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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03

Judge Charles b. Thomas. who
speaks in Moline tonight. is a farmer
and a lawyer. He is honest and can
he relied upon. He knows the difference
between his money and the states
funds. He IS the right sort to elect
state treasurer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03

In view of the complications that
have developed in the matter of enum-
Grating the votes on the question OF
minority representative, the safest way
would seem TO be TO tamper with the
ballot as little as possible. If you
want to be absolutely sure of your
vote counting, the wisest course would
be TO mark the circle at the head of
the democratic column and let it go
at that.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03

With Judge Charles b. Thomas as
state treasurer the taxpayers of Illi-
nois will know that the state funds are
absolutely safe and will not be divert
ed for political use.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03

one of the passengers on the first
New York subway train was robbed
Of $500 scarf pin. Ii matters not in
Gotham whether YOU so into the second
story or the cellar-yOu lose.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03

A news item says that a football in
novation is the wearing of short hair
by the Yale eleven. That must be
where the minor teams are grabbing
'em.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.

TERMS - Daily, 10 cents per week
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03

Seven students at Northwestern uni
versity were severely haZed and three
may die from their injuries. Can ii be
there are worse things in college life
than football?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03

Vote for Cooke and return to the
state Legislature man who not only
through capability but influence will
be in a position 10 serve the people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03

Vote for Lawrence b. Stringer and
our charitable institutions will be con-
Quoted as charitable institutions in
stead of political headquarters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03

Illinois needs an economic governor.
Elect Lawrence 3. Stringer and he will
give you an honest administration,
which means an economic administra-
ton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill IEn-
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03
Tri-City Cate ring Co.,

Caterers and party cooks. Serve
parties of all kinds complete,
also make and supply ice cream,
cake, patties, croquettes and
salads. We also have great
variety of china, silver, linen
and cut glass to rent. If you
are going to entertain, call up
Phone $40 North, and see what
we can do for you.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03
READ THIS:

We have a patent thin elastic plate
with natural gums that fits in all cases
and when others fail. We use no cheap
material in our Office. for our work is
all guaranteed to be equal to the high
est priced dentists and 10 be first class
in every respect. Notice our prices be-
low, they are always the same:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03

it was plumber taken from our pockets
and put in theirs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-03
Painless Extracting

and removal of nerves done by us. and
the best and most careful treatment
given to all cases.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
SAFETY IN PHILIPPINES.
White Men May 90 About as Freely
as in Some Of Our West
ern States.

A white man throughout the Philip
pines is as safe in travelling or living as
in Arizona or Colorado or Montana.
He may go about with perfect freedom,
writes Henry Gannett, In the National
Geographic Magazine. Not only that,
but the people are ready and anxious to
show him hospitality. The Filipino
from whom he asks q nights lodging
feels highly honored and gives him OF
his best The men salute him as he
passes, and the children cry ''Buenas
dias," and are very proud If their saluta-
ton is returned. Among the wild peo-
pie the situation is much the same, al
though here it is better to send notice OF
ones coming in advance, and to bear
some sort of credentials.
To illustrate the situation, the work
of the provincial treasurer is instanced.
Each of these (they are all Americans)
is required by his business to visit every
pueblo Of his province, and such trip
may involve hundreds of miles Of travel
overland on horseback or by carbonate
So far as known, no treasurer has ever
been molested, although he often car
ries much money about him. The
provincial supervisors, also Americans.
are obliged to travel everywhere, as are
many other officers of the government
At the present time Americans are all
over the islands on one errand or an
othor nuhlic rr nrivafo No ono thinks
of danger or provides against it.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
DOCTOR ADVOCATED OPERATION
PE-RU-NA MADE KNIFE UNNECESSARY.

