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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
ABBREVIATED TELeGRAMs

James Bauer, of the commission firm of
Osborn s. Bauer. Chicago, has been mise
ing several days 1t il said he had consid-
erable of the flrm's money in his possession
and it Is thought he has been foully dealt
with
Obituary: At Cincinnati. H. Thane
Miller. At Charleston, Ills, George
Tucker. At Carlyle. Ills, Bernard Win
klejohn, TO. At Wichita, Kan, Mrs. Rob.
ert Z. Guthrie, formerly of Bloomington.
At Hastings, Mimi, Rev. J. r. Barker. 65.
An American syndicate has obtained Q
concession from the Chinese government
to build railroad 20o miles long from
tidewater to Peking. Among others in
terested are John w. Foster, Senator
Brice and Whitelaw Reid.
John Quinn who it Is alleg ged, in COM
pany with one John McGrace, killed Al
fred Olsen in the Bay Ridge district of
Brooklyn, Oct. 10, 1890, is locked up at
Chicago on Information furnished by his
wife. ~! 4
General Domingo Monagas sailed from
busters whose aim Is to start revolution
ment Of President Crcspo.
ne uuke anu OucneSS OF M8rlOOrOuRn
have arrived at Monte Carlo.
Don Cameron will retire from politics
at the end of his present senatorial term,
SO he has announced.
Two men have been arrested at Toledo,
o., for passing dangerous counterfeit 60
bills The engraving. is very fine and
clear, but the ink and paper are inferior.
The bills representations of legal tender
notes, with Hamilton's head. The check
number is A7145c023 and the plate is d.
Mary Thurman, daughter of the "Old
Roman" of Ohio, has made a rich gold
strike near Yuma, Colo.
William p. Kennard, of Kenosha, Wis,
has begun suit at Utica, N. Y, against
William G. Comstock and w. Fl. Com
stock, Of tho United Starch works at
Waukegan, Ills, to recover SOC, 600, al
legged to have been wrongfully appropri-
ated by the United States Starch works
and lost by the defendants in grain specr.
latiOns in Chicago
Fred Monroe, the American banker at
Paris, has committed suicide.
The British steamer Principal, Captain
Stannard, from Shields for New York,
was wrecked on one of the Faroe islands,
twenty-seven of her crew. and one passen.
ger being drowned. The passengers name
was jackson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
ITALIANS IN A TIGHT PLACE.
King Of Abyssinia Proves . Pretty Ba
Enemy to Tackle.

King Ot Abyasintn I'roveS . Pretty He'd
Enemy to Tackle.
ROME, Dec l0-News has been received
here from General BAratiori, the com
mlndcr Of the troops in Abyssinia, an
nouncing what appears to BE- q serion,
disaster to the Its.lian forces operating
against King Mcnclik He cables that the
kings army. numbering about 81. 900 men,
surprised ana surrounded five companie.
Of Italian troops under Major Toselli, al
Ambalayi. Another body of Italian troops
under the command Of General Ermondi
advanced to tho support Of Major Toselli.
but they were stopped by the enemy. A
severe battle was subsequently fought
and the result was not made known hero
The official dispatches say that the
losses Of the Abyssinians were heavy.
Major Tosellis column was compos, ID oi
l,.OJ native troops comm anded by twenty
officers, with forty non on-cOmmissionei OH
c,rs and battery. 1t Is known that o'
this force Major roselli. seventeen Of ths
officers. and 9JJ Of the native troops are
missing The position Of General Ari
mondi at Makallo, however. Is impregna
bic. and he has provisions for thre'
months
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
We eWLELess KANSAS GRANGER.
How He Taketh Thought for tho Morrow
According to wayfarer.

11OW Nc hoketu huOuBut IOf tho MOffOw,
According to . wsyfarer.
TOPEKA, Dec. 10.-George L. Walker,
tax adjuster for the Jarvis-C -Conkling Mort
gage company. has just made a trip
through southwestern Kansas looking
after the taxes on the company's property.
In many places he says barefaced robbery
Is practiced by the few settlers on non res
ident property owners. In one school
district, where his company owns land,
only one family resides The father,
mother and one son constitute the school
board and the son Is hired at $50 month
to instruct the younger son.
He is SO thoroughly up in his profession
tina: he Is able to get in ten months in a
year. In this district taxes on the COM
pany's land are as high as t35 per quarter.
Mr.. Walker asked the mother why she did
not send the boy to u coile2, where the cx-
pensc would not exceed e. per month
She replied: ''Yes, but what would we
do
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
Experience with Woman Suffrage.

