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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

And so you are Cal Atterson's
boy" said Linn Jucklin as he sat down
on the steps of. the grocery store.
My, how you young chaps come on,
And you? Alb Sarver's youngest, Ell?
Hasn't seemed more than a week
since. saw you riding stick horse
and here you are big enough to make
love to the girls. -. a. ii
Don't make love to EN-? Go on
with you. I'll bet your heart has been
wrung and hung out to dry more
than once When / was about your
age fell sick along about tobacco-cut-
ting time, and | didn't think + was
ever goin' to get WELL The cause of
my sickness was young gal that
came into the neighborhood to visit
her uncle. haven't time now to tell
you how beautiful l thought she was.
] didn't believe she belonged on the
ground at ADJUST touched 1t now and
then to accommodate the earth, you
know. She flew down from a cloud
that the sun was a shinin' on and
didn't care to go back Recollect how
astonished l was the first time / ever
saw her eat. l thought she just natur-
ally Sucked the honey out Of the hon.
eysuckle along with the hummin'
birds, and when I saw her worryin'
with an ear of boiled corn big enough
to scare two-year-old calf Invent out
and leaned against the fence. But it
didn't hurt my love any. l thought
she did it just to show that she might
possibly be human being. She didn't
want us all to feel bad. One night
] groaned so that mother came to
me and wanted to put mustard plas-
tiers on me. She lowed that mebby
she might draw out the Inflammation.
She thought l had somethin' the mat
ter with my stomach because had
lost my appetite. told her that I
had an inflammation she couldn't
draw out with a yoke of steers. Then
she thought ought to have an emet-
ic. said that if she had one that
would make me throw up my soul she
might fetch it along, but otherwise
1t would be as useless as saying NEW
to a dead cat. Then she thought I
must be crazy and came mighty nigh
hittin' the mark, l tell you.
"A few days afterward,. about the
time | was at the height of my fever,
/ met the girl in the road and she
smiled at me. and | ran against a
beech tree and if l didn't knock the
bark off I'm the biggest liar in the
world. When l came to had my arm
around a sheep, walkin' across the
woods pasture.
MY, my. what a time that was to
live. The sun had just riz for the
first time and they had just called up
the birds to give out the songs to
them. They want quite done settin'
the stars out in the sky, and they
hadn't put more than one coat of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16
The Spring CRY.


This is the season of the year
When man proceeds to take look
For last years garments. Far and near
He searches every nail and hook,
And then in anguish loud he cries.
Where is my cravenette. say?"
And this Is what his wife replies.
MY dear. I've given 1t away"
His summer SUIT of faded gray
He's very sure is good as new
AT least 1t was when put away
This season, Ii will have, to do.
But from the hook it's disappeared
Yes. vanished has that suit of gray.
/. Nor Is he very greatly cheered
To learn she's given 1t away.
At least, says he. my yellow shoes
Will do another month or two.
/ This year have no coin to lose.
The old are easier than new.
But last years oxfords, too. are gone.
For new ones he will have to pay.
This Is wife's reason. You know, John,
That have given them away"
This Is the season of the year
When angry words are often heard.
Man sees his clothing disappear
And then to bitterness is spurred.
Q wives. Q wives. pray hear my plea!
II you your husbands wrath would
STAY ~ ~, -sr.... III.
At home begin all charity.
Don't give their last years clothes
away.
Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

