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The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-11-11
n. MARIA LEACH


$50 BosToE HIGHLANDS, Oct /, 1872.
DIR. KRNNEDY Dear Sir:--I hereby certify that
was afflicted for five years with severe cough,
and raising blood after any violent exertion.
commenced taking yoar Prairie Weed about two
years ago, and have not raised any blood for eight
cen months past, and believe thatI owe to your
medicine the health which vainly sought from
many physicians and medicines. ! would be glad
to have yon refer any one to me who wishes to
know what the Prairie Weed has done for me.
JAMES T. BIcKNBLI,
Letter-Csrrier, Boston Highlands, Mass.
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liza person has Consumption, of course the lungs
in way are diseased either tuSerces abseesses
bronchial irritatioDs pleara adhesion exist or the
Lungs a mass Of Inclination and fast decayinel
In such cases what must be fones Il Is oniy the
lungs that are wasting but II is the whole body.
Fhe stomach and liver have iosttheir bower 10 make
blood out of food Now. the only chance Is 10 take
Dr.. Scheuck's 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 gain in flesh, and As the
body b-ginz TO grow the lungs commence to heal up,
and the patient ger- hrshy and well. This IL the
only way to cnre CONSUMPTION.
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CHAPPED naEDs.

In a healthy condition the kin is kept
supple by an oily secretion, which answers
the same purpose as oiling leather. Dur
ing warm weather this secretion, in COM
mon with all the other secretions of the
skin, is more abundant than ncold. 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 alkah in soap is usually in ex-
cess, and this combines with the oily se=
erection, and so deprives the skin of its nat
ural lubricator. To prevent the hands
from chapping, then, be careful to wash
all soap from them thoroughly in clean
water. This will ordinarily suffice; but, il
not, It will be necessary to make good the
removedpil byusing KENNEDY s SALT
RHEUM OINTMENT, sure cure for all
skin diseases Of whatever name or nature.
PRICE so CENTS. Sold by druggists
3-ldly
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"a =, ,,-, ,ineat Tor lsoys CT girls, it Is entirely
without rival. Most youths, aside from their
studies are perfectly capable of doing all the JOB
printing in their fathers business
Branch Office, 543 Bro .dway and IS Mercer SITS,
New 70 k Kelly, Howell & Ludwig, 917 Market
street Philadelphia. l027uu
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THE BECKwFrH go PORTABLE FAMILY
SEWING MACHINE, or THIRTY DAYS TRIAL.
or $50 refunded Sent complete with ulItireetions
BecEyith Sewing Machine Co.. sd2 Broadway, n \
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when thsre Is no lung disease and only Liver
Complaint and Dyspepsia Schenk's Seaweed Tonic
and Mandrake Pills sufficient. without the Pull
monte syrup, Take the Mandrake Pills freely ia all
bilious complaints, thew perfectly harmless.
DR.. Schenek who has enjoyed uninterrupted health
for many years past, and now weighs 225 pounds,
was wasted away To mere skeleton, in the very
last stage of Pulmonary Consumption his physicians
having pronounced hlr case hopeless and abandoned
him to his fate. He was cured by the Aforesaid med
cines, and since his recovery many thousands Elm
arly afflicted have used his preparations with the
same remarkable success. Full directions accompa
ny each, making it absolutely necessary to per
sonAly see DIR. Schenck, unless patients wish theiI
lungs examined.
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DIP IO M A,
AWARDED BY THE
American Institute,
7oJ. ". MCKEE,

Embroidsring and Fluting Machines.
III is Ingenious and will meet the wants of every
matron IN the land"
Exhibition of 1879.
John E Gavit, ReC. Sec'y. +, A barhAru'Fre
samuel d. Tillman, Corresponding secy
7-EI New York Nov, 20, 1sT2
This simple and ingenious machine Is as useiai as
with ladies in the place of expensive Neede-work
it, work being much more handsome, requlflHnlg
less time and not onc-tsnth part the expense 40
lady's toilet l. now complete without H. Ma
rhige win illustrated circular and full instructions
sent nm receipt Of Sa or finished in silver plate fo'
S2.75. =, A Aii,i, sss;;rr,.pr,,f, no
.. 400 Broadway, New York.
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the great reason why physicians do mol cure Com
sumption is, they Try to do TOO much they give
medicine to stop The cough, to stop the chils, TO
stop night sweats hetic fever, and by doing they
derange the whole digestive powers locking up the
ecretons and eventually the patient snks and dies.
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DR.. schenck in hi treatment does not try 10 stop
cough, night Sweets. ehill- or fever. Remove the
cause and they will all stop of their own accord No
one can be cured Of Consumption, Liver Complaint,
Dyspepsia, CatArrh. Canker, liberated Throat, un-
less the liver and stomach are made healthy.
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The drawing will be made under the sqperin-
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The highest officials both of City, County and
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The demand for tickets il unparalleled. and all de-
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These watches were awarded the Grand Prize al
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A CARD TO THE LADIES.
DUPONCO'S
GOLDEN PERIODICAL PILLS.

