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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-28
Glad to Give retImates-

Mr.. Lamp, the plumber, Will be glad
to give you estimates On your plumb
ing, hot water, steam and vacuum
heating. Telephone West 3. Lamp
Plumbing shop. 619 Seventeenth
street-(AdvJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-28
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
RIVER FORECAST.

Slowly falling stages in the Missis
sippi will continue from below Du
buque to Muscatine, during the mex
As hours.
J. NJ. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-28
Today'S Market Quotations

Corn-No. 57d57I; No. white
5Sa 5S1a No. yellow 5GG57ia; No. 3
5424 n 55ia No. white 57M57la; No.
yellow ga. n 56.
Oats-No > white 50 2 n 36t2; No. 3
white 34i4 ass; standard 35l2 1854
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-28

tonight and Tuesday, with frost to-
night followed by rising temperature
Tuesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-28
CHICAGO MARKETS.


- Chicago, April 2S.-Catle 10000;
weak TO loc to 2oc lower. Beeves 100
n9lo; stockers and feeders CLOG
500. cows and heirers $500 $50;
calves G.50GS.75.
Hogs 10000; 20c to Csc lower than
Saturdays average. Bulk S.45N SOS;
light G5OMG70; mixed S.35GS.G5;
heavy S.2OnSGO.
Sheep $4,000; slow; 1Oc to 15c low
er; 5.9O@7.15.
Heavy receipts depressed hog prices.
Packers slow TO enter market, as there
was not good shipping demand. Some
sales at prices averaging 20c to Csc
below Saturdays quotations, but the
market was very dull
Big receipts sent cattle of at a de
cline from Saturdays average. being
1Oc to zoe Bulk offerings consisted of
steers.
Sheep trade was affected by declines
in other live stock markets and prices
eased of sharply.
May wheat opened s2S G92st clos
ed 925s
Corn opened 55G551s closed 55l4
6p65%.
Oats opened S414 @S414: closed S4ss
PORK 1915.
lard 1885.
Ribs 1i.22.
Chicago Cash Grain.
Wheat-No. 2 red 10SGDf0T% No. ;
red 1o0d1O3; No. ? hard 93l4 @95; No
hard e29941a.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-28

LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
April 2S.-Following are the whole
sale quotations on the local market
today:
RIrtfer Ems and Cheeae
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-28
NEW YORK STOCKS.

I'VE" fOHN = OONo.
New York, April 2S-FOllowing are
he quotations on the New York stock
market today:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-28

Chicago Cash Grain.
Wheat-No. red 1066i07St: No. ,
red 1000 103; No. hard 93l1 @95; No.
8 hard e29941z.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
WHAT SHALL WE HAVE FOR DIN
NER7

To the methodical, systematic
housewife. who plans her meals often
a week in advance, there is a vast
field for individuality and ingenuity
in the planning of meal; but the
thriftless, indolent woman, who spends
her time in needless ways and few
moments before the meal time tears
into the house or the kitchen to pre-
pare or see to the preparation OF the
food, there is a limited field, as prep
aration and thought are both neces-
sary to have a well balanced meal,
together with variety and economy.
Steaks and chops are often the
poor mans food. because the wife
does not take time to prepare in the
thousand appetizing ways the coarser.
cheaper cuts of meat. Long, slow
cooking develops the flavor. and that
long cooking must be planned for.
often, the day before.
1t should be the pride OF every
housekeeper to work toward getting
as much as possible out of the time,
money and energy spent.
Beef RoIIs.-Cut thin, round steak
into oblong pieces, and on each piece
place a spoonful Of sausage meat;
roll up and tie with a string. Dredge
with -four, pepper and salt, brown in
pork fat and put into a casserole. To
the fat add a tablespoonful of -four;
stir until brown. add a pint OF water
and cook until smooth. Season and
pour over the rolls. cover and simmer
in the oven for two hours. Take on
the strings before serving.
Parsnlp Fritters.-A very nice frit'
ter. and one that is easy to prepare,
may be made from cold cooked pars-
nips. Season and mold the parsnips
and dip in thin fritter batter. drop
in hot fat and fry; drain on paper
and serve hot. Many people who re
fuse the vegetable fried will enjoy il
this way.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
THE PLEsEiAN CABBAGE.

