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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
American Penrs For Europe.

The department of agriculture has
made n success during the past season
of the shipment of summer apples and
southern peaches to Europe and is
now turning its attention to an expert
ment with pears, writes the Washing
ton correspondent of the Philadelphia
Public Ledger and Times. G. Harold
Powell, the assistant pomologist of the
department, and ii. S. Fulton of that
division are in western New York Sc
lecting the best fall varieties for ship
ment and experimenting packing and
shipping them. Every pear is care
fully inspected and wrapped. The
cases are sent in cold storage cars and
carried on shipboard into cold COM
partments The success with peaches
leads the department experts to be-
lieve that an even greater success is
possible with pears. The fruit of New
York is especially fine this year, and
the English market promises good
price.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
TO SEEK SMALLPOX GERM.
John ID. ROcLefeIIcr Asked to supply
Funds tn Carry ON Search.


Health Officer Friedrich of Cleveland
has asked John II. Rockefeller to give
money to aid in the effort 10 discover
the germ of smallpox, says the New
York World. He sent a letter to Mr..
Rockefeller the other day.
Science in all the history of the
loathsome disease has never been able
to discover the smallpox germ" said
DR.. Friedrich. Mr.. Rockefeller could
do no nobler work than to provide n
fund for the discovery of the germ.
The discovery of the cholera infan-
tum germ is an important matter, but
it is not half so important as the dis
covery of the smallpox germ would
be. There are many evidences that
there are smallpox germs and that they
are protozoa. No one has been able tO
discover them. If the matter be ap-
preached as carefully as the cholera
infantum problem was, feel confident
of results. / believe Mr.. Rockefeller
will take hold of this suggestion for
the good of humanity. If he does and
the germ be discovered, it will mean
the saving of thousands of lives in the
future"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
A MAMMOTH ORCHARD
Five Thousand Acres to Be
Planted In Missouri.
WILL BE LARGEST IN THE WORLD

All but Two Hundred and Fifty
Acres VIII BE Devoted to Apples of
the Jonathan and Ben Davis Varie-
ties-Fifty Trees VIII BE Planted to
the Acre.
The largest apple orchard in the
world is soon to be planted in Laclede
county, Mo-, short distance from
the main line of the Frisco rail-
road, says the Kansas City Star. The
land has already been purchased by
syndicate promoted by residents of
Des Moines, Ia, and assisted by the
| Frisco railroad.
One of the directors in the new en-
terprise is Kansas City man, William
c. Carroll, who has had much expert
ence in fruit raising in the Ozark re-
gion of Missouri. Mr.. Carroll was in
Kansas City the other day in consulta-
ton with Cal i. Johnston and other
officials of the Frisco system.
THE largest orchard in the world to-
day is in the Ozark mountains" said
Mr.. Carroll. 1T has 1900 acres
planted i'll fruit trees. My company
has purchased 5000 acres near Leb-
anon, Mo. We viii plant every acre
of it with fruit trees. When the apple
trees are all bearing, which Will be
about six years from now, we viii
have the largest orchard in the world
DO you not expect TO receive any
returns from your Investment before
six years have passed." was asked.
Yes. We will plant 30 acres in
peach trees. Those will yield within
about three years if the seasons are
favorable. The peach crop is not SO
sure as the apple crop, and that is why
we have decided to plant most of the
5000 acres in apple trees. While the
apple trees are growing-that is, dur
ing the next three or four years-we
will plant small fruits and grain be-
tween the rows of apple trees. BY
that plan our big farm will yield a
good revenue before we gather the first
crop of apples"
MIR. Carroll said the 5000 acres that
will be converted into an apple orchard
are now covered with wild forest trees.
I'VE have let the contract for clear
ing the land" continued Mr.. Carroll.
that is productive of good timber is
also good for fruit trees. Whenever
you see healthy virgin forest, that is an
Indication that the soil and drainage
viii produce good crops of fruit. We
intend to plant fifty trees to the acre.
Only Jonathans and Ben Davis trces
Will be planted. Most of the orchards
in southern Missouri have trees planted
sixty to the acre"
NJ. J. WraSg, president OF the Iowa
State horticultural society, Will have
personal charge of the work of plant
ing the big orchard. Assisting him will
be \. Il. Nelson of Lebanon, Mo, treas
urer of the Missouri State Horticul-
tural society. Mr.. Nelson has won first
prizes at every large exposition that
has been held in Europe and America
during the past ten years.
The capital stock of the new cOmpa-
ny will be 81 100000. In order to assist
the promoters of the enterprise the
Frisco Railway company has agreed to
build spur track five miles 4ong, run
ming from the main line, near Lebanon,
through the orchard. The road proba-
bly, will be extended through the big
orchard to Hartvillc, in Wright county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
NEW RETURN POSTAL CARD
Addressee VIII Pay Postage Before
Delivery

