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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06

The ladies of America, from their peculiar
habits, are said to be the most unhealthy in the
world, also to suffer most when about to become
mothers. DR.. velpau's Pills are . great hlss.
sing TO all ladies, 81 they regulate aEd assist ma
ture. Sold by all good Druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06

CHEAP GooDs.-Aiken is determined &c
close out his stock within 80 days, and will
soon begin to sell at auction, and ia now
offering all kinds Of goods at q great sscri
fee. Come soon if you want bargains.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06
Temple Of HonorI

Rock Island Temple of Honor No. II. meets
e"fry Thursda, evening, and Social Temple No.
O. every Tuesday evening at ! o'clock. at odd
Fellows Hall, c. n. KIN,Ky woT
A. A. BUFFuM, W. r. u.soxt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06
Medical,

Attention is called to the advertisement of DR..
D0aAnhAn' OF b. Louis, Mo. His reputation is
'n@t OF one Of the most successful physicians in
mis- speciality 10 the West.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06

We call attention to the card of the ST. Louis
AsdiciIe Co., s chartered institution they offer
Metropolitan skill to ell.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06

Il. b. MAYO sells the celebrated Tag
HArbor carpet warp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06

MEETING The Turner'S hold q business
meeting in their hall this evening ~ eigh,
osninpk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06
PAVING AND ROOFING.
The Western PaVing& Roofing 60.
Are nov prepared to lay the Celebrated
Stone Cement

With despatch and perfection.
II is the best material known for Paving
Lss, Streets, Cellars, Stables, BreWsriss,
Easements Of shops, Factories, 30.
A perfectly reliable
Gu for 10 years Old Shingles and new
coated, rendering thoa Ars proof, and making
the old IS good a. nav Shop corner Of Der
Ana Water sts., residence corner o. Swan and
Water atrosts. NELSON PALMER,
AAylOdbA Business Manager
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06

Roots Bitters for sale at the Harper House
Drug Store. mSy2a-deod-m,w,fAvly
John Roots Bittsrs are sold by al drug
gists. John BengstOn, Rock Island, Hi; HRr-
rison 4 Holman, Davenport, Iowa, Wholesale
and retail druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06
CITY BULLETIN.
'HIoAsO, ROCK ISLAND . PAo1yIo n. n.

CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND = PAoIRIC \. \.
Trains peas hook I~sland-eOIye EAST.
Day Express and Mail, 7i25 a. m.
Rock island Accommodation, 400 Pm,
Nigh' EIprsSs, 1880 p. m.
Day Express and Mail, 6:45 M
Book Island Accommodation, IO.3Sam
lss' AAPrsss' o:4b D. m.
ROok Island Accommodation.
AR. Bureau junction. Leaves Bureau junction
800 7. IN $50 q. III
The Day Express aud Mail leaving here 81
1870 .. IN, eonnsets at Bureau Juncuoa 81 IO:io
g. m, for Peoria.
Toe SiSnt AGprsss leaving bore st 1880 Pm.
"onnscts 81 Bureau at 1900 p, IN for Peoria.
WRsEERE uHIoH h. h.
aoINa IoRTH LsAvs. AEHIVs
MxpFess b Nail, $50 .. n. 300 p. m.
Nlxea PAssen ger, $3.50 >. m AA+' va
Connects with all roads for the east and west.
ROCKFORD, r. ISLAND ST. LOUIS R. R.
Going North Leave.
Express Rosk Island 1T $50 q. N
Mail b:50 p IN
Going South Leave
Mail 7:45 .. m
Express TOO p. IN
Freight 500 q. M
Freight 1880 p. IN
These trains leave Moline going south Is min
utsI in advance Of Rock Island time going
north 10 minutes after leaving Rock Island.
Trains leave Camden going north 10 minutes
sdVAOoe Of Rock Island time going south
10 minutes after leaving this city.
Trains leAvs Coal Valley going north IS min.
uteS in advance Of Rock Islsnd time; going
sOSth 80 minutss after leaving this city.
ROCK ISLAND . PEORIA r. b.
YRoE BOX IBLABD 70 COAL VALLEY.
Leave. Arrive
Book Island 540.m 1900 N
DAVENPORT 1 ST. PAUL r. r.
GOING NORTH.
AoOOUmodAtiOH Depart 3:3S p N
Mail 1880 . n
GOING SOUTH.
Davenport Express Arrive lao Q u
Accommodation and Nail " 1880 D a
This road connects IT the G. 4 n. ". crossing
with the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
for pointS east and weSt.
BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS , MINNIE
sofa Z. r.
From Pouk Island to BurliARton.
HAEsSn gers from Rock Island goins owe. shi
ltsS viz take the regular train going west on th
divlSiJn OF the O. 4. /. b p. 4. B., oonnsetinI
ct ooiDUbus Junction, - ~folloVs;-.
To Irllugtpu, o;S0 .. m.
Iosk Land, o,25N. NJ. sos P.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06
CIRCUIT COURT.
Regular September Term, 1871.

