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TUB ABGUB. TUESDAYS FEimt TA KY 2,31892 ?.:; K f N Yt V- . ONE UK JOYS i tie tnotlifl nJ results wncn 1 refrl'i'1 to tin- aste, and act3 ulyvH j'r.)injtiy on tne ivianeys, rer and i'"'"0'-'5' clauses' tbo bvs- t' flit'1- V "' l""1 essmi levers nnU euros Habitual 1 stira;inn. Svrtip of Figs is the ; v ren'ly cf its kind ever pro 1, fili'arii to the tasts and ac Oilfe to the Ftonweh, prompt i-n ml trulr beneficial in its f-'rts, rrr;nre:l only 1'rora th9 mos-t l.hU- r'n'l "rpfalile substances, its I'TS escrlirtst qualities commend it nil ami have made it the most Innlir rempilv known. tfnrup of Figs is for sale in 50c bottles by all leading drag- t& Any rename uniggist wno i nnt have it on hacd will tiro- re it promptly for any one who -hes to try iu uo not accept any Lbstitute. mufornia FIG SYRUP CO. SN 'HAMCISCO. CAL. ;. E KE1DY. T. B. KK1DY. REIDY BROS., leal Estate Insurance. nui mriiH.re poivrty on roniiTi.! V?f ul 1 nppnrriMiU'f.' for iiiye-tor. .some :tor.":in fr j'-irtir desiiii comfortable a st r:.-rist'.i' price and loi i imc to suit Firs Icszras:e a Specialty. 1803 Second Avenue, over Hocpe's Tailor Shop. Subscribe for Stock In the Second serips of the pome Building and Loan -Aso- latiun, of Hock Island. A safV-r and better investment pan Government Bonds, be- ause the loans ate made only Irjion established valnea and it ays m. re t ban three times as punch interest besides the kmouT.t inverted and the profits an tv witudrawn at any time, loney loaned at lowest ratfs. H. A DONALDSON, Secretary, "rm. k,,;,j 4i 5 an1 (i sllwPnlc Temple. mm .J-" -:Tf mm Best Line of -ARPETS AND FURNITURE AnU me lament ami best line or CHIIDREN'S CARRIAGES ' THK THREE CiTIES. G. 0. HUCKSTAEDT, 1809 and 1811 Second Ave. r C. M. I.OOSLKT, JCite-y, o. rI)ina Cuer ISODSltCOSD T., K'K-S '81AKD. FARMERS OF THE FUTURE. The Duty Agriculturalists Owe to Coining Generations J. U. obnrne'a Taper llrfore the Krrrnt Mffiliig of the nnty lDHtitatac Tort Ityron. Following is printed in fall the paper read by J. G. Obborne at the County Farmers' Institute meeting a'. PortByrsn, Jan. 27, and which the institute by unan imous vote requts'cd The Aitous to pub lifch in full. The subjf ct is "The Duty We as Agticultur'.l8tsowe t) the Future Generations-." The subject assigned us is larger and more important than at flist thought it appears. AVe shall see thm it concerns not only the progress of farming as a business and as a seience, a ad tbed-.vel opment of our moral communities in the coming years; but it alsi touches the vital centers ef our natioc's life. It is not to much to say, in the light of his tory, that the condition of ttie rural popu lations, socially, morally, in cllectual and financial will determine the character of the nation's civilization, and thus decide the nation's destiny. We spesk of the fathers of the republic; and eay that those who preceded us lai 1 the founda tions, and we have entered into their labors. But it is true, and in a far broader sense, that we are 1 tying founda tions also. We are pioneers. A part of our work is to remove obstructions, to open highways, to institute organizations we cannot speak of perfecting them so as to give scope, direction, and the best possible opportunies of achievment to the intense activities f the years that are to come. The debt we owe posterity is inflni'e in its vastness. A chain of c auses once set in motion will continue, eai h result be coming in its turn a cause. This is as true in society as it is in nature. So long as the sun shall rise and set, and the seas sons revolves in their orbits, and the hu man family exist, so long will our work and our lives bear fruit it the life work of those that shall come after us. As agriculturalists we occupy a position of peculiar responsibility, and this fact mod ifies without diminishing our obligations to the future. If we will only think of it wb will see that the farmer is the wealth producer of the world, exo-pt the metals dug from the mines, the tinber cut in the forest, the fish captured in the ocean, all forms of new wealth grow out of the soil. Industry fashions these into new shapes whereby they acquire new uses j and new values; commerce transports them to places where th jy are wanted, thus increasing the demane and the value; but the cost of all these processes and all these increments of value roust be paid for. to the penny, out of the products of the soil. Hence we affirm that more than 90 per cent of the world's wealth, today, is the product of the farmtrs' labor. Asuo, the farmers though not perhaps a majority of the people, are by far the roost numerous class. Hence thev exert immense social and polit cal irfluence. Tbey ckn make and unn ake presidents, parlies and policies. Th?y sri the au thors of constitutions, the founders of empires. Among thedjties