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Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-02

The Mattoon Star states that it is a
fact of common notoriety in that sec
ton of the state that Hon. Horace
Clark has been slated for lieutenant
governor by the Tanner machine, and
that his candidacy is supposed to
keep the Nineteenth congressional
district in line 1t is probable that
Lieu.-Gov. Northcott's friends will
object to any such arrangement as
that the Star gives publicity to, but
that will not count if Tanner wills
otherwise
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-02
Licensed TO Wed.

1t will not be a surprise to any who
are at all familiar with the good quail
tiles of Cham berlain's Cough Remedy,
to know that people everywhere take
pleasure in relating their experience
in the use of that splendid medicine
and in telling of the benefit they have
received from it. of bad colds it has
cured, of threatened attacks of pneu-
monia it has averted and of the chill
dren it has saved from attacks of
Group and whoOping cough. 1t is
grand, good medicine. For sale by all
druppists
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-02

THE all wise Washington corre-
spondents of the administration press,
regardless of the Proprieties of the
situation, are already frantically en-
deavorinG TO show that admiral
Dewey's engagement to the sister of
John K. Mclean cuts no figure polit-
ically, as it is solemnly asserted that
the fancee of the great hero is a re-
publican and an eXpansionist, and
that hence the engagement and forth
coming marriage of the distinguished
pair will have no political sequel.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-02

PERHAPS if Sir Gen. White will in
vestigate far enough he will find that
those Internal mules which precipi-
tated the disaster outside of Lady
smith began the trouble by shying at
the Boer whiskers that overhung the
hill tops.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-02

THAT "blushed- Ikea schoolbov"
phrase in connection with the an
nouncement of Admiral Dewey's en-
gagement is already thread-bare.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-02

IT is very apparent that the Eng
lish government has found something
in South Africa to censor besides
the news of the war.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-02

IT is regarded as a pretty well set
tied fact that ex-Gov. j. w. Fifer will
succeed w. j. Calhoun on the inter-
state commerce commission.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-02
How to Prevent a Cold.

After exposure or when you feel a
cold coming on, take dose of Foley's
Honey and Tar. 1t never fails and
will prevent pneumonia Or consump-
ton if taken in time.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-02

The god of war brought Dewey
victory and good fortune, but the
little god with the arrow brought him
conquest and good fortune.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-02

GOEBEL has closed his campaign in
all parts of Kentucky but his own
district.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-02

MARTIN B. MADDEN has won out
over the Lorimer people in the Fourth
ward organization in Chicago.
Rock Island Argus., 1899-11-02
THE ARGUS.

IN THE NAME OF j. w. POTTER,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-09-06

duce a crop of pea vines from the soil
and then return it back to the soil
again. l think the best disposition OF
a heavy growth Of pea vines is to con-
vert them into hay, feed to horses and
cattle and return to the soil in the
form of manure.
1t is claimed that fully 80 per cent.
of the manurial value of crop of pea
vines that would be realized from if
turned under would be secure from
the manure produced by the same pea
vines made into hay and fed to live
stock Considering the vines turned
under worth as manure SIS to the acre,
the manure resulting from the vines
fed to horses and cattle would, be
worth not less than 81, if all is care
fully saved and returned to the soil.
Besides, when fed to cattle we realize
a fair increase in beef and butter, milk
and power to labor; and still have the
manure worth $31h to to return to
the land.
If this cannot be done, the next best
way is to let them get ripe and pick
them or pasture them off, and then
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-09-06
Cowpeas For the South.

OF all the many plants that find 4
cOngenial home in the soil and climate
of the South, none nave advanced
more rapidly in favor during the last
II or Is years than the cowpea. OF
course it has been known among IL few
as Il land rtnovator. bu: many were
slow to recognize it's value as Il land
imprOver of farm crop. 1t occupies
the same place here as does red clover
at the north and west. No one used
to think of fertiliZing peas, uut farm
ers are now fast learning that cOwpeas
are just as grateful for T little acid
phosphate and potash as any other
crop. 1t is good idea where corn
rows are five or more feet apart to
plant row Of unknown pea; between
at the second cultivating. They thus
receive the benefit of some cultivation.
The vines will grow luXuriantly. At
the last blowing sow about u or "a
bu. broadcast of speckled peas.
The main crop of peas should follow
oats and wheat. They have time
enough to make a good crop if given
proper attention. The mistake should
not be made of treating it as a mere
catch crop, to be put in any fashion,
but it should be considered an import
ant feature of crop rotation and re-
ceive it's due share of attention. 1t
has been a prevalent notion that the
way to manage a pea crop where in
tended for land improver is to turn
under the green vines. l am confident
this is an error A farmer cannot pro-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-09-06
NOTICE.

