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The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-09
Saws.
Not One Failed in 10000

a Not One Failed IN 20, 900
u Two men cut a u inch log by hand
n with this saw, in EIGHT SECONDS,
ON Sept /, 1868, at Philadelphia, in
II the presence Of Major Gen. Meade
= and numerous other distinguished
= men
! These are the only saws IN opera
: ton that are equivalent TO the front
Cutting and Clearing of Hand Saw
, 10th ways, viz going and coming
Z Ihc slant edges between the points
z 90 not cat, the vertical face Of each
{ VI cutting, and the slant following,
{ en- vice vera, as drawn back and
{ ~ VA, All Teeth are cutters. All
oo'h ar tlearers. As il costs FIVE
huhdred or more dollars for the Ia
uor thAt wears Odt any saw. a saving
OF one-hith by speed and case OF an
improved saw saves the COST Of a doz-
en-. The length, strength slisness
and durability OF these tef.th ar. Oh,
Yloss- Note also speed. case sim.
piicity and clearness sam
SPEED,-lf two points are dressed
TO cut III line, vertical OF adyaucino
cuts are more effective than retreat
ing edges of old V cutters used Inv
all other saws.
EASE Tits easier to pillow a rroova
IN timber than to crush one out
SIMPLICITY An points are the
same length and cut their way We
DO not now recommend thick rakinc
and hook teeth, a. they require 50
mueh shortening and rc adius ment
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-09
XEARNEY's EXTRACT BucHu,

Cures Diseases arising from Jy,fyYxa4noes
IGsts Of Dissipation, ETC., in all their stages, al
little expense, little or no change In diet no IN
convenience, and no exposure. II causes a fire.
quehi desire, and gives strength 10 Urinate,
thereby removing Distractions. Preventing and
curing Structures Of the Uretha, Aliaying Pain
and Inflammation, so frequent in this class Of dis
eases, and expelling all Poisonous matter
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The Night Cometh.

Is it possible to do too much work for Je-
sus Is there any danger that Christians
will oYertask themselves in the service Of
their Master? Ought We to impose any re-
straint upon ourselves when the Lord calls,
lest in our zeal to follow Him We overstep
the limits of the strength which He has
given as!
We do not believe that one Christian
worker in a hundred breaks down from ex
cess of work for Christ. Work poorly sys
teuatized, work performed in needIesslJ
clumsy manner, work worried over, done ia
a selfsuficient, vain-g glorious spirit, without
patience, without faith, without prayer,
without conservation, this may we'll break
down the health and destroy the usefulness
of any man. But the Master does not ire
strain your zeal;" for we'll lie knows that
none of US have TOO much of that. But He
would have US feel that His special blessing
aud protection is given to those who are
earnest in labor; that self.Sacrlfce is the law
of Christian living, and that to work while
the day lasts, doing all with ones might,
should be the burden of every Christ-hke
soul. For the night cometh when no man
can work.
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The Successful superintendent.

1. He was man of prayer. He prayed
much in secret, and God did reward him
openly. When he prayed in his school his
prayers were short and earnest. The chill
dren loved his prayers-tbey could under
stand them, they listened to them-he pray.
ed for them.
2. He is instructive. lie loved Gods
Word and studied it. He was conversant
with the standard works of the church. S.
thoroughly was his school instructed in
divine things that it was said of the young
converts there, "They were born two years
old"
8. He was full Of energy. He would visit
deserted neighborhoOd, procure place to
hold school, and then, in strong reliance upon
God, would begin his work. He would walk
miles every Sabbath to attend his school -
Seeing visitor in school one morning, he
asked her if she would like to teach. "Yes
sir, was the reply. "Theresa bench you
can have, then" ''But where are the schOl-
ars?" $50 out and fad them" Thus the
school grew and AOurished.
4. His aim was to glOrify God and save
souls. Everything tended to this; nothing
was tolerated that interfered with it. His
Sabbath School exhibitions were directed to
this end. They were pre- eminently reli
,ious, full of the sweet spirit of piety and OF
love, trimming full of religious truth, and
full of facts calculated to make child fall
in love with Jesus.
5. He was never dry. Such man could
not be dry. He had too much real feeling
for that. His soul was filed up fresh every
day with precious truth and holy love; and
whenever he addressed his school, teachers
and scholars felt he loved them, and felt toe
that they must love Jesus.
6. He succeeded. 1t was no wonder
The wonder would have been if he had not
His schools fourished. Churches spraug
out of them. Teachers and scholars were
converted; some were called into the min
istry.
He stood by the bedside of some as they
with joyous smiles, welcomed death. II,
has joined them in glory. The harvest felc
is still white. God give US more laborers
s. s. Journal
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Farmers Sons.

