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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-25
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS SALE.

STATE or ILLINOIS.
Rock ISLAND COUNTY,
IN the Circuit Court 81 the January Term, A
u. IS42 liz ChanCery.
George Cel4nd, Charlotte Park. Charlotte E
Horn, Fred, rick W Hitler Abbic IL. Hitter
and Miriam l.. Hitler by Elrore W. Hurst, their
guardian, David Z. Park, ZsIa L. Park and
John II. PARK ~ their next friend, Sarah PARK,
pet toner's, v. Joseph Hitler aud john 5
Hitler, defendants Partition.
SOtica i- hereby given that by virtac OF de-
cree Of stit court entered IN the above entitled
cause on tle 5-h day Of March, a. d. 1892, shall
on FiitAv. the Sth day Of April A. D. 1892, at the
hour OF clock iu the aflc noon, upon tn,
premises IA rcinat or described, TO satisfy said
decree, sell at public auction to the highest and
best bidder for cash in hand, those certain par
Ccls @: land with the apDurteuances situate in the
county OF Rock Island. and state OF Illinois,
known an described "a follows, to-wit:
The east half Of Of lot five 90 aud the west halt
OF to- four ~, all in OiOct nine 90 in that part Of
the city o; Rock Island that is known Us Thomp
son aud Wells addition.
Dated t Rock leland, Illinois. this 9th day O
March. A ID. 1892. OLIVER OLSEN.
Special Com missioner.
JAcG- Il s. HuEST, Solicitors for Compl is.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-25
Pills.

DR.. Renison's Reliable Remedy. Famous every
where among the ladies as safe, prompt and
enectnai: The original ronsan's sdsoation. Price
s. sent direct, sealed; infof nation free. Address
Cston Medical Co., Boston, Mass.i
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
SHEEP SHEARINGS.

SHAPED troughs are best for feed
ing grain.
LAMB need not be despised because
It is small.
SHEEP may be made the cleaners OF
the farm; the savers of waste.
GIVE sheep plenty of water and salt
and they will soon clean field
70 RAISE early lambs for the market
the ewes must be of good healthy stock,
IL raising early lambs is to be under
taken select out the breeding ewes in
good season.
SOME breeders claim that early lambs
grow faster, are healthier and make
larger sheep than late ones.
ONE advantage with sheep is that il
properly managed they eat their food
cleaner than horses or cattle.
GENERALLY with wool shipped to
market it requires longer time to get
returns than with almost any other
farm product.
CROSSING Merino eve with Shrop-
shire ram is often done to increase the
size of the carcass for mutton. -Indics,
tor.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
STOCK ITEMS.

Cattle seem to prefer rather coarse
hay or fodder while. on the other hand,
sheep prefer both fine hay and fodder
To make cattle pay, such treatment
must be given as is calculated to pro-
mote health, thrift and early develop.
ment.
Calves should have enough feed for
growth in flesh, muscle and bone, be.
sides keeping up the natural waste OF
:he system
By feeding at short intervals all tina,
an animal will eat up clean the hogs
can be made to fatten more rapidly, but
'he work must be done regularly.
The winter quarters for the calve,
should be warm, light and dry. The
calves will make a much better and
thriftier growth if they are made com
Portable in winter
In many cases the farmer that cap
only keep few sheep will find the
mutton breeds the most profitable as
they require the care the farmer car
best give to secure the best results.
1t is claimed that it requires clever
pounds of skim milk to add one poun0
OF live weight to a growing calf. OF
course this is the average; in some cases
more and in Others less will be required.
Whenever the sows are expected tc
farrow they should have bed to them
selves in sufficient time to get well ac
customed to their quarters, otherwise
they are liable to be restless and I'm
easy.
1t is no advantage to let cows rup
down during the winter and then be
obliged to take the best part of the
spring to make up what has been lost
A little additional feed will not only
keep them thrifty, but in many eases
insure good flow of milk, and this inn
plies profit rather than a loss. as is 50
often the case when the cows are fed on
the plan of barely keeping them alive
through the winter.
With sheep as with other stock it is
important to keep in good, thrifty con
dition, but at the same time it is neces-
sary to do this as economically as pos
sible. One of the principal objects in
sheltering is that less feed. especially
less grain, is needed than when they
are exposed, and this, of course, lessons
the cost, while in nearly all cases the
sheep will be thriftier and healthier
and grow better fleece of wool
Feed to a considerable extent deter.
mines the quality and quantity of the
milk and butter. 1t does not pay to
keep a COW on half rations and hardly
get good milking at any time during
the winter. In most cases both the
milk and butter are of more value dur
ing the winter than at any other time,
and generally enough more to make it
worth while to give the cows good
treatment during the winter They
must be fed enough to live, at least,
and they ought to have enough to keep
them thrifty.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
FARM NOTES.

