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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09
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Whene'er a noble deed is wrought,
Whene'er is spoken a noble thought,
Our hearts in glad surprise
To higher levels rise.-Longfellow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09

Still Guessing.
"Is that man any relation to your
you might say So"
what is itF'
He is the husband of my mother"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09
HuTn0r and
Philosophy
A HERO.
D. DUNCAN ~. SMITH

THE man who keeps his sidewalk clean
When winter reigneth In the land,
Who rises in the early morn
And shovels snow to beat the band,
Need not be worried as to what
The future will for him afford
Nor fear about his harp and crown
When he Is called to his reward
In summer he may be rerniss.
Allow his lawn to go uncut.
Let weeds throughout his garden grow
And hide the pretty posies. but
II he gets busy when the snow
Is falling briskly from the skies
The whole applauding neighborhood
Win know in him they have a prize.
No one can really love the man,
Nor would he any prizes draw,
Who never shovels pff the snow,
But leaves it there to wait the thaw.
They wade in II when 1t Is fresh,
When Il is hard they slip on 1t,
They wet their feet when It is soft.
And never does 1t make a hit.
Behold the contrast. If you will
The contrast, as you can but see
In favor of the gentleman
Who keeps his walk from snowstorms
free.
As dry shod by his place they walk
And without jeopardy Of limb,
Then every one will sweetly say
That nothing Ia too good for him.
The Extravaganza Of the Country.
81 hear that Jones Is coming back to
the city to live"
Yes"
"Got tired of rural life, eh?"
"No; think not"
Didn't find that all the work of run
ming a fruit farm is counting the dol
lars, supposeT
That's not the reason"
81 suppose that he has sunk what lit
tie he hadT'
Wrong again"
'crhen why did he quitY'
'He had to buy his wife limousine
this summer, and he was afraid If ht
stayed on the farm another season hi
daughter would insist that he should
buy q count for her"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Most Of US are willing to do our
duty; the trouble is that we are so
much more willing to shirk it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09

A mans way of housekeeping con-
sists in giving the house emphatic in
structions to keep itself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09

It always seems to US that being stu
pid is a privilege that the other fellow
works beyond the limit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09

A man doesn't mind a little thing
Ike mistake provided it is profta BILE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09

There is a lot of deviltry in human
nature that nothing but large family
or some other substitute for the grind
stone ever eliminates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09

A doctor and a nurse are sufficient TO
make an egotist so insufferable that
his friends don't care much what hap
pens to him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09

1t Is easy enough to sneak out Of
your share Of the work, but somehow
IT doesn't seem so easy when the mat
ter is talked over.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-01-09

The trouble about self denial is that
It Is always going round looking for
some one TO pat it on the shoulder.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
A PREVENTION
OF SWINE TROUBLES
R. X. Bliss, Iowa State College.

R. X. Bliss, Iowa State College.
Charcoal and salt, ashes and salt,
or coal slack and salt are extensively
fed by the most successful swine
breeders. Hogs are fond of all Of
these mixtures, and they are I'M
doubtedly very beneficial in Riding
pigs of worms and in keeping the
herd in healthful condition. Every
breeder should have his own charcoal
pit, the size depending upon the num-
Der of hogs kept. A pit three feet
deep, three feet wide, and ten feet
long will meet the requirements Of
most farmers. Gather up load of
cobs or short sticks and build fire
in the bottom of the pit. Pile on the
cobs as fast as they will ignite prop
erly and when all is afame cover
with strips of thin iron. Stovepipe
iron will do if properly supported.
Cover all cracks with a good supply
of dirt. Be sure that all air is ex-
Guided. Let it stand couple Of days
and fine lot of charcoal will result.
Take a salt barrel or box and cut
an opening in it just large enough
for hog to insert its nose, fill with
a mixture of charcoal and salt and
tie it to tree or post in the hog
lot. 1t is surprising the amount OF
charcoal herd of hogs will con-
sumo.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
A Practical Alfalfa Problem.