NVBUA1k 10PFVHU0t AoHU1 1OEA'
Hon. GEO. ". PLEAsANrs, Judge,
A. R. Mock, Esq., Dist. Atty,
WM. PAYNE, Esq, Sheriff
The celebrated Sinnett divorce case, came
to a final close yesterday, in the Cir
cult Cours, an smicable arrangement having
been arrived at. A divorce wal granted on
the ground of desertion, and alimony satis-
frctory to the defendant paid her. 10 the
final disposition OF the case Sweeney &
Jackson represented the complainant and
Connolly & McNeal the defendant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06

The COmmlttee would recOmInenu mat PRIMARY
Meetings be held in all the towns
On Saturday, the ESD Day Of September,
nj three O'Clock 2. NJ, except Rock Island and No
line. and in those towns at eight O'Clock p. NJ. of that
day.
Inc usual Township Committees are expected to
see that arrangements are made for holding the
Primary Meetings.
John kistler, He Connolly,
James Tayler, g. y. Hurlbut,
j. b. Larue. c. B. Marshall,
Ambrose Neail, Lucius Wells,
Fred Corkius, John X. Warner,
f. f. Rogers, Jacob Adams,
VIM. Moore, John Forgy,
j. Il. Kfnworthy. Sflas Drury.
County Committee.
Rock Island, H., August 3Oth 1871.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06

SILENCE gives concent.
New prints Just received at d. b.. MAyo's
La Russ Alabsster Cream for sale by
John Bengston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06
Rremium 1ob Rrintinr.

Orders for Job Printing will meet With prompt
attention 81 the AEsBs 0vsIOn, and be executed
n the very best manner and 1T reasonable rates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06
John Roots iittsrs cures all billion. dis

o Roots Bitters cures nsrvouansss and
headache. Try IL. They are warranted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06

cannon, the worn out saber come for rest
and rs6tting, getting ready to fight their
battles over sgsln, should, perehance, our
beloved country have once more TO prove
her metal mid the s~uIphurous clouds of
war, which God forbid. Here, too. are TO
be brought 10. life the new ministers of
death. Let US hope their only destination
wili be the glittering review, the dashing
parade, or the massive arsenal, though il il
none the less the part of Q wise government
to be ready; tor to be prepared for war is
the sure way to a lasting peace, and always
will be, while human governments and hu-
man passions are what they are.
Bnt while all these indications of a mas-
ter hand, these mighty work shops, these
magnificent buildings, these solid roAdwsys,
that grsnd water power, the park like beau
ties of this rocky isle, are to the country at
large an evidence of the n~asion's growth,
prosperity and stability, they bear to Us not
only that but q deeper significance. To Us
they are the fitting monument of q great
good man. Down there upon that same
northern bank where, one day in broad noon
time, murder let ont q noble life there
~here the swift never cessing river layes
the same green shore, III the awful stiffness
OF the night, another summons came and
though the resistless hand of death fell
quietly it fell none the less heavily on q be.
resved community. When on the night OF
the sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and
seventy.one, the mighty brain and the noble
heart of General Thomas J. Rodman rested
from their earthly labors, his family los,
their best beloved, his fellow officers and
soldiers lost their support and their shining
) light; this community lost q noble man ant
, = model neighbor, the country lost a faith
. ful servant and = trusty steward, Humanity
lost n friend.
Quietly and peacefully his lamp vent on
; and left the darkness of desolation. Sur
! rounded by the Lasting evidences of the tot
that killed him, all about him the animal,
> and insnimste nature he loved so well, b.
. sank peacefully to rest, "like one who wrap
I the irspery of his couch about him and lie
! down TO pleasant dle2ms." And now il
. ten spot of his choice, where the grand ole
trees murmur his requiem, with the autumn
. leaves falling like silent tears upon hi
u grave, and the Father Of Waters whispering
. bis lullaby, after life's long labor he sleep
: we'll. Our language is poor, oh how mucI
! too poor to do reverence TO the memory Of
o or express our regret for the going from Q
Us, Of such q man. How forcible do th
lives of these two men, George Davenpor
and General Rodman, impress upon us ID
. lesson taught Us by the poet
q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06