we as Agriculturalists owe to the coming Generation we men tion first of all : To place the business of farming upon a solid, linancial basis. We put this first for the obvious reason that without financial prof perity progress in what we call thebicber departments intellectual and moral is well nieh im possible. We mean that the busi ness of farming should be so or ganized and made to sustain such relations to other enterprises that the farmers shall be reasonably sure of his reward. He who makes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew be fore has an inalienable estate in that blade of grass, and he must be guaran teed peaceable possession of that estate. Any other system has in itself the ele ments of discord, and the germs of dis solution. Capital, skill and industry em ployed in sericulture ihould receive equal rewards with these elsewhere en gaged. Wbe will say tt at such is now the case? Our duty, not alone to our selves but much more tr our successors, is to equalize this inequality. In attempting this we must cultivate self reliance. "The gods help those whom their own valor helps." said an an cient philosopher. We need expect little from legislation or from politicians. We must put our own shoulders to the wbeel if we would lift our csrt out of the rut. But Home was not built in a day. We shall not win this fight. But posterity, profiling by our failure?, and avoiding our mistakes, may accomplish what we cannot. Our duty to the next generation, there fore, includes reducing the business of farming to a science; the: elimination of unwise and unprofitable methods; the discovery of principles on which new and successful methods may tie formulated; a systematic regulation of the production and distribution of our Marie?, so as to adjust the supply to Vie demand, and thus secure unifermally paying returns for our labor; the cultivation of mere in timate, social and bueintss relations with each other; an applicat.on in our busi ness of those practical principles that are found successful elsewhere. These are among the 1 jading objects of the model farmers' organizations; and we owe it to the farmers of the 20th cen tury to improve and extc nd these organ izations. Again, it inur duty t) provide a thor ough system of agricuV ural education . Much has been done, but very much re mains to be done. The progress of agrl -cultural education, its quality and its usefulness depends very much upon our selves. It will never be more than what we demand of it. The important thing is that it shall educate farmers working farmers those that can wear hickory shirts and jeans pants, and handle the plow as well as the pen if need be. The farmers will never ocensy a better posi tion than they are fitted for. Education is the only lever by which they can be uplifted. The process is slow. Hence the important and urgent dnty of getting the machinery well In tr otion. Another class of thes 3 duties is in its natore political. Upor us. the farmers as the most numerous, devolves in a great measure the responsibility of transmitting unimpaired to our children that priceless inneruance or civil and rtlieious liberty we received of onr fathers. To do this v. e must go into politics. We must attend the caucus and the convention; we must maintain the purity ot the ballot, not alone after the Australian fashion, but bv emphatically condemningall crookedness. We must see that law is respected, that only honest and capable men occupy positions of public trust. Eternal vigi lance is the only coin that will pav this part of our debt to posterity . We are under obligations to those who are to come after us to maintain the sim ple virtues of our rural life. We are not to emulate the luxury or the pride even as we would avoid the vices of our city cousins. Not parsimony, indeed, but a wise economy should prevail; an econ omy which saves by spending; an economy which detesting shams, purchases at wbstevercost, true goodness; an economy which rejecting superfluities of person or surrounding yet appropriates everything that stands for nobiiity of character. In the same line comes the betterment of our homes, introducing into them the pleasures of sense, the nourishment of books, the sprightliness of music, the fragrance of flowers, the magic of art, A domestic and social life thus ordered is the hope of our rural communities. Country life being made attractive, the temptation to rush city ward largely dis appears; our best lands, instead of pass ing ss tbey sometimes stem to do into the bands of renters and aliens, will remain the homes of American citizens, repre senting the best blood and brain and the highest rank of American nobility. Once more we must leave to our chil dren the precious legacy of a good name. In all things let us be just. While zeal ous for our rights, let us be also careful of the rights of others. Let