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The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-10
The Tricky Course Of the Rock 1,l.ns u,;on

To the Editor of The Rock Island Argus.
The Union is in deep trouble. 1t is in
distress because the farmers are inclined TO
overthrow all old parties and set up bust
ness for themselves Haverstick has ad-
yertised to do all kinds of work for the
farmers, and give entire satisfaction in the
name OF the Republican party. The de-
funct stands ready to deliver anything in
good order, at the headquarters of the
Credit Mobilier and Salary Grab concern
Please say to the Union and its pair of
beauties, that while they denounce aceN the
tricks and treason of John B. Hawley they
do not quite satisfy the farmers that they
are honest in their endeavors to purity
their party If they would heartily de-
nounce that arch thief and grabber, the
President, who with one stroke of his pen
lifted from our treasury 800, 900. 90 of the
peoples money, then we should feel like
believing in their sincerity but as long as
the Union pegs away at Hawley and few
other puny Congressman who have been
guilty OF taking the petty sum of five or
ten thousand dollars from the people
pockets, or of making a small strike in a
railroad land grab, and at the same time
passes by in silence the enormous steal of
Sl0O,00O.00 perpetrated by General Grant,
we propose to believe their pretentions ut
terly hollow and altogether unworthy of
our confidence. OLD REPUBLICAN.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-10
Extra Special Notice.
BEWARE OF COUNTFRFEITS.
Smiths Tonic Syrup.

smiths Tonic Syrup has been counterfeited. and
thacounterfeter brought TO grief
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-10

Altogether it was very enjoyable party
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-10
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THR VIRY RISp PLAN

hDoRN YOUR HOMES with the new Chrome
n Awake" and Asleep Sells like wiIds,'
The pair sent for so cents. A large disconn, ),
Mass 'ot0 y
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17
Hints About Houses.

MANY houses, from the mansion to the
cottage, are unwholesome for some of the
following reasons:
l. Damp easements.
2. Cesspools and foul drains within
the basement.
3. Rotten timber in floors and skirtings
and tainted wallpapers.
4. Kitchen sinks in improper places
and unventilated.
8. Water-closets in improper places
and unventilated.
6. Rooms without adequate means for
ventilation.
Z. Water-cisterns and pumps in i'm
proper places, and so the water is con-
taminated.
Houses are also unwholesOme from per-
sonal dirt, personal carelessness, and per-
sonal neglect. AS when:
|. Rooms are not sufficiently cleaned.
2. Carpets are left down too long and
never swept.
3. Windows are seldom opened from
the top.
4. Closets are dirty, neglected, and
without ventilation.
5. Dirty beds are unmade and are also
shrouded in dirty hangings.
6. Dirty wardrobes and dirty clothes
closets.
7. Nooks, corners, and shelves which
are never busted.
Persons who are about to build dwell
ling-houses should have the following
suggestions in mind:
The subsoil beneath house should be
naturally dry, or it should be made dry
by land-draining.
The ground-floor OF house should not
be below the level of the land, street, or
road outside.
A site excavated on the side of hill or
steep bank is liable to be dangerous. AS
external ventilation may be defective, and
the subsoil water from above may soak to-
ward and beneath such houses, middens,
ashpits, cesspools at the back must taint
such easements,
The subsoil within every basement
should have layer of concrete over it.
Cesspools, cesspits, sink-holes or drains
should not be formed within house base
ments.
The ground around dwelling-houses
should be paved, tagged, asphalted, COW
cred with concrete, or be prepared and
graveled.
Outside channels should be in good
order and be regularly cleansed.
Housewives should be guttered and
spouted.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17
Mrs. PartingtOn.

