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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-07

HIGH AND Low PRICES. Perhaps there
is no question Of political economy that
presents itself so often to all classes of
society as the simple question of high
and low prices. To determine whether
thing is dear" or "cheap," we must
consider both the price asked and the
quality or character of the thing But
as incomprehensible as it may appear,
experience supplies the evidence that so
per cent. of all persons who make pur-
chases and give money equivalent for
the thing, right or privilege bought. de.
eide the question adversely to their ow n
intelest, by mainly considering only one
element, the price. 1t cannot be denied
but that one yard of calico may be dear
at lOc,, and another cheap at l5c.; that
one pound of butter may be dear at 20c.,
and another cheap at 4Oc.; that one
barrel of flour may be dear at 81,
another cheap at 50; of course in
each of these cases quality and price
were both duly considered. These
facts are so clearly self-evident that
they may be considered as automatic
truths, which furnish the base of all
transactions of purchase and sale. And
what is true in transactions OF this char
acter is equally true in all classes of bus
iness transactions wherever an exchange
Of value is involved. Thus: The pre-
scription of quack doctor for 81 may be
dearer than one at S. from a competent
physician; the services of an efficient
clerk at $50 per month may be dearer
than the services of a really competent
one at $50; the services and counsel of a
poor lawyer may be dearer at $40 than
the services and counsel in the same case
of frst-class attorney at $50 or $100i
and the instruction given by inefficient
and unfaithful teachers at any price, OF
for nothing, may be far dearer than the
instruction given by frst-class schools
for frst-class prices. Commercial Re.
view,
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-07

The SLEEP OF PLANTs.-The phenom-
elon called the sleep of plants was first
observed by the illustrious Swedish bo-
'anlst, Linnaus. He remarked in the
lrd's.foot trefoil the difference between
the attitude of the leaves during the day
and night. He almost Immediately con-
cluded that this would prove to be gen.
eral phenomenon in vegetable life. Con-
tlnuing his observations, Linnaus soon
satisfied himself that this change in the
position OF the leaves during the night is
observable IN many vegetables. He re.
garded the absence of light, and not the
nocturnal cold, as the principal cause of
the phenomena; for plants in lighthouses
close themselves during the night, like
those IN the open air. He found
'he difference between waking and
sleeping to be much less ap.
parent in young plants than in more ma
sure ones being most clearly indicated
among the compound leaves. The OBJ
Ject' he thought, is to shelter the young
shoots from the effect of the air. These
strange phenomena occur in all hygro-
me,ical conditions of the atmosphere,
ana are unlntluenced by changes of tenn
per"ure: De Candolle, supposing the
cause OF this strange phenomena to
.e me absence of light, subjected plants
10 .he action of artificial light, with very
saried results. He concluded, from his
experiments. that the movements of
sleeping and waking are connected with
some disposition inherent in the vegeta-
oe, out which is thrown into special ac-
uslty BY the stimulating action Of light,
sm NHich acts with different intensity on
inherent vegetables, so that the same
AMOUNT OF light produces different results
IN different species.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-07
DIR. BRENA AN,
DR.. PAUL M. Brennan,

NNHE CELEBRATED PHYSICIAN AND MED
i ICAL LECTURER, has taken up his head
quarters in San Francisco, 1877 Montgomery
street. opposite the Occidental Hotel entrance
Large Rooms and the best accommodations for
both sexes. Hundreds of Patients have been
cured by DR.. Brenan after other physicians have
failed. His recipes are used by the leading
specialists of New York and Philadelphia. Send
for his List of printed Questions and his printed
Circulars You who want true physicians
services correspondence will be answered by
return mail on receipt Of stamp. Dr. Brenan
will send prescription known as THE NEW
REORGANIZATION for the cure of all dis
ease of the genito urinary organs, including dis
ease of the Kidneys Bladder, Sexual Organs and
Glands, which never fails to cure when used ac-
cording to directions. This prescription is in
valuable, as it thoroughly restores the Natural
Powers of the body when lost by disease
nervous debility self-abuse. Price of pre-
scription $1,000, forwarded to any address. The
Doctor will carefully compound the prescrip-
tion and send the medicine by express for 1890
$1,000 to be paid in advance and $500 on receipt
of the medicine, which is warranted in every
case. Address DR.. Paul NJ. Brenan. 1877 Mont
gomery street, or his private Postofiice Box 29l
Send for private circular containing many things
worth knowing. se9-tf
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-07
SAN FRANCISCO AGENT.

z. w. CRANE, 426 Montgomery street, Is SOLE
Agent for the PIocHE DAILY RECORD, author-
lied TO contract and collect for advertise
menfs, at our lowest cash rates, in coin. Ad-
vertisers are requested to leave their orders
with him, as none other will be recognized.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-07
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.


