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Fine Solid Silverware.

A choice assortment Of tho latest patterns,
suitable for wedding and othOr presents, just
received at Rusenbook Co.'s, 20 West Second
street, under the Newcomb House, Davenport
goTuTh
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The Boy WuALER.-By posters about
town we notice that hot house, blood and
thunder periodical a, New York is soon to
bring out a startling novelette, entitled "The
Boy Whaler, or the Young Rover-a sea
tale " The most accomplished boy whaIer
we ever encountered was the austere peda.
gogue who taught our young ideas how to
shoot. If he wasn't success as boy
whaler, we at least used often to receive
vivid Impressions to that effect.
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A CHANGE.--The attention of our readers
is directed to the change in the advertise.
ment of Doyle, Nevins & Co. Their stone
yard and marble works are in fall blast,
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A LIVELY FIGHr.--A lively fight is GO
ing on over the river in regard to County
Superintendent of schools Both sides are
singing mud q. lively rate.
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ScARcE.-Labor is scarce just now, es.
pecally in the mechanical line. Wages are
high and the demand good.
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Court NEWS After an absence Of many
weeks, which have seemed ages to the anx
ious public, bis grace the Duke of Bencac
returned last evening from visit to bis
pGtcruai acres.
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To-Day's Advertisem't
TO q Il r H 7 ~ II
HAIR RESTORATlNE!
ron the
Restoration, Growth and Beauty
n,s EtINN

Will restore Gray or diseased Hair to its orr
ginal health aud beauty will stop the hair from
falling in the worst cases; Il will promote new
and healthy growth; eradieates dandruhi "iii
cure the most severe headache; will warrant to
cure scald head in its worst form. This artleleis
not dye it will not stain the skin, nor soil tho
most delicate fabric. II is free from all dirty or
gummy sediments that is found in all articles Of
fered to the public II will also prevent the
young from becoming prematureJy gray.
Il is warranted 10 make the hair grow on the
baldest heads. We have not failed in any case
vet, as hundred can testify. 1t can be used by
the old and young alike, asit is beneficial to all.
It contains nothing injurious, but is clear and
clean as spring water. We can truly say that
We have now an rtice the public has long look ed
for. You have but to try it and you will be con-
vinccd Of its worth.
PmcE-One Dollar in large Bottles.
| Manufactured by the
| Niagara Toilet Manufacturing Co.,
| No. + South Division St, Buffalo N. \.
| For sale by Druggists, ocHdeod"eo"iy
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No Go.--Elias Township, Mercer county,
on the 9th, voted three to one against a
subscription to the Rockford, Rock Island
d St Louis road.
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PAINTING up.-Woltman saloon and
Grotian's Drug Store are having their fronts
painted up.
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NEW CO-pARTNERSHIP.

I WOLF, Dry Goods Merchant, Rock Island,
| 4. has associated with him in business, his
law, Aaron Drum. The style of the
firm will be L. Wolf & Drum. They will occupy
the store one door east of the old place, known
as Hewitt's Shoe Store and also the old stand,
where they will keep constantly on hand a
full line of ready made Clothing, Hats, Caps,
and Gents Furnishing Goods. dc. Their new
stock is now arriving and will be sold at the
same low prices as formerly.
oct4d3t. l.. WOLF DRUM.
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Tus is considered good a.ue weather

A PREDoTIoy,- Some one predicts q
severe winter, from the fact that quails are
hunting winter quarters.
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Horsr WASmEp.-A small family wishes
to rent dwelling house well located. Ap'
ply at this Office.
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TOWNSHIP DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
UAILY MARKETS.

For the very latest market reports from
Now York, Chicago and st. Louis, SEQ our
first page.
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Odd FalloWa

Rock Island Lodge No. IS, 7. 0. o. F., meets
every Monday evening at Odd Fellows Hall,
soutne"s, corner of Illinois and Eag'e Sts., at
u o'clock p. NJ.
c. B. KNOX, N. G.
c. w. HAMILTON, K. s.
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Premium lob Printing.

Orders for Job Printing will meet with prompt
attention at the ANGUS oFPIcE, and be executed
in tho very best manner and at reasonable rates.
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LOCAL O0GVEsH.

FIFTEEN CEsrs a line will be charged for
each insertion of articles under this head.
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Masonic.

Barrett Chapter No. IS, A. NJ, meets at
Masonic Hall on the First and Third Tuesdays
Of each month.
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FonrY CESrs line viii be charged for
each insertion Of Gll articles under this head.
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GOLD WATCH LOST.

