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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
Don'ts From the POstOffice

Don't neglect to place postage
stamps on upper right hand corner,
and your name and address on upper
left hand corner of letters and pack
ages. Millions of pieces Of mail fail
to reach either addressee or sender On
account of such neglect.
Don't address your mail matter with
lead pencil, as the handling of mail
will wear off the pencil marks. AL
ways use ink
Don't fail to ascertain the correct
amount of postage necessary, as sec
ond, third and fourth class matter can
not be dispatched until fully prepaid.
Don't wrap second, third and fourth
class matter so that the contents can
not be easily examined by the post
Office authorities. If you do, your friend
at the office of destination will have
to pay for your error.
Don't use "stickers'' of any kind so
as to seal the package against inspec-
ton. This Is frequent error, and has
been the cause of much trouble to the
postoffice and it's patrons
Don't enclose writing in packages,
unless you prepay first class postage
You will be subject to fine of $40 for
illegal enclosures.
Don't telephone instructions relative
to change of address or the delivery of
your mail. Send your instructions to
the postmaster in writing, and they
will have proper attention. :
Don't neglect to register all valuable
matter and take receipt for same. The
small sum of 10 cents will insure de-
livery. and return receipt from the
person addressed.
Don't send money In the ordinary
mail. If lost, you have no recourse. A
money order costing only few cents
insures you against loss.
Don't wait until the last moment TO
deposit your mail matter, expecting
thatit will reach its destination regard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
paddx,a christmaa prAam.

That Christmas comes but once year
Is rather sad for willy.
And likewise limits much the cheer
OF Mabel. Maud and Milly,
For they would welcome ten or twelve
To shout around the shanty
And in their stockings deep to delve
For goodies left by Sanity.
But once a year is quite enough
(Since buying's such bother
When times are panicky and tough
For these dear youngsters father
In fact. poor daddy hopes the fates
VIII cause Ito get cheap year,
The calendar to change it's dates
And Christmas swap with leap year.
ROBERTUS LOVE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

less of storms, train service and other
conditions.
Don't forget that a special delivery
stamp, or ten cents in ordinary stamps
with the words special delivery
plainly written on the envelope in adj
dition to the regular postage, will
cause the immediate delivery of let
ter or package by the Office of destina-
ton.
Don't write message over or to the
right of the line on face of postal or
postal cards. Only the left one third
of the address side of card may be
used for correspondence. Always en-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

head the enumeration must wTite down
the street, avenue, road, etc.; the house
number in cities or towns; and the
number of the dwelling house and the
number OF the family, in the numerical
order of the enumerators visitation.
Under the subject name" for each
person whose place of abode on April
10 was in the family being enumerat-
ed, the census talser is instructed TO
enter the surname first. then the given
name and the middle initial if any.
He must include every person living on
April 10, 1910, and must omit children
born since that date.
The third group, relationship calls
for a statement of the relationship
which the person enumerated bears 10
the head of the family in which he re-
Sides
The personal description group asks
for the sex; color or race-that is,
whether white, black, mulatto Chinese,
Japanese, or Indian; age at last birth
day; whether single, married, widowed,
or divorced; the number of years IF
present marriage; and, under the sub
ject of mother of how many children"
the number of children each woman
has had and the number now living.
The Country of Birth.
The group relative to nativity re-
quires answers stating the place of
birth of the person enumerated and al
so Of his or her father and mother.
The instructions are that if either is
born in the United States. the enumer-
ator must give the state or territory,
but if of foreign birth he must give the
country
The two questions regarding citizen
ship apply to foreign-bsrn persons on
ly, and call for a statement of the year
of immigration to the United States,
and, in the"case of adult males, wheth-
er naturalized or alien.
The next question requires the emu
merator to ascertain whether the per
son is able to speak English, or, if not,
to give the language spoken.
There are five questions touching up
on occupation. The first calls for the
trade or profession Of, on particular
kind of work done by the person. being
enumerated, such as, to quote the
schedule, spinner, salesman, laDorer,
etc" The next inquiry calls for state
ment of the general nature of the in
dustry. business. or establishment in
which the person works, as, again 20
quote verbatim from the schedule, cot
ton mill. dry goods store, farm, etc"
The third wants to know whether the
person is an employer. employee, or
working on his or her own account,
and under the fourth and fifth ques-
tons, whether out of work on April II,
1910, and the number OF weeks out Ct
work during the year 1909
The questions in the education
group are whether able to read
whether able to write" and attend
ed school any time since September !,
1909"
information regarding Ownership
of home" will be obtained by these
questions: Whether the home is owned
or rented; if owned whether free or
mortgaged. and whether it is a farm or
simply a house, as in z village or city;
if a farm. the schedule carries for pur-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
Revised For Christmas.