Delivery.
One of the most important innova-
tons in the postal service in recent
years is now under consideration by
the postoiticc department at Washing
ton, says the st. Louis Republic. The
proposed service is known as the re
turn envelope and postal card system.
At present any one sending out Il lot of
circulars inclosing an addressed postal
card has to pay $40 n thousand for the
pOStals and the cost of printing, and
statistics show that the returns rarely
exceed 10 per cent.
Under the new system it is proposed
to authorize the use of Il special form
of envelope and postal card, which are
to be sold at n reasonable price per
thousand. They viii bear stamp de
signed to show that they can be
dropped in the mail and carried to
their destination, where the postage
will be paid by the addressee before
delivery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
DOESN'T TRUST EoRsEs.
Part Maniac and Part Idiot Is What
One Man Calls Them.

One Man Calls Them.
1 have spent much OF a long life in
the obse>va en- of horses. l have
reared them, broken them. trained
them, ridden them, driven them in ev-
cry form from the pillow to four-in-
hand. The result of these years OF
study is summed up in one sentcnce-I
believe the horse to be part maniac
and part idiot. Every horse at some
time in his life develops into homi-
cidal maniac. believe any man who
trusts himself or his family to the
power of a horse stronger than himself
to be lacking in common sense and
wholly devoid of ordinary prudence,
writes Il Kentuckian to Harper's Week
ly. l have driven one commonplace
horse every other day for six years
over the same road and then had him
go crazy and try to kill himself and
me because n leaf fluttered down in
front of him. l have known scores of
horses, apparently trustworthy, appar-
emily creatures of routine, go wild and
insane over equally regular and recur-
ring phenomena. No amount of OBJ
servation can tell when the brute viii
break out. One mare took two gener-
ations of children to school over the
same quiet road and then in her nine
teenth year went crazy because
rooster crowed alongside the road.
She killed two of the children. If any
one can tell me OF one good reason
why man should trust horse, should
be glad to know.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

Special arrangements for students
returning TO eastern colleges via
Michigan Central. the niagara Falls
route" Reservations cannow be made
in the special ears which will be assign
ed for students returning to WeIles-
ley, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, and NaSsar.
upon application TO the undersigned.
For particulars address L. ID. Heus-
ner. general western passenger agen-,
liz ADAMS street, Chicago. Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
@1o.55 Washington. ID. C.. s1o.55.

The c. y. < Q. runway VIII haVc
on sale from oct. to >. tickets Ia
Washington, ID. G.. and return at rate
OF S19.55, ON account of the national
cncampmeut of the G.. \. r. Tickets
good to return until Nov. >.
For tickets. sleeping car reSerNa-
tiouS. either tourist or standard cars.
and fun information as to the several
routes. with stop-overS. call upon any
C.. y. 4 q. agent or telephone 1899.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Adminlstsator.s Notice.
Estate of john Hinderer. deceased

Estate OF john Hinderer, dece ased
Inc undersigned having Deep appointed 40
Illustrator OF the estate of JOHN Binderer.
late of the county of Rock Island state OF
Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice that be
viii appear before the county court OF Rock
Island county, at the county court room. ~
term, on the rrst Monday In November
next at which time all persons hayiu e
claims against SAID estate are notified and
requested to attend for the purpose OF hay-
ing the same adjusted.
All persons Indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment TO the
undersigned.
Dated this 10Th day of September. A D. 1902
GEoRGEJ. EINDERER, Administrator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Paper of the Ancient-.

