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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02
Saved From Awful Peril.

81 never felt so near my grave
writes Lewis Chamblin of Manchester.
Ohio. r. r. No. 3, "as when a frightful
cough and lung trouble pulled me down
to 115 pounds in spite of many RENE
dies and the best doctors. And that !
am alive today is due solely to Dr.
Kings New Discovery, which com
pletely cured me. Now I weigh $50
pounds and can work hard 1t also cur
ed my four children of Group" Infalli-
Bile for coughs and colds; it's the most
certain remedy for grip, asthma. des-
perate lung trouble and all bronchial
affections. so cents and 81. A trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by all drug
gists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02

kept and from these Liza dozen
eggs were sold at an average price
of 6 cents, $1S3.04; chickens sold,
S100.73; turkeys sold, $500; total
income from poultry, $340.67. The
tenant estimates the total income of
the place at $S54.69, which would
include the sale of Sal worth of 9th
er products than those named above.
The tenants half of the corn
amounted to $50 bushels, most or ali
of which was fed on the place. De-
Quoting the total money expense nam
ed, $345, from the income, SS54.6S,
the profit is seen TO be $509.G9. And
added to it whatever money he earn
ed outside of this farm.
Figured in another way, Mr..
Nollsch estimates that this total ex-
pense for the year was 1924, leaving
him net income of 5000. but this
expense must include the family liv-
ing.
But to examine these accounts sep
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02
THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2,

arately. Mr.. Nollsch estimates that
the five cows ate s2O9.95 worth of
grain and $3.50 worth of hay, a
total of $272.25, or $5445 per cow
Deducting this large feed bill from
the money received for butter and
calves, we have S15997 of profit, or
$50 per COW. This is a little more
than the average income of the best
one-fourth of the dairy cows of Iii
nois. as figured out by the state ex-
pertinent station from the full years
record of 554 cows in SO herds. But
strictly speaking, a part of this S32
should be credited to the work of
butter making and again the cow
should be credited with the skim
milk fed to the pigs and with the
milk used by the family. In thus
considering the dairy business alone;
it should be remembered that, on the
crop side, the farmer made, in addi-
ton to the above COW returns. what
ever profit there is in raising the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02
FIVE COWS AND TWENTY ACRES OF CORN
Dairy Poultry
Out in

The following items of cost and
profit of a small tenants business
for one year may be of interest, not
for striking results but as showing
a fairly clear farm account In three
features. Mr.. Nollsch rents a part
of Leigh F. Maxcy's 160-acre farm
in Sangamon county, paying SIS per
year for the house, barn, lots, or
chard and, garden, covering about
five acres; SIS per acre for 20 acres
of pasture, and one-half the corn
raised on another 20 acres. The
writer understands that the tenant
also makes money by labor outside
the farm. The place is well equipped
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02

and there is much fruit of several
kinds. The total expenses for the
year 1908 were: rent, $175, hay
bought $40, chicken feed bought SIT,
poultry supplies and lumber $23, to-
tai $345.
Five COWS are kept and 1,275
pounds of butter were sold at an
average price of 81 ga cents per
pound, making $404.S1. Three
calves were sold for $27.41. Three
hogs, having milk as part of their
ration, were sold at s cents per pound
amounting 'S40.S0.
Poultry and Eggs, $341.
Two hundred and fifty hens were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02
VACUUM CLEANING
B. T. STONE.

Basement Y. NJ. C. A. Phone 5o1-Y
Clean your house from top to bot
tom by Vacuum Process. Prices reaS-
enable and work done promptly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02

All the news all the time-lHE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02
COURT HOUSE RECORD

John Parks to John H. Minteer.
trustee, lot 10, block 2. village of
Reynolds, $475.
CAMEL Vermeulen TO Louis Some
vile. lot 10. block 1914. New Shops ad-
dition. East Moline, S1,700.
Louis Roose to CAMEL DePorter, lot
u, block 173, city East Moline, $1,O25.
Louis Sonneville TO Gustaf Lesagie,
lot G, block 2, Blackmap's addition,
Moline, 81 500.
Title Fleener to Peter c. Simmons.
lot 8. block -, Spencer & Cases ad-
dition. Rock Island. $500.
Lillian e. Parsons to Stella Harker.
lots 81. 80. block 12l, town OF East Nc
line, $3.50
n ~.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02
Last Weeks Winner.