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 10. Ex-Governor
Waite, OF Colorado, spoke at the meeting
Of tho Ethical Culture society. The 80.
ciety had listened to lecture on equal
suffrage, and the ex-governor was called
on to give an account Of the workings of
woman suffrage in Colorado. He said tho
experience with woman voters was much
the same as with men. Every bad woman
could be counted on to come to the polls.
while the good women for the most part
staid at home
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
THE BOUNDARY OF ALASKA.
No Treaty Provision for Marking . Most
Important Line.

No Treaty Provision for Marking . Most
Important Line.
WASHINGTON. Dec. l0.-1n . letter sent
to the house, congress Is asked to appro'
pirate $1,000 In connection with the sur
vcy Of the boundary line between Alasks
and British Columbia. This amount ID
asked In view OF the possible necessity Of
running definite lines Of demnrkation on
thc upper Yukon and its tributaries, and
of providing for the contingency Of sur.
vcys which may be required along the
boundary In unforeseen localities. Score
sary Olncy, in an accompanying letter,
Gays tho determination and marking ol
islst meridian in that part which by
trcaty forms the boundary between Alasks
aud British Columbia Is not provided for
by any existing trcaty. and that ncgotia
tions to that end may be begun In the nca,
future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
AUCTION SALE RECORD BEATEN
Railway Property Worth $3.50, ,OOO. 900 Un
der the Hammer.

Railway Property Worth $3.50, ,OOO. 900 Un-
der the Hammer.
TOPEKA, kas., Dec. l0.-At 10 o'clock
this morning at Topeka bsgan the great
est auction tho world has ever knuwn Al
tina, hour ]. X. johnson, special master
in chanccry, offered to the highest bidder
for cash in hand the entire system Of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway
Nothing Is reserved Of its 10, 600 miles OF
track. Its 2,00O locomotives, its thousands
upon thousands Of cars, its ouildin ys.
rights and franchises which. considered
together, reach the value $50
Special Master johnson acts as auc
tioncer, and as preliminary to receiving
bids read the order Of sale. Judgment OF
the court and other legal documents, which
consumed something more than an hour.
There Is one feature Of this auction which
will materially differ from TIL ordinary
No one will be allowed to bid unless he
has first deposited soJOOO) in cash with
the special master rs an evidence of guod
faith
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10

ST LorIs. Dec. I0.-Benjamin ;. Levy,
clothing, hats, caps and furnishing goods
30 and ~ Olive ss,ect, has assigned for
the benefit Of creditors. The liabilities,
almost wholly In Chicago and New York,
arS about e64000 and the assets ~, ,0Ml
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1O.-The speaker
laid before the house the annual report Of
w. b. Franklin, the president Of the
board Of managers Of the National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, for the fis-
cal year ended June 70, 1875. The board has
inspected the branches Of the home. They
have been found to be in very good condi
ti0n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
Peckham Con firmed as Justics.

WASHINGTON, dec. 1O-The senate in
executive session confirmed the following
nominations: Elmer Il. Adams, Of Mis-
souri,, to be district judge for the western
district Of Missuri; Rufus II. Peckhan, Of
New York. to be associate justice Of the
United States supreme court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
NOTHING NEW rROx VENEZUELA,

Cssiaso, NIcaragua.
WASHINGTON, DC. l0-Thec Is moth.
tps-and will be nothing until the presi.
asst returns-dcfinitc as to the British
sofs 90 the Venezuelan question. Neither
hes any word come here touching the 10.
cclpt ut Caracas of the British demand
for an indemnity Of e6o,0O0 ON account oi
a. arrest at Uruan by the vcnezuelanl
IL . colonial chief Of police. II ID Pre-
ssssse< herc thas II this demand is made
he YsassSelap sVvssumsnt Vii 1plpeu
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
Mortgage for Railway Improveue..

