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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-07

LSociety news. written or teIephoned
to the society editor of The Argus, will
be gladly received and published. But
in either case the identity of the sender
must be made known, to insure relia-
bility. Written notices should bear sig
nature and address,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-07

Ira Peck After the games lunch
was served by the hostess DR.. and
Mrs. Burkhart will entertain the club
Dec. 20 at their home, 1918 Third av-
enuI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-07

HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea pur-
ifies the blood. strengthens the nerves,
regulates the bowels aids the kidneys,
cures stomach troubles, builds up the
nervous force and repairs the i'll eff
fects of over-eating. Tea or tablets, s.
cents. T. II. Thomas pharmacy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-07
Cure for Sore Nipples,

AS soon as the child is done nursing
apply Chamberlain's, Salve Wipe it
off with soft cloth before allowing
the child to nurse. Many trained
nurses use this with the best results.
Price % cents per box. For sale by
all leading druggists.
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-21
Problems of Stock Farming.

A regular contributor, to the Pro
dehorning cattle without any special
tools. also for making 200 pound hogs
at six months of age. His argument
for feeding steers for market is con-
elusive
correspondent writes the editor
criticiZing a recent article of mine on
the feeding of steers for profit, saying
in substance that the article in Ques-
tiOn might as well not have been writ
ten as the small profit shown in cash
per steer ($2.OS per head at $3.50 per
hundred pounds at hOme) would tend
to discourage the steer feeder, and
that he can get only IL to a cents
for his steers
Well, this last is just simply a
question of where he markets his
steers If he had a pair of fine draft
horses for which his home market
would pay $50 each would it be any
argument against the horse-breeding
business if he should sell at this
price and fail to make profit i'm
the growing of the animals, when by
shipping to a good city market the
same grade of horses would sell at
$3.50 each (the freight on them
amounting to some SO per head), and
at the latter price the transaction
showing a good profit?
The Money in Steer Feeding.-Now,
let's see who is right in this matter
The sort of steers we described have
been selling i'm Chicago. Pittsburg, and
several other good markets for the
past four months at $3.50 to S6.15 per
hundred. The freight on cattle from
the writer's home to Chicago is S141
per car of $4,000 pounds. About
twenty-five head of baby steers make
carload. costing S5.25 per head for
freight. or about ffty-one cents per
hundred pounds. Deducting this
amount from the selling price CS6.16
leaves us 1854 net at home. From
this must be deducted the switching
and commission charge of $3.50 per
car, or about ) IA cents per hundred,
making our steers net us S5.5S cents
per hundred clear
We will notice that the price
named in the article mentioned was
all right and we had cents per
hundred to the good. We must sim
ply grow them in carload lots and
take them to the market where they
will bring their value.
The 20O-Pound Pigs at Six Months
The same correspondent takes is
sue with me as to the weight pig
will make at six months of age-2OO
pounds gross. / will say that the
figures given in this article to which
he refers were taken direct from
my farm book and are evidently cor
rect: and. further, we have shoats
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-21

the government from twice to four
times as much for hauling a postal
car as they charge the express COM
panies for hauling an express car the
same distance, and express cars are
usually the heavier" says Mr.. Rus
sell i'm EverybOdy's Magazine.
The figures are sure to come out.
When they do and have been digested
by the American public they will be
get either a parcels post system or
government ownership of all trans
portation in this country. The pen
dulum will swing far back. 1t is
swinging
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-21
Miami, Florida.

