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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-21

II you have Ohills, whether every other day
every tenth day, OF every two or three weeks,
take Or. TUFTS Liver Pills and you will check
them, otherwise they will stick to you all win
ter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-21
BRYANIs PULMONIC wAFEEs.

are unfAiing in the Care Of Coughs, Colds,
Asthma, Bronchitis, Sore Throat, Hoarsensss,
Difficult Breathing, Incipient Consumption and
Diseases of the Lungs. They have no taste of
medicine, and any child will take them. Thou
sands have been stored to health that had
before dsspaired. Testimony given in hundreds
OF cases. A SINGLE DOSE RELIEVES IN
TEN MINUTES. Ask for BRYAN's Pull
hONTC WATERS. Price 80 cents. Sent BY
mail for 80 cents. Address JOB Moses,
js29 dwly Is COrtlGndt at, New York
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-21
LIBERAL REPuBLIcAH STATE CoxvKx-
APartisan Dictionary.

AT sPRINGFIELD, JUNE 96ru, TO NOMINATE
" state Onicers and Electors. Rock Island Coun-
~ il entlted 70 0 Delegates.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-21

Bat for thorough examination with the Re-
spirometsr, che charge will be s..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-21

sehenek'I RssPirOmster detects the slightest
uurmsr Of the respiratory organs. and the OPP
orator cab readily determine whether cavity or
tuberelss have been formed in the lungs, and
whether . patient can be cured or NOS; this they
may expect to know If they are examined by
the RsIpironeter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-21

For the 6rss time in his life, We believe,
the rsdoubtable Wendell Phillips actually
Acknowledges himself con the fence" In
. letter recently Published he says;
I AN noith'r . Republican nor = Grant man.
whom l shall vote for, or whether i shall vote
~ all, DO no, knows
IIis certainly great pity that after agi
Eating in and out Of season fer thirty years
past, Philips should have Only succeeded in
rOaOhiug . pitch Of mental bevildsrmSDt
where he finds himself entirely unable to de
eide what to do, When the Radical party il
80 badly dis6gured the, its own father does
not recognize It, the time has surely come
10 bury It out Of sight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-21
MANH0ODl WOMAlsnOOD.

MANHCOD! WOMAlShOOD.
Popular r,eatcat books. nos pae.sl, e-pLsis.
.ng Ea2 mar paaTrS, vac fssf oAy. fhP d..
MENTS. to marriage; tAs'T satitrs 79,.e f'i
cure Ne Physiological fsEeseeF7ss ia fae iaSl7s
ScaeHes o. GeprodBotssa. 6rressfrs sexual EkcLte-
ms emit, e. kEfa sfsets, ssiEh asedfhI Edrcs- SEh-
UAI EXHAUSTION PROM sAatrrer cGass ia
ziiais or old age ead Be done ia sueh
ALs0 HAy % man" haFs pinapies on tire face,
Sc and Caring ctsf sAS ALL Of Pear4s
ore preuaturely Inflrn1. u NY sassgsstisss a4r'
fouoaeea 6E az, doafA By CO lsur1ptions Epilepsy
&C., you'd dsSTeaas sF EfHsSs csHerG 'a al
aFseta4as 9 tAs Heart and Brain soos!d b. rlr .oss
eqasEt Az df eha dos fUs sRgN Ags as -
kaSsn true marriage eaade and p-Psse eo'sto~. SsS
81 sealed sHssso7s IS esHts each e0tA FOR as Al
dress
DOCTOR. WHITTIER.
GIT St. Charles St, st. Louis, No.
TIE Ssocsssf specialist ef fhs age, EAo tas gtg
70 long speetat attention tie frsatRsaf 81 ali
relating above requiring rAedeAI ffeJersHes and
has Seea longer located IA u Leal' tao a.
other Caroair 5ise1ss Physcidh- Read his No S
ana Judge foryourseh. CeHade"t'ai oo"st'ttiitog
psrssAaiig ~ TEs aHd fsrlteS EosTg letter e'
taqEigF rita stdAp, aRspersi.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-21

Accepting the nomination for Governor
Of Indiana at the hands Of bis Democratic
admirers, Senator Hendricks used these
words:
owe have turned our backs to thu pAst-ws
s,apd in the present and lock to the future. The
past 10 Lost to ne the future 10 ours lst US make
10 . glorious one"
And ihis should be the rallying cry Of
every Democrat who believes the success Of
Democratic principles worth battling for and
thslRepublio worth saving.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-06-21

al Az i;, = h'O''r and Q. sPlasl,AssatG fol
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11

Silent contemptis the sharpest reproof.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11
Colors for Evening Wear.