Only few of our children are following
in our footsteps. The old folks are left alone
With failing health and increasing years
many are compelled to sell out the home
stead, and live in village, where it is pos,
sble to live alone. Oar young men are
showing a great aversion to honest toll
Often, If they remain on the farm, they are
more interested in fast horses than in train
ing steers. Oilers engage in triaing, I'M
dlgnified occupations, such as selling maps,
books, patent rights, or even clothes pins
They are attracted by genteel ways and
habits. At the best they seek commercial
adventures, and through this means sudden
and great riches. Can they not read their
fate by the wrecks Of thousands in the great
cities who attempted the same thing! For
able bodied strong young men to quit the
farm and engage in such triflng pursuits as
have been named, or 10 attempt, where thou
sands fail, in city occupation, they should
be ashamed. Whenever labor in any cour.
try is considered dishonorable, the doom Of
that nation is sealed. Until the idea pre-
walls that labor is honorable, there can be
no bright hope before US. When We fnd a
country divided into small estates, and each
proprietor labors with his own hands, We
have happy people. Under small home
steads grew up those people before whom the
world trembled when they buckled ON their
swords,-the ancient Romans Countries are
cultivated, not according to their fertility,
but according to their liberty. Agriculture
is the basis of the happiness of State, and
it is the most honorable, as well as the most
ancient of all professions. Patrick.
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1.-THE Organ in Church. y

From an excellent article in BraiR4& s
Musical World for March, we extract the
following about interludes, to all of which
we heartily agree. How it is that pastors
and church sessions who generally object
very much to the annoyance, continue to
submit to it, is one of the strangest things
in the world A little decision would break
up the extravaganza in which organiSts in
dulge, to the disgust and discomfort of nine
tenths of the wOrshippers. But here is the
extract:
'In the matter Of interludes there is more
room for Improvement than in almost any
other part Of the musical service of the
= House Of the Lord" As played in almost
every church III the land, interludes are sim
ply thorough unmiugated nuisance. The
ORGANISE starts off, the instant the last note
of the tune has been sung, into all kinds Of
musical acrobatles, introducing h9urishes and
cadenzas ad naussana, and frequently makes
his interludes as long or longer than the tune
itself Anything more incongruous and out
of place it were hard TO fad. Better no in
terludes at all than such miserable abortOns
The interlude, properly played, is useful
IL affords the choir and congregation a mo-
ment's rest-a breathing place, in which
they may glance at the sentiment of the fol-
lowing verse, and thus be able to express
the same intelligently. To this end the in
,erlude should DO PLAIN and simple almost to
meagerness, never more than four measures
long, and completely harmonizing in time,
structural meter and color with the tune it.
self. Such interludes are help to the Wor
ship, not hiadrance.
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All at Work.

The factory wherein dozen operatives
should be hard at work, and three dozen
others standing around as benevolent but
idle spectators, would not yield much profit
to its owners. Neither would ship at sea,
exposed to adverse winds, make prosper
Gus voyage should half of her crew be con
tent to observe how the other half managed
the vessel. Suppose farmer had hired a
score of laborers in the summer season, to
gather his waiting harvests, and ten of them
should 60 into the fields to recline under
shade trees while the other ten were sweat
ing at their tasks, would the farmer be sat
Isfed? We trOw not.
A church is workshop of Christ, and
the labor therein is distributed according to
the several capabilities of the workmen. Its
motto is: "Work for all and all at work. .
Are they who play the part of spectators
aware of what they are doing? Do they
know they are but MASTERS, when they should
be workers!
The world resounds with the din of labor.
Enterprises the most magnificent and
schemes of surprising grandeur, are under
yaken with confidence, and prosecuted with
yigor. Why do not the :" children OF llgat
learn somewhat from the children of "this
wOrld?" Why should there not be daring
courage, and comprehensive plan, and far
reaching sagacity among those who arc
pledged TO the extension of an everlasting
kingdom? Why is faith SO feeble just where
the conditions of success have amplest guar
antees?
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A Perfect Water Proof.

