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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-07
Lost Occupations.

Half century ago bellows making was q
thriving trade. Every house had its pair of
| bellows, and in every well furnished mansion
there was pair hung by the side of every
| fire place Ipswich, in Massachusetts, ac-
quired quite notoriety all over New Eng
| land for the elegant and substantial articles
of the kind it produced. But as stoves and
| CRATES took the place of open fire places, and
us coal was substituted for wood, the demand
for bellows diminished. until the business as
a separate trade quite died out
The same is true of flint cutting. Flints
were once necessary, not only for fire arms,
but for tinder boxes, and tinder box was
as necessary for every house as gridiron or
u skillet. Every one who looks back to
childhood of forty odd years ago must re-
member the cold winter mornings when the
persistent crack, crack of the flint against
steel sent up from the kitchen All order of
igniting tinder and sulpher which pervaded
the house. l have no more idea what became
of the flint producers than of the old man of
sorrowful memories who, three or four times
matches for sale at cent the half dozen
punches. Both lave as completely vanished
from England and New England as have the
red Indians and the Druids.
Then, again, are gone the pin makers,
who, though they have been in their graves
this quarter of a century, still figure in lee
lures and essays to illustrate the advantages
of division of labor. Instead Of pin tax
ing dozen men or more to cut, grind, point,
head, polish, and what not, as it used 10 do,
pins are now made by neat little machines.
at the rate of three thousand minute, of
which machines single child attends to half
dozen.
Nail making at the forge is another lost
industry. Time was, and that in this nine
teenth century, when every nail was made
on the anvil. Now, from 100 to 1000 nails
per minute are made by machines. The
mailer who works at the forge has but bad
chance in competing with such antagonists,
and he wonld have no chance at all were it
not that his nails are ten fold tougher than
an all but hopeless vocation, and are COM
PEELED to live in continual handgrips with
poverty.
In the days of President Madison and
Monroe, and even later, straw bonnet max
ing was practiced in every middle class house
where there were growing families, and
straw plating formed the staple of domestic
leisure work. At my grandfathers, around
the huge kitchen fireplace Caesar, born a
slave, who sat on an oak branch directly un-
der the gaping chimney, and we boys who
crowded upon the settee, used to pass winter
evenings splitting straws, while the lasses
were plating them. Then, bonnets were bon
nets, covering the head, with margin of a
foot or two to spare, and presenting sort
of conical, shell shaded recess, in which |
dimpling smiles and witching curls nestled |
in comfort The work has vanished, and |
will never reappear, unless the whirligig of |
fashion should glide again into the forsaken
track.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-07

During steam voyage on the stop page
OF the machinery, considerable alarm took
place, especially among the female passen-
gers. ''What is the matter? what is the
matter For Gods sake tell me the worst ?"
exclaimed one, more anxious than the rest.
After u short pause, hoarse voice from the
deck replied !: Nothing madam, nothing,
only the. bottom of the vessel and the top of
the earth struck together"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-07

A COMPASSIONATE lady passing child cry
ng n IN the street, stopped and asked him
"iIat was the matter. The child replied:
go, t0s I've lost penny mother gave me-"
=. AN, well never mind" said the lady.
bar nere re is another for you" and proceeded on
hesy hes way; but had not gone far when she
tha eaIo ihe little fellow believing more Justify
aaa snan before. She turned back and again
answered: -, ~ @
Why, If 'adnt lost tn, first one should
ave ad two-pence."
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-07

l'c-"Mr.. Speaker" exclaimed a member of
the Arkansas Legislature, "my colleague
tannts me with desire for fame. scorn
the imputation. sir. Fame. sir. What is
fame? 1t is q shaved pig with a creased bil,
which slips through the hands of thousands
and then is accidentally caught By some lucky
fellow that happens to hold On - IT, Ilet
the greased-tailed quadruped 60 u me with
cut an effort TO clutch it, sir."'-a, IS j. m en8
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-07
.: .. y " tIsx. 1!sk FISK Bros, Publishers