MRS. EVA BARTHO, 1888 East 18th
suffered for three years with leucor-
rhea and liberation OF the womb. The
doctor advocated IN operation which
dreaded very much, and strongly OBJ
jected to go under it. Now I am q
changed woman. Peruna cured me; it
took nine bottles, but felt SO much
improved I kept taking it, as dreaded
an operation SO much. I am to-day i'll
perfect health and have not felt so well
for fifteen years. Mrs. Eva Bartho.
Mrs Senator Roach, of Lari-
more, ~ OAK; Mrs. Senator War
rem, Of Cheyenne. Wyo.; Belva
h Lockwood and Mrs. General Long
street, Of Washington, D. c., are
among the prominent ladies who
indorse Peruna.
Miss Helen Rolof, Kaukauna, Wis,
writes:
"Seyeral times during the past two
greatly in need of a tonic, and at those
times Peruna has been Of great help in
building up the system, restoring my
appetite and securing restful Sleep
Helen Rolof.
= Miss Muriel Armitage, SO Greenwood
Ave. Detroit, Mich, District Organizer
of the Royal Templars OF Temperance,
writes as follows:
"Isufferedf for five years with uterine
irregularities, which brought on hys-
terra and made me physical wreck.
tried doctors, from the different schools
ofmedicinc, butwithoutany perceptibie
I called on an old nurse, who advised
me to try Peruna, and promised good
results If would persist and take 1t
regularly. kept this up for six months;
and steadily gained strength and
health, and when had used fifteen
bottles I considered myself entirely
cured. am grateful. happy woman
to-dav.n-Miss Muriel Armitage.
Miss Lucy NJ. Riley, 80 Davenport st.,
Cleveland, Ohio, writes:
II wish to add my Endorsement te
thousands of other women who have
been cured through the use OF Peruna
I suffered for five years with severe
h. clxache. and when weary or worried
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02


in the least had prolonged headache.
/ am now in perfect health, enjoy life
and have neither an ache or pain,
thanks to Pcruna. n. Riley.
Itisnolongeraqu question as to whether
Peruna can be relied on to cure all such
cases. During the many years in which
Peruna has been put to test in all forms
and stages Of acute and chronic catarrh
no one year has put this remedy to
greater test than the past year.
II all the women who are suffering
with any form Of female weakness
would write to DR.. Hartman, Columbus,
Ohio, and give him q complete descrip-
ton of their symptoms aud the pecul-
iarities Of their troubles, he will inn
mediately reply with complete direc-
tions for treatment. free of charge.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus.
Ohio.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
WASTE IN DAIRY FARMING G.
No Other Branch Of Agricultural In
dustry Shows So Much Loss in
Labor and Money.

The keynote to profitable dairy farm
ing is to be found in close study and
mastery of economic effort of labor We
do not believe there is a business or
earth where there is as much waste of
labor, time and money as is found on
the average dairy farm of the country.
There is the waste of poor cows, the
waste Of unsciertific feeding. pouring
costly food unsuited to the purpose Of
economic milk production into the cows,
and waste, OF unhealthy food and disease
breeding stables, the waste of poor
methods of soil culture and its conse-
quent waste of fertility, the waste Of
poor care of young animals in the first
year of their lives, whereby they are
not worth half as much in the market,
and finally the great waste of brain and
thought, or rather the waste that comes
from a lack of brain and thought.
Such host of men there are who pre-
fer to be ignorant of what it means
to be good economical farmer. who
are contented as can be in having no
hunger ~or thirst for the knowledge
that shall build them up and make
first-class men and farmers of them.
From one end to the other Of it. sue
cessful dairy farming calls for man
who has so much pride in the mastery
of his business, in his possession OF
important ideas and methods, as have
the best professional men in the coun-
try. Such dairy farmer will be
ashamed to be found ignorant, or have
his sons ignorant, of what science is
doing for him. Such men are the ones
who show the largest profits and who
win, besides, honor and fame among
men.-Hoard's Dairyman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
GOOD CARE IS IMPORTANT.
Poor Cows Frequently Are Improved
by Comfortable Quarters and
Sui.eble Rations.