A writer in an English paper says: "By
the way, speaking of water proof, think |
can give travellers a valuable hint or two.
For many years have worn Indian rubber
water proofs, but will buy no more, for |
have learned that good Scottish tweed can
be made entirely impervious to rain, and,
moreover, have learned how to make it so,
and for the benefit of readers | will give the
recipe: In bucket of soft water put half
pound of sugar of lead and half pound Of
powdered alum; stir This at intervals until
it becomes clear, then pour it off into another
bucket, and put the garment therein, and
let it be in twenty-four hours, and then hang
it up to dry without wringing it. Two of my
party-a lady and gentleman-have worn
garments thus treated in the widest storms Of
Wind and rain without getting wet. The rain
hangs upon the cloth in gobules In short,
they were really waterproof. The gentle
man, fortnight ago, walked nine miles in
storm of rain and wind, such as you rarely
see in the South, and when he slipped off
his oyercoat his underclothes were as dry as
when he put them on. This is, think,
secret worth knowing; for cloth, if it can be
made to keep out wet, is in every way bet
ter than what We know as waterproof.
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The Voice of the Stars.

Go to the window when it is dark, and
look upon the stars. Try to count them
The longer you look, the more stars you will
see. Every one of these stars is much larger
than it seems. Almost all are great deal
larger than the earth on which we live
They are all far away from US and one an
other, SO far that, even if you could fly like
a pigeon, and could fly for whole year with
out stopping, you could not reach them; nor
could you fly from one to another. Yet there
they are, hung ia the air and kept from fall
ing.
They never stray from the paths in which
they move. Pot your finger on the window
pane, so as just to cover one of the stars,
and keep still, looking for two or three min
utes. You will see that the star seems TO
nave moved. Most of the stars seem to move
like the sun, "a few move differently; but all
of them move evenly and regularly, not like
a crowd of boys at play, but like soldiers
marching where their captain bids them.
Who made the stars? God made them
1t is God that bids the stars move as he
wills; and they have obeyed him, aud will
obey him, for thousands of years. When we
look up at the stars, they sometimes make
US feel that they are wonderfully and glo-
riously made. Whenever we feel this, God
is giving the stars voice, and they speak to
US quietly in our hearts, and say, Gods
works are glorious and great. Tile Good
V0ices.
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A Gentle Rebuke.

Rev. Mr.. Martin, of Belliugton, Maine, a
man of decided talent aud worth, was also
somewhat noted for his eccentricity and hu-
NOR, which occasionally showed themselves
in his public ministrations. In the time OF
the great land speculations in Maine, several
of his parishioners and church members were
carried away with the mania Of buying lumber
tracts. Mr.. Martin resisted this specula-
ting spirit, and more than once rebuked 1t.
la his prayer meeting he noticed that several
Of his prominent men were absent, and ne
knew at once they were gone to Bangor to
attend q great land sale. After hymn
had been sung, he said, Brother Allen, you
will lead us in prayer" Some one spoke
up and said, He is gone to Bangor" Mr.
Martin, not disconnected in the least, called
out, Deacon Barber, will you lead US III
prayert" "He has gone to Bangor" an
other answered. Again the pastor asked,
Squire Clark, will you pray?" THE
Squire has gone to Bangor" said some one
and Mr.. MartiO, being now satisfied, looked
around upon the little assembly as If the
same reply would probably be given to every
similar request, and very quietly said, The
choir will sing Bangor, and then We will
dismiss the meeting
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Every day, like the shuttle, leaves thread
behind; many weave the spiders web, which
viii fail them.-HsRry
"And the Lord went before them BY day in a
pillar of cloud to lead them the way; and BY night
In a pillar OF 6re to give them light to 90 by day
and night Exodus xiii 81.
They who make the glory of God their
end, and the word of God their rule, the
Spirit of God the guide of their affections,
and the providence of God the guide of their
affairs, may be confident that the Lord goes
before them, as truly as he went before Israel
in the wilderness, though not so sensibly.
Henry.
Examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith;
prove your own selves - Cor. xiii 5.
It NAV do to make up our minds upon a
superficial examination about the ordinary
affairs of time, but nothing except the closest
scrutiny should satisfy US in regard to oul
eternal interests.
''He hath done all things we'll Mark vii: 81.
A Christian will hear the voice of God il
everything. If cold niPpiDg east WIND
comes and cuts eff all his fair blossoms, and
ehills every comfort, he enters into the de.
sign, and says, By this shall mine iniquity
be purged; and if the east wind be sharp
still "He stayeth bis rough wind. Cecil
HE is ike a refuer's FIRE. NAL iii q
The Christian shines brightest when sur
rounded by flames. They illuminate anC
refine without consuming him.
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Another Wonder of Nature.

