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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
ABOUT THE AMERICAN FARMER.
Tho Secretary Discusses Economic Que1
tions with Characteristic vigor.

Tho Secretary Discusses Economic Cues
tions with Characteristics vigor.
In his reference to the condition Of
American farmers, heretofore noted in
these dispatches, the secretary says:
Legislation can neither plow nor
plant. The intelligent, practical and
successful farmer needs no aid from
the government. The ignorant, imprac-
teal and indolent farmer deserves
none. 1t II not the business Of the
government to legislate in behalf Of
any class of citizens because they are
engaged In any specific calling, no mat
ter how essential the calling may be
to the needs and comforts of civiliza-
ton. Lawmakers cannot erase natural
laws nor restrict or efface the operation
of economic laws. 1t Is a beneficent
arrangement Of the order of things and
the conditions Of human life that legis-
lators are not permitted to repeal.
amend, or revise the laws Of production
and distribution"
Referring to the stress Of competition
which the American farmer Is COM
PEELED to endure Morton calls attention
to the nearly 1000, 900 of farms of so
acres each given away by the govern
ment under the homestead act of 1855
during the past thirty years, and to the
amount donated under the timber
culture law. equivalent to over $50. 900
more farms Of the same size. Lands
long titled and rendered practically in
fertile could not, of course, enhance
In value and sell in competition with
virgin soil donated by the government
No legislation relative to the public
domain has been SO directly inimicaI
to the farmers who had bought ana
paid for the lands upon which they had
lived and labored. 1t was impossible
Tor formers in the old states to pro-
htably sell their products In COMPETE
ton with those Of the newer state.
grown upon lands which cost their
owners nothing.
During the fiscal year Just ended the
exported products Of American farms
aggregated $50 ooo. 900. an increase Of
S1s.0c0.00o over the preceding year. In
spite OF this there was q falling Off In
the percentage Of agricultural products
exported to the total exports. but this
was due to the unprecedented sale
abroad Of American manufactured
goods. The largest market for our
products is admitted to be the home
market. but the export traas = a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
MADE A TRIP OF $50 MILES.

III
Comes 10 the Ground ~ Lightly - . FAN.
tag Leaf, but Has One Fault.
when II got to a height OF about
ninety feet the inventor shouted to me
that he was going to make q series of
circles and then descend. He immedi-
ately did 30. beginning by making cir
Gle about 100 yards in diamter and
then gradually narrowing II until the
machine got within thirty feet OF the
ground. IT then feel straight down.
very gracefully. and touched the earth
as lightly as a falling leaf. The reports
from Sacramento the other night were
true. 1t was my clients airship that
the people saw. II started from Oro-
vile In Butte county. and flew sixty
miles In a straight line derecfiy over
sacramento. After running up and
down once or twice over the capital my
friend went right on a distance Of an
other seventy miles and landed at q
spot on the Oakland side of the bay,
where the machine now lies.
The inventor found during his trial
trip that his ship had a wsve-like mo-
ton that made him seasick II r. this
defect that he If now remedying. In
another six days the trouble win be
done away with and Il is then his in
tention to Immediately give the people
OF San Francisco q chance TO see his
machine. He will fly right over the city
and across Market street a dozen times.
l cannot tell you where he is housing
the ship. or what his name Is. as am
under pledge Of secrecy. but Il In q
fact that the machine does its work per-
fectly and Will astound the world and
revolutionize travel when IL has been
displayed before the public.
The inventor can fly with Il to New
YORK tmorrow IL he wants tn. He has
forsaken the ideas Of Maxim and
Langtry entirely In building the ma
chine. and has constructed IL on an alb
solutely new theory"
In spite Of Mr.. Collins statement
there are many skeptics who say fatty
they DO not believe his story. II is al
most incredible that an airship i5o feet
long could he secreted In any building
near San Francisco without the fact
being made public.
The mysterious lights seen over Sac
ramento. II any were seen. are thought
TO nave been meteors which passed
within range Of the vision Of bciateti
ship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

james L. Francis, alderman, Chi.
cago. says: 81 regard DR.. Kings
New Discovery - an ideal panaces
Tor coughs. colds and lung CON.
plants, having used il In my family
Tor the last i've years, to the exclu.
sion OF physicians prescriptions or
other preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa.
writes: al have been q minister Ct
the Methodist Episcopal church for
o0 years or more, and have never
found anything % beneficial. or that
gave me such speedy relief ~ DIR.
Kings New Discovery" Try this
ideal cough remedy now. Trial hot.
ties free at Harris & Ullemeyer's drug
store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

