
to lengthen the time of fattening longer
than is possible to accomplish the de-
sired object Nc farmer can afford tc
feed by any rule of allowance. He
must know each animal, and know JUS
what it requires in order to have il
render the greatest service at the leas
cost. Feeding is fine art, though il
is done indiscriminately, and tru,
economy demands good Judgment il
the selection of the proper foods ant
the quantity to use. -Philadelphi;
| Record
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
THE SEX OF THE MOON.
Various ideas Entertained in Regard to 1t
by Different Nations.

Various ideas Entertained in Regard to 1t
by Different Nations.
In archaic times the moon was re-
garded as male god. primitive man."
SAYS a well-know writer, saw the
moon as a most conspicuous object,
whose spots, at periods, had the sem
biance of a mans face. Its waxing and
waning increased their wonder, its
coming and going among the still and
solemn night added to the mystery,
until from being viewed as a man it
was seated. especially when apparently
angry, in a mist or eclipse, and so
reverenced and worshiped as the
heaven man-the monthly god
We learn from Max Muller that
moon" is a very old word, and in An
glo-Saxon, where it was used as mas
uline and not as a feminine, was
mona" In all the Teutonic languages
the sun was feminine, and it is only
through the influence of classical mod
els that in England moon has been
changed into feminine and the sun into
masculine. Even in comparatively re-
cent times the Germans were fond of
calling the sun and moon Frau Some
and Herr Mond."
Another reason" says Sir Gardner
Wilkinson, that the moon in Egyptian
mythoh.,y could not be related to Blu
bastis Isl Chat 1t is male and not fe-
male deity personified in the god Thoth,
This was the case in some religions in
the West. The Romans recognized the
god Lunus, and the Germans, like the
Arabs, considered the moon masculine
and not feminine, as We're the Selene
and Luna of the Greeks and Romans. -
In Slayonic, as in TeutCnic mythology,
| the moon is male.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21

feet long and 4 feet wide, like the illus
tration, with three partitions. The back
piece should be about feet high. the
next feet, and the next IL feet high,
Nail picllets on for screens. Put them
rather close together on the first in
cline, and further apart on the second
This sorts them in three grades, Shove
them on the top or first incline an6
poke them down, and you have them
sorted in three grades"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
Observation-Disclosures.
STORED GRAIN INSECTS.


ana HOW 20 destroy Them.
Bulletin No. Il, Mississippi expert
ment sta ion, gives a detailed report on
the most common and destructive in
sects affecting grain in the bin or crib,
with u list OF remedial measures which
have been tried with more or less sue
cess. The bulletin says: Among the
insects injurious To grain is the Angou-
mois grain moth Zig. l.. 1t attacks
wheat and corn principally. The larva,
a, IS light in color, and measures about
one-fourth of an inch in length when
full grown. The pupa, b, is nearly one
fourth of an inch long. The mature
insect, c, is a small moth; d is wing
of paler variety; c, egg; f, corn. Sbow-
ing damage by larva; q, labial Ialpus
of male moth; h. anal segment of pupa.
The eggs are either laid on the stand
ing grain in the field or after it has
been stored in the bin. When depos-
tied on corn they are generally placed
under the thin membrane at the base
of the seed They are also laid in
grooves or depreSsions in the seed,
singly as a rule, bnt sometimes in clus-
tiers. The number of annual genera
tions vary according to temperature.
In warm weather 1t takes but a month
to pass from the egg to the moth The
insects reproduce so rapidly, it takes
but short time to destroy grain when
stored The nutritious portion of the
seed is eaten and only the she'll re-
mains. Fig. represents an ear of
corn, showing damage done by the
Angoumois grain moth. Fig. 3 is a
parasite of the Angoumois moth
Pteromals gelechie), which at
tacks the larva of this moth
and does immense good in keeping
it in check. The parasite is a small,
black, fiy-like insect, with four trans
parent wings The male, "A, is shorter
than the female; is less than one-tenth
of an inch long; b shows posterior leg
with dnslly fcmora. Fig. is the
corn sap-beetle, (Carpophilus pallipen-
MIS- 1t gets its name from the fact that
it enters fruit which has been previous
ly injured by other insects. The larva,
u, is about one-seventh of an inch long.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
parliamentary Courtship.