DAVENPORT ROOFING CO.
Ask us for estimates on
your gravel. asphalt, felt
and all kinds of prepared
roofing.
We put on the best roofs
that can be obtained at the
lowest prices.
All work promptly at
tended to and guaranteed.
321 Rock Island st. Both phones
DAVENPORT, IOWA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02

high-priced corn of last year. The
$50 bushels at 20 cents would be
worth S455.
The total income from the poultry
was seen to be $34O.67. The tenants
full estimate. for their keep was
S124.52, plus $23 for supplies and
lumber. S147.52 in all, leaving a net
profit of S193.15 for supplies and
poultry. This lumber was for equip
ment that would last several years
and need not all be charged to the
1908 business.
The Keep of Three Horses.
A large item of expense allowed in
figuring the $5O9.69 of profit, but
NOT specifically referred to there, is
the corn that three work horses ate,
but if they were used to earn con-
siderable money outside of the farm,
only a part OF their expense should
be charged TO the farm. This ac-
cCuI,t, the ugh not exact and complete
in every item, throws much light on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02

the total income and the separate
sources of income from this little
place Reported by Arthur ]. Bill
for the illinois Farmers institute
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02

Manufacturers Of sash, doors,
stairs and mouldings. Dealers In
glass, builders hardware and
makers of everything in mill
work. Cor. 18th st. and 9th av.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-02
MISS CORA BOWMAN

Shampooing, Chiropodist.
Ladies and gentlemen treated
for Ingrowing Toe Nails, Club
Nails. Corns, Bunions, Calloused
Soles, or any disease of the feet.
4031z Brady street, Suite IS.
Davenport, Iowa. Telephone
22eOY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-05-03
Australia.

While Australia is the fifth of
the great continents Of the earth.
with single states larger than his
toric Kingdoms and empires, the
London Standard notes that it has
fewer inhabitants than those for
whom the police force of London is
responsible. In population it is no
greater than Belgium, a tiny shred
of fat country that would be lost in
the. back lands of Queensland or
South Australia. In fact, Australia
has only a small fringe Of popula-
ton sparsel1 strewn along the sea-
coast, too few in number even In
hold that -im except in dots and
patches, While the natural inc,oe.,
Of population is below that 81
other nations.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-05-03
When the Commons Was a Shield.

In modern times when the Brit
ish parliament is dissolved it means
that the members must look to their
bank books for election expenses.
Formerly it spurred them to desper-
ate shifts to avoid bankruptcy and
arrest for debt, for with the disso-
luton Of parliament went the mem
ber's priced privilege Of immunity
from his creditors. Down to the
middle of the last century no civil
action for the recovery of debt could
be directed against members of por-
Lament, so that a seat in parliament
was the spendthrift's invulnerable
defense, or, as Disraeli wrote tbe
only way to keep some men "out of
the house Of correction is to get
them into the house Of commons"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-05-03
People Are Different.

Chief Justice Taney, driving
through the Tennessee mountains,
once broke one of the shafts of his
buggy. A small colored boy came
riding by on a mule. The Justice
hailed him, Here, my boy" he
said, can you help me fix my bug
ey" "Sure, boss" answered the
boy, and, cutting a hickory withe, he
soon fixed the shaft so that it was
quite seryiceable. "Well, well %
raid the learned Judge. "Now, why
couldn't | have done thatY" 81
dunno, boss" replied his "frst aid,
unless some folks knows more than
others. ."-Success Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-05-03
Took 10 Him Naturally.

snow, it's a curious fact"-
The belle of the ball sighed. AZ
through the waltz her partner had
been relating "curious facts" to her
about everything under the sun,
from pigs to politics, till she was
bored to death, and now he was on
the subject Of heredity.
Its a curious fact" he remark
cd, but my brother, who was born
ON the same day Of the year was,
but who's three years older, is tbc
exact Opposite Of me in every re-
'pect. Do You know my brother -
mo demurely murmpred IN,
)elle. "but should like 70. =
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-05-03
As TO Babies.

ANY one can be a parent, but II
takes a gift to elevate such common
products as children. You have got
10 make the public forget that they
yen have to be fed at regular hours,
and get collie. You must make people
ieel that they are pretty and pink
and tremendous privilege, ,"-Maude
hadford Warren. in Peter, Peter"
(HaTpers)
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-05-03
J.T. WALL & COMPANY.
Camomlie.