The interior bark of trees was for
merly used to write upon. and its Latin
name Qiber, Il bark seems to init
mate that its use was as ancient as
the art of writing itself. In one re-
spect the bark was superior to the
leaf. 1t could be rolled into volume,
while the leaf would crack if subjected
% such a process.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
RrOnlisinH

Landlord-In one word, when are
you going 10 pay your arrears?
Hard Up Author-I will satisfy your
demands as soon rs receive the mon
ey which the publisher will pay me if
he accepts the novel 1 am going to
send him as soon as the work is finish
ed which l am about to commence
when 1 have found n suitable subject
and the necessary inspiration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

Having distressing pains in head,
back and stomach, and being without
appetite, I began to use DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. writes w. p. White
head, of Kennedale, Texas, and soon
felt like Il new man." Infallible in
stomach and liver troubles. Only %
cents, at Hartz & UIlemeyer's drug
store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

For the above occasion TO he held
at JoSlin. H.. the C.. L. * q. viii
have ON sale Sept. -, p. - and p,
tickets at the rate of so cents for the
round trip. returning Sept. %. Two
trains daily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

Queen & Crescent service Cincin
natl to Atlanta and Jacksonville, the
best in the country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

Dry.
understand it is quite DRY

Invalid-I understand it is quite dry
out here?
Broncho William-Dry? Why, stran-
ger, it's so dry here that the rain Is
wet only on one side.-New York
Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

Only through car line to Asheville,
\. c., Queen & Crescent route and
Southern railway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

Queen & Crescent fast line to Bir-
mingham and New Orleans. Two fast
trains dali.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
The unbridgcd Chnnnel.

The teacher asked the boy in the ge-
ography class whose French grammar
is the one bane of his life:
what separates France from Eng
land?"
1.-The irregular VERBS answered the
boy earnestly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
TIPS TO TRAVELLERS.

Chattanooga, Queen & Crescent
route.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Overcoats. Overcoats. Overcoats.
NJ ooR Z

We have2 a
We advance liberal everything. SIZE
Telephone Open
from7 m to p IN
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

EAsT. [ WEsT.

ROCK ISLAND AND PEORIA DIVISION
Trains leave Twentieth street. station hatn
line traLs start from main depot Fifth
avenue 10 minutes IN advance OF time given.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
TRAIN

TRAINS LEAVE ARRIVE
Peoria. SprDgfeI st. L,
Indianapolis Cincinnati sos am - pm
Peoria. SpriDg deld Indian
apOlis. Cincinnati Bloom
f1gton. st Louis. ..... i:45 pm, $3.50 pL1
Peoria Express .T:3J PM
Peoria, Indianapolis, Gin
cinratL Bloomington. ... 1i:15 am
Cable 4 accommodate atom tj:45 am
EhPrr8rd a Accommodation -3:l9 -i;55 pm
CAbie & yShcr-ard econ. : $50 pm 4!:2O pr
Cahle q Sherrard Accom-. 1898 am
SArrlvaI. +peparture. .Dsily. except sun
day. Phone West 1893. West 1923, West 1923
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-02
A Cool Chinese Thief.

The cool impudence of Chinese thieves
is proverbial. A writer gives a case in
point. The courthouse at Singapore
boasted very valuable clock suspend
ed from the wall directly opposite the
bench. One day during the session of
the supreme court particularly meek
looking Chinaman entered, carrying a
ladder. Removing his hat and bowling
to the bench with utmost gravity, he
proceeded to remove the clock with
businesslike expedition. Tucklng the
clock under one arm and the ladder
under the other, he passed out unchal-
lenged. every one present regarding
him as a coolie sent to remove the
clock for the purpose of cleaning it.
Several days passed, and, the clock not
being returned. the magistrate report
ed the delay to the public works de-
partment The p. w. ID. knew nothing
whatever about 1t, and neither clock
nor coolie was ever heard Of again.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-02
The World. Bread Basket.