A member Of the legislature had been
paying attention to a young lady for a
long while and had taken her to attend
the house until she was well posted in
the rules.
On the last day Of the session as they
came ont he bought her a bouquet Of
flowers and said to her:
MAY | offer you my handful Of
flowers?'
She replied, promptly: Il move to
amend by emitting all after the word
hand
He blushingly accepted the amend
ment ana they adopted it unanimously.
Boston Globe.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21

"Oh. George" said Clara, drawing
back suddenly with a little shudder;
"Oh, George, fear | am too eXtrava-
giant to make you a good wife"
''Never mind, dear" said George,
soothingly, as he drew her plump form
to his proud and manly bosom. Il
think like You all the more because
you are little waist-ful. Truth.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
In "A Ead Box,

Friend-That type-written letter re-
ceived from you was abominably printed
just full of plumbers.
Business Man (sadly)-I know.
"Why don't you discharge the fell
lowe
''It's girl"
"Well. discharge the girl"
"Never! I'm in love with her."
Then marry her"
"She won't have me. N. Y. Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
A Mammoth Competition.

$500 in prizes for the best seven stories
was what The Youths Companion offered
5000 for the best Serials. ami 81 500 for the
best Folk lore tales. No less than 2, 963
stories competed for these prizes. The sue.
cessful stories are just announced to appear
in The Companion during 1893.
BY sending Sl.I5 at once you will obtain
the paper FREE to January aud for a full
year, TO January. Oh Address Tue YoUTn's
COMPANION. Boston, Mass.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
OF Course.

"You see, it was this way. They were
all three 50 dead in love with her and
all so eligible, that to settle the matter
she agreed to marry the one who should
guess the nearest to her age"
"And did she?"
81 don't know. / know that she mar
ried the one who guessed the lowest. -
Indianapolis Journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21

for either St Paul, Mime ipoIis, Omaha or
Sioux City, via the Chicago, Milwaukee a.
ST. Paul Railway, an excellent supper will
be served in the Dining Car. You can then
enjoy fragrant cigar and swap liesn
with your fellow travellers in the smoking
room, or read a novel by the light of the
electric berth lamp, and then 20 to bed in a
steam heated apartment car with a sense
of comfort and security that all travellers
desire. III the morning YOU are at your
destination ready for breakfast and bust
ness For further particulars address Geo.
Fl. Heafford, General Passenger Agent Chi
cage, LII.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
Had an Object.

"You seemed to forget that you were
talking to an audience composed entire
ly of blind persons" said the wife of
the speaker on the way home after the
meeting was over. you gesticulated
violently and necessarily"
Il was practicing for ordinary audi
ences, Emily" briefly explained the
orator. Chicago Tribune.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21

Briggs-That girl you introduced me
to is pretty slow.
Griggs-Why, she said she thought
you SO clever!
Briggs-Did she? Yes, she's pretty
slow, but she gets there just the same.
Truth
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
The One She Wanted to See.

"This is the cow that gives the milk
you drink" said Farmer Meddergrass
to his little niece from the city.
"How nice!" exclaimed the interested
girl NOW won't You please show me
the COW that gives the ice cream?"--
Judge
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
Took Courage.

81 wouldn't take that doll to school
if were you, Hal. 1t isn't manly to
play with dolls"
Yes, it is, papa. 1t takes a very brave
boy to play with dolls in our school, the
other boys jeer so, "--fIarper's Young
peOnle
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21
Disobedicnt Witty.

'I'm not going to play with Witty
any more" said Jimmieboy. Hes a
awful disobereMt boy"
"Why, what has Witty done?" asked
Jimmieboy's mamma.
"He doesn't mind me at ALL" said
Jimmieboy.-Harper's Young People.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-12-21

Mr.. New-On the stage they slways
have such dolt, woodeny actors to rep
resent dukes and kings
Mr.. Knowles; that's SO as IN have
them tyue to life.-Puck.