JOB WORK.
Done at the RECORD office in the best style
known to the art; and must be paid for ON de-
livery. unless persons having the work done
have standing accounts with the Office. No de.
Walton from this rule
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-07

a. hLodG says he was knocked almost
,ba. a' me other day by suddenly rejecting
ina; ina. nearly all the pretty girls are but
'nclplent mothers-in-lax.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-07

C.iDIEs LADIES in delicate health should go to
colorado. y The case of Mrs. Prather of
a.;. u1luen City shows the wonderful restor-
na n,,Se effects OF the climate. She could
~ no, n, even sweep her home when she lived
.r, al ohio, but in less than a year after her
anas ,ital IN the Territory she chased her
pitchfork. ~ wa
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

WORMS IN Your BLOoD.-Some time age
Assistant Surgeon Lewis, of the British army
having been assigned to special duty under
the sanitary commission for the Government
of India, in examining the urine and blood
of certain patients discovered the existence
of living, active worms hitherto unobserved.
These worms are 115 of an inch in length,
and have transverse diameter of 1880 Of an
inch. They are SO numerous as to be found
in blood drawn from any part of the body,
and so persistent that they may exist in the
system for months or years without any
marked evil consequences being observed 1t
is said, however, that they may give rise to
serious diseases, and ultimately cause death
These worms appear, through the microscope,
like incompletely developed snakes; they
move incessantly,coiling and uncoillng them.
selves, and rushing about among the blood
corpuscles in all directions They do not
appear to exist anywhere but in the blood
and urine.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

A DOMESTIC VIEW ON SMoKINa.-A lady
writes to the N. Y. Herald: IL happened tC
be the wife of an inveterate smoker, and dc
boldly avow that | love the PERFUMES of q
good cigar better than the richest perfumes OF
Arabia. think there is nothing more delight
full, and l am never more happy than when
my husband is by my side, with slippers on
and fragrant Havana between his lips-a
picture Of home comfort which many poor
man has never seen, who is driven from
home by cross, selfish wife, who would
rather send her husband to the club orworse
smoke"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

Use FOR THE MosQUITo.-Of what posi-.
bic use mosquitoes could DO in the economy
of nature has been an unsolved puzzle to most
of the human family even those who have a
profound faith in the utility of all things.
But science has answered that question at
last The infant mosquito is discovered to
be the best food which the trout-breeders can
give to the young fish Mr.. Mather, of Honey
Falls, N, practical trout.raiser, raises mos
quitoes also for his tinny pets. With two
barrels OF stagnant rain-water he creates mos
quitoes for each thousand fry, and the youth,
full mosquito is strained out Of its native
barrel and incontinently thrown to the fishes.
Luckily the fish are hungry fellows and de,
your these Larvae greedily. If it were not for
this way of getting red of them, Mr.. Mathers
neighbors might consider this mosquito rails,
ing business nuisance.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

"REMINISCENCES OF AN OLD PRINTER.-In
Philadelphia in a small court in the rear OF
what was known then as No. So Market ST.,
many years ago was located the building
where Franklin carried on the printing bust.
ness. In the autumn Of 1927, the writer of
this first tried "his prentice hand" at "the art
preservativc Of all arts, in the same building,
under Mr. John Clark, who printed the Re.
Hgi0us Messenger, Methodist weekly paper
Upon a partition in the composing room, on
Visitors" signed "B. Franklin" which was
copied and printed in the Messenger, and
hundreds came to see this relic of the old
typo. The caution is as necessary now as
ii was then:
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

Punch prints the following under the cap
ton, England and Germany
British Nimrod (who has shot lions and
tigers in South Africs) THE fact is, Herr
Muller, that don't care much for sport un.
less it contains the elements of danger"
German Nimrod. Zach 20, you are won't
ef tsincher' Den you school NIT mel w,
ally de oder tay schoodet my btoder. in-law
in dc shdomagl'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