You say Jack writes he can't be here
With you on Christmas day?
Well. Absence makes the heart grow
fOnder.'
So the poets say"
"'Tis not Jacks absence. What care I
Because he can't be near2
It's absence of the presents
That /, of all. most fear
For sake of up to dateness now
Well change this little rhyme.
"'Tis presents make the heart grow fond
est
Just at Christmas time.
Walter welinan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
THREE CHILDREN BURNED
Little Ones Left Alone by Parents in
Home at Sonth Chicago Perish.

Chicago, Dec 20.-John Corrodio,
aged Z. Charles Corrodio, aged 2, and
Mary Corrodio, aged 4, were burned 10
death in their home in South Chicago
when the house caught fire from an
unknown cause during the absence Of
their parents. The children were alone
in the home while the parents went
to barn. Shortly afterwards the faith
er saw fire bursting through a window
in their home, and, hurrying to the res
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

cue of the children, was driven back
ny the flames. He was powerless to do
anything for the children, who were
burned. beyond reorganization. The
building which was poorly constructed
burned to the ground within a short
time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
Looking Ones Best.

It's a woman's delight TO look her
best, but pimples, skin eruptions. sores
and boils robs life OF Joy. Listeni
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures them;
makes the skin soft and velvety. It
glorifies the face. Cures pimples, sore
eyes, cold sores, cracked lips, chapped
hands. Try it. Infallible for piles. %
cents, at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

poses of Identification the number of
the farm schedule.
The schedule further contains in
quiries as to whether the person emu
merated is a survivor of the union or
confederate army or navy; whether
blind in both eyes, and whether deaf
and dumb.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20
stuna for is Years

by indigestion's pangs = trying many
doctors and 5000 worth of medicine in
vain. B. F. Ayscue of Ingleside, N c.,
at last used Dr. Kings New Life Pills,
and writes they wholly cured him.
They cure constipation, biliousness.
sick headache, stomach. liver, kidney
and bowel troubles. Is cents, at all
druggists,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

close tinseled cards in sealed envelopes
and place first class postage on the en-
velope.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-20

All the news all the time-lHE
ARGUS,
Arizona republican., 1909-02-04

This work is written by lady, con- sequently not the object of severe criticism"
Arizona republican., 1909-02-04
THE EXTINCT EXAMINER'S
 OFFICE.

The legislature by a decisive ma jority, which appears to make a veto ineffective, has wiped out the office of public examiner which all agree has saved many thousands of dol lars to the counties and the terri tory within the last four years.
 The usefulness of the office and the efficiency of the incumbent, MT. Foster. have been publicly recog- nized by county supervisors regard less of party. Supervisors are the best judges of public money produc- ing and saving devices. But their protests against the extinction of the office have been unavailing.
 Its usefulness also has been priv ately admitted by more than half the men who have voted it out of exist ence without, even in their own opin- ion, any adequate successor in view.
 This is something unusual, we be- lieve unheard of in legislation. We can only hope that the result of their action will not be eventually as disastrous to the territory as many fear it will be.
Arizona republican., 1909-02-04
$IO0 Dollars Reward. $IOO

The readers of this paper will be pleas ed to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrn being a con- stitutional disease, requires a constitu- tional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the founda- ton of the disease, and giving the pa tient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have 90 much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address,:
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O.
 Sold by Druggists. 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipa tion.
 For your spectacles, eyeglasses and other optical goods see pr. Swigert, r E. Adams st. Phone Red 2641 Bring your repair work to us
Arizona republican., 1909-02-04
THE RAILWAY WORKERS
 PROTEST.