A correspondent of the Inland Farm
er has moved, and writes an account
of it as follows:
We have moved from Melrose to
Miami since | wrote you last, and if
you have ever moved, just once even,
you must know l have a good excuse
for not writing. We moved Christmas
week and l was so tired it took about
a month to get rested. Now L have a
cold which is as bad as the grippe,
but since Miami folks say they do
not have the grippe, 1 will have to
call it a cold. l have felt so badly it
is hard to tell yet how we like it here
My husband had a good business offer,
and as most of my relatives are here,
we decided to accept.
1t is beautiful cOuntry-a live city
on BiScayne Bay, away down i'm eX-
treme South Florida. The place is
practically below the frost line-sum-
mer all the time. The vegetable grow
ers are now shipping tomatoes, egg
plant, peppers. beans. etc, and of
course we have plenty of fresh vege-
tables to eat. The way things grow
here is perfectly wonderful. My bro
theirs place. 1--WE live with him till
we can build), has well-grOwn fruit
trees peculiar to the country. There
are now ripe guavas, lines. oranges.
and SapOdillaS. The SapOdilla tree is
beautiful and the fruit looks something
like a fiat, green orange, but it is very
sweet and mealy with seeds like a
perSimmOn. The Avocado pears are
just blooming. The tree grows much
like a magnolia and the fruit is the
best that grows, so most people here
say We have fish in abundance
Brother Eric went fishing Wednesday
and caught sixty sailors choice"
which is the name for a fish much
like perch
One objection to this section is the
hard lime water, but one learns to
use it after a while. We get distilled
water and ice it to drink. and plenty
of pearline makes it soft for washing.
The lime does not injure clothes but
rather bleaches them. and altogether
in spite of the hard water women
folks have the whitest clothes I ever
saw. Being summer all the year. we
wear white all the time.
But one thing 1 shall miss will be
the peaches that grew at Melrose.
want to go back this summer to our
place and can them to ship down here
1t will be impossible though, for me
to go every summer. 1 wish that any
of our club readers who want a nice
home i'm Florida would write me. We
would sell our MelrOse place. only
because it is too far away from us to
be profitable for us to keep it. One
of the wonders of Florida to me is the
people who come to spend the winter.
There are So many of them and they
seem to enjoy it so much But I
must stop now and tell you more of
Miami next time
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-21

1nere was dehcIt OF some 40
millions last year, but Uncle Sam
does not worry over a few nickles out
of his pocket His yearly income is
about $40 million dollars.
But hear our wise cOngressben
prate about how "the Postal Depart
ment is running behind every year
on account of free rural delivery and
free rural delivery and-free-"
BOsh. See the figures. A postal deficit
of only six millions out OF a total de-
ficit of more thOn 40 millions. Every
congressman with sense enough to
build a political fence" i'm his dis
trict knows that this deficit can be
easily cured i'm one year. BY making
fair contracts with the railroad COM
panies for hauling the mail cars it
can be done. Better than this.
enough money may be saved to or
ganize and operate a parcels post on
an eight cent per pound basis.
What do we know about it per-
sonally? We know that practically
every postmaster in this country is
inspired from some source to assist
the railroads in placing the highest
possible figure on the mail weighed
just when contracts are to be let
This heavy volume of business per
day then forms the basis on which
tonnage for a year is estimated and
the governments mail contracts are
closed. We have seen some of this.
The case is we'll known of a West
ern congressman who, in the weighing
season of the railroad that elected
him, used to frank $4,000 copies of
his speeches to st. Louis one day and
back to his home the next The rail
road companies own the postal cars
and the express cars. They charge
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-21
Our Governments Finances.

Whenever any of our congressman.
who are opposed to parcels post. are
questioned as to the reason for their
position, they begin to talk about the
great deficiency in the postoffice de-
partment
Did you ever hear any one. except
congressman make any complaint
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-21