us cherub no resentments. Let us indulge no unworthy ambitions. History records with appro bation the annals of a virtuous people. Let such be our record. Republics are said to be ungrateful, and it seems sometimes as if the rush and tumult of the age overwhelms all nobler sentiments. But we are building not for a day, a year or perhaps for a century. The march of man is toward a more per fect civilization; his destiny is among the stars. Our duty, as we have endeavored in part to set forth, is io all ways to hasten his progress. The L.ate 91ra. Iaie Holllnter. The late Mrs. Isaac Hollister, who was buried in Port Byron on Sunday, was one ot Rock Island county's earnest settlers. She was born in Dearfied, Mass., June 20, 1801, her maiden name being Martha DeWolf. She was married to Mr. Hoi lister on Nov. 13, 1803, and resided there five years, com ing to Illinois by way of the Erie canal and the lakes to Chicago in 1S33. Tbey first settled on a farm south of Chicago, where they remained three years, and in 1S3C they sold their property and embarked in a prairie schooner for Rock Island county, and settled on a farm in what is now known as Coe town slip, where tbey resided until 1SC5, when they removed to Port Byron, where tbey made their home. Mr. Hollister died Oct. 14, 185, leaving four children, all of whom survive his widow. They are: William, who resides in Grundy county, Iowa; Reuben G. and Edwin II., who live near Port Byron, and Mrs. James Bell, who resides on the old homestead. Mrs. Hollister was a true christian women, gentle in manner and possessed of a lovable disposition, which endeared her to all with whom she came in contract. Maw llt- (Shadow. This is ground hog day, and those who have been consoling tnemselves all day with the impression tbat the little beast, upon whose movements at this particular time the weather conditions so greatly depend has failed to discern his shadow and will remain on earth insuring fair weather, are doomed to disappointment. Just as the animal emerged from bis hole this morning tte sun shot out from be neath a cloud and simultaneously Mr. Ground Hog turned tail and was seen no more. Consequently the spinal column of winter is still unbroken. "Mj Sangbier'a Life Was saved by Hood's Sarsaparilla," says Mr. B. B- Jones, of Alna, Maine. "She had seven running sores in different places on her body, but on giving her Hood's Sarsaparilla there was a marked improvement and now she is well, strong and healthy." Hood's Pills cure Constipation by re storing the peristaltic action ot the ali mentary canal. They are the best fam ily cathartic. The best medical authorities say the proper way to treat catarrh is to take a constitutional remedy, like Hood's Sarsaparilla. Still la It. I am daily questioned as to whether or not I have disposed of my street sprink . lers. an erroneous impression having gained currency to that effect. I am still in the business and will run the street sprinklers next summer as usual. James Hakdi-. Bablea. Every mother knows how disagreeable and annoying rash or any other skin erup tion is to her babe dnring the winter months, when the child gets so little fresh air. Hot Springs Skin Salve is the thing for it For sale by all druggists. Hartz & Bahnsen, wholesale agents. Cubeb Cough Cure One minute. Stanley as an explorer, Edison as an inventor, Mist Flora A. Jones as the discoverer of the famous Blush of Roses for the complexion ; axe the names that will be handed down as benefactors of the race, to all recorded time. T. H. Thomas comes in for his share (of the profits) as he always keens a big supply on hand, and sells it for 75 oents per bottle. CABLE AT WORK, Numerous Bills Fop TuMic Im provement Introduced. Apprrpria'Iona For Harbors at Itoek iMlaart, limine and Port Ityron Aked For by Oar ConareHoman. According to today's Washington dis patches bills for public improvements were introduced in the house by Con gressman Cable yesterday as follows: By Congressman Cable Thr. t $10,000 to complete the improvements at the city of Port Byron, 111., on the Mis sissippi river; 565 000 for improving the iiaruor as iuoiioe, ill., and J 35.000 for the harbor at Rock Inland. Fail to do Our Duty. Evervbodv h an fit timpQ f uilf,1 tn A their duty toward themselves. Hur- ureua n iauy readers sutler from sick headache, nervousness, slecplesness and female troubles. Let them follow the eximp'e of Mrs. H. Herbechter, Stevens Point, Wis,, who for fi greatly from nervous prostration and Bieepiessness, tried physicians and differ ent medicines without success. But one bottle of Dr. Miles' Nervine caused sound sleep every nght and she is feeling like a new person. Mrs. Elizbeth Wheeler, Laramie City, Wyoming, who tried U other remedirs, declares that after tbn weeks' use of the Nervine for headacb . nervous jrostration. etc., she was ei. tirely relieved. Sr Id by Hartz & Bahu sen. Trial bottle free. JCilea' Nerve and Liver Pilla. Act on anew principle regulating the liver, stomach and bowels through the nervee. A new discovery. Dr. Miles' Pills speedily cure billiousness, bad taste, torpid liver, piles, constipation. Un equalled for men, women, children. Smallest, mildest, surest ! 