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. l0.-The Indiana,
Decatur and Western Railroad company
has fled mortgage in the Marion county
recorders Office for 81, ss4, ,O0O to the Central
Trust company, Of New York, and Au.
gustus L. Mason, Of Indiana, as trustee
This Is in order that the road may be i'm.
proved and new tracks b built.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10

Many girl by using Zoa -Pbora at
he opening period Of womauhood,
sigh: be saved from lifelong suffer-
ng and expense. Sold BY T. H.
Thomas and Marshall 4 Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
LATE NEWS OF THE DAY.

The Crank In Congress Again-Chlcago
Leads for the Convention.
WAsHINGTON, Dec. 10.-Repre-
sentative Barrett offered a resolution
in the house today for the impeach-
ment of Ambassador Bayard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10

Chicago Leoas.
WAsHINGTON. Dec. 10. - At
O'Clock Chicago appearod to be in
the lead for the next repu blican ma
tional convention with st. Louis close
behind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
Caucus ON Senate Committees.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1O-The Republican
caucus committee of the senate was in ses.
sion for three hours, but adjourned with
out completing the assignments. The
work accomplished Is only tentative. The
six members Of the Democratic senatorial
caucus committe also held meeting for
the consideration Of the situation, but de-
cided not to attempt to outline any def
mite plan Of action until the COMMITTEES
should be filled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
Locks CIoeet Tor ~ yYi.te,

SAULT STE MAIZE, Mich, Dec. 10.-Tho
tocks OF the American canal here were
iosed today fes the winter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
Congregational Doing. Briefed.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1O.-Outside of Nor
snn's speech on the seal question in reply
to Sir Julian Pauncefote's criticism Of
Morgan the only business done in the SEN
ate was the introduction of bills among
them: To give pension Of go per month
for the loss Of a limb; making q crime the
acceptance Of title Of nobility by an
American citizen or any title or honorable
degree from foreign nation; pensiOning
soldiers who wers confined IL Confederate
prisons.
In the house resolutions were presented
by the Republicans calling for the corre-
spondence in the Waller case, for lists
Of pensioners who have been stricken from
tho rolls since March t. 1893. or reduced
and for other papers, but all wer. objected
to by the Democrats. An effort to have
printed In the record the memorial of the
National Wool Growers association for
higher rates met the same fate. A bill
was introduced prohibiting congressman
from soliciting presidential or depart.
mental Offices
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
Sustain
Home Industry

The Rock Island Brewing Company. success
ors to George Wagner's Atlantic Brewery, |.
Huber's City Brewery and Raible & Stengers
Rock Island Brewery. as well as Julius Junge's
Bottling Works. has one of the most complete
Brewing establishments including BottIng de-
partment in the country. The product IS the
very best. Beer is bottled at the brewery and
delivered to any part Of the tri-cities. and may
he ordered direct from the head offices on Mo-
line avenue by Telephone.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-10
'FRISCO'S BIG BID.
She ls Going for That conven.
ton "RegardIess."
SAID TO HAVE 100000 RAISED.

Dead Low Fares for Delegates and the
Populace, and Free Transit for Commit
teemen-In Spite Of Which Chicago Il
''serene" and Sc. Louis Big with Hope
Matter TO BE Settled Today-Nstional
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09
VALUE OF R CHICKS.

Experience has taught that the most
profitable time to start an incubator is
from December LIST to January 1st for
market purposes This brings the stock
to a marketable size when the demand
and price are at their height, and we
have on many occasions during the
latter part of February sold birds
weighing a pound and three quarters,
for 81 each. Chicks that get into mar
ket during January, February, March
and April are known as ''broilers, g" and
usually sell best when not over 6. pound
in weight The price is then n where
from 60 cents to 81 a pound. Some
times even three quarters of a pound is
a better weight than a pound, but these
small weights are most preferable till
April. Then, afterwards birds weigh.
ing from n and a half to two and a
half pounds will become more salable.
the price being usually about 35 cents
a pound, Is or IS cents for the chick.
And Sd the pr'cs and weight will keep
pace in opposite directions until late in
the fall, says a writer when the grown
fowl of seven or nine pounds goes to
market and brings from 60 to Is cents,
Tnes9 figures will vary somewhat, as
locations and markets and other causes
may vary them in either dire ction but
1t requires only a glar G. to show that
the profit is in the early chicks, and
owing the fact that human ingenuity
mas not been sufficient to ,mpel Miss
b ddy to sit without she sees fit to do
So the true value OF an incubator and
orooder can only be estimated wher
we consider that it enables us to hatch
at any season of the yeer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09
YARD
POULTRY POINTS.