Cabbage, with onions. have gained
an unenviable reputation because of
their Righteousness. but cabbage is
wholesome vegetable. and one
which contains mineral salts which
are needed in the blood.
One reason that we tire Of certain
vegetables is that they are served In
so few ways; We grow to dislike them.
II a change of serving could be often
made, and a little more care to have
a variety, these common vegetables
would be more welcome on our tables.
Cabbage cooked with an onion.
chopped and served in white sauce
is an unusual, but very good. way OF
serving that vegetable.
Stuffed Cabbage-Cut out the stalk
end of a firm head of cabbage. leav-
ing the hollow shell. Tie the cabbage
in a thin cloth and boil until tender.
then carefully remove the cloth and
I'LL with seasoned stufing of chopped
meat, bread crumbs and seasoning;
then bake in hot oven until the cab
bage is brown.
Hot SIaw.-Shred a head of cab
bage, and pour over the following
dressing: Beat two egg yolks. add
Two tablespoonfuls of water. a table
spoonful of butter melted. a dash OF
salt and quarter of cup of vine
gar. Cook this dressing over hot wa
ter and pour over the shredded cab
bage while hot Heat the cabbagt
and serve hot.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
Limits Of Nature knowIedo..

When Mr.. Roberts is writing about
offers, minks, woodchucks. geese and
crows we are prepared to accept all
he says as gospel truth. But when he
comes to marine animals. we ask,
How can he know or pretend to de-
scribe the thoughts and emotions of a
squid and a swordfish, or even of a
mammalian narwhal and whale? He
certainly cannot have seen all that he
describes; and has he ever heard a
whale break Into a deep booming
below. as of hundred bulls?" OF
course he has not. No one has. But
Mr.. Roberts is much too fine an artist
TO fall into the crude mistake OF inn
putting purely human emotions to the
lower animals. We have read book
in which rabbits had all the fine feel
ings of the country gentleman In
whose park they lived. Mr.. Roberts Is
never guilty of that. So we only ask,
How can he know the feelings and
thoughts of swordfishes? = London
Spectator.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
HaIf.Done Work.

There is an old story of a mlser
who had hidden his great treasure I'M
der a large bowlder. The secret was
discovered by two blacksmiths, each
of whom determined to secure the
wealth, and set about preparing crow
bars to pry up the rock. The one was
in such haste that he did his work
carelessly, and though he was first on
the spot his poor tool snapped, and
he could not accomplish his purpose.
While he FASTENED back to his shop
to repair. the damage the second
smith. who had made ready more care
fully. came with his strong bar and
carried of the treasure. Half-done
work defeats its own ends. and the
success for which one is not ready Is
not ready for him.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31

There is considerable room in tbs
attic of this house, which may be fin
ished of il necessary. There is
good stairway leading up to it. and 1t
may be used partly for sleeping pur-
poses and partly as a lumber" or
meal room, or 1t may be finished
pu in good style for sleeping rooms
with an extra bath room over the
bath room below.
A great many new houses have two
bathrooms. and 1t is noticeable that
such houses are never vacant II the
owner lives elsewhere, someone is al
ways ready and willing to pay good
rent for such a house. Builders In
cities are recognizing the fact that
two bathrooms make a profitable at
traction to renting property. The
men who make money are the ones
who are quick to recognize the trend
OF public opinion.
Modern civilization demands GER
tain improvements in a house. which
are commonly called modern con-
veniences." The term is somewhat
elastic, but It always includes a good
kitchen fitted with a sanitary sink
having taps supplied with both hot
and cold water. II includes also >
good bathroom. with washbowl. bath
and closet: a good cellar. with a ce-
ment bottom and hot-air furnace. or
a steam or hot-water heating plant
In addition, the term means that the
rooms are well arranged for comfort
and convenience according to the
custom of good society. There is a
still further meaning implied. which
is that such houses are usually to be
found in a neighborhood where one
would be satisfied to live and bring
up a family of children.
There is a science in house build
ing-a science that has a number OF
branches. The mere putting together
of lumber and other materials is such
a way as to make a weatherproof
habitation is but small detail
There are hundred side issues all OF
which have an important bearing on
the problem. The house is built for
a home; a mere shelter will not meet
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
POET NOT YET FORGOTTEN
Friends Of coIeridse Place Memorial
In Church Where Once he
Aspired to Preach.