Keeping fowls until they are too old
is one case of poultry failing to return
a good profit.
The fruiting of the orchard is the end
of its culture and everything should
tend to this end.
Poultry may be made profitable, or
an intolerable nuisance, according to
the treatment given.
When the poultry house is madt
warm care should be taken to see that
it is well ventilated daily.
Geese have no business on the farm
unless they have pasture where they
can be kept under control.
Ducks are enormous eaters, but they
grow to maturity very rapidly and can
readily be made profitable.
Often an unfruitful orchard can be
brought into bearing by good applica.
ton of manure and working well into
the soil.
So far as is possible all of the manure
used in the garden should be thorough
ly rotted out and be well incorporated
with the soil.
Do not attempt to raise great
amount of fruit, which ripens at the
same time that everything else is over
stocking the market
Whenever grain is fed in cold or
stormy weather it should nearly always
be fed among litter so as to give the
hens an opportunity to scratch and ex.
arcise.
For general planting for family use
he Concord is one of the very best
grapes, but in some cases, in planting
especially for market, it will be more
profitable to plant some of the earlier
varieties
As soon as the corn mas sufficiently
Tried out the quicker it is put in the
cribs the better If left in the field
there is more or less loss from different
causes that can readily be avoided by
,ribbing il good season.
In England farming is considered a
business tlat must be learned as well
as anything else. A man without ex.
perience would have difficulty in rent
ing or leasing a good farm there, nc
matter how much capital he might
have, and again, no matter what his
experience, he could not lease unless he
could show capital enough to stock and
operate it properly.
Good ventilation is an important item
with corn. 1t is not necessary, how
ever, in providing this that the outside
Of the cribs should be so open as to ad.
nit rain and snow, for these will often
damage the corn more than lack of ven.
tilation One of the best plans is tc
have a double crib, and then make it
tight on the outside with stats inside
and good ventilation overhead Rather
long aud narrow cribs are better foi
corn than any other kind
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11

Other waists are made Of pale rose pink
crepe de chine, yellow faille striped
with velvet, or deep corn-colored Otto
man silk garnished with rich black
lace. Among new dress fabrics is the
pure vicuna wool with rough camel's
hair figure raised on its surface. Hop
sack cheviot is a kind of basketpat-
termed wool that comes in black and
navy blue, and with skirts of these fab
rics are worn three-quarter princess
coats ofribbed velvet or Russian velours
Very stylish directoire costumes are
made of Napoleon blue, chestnut
brown. Indian red, or rosy violet cam
els hair or cloth, decorated variously
with narrow fur edgings, Russian gal
loon or feather bands. The fronts
open broadly, turning back in revers
that reach to the hem, revealing a
close-itting, princess-like underdress
made OF cloth or palm-patterned or
striped satin. This fastens invisibly
and is trimmed around the bottom of
the skirt-portion with heavy Milan gal
loon. the color Of the directoire under
dress, making very tasty and finished
garment
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
FEEDING EXPERIMENT.
A Piggery Test Covering n Period of
Nearly Five Months.