whitewash on the moon. Music-it
want there till she came, and the
orchards bloomed as she walked along
down the lane. But she didn't appear
to know it, and want to tell you that
/ marveled at such ignorance.
Il didn't have the courage to go
straight up to her, and one night at
meetin', when I was feastin' my soul
with merely lookin' at her, up walked
Teller and asked If he might take her
home. / looked at him, quick-like, ex-
pectin' to see him drop dead, but he
didn't. Then | waited for the light
min to strike him, but it didn't. Then
waited for her to kill him with a
look, but she didn't. She smiled and
said yes. Then / sneaked outside and
whetted my knife on my boot. There
want power enough on earth to keep
me from bathin' my hands in his
blood. Mother saw that there was
somethin' wrong with me and she
came out and asked me If was sick.
told her / was a dyin', but before /
bid farewell to the earth was goin'
to cut a scoundrel into strips and
feed him to the dogs. But pap he
came and took the knife away from
me and said if he heard any more
such talk he'd tan my hide till it was
fifteen for shoestrings. l don't know
how 1 got home that night, but after
a. long time / found myself a smoth-
erin in bed. There was well in the
yard and / thought I'd slip out and
drown myself. Just then I heard a
rooster crow, and recollectin' that
there was to be a fight over across
the creek within a few days, l de-
cided that mebby l still had somethin'
to live for.
"But 1 didn't give up my idea of
vengeance on that Teller, and one day
/ met him as l was comm along the
road / lowed that before knocked
him down it would be well to inform
him as to how he stood in my opin-
ion, and started out and don't know
what might have said if he had Civ
en- me a chance. But he didn't. He
didn't appear to think that there were
stars enough, so he began to knock
them out of my eyes and l saw some
of them as they sailed away. Among
them was comet with a tail about as
long as a we'll chain. When l came to
a muley COW was ringin' her bell over
my head. | propped my eyes open till
l could get home, and they covered
me with fresh meat and left me to
think over the situation.
'Itr-was no laughin' matter, boys,
I'll tell you that. The next day the
girl came over. She said that she
heard that bull had met me and dis
agreed, with me. What lie that fell
low had told her: and she insisted on
seem me. She came into the room
and I looked at her through a, hole in
a beefsteak She laughed. oh, 1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

west receives a loving letter from his
mother, in which, after telling him all
the little inconsequences of his native
village, she says. Il did not know
what to get you for your birthday and
so inclose five-dollar bill"
Imagine the feelings of the poor ten
derfoot, down to his last cent, when
he finds that she has forgotten the in
closure. If only she had forgotten the
village gossip and remembered the
thing that would have made that par
ticular letter memorable.
In the same class as the noninclos-
ers are those who say, "Of course
George will have written you about
the mysterious happenings In the
house of Cynthia Alendale. How do
you account for tEem?"
1t is more than. likely that If. George
has written at all he will have said.
Il suppose that EmHa has told you all
about the blood-c drdling affair at
Cynthia Alendale's so will not waste
your time by telling you about 1t. But
wasn't it awful? What are we COM
ing to-"
If only George and Emma had as
sumed that the other had not told a
single thing about the interesting at
fair! Here and there are people who
hate to receive letters, but most of us
are human (Heaven be praisedD and
so in writing put in all the human
touches you can think of, and don't
assume that ''the other fellow" has
written all the interesting news be-
cause you may depend upon It he
hasn't.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16
EXCESSIVE DRINKING.
Crime Destroys the Craving for Drink
Sold Under Positive Guarantee.

ShTtHe destroys the Craving tor Drink
Sold Under Positive Guarantee.
Excessive Or continued use of alco-
folic beverages always. results in a
Fdiseased condition of the nervous sys-
tenn.
The drinking man is often heard to
say, Il can stop of my own free will
and when l WISH" but the poor fell
low is now devoid of the power TO act
at the proper time and i'll the right
way-it's too late, the craving has Sc
cured firm hold and because of the
diseased nervous system he has not
the ability for sustained effort. The
result we all know.
Drunkenness is no longer consid
cred a crime;. eminent scientists and
physicians lave agreed that it Is a
disease and must be treated as such.
The home treatment, that has been
used for a number of years, and is
highly successful. is OrTine. 1t is sold
under positive guarantee that if il
does not effect cure your money will
be refunded. as -. 30,
Orrine is in two forias... When de.
string to give secretly. purchase Or
rine No. 1, and if the patient will vol
unfairly take the treatment. orrine
No. should be given. V The guarantee
is the same in either case. orrine
costs but $1.00 per box. Mailed in
plain sealed wrapper, on, receipt of
Iprice. Write for free treatise on
Drunkenness mailed in sealed en-
velope by The. Orrine' Co., Washing.
ton, DC, and in, this city by Harper
House pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

