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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09
Where it is Used7

Everywherei There 10 not q eivIliIed settle
ment between Alaska and Patagonia where il 10
not appreciated. Well may il be called 9 pene-
trating preparation in a commercial as vel as .
medical sense, ;or, with it. potent ally, Hollo-
-ay's Pills, it has reached the centre of China
and the heart Of japan, and is advertised at Pc
kin and Jeddo- Over three hundred millions Of
the human race that have never heard Of any
other foreign medicine have been made Acquaint
ed through their own papers, and many thous-
ands of them by sctual experience, with the
properties of Holiovsy's Ointment and Hollo-
MI Pills
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09
Cristad0rO's Excelsior Hair Dye!

as . PERFECTLY INNoCUOUs ARTICLE,
which may be used without fear. Remember, it
ID the only one that has been analy zed and found
wholesome. It's effects instantaneous, and
the colors it imparts natural
CRIsTADoROS HAIR PRESERVATIVE,
~ q Dressing, acts like charm on the Hair af
ter Dyeing. Try it. mshl9dwlm.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09
Open Sores and uuhealed Wounds,

In consequence of being cicstriIed before the
virus Of Inflammation has been expelled, sores
supposed to have been cured often break out
efresh- II 10 the same with old wounds thin
crust that deceives the eye oyerlies the moulder-
ing embers Of disease, and they are a. cure to
break through the surface eventually rolca
no is to recommenee its throes and cast up new
foods Of lays. But he operation of the ONT
ment is final AL the irritating humors are dis
PEELED, and " hen nature, thus relieved, closes up
the wound q ulcer, the cure 10 perfect.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09
70 Suffering Mothers.

The agony that some young mothers undergo
from the esking Of milk in the breasts, ulrers-
ton Of the nippe and other paiufui affections o;
the nanillary organs, Is extreme And yet a
lew applications Of the Ointment would remove
the difficulty and enable the sufferers to resume
the maternal function and continue 20 exercise it
without interruption or pain. AZ the life OF the
child as well rs the health Of the mother may
depend her ability 10 it, this fact. vi ieh
10 verified by ample testimony, should be treas
ured in the memory Of every wife and mstron.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09
IVORY.
-z<asH q. q. THOMAS,
EEss TuRNERASD pEALERls
MI " O r Y
IVORY.

- % CLARK ST., corner hando!Pn,
Opposite the Sherman House, Chicago, Ills.
p. .. box 3542.
Billiard, Pool and BagateIle Balls. Ten Pin
Ball. and Pins, Cues, feathers, Chalk and
Chez ks. of new and fancy patterns. Martingsle
and Napkin Rings; Whip, Umbrella and Para
sol Handles. Balls re turned and stained.
Lignumvitia, lockwood aud Ebony for sale.
ian24deodS-~~gIy
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09
.BITTBRS

country and introduced the Scan
dindridn Blood Purifier; since
rchich time thousands hare been
cured, by its use, Of ScrofuIa aud
other blood diseases. II contains,
besides The Iodide Of Potdssd and
Syrup Of Siilingid, drugs import
ed from S'cedel for its cypress
manufacture, unkno,cn and not
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09
Hemorrhoids, Pulmonary disorders

Obstinate cases of piles that have desea all
other treatment are often cured very rapidly BY
the frequent application Of the ointnent to the
inhamed membrane. II must be used with such
gentle friction Is tie patient can bear. When
rubbed briskly ever the throat and chest, in bad
coughs and colds, asthma, Inflammation OF the
lungs, bronchitis, liberated sore threat, DO, II
imparts wonderful relief and prevents the com
plants from eliminating in Consumption. Inc
Pills m,y be given night and mornin g daring me
continuance Of . cough or cold to carry OF the
unoroia bu,,or.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09

stimulQnt are
required. They
restore the ritdi
forces IN a re-
mdrkdble degree,
and gire tone to
the system.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09

riably establishes them as tarorites
Nth all wdo use them.
The reasons ,chy Dr.. Roback's
Blood Pills should be kept IN er-
cry family are: Becauss they can
be employed IN all cases ,rhere a
family physic % is required, and
are perfectly safe IN their admir-
! istraiion at all times: Because
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09

Has MADE THE MOST AsTOSIsHINI .S l
so QUICK so RAPID ARE TUE SHhNgh-'
TIE BODY USDERGOE5 UNDER TIE INfLn-
ENCE OF THIS TRULY WONDERFUL MEDi-
CINE THAT
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09