60 doses 25 cents. Samples free at Hartz & Bahn sen's. Erause's Headache Capsules are more pleasant and convenient to take than powders, wafers, elixirs, etc. Pozzoni's Complexion Powder pro vinces a soft and beautiful skin; it com bines every element of beauty and purijy H A.11CSEMEXTS. arper's Theatre, J. E. Montrose, Manager. F HID AY, FEB. 5. A LAUGHING- EVENT! Tte Popular Ecemtiic Comedian, EZRA KENDALL In bis Mimical Pantomime Comedy, A Pair of Kids. The Laiijtir? l.a C:rippe aril Contagion Ii flnenzl of Fun! rTttlT? T A TrOT1 sOXtiS. rANVES. XJJ1J IjiilJjOl KALLADf, FAlS. i-ven'h pcaon of pnoces of lh:e fntnlest of t .y 9. Prices 2T. R ) and 75o. Ri-ervMl scitf on pale ai liirper Donne pharnia'y roll. 3. New York Symphony Club. THIRD SEASON! UH". EiiT-ichotta E tic. Primi Drnn! Soprano ; .-n.s Acncn r loriau. iiraiuanr e omialto: II. vrneliu. larinei Sn'oi-t: Ch:i. K. Hiei-in- Violin Vinn .to, ami huUi!ph vou Scarpa, Viano toio st. Tain brilliant or: mitz.ition will rlve one of their ;rnn1 Toncerta in this r ly at the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, HOCK ISLAND. Friday Evsalrg, Feb. 5. P01-..LAR PiilcE-. : urtis Opera House, DAVENPORT, TUSDAY, FEB. 2. Kcaemtut of COMEID'S COMIC -OPEM COMPANY- Hi-lnrich Coniird, V ir. ctor . In Millecl er's Com-fJy-Opera. POOR JDHNATHAN Sua (or 2.M) nihtf at tuc New York Cacino. Price-fl .ro. !.::,. so and S5. beat on sale Saturday, Jan 30 at Finite'.. Telephone No. Lit. Sheet Music. 2500 Pieces to (elect 'rom. Why pay 40 ctn'l to 81. no for which yoa can a . ret lor 10 cents at C. C. TAYLOR. 1717 Seosd Av. nne. ON MONDAY, FEB. 1 We move our cloak and shawl department, our blanket and bed com fort department and our curtain department to our elegant-new sec ond floor just now completed. To properly inaugurate the event and to thoroughly advertise the change, we shall name a lot of CUT PRICES which will cause a grand stampede into this new and magnificent CLOAKS. In this denartment w cTiwitr tn fniw establish its new location by selling a lot of ladies' and misses' Npntnurirstii at less than one-quarter value. NEW MARKETS. 4 year old size at 47c each. 6 62o " 8 77c " 10 92c " 12 $1.00 Kortv ladies' newmarltPts-nnt fVii season's goods-were $10 to $18. all go at $2.50 apiece. Thirty-six newmarkets at $4.25 each, were three, four and five times moro. All this season's newmarknts at inot one-half of marked price. Still farther cuts on all jackets for this great clear ance sale. BLANKETS. We shall institute a clearing sale cf bed blankets and comforts in our new room, which for cheapness 'and superior values,has not been equalled in this section. Forty-five white bed blankets-will clear them out at 57 cents a pair- A few pairs of grey blankets at the same price. Twenty pairs of pure wool, hand some light prey sanitary bed blankets worth $4.50, will close at $2 08 per pair. All blankets marked down to close Three bales bed comforts on Monday and while they last, at 36 cents a piece First come first served. McOABE BROS. !1T20. 1723 and 1724 Second Avknok. FEBRUARY 1 We begin to take stock, and in order to reduce it we will this week make BIG CUTS. Fair Store. From all purchases of $1 and over we will deduct 15 Per Cent. Come now and save money, Art Store. In thia department we will discount your f ar ch ae on Biblea 10 percent Albums 25 percent Stationery 20 per cent Blank Book 15 Di r. cent Juveniles o per cent Etchings, Encravings... 3SH percent Picture Frames, Cabinet . . .23 per cent Picture Frames, to order. 10 per ceet GEORGE H. KINGSBURY. 1703 and 1705 Second avenue. Telephone No. 1216. We predict .the universal use of Dr. IcKani's Celebrated Cough Syrup for "La Grippe," all coughs, colds, croup, and all affections of the throat, Jungs and bron chial passages. Its sale has more than doubled each year since its introduction, and the year 1891 stands out as the banner year of its existence. Made and sold at 10c and 25 c per bottle by T. H. THOMAS, V ROCK ISLAND. We cannot reach all, but hop- to reach you by this adveitisment. Respectfully, UNDERHILL GLASS. PROPRIETORS OF Park's Restaurant. If you are hungry give us a call at 1611 Second avenue, next door east of Loosley's crockery store. A fresh line of tobacco and cigars always on hand. V. I BLANDING'S ADDITION 0 Head of Twenty-fifth Street - BETWEEN - Thirteenth and Fifteenth Avenues. A Rare Chance Barpins in City Lots. Eligible, Desirable and Cheap. Only One Mile from the City Postoffice. Easy Terms and Long Time. BEnquire at the Bock Island Savings Bank. J. M. BUFORD.