tn Il ODD FELLOWS ORPHAN.
One cold and frosty evening
There came across the moor,
4 little wanderer, sad and cold,
Unto the rich mans door.
The good man heard his gentle knock
And kindly took his hand,
What brings thee here, my little one,
Across this dreary land:"
I'm hungry, sir, and weary, too;
No place to lay my head;
Can you. sir. tell me where to 60
To earn my daily bread?
Or will you buy this little ring?
Three links on it are craven.
1t was tied about my neck the night
My mother went to heaven.
Said he" Where is thy father, child?
Why art thou from him dliven?'
"My parents" said the little one,
"Have both gone home to heaven.
I'd once a frther, kind and good,
Who sailed the deep, dark sea,
While in q cottage near the shore
Lived my mother, sir, with me.
One night dreadful letter came.
She had but few words read
When she clasped me 10 her bosom,
Saving. 'ChiId, thy fathers dead!'
She called me then an orphan boy.
Said she too. soon must leave
Her darling to the cold, cold world;
All straage it seemed to me.
She knelt down by my little bed
And prayed to one IN heaven
TO care for me, her orphan boy;
Then one sigh was given.
She laid herself beside me, then;
Fer arms did me enfold;
She held me to her bosom still
With arms all stiff and cold.
0, sir, tried to wake her, then;
She heard not what said.
In the morn q neighbor told me
My mother dear was dead.
They laid her in the cold, deep grave;
They left me there alone:
They say I'm now pOOr-hOnse boy
And that must be my home
As he held the wanderers hand,
Oh, what feeling did il waken!
Blessing our holy Order, then
Said to the one forsaken:
Keep, keep this gem, my little one;
A treasure 1t will prove;
1t has opened thee a fountain
Of Friendship, Truth and Love.
My child, the poor-hOuse never fear;
No longer shalt thou roam;
welcome thee. my brothers. child,
And this shall be thy home"
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1873-08-07

The Secretary Of War denies the report
that tne headquarters Of the Department Of
Dakota ore to be removed from ST. Paul,
MINI; b Minneapolis. va 81
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15
Legal Notices

One 0f the statutes which the revision
committee now IN session in this city will
be called upon ~ prepare, Is upon the sub
ject Of legal notices, and perhaps no single
subject needs more careful attention than
this. Under the old statutes the no
tees" Of settlement of estates, Of appoint
ment Of guardians and administrators, Of
legal sales, meetings Of town and district
boards, elections, letting Of contracts, etc,
we're made by posted notices This meth.
cd may have answered well in the early
DAYS OF the state When the population was
spar, and there were but few papers. but
is now tstally behind the age On the
door Of any county court house in the state
may be seen huttering rags of written or
printed notices which represent one Of the
legal steps taken in the settlement Of es-
tates aud the disposition OF property 20 the
yalue Of many thousands Of dollars. The
fact Of publication and the form Of pubica-
ton are questions which involve the title
of real property and the rights Of widows
and heirs, and yet the wit Of man could
not devise a method Of publication more
fragile, temporary and obscure than that
provided by the old statute. The meet
ings OF town officers, the actions and re-
ports OF town boards, do not, as we under
stani the statute, require any publication
AT al, aud yet these town boards collect
Ntexes and expend money 10 the Amount ~
Sops annually. Their meetings are
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15

JOHN F. HENRY, cuRRAN L CO.,
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15