Kept by dpohe-
carries an this
c ou try. A
single trial icW
conrince the most
skePicdl Of ats
acoaderjiil raiue.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09
B / D D D

Or. RO5acE's
Blood Pills are
unsurpassed by
any PHI manu-
.mct''rcd for a
similar purpose.
Dlle f,.ini inrn-
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09

! they are made
. both with and
/ ,ctthoat sugar
coating, thus
/ adapting them to
the use Of every
body; Because
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09
|ROBACK' 5

called, are merely ,cishi,oashy stuff,
sold as a beverage. DIR. RobdcPs
Bitters are not a beverage in any
sense Of the cord, but contain the
most expensive drugs kno,cn to
science for the radical cure Of
Indigestion and Dyspepsia, and
for all cases ,chere a tonic and
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09
1IHDIoAx,.

Ro6dck's Stom-l
dch Bitters,I
unlike all other
BitterS IN the
nadrket, possess
intrinsic merit.
Most Riff>rs m
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-04-09
STOMACH

IL Is no,c eleven
years since DIR.
RObdck, the Gel
ebrated Slcedish
physician, from
Stockholm, S,ce-
L. 49,. Il IL
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04
WHITTIER ARE WE DRIFTING?

This all-impOTtant question abSOrbs the pub
lie mind at the present time.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04
Failures In fS69-The Financial Con-
dItiOn Of the Country.

The Mercantile Agency has issued
a circular giving a statement of fail
ureS and the amount of liabilities re-
ported during the year 1869, compared
with those of 1868. The total number
/ of failures last year was 2,799, against
2,608 in 1868 and the aggregate liabili-
ties were S75,O54, 900, against S63, IA, :
| 600 the previous year. The failures
in New York and Brooklyn, however,
were more than ten million dollars
less than in 1868.
The agency reports that during the
year the trade with the South has not
only largely increased in volume, but
| has become profitable, safe and salts
| factory. The substantial results
achieved in the South in 1869 are full
of promises for the whole country for
the future. The business of the year
elsewhere, it is observed, has not yield
ed anything like a fair return, in view
of the capital employed, the volume
and extent Of trade done, or the eapa-
| city engaged.
But while there has not been a uni
versal profit, and while there has been
loss in many instances, the disasters
of the year have not been nearly as
great as might be anticipated. The
failures of 1869 have not been exces-
sive, neither in number nor amount,
in view of the dullness of trade, the
depression existing the greater part
of the year, and above all the large
depreciation in value, which the year
has witnessed. The records of the
Mercantile Agency now contain the
reports of 10000 traders, manufae
turers, bankers and master mechanics,
and the proportion of the failures dur
ing the past year is not much more
than one in q hundred.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04
VOLUME 22-NUMBER IS
Mrs. StOne-BlaekKeII.

a writer, in giving sketches of the
leaders Of the woman movement,
says:
Lucy Stone is still pre-eminently
the orator of the mOvement-readies
in debate, most fertile in illustrations,
most eloquent in appeal. She will
move an audience till they forget her
sex, and remember only her cause
She has an oval and ruddy, but
thoughtful face; n compact head, tow
ering in the moral regions, and wide
at the organs of force; a clear, mild
eye, and a voice that is all melody
She is the wife of Henry b. Black
well. also somewhat famous in the
field of reform; and is not only one of
the mothers Of this cause, but moth
er, also. of an interesting family of
children.
''Mrs. Blackwell" I said, one day,
desiring to question her about the or
: ganiZatiOn.
Mrs. Stone, if you please" she
smilingly corrected me.
When expressed desire to be en-
lightened further, she continued:
MY husbands name is Blackwell
mine Is Stone. When we married,
l told him l did not wish to assume
his name, as by so doing I should
lose my social identity. He said I
was clearly right-he should not wish
to be called Mr.. Stone So have re-
tanned my maiden-name, and when
meet my old friends on the street,
they don't say: 'Mrs.-a-a let's see,
I've forgotten your new name Even
my husband calls me Mrs. Stone.
think 1 see, ,''she proceeded, "in there
tentiOn of the maiden-name, as Beech
er Stowe, a growing tendency to as
I sert this individuality. 1 expect that,
by and by, women will cease to be
called by their husbands name; and ]
am sure that in the world to come,
each soul will be known by its own
name. and not anOther's.n -
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04
Preservation Of Leather.