Much is being said in all the dairy pa
pers on the dual purpose COW and much
does depend upon the breed, but does not
q very great deal depend upon the care
the COW receives and upon the milkman?
asks milk maid" in the Epitomist.
This is very pointed query and may ke
answered very emphatically in the af-
firmative. Some farmers think that the
care expended upon the milk COW is just
SO much time lost, and that she can be
fed on just anything, and if she then
gives small quantities of milk, that there
is NO use wasting good feed upon her
This is a very grave mistake, as poor
milk COW is often improved by comfor-
table quarters and socd feed and the best
of dairy cows neglected will give very
little milk. Good feed and care not only
cause an increased flow Of milk, but a
richer product. / have seen milk from
neglected COWS that instead of having
a thick, rich cream on top. had pu1y a
thin whitish covering of cream, and for
the dairy was not worth attending to.
A milk COW should never be con-
demned until given trial by at least
two mixers, as often the trouble is more
with the mixer than with the cow One
cow that has been MIXED regularly for
weeks by one mixer gave one quart
Of milk when calf was large enough to
wean, when by accident change Of
mixers proved her an excellent dairy
COW, and that the calf had been given
an unnecessary amount of milk night
and morning, simply because the milk
man did not care to attend to his work.
Warm comfortable quarters are very
important and if COW is compelled to
wander around in mud knee deep in
winter it is more than likely that she
will not give enough milk to pay for the
milking. It will not gay to keep your
own cows and buy your butter half the
time. There is more waste here than on
most anything else on the farm. A ten
dollar calf runs OF with $40 worth~of
cream and milk, while the family do
without cream, milk and butter.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
When and How to Spray.

No farm work pays better than spray
ing the trees, berry bushes and grape
vines. Attention to this matter at the
proper time assures immunity from In
sect enemies and good crops Of perfect
fruit are the results. Don't spray fruit
trees while the bloom IL on, for that kills
bees. and bees are valuable assistants
in pollenizing fruits Spray trees for the
first time Immediately after the bios
SONS have dropped their petals. A
spraying outfit for the firm need not be
large and costly, and will save its own
value the first year it Il used Rural
WesIk
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
Fresh Meat In Africa.

A recent traveller in South Africa says
that many kinds of meat are eaten
there which no one in this country
would think, of eating, some of which
are very palatable, even to fastidious
Anglo-Saxon taste. Among those
which he considers especially delicious
he mentions the giraffe, the Gland, the
zebra and the guinea fowl He also
found baked elephants trunk, baked
young elephants foot and hippopota
mus calf bacon excellent eating. Among
the African dishes which do not APP
peal to an Americans taste may BE-
mentioned lions, ostriches. alligators
and snakes.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
Doubtful Compliment.

80 ooitney Bigelow, who has accepted
me -; cnair Of foreign relations at Boston
f enlversity, had completed an address b.
c ro.s the Twentieth Century club of Chi
R FL; young man congratulated Mr..
and the learned traveller replied:
mat is DOUBTFUL compliment. It re-
MINDS me of remark that friend of the
Siooms made at New Hampshire we'd
J. his friend. an observant chap, watched
sns groom closely during the ceremony,
sno at the end bore down ON the happy
said: ~ VIC .sA1' .--~
Bill, ye done good. had an idee We
woMd be skittish while ye wuz bein' tied
Up, but, begosh, We looked a. bold q a
ehesp. Washington Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
Beware the rrave1inp Doctor.

st. John, Kan, May 3o.-A very Pc
cular case is that of the little son Of Mr..
ana Mrs. VIM: Mcbride, of this place, as
reported by DR.. Jesse L. Lines, the at
The littl. boy had . severe case Of
malignant searletina which LETT him semi.
Raralyzed in the right leg and right arm.
ne also lost the hearing in the right ear
treated him and he gained slowly and
mad begun to try to use his limbs some
wnen 9 travelling doctor came along and
could cure their boy in a short time.
They used his medicines, but the boy grew
Epilepsy.
Mr.. Mcbride came to me again and l
proposed giving him a course of bod rs
Aidney Pills, which was commenced at
once. The improvement was instant and
IN weeks time the epileptic seizures
ceased altogether"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
why Spraying Il Advisable.