u. 8. Standard live Stock Remedy,
is net quack medicine, but has been
gotten up by the government veterin-
airy doctors at great expense and after
many trials and has proved very effect
ual in preventing and curing hog and
chicken cholera and kindred diseases.
We have abundant testimonials all
around us for the cure 1t has made,
often saving whole fiocks of chickens
and herds of swine, while the neigh
bors' hogs and chickens were dying all
around. See ad. in another column. If.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-09-06

turn under the stubble. Peas are rel
ished by horses and cows and hogs,
and in fact all farm stock. This does
not correspond with statement made
by one of your Missouri correspond
ents in the issue of July 1, ,as he says
his hogs and horses would not eat
them, but his COWS did very we'll on
chem. I never heard of hogs or horses
refusing to eat peas before. think all
farmers, especially southern farmers,
should raise cOwpeaS.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-09-06

That night about 1 o'clock Mrs.
Plummer reused and asked her hus-
band to call Hepsey. When she came
her aunt said:
81 guess I'll clean the roof to the
south porch, and there is spot ON the
window sill in the upper hall. l must
git up and rub it off,"
'Oh, no, aunt, I'll do it; you amt
we'll enough" said Hepsey.
II will do it myself" said the sick
woman, rising up in bed.
Fearing to cross her, the farmer and
Hepsey were silent.
"SGit the brush and some water, and
be spry now, Hepsey,'' she said with
some of her old decision.
Mechanically the girl obeyed, and
taking a candle, went to the kitchen
and returned with the desired articles.
AS her aunt saw the brush her face
lighted up with a look of pleased re-
cognition.
'Mrs. P, don't git up; jest let Hep
sey fix it all right
''No, no; help me git to my feet"
she said to her husband. So, leaning
on his strong arm, she managed to go
into the hall. Hepsey went before
them with candle, brush and pan.
AS the light of the candle fell upon
the spot on the window sill she gave
faint cry of horror, and reaching for
the brush she fell back into her hus
bands arms, gasping for breath. They
carried her to her room and Jake was
sent for the doctor, but as the ply
sician's step was heard she breathed
her last, victim of neatness.
Years after, when Hepsey and Jake
had a little home of their own, over
which she presided as nicely as any
housekeeper in the district, Jake would
frequently say:
f 'Hev a care, Hepsey. Don't git too
neat, and make an idol of that scrub
bling brush.''
And she would pleasantly retOrt:
''There amt no danger that I'll be
too neat, with four tearing boys to
look after."- Selected.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-09-06