A Piggery Test Covering Period of
Nearly Five Months.
On the 23d Of April | selected and
weighed six pure bred Chester White
pigs, eight weeks old narrowed by one
of my choicest sOws) that | intended to
prepare for exhibition at our coming
county fair. Their combined weight
at that time was rs pounds then
weighed out 100 pounds of feed, con-
sisting of equal parts by weight of corn
meal and shorts. This was mixed with
about equal parts Of milk and water to
the consistency of thick cream and fed
three times per day.
The 100 pounds Of feed was consumed
in 10 dayA The pigs were weighed
again May n, and showed gain OF lis
pounds Another batch of feed was
then mixed and fed as before, except
that the proportion of milk in the ra
tons was much reduced, other young
pigs needing it more. The 100 pounds
was consumed in IL days, the pigs max
ing gain of 81 pounds. As the feed
was now eaten SO rapidly, the amount
Of the batch was doubled, making it
24O pounds. This was consumed in &c
days, the pigs making a gain Of lG?
pounds, or 81 pounds for each 100
pounds of feed.
As intended to sell them for breed.
ing purposes, | found they were laying
on too much fat and the meal was
therefore dropped from the ratiOns.
From that time they were fed clear
shorts.
Six hundred pounds Of shorts was
then weighed out, being five times the
original quantity. This was consumed
in IS days, making a gain of 1870 pounds,
or IS pounds for each 100 pounds of
feed Another batch Of 800 pounds
was consumed in 81 days, they making
very slight gain over the former pc
riod, or 1872 pounds, being gain of IS
pounds and a fraction for each 10
pounds of shorts.
AS the hog nature was now develop.
ing, and they were mean and contrary
to weigh and handle, LOO pounds, or
zen times the original quantity. was
fed before weighing. This was con.
sumed in SS days. During this period
they made gain of 236, or - 81
pounds for each 12O pounds of feed.
They weighed, on September 9, LILO
pounds, an average of 1875 pounds each
The experiment covered u period of $50
days, during which time they con-
sumed 1850 pounds of feed and made a
gain of 992 pounds, : II pounds per
day.
While single experiment does not
establish fact, this goes to show that
a much larger gain was made during
the first half of the period than during
the last half. When they had con-
sumed 1850 pounds of feed. they
weighed 742 pounds and could have
been sold at a good profit. While con-
sulning the last 1000 pounds of feed
they barely paid their way. | have
had the pleasure of their society dur
ing the experiment, but their days of
usefulness to me are about over, and
they and l must soon part company. -
!. L. Lacy, in Country Gentle man.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
Chinese Servants In England.

It is serious question and the solu.
ton suggested by lady traveller
lately returned from long sojourn in
California is, don't waste your tears in
regretting the much-exacting plain
cook. the incompetent general" but
employ Chinese labor. One Chinese
will do the work Of three ordinary
English maids lie is quiet. quick and
reliable: you never need to give an
order twice. His cooking is perfection,
as anyone who has enjoyed not his
roasts and entries. but his fresh-Inade
bread and biscuits. will tell you. As 3
parlor maid (save the markD he leaves
nothing to be desired. His wages are
not exorbitant and all he asks is a
modest little cabin in the corner OF
your garden or back yard.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
CONCERNING STRAW.
Its Disposition Leaves a Wide Margin 70
Wise Judgment.

Its Disposition Leaves a Wide Margin for
Wise Judgment.
1t is a vexed question what to do
with the straw. One says it must be
worked into manure-aS much Of it
through the animal as possible, when a
part of it will be made over into ami
NAL produce, and the rest, going into
the manure pile as dung, will be so
finely ground up that it will rot readi-
ly; the rest to be used as litter. Thus
all of it is utilized at home. Another
would burn it, presumably on the
wheat land, with the stubble, and saws
it is worth 81 ton to the land so
treated. Another would spread it and
pillow it under; and still another would
sell it, the price obtained hcing from
50 to SIS, according to the state of the
market and the condition of the straw,
whether much broken ornot. The fact
is, no single rule will answer for all
cases; each one must decide his own
case for himself, on business principles.
If no animal product Of any kind can
be sold with profit, commercial ma
nures can be used to advantage to re-
place plant food sold in the straw; and
if there is good market for it. sell it.
II all these conditions are Just re-
versed, use it up in the barn. If it can
be neither sold or fed, the pile of it is
large, and the quantity of manure
made is small, then burn it with the
stubble. Last of all pillow it in; last
resort, because CT the difficulty in get.
ting it well covered, and of the slow.
ness with which it decays when so
treated; not till decayed has it any use
as plant food. The manurial value of
my straw is estimated at s. per ton; if
burned, half of this may be lost in the
nitrogen, all of which passes off into
the air. If fed to the stock, it cannot
but realize more than its mere manurial
value, for animal produce is worth
more than manure. If threshed by
hand, and lhe straw is left in good
condition, little broken, it has been
sold for SIS a ton. There is a wide
margin here for wise judgment as to
what to do with the straw.-Dr. G. G..
Caldwell, in n. Y. Tribune.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11