In choosing evening dresses, ladies
should be careful to select those colors
which best endure the test of gaslight.
A color gains or loses in beauty by day
light according to the greater or lesser
quantity of yellow it contains. Violet,
which is the opposite of yellow, is that
which changes most; it becomes dull
reddish Thrown. Blue, if pure, becomes
greenish if dark, it looks hard and
blackish if light, it loses color, and
turns gray. There is a shade of blue
which has no brilliance by day, but ac-
quires a great deal by the yellow light
of gas. while turquoise silks, charming
by daylight, are quite etdce6 under the
lamp. of ballroom. Those greens
which incline most to yellow look the
prettiest of an evening. Thus the apple
green acquires the brilliant tints of EN-
erald peacock green loses its blue re-
fleets, and becomes too yellowish. Yel-
low materials are certainly those which
appear best by lamp-light, especially
silks and satins. Buttercup yellow, so
bright at any time, is brighter than ever
under gaslight; straw color becomes
roster, sulphur-color does not change,
and maize becomes exquisitely soft and
clear. Pink changes to salmon-color.
The yellow light of gas or candles, 50
hostile to all blue tints, enhances the
splendor of red. Ruby becomes more
brilliant, crimson assumes a richer tone
and orange vics with fre-color. Even
black and white are subject to the alter
alton caused by artificial light; blush
blacks, by far the most handsome by
day, lose all their beautiful blue shade,
and become hard and dull. White, on
the contrary, gains much by lamplight /;
if faded, it lights up again, and actresses
often choose yellowish-white dresses,
knowing they will look best on the
stage. Perhaps the loveliest of all
shades for the evening is silver gray,
which acquires somewhat rosy tint /;
but grays which contain any amount of
blue, such as pearl gray, lose all their
beauty and look dull as soon as lamps
are lit.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11
The Anaconda of Venezuela.

Of ophidians, the great anaconda SER
pent is unquestionably the most terrific
in character of all the reptiles on the
African continent.
Under the name of celebra lie aqua, the
anaconda of Venezuela (eunectes murinus)
not unfrequently attains the length of
twenty, thirty and even forty feet. 1t
actually swallows animals larger than
its own body. The throat may be put
upon a stretch to admit deer, or COW,
and the stomach is sufficiently elastic to
receive the mass.
In gorging a tall stag with antlers,
they stick crosswise at the angles of the
mouth until decomposition in one direc-
ton and prodigious muscular action in
another, separate them from the skull,
and then the remnants of an engulphed
carcass slide down for digestion. They
only feed occasionally. After success
fully swallowing crushed victim they
can go seven months or more without
further food. Their skin is used for
straps when tanned, on account OF
toughness and durability, in that coun-
try. Serpents inspire a feeling of hor-
ror, large or small. There is an instinct
i've dread of them in all human beings
And yet they fulfil an important mis-
sion in the economy of life, indispens-
able, viewed by the law of equalization
or checks and balances in the domain
of nature.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11
True and False Architecture.