The members of the legislature will no doubt give a considerate hearing to the representatives of the railway working mems organizations, who are here to protest against measures which they believe would affect them disastrously if they should become laws.
 No doubt some demagogues will try to belittle their efforts in behalf of labor by claiming that they are really put forward by the railroads to fight their battles for them. But the labor leaders who are here are gentlemen of standing and intelli- gence, against whom such islander ous insinuation will not lie.
 Beside, the railroads themselves are taking no interest in this matter. There is an apparent apathy on their part in strange contrast to the in terest they manifested two years ago when the rate bills were under consideration. They then objected to the bills, not because they feared the bills in themselves, but because they dreaded the effect of such legislation upon investors from whom they eX- pected to secure money for further enterprises. Such legislation, they believed, would aggravate situation which had been made bad by the populistic legislation which had been enacted all over the country.
 The railroads did not believe that the pending legislation would stand in the courts. But that it would have the effect of soaring investors they had no doubt There may be two reasonable opinions as to the effect of the legislation now pro- posed One is that it would be merely invalid: that the railroads would pay as little attention to it after its enactment as before. In that case no one would suffer. The OlHeT OpiulOH lS lAldl NLSlhtI III valid or not, it would derange the business of the railroads, affect their credit, bring them into the courts pending whose settlement of the dis pute there would be a cessation of railroad activity, in which employees would suffer as well as~all who are even remotely connected with the railroad business.
 This is evidently the opinion held by the labor leaders who are now here urging the legislature not to disturb further conditions which have not become settled since the agita- tion which for two years demoral- ized the railroad business throughout the country.
 The legislators are asked to con- sider whether there is a likelihood in an event of benefit to anybody which would offset the loss to laborers in wages and employment, the crip- bling of the railroad service and the delay in railroad extension, which would almost certainly follow such legislation as has been threatened.
Arizona republican., 1909-02-04

By what name shall it go down in history? The Destructive Twenty
Arizona republican., 1909-02-04

Special sale. finest apples, $1.sO per box. McKee's.
Arizona republican., 1909-02-04

There are not many things about the legislative caucus to admire, composed as it is. for the most part, of loveable though misguided gentle men. There is. however, one thing to be said about it and that is it was well constructed and has some ap- pearance of durability.
Arizona republican., 1909-02-04

Fifth? That will do until we can think of something shorter and ug- Tier.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-22
Watering Trouahs and Chambers.

As long ago as 1852 sollysel. who
was the stable master Of Louis XIV.
OF France and who wrote book about
glanders. called special attention 10
watering troughs as being the medium
OF contagion. Present day veterinary.
ans do not consider the danger great
unless the virus comes IN direct con.
tact with exposed tissues. but SO many
horses nowadays have their lips or
mouths lacerated by the brutal jerking
OF their bits that communication OF
the disease in this way is said TO be
responsible for very large percentage
OF the cases. As the disease Is always
fatal. the owner Of the horse whose
driver Is permitted TO torture him by
nagging very often suffers just pun.
ishment In the loss OF the animal.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-22
THE VETERINARY.