OF the dead march in Saul" 1t wa5
almost as numerous on the day wheD
Charley Vivian was buried. Vivian
was song and da2ce man, the origin
ator of the Order of Elks, and the most
popular man in Leadville He was the
son Of an English clergyman and Al
intellectual man, aside from which he
was clear white. His good works were
many, and when he died, after two
days illness. his funeral was the grand.
est spectacle the camp had seen. 1t
was about fair double of thar
of Texas Jack. There was the
band, the flowers, the wild APP
plause at every mention of hi,
good qualities, and the tears, too,
of the people. At the grave they sang.
For He's Jolly Good Fellow, and
sped him on his way. Vivian's re-
mains were disinterred few years ago
and taken east for burial by the lodge
he founded. But to this day he is loved
by the old-timers.
Old-timers. alas, they are few now.
Not many are so circumstanced as in
those silver days. One man who sub
scribed three hundred dollars to a one
thousand-dollar purse for 1.-THE parson'
died tramp. One, bank president
then, was last heard of selling some
sort of patent gimcrack for his daily
bread. They are scattered now, and il
is not likely that such another gather
ing will ever collect again. Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
SELECTION OF STOCK.
A Matter of Great Importance to the
Average Farmer.

A Matter of Great Importance to the
Average Farmer.
Every farmer finds it absolutely
necessary to keep some kind of live
stock on his farm. Such work as pillow.
ing and hauling requires horses, mules
or oxen, while variety Of products
raised on every farm can only be made
profitable by being fed to cattle, sheep
and hogs, and thus turned into beef,
mutton, pork and bacon. The proper
selection and management of such stocb
become matters of great Importance.
The kind OF stock to be kept, above
what is necessary for the absolute
wants Of the farm in the way of per
forming work and furnishing food, viii
in each case depend upon the system
Of farming adopted as best suited te
the nature and size Of the farm. In Sc
Letting stock, whether sheep, cattle
horses or hogs, the same common
sense principles should govern as If
other things. The best breeds, that is
those best for particular purposes,
should be selected, as they are in gen
eral the most economical. If the farm,
er wishes to raise beef, or mutton, OF
pork for the market, he should select
those breeds that can make the most
flesh out of given amount of food
Meat-producing animals are machine:
for converting vegetable food into flesh
and those breeds that give the greatest
yield with the least care and expense
in management are the best If the
production Of milk or wool be the oh
ject, the same principle should govern
Farmers Voice
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small door opens up into a yard on
either side of the building, giving fresh
air and exercise to the animals in
favorable weather. The small door to
the right of building is used to remove
the manure from the stables. On the
opposite side of the building is SINH
lar door. The space between the hog
and calf stables is wide enough to put
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11

vests finished with frill of rich lace
from throat to belt, or with glove-ft-
ing vest shaped with girdle as a fin
ish. For stout women is the new seven
gored French skirt; for slender ones,
the improved seamless skirt, which is
made of goods wide enough to place
the selvedge edges at the waist and
hem. One of these seamless models
shows cornet back, with the opening
from the left hip down, narrow flaps
or button-holes holding a row of hand
some buttons all the way down.
Among some particularly rich and
effective toilets, are those made with a
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
SIMPLE BUT USEFUL.