Your first-class architect should be an
artist OF no mean order. lie should
possess dignity; he must not tritle and
play tricks must be in earnest; he
must not be giddy, he must be serious /;
for only out of such temper can come
the stupendous conceptions of true arch
itecture, which differs so essentially
from the false. Study finishes an archi-
tect, but genius is the foundation. A
man may be perfectly familiar with all
the works of architecture, from Vitru-
vius to Calliat, still, if all this know
ledge is planted in head sterile by ma
ture, it will amount to nothing. He
may learn to make ornaments, but he
will not reach the sublime height of
conceiving a grand design. The work
ers of false architecture require little
more genius than is demanded by the
art of making sweetmeats, which has
for its object the pleasure of the palate,
OF that art which pleases another sense,
and works at the composition of per-
fumes. In the same quantity of super
fees the true architect will produce
nothing but great and magnificent de-
signs the false, multitude of small
and trifing ones. This shows the differ
ence between the grasp of true genius in
the sublime art, and the feeble elabora-
tions of mere talent. Genius invents !;
talent works in the materials already at
hand. The one scars in magnifcence
and beauty; the other gropes and plods
around in the region of mere ornaments.
These false beauties in architecture are,
however, apt to be popular with the
crowd. who have not the taste and cul-
thre to see the absurdity. But the ar
tistic eye requires something very differ
ent from mere gingerbread" ornament
alton, and rests delightfully."- upon the
simple grandeur of true architecture,
which bears the stamp of art on every
portion of its graceful whole, combining
majesty, simplicity, and more important
still, perfect harmony.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11
Home Reading.

One of the most pleasant and noblest
duties of the head of the family is to
furnish its members with good reading.
In times which are past it was consid-
cred enough to clothe and feed and shell
ter family. This was the sum of
parental duty. But lately it has been
discovered that wives and children have
minds, so that it becomes necessary to
ing for the whole household. 1t has
been found out that the mind wants
food as well as the body, and that it
wants to be sheltered from the pitiless
storms of error and vice by the guard
ing and friendly roof of intelligence and
virtue.
An ignorant family in our day is an
antiquated institution. 1t smells of the
musty past. 1t is dark spot which
the light of the modern sun of intelli-
gence has not reached.
Let good reading go into a home,
and the very atmosphere of that home
gradually but surely changes. The
boys begin to grow ambitious, to talk
about men, places, books, the past and
the future. The girls begin to feel a
new life opening before them in knowl-
edge, duty and love. They see new
fields of usefulness and pleasure. And
so the family changes, and out from its
number will grow intelligent men and
women, to fill honorable places, and be
useful members of society. Let the
torch of intelligence be lit in every
household. Let the old and young vie
with each other in introducing new and
useful topics of investigation, and in
cherishing love of reading, study and
improvement.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11
How to Disinfect a House,

Mix common salt and black manga
nese, about equal weights, and take
about pound of the mixed powder for
each cubic yard in the house. Place it
in pan deep enough to hold thrice as
much, in any room whore you can ar
range to upset vessel of acid into it by
pulling a string outside the house. This
will be oil of vitriol, or boiled sulphuric
acid Specific gravity 1.S), a weight
double that of the manganese. Make
all openings, except chimneys, air-tight,
and leave no water or wet things within,
or polished metals, unless you want them
dimmed. Then pull the string that
pours the acid on the powder. The OBJ
iect is to fill the house with chlorine
gas, which, being heavy even while
warm, will accumulate from the ground
upward, expelling the air by the Chin
neys. However tight the lower open
ings, you will probably smell little Of
it as warm sea-breeze. By next
morning the law of gaseous diffusion
will, even through the chimneys only
have disposed of all its traces and il
will meanwhile have found out every
unclean atom, lurk where it may, and
killed every germ or sperm, zymotic oil
animalcular, deader than any other kill
ing known.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11
The Grisly Bear.