approximately 2.500000,000 bushels
annually, the worlds wheat crop occa-
sionally approaches 3,000,0O0,000 The
quota supplied by the United States,
something like a quarter of the total,
is n much smaller proportion than is
the case with corn. We grow so per
cent of the worlds maize crop, con-
sumo nine-tenths of this at home and
when the price is not prohibitive ex-
port the remainder. The worlds cereal
harvests, beginning in the southern
hemisphere, which yields only 5 to Z
per cent of the total crop, gradually
moves northward. In June, July and
August they reach a climax, making
available for the worlds markets
three-quarters of the worlds total pro-
duction within the last ninety days of
the calendar year.-Orange Judd Farm
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-02

The leg has its own woes, to which
it falls heir from the legacies of exer-
else. Grooms and cavalry officers are
inclined to have bowlegs and to ''toe
in" parrot fashion, as is admired In
Japan and in Indian land. Priests.
magistrates and all who wear skirts
drag their legs In walking instead of
raising them, as do soldiers and cor
rect pedestrians. Dancers of ballet
who have worked hard at pointing
have an internal deviation Of their
bones from rectitude known as "on-
ion." Scrubwomen who pass much Of
their lives on their knees have a swell
ing of the knee joints. Dentists leg
is result of overstrain, fatigue and
prolonged muscular contraction. An
other instance of muscular trademarks
is found among file cutters. They over
exert the right hand in their work with
the hammer The hand and wrist final
ly- weaken and shrivel. The pressure
of the chisel against their thumb stunts
the growth of that member and bends
it backward
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-02
CLOCKS OF THE PAST.

They Were Very Different From
Modern Time Telling Machines.
The word clock, derived from tho
French gloche, German glocke, signi-
fies bell, and up to the fourteenth
century it was only used TO designate
a bell which was struck at certain Pc
riods of time indicated by the hour
glass. Sundials, or 'gnomons," were
the first instruments used In measur-
ing time, and there Is but little doubt
that the long granite pillars which we
call obelisks were used by the Egyp-
tians, if not as actual sandal hands,
at least for some astronomical obser-
vationS of the movement of the sun.
Clepsydras, or water clocks, and sand
clocks come next in order. The flow
of sand through a small orifice Is an
accurate method of measuring time.
for the exit OF the sand Is always reg
ular, but water is Influenced by the
laws of hydrostatics-when the vase Is
full the water runs out faster than
when it is nearly empty. Candle clocks
or tapers on which were colored bands
indicating how much was consumed in
certain time were also used, and
their invention is attributed TO Alfred
the Great; but this method is even
more susceptible to error than the pre-
vious ones.-Jewelers' Review.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-02

If cowpeas are planted this far north
about the 1st of June. the early vari-
eties will be right to turn hogs on the
last half of August and will furnish
the right food at this time to finish on
new corn, and the ground may be
seeded with winter wheat afterward
without any preparation, If disk drill
be used, or rye may be seeded for a
green winter cover crop and turned
under for spring crop, especially po-
tatoes. For beginners l would adj
wise: Get seed that will mature in
your latitude, or farther north; drill
fifteen pounds per acre in rows thirty
to thirty-six inches apart, and cultivate
clean until vines interfere. A few
years trial with cowpeas will suggest
many ways to utilize them to good ad-
vantage on every farm.-E. f. D.,
Leesburg, Ind.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-02

To the bugs. A mixture having typ
ical Kerosene odor-say. per cent
when sprayed on the plant and ground
viii cause those bugs which are con
cealed to come forth and try TO escape
from the odor. Some of those on the
plant will come TO the upper surface
of the leaves, while the others will run
over the ground. These can be easily
picked. and TO make sure of the de-
struction of the small nymphs spray
the ground with an per cent kero-
water mixture.
The ground need not be saturated
so as to affect the plant, but light
spray OF that strength will do the
work effectively. When kerowater
spray pump is at hand, all that is nee
essary is to shift the gauge and no
new mixture need be prepared.
The best time to apply this spray Is
late in the afternoon wlfen the sun Is
low: it will be less serious TO the plant
than it would be during the hotter por-
tion of the day. The kerowater will
not evaporate so readily, and the eff
stragglers come during the hottest por-
ton of the day, such a spray will in
clude these.
When a spray pump is used that
throws a stream of kerosene and water
in the form of spray, it should never
be forgotten that when the action of
the pump is discontinued the mixture
that is in the tube may separate into
the water and the kerosene. the latter
rising to the top of the tube. The
first stream, therefore, after such rest
would contain kerosene In a more or
less concentrated form, which would
tend TO kill the plant tissues. In every
case where the pump is started the
first stream should be directed upon
the ground. or at least away from the
plant.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-02
VINO Exccutea charle. I.f