John Roots sisssrs cure indigestion. Try
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06
CITY.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY C0MMITTEE

The Democrats Of Rock Island county. win meet
the Court House,
On Monday, September 95th, 1871,
at one o'clock P. NJ, for the uurpose of selectino six
delegates to the State Convention, which meets at
sprhgneid, "wednesday, October 4th, 1871 nominal
my cahdidates Tor the Offices OF County Treasurer
anu county, surveyor; appointing a County Com
mittee lor the ensuing year, and to transact sucn
otner business as may properly be brought oelore th IL
CONVENTION; Inc basis OF representation win Oeu"
same as in the last County Convention, VIZ:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06

Jshn Roots Bittsrs are net g whisky drink.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-06

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The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
HOW RAIN IS FORMED.

To understand the philosophy Of this
phenomenon, essential to the very exis.
fence OF plants and animals, few facts,
derived from observation and q long
train of experiments, must be remem-
bered. Were the atmosphere every"
where, at ell times, at uniform
temperature, We should never have
rain, hail or snow. The water absorbed
by it in evaporation from the sea and
the earth's surface would descend in an
imperceptible vapor, or cause to be
absorbed by the air when it was once
fully saturated. The absorbing power
of the atmosphere, and consequently its
capabil;sy to retain humidity, is proper.
tionably greater in cold than in warm
air. The air near the surface of the
earth is warmer than it is iu the region
of the clouds. The higher We ascend
from the earth the colder we Gnd the
atmosphere. Hence, the perpetual snow
on very high mountains, in the hottest
climates. Now, when from evaporation
the air is highly saturated with vapor-
though it be invisible-if its tempera-
ture is suddenly reduced BY cold currents
descending from above, or rushing from
higher to lower latitude, its capacity
to retain moisture Is diminished, clouds
are formed and the result is rain. All
coudeuses as il cools, and, like sponge
filed with water and compressed, pours
on, water which its diminished capacity
cannot hold. How singular, yet how
simple, is such an arrangement for the
watering of the earth = Scientific
american.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
ETERNAL LIFE.

Howe, in his "Blessedness of the
Righteous" has a noble passage, in
which he contemplates iuuumerable
multitudes of pure and happy creatures
inhabi:iug and replcuishius ample and
spacious regions above, ignorant of
nothing lawful aud pleasant to be known,
curious to know nothing useless, endowed
with self governing wisdom, yet with
a noble freedom. all everywhere full of
reverence aud d1tiful love, every one
in his own eyes as nothing, self consist
er.. even free of all self displeasures, all
assured of their acceptance with God, all
counting each others felicity their own, /,
and every ones enjoyment multiplied
50 many thousand fold. as he apprehends.
evey one as perfectly pleased and
happy as himself. Well may the Chris
tian - say, as he pondcrs these noble
thoughts, 80, what will it be to be
there v' And if the JOY is SO rapturous,
the rest so blessed, the company so edl-
flying, the place so glorious, Christ
visible, God near, death behind, Juds-
meut over, what is our hope OF this
elorv, and what result does it produce
10 us? Does it strengthen US for the
duties of life, and console US under its
sorrows, making its crosses light, and Its
gains triaiug? Surely we christians are
but half awake, aud the children Of this
world are in their generation wiser thaH
the children of light. There are treas
| ures for us that we will har lily think OF
a home that is barely worth our while tf
prepare for, joys which We lansuidlJ
taste, gifts which we sloshfully use
Yet the night is far spett, the day is a
hand. We have slumbered aud siep
till our lamps are all but gone out, LEI
us haste to trim them, for the bride
groom is coming. Surely, if We 9alt'
believe about heaven all that the Bible
tells Of l., how humility would cioth'
us. and zeal :naame us, and the though
of our inheritance ennob!e Us, making
us calu, and brave as the sons OF God
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
LAUGHTER.