ga GOOD cup of Oblong tea will not
hurt anybody" said Mrs. Partington, as
she presided over the mahogany, with a
pleasant smile upon her face and the tea
urn by her side. know some say IL is
dilatorious to the nervous cistern, and
subscribe cold water but need the fla
grant herb, and two cups just equalizes
my temperature. Some say, too, that it
shortens life, and where the Widow Shoot
died, at one hundred and ten, it was re-
marked that if she hadn't drank tea she
would have lived to be an old woman.
Pm sure she survived her factories Won
derfully, and the tea ] know did it,"
"But we are exposed to the pekoedil-
loes of the Chinese" said DR.. Spooner,
"and do not often get our teas pure"
We'll, always hope for the BEST" re-
piled Mrs. p, slipping her cup, without
remarking the DOCTORS pun. "Some-
times it is not so good as others, and then
again it is, but the price is very equable,
and have to give just as much for half
dollars worth as did before the duties
were taken off, which was made such
fuss about in the papers. l hope your
tea suits YOU"
Halo ~ said Ike, starting up and
banging his chair upon the floor, at the
same time pulling the Doctors cup from
the table into his lap. The boy darted
through the back door, while the guest
danced around with pain.
Mrs. Partington was confused.
sit suits me well, madame" said the
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17
The Natural Bridge.

IT is feared that the Natural Bridge in
Virginia will be destroyed. A gentleman
passing over it recently was startled by
the appearance of volumes of deep black
smoke and jets of. flame rolling out from
beneath its massive arch. There was a
strong smell of sulphur, and the ground
was warm and steaming for some distance
around. The people in the neighborhood
were greatly alarmed, believing that a
volcanic eruption was about to take place;
but Prof. Campbell of Lee University, on
being apprised of the facts, soon supplied
more satisfactory explanation of the
phenomenon. The bridge, it seems, is
composed of mountain limestone contain
ing large assures filled with grahamite, a
kind of bituminous coal or asphaltum. AT
some distance above high-water mark are
sulphurous deposits and metallic oxides
in minute quantities. The action of sui
phur on metallic oxides in the presence of
water will generate heat to degree suffi-
cient to ignite mass as combustible as
grahamite. Hhe thawing of the snow in
Cedar creek supplied the water necessary
for such action as has been described, and
so the combustion is fully accounted for.
The Natural Bridge is one of the most
celebrated natural curiosities in this
country, and it is to be hoped that the in
jury done it by this singular chemical pro-
cess will not prove so serious as to result
in its complete destructiOn.-N. Y. Sun.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17
Another Solomon on the Bench.

A SHORT time since a worthy magis-
trate of this city had rather a difficult
question to decide, in the solution OF
which he struck out path hitherto un-
knownin jurisprudence. 1t seems that
twelve negroes appeared before him, each
one of whom swore positively that him
self and the other eleven had done GER
tain amount of work ON steamboat, and
was entitled thereby to wages. 1t was a
steady streak, esch of the dozen swearing
precisely the same. On the other side
appeared the mate of the boat and eleven
deck hands, who all twelve swore directly
and point blank to an opposite state of
facts to those testified to by the twelve
plaintiffs. Here the evidence closed, leav-
ing the judge to make up his mind.
His honor scratched his head, looked
wise, pondered few moments, and then
said "The law makes it the duty of the
Court, when in doubt, to weigh the evil
dence. 1 shall proceed to do so in this
case. You," turning to one of the suing
darkeys, stake your crowd over to
Mr. Ia grocery store in the vicinity
and have them weighed, and bring me
certificate of their weight from the clerk.
And you," turning to the mate, "dO the
Court must make up judgment some
how"
The mandate of the Court was obeyed;
the contestants appeared with their re-
spective certificates, the mates party
Oatweighing the other by nine pounds,
which was sufficient to turn the scale of
Justice, for the Judgment was given for
the boat.-Nelo Orleans Picay1aas.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17
Alarming the Oriental Heather.

WHEN preparations for taking the Gen.
sus in Bengal were lately made, the native
inhabitants became alarmed, having got
the absurd idea that every tenth man was
wanted to fight the Russians, so sensitive
is the instinct of these Oriental heather
under British rule, scenting the approach
of danger to England in every gale from
Turkestan, and straining their sight for a
ray of hope for the millions of the dis
affected among themselves. 1t is calcu-
lated that nearly one million able-bodied
Bengalese stole away to avoid being count
ed in. The return, not including the alb
sentees, of course, showed population of
$4,000, 900; that is, the single province of
Bengal has population just as large as
that of Russia-in-Europe. How long,
with a small military force, England can
retain Bengal, which has this vast popu-
lation, in an area of 1929 square miles
(that of Russia-in-Europe is S6,039), can
only be question of time. The Hindoos
await another revolt, such as there was in
1857, but will probably profit by their
blunders and weakness then. A simulta-
neous rising throughout British India
might secure national independence in a
week, but then the question would arise,
What will they do with it?-Forney's
Press.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17
Dinners.