The greatest sufferer by the Ohio cam
paign is Senator Morton, and the accident
which has happened Ia him must be re-
garded In radical point OF view aS the
worst disaster OF most disastrous season.
lie has lost his cud, and the Radical milk
pail has fair chance of remaining empty
until the Illuminating power has come back
10 the Senator IL is well-known fact
that your most aged and fodderless COW
may be lame and hip-shOtten, sore hooted
and toothless her coat NAV stare, and she
may have all the other ills that COW flesh
Is heir to-murrain, distemper, hoven,
scours, garget she may be hide bound.
fardel-bound, blown, black -quartered; she
may have angle. berries, foul foot, or hol
low horn-but 50 long rs she does not lose
her cud there is still hope of getting her
round, and she is still not worthless ut the
pail But when the Illuminating faculty
tails-when she loses her cud-you may a
well give her up for good unless you can
restore that ueodful digestive process. Now
Senator Morton is in the state of the old
COW that has lost her cud The one thing
that he has been chewing upon ever since
the war ended, the one effective weapon
which he has been welding in all the re
cent political campaigns, the club Of loyal
~ against the ghost Of ku-kluxing, un
regenerate, Tecalcitrant rebellion, is of no
more use 20 him. The Ohio battle proved
that, and the Senator club has crumbled
in his hands, the chcwed dry cud has slip
ped juiceless down his throat, and the poor
soul Is suddenly left helpless and hopeless
Heretofore, when any distastetul truths
were told about Radicalism, the Senator
II - A., s,,I
and spit out few inconsequent talsehoods
about the rebellious attitude of the South,
the horrible atrocities Of the ku Klux, the
secret conspiracies against a paternal gov
eminent, and the reasonable designs and
sympathies Of the Democratic party. u
make all these truths of no account Did
you charge the financial incapacity Of the
Observation-Disclosures turn Of the cud, and
hey presto it disappears under a cloudy
lie about Democratic regulators. Did
you charge the moral rottenness OF Radi-
calism-cud again Did you charge the
pillage Of protection. the Custom house
frauds, the Credit Mobiier the Washing
ton ring, the back pay steal, Grants sala-
~ steal, the subyersion of Louisiana, the
corruption Of the people, the destructi n
Of industry, the crushing OF commerce
all found single answer chewed uut from
that sane old cud But Morton went into
Ohio, and stumped the State. champing on
that cud rs ii it were the iuiciest uew
mown hay instead OF being the dryest sap
less stuff in Christcnddul. lie champed
aud chcwcd and SPIT till his jaw
were dry as a lime burners wig, and hi,
venom came forth Ia fakes, like the sIittle
vt a hummer after night in the caabuose
Aud the second Tuesday in October came
ami passed, and poor Morton let the cud
slip down his throat in sheer dismay. Ii
vas chowed cut, useless, dry as a chip, bit
ter as bis hates, and sapless as his imagin
alton. The cud is not recoverable anc
the old COW may as well be driven to tn,
knacker's yard. -LHicdgo Tribune.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15
MoFFAT's LIFE Pills
and
PHOENIX BITTERS.

The most Successful Medicines
in the world.
Established in 1885, by one OF
our Most Eminent Physicians,
and now used throughout North
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Thousands of certificates are
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They regulate the System, and
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II Sold by Druggists everywhere.
j. P. MILLS, Sole Prop'r,
IS LIBERTY STREET NEW YORK.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15

held in secret, for practically the doings Of
any body whose proceedings are not rub
lished In the papers are unknown to the
pubic. =
Now that the statutes are to be revised,
is the most suitable time TO change all this,
and to bring the law of legal notices up to
Ammo Domini 1878. Let the new statutes
require the publication in at least one pa.
per in the county of all legal notices, and
let all school district elections, MEETINGS OF
town boards and their proceedings be pub
ished at the public expense. In short, lei
the whole system of posted notices be wiped
out and in place let there be substituted
newspaper publication So shall the, peo
pie know what their servants are doing
the rights of individuals be fully protected
while the form and method of publication
will remain accessible and easy of proof a
any future time. --IHs. State Register.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15
or. 4aX Saiye, Il Family
'L- ...r - cents.


5as'I.S ~ - cents.
1t heals without Il scar. No
family should be without it.
We warrant ii tOcure ScrGfula
Sores, Salt MIeum, Chilblains,
Sore Breasts or Nipples, Burns,
Scalds, Cuts, and SPrains.
1t has been used over twenty
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1t has no paraIlel-havlng per-
fectly eradieatcd disease, and
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had failed. 1t is compound OF
Arnica, with many other Ex-
tracts and BalSams, and put up
in larger boxes for the same
price than any other Ointment.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15
Darts from the Devil; or Cupid Abused

A book just issued, exposing the "personals"that
have appeared in the New York Newspapers; their
history and lesson STYLISH VILLAINS FULLY Ex-
PosED Advertisements from desperate men to
beautiful women; Clande tine meetings; how
frustrated; The history of the GOODRICH TRAGEDY
the result Of u personal" Description of Living
Broadway Statues. EXPOSES SOCIAL CORRUPTION.
Sent on receot of 80 cts Address, Unique Printing
House. SO Vesey St y. Y.
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The NEW REMEDY FOE RUPTURE.