Coleridge's query to Lamb. Charles,
did you ever hear me preach? and
Elias famous answer, II never heard
you do anything else" must have been
in the minds of the little company
which assembled the other day in the
High Street Unitarian church at
Shrewsbury. England. for the unveil-
ing of a memorial to the poet In COM
memoration of the fact that for three
Sundays in 1889 he preached there as
a candidate for the pastorate. One OF
his auditors on one of those Sundays
was William Hazlitt, who has left on
record that the manner Of tho preach
err was like an eagle dallying with
the wind" Whether the regular mem
bers of the congregation were equally
impressed is not on record, but they
were not called upon to express their
views by voting. for an offer OF pen
sion OF a hundred and fifty pounds a
year decided Coleridge to withdraw
from his candidature. That so slight
an event in the poets life has now
been concentrated would seem to in
dictate q revival of interest in his
work. If that should prove to be the
case. perhaps something will be done
to do fit honor to the somewhat squat
Id surroundings of his tomb at High
gate.-London Mail.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
COLLECTION OF puOOINes.

During the winter months buildings
that are rich and hearty may De
served with greater frequency than
in the warm weather.
Golden PuddIna.-Add to half cup
of molasses half cup Of butter. half
cup of sour milk and one and a half
cups of -four. one egg well beaten.
pinch of salt and one-half teaspoonful
of soda: mix, and beat well and steam
two hours.
Serve with this the following sauce:
One egg, half cup of butter. one cup
of sugar. two tablespoonfuls OF nour
and a pint of boiling water. Flavor
with either lemon or vanilla
An egg sauce would be good with
the above pudding. Beat two eggs
we'll. add cup of milk a fourth OF
cup Of sugar. and favor to taste.
Baked Indian PuddIna.-Scald
quart of milk; stir In three-fourths OF
a cup of corn meal Cook well; add
a third of cup Of molasses. pinch
of salt. Beat two eggs. add a cup OF
cold milk to them, and pour into the
pudding. Add few raisins. stir oc-
casionalIy the first half hour Bake
two hours.
Fruit pumpIinss,-To a quart OF
-four add two teaspoonfuls OF baking
powder. a tablespoonful OF sugar and
half a teaspoonful Of salt, two table
spoonfuls of butter. two eggs and
enough milk to make mixture to
roll. Roll out and cut In squares,
place a pear or apple or peach In each
square, bring the corners together; ON
top of each place bit Of butter and 2
dash of cinnamon with sprinkling OF
sugar. Pour into the pan a cup OF hot
water. Bake until well Drowned and
serve with cream and sugar.
Pour a rich powder biscuit batter
over peaches in a deep dish and bake.
Turn so that the peaches are on tip.
Heap with sweetened whipped cream
and serve.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
The Tibetan Bible.


The Kah-gyur, or Tibetan Bible, con-
sists of l0S volumes Of 1000 pages
each. containing 1,OSS separate books.
Each OF the volumes weighs 10 pounds
and forms a package 26 inches long, s
inches broad and inches deep. This
Bible requires a dozen yaks for its
transport. and the carved wooden
blocks from which It is printed need
rows Of houses, like city. for their
storage. A tribe Of Mongols paid
1000 oxen for copy Of this Bible. In
addition to the Bible there are 225
volumes of commentaries which are
necessary for its understanding.
There is also a large collection OF
revelations which supplement the
Bible
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
Floor Plan.