A WOODBURY. county farmer writes:
81 have about ten acres of hog
pasture on a hillside that | wish to
put into alfalfa this year. Should
the land be broken early or late, and
how deep? Should the alfalfa be
sown alone or with another crop?"
To these questions Prot. H. n
Hughes, of Iowa State College of Ag-
riculture, answers as follows:
every early in the spring, or in
late winter, apply from eight to ter
tons Of well rotted manure per acre.
AS soon as the frost is out of the
ground, pillow from five to six inches
deep. BY the use of disk and har-
row, work the land at once. Con-
tinue to cultivate the land every
two weeks with the disk and harrow
until the 18th of August, when the
seed should be sown. Just previous
to seeding inoculate the land by scat
tering uniformly over it, $50 to 200
pounds per acre, of soil from an al
falfa field where alfalfa has grown
vigorously and well. Apply this in
oculated soil towards evening or or
a rather cloudy day, and harrow it in
at once, as the sun will soon kill the
bacteria if left exposed to it. Seed
twenty pounds of first quality alfalfa
seed per acre, putting the seed in
with drill and placing the seed
from one to one and half inches
below the surface. Use the common
or American alfalfa"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
CAN'T TRACE CARPA1H|A WIRE
SMITH CLAIMS IT WAS FILED
WITH GOTHAM.
Addressed to "Islefrank' From
"Yamsi'-Line Official Received
1t on Wednesday.

New York, May 4-The efforts Of
Senator VIM. Alden Smith, chairman
OF the senate committee investigating
the Titanic disaster, to confirm the
report that a message telling Of the
Titanic's fate was received in New
York early on the Monday morning
after the wreck have thus far proved
fruitless, after two days OF examina-
ton of witnesses here.
what concerns me most Mr..
Smith aid, sis the postal telegram
given to the operator on the Carpathia
early Monday morning addressed to
Islefrank' and signed Yamsi,' which
told of the sinking Of the vessel and
of serious loss Of life.
II am most DESTROYS of knowing
where that message was the following
two days and why it was held up.
Mr.. Franklin says he did not receive
it till Wednesday. The California,
which was in easy reach OF the Car
pathia, could have sent it, and the
Carpathia' operator, Cottam, testified
that he had sent it,
Jack Binns, wireless operator on the
Ill fated steamer Republic, called to
testify concerning the wireless equip
ment of the vessels in the vicinity Of
the Titanic, said that the RESPONSE
bility for the lack of news rested with
Operator Gotham. While the Carpath-
las equipment could only send a mes
cage 200 miles. he said, she was in
touch with the California and the
California could have relayed the news
to the Olympic which could have sent
It ashore.
Melville E. Stone, general manager
of the Associated Press, was called
to testify concerning the efforts Of
the Associated Press to obtain news.
Mr.. Stone presented documentary rec
ords showing the course of the var-
Gus news dispatches concerning the
disaster which the Associated Press
sent out.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
HUNT PANTHER IN FACTORY
Workmen In india Factory Find Saw
age Beast In Building and Call
Marksmen.

London.-News eomes from India OF
an exciting panther hunt In the gov
eminent ammunition factory at Kir-
kee, Poona, in which an officer was
badly mauled.
Two European apprentices discov-
cred the animal asleep on heap OF
sawdust in the annealing room and
went to raise the alarm. Two other
apprentices, believing that the animal
was large wild cat, endeavored to
hunt it out with iron rods. When the
panther was reused there was STAN
pede of the native workmen, and a
stoker, while climbing over a wall,
had his heel torn of by the animal.
Several officers with rifles speedily
arrived on the scene, but the panther
sought cover behind the annealing
ovens. Captain Kemble, r. A., as
sistant superintendent, and Conductor
Chisholme, with two shots succeeded
in wounding 1t, but when Maj. BERTHE
Clay approached a window with his
rifle the animal sprang at him and In
flicted serious injuries to his head.
face and neck.
After two hours the panther was
finally disposed by well-directed shot
from Lieutenant Vines. 1t measured
six feet ten inches In length.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
COUPLE IN AN ODD MIxuP
Man and Woman Travel Far to Meet
Each Other, Only to Add to
Their Troubles.