How TO BEGIN AN ARTICLE FOR PUBLIcA-
TIoN-A great many people are apt to hit up.
on happy ideas in society, and when they go
home they write them out for publication
and most of these good folks know how hard
it is to begin an article satisfactorily. A word
to them: Commence with your very finest
writing and most beautifully grounded senten
ces. Introduce your subject in your most
elaborate style, be poetical, rhetorical, didac
tic, as your mood may be, and when you
think fit, gradually drop into the discussion
of the subject matter. When the article is
finished, begin at the opening sentence, and
read it until you have commenced to say
something to the point Stop at this place
strike out everything before it, and let your
article begin just there. You will then probe;
bly, find that it opens well, and that by col
lecting all your labored composition in one
place where it can be readily stricken out
you will have saved yourself all the trouble
that would have been necessary had it been
scattered through the article.-Frdnk Il
Stockton, in Scribner's for May
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

USE OF "OLD PROB."-It will be remem
bered that on the 9th of June the New York
Yacht Club undertook 10 sail its annual prize
regatta but the race was a fiat failure for
want of wind, The Atlantic Club, of brook.
Ign, had arranged its regatta for the 9th, bu,
not caring to repeat the failure of the New
York Club, took occasion TO telegraph Old
Probabilities" asking what sort of weather
was likely TO prevail on the day proposed
The reply came promptly that there would
probably be warm and clear weather, east
erly and southeasterly winds, varying from
gentle TO fresh" This was q good prospect
and the race was accordingly sailed. TIL,
weather experienced was precisely what Gen
Myer had predicted
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05

That was wise saying of a farmer when
he made the remark that " if you want your
boy to stay at home, don't bear too hard on
the grindstone when he turns the crank"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05
ID EhONALl.
Very New and Stylish Suits

~ every kind OF Spring Goods The ladies win do vs =
drop Aad look 9, the new patterns as vel ss ne HeSl
nvel elf1trng Chart for sale and Instructions gvcn
The best dress chart used may
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05
CAUTION.

All You that come this curious art to see
To handle anything must cautious be-
Lest by n slight touch, ere you're aware,
That mischief may be done you can't repair.
Lo, this advice we give to every stranger:
Look on in welcome, but to touch, there's danger!
B. FRANKLIN.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-03

COMMERCIAL
Flour-Dull; super western and state 4 6atd5 TO-
common to good extra s 6506 15; good TO cholce
3is1tT 90, white wheat western extra @4e loi
extra Ohio o 15gs 30; St. Louis 60gl0 75.
Rye Flour-Quiet and lower at zoos %.
Corn Meal-Steadv; western 3edG3 40.
Whisky-Easer at 92l4. -
Wheat-DuIl and lower; rejected spring s1aB
30; 20 2 Chicago spring ! AZ No spring 92
No. 2 Milwaukee 4sl11 40.
Rye-Dull: western S0GS3.
Bariey-Steady; Canada West 10.
Malt-Quiet state 90.
Corn-Steady with fair demand; steamer west,
ern mixed 5IGI59; high mixed yellow 54G5s' OLD
and new mixed western 55; white western 81
Oats-Steady and in moderate demand new
mixed western 45G4G; white western 5o853; black
western 44lI45.
Wool-steady; Oregon 3315 unwashed comb
ings 43; Ohio fleece 1880; extra pulled 43@4'ta
Eggs-Firm western I7@I1753.
Coffee-Firm Rio 1TGlsA,
Sugar-Steady; fair to good refining Is9t9S
MOiasses-Firm New Orleans 61tGbS
Rice-Steady at 7440ES4a,
| Pork-Steady; new mess ID 5Ggl3 10 prime mess
| is 6214. 49, oo -
! Il 25Ql12 50.
Middles-Quiet.
| Lard-Steady; western steam for July ols9s l3
| 10; August g
! Butter-Steady; western 1898
Cheese-Steady at laB124,
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st. Louis Market.