weeks she rose early and taking the
clean linen washed it over again. The
deep frown between her eyes was in
tensitied, and the hard lines about her
mouth became like burrows.
1t was now scrub scrub from morn
ing to night, until Hepsey's arms ach-
ed, and nothing but the fact that the
girl was dependent upon her aunt kept
her patient under the new rules,
which were constantly made.
One hot summer day Mrs. Plummer
said: '"Them horse blankets must be
washed to-day; it's been kinder neg
lected of late''
but aunt" expostulated Hepsey,
'the horses don't wear 'em now, in this
boiling weather; they're just put away
in this carriage house,"
Il know it, but, the dust gathers on
'em," said her aunt, fixing her eyes as
if looking at something in the distance,
with the tense expression they now
wore. a..
Il tell you l won't hev them blankets
washed again this summer; it just
wear 'em out" exclaimed Mr. Plum
mer, land there amt no use in scrub
bin and Washin' ones life away"
Il don't keep the house half-a-ways
decent replied his wife, bursting into
tears. 'I'm ashamed of myself; but
most of the cleanin' falls on me, for
Hepsey's that slack
81 wonder that she lives,'' muttered
Jake, so that TO one but Hepsy heard
him.
When the men went out to the barn
the next morning all the blankets were
hanging ON the line, for Mrs. Plummer
always carried her point, and she had
been to the barn before dawn, found
the blankets and washed them.
The sun rose red and fiery that morn
ing and not breath of air was STIR
ring; the last acre of grass was to be
Cut uOWA CAAdC Ody, dAu CI1c LucA OCC
off early for the fields.
About II o'clock Jake was startled
by the sudden appearance of Hepsey in
the hay field, her face looking white
and scared.
ooh, Jake!" she cried, Selling his
arm, ego for doctor! Aunt went up
to scrub the roof of the south piazza,
and the moment she came in she fell
in the upper hall in a dead faint; you
call uncle, while run back
Jake gave the alarm and while he
rode for a doctor, Plummer lifted his
wife, with the help of Hepsey, and laid
her ON the bed. The scrubbing brush
was still clutched firmly in her hand.
They bathed her poor, rough hands
and succeeded in restoring her con-
seriousness, at least partially, before
the arrival of the physician. When he
came he said:
II fear it is sunstroke or appoplexy.
and she must be kept very quiet;
has she been out in the sun all day %
"She was on the roof of the south
piazza, SIR" said Hepsey, "and when
she had finished scrubbing it she
climbed back through the hall, but
fell on the hall floor in a kind of a
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
WHEN FASTING is FATAL.
Loss of Weight Below q Certain
Point Brings Death.

Loss of Weight Below q Certain
Point Brings Death.
During long fast the daily loss Of
weight becomes gradually less and
less. Death comes when the total loss
has reached a certain percentage,
which percentage varies with the orig
inal weight. Fat animals may lose
half their weight, thinner ones per-
haps two-fifths.
A man or woman of rather spare
habit, weighing 143 pounds, could,
therefore, lose about 55 pounds before
succumbing. Heart action, respiration
and blood pressure remain unaltered
during starvation, but the tempera>
ture Of the body falls nearly a degree
In most cases. The secretion Of gastric
juice ceases, but saliva and bile are
still formed. The duration Of life de-
pends upon the extent and activity of
the physiological processes.
Children die after a fast of from
three to five days, during which they
Healthy adults, however, have tasted
GO days when water has been taken.
DR.. Schaeffer, q German physician,
notes the case Of a woman, aged At,
who died after a fast Of 43 days, dur
ing which she drank water freely.
Her weight, which was 143 pounds a
year before her death, was reduced
to 90 pounds. 1t was case of sui
cidal melancholia, and the woman pa
tiently carried out her horrible under
taking so quietly as to scarcely at
tract the notice Of her family and died
at last calmly and peacefully without
complaint or apparent evidence Of suf.
fering.-San Francisco Examiner.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27

Nearly all towers in which there is q
notable proportion Of blue are unat-
tractive when seen under artificial
light. Hence purple and lilac flowers
do not usually look well at night
though there are exceptions owing to
the intensity Of the red in some pur-
pies, which comes out well at night
and causes them to appear as crinl-
sons. Yellows invariably lose bril-
liancy, and pale yellows become bad
whites under gaslights, but reds and
crimsons and all shades Of pink and
white retain their beauty, and, as
rule, green leaves are pleasing under
any light.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
SEA DOG FEARS FOR HIS SON
The Promising Boy Had Imbibed
Some NewfanEled Words.