For lnhamed udders In milk cows
try rubbing with mixture OF lard and
common salt. using about as much rs
the lard viii take W
Protesting Cattle From Flies.
One gallon OF crude petroleum. one.
half gallon u kerosene. one-half gal
ion Of fish oil aud one cupful OF crude
carbolic acid mixed together and M
piled ID spray over the cows nj least
once day Will protect them from the
torture Of the dies
Founder IN Horses.
When horse becomes suddenly stIfi
or sore and tender forward II Is due
usually TO founder a large tablespoon.
ful or alum VIII. II Is claimed. cure
founder Put Il on long handled
spoon and deposit Il on The tongue NJ
far down the throat as possible. The
horse usually swallows II without dis.
turbance. Ii should be IN the pow.
dered form aud moistcned.
Remedies For Lice and Mango.
Keep an eye out for lice. mango and
other troubles Of this kind which ap.
pear about this time OF year Mango
Ii not especially serious. but stock M.
fected get on In condition and lose
flesh. one part Of pure carbolic ncId g
thtrty.hye parts hot water Will destroy
lice on cattle. Apply hot with sponge
every two or three days. The coal Tar
products are excellent for the skin
troubles.
Worms In Colts.
For intestinal worms IN colts the fol.
lowing mixture Il used BY some vetcri
narlans: Mix together MS bnsc on
pound each Of salt and graduated
sugar. In this mis- onc.hnlf pound ~
tobacco dust or line cut tobacco. four
ounces Of sulphatc q Iron powder and
six ounces Of powdered worm seed
Give hcaping tcaspoonful IN the feed
ut FIRST once a dry. then twice day
and keep up for three weeks.
A Rsredy For cowpox.
Cowpox Is contagious disease. If II
breaks out IN the stable remove those
affected &c once from the stable and
lei them be fed and MIXED by an out
side helper. The remedy Is 10 mis-
three icaspoOnfuls OF conl uii III one
pound Of hot lard and rub on the tcats
after cach milking. The ieats should
be washed with warm water and cas
tile soap. wiped dry with a soft cloth
and then we'll CREASED. II teats afe
much infiamcd draw the milk with I'll
silver milk tube. Give each COW W.T.
The disease uneelalf uune II stilplii'.
~ srda twI,r day IN the miStd fe,ti
This VII purify tile blood. Iic SIRE
grt snlphIle % soda and not sulphate
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-22
A sALrER AND TAR spREApEn

should be about the size of a sleeps
nose. The log is set up on blocks. as
shown in the Illustration. A small
tuft Of rag or rope Is tackled at the
upper edge of the hole. and every timc
the sheep are sailed tar is smeared
on this tuft. While no doubt the tai
Il disagreeable to sheep. In their avid.
lily 10 get the salt they will get more
or less of the tar smeared on their
noses.
AT this time 1t might be well to
describe the symptoms indicating the
presence Of the gadfy I'm the flock
When attacked the sheep generally
PUSHES toward the flock with Its nose
close to the ground. 1t shakes Its
head violently and sneezes. This Is
due to the sting caused by the gadfiy
In the nostril In Its effort to get a foot.
hold and deposit Its eggs. The eggs
remain In the nasal cavities OF the
head until mature, when. according to
those who have worked out the life OF
this fly. IL falls out OF the nostril and
completes development In the soil
Where Sleeps head contains mum.
Der OF larvae catarrhal discharge
win be noticed coming from the nose
In bad cases the sheep is inclined to
lie down and point its nose into the
air and Is also restless and unthrifty.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-22

what Is IT, SO
with Ills cows He has Jersey Here
ford Holsteins In his effort TO breed a
COW that will give sixty pounds Of 8
per cent milk and have her carcass
sell for @ cents pound on the hoof
when done milking her. IL is the idea
OF wheelbarrow. track sulky and a
band wagon In one vehicle all over
again. Music and dirt don't mix:
neither do breeds OF so violently OPP
posed types. SO the very first step Is
20 carefully think out what one wants
and then stick TO H.
To beef a herd OF cows and replace
with registered animals means a lot OF
money. ] do not advocate that, even
n you have money 10 burn. A tree
that won't blow over grows slowly.
Good herds are bred the same way.
Burbank plums and Shasta daisies are
the results OF selection. Hundreds
were thrown away. There must be a
standard. and Il must be lived up 70.
There IS on one way to measure IT.
by the scale. You can buy a bull
reasonably that some other fellow has
spent his time In breeding. You should
select the foundation cows and do the
rest yourself.
As before stated. the first thing Il
The plan. One must Gull out and Kill
and keep culling and killing. always
using the scale asa guide. Inciden.
tally you need. II aiming nc butter pro.
ductIon. Babcock tester II does
not cost much. Neither do scales. for
that matter. What costs Is milking
cows that don't pay their way. Are
you doing it?-Comfort Clark.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-22
FIGHTING THE GADFLY.
Breeders Plan Of Protecting His Flock
From This Pest.