(gilts) (farrowed i'm August, 1905,
that will weigh right at 1SO lbs now
and they haven't been pushed at all,
as we are growing them for breeders
and don't wish them to become too
f1eshy.
An Important Hog Fact-We wish
to call attention to one very important
factor in the cheap production of pork.
1t is this: that our hogs are never con-
fined i'm a pen of any description and
during the growing season have the
run of a first-class pasture every day.
In growing pigs that made a weight of
200 pounds net at six months of age
we never thought we were doing any
thing very remarkable. If the gen.
tleman will visit the Chicago stock
yards any day he will see from
twenty to forty cars of six to seven
months pigs that will average right
at the above weight.
You Get One Profit.-Another
thought in regard to steer profit: What
right has the feeder to expect any
profit on his operations if the steer
pays the market price for the hay and
grain consumed? 1t certainly costs
no more to sell farm products to the
steers than to deliver the same pro-
ducts on the market as raw material.
And would you feel justified in ask
ing your hay wagon to pay you an
other profit on your hay simply be-
cause you are making the said wagon
the medium through which you deliver
the product to the consumer? Think
this over and see if you have been
honest with the poor old black steer.
A correspondent N. S., of Hert-
ford Co.. n. C.-wishes to know some
thing concerning the dehorning of
calves and aged cattle. Has been
troubled by those he has operated up
on failing to heal properly.
The writer has dehorned hundreds
of aged animals and has seen thous-
ands of them operated upon, and never
knew of but one case that did not
turn out successfully; in this case the
operation was improperly performed.
Dehorn When There Are No Files
The proper time for dehorning is
during the late fall, winter during
mild spells of weather. and early
spring when the flies are not trouble
some. The operation is very simple
for the operator. When we have but
d lew Hedu 10 ueHOTU, we prefer 10
throw the animals. as they can be
held more securely in this way than
while standing Select a soft spot
on which to throw them, so as not to
injure them.
How to Throw a Cow.-To throw an
animal of the COW kind we take four
good. strong hame straps, slip a two
inch ring onto each of them, then
buckle one of them around each of
the animals legs, below the fetlock.
Now take two pieces of strong, half
inch rope. about fifteen feet long, tie
one of the ropes to the ring on each
| front leg. Pass them back through the
| rings on the hind legs, then through
the rings on the front legs. Have a man
to hold the animal by the head and
one to hold each of the ropes. Let
| the attendant step the animal ahead
and at the same instant both men
pull back on the ropes. The animal
will drop down on it's knees when it
can be rolled on to its side and the
| legs securely tied.
Then you are ready for business.
! How to dehorn.-Have q bucket Of
The Florida agriculturist., 1906-03-21

about the expense of the postal busi-
ness? 1t is a terrible bugbear to them,
when they want to make a point
against the parcels post. They never
have anything to say about the short
age in other branches of the govern
ment service.
Farm and Ranch has been gathering
some statistics and gives them as fol-
lows:
The chief sources of income and
OutgO for Uncle Sans treasury is
graphically shown in a recent issue of
Golfers Weekly. The facts are in
teresting and important. The items
of greatest expense are for Civil Es-
Establishments, Postal Service and Pen
sions. The president and his cabi-
net together with the Federal Courts
are included in Civil Establishment
Our chief sources of income are the
Customs, Internal Revenue and Pos
tai BY Customs is meant the pre-
ciOus tariff on which our friends of
the Dingley proclivities are always
either tinkering or standing pat"
We show a table of our last years
chief items of business.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-22
Suburban News
NAUGATUCK NUGGETS

| Joseph Roschoski, aged 71, died at his home on Rubber avenue yester- J day. The funeral took place this morning at 9:45 o'clock from St Fran. cis church, where solemn high mass was celebrated for the repose of his soul. The interment was in St James cemetery.
 Joshua W. Rogers, tax collector, slipped on the sidewalk near Michael B. Reidy's house on Scott street, Sat urday. and fractured his right arm. He was taken to his home where his injury was attended to by surgeon. The Naugatuck High school basket ball team went to Ansonia Saturday night and were defeated by the High school five of that place by the score of 10 to 8.
 William D. Crampton will be one Of the speakers at the meeting of the Waterbury conclave of Heptasophs this evening.
 Architect F. Alton Clark is drawing plans for a two-family house for Mrs Robert Twitchell. It will be frame house, each tenement having seven rooms, with all conveniences. Work will be started in the spring.
 Architect F. Alton Clark has com pleted plans for frame house for E.. c. Barnum. It will be of wood. con- taining eight rooms, well finished and provided with hot air heat and all con- veniences. Estimates are now beng made
 The Naugatuck A. c. basketball team has two games to play this week. On Tuesday evening they will meet the Sterlings in Waterbury and on Saturday night they will play the fast Fall River signal corps five in the Gem opera house.
 The Systematic Benevolence com mittee will meet at the residence of John H. Whittemore on Church street at 7:45 this evening.
 Chief of police Schmidt found two dogs roaming around the borough yes terday without muzzles. He took them to the police station. Later in the day, Daniel Roach, young man who resides on West Mountain, claimed one of the dogs. Prosecuting Attorney Sweeney was in police headquarters at tine time and Roach was questioned about having the dog licensed. He stated that he had the dog registered in TorringtOn and did not see the me- cessity of having license in this town. Yesterday afternoon the prose- cutting attorney issued warrant for the arrest of Roach and his father, Daniel Roach. on the charge of keep ing an unlicensed dog. Chief Schmidt accompanied by Officer Cannon drove to the Roach homestead and served the warrants.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-22
INTERESTING STAMPS
CHRISTMAS POSTAGE STAMP CANADA PLACED ON SALE.
The Design and Three Colors-St. George Staying the Dragon De- picted on English Stamp
 Cross Often Seen.