PIERRE BLOT, in an article in Harper S
Bdzar, says: "Let eur readers under
stand that it is p mistake to think that to
give dinner to friends, to relatives, or
even dinner of ceremony, it is necessa-
ry, nay, indispensable, to have just such
dishes and such wines, because other peo-
pie have them served on their tables. 1t
is much better and much more pleasing
to the guests to be original-we mean, to
make ones own bill of fare, and not imi-
tate other peoples dinners. We once
heard frequent diner-out exclaim !:
These dinners are shockingly monoto-
nous; one knows in advance what dishes
are coming; there are the classic salmon,
the chronic fillet of beef, the innumerable
roasts, accompanied by the matter-of-
course ice-cream to chill the stomach,
instead ofsomething to help Digestion
We are of the same opinion. Ice-cream
is good, but not as dessert. An hour, at
least, should be allowed the stomach after
dinner before taxing it with the hard
work of digesting so chilly dish.
The dinner is the principal meal of the
day, and the one that restores the waste
of the system most, being generally taken
after the days tasks are done, and being
composed of more nutritious and more
numerous dishes than the other meals. AS
the mind and stomach cannot work well
at once, it is certainly according to hygi-
enic laws not to eat much or heavy food
at breakfast and lunch. 1t is different at
dinner; besides having no work to per-
form after it, the enjoyment of having the
whole family assembled is one of the best
perquisites that can accompany the meal.
Wives and mothers, have flowers on the
dinner table! have attractive-looking
dishes! have palatable food! have cheer
fulness! have cup of warm coffee or tea
after dinner! You are then pretty sure
to have warm hearts around you. Do
not freeze the stomachs of the members
of your family at the dinner table, and
then run the risk offreezing their hearts.
Keep the ice-cream for the evening to re-
fresh the palates that may have been
parched,b conversation or singing.
Another important thing, and which,
like nearly all other domestic duties, de-
wolves on the wife and mother, is the Sc
lection of daily food. We have explained
what to serve, and how to serve it; we
will add few directions as aguide. First,
understand that by good and proper food
we do not mean costly food. Many have
poor food and consequently poor dinners,
though they have paid high price for
1T, while Others have good and properly
prepared food for reasonable price, the
difference between the two being only in
its selection and preparation.
Cooking is branch of chemistry, as well
as an art. Soups, sauces, gravies, stews,
&C., are compoundedas carfully as chem,
cal preparation. They act on the system
according to the preparation-thatis, is, if
well prepared they do good; if not, the
opposite. Cooking is the science that
keeps in order the animal mechanism of
humanity. The physician is only called
in when, through causes entirely indepen-
dent of cookery, that mechanism is out of
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17
: Rock Salt.

The Lttmbe1man's Gazette, oflast month,
has an account of important discoveries
made in boring for rock salt, at White
Rock, on the Lake Huron shore, and
Cassville, in Huron County, Michigan.
1t seems that the average Saginaw brine
shows about 175 parts salt and Bib parts
chlorides of calcium and magnesium. In
the well at White Rock there are nineteen
parts salt and 9-479 of part of the above
impurities. 1t is thought, from the ex-
periments at various places, that the rock
salt bed will be found in the Saginaw Val
ley at no very considerable depth below
the brine-bearing rock, and that wells To-
Gated there will be found as valuable as
that at White Rock. The product of the
well at the latter place is said to be so
pure that it is almost impossible to con-
ceive of anything better. The average
Saginaw brine requires the evaporation
of about l62 gallons for the production
of barrel of salt, while the White Rock
brine requires but l40 gallons-a showing
of one-tenth increase in favor of the White
Rock well. An effort is now being made
to prosecute experiments, in the hope of
striking the rock salt bed in the neigh
borhood Of East Saginaw, and it is be-
lieved they will prove successful.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