We pity person who never laughs
-ope that goes the livelohg day with
never smile to fit across their coun-
tenauce. 1t is an evidence Of frame
of mind that can never Rave any
appreciative qualities-inseusible to all
pleasures that are momentarily occur
ring in ones pathway. We do not like
to see suca a rigidity of the facial
powers-it betokens a temper that
Should be stunned. What heart can be
inseusible to the laughter Of childhood
ringing in our ears like the music of
tinkling bells.
There are variety Of laughs
''The boisterous laugh that speaks the vacant
mind"
the laugh whose sparkling eye accom-
panics with bright scintillations the
utterance of soft sounds. Expressive
lips assume a merry and changing sig
ui6cauce, while the fit lasts. There is
something indefnable in this species
of laughter, something seen as we'll as
heard; it is contagious; most de-
lightful episode of cachiDating pleasures,
you laugh joyously because others set
the example-you can assert no reason
therefor, only by secret sympathy do
we respond to its enliveuing influence.
The laughter that is assumed cannot
ape with any effect, this natural and
exhilarating demonstration Of mirth.
Many people make themselves hideous
in this forced laughter-this putting on
the semblauce of honest mirth-it is
shameless hypocrisy. The hypocrite
has time to compose and set his smile
as you would set time piece: His
facial muscles may be educated for the
purpose but genuine laughter is auoth.
er thipg-it comes to the surface as
naturally as a duck takes to water
it is not dissimulation, and he who can
deceive through its instrumentality is
an arch-hypocrite indeed.
A man "may smile and smile and be
a william" even when he thinks the
sword Of his per6dy has. pierced the
victims soul, and may gloat over the
conquered with hyena-like glee. This
laugh, SO perfectly fendish, outdoes
curses in cruelty, and has its origin In
totally depraved heart.
The most simpering and innoxious of
laughs comes from those who strive to
please, while grinning at every sentence
spoken by themselves or concluded BY
others. There is no harm in these
complacent daughters, except as they
bore others and make themselves ridcu-
lous. Stereotyped they stand, and
nobody attaches the slightest importance
to that insignificant laugh which means
nothing, and only exempli6es the force
of habit. Art, in the matter OF laugh
ing, is always odious. Nature abhors a
false smile as fervently as she does a
painted cheek or hollow word. Truth
in all things is her delight, and any
step, taken in falsehood, mars ner
beauty forever. The treacherous laugh,
like lying word, betrays hypocrisy.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21

sideriug, and those o.tiuterested have
less to do with the result than they can
we'll imagine, or, if they knew, would
be willing to admit. For the individual
that which be desires is good, that which
he would shun is evil; but in the grand
economy of the universe the two are SO
evenly balanced and SO closely inter-
twiued that he must be bold, indeed,
who would undertake to say which is
which.
"Talleyrand, upon being introduced
to two young men, one recently married
the other still! a bachelor, called the
former happy man, and the latter a
lucky dog. This is the broad philosophy
of our deductions. Those who live un'
welded need no sympathy; those who
die married are worthy Of no envy, fol
which of the two events is better no one
can possibly determine"
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21