Some Newfangled Words.
"He's right" said the weather beaten
old man with fringe Of whiskers un-
der his chin. The feller as wrote that
is steerin straight an no mistake" he
added as he bit a piece out of a plug
of tobacco.
whats the trouble?" asked the man
who had sat down near him on the
park bench.
"a fathers sorrer. This paper says
Tat boys amt eddycated right"
"Well, it's pretty hard to keep them
at their books, and that's fact. I've
got boy whose sole ambition is to run
away and 60 to sea-"
'Look out fur i'm. Watch his eddy
boy to school, but 1 didn't take pains
an keep an eye on him. 1 went to see
the lad the other day, an while was
talkin about old times l started in to
tell him a. fo'c'sle yarn. He looked at
me kind O. inquirin like an says, 'Ex-
cuse me, father, but don't you mean
forecast,eY You can imagine a par
cut > leeIlHSS. buI leu ulu Oh dH
could feel myself turnin pale to hear
him talk about bulwarks when he
meant bullarks an referrin offhand to
the main topgallant sail. What he
meant was the mentogallansl. But he
didn't know any better. 1 told him
better but he jes' grinned. Now what's
that boys chance in life? S'posen he
takes a notion to make man o. him
self an runs away to sea, fur
wouldn't have the nerve, KNOWN
what l do, to recommend him. What'n
the result be? He'll walk up to the
bosun an ask him if he amt the boat
swain, an then he'll jes' naturally
get dropped Observation-Disclosures
Star
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
Letting 1t out.

A lady who had a servant somewhat
given to curiosity inquired on return
ing from a visit one afternoon: did
the postman leave any letters, MaryT
Nothing but postcard. ma'am."
"Who is it from, Mary?"
"And do you think I'd read 1t,
ma'am?" said the girl with an injured
air.
perhaps not; but any one who sends
me messages on postcards is stupid or
impertinent."
you'll excuse me, ma'am," returned
the girl loftily, ''but l must say that's
a nice way to be talking about your
own mother" - Sydney Town and
Country Journal.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
The Long Lived Elephant.

According to Aristotle, Button and
Cuvier, the elephant may live for two
centuries. After his victory over Po-
rus, Alexander consecrated to the sun
an elephant that had fought for the
Indian monarch and gave it the name
Of Ajax. Then. having attached an in
scription. he set it at liberty. The ami
NAL was found $50 years later. making
its age easily somewhere between three
and four centuries.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot-Ease.
powder to be shaken into the shoes. 1t makes
tight or new shoes feel easy gives instant relief
to corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort
discovery of the age, Cures swOllen.feet, bl1s-
ters and callous spots. Aliens Foot-Ease Is
certain cure for ingrowing nails,- sweating,
smarting, hot, aching feet We have $4,000 tes-
timonials. All druggists and shce stores sell
it. 25c. Trial package FREE by mail Address,
Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy. N. Y.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
A Nice Lttt1e E1opement.

'There's a rather funny circum-
stance connected with the elopement
here last week." remarked the To-
quacious landlord of the tavern in a
remote Sussex village, says an English
paper, addressing a cyclist who had
stopped for refreshment.
"a young man who hadn't known
her so very long ran away with the
squire's daughter. and a day or two
later the old gentleman sent this mes
sage by letter to his new son-in-law:
"'All is forgiven. Come home
''To this the young fellow tele-
graphed the reply:
"'All won't be forgiven until / have
kicked you we'll for letting me elope
with your daughter. You'd better not
be at home when come. that's all!
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
DON'T he Angry.

1t doesn't pay to get angry. Anger
uses up the nerve forces Of the body.
So does worry; so does hate. A bad
temper wears you out. 1t makes you
needless enemies. 1t spoils. your looks.
A man with bad temper had better
tie stone around his neck and throw
It into lake. If he doesn't, it Is liable
to drag him-but we won't speculate
about that.--Denyer News
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
A West Indian Hurricane

Recently travelled up the coast at will, and
acted in an entirely different manner from
any other storm. Sometimes dyspepsia acts
in the same way. 1t refuses to yield to treat
ment which has cured similar cases. Then
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters should be taken.
1t has cured stomach trouble for half GEN.
tury.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

By local applications, as they cannolreach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
uonal remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous Innings of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inhamed
you have rumbling sound imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever:
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition of
the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness [cause by catarrhl that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggist, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
Derided.