7 0ST, at about half past ght o'clock Sunday
IL evening, somewhere between the residence
of Mr. Boguo in the lower part Of Rock Island,
and the city of Moline, lady's gold watch, open
faced, with q gold dial and the city Of st. Louis
engraved on the same. The finder will be suit
ably rewarded by leaving the same with
JOSEPH A. BIDDiS0N.
Rock Island, Sept. 8, 1869, diff
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NUBxNEaS 0ARDS'
II. G. CONNELLY,

rroRNRY ATLAw AND Notary pus
a iis. Rock Island, III. Once over the i0''
uniee
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RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
Chicago, Rock Island l. Pacific
Railroad.

LEAVE. ARRIVE.
Day Express and Mail, $50 a. m $50 ?. m.
Night Express, lO'lO p IN 4'oo a. M
GONE WEST.
Day Express and Mail, 4.4O a. IN. 1905 a. m.
Night Express, B ID In. 9Sa ?. IN.
Western Union Railroad.
Passenger, $40 A. NJ. Wv r. a.
Mixed 325P p. N. 1880 A. NJ
Rock Isianu l. Peoria Railroad.
Leave Rock Island, 700 a. In and l.O0p M
Arrive at Rock Island, lI.OO a. IN. and BOO p. M
ns- Trains run by Chicago time, which is ID
uinnte. faster than Rock Island time.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-07-09
TO Color Carpet-Rags.

For Hll0U-One half pound sugar OF
lead diss lived in hot water, one.fourth
pound hicrnmate of potash, dissolved in a
vessel of wood, in cold water. Dip first
In lea' vat T, then in the potash, then al
.crna'e, until the color suits. For five
p nrds goods.
For ora gs-To make the yellow a
bright orange, take quick lime slack, and
,et II Settle. then drain it off clear-add
sum 'lent water, so that the goods will not
be crOWded-bring to scalding heat for
an hour, or until It is bright enough.
For BUs-Dissolve Il pound of cone
Iss in soft water, sufficient to color five
pounds of goods-put in the goods and
let them remain 15 minutes, then take out
the goods, anq take clean soft water, and
dissolve two Hhnces prusiate potash and
put In the goods when it is milk warm, let
them remain in this 10 minutes, then take
out the goods, and add one ounce of oil of
vitTiol to the potash dye, when it Is only
milk warm; put in your goods again, boil
Tor deep blue, ana take out before boil
ing for lighter shades.
For Green.--Take the yellow dyed by
the above recipe, and dye it by the above
recipe for dying blue, and you will have
a beautiful green. Try it, and see if you
don't.
AHOGAsr way for Orange. -Take two
ounces OF Rnoito, dissolve them in weak
lye, in which put two pounds OF goods.
dye In iron, and let it remain two or three
days, heating 1t occasionally f." ia
Western Rurdi.
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Pruning Trees.


SET : green hand to prune trees, where
limbs 5f any size are to be removed, and
the chsnces are ten to one, thst he will
commci CO at the top, and saw through
he linb until il falls by its own weight !;
earring down the bark and wood, inflict-
'pg a greet ugly wound, which may re-
luire years TO heal, and which, if not
G.refully protected from the weather, will
cause such decay as to destroy the tree.
rhe 'nethod commonly recommended to
Or, ven. such injury is to begin at the bot
tom, and cut half way through, and then
finish from the top, or with very large
limbs, TO have them supported by a
crotched pole, or pitck-fOrk, held by an
assistant below; but we have found a
better plan, and quite as easy, to be 70
make two cuts, the first at convenient
distance, say foot, from the point where
we wish the limb removed. This short
stump can, except in the case of very
large limbs, be easily held in one hand
while the final cut is made with the other
After large limb is sawed off, the sur
face should be pared smooth; and for
this purpose, we have often found a com.
mon carpenters chisel, about two inches
wide, much more convenient than prun.
ing knife. To prevent decay, there Is
nothing better than one or two coats OF
good oil-paint; and it should be as neal
the color of the bark as possible, so as
not to disngure the tree. All tools used
in pruning, should be of the best quality
and kept as sharp as possible. 1t is poor
economy to use any others.
Limbs are sometimes cut too close, but
for every such one, there are hundred
not cut close enough. Every cut, large ol
small, should be made in smooth, clean
wOrkman.like manner /; a poor workman
is soon known by hacking off a limb with
a dull knife, leaving as many facets as Oh
multiplying ITLton's Journal o.
ROrtictItuTe . .... ... ....-. :
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A Mammoth Vinegar Factory.