A FEW years ago there was no other way
known to obtain the virtues of the leaves OF
various plants but by maceration in water,
to make, as it is called, an infusion, or by
using alcohol, and thus making a tincture
amount of liquid to obtain very small guam
tity of the medicinal effects of the plants.
How altered is this, however. The process
of extracting all the valuable properties with
none of the inert or injurious particles, from
leaves, roots, barks, etc., has been brought
to such perfection, that every ounce of er-
tract is fully equal to an ounce of the raw
material. In no preparation that we know
of is this high concentration so admirably
accomplished as in PARKER's COMPOUND
FLUID EXTRACT BUCHU. No heat is used,
therefore all the finer and volatile principles
are fully preserved, the whole prepared an
gacu0, in the most careful manner, a product
of rare excellence is obtained. Sold by all
druggists, everywhere.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

The wine-making interest in California
is steadily progressing, especially in Los
Angeles and Sonoma Counties. The re-
ceipts during 1872 were 740,S34 gallons
from the interior, 1863, 1873 from the south
ern coast, total of l ,407, ,9O4 gallons as
compared with ,30S,913 in 1871, and $685.
242 in 1870. About 10000 gallons. of Cal
ifornia brandy have also been received in
San Francisco. The California wine is
and quantities are exported to Great Brit
ain, China, Japan, Australia, and other
foreign countries. The wine is improv-
ing in quality, as well as in quantity, and
the interest is only tithe of what it may
yet become.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17
ARTHUR's HOME MAGAZINE. -

April number of the Illustrated Home MdgdSiRt
contains large amount of entertaining and in
structiye reading matter, and several illustra-
tions. "Relics of a Traditional Age" with ap-
propriate illustrations, and "Sacriilcial Wor-
ship" with full page illustration, are interest
ing articles; besides which some excellent
stories, poems, editorials, health items, house,
hold receipts, ETC., all useful and good. Terms,
s2.5O year, or 81. 80 for six months, with re-
duction for clubs. A copy of the beautiful steel
engraving, "The Christian .Graces," sent free
to each subscriber, whether single or in clubs.
Address T. s. ARTHUR & Son, Philadelphia,
Pa
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

The LITTLE CoRPoRAL.-Among the
inviting contents of the April number are: A
full-page illustration, ''The Early songster;"
Chapter viii. of Mrs. Miller's serial; "Uncle
Dicks Legacy;'' "a Very Old Time School, Z"
by S. j. Prichard, with illustration; Chapter iv
of Hidden Treasure, - by Mary A. Dennison;
"Charley," by Olive Thorne, with illustration; /;
Chapter ii. of +" Kitty's Fairy Treasure" and
several other stories, poems. etc. The price of
the Little Corporal is 81 so year, with two beau
tiful chromos to each subscriber on receipt of 10
cents for postage. Published by JOHN e. MIL
LER, Chicago.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

The CHILDREN's HoUR.-There are
many good things in the way of stories, pictures,
etc, in the April number of this popular little
magazine which is not inferior in point of attract
iveness, to any preceding issue. The terms of
The Children's Hour are: Sl.25 year; five cop
les, So; ten, and one extra, $40; extra induce
ments are offered to getters-up of clubs. It. s.
ARTHUR Il Son, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17
"To each his suferings; are all men
Condemned alike to groan;
The tender for anuther's pain
The unfeeling for his own.''

tion of the pain which the human body has
to undergo is caused by some arrangement
of the great organs, the Liver, Blood, Kid
neys and Bowels. Spring is upon us, when
change of atmosphere and habit are apt to
affect these organs; and the best way to
avert attacks of disease of this character is
to use Maguire's Cundurango Bitters, the
great Liver invigorator and blood purifier,
which releases the bile and purges it from
the system, thereby promoting perfect
health.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

PAIN KILLER.-In another column will be
found the advertisement of Davis Pain Kill
Ter. There is probably no other preparation
manufactured that has become so much of a
household word as the Pain Killer. For
thirty years it has stood before the public,
and the innumerable testimonials that have
been called forth voluntarily, testify fully to
its merits. When you need family medi-
cine buy the Pain Killer.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

doctor. "Perhaps a trifle too hot,
though" again seating himself.
Ike returned and explained his conduct.
He had seen, through the window, a big
dog after his cat, and he had rushed to
the rescue.-N. y Weektv.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

AN EXTENDED POPULARITY.--Each year
finds "BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs" in
new localities in various parts of the world
For relieving Coughs, Colds, and Throat Dis
cases, the Troches have been proved reliable
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