The canyon of the Tuolumne River, where
it makes its way throug n the Sierla Nevada
Mountains in California, is described by two
recent visitors, John Muir and Gales Clark,
the latter ole of the State Commissioners
on the Yosemite Valley, as being in some
respects even more wonderful than the latter
natural marvel. 1t extends for forty miles
in a curved line, beginning in the very heart
of the Upper Slerras. TIE river is twice as
large as the MERGED in the Yosemite; and
though it has no falls of unbroken columns
of water equal to those in the latter valley,
it surpasses it in the variety of its cascades
The valley or bottom of the canyon is in no
part over quarter of a mile wide, and the
sides of the walls are described as of unsur,
passed grandeur. There is one water leap
over them of 1900 feet, but it is not un.
broken, while the Yosemite fall is 5000 feet
high, and has one unbrOken leap of 1000
feet.
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Ansbaaarg.
Charcoal a Good Farm Medicine

Nearly all sick horses and COWS are made
so in the first place by eating improper food,
or too much of it. As soon as the owner
finds any of his animals sick, it is the com
mon custom to begin dosing medicine. "We
must not leave the animal to die; we must
do something and so all manner of hurtful
drugs aud poisons are thrust down the throat
-saltpetre, copperas, turpentine, etc, quite
sufficient to make any well animal sick, or
kill sick one. "You didn't give the poor
thing enough-you should have given il Of
tener-you cant expect your beast to get
we'll if you don't do more for it! -
Our rule has always been to give nothing
unless we know exactly what to do; aud in
the meantime attend to every exterior CON-
fort practicable. If the weather is cold,
place it in warm quarters, avoid all exposure,
and attend to lure air aud strict cleanliness.
But there is one medicine that can never do
harm, and is commonly beneficial. This is
pulverized charcoal. As We have just re.
marked, nearly all sick animals become go by
improper eating, in the first place. Nine
cases out of ten the digestion is wrong
Charcoal is the most efficient and corrective.
1t will cure in majority of cases, if pro-
perly administered. An example Of its use.
The hired man came in with the intelligence
that one of the finest cows was very sick, and
kind neighbor proposed the usual drugs and
poiSons. The owner being i'll, and unable to
examine the COW, concluded that the trouble
came from over-eating and ordered a tea.
cupful of pulverized charcoal given in water.
1t was mixed, placed in q junk bottle, the
head held upwards, and the water with its
charcoal poured downwards. In five minutes
Improvement was Visible, and in few hours
the animal was in the pasture quietly eating
grass.
Another instance of equal success &C.
Cured with a young heifer, which became
badly bloated by eating green apples after a
hard wind. The boat was SO severe that
The sides were almost as hard as barrel
The old remedy, saleratus, was tried for the
purpose of correcting the acidity. But the
attempt to put it down always causes cough
ing, and it did little good Half teacup.
full of fresh powdered charcoal was next
given. In six hours all appearance of bloat
had gone, and the heifer was well.
We disapprove of quackery, where with
out precise knowledge of the disease, power.
full remedies are given at random, indiscrim
nately. The objection Of quackery cannot
extend to the use Of charcoal, for it can dc
on harm; and goes directly to the seat Of
the trouble in most sick animals, aud, if time
ly applied, effects a cure.-Lius Stock Jour.
nal.
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Shoes.