The grisly bear is the largest and
most formidable of the quadrupeds of
California. He grows to be four feet
high and seven feet long, with weight,
when very large and fat, of 1000
pounds, being the largest of the carniv-
orous animals, and much heavier than
the lion or tiger ever get to be. The
grisly bear, however, as ordinarily seen,
does not exceed 500 or 900 pounds in
weight. In color, the body is o light,
grayish brown about the ears, and along
the ridge of the back, and nearly black
on the legs. The hair is long, coarse
and wiry, and stiff on the top of the
neck and between the shoulders. The
"grisly," as he is usually called, is more
common in California than any other
kind of bear, and was at one time ex-
ceedingly numerous for so large an ami
NAL but he offered so much meat for
the hunters, and did so much damage to
the farmers, that he has been industri-
ously hunted, and his numbers greatly
reduced. He ranges throughout the
State, but prefers to make his home in
the chaparral, OF bushes, whereas the
black bear likes the heavier timber. The
grisly is very tenacious of life, and he is
seldom Immediately killed by single
bullet. His thick, wiry hair, tough
skin, heavy coats of fat, when In good
condition, and large bones, go far to
protect his vital organs but he often
seems to preserve all his strength and
activity for an hour or more after hav-
ing been shot through the lungs and
liver with large rifle balls. He is one of
the most dangerous animals to attack.
There is much probability when shot he
will not be killed outright. When mere
ly wounded he is ferocious. His weight
and strength are so great that he bears
down all opposition before him, and he
is very quick, his speed in running being
nearly equal to that of the horse. In
attacking man, he usually rises on his
hind legs, strikes his enemy with one of
his powerful fore-paws, and then COM
mences to bite him. IF the man lies
still, with his face down, the bear will
usually content himself with biting him
for awhile about the arms and legs, and
will then go off a few steps and watch
him. If the man lies still, the bear will
believe him dead, and will soon get tired
and go away. But let the man move,
and the bear is upon him again; let
him fight, and he will be in imminent
danger of being torn to pieces. About
half dozen men, on an average, are
killed yearly in California by grisly
bears, and as many more cruelty mutt
latad
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11
A Humbug of Neatness.

Charles d. Warner. in his new book,
Saunterings," thus ventilates one of
the stock "sights" of Holland:
"We drove out five miles to Brock,
the clean village across the Y, up the
canal, over fatness fattened. Brock is
q humbug, as almost all show-places
are. A wooden little village on stag
nant canal, into which carriages do not
drive, and where the front doors of the
houses are never OPEN a dead, uninter-
esting place, neat, but not especially
pretty, where you are shown into one
house got up for the purpose, which
looks inside like crockery shop, and
has still little garden with box-train-
ed shapes Of animals and furniture. A
roomy-breeched young Dutchman, whose
trowsers went up to his neck, and his
hat to a peak, walked before us in slow,
cow-like fashion, and showed us the
place, especially some horrid pleasure
grounds, with an image of an old man
reading in summer-house, and an old
couple, in cottage, who sat at table
and worked, or ate, 1 forget which, by
clock-work, while dog barked by the
same means. In pond was a wooden
swan sitting on stick, the water hav.
ing receded, and left it high and dry
Yet the trip is worth while for the view
of the country and the people on the
way; men and women towing boats OF
the canals; the red-tiled houses painted
green, and in the distance, the villages
with their spires and pleasing mixture
of brown, green and red tints, are very
picturesque. The best thing that / saw
however, was a traditional Dutchman
walking on the high bank of canal
with soft hat, short pipe, and breeohe
that came to the armpits above, and {
little below the knees, and were broa'
enough about the seat and thighs to car
ry his, no doubt, numerous family. III
made fine figure against the sky"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11

Jealousy, he saw, was no play, and no
weapon for man to use.
They were quite reconciied at length,
and happier than ever.
but I did firt awfully with Charles
Clare" she said, penitently.
$50 1 saw" her husband said, dryly.
"You saw then p with a glad laugh
"Oh, sir, 1 have caught you. You
didn't mean me to know, and you really
cared enough for me to follow me, you
darling James 7"
"Weil, to tell the truth, l haven't
been home ten minutes" he had to own.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11

ETERNAL LAMPs.-St. Augustine de-
scribed a lamp, placed by the seashore,
which neither wind nor rain extinguish-
ed. In the sepulchre of Tullia, the
daughter of Cicero, was found lamp,
supposed by Pancirollus and others to
have burned above 1880 years. Now,
the flames in such cases are thought to
have been caused by the inhammable
airs so frequently generated in pits and
caverns, which is confirmed by discov-
cry in 1853 on the opening of an an
cient sepulchre at Naples.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11
POETR Y.
THE yvAYsIDlS VISION.

