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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-10
A Csusl.

Mr.. Epson Downes jseated beside
stranger in \ street car)-What time 10
it by your watch. please?
= Stranger don't know.
Mr.. Epsom-But yOu just looked at it.
Stranger-Yes. I only wanted to 500
il il was still there Tit Bits
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-10

White teeth, sweet breath. fragrant mouth,
There are no charms eurpas.iDg these;
Abroad, at home, east. west. north, south,
These tn &c prime charms sre eu:c,to please
All those who soxodont apply
viii have these ehaIms-take heed and try.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-10
COUNTY BUILDING.

8-Abrel c. Flanders to John
Markham, lot II, block 4. town Of
Hampton, $40.
Dorothea Schweske to Frank Pear
son. LOTT. block l, Guyer's Second
add, Rock Island. $3.50.
Traugott Richter to Andrew R.
Peterson, part lot 5, Stevens add,
Moline, 1920.
Stephen A. Velie by heirs to Clara
Wilson, lot 8. block E.. Prospect
park, Moline, 1925.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-10

DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment will cnre
blind bleeding. liberated and itching pilee. II
absorbs the tumors, allays the itching At once,
acts - pou,tiee. gives instant relief. DR.. VIII
Hams Indian Pile Ointnenti Is prepared only for
piles and itching Of the private pars, and nothirg
else. Every box 10 guaranteed. eold BY drug
eists. ssnt By mail. for 50 cents and 81 per box.
Williams Manufacturing company, Projectors,
Cleveland, Ohio. sold BY r. n. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-10

The Burlington route sells tickets
for the Knights Templar excursion to
Boston and return at t2S.95, as low
as any other line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-10
FULLERTON'S
Consumption Cure.
HYPoDERMIC.


that
GeIGide introduced directly into the capillary circulation
thence the coming direct
No Fourth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-10

Memory is the primary and fupda-
mental power without which there
could be no other intellectual operation.
johnson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-10

At the Watch Tower Sunday. Aug.
IL. Prof. Chas. Pritchett, the most
daring aeronaut living. will ascend
in his great air ship and make one Of
his famous parachute leaps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-10

The ARGUS delivered every even.
ing ut your door ut 1Oc . week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-10

At Trinity chapel. Rev. r. F.
Sweet. rector, even song and Sunday
school at 2:3O p. m.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

fora, sent for ny doctor, an old and
trusted friend, and after making him
talk nationally to me for some time. I
asked him whether ha considered me
In an exalted state or whether I had
ever betrayed any hysterical tendsn.
cies. He treasured inc heartily on these
points. and then asked my reasons for
such questions.
I thereupon opened my heart to him,
and he neither ridiculed nor disbelicv.
ed, but, on the contrary, told me an.
other case of the same kind which had
lately happened to friend Of his, but
he strongly advised me to keep my own
counsel at present, which did for some
time, and kindly added that he not only
did not look upon me rs lunatic, but
simply as q woman for whom one cor.
ner Of the curtain which guarded the
unseen had been lifted.
In conclusion, repeat am ready "a
vouch for the truth Of every word here
set down, and also, should It be requir.
ed, to give namcs--in private-to salts.
~ those who doubt.-Strand Magazine.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

A grocer who had died was being es-
cOrted to heaven by an angel who had
been detailed for that purpose.
"AIay I look at the other place before
we ascend to eternal happiness?"
"Certainly," said the angel.
So they went below and skirmished
around. taking In the sights. The
angel lost track of the grocer, but final
~ found him sitting by furnace, fan
ming himself and gazing with rapture
upon a lot of people In the fire. There
was sign on the front of the fiery re-
ceptacle reading, Delinquent Custom
ers."
"Come." said the angel, tive must
be going"
"YOu go on" said the grocer, II am
not coming; this Is heaven enough for
me-"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
Sir Charles Idea.