In the burial register of Whitechapel
under the year 1649 is the following
entry:
"June 21st. Richard Brandon, u man
out Of Rosemary lane. This Brandon
Is held to be the man who beheaded
Charles the First"
A less distinguished candidate for
the infamy was one William Hewlett,
actually condemned to death after the
restoration for a part he never played
and only saved from the gallows by
the urgent efforts of a few citizens
who swore that Brandon did the deed.
Brandon was not available for retribu-
ton. He had died In his bed six
months after Charles was beheaded
and had been hurried ignominiously
into his grave In Whitechapel church
yard. AS public executioner of London
he could hardly escape his destiny, but
1t is said that remorse and horror
shortened his days. In his supposed
Confession" tract widely circulated
at the time, he claims that he was
fetched out of bed by a troop of
horse" and carried against his will to
the scaffold; also that he was paid ESQ.
all In half crowns. for the work and
had "an orange stuck full of cloves
and handkerchief out Of the kings
pocket" The orange he sold for 10
shillings In Rosemary 1ane.-Harper's
Magazine
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-02
CAGE FOR SMALL DIPPING PLANT

has a capacity of 200 head per day.
Its cost, without engine or labor, ex
cepting the labor to- build the tank or
vat was $50. One person can easily
lower the cage when loaded by taking
hitch around Il post, and 1t may be
raised, as shown in the Illustration, Ell
ther with engine or horses.
A plant of this capacity will answer
very well in a community where vari-
Gus owners have punches of cattle
ranging from so to 100 head or less.
Its chief advantage over the swimming
tank is cheapness in construction be-
cause of it's size,
In communities where mango exists
or even where numbers of small herds
are infected with lice a plant of this
character might be constructed and
used with profit to the cattlemen.
Specifications of material for this plant,
as well as further information in re-
gard to dipping plants and scabies in
cattle, occur in farmers bulletin No.
152, by DR.. r. W. Hickman.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-02
SIGN YOUR LETTERS.
Many People Write Letters and For
get the signature.

Many People Write Letters and For
get the signature.
eMany people write letters that they
forget to sign" said a postoftice clerk.
People come to us every day with
such letters in the hope that they may
be able to trace the writer's. Some
times we can do so, but not often. OF
course only a small percentage of such
letters are brought to our attention, so
the total number must be very large,
eff the name of the writer is on the
envelope or letter head, the lack of a
signature Is of less consequence, but 1t
happens frequently that important let
tiers cannot be traced to the writers.
"A certain business house in this city
brought in letter one day minus the
signature and containing a ten dollar
bill to pay for certain goods ordered.
1t came from village in the interior
Of the state, and it was sent to the
postmaster of the place, with the re-
quest that he ascertain the name of
the writer, If possible. He failed to do
so, and the matter rested for some
time. One day we received letter
from the same town asking us as to
the reliability of the firm to which the
letter had been written, saying that
the writer had sent the firm money for
an order Of goods and had received no
reply. 1t turned out to be the person
we were in search OF, and the mistake
was explained. But this was an ex-
ceptional case."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-10-02
Premature Anxiety.

"a long time ago. when trains tray
eled more slowly than they do now and
way trains were more common, two
high railway officials got on train at
Philadelphia, inten ing to ride out
about thirty miles," said an old rail
road conductor. 'They had 4 lot to
say to each other, and the train, which
stopped at every woodpile, worried
them a good deal
"a man recently landed got aboard
q few miles out and added to their
annoyance by his persistence in asking
the name of every station that the
train stopped at After they had po-
litely answered his questions for a
dozen stations or so one of them be
came angry and said to him:
"'See here, my friend, if you'll kind
ly tell me where you're going I'll see
that you don't get carried by the
place
"The immigrant reached down to a
capacious pocket and pulled up a tick
ct with about twenty coupons at
tached, the last of which read Omaha" !"