A most Important invention. Sold by the Elastic
Truss Co., No bSj Broadway, n. Y. City. 1t re-
tains Rupture absolutely in ease and comfort night
and day at all times, and under ali circumstances
without any exception whatever in any case, and
should never be taken Oh during the short time
requisite to effect permanent cure Sent by mail.
Circulars free Any Druggist or Physician will or
der this new Truss Tor you without charge.
4-IIdtTsSweOWly
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15
SPECIAL NOTICES.

"FoB WAYsTHATARE DARK AND Tricks THAT ARE
VAIN, is said that tho ''heathen chinee Il pecn
lar. This is doubtless true. But these features are
also apparent within the ranks ofthe American peo-
pie We would suggest to those unfortunate persons
who have been In the ''ways that are dark, or who
have injudiciously practiced tricks that are vain
that there is help for them. DR., ~ Reynolds, OF
Rochester the great friend to errng humanity is the
person to furnish the proper and speedy relief and
cure. The advertisement Of DR.. Reynoids viii be
found in this paper and from hts great success In the
branches Of the profession towhich he has devoted
so many years his life. he is very generally cond
ed in
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15

1t is said that an organization is now be
ing formed among workmen out Of employ
ment in Indianapolis, to resist all measures
which may be brought against them for
ejectment from their homes by their land
lords for the non-payment of rents: The
organization will remain in force while the
panic prevents their getting work.
Charges of bribery and corruption
against several members of the common
council of Indianapolis are made. 1t il
claimed that a railroad president was en-
vited TO contribute $500 indirectly TO tina
body to insure the passage of an ordinanc'
in which his road was interested. TIL
matter will be investigated.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15

when therr is no lung disease and only Liver
Complaint and Dyspepsia Schenks Sesweed Tonic
and Mandrake Pills sufficient, without the Pull
monte syrup Take the Mandrake Pills freely in all
bilious complaints, as thew perfectly harmless.
DR.. Schenck- who has enjoyed uninterrupted health
for many years past, and now weighs 225 pounds,
was wasted away TO a mere skeleton In the very
last stage of Pulmonary Consumption his ply siciahs
having pronounced hiS case hopeless, and abandoned
him TO his fate. lie was cured byihe aforesaid med
icines, and since his recovery many thousands rim
ilary afflicted have used his preparations with the
same remarkable success Full directions accompa-
ny EACH making it not absolutely necessary to per
sonally see DIR. Schenck unless patients wish their
lungs examined
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15

Ha person has consumption. OF course the hung
in some way art diseased, either tunercles abscesses
bronchial irritatons, pieura adhesion exist, the
iungs mass ofinaamaiion and fast decaying
In such cases whsi must be doBel II is not only the
lungs that wasting but 1t Is the whole body
The stomach and liver have lost their power 10 make
blood out flood, Now, the only chance Is 10 take
DR.. Scheneks three medicines. which will bring mp
tone to the stomach the patient will begin to want
food it will digest easily and make good blood then
the patient begins to gain in flesh, and the
body bgins to grow the lungs commence to heal up.
and the patient gets heshy and well. This is the
only way 10 cure Consumption.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15

These watc heshave Equilibrium eseapements, chro-
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These watches awarded the Grand Prize at
the Paris Exposition of 1851 for the best perform
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full assortment constantly on hand for sale by
QUINCHER q KRUGLER, Is Maiden Lane, (np
sfairs) New York Only wholesale agents for the
manufacturers 9-25d1y
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15
A CARD 10 THE LADIES.
DUPONCO'S
GOLDEN PERIODICAL PILLS.