Without doubt it will pay every man
to spray his trees, whether he thinks
there is any reed for it or not. The
only sure way to prevent thing il to
take preventive measures before the
thing to be prevented can occur. It must
be remembered that, SO far as fungous
diseases are concerned, spraying is only
preventive and not recuperatiye. All
the spraying in the world will not re-
store foliage after it has been attacked
by some variety Of fungi. At most il
can only prevent further inquiry by the
same agency.-Farmers' Review.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
They Never Drink Water.

There are hundreds of horses and
thousands of cattle in the Hawaiian is
lands which never take a drink of wa
ter throughout the whole course of their
lives. On all the islands the upper lati-
tudes of the mountains are given up to
cattle ranges. Except possibly two or
three months in the rainy season there
are no streams or pools of water in any
part where the cattle roam, but every
where there grows recumbent, jointed
grass. known by the native name Of
MAMMA That is both food and drink.
Lahore (Indial Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02


projects an inch or two through the bot
tom. (See cut.)
The motion is that of walking beam.
First the weight draws up the bucket.
Water running into the bucket fills 1t,
and it's weight carries it down, lifting
the weighted end. When it strikes the
ground, the valve is forced up, letting
the water out Relieved of its weight,
the bucket rises, only to fill and descend
again.
The valve in the cut shows the loose
plug with a head that completes the
bucket valve. It has a pin, or spike,
through its lower end so it cannot rise
too high and float away. 1t is held down
by water until forced up from below.
This little power is quickly constructed
and is quite effective for light uses
Farm Journal
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
Grain for cows on Pasture.


It will pay to feed some grain to the
cows on pasture unless conditions are
exceptional The amount fed in the
winter should be cut in half in the
summer, except in the dryest months,
when the grain ration may be tenn
porarily increased. Some Of the best
dairymen in the country are doing
this, though they are not getting their
money back for it in the summer time.
But their cows go into winter with
more vigor and are healthier as rule
for the cool summer treatment they
have received. It is simply one way
81 investing money for the future. Its
results are not seen SO much in the
milk pail as experienced in various
ways in the thrift. of the calf that is
born later and in the ability of the
mother to make the most of the food
that is given her in the winter.-Farm-
ers' Record
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
TIME TO ACT.

y. Here's proof.
Mrs. ". S. Marshall, R. F. D. No. /,
Dawson, Ga, says: my husbands
back and hips were 80 stiH and sore
that he could not get up from chair
without help. got him box OF Doan's
Kidney Pills He felt relief In three
DAYS. One box cured him."
AFREE TRIAL Of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Marshall will
be mailed on application to any part OF
the United States. Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. Sold BY
all dealers; price so cents per box.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
Wasp Paper-Nakers.

Brazil has . natural paper making in
dustry peculiarly its own, The country
abounds in curious wasp, which builds
nests for itself Of paper which 1t manu-
features by the ton. The paper is made
from vegetable refuse, which is SO
treated by the wasps that it becomes
hard, like cardboard. 1t is SO durable
that it resists all effects of climate and
lasts five or six years.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
CRATE FOR MOVING STOCK.
Saves Lots Of Time on Farms Where
q Number Of Hogs and Calves
Are Kept.

I find that in moving such stock as
hogs, sheep and >calves, much time Is
saved by having crate on wheels such
as is shown in cut. The crate is mount
ed on wheels to permit its being used
like wheelbarrow. The animals are
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
WOES of Matri,nonY.

WVSo O3 7a1ss u 1z11VHys
"Of course" said the husband who
made speciality Of manufacturing ex-
cuses, "the truth il bound to leak out
some time"
YES" rejoined the other half of the
matrimonial combine, land am inclined
to believe that it leaked out Of you long
go.-Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
ROADS FOR MIDDLE WEST.
Principle Of National Aid Has Many
Friends in Illinois and Neigh
boring States.