Miss Frances Power CObbe once dis.
cussed evolution with Sir Charles Ly.
ell, when some Of the party had betray.
ed the idea that Survival Of the 1ttcst"
meant of the best. Sir Charles left tho
room CONTINUES Miss Cobbe. In her re.
Gently published mcmolrs) and went
down stairs, but suddenly rushed back
into the drawing room, and said to mo
all In a breath. standing on the rug:
"I'll explain It to you In a minute! Sup.
pose you had been living In Spain three
hundred years ago. and had had sister
who was perfectly commonplace per.
son, and believed everything she was
told Well, your sister would have
been happily married and had a nu.
merous progeny, and that would have
been the survival Of the fittest; but
you would have been burnt at an auto.
da.fe, and there would have been an
end Of you. You would have been un.
suited to your environment. There!
That's evolution! Goodbye On went
his hat, and we heard the hall door
close after him before We had done
laughing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
How to Digest Chocolate.

As a nation the French are In ad.
vance of us In their application Of the
chemistry Of food. Their little school
children may be seen daily enjoying
luncheon Of q piece Of bread or +
little roll or croissant with a bar Of
plain chocolate-not creams-and moth.
Ing is more nourishing for them; while
French. Italians and spaniards alike
dip bread into their morning cup OF
chocolate. The fact 10 that chocolate.
like bread itself, requires for ia 40.
similation the chemical action pro.
duced by mastication-i. e., the saliva
of the mouth as we'll as the action Of
the stomach. Thus chocolate eaten can
be digested by those to whom q cup
quickly drunk is poison.--The House.
wife.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

1.-POLITlCAL.
The selection Of honest, capable men
to govern the city. State and munich.
pal legislation for Chicago. Honest
elections. A general interest In the prl.
marles.
MUNICIPAL.
Clean streets and alleys--prompt re.
moval Of garbage - improved urban
tranic-less smoke-more water-hon.
orable police-cheaper and better &C.
commodations for the people Of Chica.
20 In oil dircctions-el Of rail.
road tracks, etc.
B.-lNDUSTRIAL.
Establishment Of Boards Of Concili.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
lifE.TASkS.
Many ore.t Neg Perform Hire.

Many Great Men Perform Hire.
Quilted Labor.
We often speak admiringly Of tho
wonderful patience Of the monkish
scrlbes Of the Middle Ages, who were
willing to devote an entire life to the
copying and embcllishing Of o single
book; and the Inference IL that such pa.
tient devotion to single task Ii un.
known at the present day. This IL not
q fact. The field Of modern science Ii
full Of effort which Is equally .prolong.
ed, equally painstaking, and In many
cases equally obscure. We have In our
observatorles men who are spending
their lives In entering into great books,
night by night, figures which merely go
to make tables from which our descend.
ants, q century hence, shall be able to
calculate the procession Of the eQui.
noxes.
Perhaps the most monumental life.
tasks performed In the present century
have been in the field Of botany, In
which certain indefatigable men have
undertaken to make fora each Of his
own country. In those foras, we are
to have not merely a list Of all tho
plants In any country, but full account
and description Of every plant.
What this work may be II shown by
one or two special cases. The italian
Flora which Prof. Fllippo Parlatore
began In. the year 1S4S, was completed
In the year 1904. But 1t was not com.
pleted by Prof. Parlatore. He had long
since been gathered to his reward
among the flowers Of Paradise; and
Prof. Teodoro Caruel had completed
his work.
In this country Prof. Asa Gray, our
most distinguished botanist, began the
"Flora Of North America" ut about his
twenty-ffth year Of age. The first mum.
Der Of 1t appeared In 1888. Gray died
In 1883, and the work was then about
half finished. During oil that time his
work on the fora never was interrupted
for more than a brief period, though
other tasks were performed meantime.
Sir Joseph Hooker began the "Flora
Of British India" about forty years
ago. Only ono volume Of It remains to
DO completed, and II Sir Joseph's life
Is spared he may hope to accomplish his
great task. During all these two score
years the work has constantly engaged
his attention.
Martins "Flora of Brazil was begun
In 1S48, and IL still incomplete, though
1t Is steadily progressing. Cosson,
French botanist, died before the com.
pletion Of his "Flora Of Algeria"
Practically only two great noras,
those Of Australia and the Orient, were
successfully completed BY their original
authors-the first by Bentham, the sec
ond by BOLSTER. They are splendid
monuments to the learned men who
made them.
In the field Of biological investigation
many men, and women too, are engag'
cd In minute and patient researches
into some primitive and apparently In.
significant form Of life which It will take
them many years to complete. To the
ordinary mind, these investigations
seem vain and foolish. But the schol.
ars Of the future will celebrate these
patient deeds Of the "monks Of science.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
His Eye Picked Out by . Gran,

