Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-30

me zand that Dnilt t.
Our palaces in AmsrioA are not devoted
70 mOuarchs, our great edi6ces are not
raised ous of thetaxes Of q king-rsled pau
per population to commemorate the ssduc-
ton TO slavery of the people who built
them. The palatisl structures which rise
in our cities are the creations Of successful
trade, dedicated to the great com mercial in
terssss of our common country. We ell
feel pride in seeing successful enterprise
surround itself with grand evidences OF its
power and of its pluck. 10 walking through
the business thoroughfares of our great
cities We are not insulted by monuments OF
wrong raised BY conquerors as memensOs of
our Own degradation, but all delighted with
the proud memorials of that indomi.able
pluck which overoomes difficulties, disarms
opposition, carries on trade to q successful
result, aud invests in magnificent homes for
business, the hard won earnings of industry
and foresight. No city in the Union has
more evidences Of this peculiar trait of
American enterprise than Philsdelphia.
and rambla through her handsome streets
reveals finer series Of magnificent build
ing blocks than can be found else
where. There is just completed on the
corner of Sixth and Arch, a structure which,
while adding very considerably to
the architectural beauty of the city Of
brotherly love, also CONNIE N orsteSa success
in business from small beginnings, Of which
even this country can show bat few ex-
smples. Proudly rearing iss massive front
above ali the surrounding buildings, itgivss
the idea of some gorgeous palace, the work
OF wealthy government moro than the re-
sult OF one mans business tact and com
mercisl energy, aud yet it is the GROWING
| glory of the successful labor Of one OF
Americas best known men, q temple TO the
monument TO, and repository of, those ce'e-
brsted medicines, which have extended his
name aud fame over the whole civilized
world. 1t may be looked upon as the ulti-
mate result Of thirty ysArs spent in benefit
ting mankind, by making known for the
healing of millions, the virtues of the SEES
Weed Tonic, the Pulmonio Syrup, and the
Mandrake Pills, remedies which have stood
the test of time, and opposition ofinRHmt "a
BILE combinations, thu dishonest initatiopt
of worth less nostrum mougers, the popular
objections TO proprietary me Iicines, and e.
the enemies TO which truth and merit ART
ever liable in this censorious world. NesrlJ
half a century ago, in the face of dificultie.
which seemed to common judgments iusur
| mountsble, the nov celebrated doctor, then
young and unknown, felt that he had dis
covered secrets that ought to be universally
know INTO the dimin ution ofsuferings from
the most cruel aud insiduous disease affecting
hum anity, and in face of obstacles which
woula have daunted thousand less ener-
ge,ic men, he devoted himself TO the service
Of mankind little fcreseeing the glorious re-
suits which have to-day crowned his efforts
A retrospective glance to the time when an
hum bic Office and . solitary barrel were al
the appliances for letting the world know
what great secret he was in possession
| Of taking in recollection q review OF the
rduous work of keeping them before the
public, and expanding every dollar made
often 10 the face of doubt and dissppoint
ment, and now seeing the climax Of hi'
hopes, M st appear more like dream OF
high wrought fancy than the stern Tact II
is The new tonic temple over which we,
few days ago, walked with sdmring as
punishment, rises ak stories high, with q
front of IS feet. The front and sides ar.
built entirely of cast iron, the ornamental
portions, and the wall to which they are
aft xed, being Of the same material. Tall
gracefully pierced double windows, with
Tudor sills and caps, pierce the 'front.'
while on the ground floor handsome
h, openings, filed with the fines. plate
glass, reveal the splsndors of the retail
department, whose furniture alone cost
$4,000. People passing are arrested
with mixed feelings of admiration and
wonder, to gaze at the magnificent pro.
portions Of the Schenck block, and the
architects who inspect Its details are
struck with the beauty and stability of al
its parts, and the imposing aspect of the
whole, which, in the aggregate, has cost
fully 100000.
But what Of the man, who has adorned
tina city of PhilsdelphiA with such g vas
building repete with all the improvements
known to this building age? DIR. Schemes
ia man of some sixty years, during the
last thirty of which he has made his name
9 household word throughout the civiiz
ed world Hs is still energetic in tbs
parsuit of business, with an eye rs keer
as ever for a safe investment, aud tina
feeling of youthfulness which is ever ths
reward of well speGt lite and q regarC
for the proper cultivation of PHI steal anC
mental constitution. A thoroughly suocesfu
man and q constantly industrious one, carr
has never found the lissess hour, the idle
moment when it conld lay hold Of him
Happy himself aud delighted to see how hi
efforts for the good Of humanity spread
happiness around him, he has managed &c
secure in the evening of busy life tina
{ freshness of spirit and clearness of apprben
sion which tempers the experience of matur,
= years with the buoyancy of youth and th,
energy Of ripe manhood. In addition TO tb,
building we have attempted to describe tn,
: doctors commercial enterprise and well de
served success have enabled him to sur
/ round his domestic life with ell that can ado
TO it's comforts and happiness. Some twent.
! miles from the city mp the beautiful Della
-. - AonAar has a niaoo mad afta