INVENTION OF A NAN OF WEALTH,

WE Has SPENT ol0o.00o nd Csaserueesd
. Machine That He Con- ny o. wherev>r
He Desires. with or As.lnse the ws,a-
Alleged Voyage q Ia Miles Lnss wee&
WIN Give San Francisco . Public E.hs.
hilton IN Few Days.
San Francisco. Nov. 23.-The Chron.
icle prints q story which would indi-
cate that the airship in practice Bile
form Is an established fact About 1
o'clock last Monday morning the in
habitants OF Sacramento who were astir
at that hour claim to have seen an air.
ship passing rapidly over the city.
Some merely said they saw q bright
light, while others went 10 far as to say
they saw . cigar-shaped flying ma
chine and heard human voices from Il.
The residents Of Oakland say they saw
the same sight q few night ago. The
story OF the mysterious airship has
been told all over the state and has
created considerable amusement. as Il
was generally believed to be q hoax.
The Chronicle now prints an interview
with George d. Collins. q reputable
lawyer of this city. who says that the
airship is a reality.
Attorney Collins Says IL IL True.
Attorney Collins says: 1t is perfectly
true that there Is at last a successful
airship in existence. and that Califor-
mia will have the honor of bringing IL
before the world. / have known OF the
affair for some time and am acting as
attorney for the inventor. He
Is very wealthy man who
has been studying the subject
and who came here seven years ago
from the state of Maine in order to be
able to perfect his ideas away from
the eyes of other inventors. During the
last five years he has spent at least
$100. 900 on his work. He has not yet
secured his patent, but his application
Is now in Washington. I cannot say
much about the machine he has per-
fected, because he is my client: and
besides he fears that the application
will he stolen from the patent Office II
people come to know that his invention
is practicable.
The Machine Flies with Ease.
II saw the machine one night last
week at the inventors invitation. 1t Is
made Of metal, is about $50 feet long.
and Is built to carry fifteen persons.
There was no motive power as far as I
could see; certainly no steam. II is
built on the aeroplane system. and has
two canvass wings eighteen feet wide
and rudder shaped like a birds tail.
The inventor climbed into the machine.
and after he had been moving some of
the mechanism for a moment I saw the
thing begin to ascend from the earth
very gently. The wings tapped slowly
as II rose. and then a little faster as Il
began to move against the wind. The
machine was under perfect control all
the time"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

Foleys Honey and Tar does not
claim TO perform miracles. Il docs
not claim TO cure all cases Of con.
sumption or asthma. But IL does
claim to give comfort and relief 10
advanced stages Of these diseases and
to usually cure early stages. Il 10
certainly worth trying BY those a..
h,cted or threatened with these
dread diseases. Sold by n. r. Balm.
sen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
HERE'S A STATE OF THINGS.
s"ossson IN che Colorado MINI STRIKE
Deeidediy Critical.

snussson In the Colorado MINI strike Sr~sss
Deeidediy Critical.
Leadvilie, Colo, Nov q PLANS are mid
to have been made and dates set for the
Inauguration Of another reign of terros
here. the declared purpose being to ruin
the mines. hut thus far the leaders h.v.
succeeded tn restrsininR the men. Il is
generally feared. however. that n. soop n
the downtown mines begin vork the VIC.
lent element will become uur.str.inabIa
and serious trouble viii occur. Thesc
mines. being surrounded bv houses. Ar
easier Of access and harder 20 defend than
tnose outside. which are projected b.
oiock-houses and stocksdes. Il IL claimed
that general attack upon tbs military d
the plan favored By the more radical Of the
serikers. The troops ere aid 20 be- ~.
pared for such IN event.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

regulater. the balance whesl. Tor g.
nestle trade. 1t follows that the inter.
est OF the manufacturer as well a.
OF the farmer is found in the most
sapid possible increase Of the export
OF farm products General prosperity
depends absolutely upon agricultural
prosperity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
FERRIS OF THE GREAT WHEEL DEAD
Conceiver and Builder Of . Worlds Fair
Attraction Passes AWAY.