In many parts of the middle west there
Il as great need of road improvement as
anywhere else in the world, and it is no
wonder that the people of this section
have gone into the good roads move
ment with enthusiasm.
A state good roads convention has
just been held at Springfield, ILL.,, and,
although it is the busy season with the
farmers, there was an attendance of
about 200 delegates besides many Wis
itors. Senator Latimer, of South Caro-
lima, was the principal speaker, and he
delivered an able and eloquent address.
Naturally he devoted considerable at
tention to the principle of national aid
as embodied in the bills introduced into
congress by himself and COL Brownlow,
of Tennessee. The senator is strongly
of the opinion that the government
should contribute some of its surplus
revenues to aid the states in building
good roads, and he has many cogent rea-
sons to offer in support of that PROPOSE
ton. At the close of his address, Sena-
tor Latimsr asked all present who
agreed with him to stand up, and all but
three or four sprang to their feet There
was some opposition, however, led by
Prof Baker, of the State university, and
q protracted discussion followed in
which the professor came of decidedly
second best.
One of the great obstacles to road i'm
provement in some parts Of the Missis-
sippi valley is the scarcity of material
for building roads. In large portions of
Illinois, Iowa, Arkansas and several
other states, there is neither stone nor
gravel All the material used in surface
which adds considerably to the expense.
But the bottomless mud roads of these
sections are such q burden that people
are willing to tax themselves heavily to
secure relief If the national aid plan
should be adopted. the next few years
will see an enormous Improvement in
the roads Of the middle west.
Where there is good local material
considerable progress has already been
made. In Missouri there are hundreds
of miles of fine hard roads. The same
may be said of Minnesota. In some To-
calities excellent roads have been built
Of mining Stag. Gravel is employed
where available, and in southern Illi-
nois deposits of novaculite are drawn
upon and some very fine roads have been
constructed from this material. On the
whole, however, it must be said that
only beginning has been made, and the
agricultural industries of this section
are greatly hampered by the expense
and difficulty of getting farm products
TO market.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
I1N1UL ~
Myk;,,.d4ssQl1p1S
y. -
WATER POWER FOR A FARM.
You May Catch the idea and Make It
Useful for Your Own House
and Barn.

A friend of mine has useful contrlv-
ance by which water is utilized as
power for light mechanical work, like
pumping, stirring a vat of cream, scar
ing away birds, etc. 1t consists of pole
balanced upon a pivot, or bolt, to one
end of which is suspended weight and
to the other water bucket. This bucket
has a large auger hole in its bottom,
forming rough valve, the stem OF which
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
WHEELED MOVING CRATE.

driven in at door shown, the door closed
and the crate wheeled away. Any old
wheels may be used; such as cultiyator
wheels, or even old buggy wheels. It
these are not to be had, wheels may be
readily sawed out of one-half or one-lnch
boards placed together the cross way OF
grain to prevent splitting -Ralston N.
Westinghouse, in Farm and Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
Professional Ride.

WHY, your flying machine chi won't even ven
been induced to observe the experiment.
well" answered the inventor, after
some reflection, my machine may not be
as much of traveller as some Of the 9TH
ers, but it's heap observation-disclosures
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-07-02
Gould You Use Any Kind Of . sswinl
Machine at Any Pricep

:. II there is any price SO low, any offer 50
liberal that you would think of accepting
on trial anew high grade, drop cabinet o.
Wilson, Standard, White or New Home
Sewing Machine, cut out and return this
notice, and you will receive by return mail
postpaid, free of cost, the handsomest
sewing machine catalogue ever published.
It will name you prices on the Minnesota,
Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, White, Stand
will surprise you; we will make you new
and attractive proposition, a sewing ma
chine offer that will astonish you.
If you can make any use of any sewing
machine at any price, if any kind of an
offer would interest you, don't fail to
write us at once .(be sure to cut out and
return this special notice. and get our lat
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SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Chicago.