.
Flour-Firmer but unchanged; super winter 90
a rs; extra winter 25QB5 90; AX 25io6 %; XAA
5O6I7 %.
Wheat-Scarce but firm and higher; soft No .
spring 10; sample lots of No red fall 40.
Corn-Quiet; No mixed 35 cash and July; 374s
August 40d4l sacked.
oats-Quiet: No 27Q2Tss cash; 32td33 sacked
Barey-No ominal
Rye-Dull: No 2, $685..
Whisky-Quieta at 50.
Pork-More active: small lots at Is 75: round
lots IL 90.
Bulk Meats-More active; clear 81
Bacon-Quiet; clear sides 10.
Lard-Duli; choice kettle s4s.
Hogs-Better At 4 00d04 80.
Cattle-Quiet; wintered Texans a5Cg4 rs; fair
prime natives 1895 50.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-03

A SEVERE TEsT.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch" was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is a fact worthy the attention Of consum-
ore
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-03

Soreness of the breast or lungs, or liver
difficulties, are relieved by placing two or
three thicknesses of flannel wet with
Renne's Pain-Killing Magic Oil over the
soreness when retiring to bed at night
Try it. One application will help you very
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-03
LOCAL NOTICES.

PEOPLE have been so humbugged with
dirty, poisonous hair preparations, that
tbey hail with delight the new article
stvled Natures Hair Restorative. Clear
as crystal. and it does the work most eff
fectually. See advertisement
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-03

We see by the Chicago papers that
PROCTOR & GAMBLE have reduced the
price of their long established and popular
brand NOTIFIED GERMAN Soar, its pres
ent price and superior quality makes it the
cheapest as we'll as the best soap for con-
sumers 6-23d3m
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Chicago Market.

Flpur-Dull and unchanged.
Wheat-Quiet; No. l spring 2301 a4; No. ?
regular IL July l 1544 August 1 1873 rejected
80.
Corn-Quiet and higher No. regular and July
34as bid August 3Ti4 @B3T3a rejected 32lsM33.
Oats-Quiet and 1aa1c lower; No. regular 81
bid July 2s4s q a9l4 August 2S9s bid rejected 259
Rye Steady at 81 for No .; 55@68 for sample
lots.
Barley Nominal: No. . regular 81 l. rejected p.
Iork-Firm and 25ltS6c better cash IA 25taI4 10
August IA 1a014 10 for round tote.
Lard-Neak; cash at 0a4fS o5. August % q
s 25.
Bacon Meats-Steady; shoulders ia clear ribs
ga clear sides 9as hams l34l4
Whisky-Quiet al IS
buttur-Firln At IS,920 for choice.
Eggs-I fair request at 128l21g.
Timothy seed-Sales at4 ".
LIVE STOCK.
| Receipts 225 head. Market active ant
firmer for good grades with prices shade better
fair steers 1855 50; choice 6005 80; extra O'
i G16 40.
| Hogs-Receipts 10,03s head. Market fairly ac
| tive and firm at 4 05Ql4 T5 for common 10 yer,
choice with most sales at AGA 60
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New York.

NEW YoRK, July ,,
Money-Easy al 4Qg5 per cent.
Gold-Closed at I54s@l 15i4-
Governments-Quiet and closed strong.
Il ~
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-03

NEVER SAW THEIR EQUAL-The editor
wis. Courant says we do not hest
tate to recommend DR.. Prices Cream
Baking Powder and Special Flavorings
We use none other in our family, and
they more than meet our expectations,
knowing these articles to be of rare ex-
cellence, we have no hesitation in urging
every housekeeper in the land to give
them a trial, feeling satisfied that they will
indorse their claims for purity, strength
and quantity.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-03

AN ITEM WORTH NOTING. The follow
ing was overheard on one of the street
cars in Saint Louis ''Dr. McCabe's Med
icated Blackberry Brandy, sir. saved two
of my children from the grave Our fam
lily physician had given them up; and now,
sir, we will not be without this remedy
Money is no consideration for it; no family
in the city should be without it. This
man uttered the sentiments of hundreds
of thousands 6-3d&w2w.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-03

r.,s asantifaI Mower IA now go well known,
throughout the United States and Europe, mat II
rrnnires no recommendation lover 1900 sold In
Mower with AN ADJUSTABLE HANrLE-
lOinch cut, Croquet Mower, oeaatnnl nttle
machine for small lawns, croquet grounds, GENE,
yesrs, price sso; Is-ineh, $a2; IA inch standard
SIZE, ss5 asinch, pony, $40, q inch, horse, Ior
pph3ne warranted to give perfect satisfaction. We
challenge the world to a trial, and to proance
machipe its equal Try 1t and you will BUY no
other. Send for Illustrated Circulars
MANUFACTURED BIZ
| THE HILLS nARGHMtDEaN' LAWN MOWER COkPahIr
| COLTS ARMoRY, HARTFORD, CONN.
| sY- For sale By SPENCER q NoFIsAaE3hs ~
Rock Island, Ills. sSes1
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-03