] some ptrlOd OF ueT nc WI! Al'V ~ C-'NS
GOLDEN PILLS Just the medicine she needs
For NER FOUS DEBILITY, HEAD
ACHE, FALNTNESS, dc,
They never fail and may he depended upon in every
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through cold or disease. They always give lmmedt-
ate relief lady writes Duponco's Golden Pills
relieved me in one day, without inconvenience, ike
ma &c.
each box my private REVENUE STAMP, and the words
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and the box is signed -. D. HOWE
Fun and explicit direcuons accompany each box
Price 800 per box. six boxes 500 Sold by one
Druggist in every town, village, city ard hamlet
throughout the world.
Sold by smith i BOnney and all wholesale and re
tail druggists in Rock Island
LADIES, by sanding Sl.OO TO any OF the above, to
the Post Once. can have the Pills sent jtonaden
tally by mail TO any part OF the country free oil
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Sold by all Druggists at 81 90 yer bottle. Manu-
featured by DR. KENNEDY, 40 Warren street,
Ex.xh ami
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BATH, Me-, Feb. II, 1873.

BATH, ME-, Feb. II, 1873.
Nh. KENNEDY. Dear Sir:-I sit down to pen YOU
a few lines this evening, to inform you that the
Prairie Weed you sent me last fall has done me
much good truly have not words to express my
gratittIde TO you for it. My health has not been 30
good for the last twenty years as it has been since
commenced taking he Prairie Weed in November
last, thank you thousands Of times for it. Not
one night since last December have been Obliged
TO sit 10 one hour with phthisic since | have been
taking your medicine. Ny health is so improved
this winter that / work all the time ct light
work. so | more than pay my board, and that il
what have not been able 10 do for Il long time
Your huelble servant,
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CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA,

DC, &C
nSMUNFS COD LIVER OIL AND LACTo
u Phosphate of Lime cures Con imp ION, .Scfoiu-
IA COughs and colds Asthma, Hoarseness, Bron-
chit &c In Pm mouary Consumption, this prep
aration far exceeds IN efficacy any other remedyor
combination of remedies, ever employed. In tue
various secof Ions disc ses such external CLAM
aular scrofua disc OF the joints and spine, ca
rious ulcers, rick is, &c, the result has been MOI
gratifying. s Id by druggists at 81; hoi1es %
CHARLES A. OSMuN, Chemist and Druggist,
H. IT. avenue. New IerS.
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Dr. Schenrk and his son. II. sehenck, Jr., VI. D.
professionally their store Northeast corner Of
sixth and Arch streets. Philadelphia every Saturday
All advice given free Of charge, but FOR thorough
examination BY the Respirometer the price Is IS.
This instrument willdetect the slightest movement
of the respiratory organs by it be readily de
termined whether the disease is tubercular, bron-
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PRIZE LIST.

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the reach ii all he greatest opportunity ever Of
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oATA7aE, INFLUENZA AND HAY FEVER

or Summer Colds which often end in serious Lung
trouble, cured by the Inhalation of DIR. Kennedy's
Prairie Weed.
am perfectly amazed at the remarkable cures of
severe bleeding and consumption of the lungs
which this new remedy performs for me every
week. Send for a circular
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Watch Buyers Affection

The undersigned
respectiulIycall az
'ention Of person
contemplating the
purchase of watch
e. to the superior
ity of the celebrat-
ed Nickle Move
ments, manufac-
tured by Messrs,
BoKEL & CoUR-
N0lSIER, of Neu
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Ladies' sizes, Key
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Schenck's MandraNe pills act upon the liver, re
moving all distractions. relax the ducts of the gall
bladder the bile starts freely, and the liver Is soon
relieved the STOOLS viii show what the Pills can do
nothing has ever been Invented except calonel Ia
deadly poison which very dangerous TO use unless
with great care this. will unlock the gall BLADDER
and start the secreti0ns Of the liver like Schenk'
Mandrake Pills.
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Liver Complaint j. one of the most prominent
causes of Consumption.
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CARB0LATED COD LIVER OIL

l. not a secret empirical nOstrnm. 1t is happy
combination OF two remedies known 20 physicians
everywhere ~ the best means of combating con
sumption. This combination Is Mr.. Wilson's dir
coYerN. and l. fonnded npon the following
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DIR. sCHENcKs MEDICINES are prepared only
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. ~ ROYNTCN.