It Is said not only that decoctions
OF the leaves dried and powdered OF
the common camomile will destroy
insects, but that nothing contributes
80 much to the health of a garden as
number of camomile plants dis
persed through II. No greenhouse or
dollhouse should be without camomile
in a green or in a dried state; either
the stalks or flowers viii answer.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-05-03
IN A MEXICAN JAIL.
Food and RedoIothes Scanty, but
There's Money For Cigarettes.


Beating your way through Mex
ico." said The man who had been
there, SIS a snap compared with the
same unconventional method of
travelling in the United States The
engineers and brakemcn on the
freight trains are nearly all Ameri-
cans, and they generally welcome
fellow from home.
"There's one drawback, though.
The authorities are tickled to death
to catch an American breaking the
law in that way. 1t means "a"
sentence every time with hard labor,
and it is hard labor and no mistake
about it.
"At a watering tank near Her
mosillo, in the state of Sonora, l
braced the engineer of a freight
train for a ride. lie was gruff
sort of chap and seemed to have a
bad crouch on that day.
"I don't give a curse what you
do he said, but l won't have you
in my cab, and all'the cars are seal
ed. Ride on the cowcatcher if you
like
81 was foolish enough to follow
his suggestion and had a great time
for an hour or so. But l wasn't IA
mihar with the country, and we
were sneaking into Hermosillo be-
fore l realized that it was time to
remove myself. a policeman caught
sight of me and waved his arms
frantically. As soon as the train
slowed down bit / made a jump
for it, but the Mexican leop was
right there Before l know where
1 was / found myself sentenced to
twenty days or a twenty dollar fine.
"They showed me into a cell al
ready occupied by six Me&icans.
They seemed to be half starveda but
| was surprised to notice that they
were all smoking cigarettes. 1t Was
the siesta hour, and | thought that
if smoking was permitted Mexican
prisoners must be rarely well treat
ed, l soon discovered my mistake.
I In the afternoon they took us out,
made up a chain gang and set us to
paving a section Of street. The
work was hard and the sun was hot.
l was half dead by the time work
was called off.
"For supper they served us red
beans-frijoles is the native name
boiled in plain water; no meat or
bread and only a limited supply Of
salt. \ ragged quilt was given me
as my covering. and l was supposed
to sleep on the floor among my Mex
lean companions.
"The next morning l understood
the cigarette game. As they march
ed us to work the comandante
handed each man a small coin. For
cigarettes he said, with an amiable
wave of his hand Later on l dis
covered that the custom is univer-
sal.
con Sundays they had a new Job
for us. Instead of mending the
they set us to sweeping
the main thoroughfare. The brooms
consisted of green branches broken
off the nearest tree, and we were
merely supposed to stir up the dust
and sweep it into little heaps. No
body ever came to cart it away when
we we're through. 1t was a comical
though humiliating at the
same time. One week was Just
about enough for me. | saved up
my cigarette money for a few DAYS
and paid a boy to take a message to
a gringo friend who lived in Her
1t happened to be Sunday.
and When he came down he found
me at my street sweeping job. II
struck him as being so funny that
he laughed for five minutes before
he could explain his business. Then
he paid my fine and took me home
to a good dinner" Baltimore
American
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-05-03
TRAINING A TRICK SEAL.
A Simple Task When You Know That
NE Likes Fish,