On the sidewalk cool and shady
Five pacos in her rear streliod,
She was litho and beauteous lady,
sylph in motion and in mould;
And moved past all the fret and fever
or earthly toll for earthly gain,
Like one whose eunny heart had never
Felt breath of earthly pain.
Around her form the shadow fingered,
Like some fond wooer 10th TO go,
And with caresscs osy-fncered,
The sunlight fitted to and fro;
And whore the bolder zephyr hovered,
Won favors from her neck and hair,
And waved the broidered shawl that covered
Her taper bodice rounded fair:
Or twirlcd the floating fringe that mufIled
The pcarly splendor of her arm,
And, dallying down her kirtle. ruflled
Its bouyant contours .ilken charm,
To where, with COY reserve most wooing,
Glimmered the vision of her feet.
Like two coquetting pigeons, cooling
Within and out their looped retreat.
She touched the earth with step as airy,
With port as gay and debonair,
As if the carol OF a fairy
Had timed her motions to its air.
And, gliding on, she loft me dreaming
How far more perfect in her face
The light Of that young soul was beaming,
That lent her form such perfect grace.
The laooror paused, the merchant tarriod,
By noisy street, by trade-vexed mart,
As if her very presence carried
blessing to the joded heart;
And, though unpriEed the fleet enjoyment,
Each heart turned chcerier to its cares.
For each had entertained one moment
A wandering angel unawares.
She turned and vanished, but in going
Revealed a face where glad content
Through artless innocence was glowing,
And sweet reserve with archnes. blcnt;
Not formed to dazzle by its splendor,
But through its winning softnoss boumod
spirit constant, frank and tender,
That leaves no promise unredeomod.
She faded like a lovely vision,-
A JOY undimmed by doubts or fears
Falsehood, neglect, and dark suspicion
Waylay the garnerod hopes of years,
Friendship and love and honor perish
They perish, leaving vonomed stngS,
Alas, too late we learn to cherish
The chance delights the moment brinGs.
Thomas Durtee
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11

THE ACCEPTED LOVER. - Emerson
preached whole discourse in few lines
thus: "The accepted and betrothed
lover has lost the widest charm of his
maiden in her acceptance of him. She
was heaven while he pursued her as a
star-she cannot be heaven if she stoops
to such a one as he"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-07-11

Nilsson receives a thousand dollars
per night at the Drury-Lane Theatre,
London.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-09-25
politns Jntflligfnfe, ,alnios IN + tbe 1mptio'ii


tlon came on, he declined being q
candidate, and COL Joseph Girls.
ham was noIninated bytheSUnion
party in his stead., Chancellor
Thompson lived a great many
years. after he retired from the
Bench, apd rode over to the vil-
lage almost every day TO see and
chat with bic friends. q He was
warm.heartedu friend and a bitter
enemy. P But in his witticisms, hu.
NOR and sarcasms, ne spared nei.
ther friend nor foe. / practiced
before him only. oneror two courts
before he resigned, and he'd no
canse to complain Of him. He de-
spatched business very rapidly.
and l though: correctly! nio'' oes.l'
The Chancellor codld say, the
most spiteful things, in perfect
good bumor,s and, really felt no
malice at the time in sayihg them.
On one occasion, he and Col. Lem,
uel j. Alston, q vain, pompous
man, who owned the village of
Greenville. and was member ot
Congress, aud Col. Elias Earle and
Mr.. Samuel Earle, who had like
wise been in Congress. were ell
joying themselves socially, when
Alston said to the Chancellor {:
There will be great rivalry her Q.
after between the sons of Colonel
Elias Earle and Mr.. Samuel Earle,
for your daughters" They had a
great many sons. aud the Chancel.
lor quite a number Of daughters.
Chancellor Thompson replied, la
conically: II don't like the breed"
Mr.. Samuel Earle responded, You
like it, sir, better than l do,yours."
This broke mp the sociabilityof the
evening. But in after life, their
blood did mingle, as Alston pre-,
dicted. The oldest son of Colonel
Elias Earle married daughter of
the Chancellor's, and Younger
son oI Mr. Samuel Earle married
grand daughter of Chancellor
Thompson. But there never was
any kind feeling on the part of
Chancellor Thompson towards eth.
er Col. Elias Earle or Mr.. Samuel
Earle, and l know this feeling was
reciprocated on the part of Mr..
Samuel Earle. o = TESft1< 4.
forgot to mention that when
the appeal courts in equity and
law were blended, and the iudici.
aly of South Carolina reorganized,
DeSanssure and Thompson were
elected Chancellors before, they
were called Equity Judges.
-'' CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.