because this is the universal fruit
Apples require a very low tempera-
ture. one degree above freezing is the
most satisfactory when the barrels
are kept in cold storage. You can't
have a cellar very cold under the
main part OF the house; but you can
partition OF a cold cellar under this
'front.' room, leave the cellar windows
open. and II will be cold enough to
keep apples In good condition all win
ter This is especially true is the
house faces the north. Not every
Bind Of apple will keep until spring
under the best possible conditions;
put We have a number Of winter va
reties any one of which will prove
'ey satisfactory up to February or
March In cellar like this The un-
rtunate habit a good many Ameri-
40 families have got into of buying a
fck OF apples or a half-bushel OF
tatoes at a time. would be correct
II every family had cellar accom-.
sodations large enough and Of the
Asnt kind. A supply on hand ID not
only cheaper. but 1t is much better
md more satisfactory in every way,
eoints to thrift almost as surely as
awnings bank account
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31

human system, which stimulates tn
flowing action of the blood through
the veins, especially at the pont wher'
the vibrator is applied.
The system of imparting this vibra-
tory action to buds and blossoms has
been worked out and patented by
Herman L. Darling of Delta, Colo. II
comprises the installation in the tree
of a small electric motor having
trembling rotary motion and con-
nected by transmitting wires to an
electric current.
During the months of April and May
when the orchard is subjected to sud
den freezes, by means Of this system,
a vibratory trembling motion is Inn
parted to all limbs OF the tree, trans
mitted to twigs and bulbs and this
motion starts the sap to circulating,
invigorates the buds and strengthens
them against the killing effects OF the
frost
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
sIIaht MISUNDERSTANDING.

A man who lisped had bought some
pigs. and he asked a neighbor for the
use of a pen a few days. II have
iutht been purchathing thome thwine
two thowth and pigth. / want to
put them In your pen till l can fikth
a plaith for them" Two thousand
pigs!" exclaimed the astonished
neighbor. why. my pen will hardly
hold a dozeni" You don't under
stand me. Mither Bent. l don't thay
two thouthand pigth, but two thowth
and pigth!" Il hear you" said Mr..
Bent. 1.-TWO thousand pigsl Why.
you must be crazy" And then the
Iisper gave It up.-The Country Gen
tieman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
FARM OF FORTY ACRES
Equipment, Management and In
come of Small Place.
Convenient Scheme for Dividing Land
Into Five-Acre Tracts-One Of
These Utilized for Home
stead and Garden.

CBy w. j. SPILLMAN. Chief OF United
States Bureau of Farm Management0
MIR. II. H. Mowry Of the Office of
farm management, has been making
a special study of the equipment, man.
agement and income of large num-
Der of small fruit and truck farms,
many of them run by people who have
recently come from the city.
This study has given US somewhat
a new point of view. In general these
small farmers are not successful. This
fact has led US to study the question
more closely, and as a result
scheme for the management of forty
acre farm is outlined below, which
seems to be practicable.
Figure 1 shows convenient scheme
for subdividing forty acres to fit it for
the cropping system to be outlined
below. 1t will be observed that the
forty acres are divided into eight five
acre tracts. One Of these is set aside
for what may be called the home
stead" These five acres are at the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
STANDING on His Rights.

The next witness was a hard-fisted.
resplute yeoman. with bristling chin
beard.
"Mr. Gigon," said the attorney for
the defense, ARE you acquainted
with the reputation Of this man for
truth and veracity in the neighborhood
In which he lives?"
81 reckon l am" replied the witness.
81 will ask you to state what 1t is"
well, sir, his reputation fur truth
amt no good. His reputation fur
vrassity-well, that's diff'runt. Some
says he does, and some says he don't"
Witness, interposed the Judge. do
you know the meaning of 'veracity? "
az reckon | do"
What do you understand by the
word?"
The witness twirled his hat in his
fingers a few moments without an
swering. Then he looked up def1antly
81 refuse to answer that question
Judge" he said. ION the ground that
1t might discriminate me-"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
|IAL8E[1GI7 s 81