sIts all in making an animal do
nothinc that is not natural, said
the old animal trainer, nothing
that the nature of the particular
species goes against. You see, it's
lust like people training themselves
for a specie thing; doctors not Civ
ing pills for just about anything as
they used to do when / was young,
but each particular doctor doing
one thing. That's because the doc
tor can do that thing well and com
paratively easy. 1t is the same
way with breaking animals. The
trainer must know, first of all,
enough about the habits of his
breed to fit tricks to their need. He
must not try to make an elephant
climb or a lion play the drum.
"Take seals, for example. | don't
believe there is an animal act that
makes people sit up and take more
notice than those acts with seals,
the fellows that catch hats and bal
ance big balls. Those wonderful
tricks that make the little girls
scream with delight and get their
mothers all excited are done on one
simple principle-seals eat fish.
That's all there is to it when you
come right down to the truth.
"You begin with one seal, lot of
little pieces Of fish and bit Of
string. You let the seal sit on his
pedestal, which he likes to do by
nature. Then you throw him one of
the pieces of fish, and he naturally
and easily catches it. Next you tie
a piece of fish on the end Of your
string and swing it toward the seal.
He catches that, too, and you keep
moving away from him and swing
| ing the reward to him from an in
creasing distance. Now you are
ready to begin with the hat or corn
ucopia. Placing and tying a bit Of
the fish up in the tip of it, you toss
it to the seal. He is dexterous by
nature, and his nose, detecting the
fish up in the cone, quickly seeks it.
lie bites it out and tosses the cone
aside. Before long he comes to as
sociate that cone with his loved fish,
and he will catch any number of
similar ones and toss them aside
when he fails to find what he wants.
That's all there is to the trick, you
see.
Balancing the big rubber ball is
based on the same principle, The
bali is soaked in fshy brine and
thrown TO the seal. He gets the
odor and tries his best to get into
the ball and find what he's af er.
This results in his balancing the
ball ON his nose, a feat for which
his quickness, his supple, muscular
neck and his natural feeding habits
are all adapted, and then he gets his
piece Of fish as a prize.
"The man working with seals
thinks to himself, What else do
seals do naturally And the an
swer comes, They like to slap and
beat around with their front flip
pers.' Here is the basis for a good
and effective trick. Down on the
side of the pedestal on which the
seal is placed an automobile horn is
fastened or a little drum or a tin
pan. The seal in the excitement of
being fed slaps with his Aipper for
all he's worth, and You can see that
with few simple adaptations, such
as tying a cymbal to the fipper, for
instance, a seal band is assembled
and sets the audience wild by its
comic and clever performance. Its
all so simple, You know-when YOU
are on the inside" New York
Post.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-05-03
seItMade.

A large majority Of the good and
respectable women in this world have
succeeded in being so without the as.
sistanee OF chaperons
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1910-05-03
Caused Suspicion.

''Looks like a good man. said
Hawkins But great Scott When /
shook hands It sounded like l was
shaking dice."-Harpers Weekly.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-06-10
KEEPING MILK
SEPARATORS CLEAN
Sweet Cream Should Keep With.
out Deterioration for at Least
Twenty.four Hours-Then
Il Can BE Mixed.
CBy E. ". FARRINGToN.)


There Is no better way of holding
cream from one day to another than
to run it over a cooler Immediately as
it comes from the separator. cooling
1t thereby to some so degrees Fahren-
heit.
1t will be well to skim the first lot
of cream very rich. about 40 per cent.
fat. Then cool this to low tempera-
ture and hold 1t cold until the second
day. The cream separated on the Sec
bnd day may be somewhat thinner,
containing from % to 80 per cent. fat
This may be run directly into the cold.
rich cream of the previous day and the
two lots thoroughly mixed.
After the mixture has stood an hour
or SO 1t ought to be tested both for fat
and acidity. II 1t has slow acidity
near $40 per cent, a starter may be
used. After mixing the starter with
the cream ripen it at 65 to 20 degrees
until the acidity reached about $40
per cent
The cream ought then to be cooled
10 about 80 degrees and held ct this
temperature until It il churned.
Sweet cream from clean milk ought
10 keep without deterioration fr
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-06-10
Is YEARS OF SKIN DISEASE

For sixteen long years I have been
suffering with bad case Of skin dis.
ease. While child there broke out q
red sore on the legs just In back OF
my knees. It waxed from bad to worse.
and at last saw I had bad skin
disease. tried many widely known
doctors In different cities but to no
satisfactory result. The plague both.
cred me more In warm weather than
In winter and being on my leg joints
Il made It impossible for me to walk,
and l was forced to stay indoors In the
warmest weather. My hopes OF recov.
cry were by this time spent. Sleepless
nights and restless days made life an
unbearable burden. At last was
advised to try the Cuticura remedies
tCuticura Soap. Ointment and Pills1
and did not need more than a trial
to convince me that was on the road
Of success this time. bought two
sets Of the Cuticura Remedies and
after these were gone I was differ
ent man entirely. l am now the hap
piest man that there Is at least one
true care for skin diseases. Leonard
A. Hawtof. II Nostrand Ave-. Brook.
Ign. N. T.. July 80 and Aug. 8. '09."
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-06-10
PASSION FLOWER COMES
FROM SOUTH AMERICA
This Beautiful Plant Luxuriously Tropical
Home Climbing BY It's Tendrils
Tallest Trees