An Austin colored waiter told Bos-
ton man at a hotel that In eastern
Texas a. white man had married me-
gro woman.
"Was he not deridedY asked the
Bostonian in the classic speech Of the
"Hub of Culture"
"He was, sah," beamed the negro
"Dey rided him out ob town on rail-"
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
No Disturbance

Mrs. Gofrequent Your husband
goes out good deal. doesn't he?
Mrs. Seldom Home-Yes, but we al
ways have seats next to the central
aisle, and it never disturbs anybody
Chicago Tribune
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use
tor their children during the teething
period.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27

The postmaster-general reports an
increase Of IA per cent in the sale of
postage stamps, stamped envelopes and
postal cards over that of last year.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27

More than three thousand one hun
dred immigrants passed through the
Barge Office at New York one day last
week.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27

The Homestake mine, South Dakota,
is said to have yielded $80,000,OO0 in
gold in its twenty-five years of opera
tion.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27

ETTC Permanently Cured. No fits or nervous
llAo ness after first days use of Dr.. Kline'f
Great Nerve Restorer Send for FREE Sc .OO
trial bottle and treatise. DR.. R. II. KLINE, Ltd
80 Arch st. Philadelphia. Pa
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
Does Your
Baking Powder
Contain
Alum?

Prof Geo. F. Barker, NJ D.. University of Penn: Call
the constituents of alum remain from alum baking powde in
the bread the alum itself reproduced all and
purposes when the bread dissolved by the gastric juice in the
process of digestion regard the of alum highly injurious
Dr. Aonzo Clark GA substance (aum) which de-
should be tolerated baking powder
Prof w G. Tucker New York State Chemist "I believe
(alum be decidedly injurious when used constituent of
food articles
Prof S. W. johnson, Yale College, 81 regard their
aum and soluble alumna ts introduction into baking pow
ders dangerous to health"
In view of such testimony as this,
every care must be exercised by
the housewife to exclude the over
and over condemned cheap, alum
baking powders from the food.
powders made from cream o tata,w $
other in used in levening Baking
PowderE the highest example of powder
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
Throw Physic To The Dogs.

Constipation is treated by an intestinal tonic
and liver stimulant, palatable, gentle, yet
potent-Cascarets Candy Cathartic. All Drug
gists, 10c, 25c, soc,
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27

III the sixteenth century fencers held
the sword in their right hand and a
dagger in the left to ward off blows
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27

ADJESI My Monthly Regulator CAN NOT Fail
AAUlL0'. Box FREE MRS. B, Rowan, Mil
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27

I know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Conusmption.-John IA. Miller,
Au Sable, Michigan, April 81, 1895.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27

Only the Singers Fee.
Does singing the song "Oh, Promise
Me-" at wedding, promise anybody
anything?-Atchison Globe.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27

Strawberry valley and IdleWild, two
famous summer resorts in the San ia
cinto mountains, have been purchased
by a syndicate of Los Angeles men,and
will be greatly improved, and made an
all-the-year-round health and pleasure
retreat. Several prominent doctors
and railroad men are among the pur-
chasers.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27
Flowers Under Artificial Light.

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Mesa free press., 1899-10-27

Baking powders made from of tartar, which is highly
refined grape acd promove of health, and efficient
No other kind should be used in eavenng food Royal Baking
Powder the highest example pure of tartar powder
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-14
MORE RECRUITS,
Lieut.. Royden Enlisted Sew
eral Veterans Yesterday.

The recruiting office in the Walker
building was a busy place yesterday.
Lieut.. H. N. Royden visited the city
and the following named men were
sworn into the service: Felix A. Sham
DO, John E. Brown, Peter Dugre. Thos.
Harvey Joseph N. Charron, Frank
Twohey, John H. Donahoe, w. f. Nor
ton, Joseph L. Davis.
The men left Worcester at 7.12 o'clock
last evening for Madison barracks,
Shattucks Harbor, N. Y. They will all
become members of the Ninth United
States infantry.
Frank Twohey fought in the war with
Spain as a member of Co. B, Second
Massachusetts regiment. William f.
Norton and Joseph L. Davis enlisted
with Capt. Anglum last summer in the
Twelfth infantry and were recently dis
charged from that regiment at Fort
Riley.
Joseph l.. Davis is also Cuban cam
p'aigner. He was formerly private in
Co. K, Ninth Massachusetts regiment.
Worcester is proving to be fertile
field for Uncle Sans officers. Nearly a
full company of men have been recruit
ed from Worcester and nearby towns
since peace was proclaimed by the
United States and Spain, and Lieut..
Royden says that he expects to be able
to secure many more men before the
office in this city closes it's doors.