Conceiver and Builder Of q world.s F>sv
Attraction Passes Away.
Pittsburg, Nov. 23.-George W. q.
Ferris. who conceived and built the
world-famous Ferris wheel. died at the
Mercy hospital in this city at II O'Clock
yesterday morning of typhoid fever.
His illness had been very brief. and n
was only Friday that he was taken to
the hospital. The attending physicians
say his system was greatly run down
by overwork. His wife came here from
Canton that she might be with her
husband in his dying moments. He
was born at Galesburg. Ills, Feb. IA.
1853; was graduated with high honor
by the Rensselaer, Polytechnic at New
York and conceived the great wheel in
1892,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
Palmer and Buckner's Only TownsA,,.

Topeka. Kas., Nov. 23.-Consolation
will come to General John N. Palmer
and General Buckner out of Kansas. for
at this late day it is discovered that the
National Democracy has scored a
victory. The candidates of the Ma
tionaf Democracy swept Dudley town.
ship. Haskell county. kas. Secretary
of State Edwards will forward to the gen.
erals certified copy of the returns.
as follows: Palmer and Buckner. 3:
Mckinley and Hobart. 2; Bryan and
Sewall l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
SAYS MAcEo WILL NOT FIGHT.


Havana. Nov. 23.-The first definite
pronouncement from Captain General
Weyier since he has taken the field in
person in Pinar del Rio was secured by
the correspondent of Ell Liberal, of Ma
dr1d, in an interview with the captain
general at 1aca near San Cristobal Sat-
urday. General Weyler asserted that
nc was highly pleased with the results
or his campaign in Pinar del Rio SO Tar.
he announced that he expected to re-
main to conduct active operations in
P1nar del Rio province for fifteen or
twenty days longer, adding: wait I'M
III Christmas. By that date we shall
have dealt a mortal blow to the revo-
luton. When asked about the where
abouts of Antonio Maceo, General
Weyler replied that he was southwest
OF the railway line. and that he al
ways avoided an engagement with the
Spanish troops, even when he occu-
pied an advantageous position.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
Byuum Leaves for the Esse.

Indianapolis. Nov. - william d
Bynum, chairman OF the national COM
mittee Of the gold Democrats. has gone
east. Before leaving Bynum said tina,
he may decide to call q meeting OF
the national committee within the rexi
few dayuI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
VIII he barred from the C.uc,..

Washington, Nov. SIN reply to n
question rs to whether the Palmer and
Buckner Democrats would be admitted IN
Democratic senate caucuses senator Nor.
gan said: 'Notst all; not ct least without
repentance, and neither Of them has shown
evidences Of that These gentlemen win
not wish to associate with men whom thew
have denounced rs anarchists, traitors and
dishonest people"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
YoHng Thugs In Chicago.

Chicago. Nov. 23.-It has Just trans
pired that a gang of boys has been ar
rested for an attempt last week to
wreck the Breen Bay express on the
Northwestern road when II had $50 mas
sengers on board. They had placed a
steel rail across the track where there
was a twelve-foot embankment. The
rail was thrown aside by the cow
catcher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

Chicago, Nov. sa-Joseph Calls went
home from work Saturday and found that
his wife had given birth to baby. He q
once assaulted her with . chair and other
household implements. pounded her into
insendbility and blscked both her cyea.
She and the baby may die. Calls 10 IN
iail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23
POLITICS IN A PROCLAMATION.
Arkansas Governor Emulates Peuuoyel
Oregon's Late Executive.