Front view N teeth, showing dress and set Of tive
points to cutin line. 2-1adoc&Wlg
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-07-24
Tha Kannwha Vallev.


The following extract is taken from q
letter vdltcnby j D. Davidson, to tho
Lexington Va, Gt:cttc
This Valley commences al the junction
Of the Ncwaul Greenbricr rivers 33 milcS
above Charleston, aud extends 90 miles
northwest to Point Pleasant at tho mouth
OF the EpnawhO river, on the Qhio, about
midway between Pitsburg and Cincinnati
The basin formed by this river and its tri,
butarics midway between the AllCghauies
on the east aud Kentucky on the west,
comprises within the county Of Nicholas,
FayCtlc, Boone, BrOxlon, Clay, Webster,
Knuawhu, Lincoln, Putnam, aud Mason,
with an aggregate of 5000 square miles
and population Of about 10000. 1t lica
between the 37th aud S9h parallels OF
latitude about the same as that Of Palestine
with an atipdCObovC the sea varying
from 600 to . 600 feet with the alternating
temperature ofmountain regions, whilst la
valley climate is uniformly genial and
tropical in greater degree than that Of our
own NallCyofYirgiuia Nearly aContury
ago, Washington cast his eyes upon this
valley of wealth, forosawils future great.
ness and predicted the union Of tho James
and the Ohio, But Virginia, like a rich
mother, lavish Of her favors to others, but
forgetting her own interests, has rcposcd,
like Sleeping Beauty upon her couch OF
wealth, giving away empires and sending
out her trained sons 'and daughters to
people and build up tho colonies Of tho
South and the great Northwest,
Aud strange to say, the century which
has passed over this Valley and our Valley
Of Virginia, too itsiOud developing thoip
own wealth has been building up surround.
ing States, and left them nearly rs undo,
ycIorod as they were QUO hundred yoars
ago Whilst Cincinnati aud Pllsburg,
with their few hundred inhabitants in
1900, now count them by hundreds of
thousands and their forgcs and furnaces
create dnily new wealth and enterprise,
these Valleys yet sleep quietly in their
beauty aud hear not the hum of industry,
Many causes have retarded our material
progress and abreast right pcroSs tho
track 1t would be a vain work to speak
of them now Let US remember the past
only rs a monitor to make the most Of tho
present, that the grandeur Of our future
may be more than we have ever dreamed
of, aud such as God intended it to bO,"
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been appointed 10 borrow $2,0pO on the credit
Of thrlown, while the lax has been increased 10
50 cents on the SlOl Ii is said by eminent
lawyers that the town cannot legally borrow
money, aud we believe the Mayor admits that.
Such are the facts as they present themselves,
and without enlarging further upon them,
would suggest that the Common Council be
brought to stand still by an injunction.
II was glorious thing hat our fore fathers
of '76 waded in blood 10 their knees that ciIi'
zens Of Point Pleasant, ,wbo themselves have 10
wade 10 their knees in mud to reach their p|a'
ces of business at this late date, might be
taxed to death, that cows may walk 10 water
dry shod, and that graded aud bo'hdered
"fcrryroad" might be built for the accommO'
datioa OF the owners Of the ferry landing,
with the privilege of charging all who cross
the Kanawha or Ohio 10 cents each, and in the
Writer as much as 81 each.
Wemay say more in regard to this matter
At another time. With The hope that all tax
payers in this "much improved" city will in-
vestigare these shameful and u9iusufable ex'
pcnditurcs of their money, and that the nGces'
sary stcpswill be taken 10 cnioin the town an'
tnorilies from borrowing money aud building
these roads, remain for the present.
WAND STREET.
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THE SCATTERED HOUSEHOLD.


The family group is gathered, and all are hap.
ny there;
The cheerful glance and word pass round, for
life wilu them is fair.
A full unbrokcu household met it is pleas
ant sight
The mohcrs smile is swecter then--thc faith.
ers glance more bright
There is another gathering, but one is wanting
there;
The youth who sat beside his sire comes not
10 fill his chair.
Tho churthyard bears another slone-thc
miss'd one sleeps beneath,
The cheerful smile doth pass round, but thou
art felt OIL Death.
Again there is gathering, but where is she
whose smile
Was went 10 AXE our breasts so gad-our
fathers care bfgulr?
In vain we list mothers voice, It's silent in
the lombl
The happy smile is seen no more where mirth
was now is gloom,
Once more there is gathering, once more an
empty place
Proclaims haldcah has been al work 10 fill a
brolher's space.
His grave is in distant isle, made by "A stran.
gers hand
Oh, hard it is to die away from ones own ma
tive land.
That group will never gather more around that
Kindred hearth.
'Tis broken up-what death hath left are scat
tered DER the earlhl
And where the humble mansion stood there
now is not stone
To mark the spot ortell of those who to their
graves have gone,
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ExTRAvAGANCE.