In early days. when human intelli-
gence was in its infancy. there -four
ished primitive form of religion,
known AZ plant and tree worship. and,
though centuries have interviewed,
curious traces Of this old phase still
.emain In the folk lore OF plants.
This old-time veneration which our
ancestors cherished for forest giants
and exquisite blossoms can be readily
appreciated In view Of the emotion
and admiration which they call forth
IN ourselves today.
With the passing OF the centuries
and the progress Of civilization these
primitive ideas were modified and
changed to meet the changed condi-
tons Of life and mind, 30 that under
the shadow Of Christ's life and cruel
nxion some members Of the plant
world became q source Of veneration,
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-06-10

curious blossoms. As soon as the first
Spanish settler in South America be-
held 1t he Immediately regarded It
as a marvellous symbol Of Christ's
Passion. calling 1t the flower of the
Passion" title which the Mexican
Jesuits alternated with "the flower
Of the Eve wounds" and. indeed, even
cursory examination of It reveals
how exactly nature has reproduced the
mysteries of the Passion In each Of
its parts. The leaf synbolizes the
spear which pierced the Saviour's side.
the three styles the three nails which
fastened hands and feet upon the
cross, the stamens the hammers which
drove them In. and the FIVE anthers
the five wounds thus received. The
tendrils. representing the whips Oh
cords. have two Specifications. de-
noting the scourging and the bonds.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-06-10
The Business Instinct.

An English farmer. taking his little
son with him. was going to the
polling station to give his vote. On
the way he met friend on the same
errand. and the two entered into con-
versation. After an excited and heat.
ed argument about the budget they
came to blows. The poor lad was
much frightened. and. seeing that his
father was getting the worst Of 1t.
suddenly called out to him:
"Hit him In the watch. father;
that'l cost him something!"
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-06-10
Growing Strawberries.

The strawberry comes first In the
season and succeeds best on moist.
sandy loan. Use only one-year old
plants from new and productive beds.
Remove blossoms and buds, and trim
roots and foliage before setting them
out For home use plant in hills IL
inches apart in 24-inch rows: also
cut runners for field culture. Check.
row the land. planting two feet apart
In three-foot rows. Cultivate both
ways at first, cut runners once, then
train along rows. keeping all weeds
down with hoe. Cultivate both ways
at least three times. then one way un-
til fall mulching. l cover my rows
with stable manure when the ground
is frozen.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-06-10
FEED CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food. u Pays
Big Dividends.

II parents viii give just a little in.
telligent thought to the feeding Of
their children the difference In the
health OF the little folks will pay,
many times over. for the small trouble.
A mother writes saying: Our chill.
dren are all 80 much better and
stronger than they ever were before
We made q change in the character OF
the food. We have quit using pota,
toes three times q day with coffee
and SO much meat.
Now We give the little folks some
fruit. either fresh stewed. or canned,
some Grape-Nuts with cream, occa-
sionally some soft boiled eggs, and
some Postum for breakfast and sup
per. Then for dinner they have some
meat and vegetables.
1T would be hard to realize the
change In the children, they have
grown SO sturdy and strong, and we
attribute this change to the food ele-
ments that ! understand. exist In
Grape-Nuts and Postum.
"A short time ago my baby was
teething and had . great deal Of stom.
ach and bowel trouble. Nothing
seemed TO agree with him until tried
Grape-Nuts softened and mixed with
rich milk. and he improved rapidly and
got sturdy and well"
Read The Road to Wellville." found
In pkgs. There's q reason"
Evef FeaA The above leAsees 4 NV
a.. a.
1DonR0nA
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-06-10

rom association with certain events
and the fancied portrayance OF 9TH
ers.
OF these legends those connected
with the crucifixion are undoubtedly
the most beautiful. as well as the most
fanciful, and Of these the passion
flower ranks first. A native Of Central
and South America. this beautiful
plant grows luxuriously in its tropical
home. climbing by its tendrils to the
SUBMITS Of the tallest trees. adjoining
them with a succession of lovely but
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1910-06-10

In the center of the flower rises the
column Of the ovary. which symbolizes
the pillar of the cross. while in the
filaments is seen the crown of thorns.
The nimbus. or halo Of glory, which
surrounds the Saviour's head, Is sup
piled by the circle Of the calyx Even
the coloring Of the blossom held a
sacred meaning. for the white tint de-
noted purity, aud the blue heaven.
and Its duration of Towering (three
days.. was equivalent to the three
years ministry.