don't blame her now, you understand.
but just at that moment my love
stubbed its toe and fell, and fell hard.
want to remark. She said she was
awful sorry. for me and ! said she
acted like 1t.
Il tell you love can't stand much
laughin' at. It's the tenderest plant
that ever peeped out Of the soft lap
of creation, and in laughter If there Is
no sympathy there's frost. When a
Teller stops lovin' he sees, more than.
he did before and yet he Is binder
He sees more in other folks, but sees
that they amt like the one he loved.
And the reason that SO few people
marry first love is because that sort
of love takes hold as il it wanted to
kill. Don't appear that anything else
will satisfy it. There's no use tryin'
to dodge it, boys; thief In the night
can't slip up on you half so sly. 1t Is
the oldest. thing in. the world, but
it is so new that nobody knows yet
how to handle 1t. 1t makes ignorance
as wise as god and hangs a lamp
with perfumed oil where darkness al
ways fell before. A good many of the
old chaps make fun of it, but when
they do you may know that they amt
nothin' but money getters, and that
marks the death of the soul. Does me
good to look at you young fellers; l
like to think Of the sweet misery
you've got to go through with. oh.
yes, there's more than one love. It's
like the rheumatism. One attack may
be worse than the others, but it's all
rheumatism just the same, and no
matter how light you've got it you
know when it's there. So you are
Alb Sarver's boy. What's your pap
dom to-day?"
"Arguin' politics with a Teller when
1 left home.",
"Well, he was always mighty hand
to argue. 1 haven't seen him in long
time. It's a good ways to your house.
amt it,"
about ten miles,"
Eyes, and the miles get longer and
the days shorter as We grow older.
But no matter how old we get, II the
heart remains sound, we never forget
that rheumatism told you about.
wouldn't give the memory of it for
hardly anything in the world. One
of these days you will see her. comm
down the road, maxim the orchards
bloom as she passes along, and you'll
wonder how you can live another min
it, and you'll wish yourself dead just
to make her feel bad. If she laughs at
anything anyone else says it will send
knife blade through your heart, and
If she signs you'll think it's over some
other Teller. Therel be no such thing
as pleasin' you, but I'd rather have it
in store for me than mountain range
made of gold. Well, boys, it's about
time l was goin' on home. There's a
woman there that fell in love with
years ago, and I haven't fallen out
with her yet.
$50 you are Alb Sarver's boy. You
make me think, my son. 1t was your
daddy that told the girl / had met a
bull. and it was your nanny that
made the orchards bloom"
Copyright, by Opie Ready
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16
Have you a meek husband?
Don't bulIyrag him.

Have you a meek husband?
Don't bullyrag him.
Remember that even IL you did omit
the honor and obey" clause in the
marriage service you were hade part
ners, and as he probably suggested the
partnership in the first place he has
some rights.
If you must bullyrag him be sure
that you do it in the quiet Tor tumult)
Of your own home. This batting of q
husband in public, while 1t may afford
food for laughter on the part of tho
dicious grieve.
A large woman leading around a
small puppy is always a ridiculous
sight.
II you make puppy of your hus-
band and accompany him out of even
ings, remember that some of the aft
er-laughter will be expended upon you.
If he is a puppy feed him we'll, treat
him kindly-and perhaps he will be-
come jolly dog.
But do not live comic supplement
life with him, because the comic pa
per habit is so general in this coun-
try and the types are so firmly ground
ed in the minds of even the young that
you will be recognized at sight, and
depend upon it, all the sympathy will
go out to the (under) dog.
| Perhaps you are intellectual and
your husband is not. Don't twit him
with your college education.
When you come right down to 1t, II
| he never went to college. you have
| forgotten most Of what you learned
there, and SO you are not in a posi-
ton to snub him as numerically as
| you do.
No doubt your mind was disciplined
by the very things you have forgotten
but remember that while 1t is excel
lent to have giants strength it is
| tyrannous to use 1t like giant" Lead
your husband up. Don't beat him
down.
Copyright, by James Pott & Coz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16
Parachute ThrIlIers.