Among the myriads whs, during this hot
and debiitating season, daily refresh a
feeble appetite and invigorate a lsnguid d.
gestion, by the varied preparations of
which pure, pungent and palatable vine
gar forms the principal part, few are aware
that this excellent article and culinary sta.
pie is mostly manufactured in Chicago.
Other vinegar works exist to be sure, but
the most extensive establishment in the
United States is that of Mr.. G. G. e Prus-
sing, on State street, near Congress, and il
is one of the very few, If not the only one
in fact, the production of which is entirely
free from all mineral acids and metallic
compounds of every kind whatsoever.
We assert this upon high chemical au-
thority. II has also been repeatedly sub
jected to the still severer tests of numer-
Gus fair committee palstes, and always re-
ceived the first prize. While so many
healthdestroying adulterations manufac.
tured in the East and too dearly paid for,
though bought ut ever so low price,
OFT under the name of vinegar, wholesale
buyers should look well to their sources
of supply, and we advise them to give Mr..
Prussing's house a call before purchasing.
Commercial IRder .t
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Foolish Fears.

IT is surprising, the number OF persons
who entertain fears of being buried alive.
There Is an old lady of this city who has
given instructions In her will, that after
her supposed death her body shall be kept
four weeks and thirteen days before being
deposited in the tomb Nearly everyone's
childhood memories embrace startling mar
ratiyes, related perhaps, by some foolish
nursery maid, Of persons who came TO life
in the grave, who were found To have
turned over in their coffins. These hid.
eous yarns may naturally occasion tear
among juvsniles That adults should en-
tertain this fear seems absurd. Yet, as he-
fore said, very many Of them do, bSsing
their approximations upon facts real or
imaginary, related OF the battlefield or of
epidemic times Among the French peo.
pie this fear particularly prevails, owing
doubtless to the existing law which pre-
scrlbes interment twenty four hours after
deoeasa In order to auay this fear q
French author Of some celebrity has col.
lected & considerable number of facts, and
published sn elaborate treatise on the sub
jecG II appears that sixty thousand
corpses have passed through the we'll
known establishment at FrAEkford, where,
ON payment Of certain sum. dead bodies
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are kept for several days before being fin-
ally consigned TO the tomb, surrounded by
every appliance necessary 10 discover the
fsintest trace OF lingering animation, and
that no single case Of resurrection has
been known TO occur and It is affirmed
that since the institution Of duly qualified
" inspectors de morris" at Paris, prema-
ture burial has become practically impos.
sible. nHUE EFU- |e
Though equally Trustworthy inspectors
were to be found in every department, the
French still argue that there is great dan
ger of premature burial under law which
rests on the assumption that If q man gives
no sign Of life he Is dead, OF ought 20 be,
and hurries him to the grave; as long as
he n unable to make any objection.
Monsieur Flourens has demonstrated that
curare,7 the preparation used by the saw
ages of South America TO poison their arr
rows, paralyzes the nerves of motion,
leaving those Of sensation intact. All
action, even breathing, is suspended con
sciousness alone survives. But although
death prevades the whole organization,
except the brain, in such manner as to
deceive the most skillful physician, revival
is still possible, and it is admitted by many
great authorities that the same effect may,
in rare instances, be produced by natural
causeG = Ohted0O Tribune .ff4VsA q.
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ros1), which 20 closely resembles the slug
worm saw.1y as not t. he easily distir.
guished fromit .assiw-fii come out I
the ground at various times between the
Goth OF May and the middle Of June and inn
mediately Law their eggs by thrusting their
saws obliquelY into the skin of the leaf,
and depositing an egg in each incision.
When the young slugs are produced
from the eggs, they eat the upper surface
of the leaf IN irregular patches, leaving
the vein and the skin skeletonized. They
cast their skins several times, and finally
irop 70 the ground, and burrow into the
oil the depth OF an inch or. more,
.orming little oval cells, cemented with q
title gumniy silk. Having performed
their transformation and become hes,
hey emerge from the ground early
"a August and lay their eggs
fDr second brood. These enter the
ground late in the fall, and remain in their
cells until the ensuing spring or summer.
Ater numerous experiments with va
ious mixtures, a solution Of whale-oil soap,
in the proportion of two pounds of soap
to fifteen gallons of water, has been found
the most certain remedy, not only for the
rose slug, but also for plant.lice, red
spiders, canker-worms, vine fretters, and
other pests of the garden.
A common sprinkler will answer for ap.
plying this mixture TO the upper side OF
he l,sf, but in order to reach the under.
-ide, garden syringe will be necessary
This mixture does no damage to the leaves
and on this account is preferable to all
others that are recommended for similar
purpose. e.-hJ0hdR0e. f.' 1850
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Words OF Weight for Wives and
Mothers.

