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The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-04-19
LOUISVILLE. KY, Oct. s. 1869.

LOUISVILLE. KY, Oct 8. 1862
DR.. john BCIL- Dear ir Many thanks to Won
for the medicine yon have so kindly given me !
have been great ierur for years. and had the
advice Of various physicians. Some pronounced
my spine. some my lungs and some my heart,
10 be the seat Of ny disease | have
been burnt, blistercd and cupped until | had
become disheartentd. Several very eminent physi
cians who examined my spine informed me that !
was threatened with paralysis apopIexy any
lay, and that nothing hpJ seton would relieve ms
had perfect horror OF that, and was hysitaiiug
about having inserted. when you kindly sent
ne your Sarsaparilla which Immediately begun to
take three times day had suffered terribly with
a most acute pain in the right side OF nv head a.
pecially when would read write for any length
Of time. and raising 10 my feet / wouid be per
fectly blind for several minutes, and would have to
hold to something To prevent falling.
an most Happy Ia inform you that the pain in
my head is entirely relieved; / suffer but seldom
with my spine and then not 50 acutcly. My appe-
lite i -ood indeed for the first time in nv lify !
enjoy my dinner more than any other meal during
me day.
You kindly sent me four bottles again las night.
and began again this morning, and hope 10 be
entirely relieved. Please accept my heartfelt
thanks and est wishes
Very truly your most greatfui friend,
Mr. B. {. RIVERS.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-04-19


Is the only Known Remedy for Brights. Dis
esse, and has curcd every case Of Diabetes in
which it has been given. Irritation If the Neck,
Of the Bladder and Inflammation Il the Kidneys
liberation of the Kidneys and Gladder Rcten-
tion of { rine, Diseases Of the lrcstate Gland,
Stone in the Bladder, Gravel Prick Dust Deposit,
and Mucous or Milky Di charges, ard for En-
feebiea and Delicate Constitutions OF both sexes,
attended with the following symptoms Loss
of Power. Loss Of Memory Difficulty o. Breath
ing. Weak Nerves, wakefulness. Pain in the
Back Flushing Of the Body, Eruption on the
Face, Paid CountcnaDcs, L2ssltude Of the
System. etc.
Used BY persons IN the dcclinc or change Of
life, after confinement or labor pains, bed-wet-
ing In children, etc.
In many affections peculisr to ladies' the Ex-
tract Bachu Is uncquaed by any other remedy
Asfn Chlorosis CT detention, Ir cgularity Pain
fulness or Suppression OF Customary Fvacuatiens
liberated OF Schirrus state OF the Ftfrns, Leu
coyrhsa or Whites, Ste. ility, and for oil com
plants incident to the sex. IL is prescribed
extensively by the most eminent Physicians and
Midwives for enfeebled and delicate canstiu-
tiOns of both spxRe sind all
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-04-19
COAL.

TOR SALE. -Four HUNDRED BUSHELS OF
! Goa per day, at the Black Hawk Coal Mines
three mills south Of Rock Island Orders for Black
smithing Coal prOmp ly attended to-
Rock Island, March ;. 1873
35d3m B. DAVENPORT, Proprietor
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20
An Extraordinary Robbery.

Evidently the outlaws are not all on
the frontier. The New York papers
give an account of an actscommitted
near the village of Catskill, which for
boldness compares with the recent rob-
bling of trains in the Far West. A
farmer, named Post, with his wife, son,
daughter and hired man, was quietly
eating supper, when six men entered
the room and walked up to the table.
Each drew a revolver and held it to the
head of member of the family, at the
same time warning them TO keep quiet
or their brains would be blown out.
One man then drew handouts from be-
meath his cloak, and put them on each
person at the table, and on colored
girl who came in TO serve the table. Not
feeling that the victims were entirely Sc
cure, the thieves, before ransacking the
house, took bed cord and firmly tied
all the members of the family together.
While one stood gnard over the prison
ers, the others appropriated every
thing of value in the house that could
be easily removed, including some 500
in money, gold watch and chain, con-
siderable iewelry, and bonds and checks
amounting to $4,000. They even took
rings from the fingers OF their bound
victims and put them on their own.
They then sat down to the table and
ate supper. After remaining in the
house an hour, they wished the family
good night and departed.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20
Origin of Ouinine.