The following valuable hints in re-
gard to the preservation of leather We
copy from the Shoe and Leather Re
porter:
The extreme heat in which most
mon and women expose boots and
shoes during winter deprives leathee
of its vitality, rendering it liable to
break and crack. When leather be-
comes 50 warm rs to give Off the
smell of leather, it is signed. Close
rubber shoes also destroy the lif of
leather. All varnishes and all black
ing containing the properties of warm
ishing should be avoided.
ShOe-leather is greatly abused. Per-
sons know nothing or care less abOnt
the kind Of material used than they
do about the polish produced. VitriOl
backing is used until every particle
of oil in the leather is destroyed. TO
remedy this abuse the leather should
he washed once a month with warm
water; and when about half dry a coat
of oil and tallOw should be applied,
and the boots set aside for n day or
two. This will renew the elasticity
and life i'm the leather, and when thus
used upper leather will seldom crack
or break.
DOH't wash harness in water and
with soap. No harness is ever so soil
Ell that u damp sponge will not re-
move the dirt. When harness loses
its luster and turns brown, which al
most any leather will do after long eX-
pOsIIre to the air, the harness should
be given a new coat of grain-black.
Before using this grain-blaek, the
grain surface should be thoroughly
washed with pOtash-water until all
the grease is killed, and after the ap-
plication of the grain-black, oil and
tallow should be applied to the sur
face. This will not only ''fasten the
color" but make the leather flexible.
Harness which is grained can be
cleaned with kerosene or spirits of
turpentine, and no harm will result if
the parts affected are washed and OIL
ed Immediately afterward.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04
Italian Picture Dealer.

Signor A. has long been known
as one of the most facetiOuS London
dealers in pictures and other objects of
art,-nOt stopping at any clever ruse
by which to make good "seli." 1t is
related, too, that one of his bOldest
tricks was successfully played off at
the expense of an experienced pur-
chaser and acknowledged eOnnOisseur,
the late Mr.. c.. He persuaded the
latter to look at a picture of high pre-
tensions and of some merit in his
house. While they were discussing
it, the jingle of posting bells was heard
in the street, and the prolonged crack
of the cOurier's whip soon echoed in
the door way. A started, rushed
out, and beheld an express, booted,
spurred, and splashed, who handed
him letter. Tearing it open, he ap-
peared struck with confusion, and eX-
claimed:
''Well, here is fine serape have
got intO?"
"What is the matter?r
"Why, | am talking about selling
you this picture, and here is the cOur-
ier sent back from AncOna to buy it,
by Russian gentleman, to whom
Offered it last week, for such n sum-"
The price was large one, and Mr..
G.. would not have thought of giving
it for the picture, which did not inter
est him much; but so ingeniOusly did
SignOr A. eOntriYe to transfer to it the
Importance of this dramatic scene,
that, i'm the excitement of the mo-
ment, n bargain was struck, and the
EngIishman went Off chuekling ut the
idea of having so nicely "dOne" the
Russian,-the latter being an imagi-
nary parsonage, and his courier u RO-
man pOstbOy, hired to gallOp up i'm the
nick of time!
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04
Female Physique,

The Brittanna, speaking of the lack
of physical development of English
girls, tells them how to bring about 9
better state of affairs: ~
On the Continent, things are very
different. There are to be found nu-
merOus gymnasiums in which women
are trained TO all kinds of athletic
spOrts-where we find fair damsels OF
all ages, in elegant and suitable cos
tunes, disporting themselves in dOz.
ems, under the superintendent of a
trainer or traineress. But surely you
would not advocate the introduction OF
such system in this country? we can
hear the shocked English TlGter.fdDl
lies say. The idea of any modest
woman being dressed III knickerbOck-
ers, and twisting herself into all kinds
of positions in a gymnasium And
why? we ask. Is there anything hall
so horrible in q woman being dressed
appropriately, and going through a
movement drillr which will bring
into heaIthful play every muscle OF
her body, giving q bloom to her
cheeks, and develop the beauties OF
her form, rs in her going to any one
of our theaters to view unblushingiy
the nakedness of modern ballets, and
listening to the barely covered indie
cency of modern dramas? We know
we shall be called heretics. We know
the "prOper young woman" of the
day will read this article with abhOr-
renee, but we also know that we are
working in a good cause, and that the
day will come ere long when even the
greatest prude will go to her drill rs
regularly as nowadays she does to
her studies. Then, and not untilthen,
shall we see that most perniciOus OF
all fashions, tight lacing, receive its
death-blow. English women will then
see what fearful dcformity small
waist really is. The practice of ath-
letics will soon teach them what the
human form should be, and they will
learn to appreciate the beauty of ma
ture far more than they now admire
the deformity of fashion.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04
"OrOIde" Watches.