The superiority of HOSTETTER'S STOMACH
B1rTERS over ali other tonics and correotives,
as remedy for dyspepsia, biliOusness, nervous
affections, and all complaints of the yisceral or.
gans, and as preventive OF malariOus disorders,
Is proverbial; but perhaps 1t is not so generally
known that the ingredients OF this famous invig-
GRANT and Alternative exercise powerful and most
beneficial influence in that numerous and dis
tressng class of ailments, of which so many thOu.
sands of delicate women are the patient, uncom-
planning victims The special troubles OF the sex,
commencing with the dawn of womanhood, and
extending over period of from thirty to thirty.
five years, are as readily and certainly relieved by
the operation OF this admirable vegetable prepa-
ration, as any of the complaints common to both
sexes, for which it 1t recommended as a specific.
The attention of mothers is invited to its balsamc
effect in those peculiar OF functional irregu-
larity and irritation, which, when neglected or
matTeated, destroy the health and shorten the
lives of 80 many invalids. There is no need for
the powerful and dangerous drugs too often re-
sorted to in such cases. The mild tonic and re-
storatiye action of the BITTERS is all the assist
ance that nature requires in it's struggle to over
come the difficulty, and vast amount of suffer
ing would be spared to the sex, If they placed
implicit faith in this wholesome vegetable invig-
GRANT, corrective, and nervine, and discarded the
pernicious nostrums advertised by ignorant and
mercenary charlatans.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-07-09
- Cultivation Of Buck wheat.

IT has been ali that buckwheat ocou.
pies The same position among the grains
rs the donkey does among animals useful
but not popular. II will grow ON the
poorest of sandy soils, can be sown later
han any Other grain; aud rs one of the
best crops for Cleaning the land and for
killing the wire worms and other injurious
gruo@ II hss bVen extensively used for
blowing in ~ manure But though il is
proved beneficial tor this purpose, il is not
IS good Nc may other crops that might
b. uSe', such as white and red clover.
Buckwheat Is Often sown too early.
When TOO early, tie hot sun is apt to
hlasJ the Il lweIs- In some parts OF New
Eug anlit is soWn early in June, even be-
iore the corn is piaLtod. ltis best to sow
thus early IN all sections where there is
danger OF frosty nights early In the fall,
rs a Sigh frast OF, n destroys the crop.
In Ohio II 10 usual y not sown until July.
We mast erdeaVor IA steer between the
two dangers, blasting OF the flowers in the
summer, when sown early, and the de-
St uciI0n ofthe crop by trost in the fall
wilSh SOwu late. IL succeeds well sown
on cioPgr OF grAsssod. an
Formerly IL Mas cnn Tered best 20
break up the land in the spring, but late.
ly the practice ist0 pasture The land, and
break up mlued ately before sowing.
From thr,e Va cNs ~ 3 busdelis the usual
quantity of seed.- or The use OF buck.
wheat We need not speak Everybody
i.kes bScSwheat cakes On c,ld winter
morning. IL. is god fnod for poultry.
HngS Thrive upon aaa are fond of Il.
WAsa erlSheI, ais gopd fed f,r horaes /;
more nutit Gus, ie Is 81 d. than oats. tits
N,lId for mi ph ,..avs hprgAsiug ~ J, 49,.
tuy anc richness OF the milk y,
The amount Of seed pr acre Is govern.
cd by Ihe sreng'h anu condition f the
soil. On poof iHmpy land one bu,h,l per
acre should he used; IN stIong, mt How
soil fom half bushel To three pecks wfll
be sufficient QUO Former =
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How Eggs Hatchs


PEOPLE have an idea that the hen sits
on the egg for certain time, and that
when the time comes for Matching the
chick bursts forth. There never was a
greater mistake. The chick, until liber-
ated from the shell "by outside aid," is as
incapable Of motion as if formed solid
with the egg, which it nearly does You
might as well enclose man in an iron
boiler, and tell him to get out without
tools, ss expect chick to get out of
the shell without help. The ehioE,
grows and swells in the inside of the
shell, until at last the excrescence
on the point of the beak of the bird
presses against the inside of the shell, and
bursts up small scale; of course when
1t does this, 1t at the time breaks in that
spot the inside skin OF the, egg. This
ADMITS % the ar; IN short time 1t breathes
ana gets strengIh 10 cry loudly The hen
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AncCdo,e Of Henry J. Riy mOnl.