A WORD OF CAUTIoN.-No person
should enter sick room while in the
state of perspiration, because in cooling
Do not approach contagious diseases with
an empty stomach.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

REMEDY FOR CHILBLAINs.-A writer in
Vienna medical magazine says that a
concentrated solution @ chloride of iron
is an unfailing remedy for chilblains.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

The Michigan Legislature has author.
iized, Detroit to expend $500, 900 in park,
boulevard, or both, on the lake shore,
In the section known as Hamtramck.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

SOUTHERN planters find the production
OF peanuts more valuable than either
wheat, corn, or tobacco.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

Is there any good reason why the dictates OF
common sense should be disregarded In medical
practiceP Surely net. Yet how literally they are
sometimes set at ma ght in the treatment OF dys-
pepsia, liver complaint, constipation, nervous
prostration and general debility. How often are
powerful purgatives, emetics and salivants given
in cases of indigestion, bilious collie and costive-
ness, when the disease has already robbed the pa
tient of strength he needs TO combat with the at
tack. The absurdity of giving deblitating medi-
clnes to sick people who too weak alreadyls SO
manifest, that IL is astonishing how any sane man
can believe in such practice. The rational course
under such circumstances is to administer tonic
and reg lating medicine, and the experience OF Il
quarter of a century has proved that Hostetter's
Stomach Btters is the most wholesome and eff
Client preparatio of this class TO be found in the
medical repository. 1t is, however, something
| more than an invigorant and regulator. Its prop
critics as an aperent and bilious agent; It's vi
talizing and purifying effect upon the blood; It's
utility when given as an anodyns, nt tead of laud-
snum or chloral, or digltalis, or some other stu
pefying narcotic; its tranquilizing tendency In
spasmodic affections and its palatability, as con.
trasted with the sckening pills and potions of the
pharmacopuia, certainly enttle Hostetter's Bit
| ters to be called the most comprehensive remed,
| in existence.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

DIR. SHALLENBERGER's pills not purga-
tive They cure every form of Fever and Ague
Immediately, without any sickness or discomfort.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

yITHEN writing to advertisers please mention the
w name of this paper.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

IT is WELL TO GET CLEAR of u Bad Cough or
Cold the first week, but it is safer to rid yourself
of it the first forty-eight hours-the proper rem
edy for the purpose being DR.. Jayne's Expcc
torana
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

Best and Oldest Family Medicine.-San-
Iords Liver InUigoTdor-a purely Vegetable Cdarfic
and Ionic--for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility,
Sick Headache, Bilious Attacks; and all derange-
Druggist for II. Beloare Of limitations.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17

WORKING CLASS MAJ MALE or FEMALE. ss..
Die home, evening no reoui1
ca in instructions and valuable package OF goods sent
nee py mail ADDRESS, with sx cent return sa1nn ~
M. YOUNG CO., 16 Oortlandt-st, New York
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-04-17
M M0hEv Made rapidly with Stencil & Key Check
lu0NG Outfits. Catalogues, samples and full par
tCulars ERRR. 8. NJ. SpRNCKR. IL Hanover Rnsfnn

H5 IN %20 per dayI Agents wanted All classes of
S HT W wy woTSngpeople, Of either sex, young or
old make more money at work for us in their snare
moments or all the time than at anything else Partic.
ulars free. Address G. Stnson & Co. Portland MaIpe
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-03-22
A Challenge,

Come to time, XXX Trash Oyster Dealer, Lon
Piergue, or Old Blowhard, II. Walther, as you
call me. I see in last weeks FREE TRADER and
this weeks Republican that you sold more oysters
than H. Walther. Now CWalth err will bet you
the price of one case of 66 cans Of the best stand
ard oysters that sold as many cans Of oysters
since the 18th of September last as you did, up
to this day, and will bet you the price of
another case Of 66 cans that sold more cans Of
oysters since the LIST of January up to this day
than you did, and the amount Of the losses shall
go to the poor Of Ottawa. Now, if you want to
accept this, come to the Clifton Hotel this even
ing at o'clock with your stamps and oyster
bills, and will do likewise.
Yours truly as an oyster dealer,
H. WALTER