Editor Register:
! rather liked your last issue. ! am glad tC
see that Won hayc the moral courage and inde
penacncC to speak out against and expose the
extravaganza of Che present Common Council
know something about the cost of the work
they have made appropriations for. They
have ordered an appropriation cf $500 to build
the "cow road" az 10Th street, which can mol
be made substantial for less than 5000, ane II
is doubtful iii can be done for that sum II
is an outrage upon lax payers that their money
should be used in building road that public
necessity does no! demand, but which two or
three COW owners want.
And, again, the building of a "lerry road
on Kanawha, is another unjustifable cxtrava
gance ofmoney. This road is to built almost
exclusively upon private property, The con
sent of the owners Of the land, to be build thl'
road, has not even been obtained; it has not
been condemned, has not been viewed; no form
Of law has been complied with; yet in lbei'
Ignorance or bigOtry, the Council claim they
have the right to take private property fol
public uses without paying for it, and with
out due process Of law" This "ferry road
will cost all Of $4,000, In order to raise the
money TO pay for this work, Committee has
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LET THERE BE LIGHT.


Editor Register:
Loosl The black cloud of destruction is yet
hanging over our town. Not only our little
place, but other places, and its penetrating
darkness is casting a deadly shadow which
will be long regretted. 1t should be the de
sire of every individual to devise somo plan
10 scatter this darkness and let The glorious
light ofprolecton shine forth. We very sci
dom hear men speak Of the great ruin that Is
done annually, yes daily, by permitting such
an extensive use and sale of tobacco. is there
not way 10 stopi? Who is willing To- ex
tend helping hand in This direction? We
ore anxion>ly awaiting your assistance, and
will greet yon with warm welcome and rais'
oar voices in triumphant accents over tht
grand delivery out of darkness into light
Why should we not shout with Thankful
hearts 10 see the world grow up IN strength
and knowledgc2 And until tobacco and whis
key are not used in the way tits to day, Love
Peace, knowledge and Prosperity, will neve
nhabit Gsd's green earth, as.t should. Mcr
of experience, can you deny this2 Men thinl
il very unbccoming for woman TO smoke
pipe. and no woman should do so, but who's
fault is ii gentlcmeu?-it is your fault, ant
you should blush with shame that you h0v'
brought women and boys totli'. Forinstanc'
take our own little Town. See what effect yOt
have produced upon the boys who arc swiftly
advancing into manhood Is it to be wonder
ed at that boys do use tobacco, when so many
men use il? You sci the example aud boys
will soon be brought to subsection. Did you
ever hear man say he would not sell liquor
Oh, no, he says, would no do such thing
mud at The same time, If his man keeps store
he ia very apt TO keep on hand a very large
supply of tobacco, and will sell it when call
ed for ask is this tight? lfyour intention
is to bnild the world up in strength and pros
perity in one respect, why not io all respects
For remember, whether selling tobacco oil
wbiskey, you are doing wrong. Whiskey il
poison and so is tobacco. Both whiskey and
tobacco destroy the advancement Of prosper
ty, not saving anything about the vast nm
cunt Of money that is expended, and the grea'
downfall produced by indulgence in tobacco
lis filthy appearance is enough 10 disgust aoy
body. Go into store for instance, there you
will behold tobacco spit all over the floor; ev
en- see it shattered against the sides Of the
counter, and when lady calls into deal sic
is obliged to be a very careful in order to FeeT
her dress from dragging through this mass o.
filth This know and can prove, when call
ed on to do so. Not only in the stores do We
witness this, but in the house Of God where il
should never be seen. Now boys, let me. en-
treat YOU once more TO ftop using tobacco in
any form and ! will assure you thlt you will
find it greatly 10 your interest If the men
will moi set the example do not follow in thei'
foot steps, for they will lead you aslray in
this particular.
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An Iowa editor, recently, TO keep uF
with the style, run away with another
mans wife. He did not get off so easily,
however, as he imagined be would. The
man followed him, and overlook the tru-
ant pair. The editor got behind the wo'
man, and prepared to sell bis lifc as dear
Iy as possible. He was uncertain wheth'
er the outraged husband would shoot him,
or murder him with carving knife. lie
stood there, like the boy upon The burning
deck, and calmly awaited the result The
outraged husband cmv up tc@itEa asaut
two feet of the editor, and said, "Cuss
your impudoncc. ! rant yoato stop my
papcr." That was all Tho editor re-
covered himself, and said lie would have
the matter attended to at once During
all this trying ordeal the womou stuck to
tic editor like sand burr toa girls stock
ing. Some people get mad and stop their
paper for almost uothiug-it beats all!