A parliamentary paper on the progress
of India in 1872, gives some interest
ing information relative to the cult
walton of the quinine pl. MT, which was
introduced from South America in 1860
into the hill districts of Hindostan. 1t
appears that there are now $3.50, 2S6
plants in the Government plantations of
the Neilgherry hills alone, without
counting those of private planters in
this and other districts. The largest
trees are 30 feet high and more than
three feet in girth around the trunk.
The area covered by the plantations
amounts to $50 acres, and is largely add
ed to every year. The bark under cul-
tivation is more productive in quinine
and the other febrifuge alkaloids than
the wild bark of South America. Dur
ing last year 1926 pounds of excellent
bark were sold in the London market,
while 65, 6S8 pounds we're shipped to the
local mandatory. This year 10000
pounds will be sent home. The aka
loid is manufactured on the spot in an
exceedingly crude form for the use of
local medical stores, and hundreds of
fever patients are thus annually cured.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20
Bank of England FOrgeries.

The punishment of death for forgery
was abolished in England in 1887.
Many years ago the Bank of England
was in constant trouble on account of
the numerous forgeries perpetrated
upon it. Between 1877 and 1918 there
were nearly 1000 prosecutions of per-
sons for forging Bank of England notes,
or knowingly being in possession of
such notes, and 313 convictions and ex-
ecutions. After an act was passed in
1898 enabling the Bank of England to
issue notes under tho value of five
pounds -$25-forgeries increased amaz-
ingly, and in the eight years subsequent
no less than 146 persons persisted on the
gallows for the crime of forgery on that
bank. The notes were SO exactly copied
that even bank officers could not always
detect the forgeries. This state of
things led to special effort to protect the
bank by manufacturing the paper by
peculiar and expensive processes. This
has been done for the last half century
with great success. The note-paper Is
manufactured at Laverstoke, small
village in the county OF Hampshire.
The notes are never isued a secondt time,
but are always destroyed after their pre-
sentation at the bank for payment. No
notes for less than one pound-S5-are
iccua6
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20
The World Once Ice.BOm d.

Biologists are familiar with evidences
of glacial action in some of the older
rocks and if there be any truth in the
opinions so ably advocated by Mr.. Croll,
we should expect such evidences to &C.
cur. Mr.. Cumming, SO long ago as
1S4S, suggested the probable glacial
origin of some of the Old Red Sand
stone conglomcrates. Prof. Ramsay
holds the same opinion, and has well
proved the existence of glacial action in
our ATTITUDES during the Permian period.
Doubtful evidence of ice-action during
the cretaceous period has long been be-
fore us, and there can be but little doubt
that glaciers existed over the regions
now occupied by the Alps during mio
Gene and earlier times. All these cases,
however, are in temperate regions the
popularity of the discovery announced
by Mr. Blanford is that the glacial ac-
ton must have taken place over a large
area in what is now a tropical country.
1t is not possible at present to fit this
supposed glacial period into our West
ern geological chronology the great
divisions of the formations into tertiary,
secondary and paiaozoic periods, which
we adopt, ind which for us have def
mite meaning, are now known to be use
less, and, indeed, misleading, when APP
piled to the formations of Asia. AS
our knowledge increases, and as fresh
areas of the earth's surface are thor
oughly explored, we must expect that
our old lines of division will fade away,
or rather, will retain only local and
not general value. From this point
of view the deep-sea explorations, now
being carried on, possess an immense
value. Already they have shown us
that types of life till lately supposed to
have been long extinct still survive.
Biologists frequently reverse this pro-
cess, and bring to light, in older rocks,
forms hitherto only known in existing
seas or in the newer rocks.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20
Eating without an Appetite.