For n considerable time past "OrOide"
watches have heen widely advertised,
and Il too gullible public has doubtless
made the trade i'm these inferior and
often worthless time-keepers a profit
able one. The following sketch shows
the manner in which they are manu-
featured:
i'In Switzerland the several pieces
that 90 to make the complete watch
are made at separate factories remote
from each other, and the matchmaker
is the party who puts the different
pieces together. fhe matchmaker
purchases his stock by the thousand
or ten thousand pieces from the diff
ferent factories. AS a consequence of
such want of system in making the
different pieces, there are always
large quantities improperly finished
and imperfect. These imperfect piec-
es are again slightly altered and put
together, and constitute the move
ment for the "OrOide watch" These
movements are placed in brass cases
manufactured for this very purpose,
costing about seventy-fve cents each,
and exported To England aud Ameri-
ca, where il has been definitely set
tied the greatest number of fools exist.
The French Government will not adj
nit them unless they are truly and
correctly described, and the English
Government places them under the
ban in so far as to prohibit the use of
genuine names or trade marks; but,
like our own Government, it reaps q
profit from their importation and
sale. These are the famous "OrOide''
watches. They are worth, according
TO some of our largest genuine practi-
cal dealers and watch-makers in this
city New York; from 81, so to 81
each. The very best quality cost but
$50 dozen. They sell in the bogus
stores from 81 to S25 each-and often
for double and treble those sums
I american Artizdn.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04
The Inventor Of Steel Pens.

Nobody who has to pay for his own
stationery now thinks of using the
goose quill fer writing purposes.
The feather, classical, cmblematic,
only retains its hold in public offices,
where the State or some other reck-
less spender of the peoples money,
provides the furniture. The new
members of the Legislature, on max
ing the acquaintance of the State
House, generally indulge, fOr tradi-
tion's sake, in a few awkward attempts
at writing with the quilts that are still
provided at the ancient hOstelry, but
as soon as they get over their rever-
ence for the dignity of the Common
wealth, they return to the harder
steel pens and carve into tOOthpicks
the rejected weapons.
The steel pen is now so universal a
tool that it is difficult to contemplate
il is among the things that had to be
invented. Nevertheless it has fought
its way up, with the other labOr-sav-
ing machines of civilization, and has
as complete a history as the steam en-
gine or telegraph. James Perry, an
English schOOlmaster, who drudged at
whiting his urchins' quilts, made the
first steel pen, and was so good busi-
ness man that he succeeded in intro
ducing it as the Perryan pen. In 1875
he had fifty men engaged in the busi-
ness of making pens, but it was left
for jeremiah Mason to make the pen
popular; the same man, by the way,
who a few months since became a
second Peabody by establishing an or
phan asylum endowed with q, ,2OO,-
600.
Mason was q Kidderminster carpet
weaver, but went to Birmingham and
manufactured pins, needles, shoe
strings and other infinitesimal essen
tials. Here he saw in shop window
a steel pen, priced at sixpence. He
bought three, made better and lighter
ones at a cost of a penny and quar-
ter apiece, and sent specimens to Per-
ry. The inventor was delighted, adj
vanced money to Mason, and the in
tercourse so hOnOrably commenced
ended in partnership and mutual
wealth. Perry has since died, and
Mason is now the sole proprietor of
the Perryan pen.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04
"Selling Off at Cost" !"