n
some period OF her life viii fnd DUPONCo'S
GOLDEN PILLS Just the medicine she needs.
For NERVOUS DEBILITY HEAD
ACHE, FALNTNESS, dc,
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THE GENUINE are in (WHITEl Boxes, and upon
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Druggist in every town, village, city ard hamlet
throughout the world.
Sold by Smith & BOnney and all wholesale and re
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LADIES by sanding 500 to any Of the above, to
the Post Oftice. can have the Pills sent teonhden
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The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15

Ter u Ibf sue p -uE uiai 10 Ffet 70 hc1tth-
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Single Tickets, $3.50; Eleven Tickets,
$500; Fifty six Tickets, Sl25.00; One
Hundred and Fifteen Tickets, S250.0O.
The drawing will be made under the superin-
tendence OF a committee appointed by the highest
officials in the STATE duly the faithful per
foTmance of the duties assigned them.
The highest officials both Of City, County aud
State, have not only dorsed Mr.. Abcles. but also
his scheme.
The IL mand for tickets is unpar He'd, and all de-
string to participate in the drawing should at once
form their clubs and send in th,ir orders.
4 gents Wanted an all States, Cities and
To,cRS IN the Z. s. and CGRdtidS.
sFF~ Money should be sent by Regis cred Letter,
p o. 0rder or Express. with the fail address of the
purchaser in plain writing.
Every package of II tickets has chance to win IL
prizes but positively certain to win one, while one
person out of every ten who purchase package of
II is bound TO win two prizes
For further information and particulars send for
circulars TO the Manager and opri tor, and ad-
dress SIMON ABELES.
9-30-tts3m. LEAyENwOETH, Kansas.
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THE BECKwTTH $40 PORTABLE FAMILY
SEWING MACHINE, ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL;
many advantages over all Satisfaction guaranteed
or so refunded Sent complete with full directions
Beckvith Sewing Machine Co. $50 Broadway n. n.
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A N.vEIEY .i0B PAINTING PKESs
n IL the m st profit bic means of
skX/SU afiveF It's n L at an pos lilly b.
employed; with enc. and a few
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doing busin -. az who mar TIA
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hi ion o al = ock fs- more fleet
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u o. newspaper nj ing Few
ISL u eml sesu,euis offer zreasor attrac,
81 Ii rs as an a n, semen than rint-
XS4@ ng and a. m a - of lis rue 10
a ne or oya 81 girls. il g ent rely
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tndiss are peri ectly sapahte Of Going all the job
printing In tn If aIher's business.
Franch Office, 5;3 Bro dway and So NJ rctr is,
Ye K Kelly, Howell It Luawig. 9i5 Market
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ii. MARIA LEACH.


BOsToN HIGHLANDS Oct. l. 1877
Dr. KENNEDY. Dear Sir:-I hereby certify that
was Afflicted for five years with a severe cough
and raising blood after any violent exerton.
commenced taking your Prairie Weed about two
years ago. and have not raised any blood for eight
cen months past and believe that owe to your
medicine the health which yainly sought from
many physicians and medicines. / would be glad
10 have you refer any one TO me who wishes to
know what the Prairie Weed has done for me-
JAMES T. BIogNELL,
Letter-Carrier,P ton Highlands, Mass.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-15
CRAPPED HANDS,

In healthy condition the skin is kept
supple by an oily secretion, which answers
the same purpose as oiling leather. Dur
ing warm weather this secretion, in con-
mon with all the other secretions of the
skin, is more abundant thanin cold. When
it is insufficient the skin becomes dry and
harsh and on those parts of the body
where the skin is thick and subject to
motion as on the hands, it readily cracks
or assures The amount of this secretion
is so much reduced in cold weather that
the frequent washing of the hands with
soap causes them to chap readily, and this
the more certainly if the soap is not wash
ed off. The alkali in soap is usually in ex.
cess, and this combines with the oily Sc
oretian, and 50 deprives the skin of its nat
ural lubricater. To prevent the hands
from chapping, then, be careful to wash
all soap from them thoroughly in clean
water. This will ordinarily suffice; but, if
not, it will be necessary to make good the
removed oil by using KENNEDY'S SALT
RHEUM OINTMENT, sure cure for all
skin diseases of whatever name or nature.
| PRICE so CENTS. Sold by druggists.
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