1t is wrong to eat without an appetite,
for it shows there is no gastric juice in
the stomach, and that nature does not
need food, and not needing it, there be-
ing no fluid to receive and act upon it,
it remains there only to purify, the
very thought of which should be suf
ficient to deter any man from eating
without an appetite for the remainder of
his life. If a tonic is taken to whet the
appetite it is mistaken course, for its
only result is to cause one to eat more,
when already an amount has been eaten
beyond what the gastric juice is able to
prepare.
The object to be obtained is larger
supply Of gastric juice, not larger sup
ply of food; and whatever fails to
consider this fact fails also to have
any efficiency toward the cure of dys-
peptic diseases. The formation of gas
trio juice is directly proportional to the
wear and tear of the system, which it is
to be the means of supplying, and this
wear and tear can only be the result of
exercise. The efficient remedy for dys-
pepsia is workout door work-bene-
fetal and successful In direct proportion
as it is agreeable, interesting and prof
Journal Of Heath.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20
The Maine WAY.

A singular course of proceeding has
been adopted i'll Maine in relation to
the punishment of murder Under
law of many years standing, the penalty
for this crime was death by hanging
but the statute provided that convicted
murderer should not suffer death till
the expiration of one year after he had
received sentence. During this time he
was confined in the State Prison, and at
any time thereafter, the Governor could
issue his warrant for execution. In no
instance, we believe, was a murderer
hung under this law. Four years ago
tie law was modified. Each convicted
murderer received the death sentence
as before, and year was allowed to liz
tervene between the receiving and carry
ing out of the same. He was not al
lowed, however, to spend years in
prison, doubling between hope and fear.
Before the expiration Of the year of i'm
prisonment the Governor submits to the
Executive Council all the papers in the
case, including the testimony, and such
other facts as throw light on the crime
and the parties to it. The members of
the Council then vote whether the SEN
tence shall be carried out, or whether it
shall be committed to imprisonment for
life. Under this arrangement only
one execution has occurred in four years.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20
Ceremonies After a Pope,s Death.

As soon as a Pope dies, the Cardinal
Chamberlain calls out to him three
times in the presence of several men,
bers of the Council, addressing him by
his proper name, cart thou dead p
Then answering for the deceased, he
exclaims, "He is dead p and taking
the fisherman's ring, as the seal of the
Pope is called, breaks it. The bell of
the Capitol is tolling, and the news is
dispatched to foreign governments and
absent cardinals, which latter are in
vited to the conclave for new election.
While the vacancy continues, the Cham
berlain exercises the supreme authority.
The cardinals who have been created
by the defunct pontiff put on as morun-
ing serge robes of violet color, while
such as were created by his predecessors
wear green, faced with red. The dead
body is washed and embalmed, and
taken to the Pauline chapel of the
Vatican, where it is arrayed in the ponti-
fical habits, after which it is taken to
st. Peters and placed in the Sistine
chapel, on splendid bed of state, sur
rounded by burning tapers night and
day, and by priests who pray for the
soul of the departed. The people
meanwhile crowd to kiss his feet. On
the ninth day after death the body is
put into coffin with coronation medals
in gold, silver and brass, to show that
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20
death equals All thinos. After the funeral

uedtH 90 uaIS HI tHlngS. All6f t1e luntIHI
ceremonies, the coffin is removed to
church which is said to have been
founded by Constantine the Great, and
there left till it is deposited in the tomb
prepared for it. After the nine days of
funeral rites, all cardinals who can pos
sibly be present in Rome meet together
to go into conclave. Before entering,
they visit St. Peters, where the mass of
the Holy Spirit is sung, and an Grafton
delivered on the election of pontiff.
They return to the Vatican, where the
hymn, "Veni, Creator, is sung, and
certain prayers are rehearsed, and the
bill for the election is read.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20