Perch and Droppings-Board for the
Poultry House.
We give an end view only because it
is made plain. A A is an end piece of
two-inch board, 20 inches long and
inches wide. B B are the bottom
boards, l inch thick and IL inches wide:
they are 6 feet long, but may be of any
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11

trimmed at all. Others, however, are
quite elaborate, SO that to trim or not
to trim is purely a matter of taste.
Those designed for home wear are of
fine soft wool, or of some of the pretty
winter silks with dark grounds
frightened with small dots or tiny
flowers in gay cOlors. For slender,
youthful women, some of these prin-
cess dresses are made to hook or but
ton down the back with the usual bias
seam down the back ofthe skirt; others
are finished with Vatican arrange
ment, starting in a point from between
the shoulders, and widening into cor
net demi-train. The open Russian
front displays Il gathered vest of bright
silk matching the color of the figure in
the dress fabric, and, as a rule, the
large full sleeves are of velvet.
The popular Eton styles will con-
tinue fashionable thong hout the winter,
but all outdoor costumes display the
more conventional modes, the deep
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11

After crop is made it is certainly
good economy to save it in the best
condition possible, and this can best be
done by harvesting as soon as it is fully
ready.
The owner of good stock has right
to feel a just pride in the ownership Of
choice animals
The productive. capacity of land
should determine its real value rather
than the price asked for it.
While prices for all kinds Of cattle
are low, yet there is a considerable diff
ference in the prices between the best
and the poorest
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
THE FARMING WORLD.
HOG AND CALF STABLE.

Exterior and Interior Views Which E1'
plain Themselves.
We present in Fig. l very practical
stable for the shelter OF hogs and
calves with yards attached. This
building can be made of any dimen-
Sions, so that this point can be best de-
cided by the farmer building it. A
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
FIG. 2.

in one feed bin at the far end of the
building, which is very convenient in
winter weather This building is one
of many on the farm of an Ohio farm
err, whose practical ideas l had the
pleasure of listening to during visit
to his lovely farm.
Figs 2 and 3 are interior views of
the stable. The calf stable Zig, q is
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11

length D D are the legs, % inches
long, and G the perch.
When in position, the top of the
droppings board is open like trough,
as A A is only an end piece, B B run.
ming the whole length. The droppings
are removed with hand shovel or
through an opening placed anywhere
in the bottom. The nests can be placed
under this board as well as under a
broad, fat board.-Farm and Fireside.
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FIG. 5.

provided with small, comfortable stalls,
and room sufficient for them. The hog
stable Zig. 81 is divided into two COM
partments-One for SOW with young
pigs, the other for odd sexes. John W.
Caughey, in Country Gentleman
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graceful b e ii
skirt Of velvet
black, olive
green, d e e p
garnet ETC.,
W h oily I'M
t r / m m e d.
Added TO these
skirts are vari-
Gus stylish
waists m a d e
severany Of
velvet, striped
satin, pal m
patterned silk,
plain scarlet
faille, polka
dotted surah,
and, for special
wear. of rich
cream silk or
brocade, with
full empire
sleeves and
Medici collar.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
FASHION LETTER.
Something About Fall and Winter Fabric.
and Costumes.
Special New Yo-l, COrresDondencel

Special New York COrresDondencel
Dress skirts with rather high corselel
tops are still greatly liked for house
dresses, as nearly any sort of pretty
silk or wool shirt-waist looks well with
them, and the shoulder straps attached
to the corselet afford an opportunity
for the further display of the handsome
trimmings on other portions of the
gown. The variety of winter dress
goods is beyond even enumeration, and
what with the gay blanket plaids and
the striped, dotted, shaded, changeable
and checked materials of the season,
made up into jaunty Elton costumes,
Russian suits and directoire and en-
pire gowns, the latter with their
sasheS and slashes, open coats. full
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11

One time to sell is when everybody
wants hogs. Buy when all are ANXIOUS
to part with them.
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cape or three.
quarter coat,
being very
often of the
same fabric
as the bodice
and skirt.
Silk faced
velvet is the
pre- ferred
ia brio for
nearly all the
pretty fancy
jackets and
t h c a t e r
coats, but
there are also
close cuirass-
shaped jack
cts very open
in the front,
and those of
soft Russian
velours with
gay blouse
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pictures que
sleeves, double
breasted vests,
high collars and
revers, it would
seem hardly pos
sible for those
to be dissatis-
fed who delight
in bright colors,
and novel, fancy
effects. L h e
e m pire and
d ire ctoi + e
gowns are in
creasing in favor
constantly, but
besides these
many of the
stylish dresses,
both for street
and home wear,
are being made
in princesse
shape scarcely