Oregon's Late Executive.
Little Rock. Nov. 23.-In his Thanks
giving proclamation Governor Clark
drops into politics" in the following
quotations: Our only cause for
murmur or complaint is to be found in
such things as the Misguided action of
our fellow citizens in other sections
have imposed upon us. With us 'ev-
cry prospect pleases and only man ID
vile.' Let us. therefore. on the day
named. return profound and unstinted
thanks to tie Creator for the bounty
1t has pleased Him to bestow upon us
as q state. and to praise and bless Him
for the privilege yet preserved to US
OF still persisting in our task in making
those cropping in the darkness of sell
nshness and error know the right, and
knowing, dare to maintain it,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-11-23

lsso-rss Tear Osasaasoe.lOOs.
Iwill replace free all WORT that ]
have done during the past 10 years
that 10 not sstisfactory.
@. ~. BADoooK,
1736 Second ovouus
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
Her surrestIon.

"A man is, for some occult reason. La
Bile to look little shamefaced when he
gets home after staying out all night at
a political meeting. AS he came I'D the
path to the farm house his wife came
to the door to meet him.
Did ye have purity excltln' timer"
1he asked.
tremendous" he answered.
1 spose you've got everything set
tied"
mo. Ter toll the truth, everything's
]es about or much in doubt ca ever"
We'll, / s'pose It's yer own lookout.
But must say kinder hate ter see We
wastin' so much good energy"
How dye mean?"
Pigs Is gotter be fed an woods got
to be chopped, politics err ne politics. /
don't want ye to neglect yer country
when they's anything that rely calls
fur YER But I hope ye will bear In mind
that every time We wave yer hat In the
air just cause we git little excited,
ye're usln' up muscle tibet might have
done good service chopin wood, an
that every time ye yell 'Hooray' bout
nothin' in particular ye're usin' up good
lung power thet'd come in mighty
handy ter drive the pigs weth."
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13
and Poultry.

particular, so far as Its composition
Is concerned. Instead of the natural
fat of milk, or cream, which is extrac-
ted for butter making, there as neutral
lard, made from the leaf fat Of the hog,
This article, claimed to be exception
ally pure and good of its kind. is
used at the rate of two or three pounds
10 every 100 pounds Of skim milk. The
cheese resulting carries about 30 per
cent Of Qard) fat, which is rather less
than the average Of Gutter fat in good
whole milk cheese. The casein and
other components Of the two are prac-
tically the same in kind and proper
TONS From this statement of COM
position one can judge for himself
whether this filled or lard cheese is a
legitimate article of food, whether 1t
Is wholesome, and whether he desires
to use it in the diet of himself and
family. It is made of comparatively
cheap materials, costing from one-half
to two-thirds as much as good, full
cream, factory cheese, and its market
price, wholesale or retail, should cor
respond. At its best, this is cheap in
Terror cheese; 1t is almost devoid of
flavor, oily or greasy when warm, and
never attains the dry, crumbly consis-
tency OF a well cured cheese. 1t is sold
when only month or two from the
press In imitation of mild, immature
Chppsn n 10 oloiDood tbot a. dooo " ~
keep well, especially If subjected to
temperature above 60 degrees. No one
acquainted with first class full cream
cheese would ever accept the filled pro-
duct as substitute, but 1t may be sue
cessfully passed as genuine article
OF second grade. There is plenty of
good cheese still made in the United
States, and 1t can be secured II buyers
will but make little effort to find 1t.
The states Of New York and Wisconsin
together produce two-thirds of all the
cheese made in the country, and the
reputation Of the factories of these
states for high quality, full cream
cheese has been long established. The
product Of these factories of the stand
ard or Cheddar form of large cheese
stands second to none in the markets
of Great Britain as we'll as in America.
The two states named, as we'll as 9TH
ers, absolutely prohibit the manufac-
ture and sale Of filed cheese within
their borders and the marking of skim
cheese to initiate full cream goods.
These laws are well enforced"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13