WONDERFUL STRENGTH OF INSECTS. =
It has been demonstrated that beetle
is capable of lifting 315 times its own
weight. A man of ordinary muscular
power is full 100 times feebler, and had
an elephant such comparative strength
it could run away with lead of $780,
600 pounds. The flea, too, scarcely
three-hundredths of an inch in height,
manages to leap without difficulty over
a barrier 500 times its own altitude, For
a man six feet is an unusually high leap.
Imagine him jumping 5000 feet, or
nearly three-fiflhs of mile.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20
SuRrAcr WATER-Of surface waters

Prof. Nevbury observes There is
much apprehension in the public mind
in regard to the purity of the water OF
streams which drain the surface of our
own and other countries. Water In it
self is disinfectant, and large volume
exposed to the air, SO rapidly " fines"
itself by the oxidation Of its organic
impurities, that when cooled and settled
or filtered to remove its suspended in
gradients, the water of most OF our
streams is even more palatable and
wholesome than that taken from wells.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20
Visible Supply Of Grain.

The visible supply of grain, including
the stocks in granary at the principal
points of accumulation at lake and sea-
board ports, in t.ansit on the lakes, the
New York canals, and by rail, was,
Oct. 25, 1873:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-20

the Bank of England has been raised to nine
per cent. The rate has reached a higher price
but twice before, in 1857 and 1868. There
has been a heavy decline of stocks in Losdon,
and symptoms of panic are beginning to be
manifested
The French Ministry resigned in body. the
other day, but President MacMahon refused
to accept their designations. The Carlists
are reputed to have achieved great victory
over the Government troops near MIRANDA
del Arga The Spanish Lieut.-G De Rivera
was killed. An the rivers in the Island of
Jamaica recently rose to an unprecedented
height, causing great destruction of life and
property. London is threatened with finan-
cial panic. There, it seems, shares of new
diamond gold and silver mines Of the widest
description, securities of doubtful railroads,
and bonds of tottering and rotten govern
ments, were taken with ayidity, and in amounts
that we're astonishing. The Continent has
suffered from the collapse of these schemes,
and now London is feeling the pressure. 1t
is estimated that the shrinkage in that city OF
the securities mentioned has been at least one
billion dollars within the past year.
BISMARCK has been reinstated ss President
of the Prussian Ministry. .Ex- President
Theirs expresses the belief that the hopes of
! the Monarchists in France have been COM
pletely dissipated, and that a Conservative Re-
| public is assured. . Tho inherent sayagery of
the Spanish character has received another
illustration. A Havana dispatch states that
all the insurgent prisoners captured in the re-
cent fight near Puerto Principe EIGHTY in
number-were shot on the field Of battle by
order of the Spanish commander. The re-
por ed Carlist victory near Miranda del Arga,
Spain, is denied. Monday. the 10th of No
vember, was a day Of public rejoicing over the
adoption of the constitutional amendments.
The most important of these are those which
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-05-16
tns,hns,s Of nomsyy