Breeders Plan OF Protecting His Flock
From This Pest.
Sheep suffer considerably from the
gadfy. A common way to proven,
this fy from working on them Is to
smear the nose with compound OF
grease and tar. This is applied with
q brush. When there are many sheep
Of course this plan would not be
feasible, and dipping would probably
repel the fly SO long as the odor OF the
dip was strong on the fleece. As the
odor will not continue to be an effec-
tive repellent throughout the season
and as the fly is active until late In
the summer, more effective treat.
ment is necessary.
A breeder recommends the plan OF
boring holes in log and placing
salt in these holes, which. OF course.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-22
THE FEEDE R.

The overhead rack Is n poor place
from which to feed the horse. he.
sides being an unnatural way for the
animal 10 feed IL causes great deal
Of dust. which Is bad thing.
Siisee For Lambs.
sllage may be fed 10 lambs in limit.
I'd quantities. II must be remembered
that 80 per cent Of corn silage Is
water. consequently the lambs must
have other feed. About two pounds
Of corn sllage and half pound Of dry
hny for roughage Is satisfactory ra-
tion.
Feed For Young Pigs.
Young pigs need feed richer IN pro.
TEN than older hogs. Give during
the summer time alfalfa. clover or
rape pasture. aud along with this feed
a little cornmcal and sklmmiIk. II
skimmilk IL not obtainablc. supply the
needed protein By the use Of wheat
shorts or one pound Of dried blood
mixed with nine pounds Of corn.
meal. which makes an excellent pig
feed.
Summer Feed For Sheep.
During tie summer season do not
coniine your sheep entirely 10 one
pasture field. but change them often
Have q good shade for them during
the hot. dry season. Sow patch Of
rape Tor them. which viii bc ready 10
turn on when The pasture becomes
short and dry IN the fall II your
sheep are property taken care Of dur
Ing the summer you will have large.
growtby lambs. and your ewes will
stay Ia good condition. ready 20 pro.
ducc q set Of vigorous lambs the next
spring.
Feeding Floors Necessary.
Feeding floors are good things The
man who feeds his hogs on the
ground usually does so from lack 81
better facilities. II should be rcmcm.
bcrcd that Il is not my more natural
for hog 10 pick his feed up ont ~
the dirt and mud than for any other
animal 70 do 80. although clrcum.
stances have in many cases forced
him 10 ndnpt himself 10 such condI.
lions. Covered feeding floors are not
so desirable In most respects MS the
open kind which nre sheltered on the
north and west. The open floors are
washed OF and kept clean and whole.
some more easily. A feeding floor
sixteen feet wide and Of length sufii.
Client to accommodate the hogs that
are fed and high enough TO clean OF
without the refuse pillng ~ nt the
s'ue y not only great convenience,
.at y profitable addition TO the feed
Ing layout.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-22
SECURING GOOD cows.
Stick to Your Ideals and Use the Dairy
Scale and Tester.

some VIII De poor.
Such have to be
killed.
The greatest
difficulty In the
way Of producing
good cows is too
often In the man
behind the COW.
The trouble is he
doesn't stick to
his ideals. II may
be true OF all his
breeding. w 1T h
his horses be may
start with q good.
nice. sleepy kind
of family mare.
He wants more
grit. so tries to
breed 1t I'm. The
colt Is too small,
so next time he
e oes for size.
Il b e product is
perhaps a Ham
bletonion Nor :
g a n y e lgian
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-07-22
GOOD, HONEST, sQUARE-DEAl

Medicines like DR.
dent which they outside
publicity places these medicines
prescribing them largely they do in their
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1909-03-27

to
made up navy blue and has yoke and pon cut and
the with silk
taken down the center yoke and aston far the waist six small
bishop set to cuff which trimmed silk
inches wide 9 buttons, III silk
The is suitable for girl from
used fastens down the front under wide boxpait which trimmed
buttons
Hat of red felt trimmed with plaid silk ribbon
lining
blue cashmere chosen piece lace used the and collar the bodice
the fastening two tucks made each shoulder The
the
The skirt has boxpa each side of front with smaller
it; of
front Materials required
tons, " velvet.
Striped tweed is the material chosen for the
covered the bodice also trimmed
little
Materials required
braid