A tale of misery-a cock tail. So
says Spifles.
Marrying a woman for her beauty
is like eating nightingale for singing
Woman is delusion, madam p
exclaimed a crusty old bachelor to a
witty young lady. 'Aud man is always
hugsing some deluaion or other was
the quick retort.
-'Bill,' said Bob, why is that tree
called the weeping willow 2 Cause one
of the sneaky, plaguey things grew
near the schoolhouse and supplied the
master with switches
"A we'll to do merchant living near
Cairo has been arrested for eudeavoring
to starve his wife to death, so that he
might marry his servant girl. The
help is prettier than the wife.
"A pa:son reading the funeral SER
vices at the grave, forgot the sex Of the
deceased, and asked one Of the mourn
ers, an Emeralder, is this brother or
sister, 'Nather,' replied Pat, only a
cousin
Boy said an i'll tempered old
fellow to noisy lad, what are you
holleriu' for when l arn going by"
sHnp,nh' returned the boy, what are
you going by for when l am hollerin!'
-Schoolmasters will appreciate this
The difference between fisherman and
a school boy-the one bates his hooks,
the other hates his books.
And the difference between school
boy and clerk boy is, that one stores
the mind aud the other minds the stores.
An Illinois woman committed suicide
by hanging herselfto an apple tree. At
the funeral, a neighbor noticing the sad
appearance of the husband, consoled
him by saying that he had met with a
terrible loss. 'Yes,' says the husband,
heaviug a sigh; she must have kicked
like thunder to shake off six bushels Of
apples that would have been worth
dollar bushel when they got ripe!
After Susan B. Anthony lectured
at Riptcn, Wisconsin, she wanted some
recreation aud amusement; so she took
a walk ou Sunday around the graveyard
there. While she was enjoying the
literature of tombstone she heard lol
of little boys saying That's her. and
she thought such is fame Congratu-
lating herself that even the children ol
the land knew her, she was accosted BY
an urchiu, who said Say, ain't you
the old lady who walks up the wire or
the circus tent tomorrow
Said the distinguished Lore
Cha,ham to his son, 81 would have in
scribed on the curtains Of your bed aut
the walls Of your chamber, "If jon Il
not rise early, YOU can make progress ii
nothing. If you do no, set apart you
hours Of reading, if you suffer yoursel
or any one else to break 10 upon them
your days will slip through yoer hand
Improbable and frivolous, and uuenjoy
ed BY yourself"
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"a One after another, the newspa-
pers are giving their ltimony against
putting on black as sign of mourning.
The Pittsburgh United Prfs1yter'an
says: ga family will shroud itself in
black for years, as an expression OF sor-
row for one Of its dead. That one may
be in heaven, sejoiciug With JOY an
spsakable, while relatives on earth are
moving about in heavy and sombre
garments, makiag their lives IS gloomy
as sthsy can. There is no fitness In the
thing. Il 10 often a mere mcckery oi
sorrow II also objects to the praetiee
On the ground Of its expense to the
p0ors a.xf,4 -
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neither the walls nor the roof. Every
thing was new. With a feeling Of
hesitation he entered. Children were
at play their mother aided in their
sports, while the father, hale middle
aged man, was at his work. The mo-
ment that Coniah was perceived all
were still, aud regarded him with
apprehension and looks of suspicion
Addressing himself to the man, he
said:
"Call for me the son Of Coniah."
"The son of Coniah !" exclaimed the
man in astonishment; "he has long
since slept with his fathers"
"Who, then, are your" Coniah asked
"T am the grandson of Coniah."
Overjoyed, Couiah extended his
arms to embrace him, exclaimipg: 81
am Jour grandfather !"
But the grandson eluded his caresses,
and replied, with great astouishment
"You my grandfather? No! never
saw you, and l. know you not"
The distracted Coniah began to tell
the story of his wonderful sleep, and to
entreat for the affection of his grandson
But the latter shook his head, and
answered:
"You may remain here with me and
do what you please; but do not ask
my love. have never seen you before,
and know you not"
So Couiah remained. But big life
was wretched. There was no memory
to connect him with his family and
endear them to each other. He was
in solitude, although surrounded by
living persons; for they had never seen
him before, and their hearts we're not
opened toward him. He was never
more than stranger who abode with
them.
He visited the elderly men Of the
city, but no one could recognize him.
They remembered the name Of Couiah.
the grea; Rabbi, but when he attempted
to make himself known they repulsed
him augrily, saying:
"You are imposing upon US. Coniah
has been dead for many, many years.
You cannot be he"
So he waudered about with his terri
BILE sorrow, seeking some kinsman OF
friend to love aud comfort him. But il
was in vain. He could be received
nowhere without a name and when he
insisted upon his own he was secuted
as an impostor.
One day he entered into the college
where once he had been accustomed to
teach and receive honor. To avoid re-
proach, he for. bore to mention his name
or speak of himself. a learned dis
cussiou was going on, aud he listened
with his old eagerness. AS each man
argued, he would quote Couiah, his
rules, his examples, his opinions, as
meu speak Of one tor a long time dead
There eat the living Couiah, and dared
not utter word 1t was intolcrable
he wept bitterly, and his cheeks flowed
with scaldiug tears.
When he left the college his anguish
was more than he could bear. The
changed faces around him, the terrible
solitude in the midst Of his fellow men
the absence Of every tie between hin
and them, ove,powered him. Failing
upon the ground, he turned his face t
the sky and cried TO the Lord:
"My God, l am deserted! Give me
Pinplore Thee, the society of men, Of
let me die. am alone in the world
o, take me hence to Thee !"
His prayer was heard. Weakness
came upon him, and in a few days ht
expired.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-06-21
Whsc vou hear a person bes

When you hear person begin a
story ebous another with 'they say put
it down as twothirds false and the
balance doubtful. This 'they say makes
more mischief in q. town in the way Of
slsndsr than any down right lie that
can be hatched up.