Stamp collectors point, with no little satisfaction, to the fact that the great. est gift in the world, next to the ad- vent of Him in reverence for whom the day is commemorated, was a postage stamp of the value of two cents.
 On Christmas day 1898, Great Bri. tain presented to all of her 37 coolnies 8 Christmas gift in the form of two- cent letter postage, the new rate to take effect on that day and to super sede the previous rate of five cents which for deacdes had existed between the parent government and the colo nies.
 In honor of this event Canada placed on sale, Christmas morning, 1898, a Christmas postage stamp, the only stamp of the kind that has ever been issued by any country. In many re. spects this postal label is unique among all postage stamps. It was larger than our Columbian stamps, and depicted map of the world with the possessions of the British empire printed in bright scarlet. The oceans appeared in a bluish green and the frame of the design in black Across the top appears the inscription Cana da Postage" with crown resting on laurel leaves tucked Tn between the words. At the extreme lower part of the design is the boastful declaration: "We hold vaster empire than has been" Above this: Xmas, 1S9S," and figure ?" in each lower corner.
 It IS worthy of note that this Cana dian stamp was printed by bank note company in the United States. It marks a new epoch in stamp produc. tion, having three colors. Bi-colored stamps are not uncommon, but up to this time no country mad ever attempt ed a three-color stamp.
 While it is true that Christmas has received scant attention by designers of postage stamps. the Christian reli- zion has not been neglected. The story of St. George, the patron saint of Eng land, staying the dragon, is depicted on a stamp; St. Michael, the patrcn saint of Belgium, is staying another dragon on stamps of that country issued in 1897; Portugal devotes an entire series of stamps to St. Anthony, depicting him sermonizing to the fishes; his wis., ion of the child Jesus; his ascension and another design presents his DOT trait. Upon the early stamps of the Virgin islands is shown a full-length representation of the Virgin Mary. Recent issues of the stamps of Malta picture the shipwreck of St. Paul; the stamps of the papal states show the triple tiara and the crossed keys of heaven of which the pope claims guar dianship.
 The cross is frequently found on postage stamps. and upon some issues { it is the principal feature. The stamps of ;he island of Monserrat, West h. dian British colony, issued in 1903 de- pict as the central feature a Latin cross, to which a robed female clings
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-22
SOME INTERESTING STAMPS.

with her right hand, while she steadies a harp with her left A stamp issued by Venezuela commemorating the dis coYery of the mainland of South Amer iea shows a full-length Latin cross planted on the seashore. around which the discoyerers are gathered.
 The Samoan five-pence stamp is reproduction of the Samoan flag. 4 white Greek cross upon a carmine background. with a white star in the upper left-hand corner. The stamp of the island of Tonga has a similar cross cn a shield. This stamp. as we'll as the Samoan. were designed by mis- sionaries on the islands.
 The early Swiss stamps all have as the central figure a shield in black win a red cross in the center. The red shield with white Greek cross was adopted by the Swiss army as early as 1899. Al Geneva. in 1863. an interna- ti0nal conference was held to consider how far the horrors of var could be nitigsted by aid to sick and wounded. The result was the adoption of the red gross on white shield-a reversal of the order on var shields of 133s- the beginning Of the Red Gross Soci- ety." Portugal has issued a distinct i've Red Cross stamp. which carried mail for that organization free.
 4 red shield with a silver cross in the center constitutes the oOat of arms Of the house of Savoy. and this appears upon many Of the stamps Of Italy. The stamps of British Central Africa also depict the Greek cross upon a coat of arms. and crosses appear in the upper noTasTs of ths stamps of Abyssinfa- and Epon the coat of arms of Servian stamps of the first issue
 WILLARD 0 VILE
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-22
WATERFOWL ",J0TTiNGS

Thomas Mclean is visiting with Mrs Buckingham and family.
 Reed Knight has resigned his posi-. ton with the Plume X Atwood com pany of Waterbury and is working for George Scott.
 Mir and Mrs William Black visited friends in Waterbury last evening.
 William McG9wan slipped and fall ing struck his head on the corner of a box, cutting a gash over his eye which required several stitches to close.
 A son was born recently to MT and Mrs James Dunigan.
 Taft's hockey team played two games last week winning them both by the same score of 6 to 1. One of the teams was composed of Yale stu. dents and the other the Trinity var. sity team.
 The condition of Miss Sarah Magee who is seriously i'll, has not improved in the past twenty-four hours.
 Henry Fitch. a veteran of the civil war, is on the sick list.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-22
WATERvLLE.