Charles Draper, boy Of near Engle.
side, Queen Anne's County, Nd. was
peering into box In which was con-
fined crane, when the bird pecked at
him, striking him in the eye with it,
bill. The sight Of the eye was entirely
DESTROYED.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16
A Lawsuit About q Dog,

A Connecticut man Ia about to begin
a lawsuit against young man of his
town for selling him = dog that was
deaf In both ears.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-11-16

alton. Public Loan Bureau, Employ.
ment Agencies, etc.
4.-PHILANTHROPIC.
Development Of tho Central Relief
Association to q thorough systemisa-
ton Of the organized charities Of Chi.
cag0.
6.-MORAL.
The suppression Of gambling, obscene
literature. etc.
8.-EDUCATlONAL.
Ample school facilities - improved
methods In teaching, and the develop.
ment Of Q greater interest In The
schools By the parents.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-05-29

of growth. The upper part of each
Joint divides into two parts, the inner
one forming the rind of the next joint
above and the outer one uniting with
cells from within, forms the leaf.
On the stalks near the nodes occur
white pulvirulent waxy substance called
"cerosin." The color of stalk depends
on variety cultivated. The leaves of
dark green in color, receding from the
stalk during growth and falling off at
maturity. At the base of each leaf, is
an eye or bud which contains the germ
Of cane and is used for reproduction.
Around the stalk at the eye are several
rows of transparent points which
in contact with moist earth. Just above
these rows is a light colored semi trans
parent narrow band which clearly di-
vides the lower from the upper joint.
In tropical countries the cane flowers,
first sending out long shoot or arrow,
upon which is borne panicle of flow
ers. These flowers produce seed. Until
recently. these seed were regarded as in
fertile, but recent experiments have
shown that many are fertile and will
terminate and grow, though their vi
tality is soon lost, unless quickly and
carefully planted These seeds produce
plants of great variation, and rarely
bearing any resemblance to theirparents.
Hence intelligent efforts are now being
made to originate new and better vari-
cites and 50 far with marked success.
CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CANE SUCCEEDS
BEST,
will be found in climate where the
mean average temperature is between
so and 80 degrees, and the annual rain
fall 60 to 80 inches and these must be
distributed through the grow
ing season. Two distinct seasons exist
in countries of higest production-one
warm and rainy, lasting four to six
months, giving rapid growth and devel-
opment, and the second dry or moderately
rainy with mean temperature of 70
degrees F., causing an arrest of growth,
an elaboration of sugar and slow evolu
ton of perfect maturity. A large per-
centage of humidity in the air (at least
70 degrees per cent, )is conducive to best
results, while bright sunshiny days
with dry winds are highly prejudicial.
TERMINATION QUESTIONS.
Shall we plant the entire cane or that
portion which is the least fitted for
making sugar? The practice of plant
ing the tops or upper third of the cane
is the one suggested by economy, since
they contain but little available sugar.
Some recon mend planting the matured
portion of the stalk, claiming the eyes to
be the seed, and with all plants those
seed terminate and fructify best which
are permitted to reach maturity. They
also claim that if the practice of plant.
ing of tops be persstently followed, a
degeneracy Of the canes will inevita bly,
follow, since the latter is always import
ant with those parts of the cane which
are lowest in sugar and when the eyes
are imperfectly developed.
Cane, like all grasses, "tillers' or
suckers" 1t is natural means Of
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-05-29
Cultivation of Cane.