Kansas City, Mo.-A man and a
woman not known to each other sat IN
the parlor Of local hotel. He had
Travelled from San Francisco to meet
her, expecting to find his wife, whom
he had lost two years ago. She had
Travelled from Little Rock, Ark, to
meet him, expecting to find man
with whom she had run away from
home two years ago and who had de-
serted her in st. Louis.
The man at the hotel had advertised
Tor his missing wife, who was known
ns Papsy Morris. After the girl left
home she had assumed the name OF
Pansy Morris and when she saw the
advertisement she answered 1t. Each
was furious when the mistake was
found, but they parted friends. She
went back to Little Rock. He went
oack to San Francisco.
H. c. Paffen, the man, Is musician
In San Francisco and the composer of
songs. His wife was horsewoman
and had been on the stage. She went
with a moving picture making con-
Germ. Injured by fall, she was sent
to hospital and with the suspension
If correspondence the husband and
wife lost track Of each other.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10

Work from left to right. Keep the
overcasting stitches parallel. In max
ing each stitch, hold the needle with
the point slightly inclined toward you.
Trim the edges carefully and hold
them firmly between the thumb and
finger of the left hand and work from
left to right. To make each stitch.
hold the needle with the point slight
ly inclined toward you. Push the
needle through the cloth one-sixteenth
of an inch from edge. Draw each
stitch firmly and keep all overcasting
stitches parallel.
Use the overland seam when you
have to sew selvage edges as in max
ing a pillow lip.
Hold the edges firmly between the
thumb and finger of the left hand
Take up two threads of the selvage
with the needle and pull the needle
straight toward you. Draw the thread
firmly. Take small stitches and keep
them even.
The French Seam.
This is the best seam to use for
shirt waists, underwear, or straight
seams in aprons or thin cotton
dresses.
Turn the seam to the right side Of
the garment. Trim the frayed edges.
Sew the seam one-fourth of an inch
from the edge. Turn the seam and
press the edges firmly on the wrong
side. Basic the cloth firmly on the
wrong side, and just below the edges
of the seam. Turn the cloth on the
right side and press the seam firmly
with the thumb and finger.
Be careful that the frayed edges of
the seam do not show in the right
side. Be careful that the seam is
one-fourth of an inch wide. Be care
full to turn the cloth smoothly after
the seam is sewed the first time.
The Felled Seam.
Place the edges of the cloth togeth-
er evenly. Begin at the right and
make the seam one-third Of an inch
wide. When you have finished sewing
the seam trim the under edge until it
is one-fourth of an inch wide Fold
the upper edge until it is just wide
enough to cover the under edge. Press
the upper edge down firmly and hem
to the garment with small even
stitches.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
FARM Philosophy.
By Earl Elijah.

Country life should mean more
than merely living in the country.
Mud maketh many men minus
much money; whether the mud is in
the feed yard or on the road to town
Although you may be the boss. the
hired man will enjoy his work fully
as well if you ask him for his opin-
ion once in while.
If you are farming for monev
alone, you are pretty sure to be
farming alone with your money; for
dollars and hard work are seldom
strong enough. in themselves, to keep
the boys on the farm.
"a stitch in time saves nine," and
a staple in time may keep that 5000
colt out Of the wire.
Did you know that one hundred
extra steps taken twice day in do
ing the chores means over forty ex.
ira miles in n vear2
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
THE WHEAT HEAD ARMY WORM
PuPA-ENLARGE THREE TIMES.

THE WHEAT HEAD ARMY WORM
PUPA-ENLARGED THREE TIMES.
time is to cut the field at once and
so destroy or starve out at least a
part of the larvae. Outside OF this
there are no direct measures of con-
troll" AS a precaution against the
worms the Iowa station recommends
clean culture, as the second brood OF
worms following not long after the
first feeds largely on the wild grasses
that grow in fence corners and mead
ows. Flowing early in the fall of in
tested fields, when the second brood
larvae are about half grown. Sod
turned under at this time will effec-
tually bury and kill the young worms.
Early fall pasturing also helps eradl-
cate the pest in timothy meadows by
depriving it of its feed.
The moths emerge in the spring
and deposit eggs which hatch towards
the latter part of May. The tiny lar
vac begin to feed first on the green
leaves, and then later on heads of
wheat and timothy. BY July the cat
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10