Among the latest "thrillers" Is the
triple parachute leap, in which one
aeronaut uses three different para.
chutes before reaching earth. He
leaves the balloon in his downward
fight with a red parachute. but after
falling short distance liberates it and
makes q second plunge through space
with .. white parachute. This feat il
repeated again after another drop, and
he finally lands with q blue parachute.
Another thriller" is a double para
chute leap from the same balloon, In
which a man and woman race to earth
in parachutes which fall 500 or 500
feet before opening out. Popular Me-
chanlcS. -...-.--------- -.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16
The WorId,s Best Climate.

Is not entirely free from disease, on
the high elevations fevers prevail,
while on the lower levels malaria is
encountered to a greater or less OK
tent, according to altitude. To over,
come climate affections lassitude, ma.
laria, jaundice, biliousness, fever and
ague, and general debility, the most
effective remedy is Electric Filters.
the great Alternative and blood purifier;
the antidote for every form Of bodily
weakness, nervousness, and insomnia.
Sold under guarantee at all druggists.
Price SO cents
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

almost without warning, her father
was stricken with blindness, and then
the daughter. takinga leaf out of Dick
ems, determined to play Dot to his
Caleb, and with that in view she
bought a piano player on the install
ment plan.
Her father had been away for some
weeks when the automatic player
came to the house, and upon his re,
turn she said to him: Father, dear,
would you like to hear some music p
And her father said, Il would, in
deed, daughter, il you can play some
for me. / want to see IL you have i'm.
proved during my absence"
So the old gentleman sat himself
down on the sofa and turned his ear
toward the piano, and the daughter
put a Hungarian Rhapsody by List
in its place and started themechanism
When she came to an end her IA
Their called her to him and kissed her
upon her forehead and patted her
cheek and said: What a dear little
thing it is and how much it loves
to please its papa Paderewsh might
interpret 1t differently but he could
not play it any faster"
And while the daughters pride and
her conscience were having it out be-
tween them. her father said: "Daugh-
Ter, toe have surprise"
He turned toward her and contin-
ued: "While In New York visited
an oculist and can now see as well
as | ever could. How much do you
have to pay . month for the thingY'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

INCLOSE an in.
teresting clipping
that will appeal
especially to you.
Let me know
what you think of
it."
And then she
doesn't inclose it
and the recipient
of her letter vain
ly hunts for 1t.
The noninclos-
ing habit follows
the postal route
all over the world.
1t can be car
ried to madden.
ing extremes, as
when the young
m an W h o. i s
stranded in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16
GL0RIEs AND GLooMs.

New Slang, Descriptive of Young Wo-
afs men, Originates at Yale. &
The students of Yale university have
invented some new slang descriptive of
important conditions which, affect the
lives of young men. Here are some
additions TO the Yale vernacular:
~ glory young woman of un-
usual attractiveness
"a gloompnTa young woman OF far
less than average attractiveness; vide
lemon 80
A ball OF fre'-a young woman
whose beauty and charm are irresist-
.ihle; an ideal guest for college parties;
vide peach" 'pippin." "corker," etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16

HEARD a beau
tiful story the
other day about
an afflicted father,
a loving daughter,
and a piano.
1t seems that
the father had
long wished his
daughter to be-
come a. proficient
performer on the
piano, and the
daughter, distrust-
ing her own capa-
bilities, had made
up her mind that
she could never
play well enough
to make her de-
votion of hours
and hours of prac-
tice worth while.
Suddenly, and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-16
G O O

closure even if you forget to post the
letter containing it.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
RacehOrse Corn.

send you by mail an ear of corn.
Would you kindly tell me its name, IL
it has any? Does it contain the
largest proportion of oil or protein? :?
Is it best for hogs and for cattle, or
for horses ?-H. e. S.
This ear of corn is of peculiar in
terest. The variety is Racehorse or
Mortgage-lifter dent. The interest
lies in the protein content, which is
high, averaging 96S per cent. When
we came to examine the separate
kernels of the ear we found one
kernel testing but fiye per cent. and
another as high as fifteen. We are
examining into the matter of varia-
tion of separate kernels on the same
ear. The Importance of this matter
can be readily appreciated. We had
noted the variations between adjacent
kernels on the row when planted as
to the height, character of the stalk
and character of the ear. We then
examined into the chemical constitu-
tion of each kernel on separate ears,
but are not yet ready to report
Country Gentleman.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
4 Study of Plant Food.