~ me meat and make a good dish
for five people.
II the meat is well Drowned in fat
before adding the vegetables and
water the flavor is greatly improved.
Stuffed onlons.-Parboil large on
ions. remove the centers. chop and
season with butter. pepper and salt
and mix with any cold cooked sau-
sage and bread crumbs; fill the CEN
tiers and bake, basting 1t with soup
stock or butter and water. Any cold
meats, such as tongue or ham, is very
nice for this dish.
Potato Vienna RoIls.-Mold mashed
potato into the shape of rolls about
four inches long. brush with egg and
roll like creases across the roll with
a knife. Place on creased pan aud
bake in the oven until brown.
Potato mullins are very attractive
to serve with fish. Grease muffin
rings and fill with mashed potato.
brush with egg and bake. Slip out
carefully and garnish the dish with
parsley.
Some Rules About cookina.-Ail
root vegetables should have a tea
spoonful of salt to a quart of water in
cooking.
All vegetables should be cooked in
boiling water.
Wilted and shriveled vegetables, II
soaked for two or three hours. will alb
sorb moisture and many times become
quite crisp again.
Cook peas and spinach in an I'M
covered dish to preserve the pretty
green color.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
KEEPING BROOD sow HEALTHY
Preferable to Keep Animal az Near
Grass or Vegetable Diet as Pos
sible-Roots Urged.
CBy r. q wEATHERsToNEl

CBy r. G. wEATHERSTONE)
Grass and vegetable matter are the
most natural foods for pigs, slthough
they will eat and can digest a great
variety of things. The nearer a SOW
can be kept to a grass or vegetable
diet the healthier she will be, and this
system is preferable to dry, rich foods
consisting mainly of grain, barley or
other meals.
Bran is most useful when grass is
not available, but where it is not pos
sible to give sows grass run, lucerne,
tares and other green forage crops can
sometimes be substituted.
Roots, except that mangels must not
be given at all freely as narrowing APP
proaches or the pigs are almost GER
tain to be born dead, are useful and
where there is large garden it will
provide great deal of vegetable stuff
that can be advantageously employed
for in-pig sows-stuff, too, that would
be otherwise wasted. Large quantities
of dry grain, and especially corn and
barley, must be avoided as too heat
ing; and hotel waste, butchers offal,
slaughter-house refuse-indeed animal
matter in any form-are also bad, and
may. 1t is said, be an exciting cause
of cannibalism.
When at grass or getting green
forage or garden stuff, few old beans
or some dry corn may be given once
or twice a week.
The food for the in-pig SOW for the
last week or so of her time should
be as nearly as possible that on which
she will be fed for three or four weeks
after she is narrowed. A well-known
breeder says:
1--WE have ceased to give barley OF
other meal to our sucking sows until
the pigs are at least a month old Oul
newly narrowed sows are fed sharps
or what is locally termed thirds, mid
dlings, ETC., and varying amount o.
bran. determined by the richness o.
the sharps, the number of the httei
and the age of the sow, also condi
ton" His recommendation for feed
ing the in-pig SOW Is: Vegetable food
with little dry grass, beans, peas o.
corn until within a week Of farrow
ing"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
COOKING and a coIIeo. Education.

You may have met some academic
damsel or other who, in her zeal over
Greek particles or the carbohydrates,
has no conception of the difficulties of
a cook or the tactful management OF
a parlor maid. But these disabilities
are also found among the ignorant
David Copperfelds Dora was no
scholar, and yet contrived to be very
inefficient housekeeper. The practical
wisdom of life is neither impaired
nor conferred by higher education.
Nor conferred-that is at the moment
the important point AS a matter OF
Justice it is worth while to insist that
the erudite woman is just as likely as
her Ounce of a cousin to manage pri-
yate and domestic affairs with sue
cess. But do not be deceived. She
is no more likely.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
stons Work Of Lice.

The poultry department Of Ohio az
ricultural college is recommending a
lice powder which 1t is said poultry
men will find effective in Kidding the
poultry of parasites.
Directions for making the powder
are: Put two and half pounds plas-
ter of paris into pan. Then mix
three-quarters pint gasoline and quar-
ter pint of cresol. Stir the plaster OF
paris while adding the liquid. When
ready the mixture should be rather
crumbly. After drying it should be
sifted, when it will be ready for use.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-10-31
unfavorable Soils.

Clay soils are unfavorable to vege
tation because the soil is too close and
adhesive to allow the free passage OF
air or water to the roots Of the plants.
II also obstructs the expansion of the
fibers of the roots. Sandy soils are
upfavoravle because they consist OF
particles that have too little adhesion
to each other They do not retain
sufficient moisture for the nourish-
ment of the plants. They allow too
much solar heat to pass to the roots.
Chalk soils are unfavorable because
they do not absorb the solar heat, and
are. therefore, cold to the roots of the
plants.