The ten boys were ten of Iowa's fin
est and they had done something
worth while. The first among them,
Lester Finch of Buchanan county,
had grown 99.67 bushels of high
grade, air dry, shelled corn on an
acre of ground in dry year at a
cost of only 1876 cents per bushel,
with net profit Of $37.40 at least.
The others did almost as we'll. Some
of them would have beaten that rec
ord by good deal if the weather man
had been little more generous with
his rain last summer. These boys
plowed and planted and cultivated
these high yielding acres all alone;
each kept books on his plot and made
perfect report Of his experience to
the college. They set pace in corn
growing that their elders might well
follow and they gave the state Of
Iowa assurance that it's agriculture
in the next generation is in safe
hands.
If your eyes are keen, you have
spied a girl in the group Of boys. She
isn't there by accident merely, nor as
guest of the boys. She is there be-
cause she earned the right to be
there. That little girl, not much
bigger than a minute, and only twelve
years old, is the best girl breadmaker
in Iowa. Twice in January she won
that title and the last time captured
free trip to Washington for both
her mother and herself.
These young people met at the col
lege before they made their trip and
there took special car that carried
them to Washington. In Washington
the congressman who gave them the
trips: Representatives Pickett, Hau-
gen, Kendall, Prouty, Towner, Woods
and Hubbard, gave them the biggest
time of their lives. They saw con-
gress in session, they visited with
Secretary Wilson as we'll as the pres
ident and received diplomas from
him, and they saw everything else
worth seeing. They will have much
to tell about their ten days outing
and it will be an interesting story.
There will be another good time
for another group of boys and girls
next year, so those who want to see
something of the big world away
from home should listen to this:
Next year Iowa State College will
conduct more contests in corn grow
ing and cooking and prizes have al
ready been partly arranged for. 1t
behooves the thousands Of wide
awake young people to write to the
college at Amcs without delay, join
ing the Iowa Boys and Girls club
and prepare for the 1912 contests.
The college will tell them all about it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
FOR GIRLS IN The ZONE.
LESSON IN SEWING-sEAMS.

BY Neale S. Knowles, Iowa State Col
eye Extension Department.
In this lesson l want to tell the
girls who want to learn to sew how to
make four different kinds of seams.
the running and overcasting, over
hand, French and felled seams.
The first seam is made by using
two simple stitches, running and over
casting
Place the edges of the cloth evenly
together and haste with uneven bast-
ing, one-fourth Of an inch from the
edge. Sew with running stitch just
below the basting. The edges of the
seam are raw and must be finished
with overcasting.
If you are to overcast fine muslin
use thread number seventy or eighty.
If you are to overcast cloth as heavy
as fine sheeting use thread number
fifty. If you are to overcast cloth
like heavy sheeting or heavy ging-
hams use thread number fifty.
Hold the edges firmly between the
thumb and finger of the left hand
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10

many plant only eight. This means
pieces so small that the young plants
suffer for reserve food, grow weak
and spindling and thus cut down the
yield. Twelve to sixteen bushels per
acre would give better results. Elk
periments justify the use of that
much or more.
It is best to plant the main crop
some time between May l and May
IS, preferably about May 10, in Iowa.
The size of piect is important. Ex-
tensive experiments by the u. S. de-
partment of agriculture show that
whole potatoes yield nearly twice as
much as one-eye pieces. However,
halves were shown to be the most
profitable, then quarters and then
whole potatoes. The whole potatoes
were not so profitable because that
method Of planting required too much
seed,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
7. M. Watson, stoutsville, Mo.

There are so many people that make
light of stomach trouble that it is time
to send out warning. Don't neglect
it, don't keep on doctoring with one
benefit The disease will get worse.
j. M. Watson of StoutsviIle. Mo-, lin
gered and delayed so that no physician
could help him. Finally he took DR..
Caldv rs Syrup Pepsn and was cured
This remedy is absolutely guaranteed
10 do what is claimed, and if you want
to try it bfore buying, send your adj
dress for a free sample bottle to Pep
sin Syrup CO., ll9 Caldwell Bldg.
Monticello, III. 1t is sold by all drug
gists at SOC and 81 bottle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
The WHEAT.HEAD ARMY WORM

According to the department at
Washington, the army worm is more
apt to make an injurious appearance
in rainy spring or early summer
after season of comparative
drouth." Since Iowa was dry last
year, it behooves the Iowa farmer to
be on the lookout for this pest, which
attacks timothy heads as we'll as
wheat heads.
If the worms make their appear
ance next season. In bulletin on
best that can be done with them is
to take steps against their reappear
ance eext season. In bulletir en-
the subject issued last year the Iowa
Agricultural Experiment Station
said: "The farmer can only take
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
FRT. HANDLERS STRIKE.
5000 Men Walk Out On Railroads
Centerins at Chicago.