We met Muggins the other day in a
quandary. He stood upon the street
corner contemplating q pair of gloves
and asked why he thus sOlemnly medi-
tated. He gave sudden start and
looked up.
"Ah! Aha! Dye see these gloves%'
We saw them.
"D'ye know Smokingtonw
We knew him.
"Well," exclaimed Muggins, ~ was
coming by SmOkingtOn's this morning,
and saw, stuck up all over the front of
his store, big signs sOf-SELLING OFF
AT COSTn Thinks to myself, Here's
a chance and I went in and bought
these gloves and half dozen linen
handkerchiefs. asked SmokingtOn
was he selling to me at cost, and he
said, Certainly, certainly 1 carried
the handkerchiefs home and asked my
wife to hem them. She asked me what
/ paid for them, and when / told her
she laughed and said 'Td been cheated
they were not linen at all-only cotton,
and she could buy any quantity Ofthem
for Just one-half what l had paid.
.. DCl1SNO hCls Il hhC
thought / Iknew-Smokington to be a
man ofhOnOr. / came out and put on
my new gloves. They ripped. Jones
saw 'em and asked what had paid
1 told him. He laughed, and said 'Fd
been cheated, and he could sell the
very same article for less than half
what 1 had paid
''NOw, what L want to know isis
SmOkingtOn a cheat? Has he been ly-
ing to me ?"
We asked Muggins why he didn't
go down and ascertain. He wanted
us to go with him, and we went.
We found dSmOkingtOn very smiling,
andvery busy-custOmers plenty and
goods going Offat rush; but at length
Muggins managed to draw him aside,
when he spoke as follows:
"LOOk here, SmOkingtOn, old boy
you've cheated me-"
"Eh ?-cheated, Mr.. Muggins? Re
ally, / don't see tP'
Didn't you tell me you were sell
ling me these things ut cost? and amt
you telling everybody so by the signs
you've got stuck up ~
Smokington smiled and replied,
'CefJllnlN.'
tsWelI'" demanded Muggins, with
immense assurance and indignation" !"
do you mean to say that you sold me
these gloves and these cotton handker-
chiefs at cOst?''
Certainly"
"SmOkingtOn! thought you were
a man of honor
My dear Muggins," said the trader,
with a smile that was fairly bewitch
ing, "yOu Northumberland thesethings.
1t is all right sold you just ~ said.
/ OfcOurse could not afford to sell goods
for what they cost me. am selling
off AT COST TO CUSTOMEIsSi Dye see it
now?
Muggins considered himself enlight-
ened in the especial commercial depart
ment of "ISeLliRg off at cost ;" but he
thinks he shall never be able to put
full confidence in Smokington again.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04
Creation OF Man

The Bible confers special honor on
man. 1t lifts him to n higher plane
of being than any systems of science
orphilOsophy. He is no development
from star-dust, no link in the chain
of being beyond the ape. He is a
child of God, formed in the image of
the Creator. He is not made to per-
ish like the brutes, but born for i'm
mortality. Nor does he belong TO the
mere system of nature, hedged in by
inexorabIe laws which make him the
sport of fate. There are elements OF
his being which lift above nature,
which endOw him with lOrdship over
nature. This is the lofty view of man
given in the Bible. He is sovereign
on earth. TO the creature made in his
own image, God has committed the
regency of this world. 1.-THE earth
has been given to the children of men"
Thou hast put all things under his
/ feet"
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04
The Peace OF Poverty.

Poor people never live in brown
stone fronts Orelegant villa residences
es, with all the modern improvements.
Consequently, in the dead of Winter
their furnace CRATES never break down
their flat roofs never leak, their water.
pipes never burst, their plate-glaSs art
never broken, their dumb-waiters
never give out, their patent burglar
alarms never 90 Oft at the wrong time
their coachmen never get drunk, care
less servants never break their Sevres
china. In fact, one of the chief hap,
pinesses of poverty is exemption from
the Affections of servants. No do,
mestic rage around the humble dwell
Gngs of the poor. When the daugh
tiers of poverty exchange calls, theil
conversation may dwell on pleasantel
themes than the trials they have un
dergone with cooks, the minutia o.
the chambermaid's slOvenliness, th'
fact that the second girl is more thar
mistrusted of "taking thing" it no
being fashionable yet to speak of de
falcation with spoons, though we vii
doubtless soon reach even that pOin
. of whitewashed sepulcherism. Th'
enOrmities generally of what has beeI
dubbed 'iservantgalism" disturb no
I the peace of poverty.
The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-02-04
"Got Nothing Else"

OF all the cant phrases in popular
use, none more senseleSs was ever
coined than this, which was heard 50
often ten years ago or less. Many
eases like the following occurred,
when persons, who chose % use the
foolish ''nOthing else" found them
selves nicely come up with:
An honest backwOOdsman, unac-
quainted with the slang Of the day,
went into a store To purchase a bill OF
groceries. Stepping up to the Keeper
of the store, he began with,-
"Have you any sugar."
"We aint got anything else, ," was
the reply.
"Weli. put me up one hundred and
fifty pounds and make out your bill.
I'll call and settle, and get the sugar
in an hour or So"
Inan hour or two after this, the gen
tleman called, paid his bill, and got
the sugar. As usual, the shOpkeeper
said
"Want anything else, sir?"
IL did want some three or four bags
of coffee, some rice, spices, oil, etc,
but got them at another store. You
told me that YOU didn' have anything
else but sugar.