Experiment Station, and from which
we recently made copious extracts, also
contains interesting matter and valuable
information in reference to sugar cane
and is cultivation. We extract the fol-
lowing from the publication:
Sugar cane came originally from India.
1t then passed into China, where it's
cultivation has been carried on for i'm
memorial time. 1t can then be traced
into Ara bia, Nubia Ethiopia and Egypt.
About 1900 A. d., after the Crusades,
the Venetians introduced it into Syria,
Cyprus and Sicily. Later Don Henry,
King of Portugal, introduced it into the
Madeira and Canary Isles, where was
manufactured for 800 years all the sugar
of Europe. Since that time it has been
slowly supplemented by the vine. Portu-
gal, at the end of this epoch, sent it to
Saint Thomas. After the discovery of
America, Peter Etenza introduced it
on the island of St. Domingo, and from
this island it has spread over the trOp
ical and semi-tropical portions of North
and South America
INTRODUCTION IN LOUISIANA.
The Jesuits Of Leogane sent from San
Domingo in 1857 the first cane ever in
troduced into this State. 1t was the
Malabar or engal variety, since termed
the Creole, now no longer cultivated in
Louisiana. The Otaheite was introduced
rom the same island about 1894, the
year that Etienne Bore made the first
crop fsugar in this State. This crop
was m ade on the plantation upon a part
of which the "Sugar Experiment
Station" is now situated. These canes
furnished the sugar of Louisiana until
1925, when Mr.. John Joseph Coiron in
trOduced from Savannah, Ga, a schooner
load of our striped or ribbon canes, and
planted them on his ST. Sophie planta
ton in St. Bernard parish. These canes
had been previously introduced from
the Island of St Eustachius and planted
on st Simon's Island at the mouth of
Savannah river by Mr.. King. of Georgia.
Our present purple or blue cane is be-
lieved to be a degenerate variety of this
cane, and recent experiments would
Justify this belief. Since 1925 many
other varieties have been introduced,
but none have as yet proven worthy of
supplanting the purple and striped va
rieties The Sugar Experiment Station
have already introduced over 100 vari
cites, and are now testing them upon
the grounds.
Among the varieties introduced, are
twenty seedlings, coming directly from
the seed of the cane. Of these, three
are proving, so far, superior to all other
varieties, and hopes are entertained that
they will in few years demonstrate
their fitness to supplant our present va
rieties on general field culture.
OF the two varieties now grown in our
fields, the purple seems to be the hard
lest and is therefore to be recommended
for Northern ATTITUDES.
BOTANICAL RELATIONS.
Sugar cane belongs TO the large family
of grasseS-grammaci8 the tribe
andropogOn and it's botanical name is
Saccharum officinarum, or Arundo
saccharifera.
Sugar cane is gigantic grass with
L = 4
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-05-29

HE FLORIDA AGRIcULTURIsT ALMANAC for 1896 by
> of De Leon Springs, Fla,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-05-29
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT 1T.

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The Monmouth inquirer., 1895-08-08
HE WIpsAWAkE FARMER.
How He Keeps Pace with Progressive
Industries.

How He Keeps Pace With Progressive
Industries.
AS the wants of the people increase
there is not only greater consump-
ton but more variety is sought. II
the world has changed and electricity
is beginning to surplant horses and
men, the farm is not exempt from the
influence of progress The articles
used as food, and the dishes prepared
are very different from those of a cen
fury ago. Many fruits and vegetables
now in general use we're unknown at
the beginning of the present century
If the farmer is to keep pace with
those engaged in other industries he
must change his methods and his
crops to correspond with conditions
not of his own choosing, and meet the
consumers of his products with COM
modities of a kind best adapted to
their wants and not such as he may
prefer to grow for himself Every
year witnesses something new in the
field of agriculture, and no farmer
should be content to follow a beaten
path, but should branch out and en-
deavor to take advantage of every OPP
portunity for producing something on
the farm that will afford him larger
profit than he secured the previous
year.
The fact is conceded that the low
prices for grain are caused by the
cheapening of the cost by the use of
improved labor-saving implements and
machinery en- the farm and the day
when a crop must be cultivated be-
cause it requires less labor than some
other has passed. The crops that pay
best now are those that are the most
costly to produce because they are
grown less abundantly than the cheap
er kinds. Corn, wheat and oats are
grown at one-fourth the cost of former
times, and the old prices will never
return unless the misfortune of fam
inc should occur, which is hardly pos
sible in a country with such a diver
Sity of climate as ours. There are
crops grown in this country which ap-
parently are very large, but which do
not supply our home markets, and
this is due to the fact that they require
more labor than corn or wheat. Beans,
peas, apples, cherries, ounces, and
some of the garden crops are often be-
low the amount required for the sup
ply of the home markets.
1t is not supposed that farmers will
suddenly revolutionize their methods,
but it will be an advantage for them
to study the markets and statistics
and endeavor to learn what may be
required Labor should always be
considered in growing a special crop,
for it enters into the prices and the
remuneration for such expense is
never overlooked. 1t is labor that |
makes the value, and while it is we'll
to cheaper the labor yet the amount !
of labor required should never deter
one from growing a crop. A crop that
pays well one year may not be profit
able the next, as there is an induce
ment, by higher prices, for the farm
ers to seek the crop that pays best, |
but there are too many farmers who
adhere closely to certain crops and |
thereby fail to secure the highest prices
or largest profit. The progressive I
farmer will keep himself we'll inform
ed. and be always prepared to avail |
himself of the advantages open by
growing variety of crops in order I
to satisfy the demands of all classes.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1895-08-08
Marvellous Results.