In setting eggs, select those from
your best hens. Haphazard selection
of eggs is one of the leaks in the poul
try business.
While there has been much improve
ment made in all our common fowls in
the last 80 years, the turkey has slowly
yielded to the spirit and progress of
the times. Enough, however, has been
accomplished in their breeding to merit
praise, while the grand specimens now
exhibited show that skilled and enter
prising fanciers are at work improving
them in size, weight and beauty.
For moulting or laying hens, bones
that have been coarsely ground are ex
cellent, as they are digested and used
for food. They provid- the necessary
phosphates and aIs) lime for the shell
to a certain extent; they also contain a
proportion of nitrogen. Dnes when
sharp als1 serve as grit for masticating
the foot in the gizzard, thus rendering
a service as we'll as providing the ma
terial for the pr, ducEion of eggs. For
very small chicks, bone meal is better,
and the finer the bone meal the easier
it is digested by the C icks.
Clover is not only more suitable as
summer food for poultry, owing to its
bulky nature, compared with corn, but
it is also more nutritious, es it c ontains
a greater quantity of the substance re
CURED for the production of eggs. The
lime for the shells is procured when in
a soluble form in the food, es it must
pass through all the stages and pro
cesses of digestion, and the more soluble
the mineral elements the easier and
more completely they serve the pur
pose OF the hens. Glover hay contains
ov T 80 times m, re- lime than does corr
or wheat, and the green clover, though
containing more water, is comparative
ly as rich in lima as the hay.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09
TOO EARLY SERVICE RUINS A
HEIFER.

While there have in the pes, IN
doubtedly been many promising heifers
ruined by delaying service too long,
there are, I believe, at the present, as
many damaged by the opposite prac-
tice. Only under very favorable cir
cumstances, do I allow service at the
age of Is months. 1t is entirely pos.
sible SO to handle a heifer, as to allow
her to become two years old before e
vice, and yet have her become fully as
good a COW as though she had dropped
her calf at that age. Especially is it
important when early breeding is prac
ticed, to allow a period of from Is to Is
months between the first and second
calves. This establishes persistent
mixers, and gives time for growth and
development. CHARLES SOLvEsON.
Wisconsin.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09
TEIE DAIRY.
DAIRY DOTS.

There are different ways of separat-
ing cream from the milk. The best
and most effC Give method applied in
Dreaming, consists in the use of centri-
fugal force by the so.c4lled cream
separator. Toe next best system of
Dreaming is setting the milk in cold
water.
After a dairyman has determined
which are the best COWS in the herd he
should divide them into families the
same as the various breedso of thorough
breds are. In order TO do this accu-
rately it is best to keep a home herd
book, and then label the COWS and keep
them registered in the home book.
Milk pals made of wood should never
be used. Pals of tin or galvanized
material should be used because they
can be readily cleaned; then, too, the
cracks and joints should be filled with
solder to effectually exclude this dirt
catcher and it's contained germs.
An important factor to secur a deli
cate flavor in butter is pure air. Pure
atmosphere lacking in the place where
butter is made, no first class article can
be procured. IG is therefore absolutely
necessary to have a building for the
purpose in question, entirely isolated
from any dwelling house.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09