Miss Sara Barker and Miss Joseph inc McMahon visited friends in Bris tol yesterday. George Jackson and Edward Bar. ker called on friends in Southington yesterday.
 Peter Wells, Joseph Wells and Frank Johnson returned from fish ing trip to Bantam lake last evening and were showing their friends a large catch of pickerel.
 Regular meeting of Goodwill lodge, K. of F., tonight in Goodwill hall at 8 o'clock.
 Meeting of firemen's fair committee tonight in the firemen's rooms at 5 o'clock.
 A. L. Barnes spent Sunday with friends ill Bristol
 The Sprague school basketball team have been given permission to use the firemen's gymnasium on Thursday af- ternoons.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-22
OAKVILLE HAPPENINGS

On Friday morning about ? o'clock young man from West Side hill was discovered by resident of Main street trying to butt in the kitchen door. He was under the impression that it was the door of a trolley car bound for Wa. terbury, and it took considerable per. suasion on the part of the aroused resi- dent to convince the young fellow oth- erwise.
 There is considerable guessing as to what will be done with the local rail- road station to make way for the Wa tertown trolley in the spring. Some say it is to be moved few feet vest of where it now stands, while others claim the building is so frail that it will not stand moving and that the much needed. and long talked of new station will be erected on another site and the old frame building destroyed.
 Charles Mosgrove of Main street has returned from New York, where he has been in attendance at the automo- bile show in Madison Square Garden, which ended Saturday night.
 Miss Dora Daines has returned from a brief stay with friends in Thomas ton.
 The fine weather of yesterday brought many people out and the Oak vile trolley line was crowded all day. Mrs J. B. Kelly of the Watertown road is entertaining her sister, Mrs c. B. Small of New York city.
 William O'Rrien Snant vaSterday V calling on friends in Thomaston. John R. Wood is entertaining his sister. Miss NJ. Wood of Litchtield.
 William Florence of Main street have returned from visit with relatives in Poughkeepsie and Millbrook.
 G. w. Cunningham of Davis street is threatened with appendicitis.
 c. B. Smith is recovering from his recent illness.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-22
Italy's Legal Men.

There are 1O.ss2 advocates, solicit. ors and procurators in Italy. whose gross incomes. according to the in. come tax returns, amount to s3,ie2.. 6lo, which gives an average income Of about s315. of these legal men. five profess to have an income of ss,0O0, eight of s5.o00. 16 of s4,OOO, 70 of s2OO0 and 5,5os return theirs as under s201.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-22
Old Freight Route

About the tine of the civil val freigzt was carried from Cleveland t0 the Ohio river. by way of the Oai< canal and the Nuskfng1n river. zhict Is never transported n0v in that way thrOzgh Oafo- iron o-s iron the Lsks Superior region vas ezTried bg EstsI so Ono river furnaces, and it Tss nOt zzp-z5z tc skip Lake Ere ics dosr tzs ezzzI ard the Mgskirgzl
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-22
Ssesis f1r Ar.strfs

A SeIluood tO-eJ man has made . shipment of 759 pounds of the seeds oi fr and spruce trees to rsPzenisa ths depleted forests Of Austria The seeds were pat in dOable sacks and usnf di- rect to their destination This con signusnt rspress1ts several z01ths of sesd gathering in the nOs1tzfzs gear Meant Hood and when the see1s reach their destination they ufI be plarts5 to gr0w young fr and spruos trsz te again be trzaspIzntsd- covering ssoz1 lsE9 zCrg
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-22
Meat and poison-

A correspondent says that if he eats eggs in any form he has all the symp toms. more or less pronounced. of fri. tant poisoning. Many persons are affect, ed in like manner by articles of food Some persons cannot eat straw berries to others mutton is poison. and many persons dare not eat crab.-London Lancet.