Chicago, May 6.-Eight thousand
freight clerks, handlers and checkers
on twenty railroads entering Chicago
were ordered out.
The men had demanded increase in
pay of S. month, half-holiday ON
Saturday and double pay for work.
ing on holidays. A strike order was
sent out pending final reply from
the railroad managers.
The men had announced that they
would wait for a favorable answer
When it did not come, the strike or
der went into effect. The leaders say
that the orders was obeyed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
Democratic State Convention

Pursuant to call OF the National Demo
cratic Committee. delegate convention OF
the democratic party of Iowa is hereby cal,
led to meet in the city of Burlington, on
Thursday, May 16. 1912, at the hour of ten
O'Clock a. M, the purpose OF said ASSENT bly,
being to provide representation from this
state to the Democratic National Conven-
ton to be held al Baltimore on June %. 1912,
by the election of four delegates and four al
ternates-at-large and two d legates and two
alternates from each of the eleven congress
sional districts of the state, also for the trans
action of such other business as the co1iven-
ton may deem necessary and proper.
The ratio of representation will be one
delegate from each county and one addition
al delegate for each 200 votes and fraction
thereof above 100 votes cast for Hon. Claude
r. Porter for governor at the general cleo
ton of 1910 Upon such basis the counties in
the 4th Congre 'sional District Of Iowa are
entitled to the number of delegates as set
forth below:
Allamakee . Cerro Gordo
Chickasaw 10 clayton III
Fayette u Floyd
Howard Mitchell
Winneshek II Worth )
Inasmuch as there is no provision of law
for holding a primary election for selection
of delegates to the state convention. it is or
dered that there shall be held in each county
a convention for selection of such delegates
The time and place of holding said county
conventions and the manner of selecting
delegates to such a county conventions,
whether by primary or caucus, hall be de-
termined by the county committees ofthe
respective counties.
All voters subscribing to the fundamental
principles ofdemocracy are invited to par
ticipate in the selection Of delegates to this
convention.
BY order of the Democratic State Contra
Committee of Iowa. Done at Des MOines.
January %, 1872
JNO +. DALTON. y. +. REED,
Secretary. Chairman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
t0WA'S CHAMPION BOY
CORN GROWERS
VISIT The PRESIDENT.

The ten sturdy Iowa boys who won
the free trips to Washington in the
acre corn growing contests conduct
ed by Iowa State College called at
the white house while they were IL
the national capital and shook hands
with the president and had short
visit with him.
81 am glad to meet all of you" the
president told the boys as they stood
a bit awed in his presence, "and | am
proud of you"
And the president was glad and
proud, both. Why shouldn't he be?
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
A potato weighing a pound may

A potato weighing pound may be
cut into eight pieces; halve one
weighing less than half pound II
a potato weighs from one-half to one
pound, cut it into quarters, length
wise. Two strong eyes is enough for
a single piece, but they should have
enough reserve supply of food or
'.tlesh" with them. The above dla-
gram shows how different sized po-
tatoes may be cut to advantage.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
TO Kill CUT WORMS.

MIX one pound of paris green with
fifty pounds of bran or thirty-five of
middlings. A spoonful put at The
base of each plant will furnish pro-
lection for cabbage or tomatoes or
other transplanted plants. Some pre-
fer to wet the mixture with sweet
ened water.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-05-10
For Sale

l have for sale 90 Polled Angus bulls
of the best breeding; also 20 cows and
heifers imported and native, of the best
breeding, sired by Imp. Erl Erick No.
10O422, Kelberg No. 10000, Imp. Euro
tas of Finlarig No. 123993, (28O23),
Blackbird Beaver End, and Demestrus,
at farmers price Come and see them,
8 miles west of Caimar, and Z miles
south of Ridgeway. Free transporta-
ton to buyers.
John J. Walenta, Calmar, la.