derman, of Dimondale, Mich, we are per
mitted to make this extract: Il have no
hesitation in recommending DR.. Kings
New Discovery, as the results were al
most marvellous in the case of my wife.
While was pastor of the Baptist Church
at River junction she was brought down
with pneumonia succeeding La Grippe.
Terrible parcxisms of coughing would
last hours with little interruption and il
seemed as if she could not survive them.
A friend recommended DR. Kings New
Discovery; it was quick in its work and
highly satisfactory in results. Trial bot
ties free at Walkers Pharmacy
Regular size SOC. and $1.00
The Monmouth inquirer., 1895-08-08
Pruning Old Trees.

Old trees should be pruned careful
lly. Not twig or unprotected branch
should be left inside Fruit that ripens
close to the trunk of a tree seldom at
tains perfection. The tree should be
trained so that all of the fruit is ex-
posed tc, the sun, and then it will ripen
all alike. A good apple tree should be
outspread like an umbrella. Keep the
grass from growing around the trunks
of such trees; manure them occasion
ally, and good crops of fruit will be
the result.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1895-08-08
sheen Hnsbandry.

The bright side of sheep husbandry
is emphasized by Frederick Chambers,
one of the NEST progressive OF east
ern sheep men, He claims that al
though wool has dropped from forty
cents to less than fifteen cents per
pound, sheep Gncluding mutton and
manure) have paid better than any
other branch of agriculture except the
dairy. Even at present prices, wool
pays better than wheat. and the de-
cline in prices of what the wool grow
er has to buy is as great or greater
than the drop in wool values. He be-
lieves that dairying is likely to be over
done, that the rush to quit sheep hus-
bandry is mistake, and that we shall
never attain full degree of agricul-
tural success until the waste places
are made glad with sheep. As with
other products. a low price has come
to stay, but faith in the sheep busi-
ness should not waver.'
The Monmouth inquirer., 1895-08-08
cure for Headache,

AS a remedy for all forms OF Headache
Ell ectric Birters has proved to be the very
best. 1t effects a permanent cure and
the most dreaded habitual sick headaches
weld to it's influence. We urge all who
are afflicted to procure a bottle, and give
this remedy fair trial. In cases Of habit
ual constipation Electric Bitters cures by
giving the needed tone to the bowels, and
few cases long resist the use of this medi-
cine. Try it once. Large bottles only
SO cents at Walkers Pharmacy.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1895-08-08
J 4 pioneer,s Recommendation.

Mr.. J. W. Venable, of Downey, a
pioneer of Los Angeles County, Cal,
says: "Wh. never am troubled with a
pain in the stomach or with diarihoea
use Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. ! have used 1t ior
years, known it to be reliable remedy,
and recommended it to every one .
For sale by Walkers Pharmacy.
Among the numerous persons who
have been cured OF rheumatism by cham
berlain's Pain Balm, mention shonld be
made of Mrs Emily Thorne. OF Toledo,
WASH, who says; Il have never been able
to procure any medicine that would re-
lieve me of rheumatism like Chamber
lain s pain Balm. / have also used it for
lame back with great success 1t is The
best liniment | have ever used, and /
take pleasure in recommending it to my
friends" For sale by Walkers har
macy.
Raleigh said that he owned ALL his polite
ness of department to his mother.