their house and nests with ACID
Tome ounce in two gallons OF water)
once a month. Then there are b head
Ice and yellow runners that get on the
1ittIe chicks. A little acid and lard
mt ON the heads and under the wings
If the chicks will rout those vermin.
Don't use too much grease, as it is then
as bad on the chicks as the lic9. A
great nan people don't know and
won't believe that they have a great
MANY vermin on their places until the
latter get so plentiful they are crawl
ing on every stick and board you pick
up. Then you have a big fight on
hand.
One of the surest signs of these pests,
and n that is taken as a sign of
cholera or some similar complaint, is
to see the hens standing and moping
around half asleep and picking them
selves. The chicks squall around with
their wings dropping. True, some may
seem sick, and will be if something is
not done for them. But clean up; don't
have the house too warm; give plenty
of fresh water and sand. That is the
way I fud my birds thrive.
As 10 food, I prefer some wheat and
oats in warm weather, yet I use corn at
night. I still claim that coarse corn
meal is the best main food for chicks.
Of course a little oatmeal or cheese
made of milk will do for a change, even
table scraps; yet again I say use the
meal.-H. C. Hunt, in Farmers Re
7,io7D
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09
PUBLIC SPEAKING IN DAVIDSON.

Col w. F. Henderson, Hon. George E.
Hunt and Rev. Mr.. Henry Sheets
in Public Discussion.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
LEXINGTON, N. @.
The above named gentlemen ad-
dressed a large number of their fellow
countrymen on the 22l instant at
Gravel Hill, in Davidson county, N. @.
AS is customary in these parts, Col.
Henderson led the way and held the
audience spell bound for at least one
hour. Launching forth his unerring
bark upon the high seas of finance, the
Colonel steered straight out for mid
ocean, by an eminent display Of great
ability to grapple with the profoundest
financial problems that now engage the
greatest minds of this nation. The
Colonel advocated bi metalism, in
crease in the volume of paper currency
and the free coinage Of silver, limited
to the American product, and at the
ratio of Is to 1.
The Colonel went for old John Bull"
with gloves eff. Free speech, said the
Colonel, is the gem of the human soul.
Words are bodies of thought, and lib
erty to those words rings out in stem
torian tones to the oppressed sons and
daughters OF men.
To sun up, the Colonel dealt pro-
fusely in the aesthetic and the sublime.
Messrs. Hunt and Sheets made vol
timed and very appropriate addresses
in advocacy of free and unlimited coin
age of silver in the ratio 16 to 1. and in
such increase in the monetary volume
of our currency, gold, silver, and pa
per as shall Civ" to the people of these
United States $50 90 per capita.
HUBARD WALSER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09

Many people who are not 0otanlsCs
do not imagine that the potato and the
tomato are at all related. But the po-
tato beetle is a thorough botanist, at
least 8 % far as members of the solanum
family are concerned. The egg plant
is included in his dep1 relations and gar
deners who grow either tomatoes or
egg plants near where the potato IS
grown must look out for the ravages
of the beetle. The early potato vines
die down early in July, and the horde
of beetles from these r obliged to seek
other plants Oh which to feed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09
START MILKING AT TWO YEARS

Our custom is to have our heifers
drop their first calves when just about
two years old. If they have been we'll
grown, they are at this time vigorous
and strong, and we believe make the
best cows. We would then recommend
giving them some rest, after finishing
the year, before having their second
calves. By this time they r well de-
veloped cows. This has been u prac
tice, and as our two year-old heifers for
the past year have averaged, for the
whole number, over 10000 pounds of
milk, and nearly II pounds of butter
per week, wefeel we'll pleased with our
methods, and do not care to change
them. SMITH & POWELL Co
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09
THE WAY\THEY DO AT ELLERs-
LIE.
D. M. CAMPBELL

Oar practice Ii to traed heifers so
that they will calve for the first time
when about 81 months old. If a COW
is to be kept only three or four wears
after she first begins milking, it is more
profitable to breed at an earlier age. I
think there is no doubt that a heifer
will give considerably more milk for
the first two years OF her milking life,
If she calves at the age of 20 to "a
months. I also think there is no doubt
that breeding at this early age has a
tendency to weaken the constitution of
the COW, to shorten considerably the
number of years of her profitable milk
ing, and to lower the vitality of her
calves. In the present condition of
dairying, health should be our first
consideration, then yield. We need
COWS with strong constitutions that can
furnish a profitable yield of milk for
10 to Is years, and keep in good health
throughout this period. To secure such
COWS, we must not breed the heifers
until their period of rapid growth is
about over, as the combined strains of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-09
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