The principal foods of plants are
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash,
and it is these substances in the man
ure upon which plants principally
feed. When fertilizers are applied
the farmer gives his crops identically
the same principal foods that he sup
plies from barnyards, with the differ
ence that in the use of fertilizers he
knows just how many pounds of nj
trogen (or ammonia) phosphorlc acid
and potash he applies per acre, while
the proportions of these substances in
the manure are unknown and much
depends upon the kinds of foods from
which the manure is produced and
the manner 1t has been cared for.
Barnyard manure, while it pos.
sesses just what may be needed, con-
tains some substances in greater pro-
portion than of others. Thus clover
is plant that prefers lime in some
form and requires very little ammo
mia, while wheat does not require as
much lime as the clover. The barn
yard manure is expected to furnish
both substances to each crop, and yet
there might be a waste of ammonia
from the manure applied to the clo-
yer.
The custom has been to haul out
the manure and spread it for corn,
with hopeful results and from the
same heap the farmers would spread
the same kind of manure on the
ground prepared for wheat. All this
was proper enough in its way, for no
one can deny the fact that barnyard
manure possesses nearly all the re-
quirements of plants-of every kind
but why should there be applied
that which would be wasted because
Of not being put to proper use?
Improvement is taking place in the
domain of agriculture, marching
along steadily and swiftly, cutting
down in its path the follies of the
past and adding more knowledge and
experience to The farmers, and to
nothing has more thoughtful atten-
ton been given than to the enrich
ment of the soil-supplying plants
with the best available foods, accord
ing to their individual requirements.
Not one kind of fertilizer for all kinds
of plants, but special fertilizer of the
plant that needs 1.-THE Epitomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
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PROSPERITY LOOMS UP.


Norristown Especially Work has
begun on an enlargement of the
plant of the Diamond State Fiber
Company. Bridgeport, and the doub-
ling Of the capacity OF March's pork
packing establishment at the same
time, give a hopeful prospect for bus
mess industry In the center OF the
Schuylkill Valley. Both establish
ments give employment to large
forces OF men.
In addition to the building opera
tions already awarded at the State
Hospital for the Insane, requiring a
million and half of bricks, Steward
John L. West is asking bids for still
another brick structure that will cost
about $4,000. These contracts are
to be let this week.
Similar reports cover conditions in
the iron and steel Industries of this
valley, which are picking up slowly.
The same general conditions exists
with more alacrity in other parts of
this county, especially along the
North Penn Railroad. At Landsdale
$50 men of the Coke Stove Company
are employed at full time, with a
likelihood of the other $50 employees
being called any day. The Central
Radiator Company and Krups foun-
dries have full compliments at work.
All industries at Amber and North
Wales show signs of going full with
everything in readiness to resume
full tilt.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-03-19
Separate ROosts.

When housing birds for winter It
should be taken into consideration
that the young birds require a little
more attention than the old ones, and
that the same conveniences do not
suit all ages. Old stock will get
along we'll on almost any kind OF a
roost, but 1t is not so with young
birds. Their bones are composed
mostly of animal matter and are cas-
lily bent and thus easily deformed.
If chick is forced to sit all night
on a little, narrow pole it will cause
him to bend almost double in order
to remain there and be comfortable,
and he will soon become crooked
backed, have leg weakness, or have a
crooked breast. Have separate roosts
for the young and old stock The
young birds will choose the fiat, wider
pieces of board, and the old stock
will naturally take the higher ones
and better results will follow
Farmers Home Journal.