MIR RAYMOND WAS. personally exceed
inglN popular with all the employees uf The
IImeS It's wCl.knOwn sense At equity
and justice mace hm the person tn whom
all, hlgh and tow, appeal whenever they
iclt sggrleved Employes If the press.
roOm,'h The chm nosing rom, the proof room,
the stereotypiug room, equally with the
editors and rapUrters came t. him for
justice Whenever they felt aggricved By
the actioa of the Individual uGuer whose
especial supervision lhsy werc WNa,,
ever MS decision was IN the nlAt,er. for or
against the pplicAnt, Was received as final,
and universally accepted ~ just II M
ono was the spirit OF fair play SO striking,
ly manifest On 10
ne was sent before the day of the te'r.
graph 10 Boston IT, report speech uf Dan.
iel Webster, then ia the height Of his pop.
ulartty Rival city journals also dis.
patched their reporters, each selecting tor
the purpose two of their best short hand
writers, to work against MIR. Raymond.
The speech Was delivered, and proved 70
be one of Mr. Webster's greatest achieve
ments. The several New York reporters
took the night boat Ia return 10 New York
and all, save Mr.. Raymond, gave them
selves up to such enjoyment during the
evening as the boat afforded. Mr.. Ray
mond sat quietly IN the back cabin, and
was observed 20 he writing fnriously.
Presently Que of the reporters had his
suspicious aroused, and setting ont on an
exploring expedition, found that Mr. Ray,
mond had on board 3 small printing oftice
fully equipped. His manuscript was
taken page by page by the comp positors,
set up Immediately, and on the arrival Of
the boat In New York, at 5 o'clock in the
morning, Mr., Raymonds report, making
several columns of the 7Ss6Has was all in
type These columns we're put into the
forms at once, and tho readers Of that
journal were al Q that morning served
with q full report of Daniel Web ter's
speech delivered In Boston ON the pre-.
vious evening This, at that time, WAS
one of tho greatest Journalistic feats on
record, and SO completely Sstonished and
sstounded the 7FibURe'S rivals that they
never published the reports Mtn,slad a bN
their short hand writers, but hCkuowL
edged themselves fairly beaten.
Another instance when he cAp.urcd \
locomotive which had beon chartered hy a
rival, and by its aid succeeded not only In
beating that rival, but all otners. was
an Anecdote he WAS fond of rClAtiRg. ..-.
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:, A Curiosity.

THE ;Augusta (Me.) Journal has the fol.
lowing: Twenty years ago, OF In the
spring of 1S49, the superintendent of the
burial ground In Hallowell-Capt John
BeemAn, who is'still one of the business
men of that city-purchased a number of
silver poplar trees, averaging about two
lnches in diameter at the ground, and tive
feet In height and transplanted them in
the cemetery. They hourished finely, and
have become large trees, adding very
much TO the beauty Of the cemetery. A
few days ago one of these trees was cut
down by direction of the present super
ntendent Colonel w. s. Haines, for the
reason that Its branches were broken OF
by the great ice-stOrm Of last winter, and
the tree ruined. The fallen tree measured
81 inches in diameter at the stump, and
was about 40 feet in length.
Imbedded In the centre Of the trunk
was found the original tree, of the same
SIZE a. when transplanted 20 years ago,
put minus the bark. AL the growth OF
tne uee had been outside of, and an.
psrentiy detached from the original. The
core OF original tee was loose, and fell
nom IFS sepnlchre when the trunk was
being split, though il Was As full OF life az
when tTAnsplanted Upon the orivinsl
tree, which is about fVe feet long and
two inches in diameter at the largest end.
were ten knots, sho wing that number OF
limbs 10 have been sawed or when the
sapplng Was set out The marks of ths
saw are distinct as If made yesterday.
Thls curious freak Of nature may be seen
al the store OF Capt Beeman, in Hal.
lowell " is genuine curiosity. and
worthy OF place in the States cabinet
We doubt n similar specimen can be
produced. Nv 7ItSG :,