The early Britons wore coarse bags of
hide, made all of one piece, and tied round
the ankle, but the Romans introduced
dainter foot gear, and from them the Anglo
Saxons learnt to make both boots and shoes
of leather, both being generally of one piece
laced from the toes all the way up with
strings, and sometimes protected at the sole
with wooden clog. A pair of shoes worn
by Bernard, King of Italy, and grandson Of
Charlemagne, were recently fouId in his
tomb. 1.-The soles We're of wood and the
upper parts Of red leather, says an Italian
writer. They were so closely fitted to the
feet that the order of the toes, terminating
in point at the great toe, might easily be
discovered" Finer, heater, and greater
ornamentation came to be employed in later
times. Some one with deformed foot is
said to have first had shoes pnched at the
toe, and the innovation was so much admired
that, in spite of the denunciations of monks
and priests, it was widely followed by cour-
tiers and gallants of the Middle Ages
There were scorpion-tail shoes and ram s.
horn shoes; the long curly points being
stuffed with tow as well as toe, Shoe toes be
came more natural, but high heels, then
called chopines, were introduced in Eliza
beth s. reign. This fashion also came from
Italy, and Coryate reports that in his time
the chopine was so common that no one could
90 withoutit.
The changes of fashion in shoes and boots
during the last two or three centuries may
be traced in familiar paintings, such as He
garth's.
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Longevity Of Elephants.

1t is stated BY Sir Henry Sisted, who had
command in India during the Sepoy rebel
lion, in 1857, that some of the elephants
employed by him had inscriptions upon their
trunks showing their capture by the British
forces at the celebrated battle Of Passy,
nearly one hundred years previous. Piny
quotes Aristotle 10 the effect that elephants
live from 200 to 800 years. In vegetable
feeding quadruped, says Mr.. Buckland, the
duration of the teeth offers fair criterion
by which to judge of the probable extent of
life, and we think that SIR Everard Home is
the Psychologist who has observed that the
teeth of the deer and sheep are worn in
much less than fifteen years; those of the
OK tribe in about twenty years; those in the
horse in about forty or fifty years; while
those of the elephant will last for century.
The longevity of the last mentioned animal
must be, therefore, in all probability, very
considerable, although falling far short Of
the ancient estimate.
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Old Age and Colo Limbs.

An old person has feeble circulation in
the feet and legs, Nothing contributes more
to relieve the difficulty in breathing, and the
chronic cough and other troubles about the
head aud chest, so common among all PEG.
pie, than keeping the feet and legs warm.
Mr.. S, bank officer, had been sit
ting in bank nearly fifty years. He came
for some advice about short breath, wheeling
and cough.
"Your feet and legs are very cold"
"Yes; but how did you know it!"
"By these troubles about your throat and
lungs. There is congestion-toO much blood
there. If the legs and feet were warm, if
they had their share of blood this congestion
about the upper parts would cease, and this
short breath, Wheeling and cough, would be
relieved at once.
"How shall make my legs and feet
warm? | wear as much clothing about my
lower extremities as ever did, and yet they
are like iclcles.
Il will tell you secret: An old man
with low vitality must have two, three or
four times as much dress about the legs and
feet as q young man with high vitality. Now
you must put on two pairs of thick knit
woOllen drawers, very thick stockings, and
broad, strong shoes. Your legs will be
warm enough perhaps. If not, then put on
a pair of wash leather drawers over the knit
woollen ones. With thick pants over these,
you will probably be warm. In some rare
cases even this will not keep the limbs warm
But they must be kept warm. So you must
add, aud keep adding, till they are warm.
This is the way you do with your body; why
not the same with your legs? You will
thereby save your throat, lungs aud head
from many common troubles. do Lewis.
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LIGHT IN DARKNESS Two Rabbis, -
says Jewish legend, "as they drew near to
Jerusalem, saw fox running upon the hill
of Zion. At the sight Rabbi Joshua wept,
but Rabbi Eiezer smiled. Wherefore dost
thou smile? asked the one who wept. Nay,
wherefore dost thou weep?' said the other.
weep, replied the Rabbi Joshua, because
/ see fulfilled what is written in the Lamen,
tatiOns: Because of the mountain of Zion,
which is desOlate, the foxes walk upon it.
"'And therefore do smile, said Rabbi
Elierer, for in the sign that God hath full
Sled his threateniOgs see pledge that not
one of his promises shall fail p"
Truly, to the heart that thus lays hold
upon the promises, the darkest cloud has "a
silver lining"