goes over to the majority. Feed often
but little at time, every hours say
five times a day, until the chicks arc
five weeks old, and see that no food is
left standing In the sun to sour after
they have eaten. Remove It all, moth
ing causes more bowel looseness, and
dysentery, than sour food. The best
food for the first five weeks is composed
OF one-third cat meal, one third corn
meal and one-third wheat bran; add
pinch OF salt, moisten with sweet milk
or water, warm II in cold weather and
twice week add some bone meal.
Keep coarse sand by the COOP at all
times, don't think the chick can find
this themselves, that is one Of the
commonest mistakes in rearing chick
ems; after they are Ave weeks old YOU
can leave out the cat meal and feed
three or four times a day. When ten
weeks old, at noon scatter wheat and
cracked corn in litter such as leaves
and cut straw, so they will have TO
work for It, but not too much corn az Il
makes them too fat. Green food must
be supplied, II the chicks are cooped
up on fresh grass this problem is solved
and they will help themselves to what
they need. If, however, they are con-
fhed In a small yard, finely cut grass
lettuce, or onion tops will make good
substitute. Fresh cool water must be
kept accessible so a drink can be taken
when wanted. Sell the cockerells
when they weigh two or two and a half
pounds each, and don't forget to dust
the pullets well with insect powder, for
you do not want to raise chicken lice
but II you are not careful you will
Now with this food and proper care
they will begin to lay along In Septem-
Der and October, Then sell off your old
fowls, clean the houses and whitewash
them and the pullets moved in, and
then on feed for eggs as follows: For
four days In the week feed early in the
morning q warm mash composed of one
part shorts, one part bran, one part
corn meal, and add cooked potatoes or
turnips and apple parings. Feed on
boards or In troughs, only enough to
supply part of their hunger; give water
all round, then scatter wheat or oats
in the litter and let the aim be to keen
the hens busy every moment from
morning until night scratching for
wheat and oats, which should be buried
in the litter. Let the noon ration be
green rye or cabbage hung in the
pens just high enough to compel the
hens to jump to peck it. About 8 D. m.
feed the whole grain, full feed, oats or
wheat, and in the very coolest weather
a little corn. Keep grit or granulated
bones so they can get at it all the win
ter, and charcoal, don't forget to give
them some. Clean pen, fresh water,
pure air and system of feeding such
as is here outlined will bring money
to the farmer every month in the year,
try 1t.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-13

F. A. Homann, Of Effingham county,
ILL.,, read the following paper before a
farmers institute in that county:
Eggs are all the year round crop,
differing greatly in this respect from
hay, corn and vegetables, which are all
harvest time crops; and If not marketed
at once, expensive buildings have to be
prepared to store them in, and not few
crops such as potatoes, cabbage and
fruit, shrink in value by decaying
while stored. Not so with our poultry
product, which has an all the year
ready market, and with eggs as the
basis of poultry business steady all
the year round income can be COM
manded. 1t Is the winter eggs that pay
the greater profit and bring up the
average price for the year. II the
greater part of the eggs are received for
spring and summer, when prices are
brought down by a large supply, the
average will be lower, but II fowls lay
In December, January and February
when eggs are 20 to 80 cents dozen
the average price for the whole year
will be satisfactory. The whole story Of
getting eggs in winter can be resolved
into three simple rules. First, hatch
the chicken early; second, keep them
growing so the pullet will come to lay
ing maturity in October or by Novem-
Der; third, keep them laying by good
food and care. When l say hatch the
chickens early do not mean too early,
because If Matched too early and go to
laying in August and September they
will usually moult in December just as
the weather is becoming very cold, and
good-by eggs from then till spring.
For the heavier varieties, such as
Brahma and Cochins, the middle of
March is none too early. Plymouth
rock and Wyandottes we would hatch
the first half of April If possible. II not,
April will do. The Spanish, Minorcas,
Leghorns and Hamburgs should be
hatched in May for best results. Set
three or more hens at time and once
a week dust them well with insect pow
der, and when the chicks hatch give
them to two or more mothers. gave
as our first rule for getting a good profit
from poultry to hatch your chickens
early. Equally important is the sec
ond, keep them growing so they will |
come to laying maturity by November
first. The food and care has much to
do with the chicken growing.
Now for the first "a hours do not feed |
the chicks, for they need no food dur
Ing this time, nature has provided for
that by ABSORPTION Of egg-yolk into
their little abdomens, and it is neces-
sary this absorbed egg-yolk be digested.
Much damage is done and many chicks
lives are lost by disregarding this rule;
some people in their haste to get the
chicks growing hurry food into their
,rops before the system has toned up ID
lake care Of 1t, and the consequence is
The bowels are congested and the chick