HENDERsoN's BUcHU, the great diuretic
and unfailing remedy for all diseases of
the Kidneys and Bladder, also for Dys-
pepsia or Indigestion, Flatulency, or Wind
in the stomach. The most distressing
cases of Female Weakness and Uterine
Complaints are permanently cared by
Henderson's Buchu 1t is unequaled by
any known remedy for the cure of Dropsy,
Gravel, and all Gouty and Rheumatic
affections 1t is a specific remedy for ex-
pelling all Pain and Tape Worms, 1t Is
prescribed by eminent physicians IN
Chronic Affections of the Liver. For sale
by all druggists. See advertisement IL
this issue, eod&wly
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-03
WEST OF NEW YORK.

WEST OF NEW YORK.
ol1 vds Black silk at 81; 1S0; AS 100; 80
S0 rds colOred dress silks VI 81; Las; i So rs
a10npward.
"a I'm isncy dress silk at New York retail prices.
f05 fns Japanese Silk 35c 45 50, former price 10,
III ip0
da{ xds French and Irish Poplins at New York re-
II nisces Of black and colored Alpaccas from 25c
4pusrd
W leces latest style Of Spring and Summer Dress
{oas at l7c as 80 IS, 40, 50, former prices, 25c,
& %, IS. ,-,--
Il sieces polka dot striped and figured percales,
i0o oieees striped and figured lawns.
1 m6 T1s Grenadesnes at tic, 20 25, IS, upward.
nm 46s grass cloth and linin suitings at lie, IS,
o0 & upward, cheap.
4 larRe line Victoria and Bishop lawns.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-03

|kratifying to us to inform the public that DR..
!. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial, for Throat
sng Diseases has gained an enviable reputa-
kom the Atlantic to the Pscific coast, and
&ence to some OF the first families Europe.
.bugh the press alone, but by persons through
B States actually benefited and cured at this
Nwhile he publishes less, so say our report
IL unable to supply the demand. Ii gains
Hds its reputation
n Not by stopping cough, but by loosening
6asting nature % throw Of the unhealthy
Il collected about the throat and bronchial
2Fhich causes irritation.
I'd. It removes the causes OF irritation
&produces cough) of the mucous membrane
tnchial tubes, assists the lungs to act and
&G the unhealthy secretions, and puriaes the
85 1t Is free from squills, lobelia, ipicac ant
4%ef which most throat and lung remedieI
posed, which allay cough only, and disor
the stomach. 1t has soothing eject on th'
"a kidneys, and every part of the system, ant
Ethvigorating and purifying effects It ha
"a reputation which it must hold above al
ln the market.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-03

KuNKEL's BITTER WINE OF Iron
This truly valuable tonic has been so
thoroughly tested by all classes of the COM
munity that it is now deemed indispensable
as Tonic medicine. 1t costs but little,
purifes the blood and gives tone to the
stomach, renovates the system and pro-
longs life. Everybody should have it.
For the cure of Weak Stomachs, Gene
raj Debility, Indigestion, Diseases of the
Stomach, and for all cases requiring a
tonic
This wine includes the most agreeable
and efficient Salt Of Iron we possess
Citrate of Magnetic Oxide, combined with
the most agreeable of vegetable tonnes
| Yellow Peruvian Bark.
| Do you want something to strengthen
you?
Do you want a good APPETITE?
Do you want to get rid of nervousness.
| Do ycu want energy?
Do you want to sleep well?
Do you want to build up your constitu-
| ton
Do you want to feel well?
Do you want brisk and vigorous feeling
If you do try kunkels Bitter Wine o.
Iron
| only ask a trial of this valuable tonic
Beware of counterfeits, as kunkels Bit
ter Wine of Iron is the only sure and eff
fectual remedy in the known world for thu
permanent cure of Dyspepsia and Debility
and as there are number of limitations of
fered to the public, I would caution tn
community to purchase none but the gen
uine article, manufactured by f. F. Kun
kel, and having his stamp on the cork o
every bottle. The very fact that other
are attempting to initiate this valuabl
remedy, proves its worth and speaks vol
umes in its favor.
Sold only in 81 bottles. Sold by Drug
t gists and dealers everywhere, and in Roc
: Island by Smith Il Bonney and job
d Bengston.