7 .H a.. Il. y.
TAtrs Sptt iitea n sley,ihg England, b
Sind BID btgsar tHnyh mSl ihA Gauniry
fonad W INs pamp a Giini alex yko
pliSD;tbl 4 memory 81 kMosl inogpdihls
tutNsh, u WGs Observed wllh aslnaiih'
meat lhat When no Was \ NAa s0gob lgsl'
Sy lhe dpslh az tis pstsOls, v gala we.
liAbul BY begging through lha s'lSS's 81
he native town OF RisrINE, no knew tho
whole of The bible, both 0ll AMI Nav
reslements, by heart from which ho could
repeat any passage, and tell you tho chap
ter aud verse. A gentleman once, to puz-
ale him, read with Sigh! verbal allera-
ton verse In the Bible. Allck hesilated
A moment, anil then told where 1t WIS to
he found, but said It had NOT been correctly
delivered; he then gave II as 1t stool In
the book, correcting the error that had been
purposely introduced.
The gentlemen then asked him for the
gOlh verse Of the 7lh chapter Of Numbers.
Alick was again puzzled tor moment,
but then said hastily, You are iooline
me, sir there 10 no such verse--lhat
chapter has only eighly-nin0 verses"
Severa! other experiments Of the sort were
tried upon him with like success lie was
often questioned the day after any par
ticnlar sermon or speech; and his exam
iners invariably found that, had their pa
tience allowed, Blink Alick would have
given them the sermon or speech over
again.
Numerous individuals have been csle-
hrated for their amazing recolleotlve pow
ers OF mind, Scaliger, it is said, could
repeat hundred verses or more, aiIei
having read them single time; and SEN
eca says, he could repeat two thousand
words on hearing them once, although
they had no dependence or connection
with each other,
perthicus prepared his comment upon
Claudian without referring 10 tho text
and the learned Florentine Magliabechi
10 recorded TO have such powers Of reten
ton az to no capable Of recolisoting not
only the sense Of what he had read, but
likewise at times the very words and the
spelling. To prove the power Of his pro-
jigious memory, n gentleman lent him .
manuscript; and he returned to him some
time afterwards, pretending it to be lost
requesting Magliabcchi to reOollect Us
much Of 1t us possible, on which, 1t Is
said, that he wrels the whole Of il without
missing word. For the improvement Of
the memory, habit Of strict attention ID
Of essential importance in whatever object
ofpursuit we may be engaged, as we'll as
o Systematic method Of procedure In study
or business. Moderate and repeated ex-
ertion is also peculiarly adapted to invig'
crate and strengthen the memory and, in
deed, II is almost Incredible to what ex'
tent daily use will promote this attain
ment.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-05-16
A Spiders Bridge.

The way in which spider spins and
weaves his web is often very remarkable
A writer in the Hearth and Home gives
this curious instance:
One chilly day, he says, | was tired Of
reading Robinson Crusoe | caught q
spider and brought it home into the house
to play with. Funny kind Of mate, WASH
in Wen, took a wash-basin and fast
ened up. stick in il, like liberty pole OF
y vessels mast, and then poured in water
enough to turn tho mast into an island for
my spider whom | named Crusoe, and put
on the mast. As soon as he was fairly
east away, he anxiously commenced run
ming around to find the road to the main
land. He'd soampsr down the mast to the
water, stick out foot get !, wet, shake
it, run around the stick and try the other
side, and then run back up to the top
again. Pretty soon it became o serious
matter with NJ. Robinson, and hsI
sat down to think over it. A,
in moment he acted as If be
wanted to shout for boat, aui
was afraid he was going TO be hungr
| put q HUE luOlAooco ou bhc ohoh' -
flycaMe, but Crusee wasA hungry for fss
lust then. lie was homesick for his web
in the corner of the Noodshed. He vn,
slowly dowh the pole to tho water md
touched it all around, shaking his bot
like pussy when she vets her stookig in
the grass, aud suddenly thought ap.
peared to strike him. Up he went Ike o
rocket to the top, and commenced piping
circus. lie held one foot in the at and
then another, and turned around TO or
three times lie got excited and harly
stood ON his head before found ca what
he knew, and that was this, that Do draft
Of mir made by the fire would carr line
ashore, on which he could ssapehom his
desert island. lie pushed out reb that
went floating in the air until It ought on
the table, Then he hauled on HE rope
up til it WAS tight, struck il sevral times
10 see If it was strong enough tshold him,
and walked ashore. | though he had
earned his liberty, so i put hin back in |
his woodshcd again.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-05-16

Ia AssWsr ID = circular asking u, u
lake the agency for tho sale OF Dogardas
kioklng machine for The ieslrnpIlpp VI o.,
charge aepds, w have 70 paT lhst We WNl
have RalhINE 10 do WIN llltMl 1.'y htt
lnAetfsna-llS0 liable 10 Est cal d ysdet.
w warrant 10 number ihlrlssn Triple svls
worn b. oiIfngh'lns sdllsr, and lla irusiy
army revolver, 10 no nsrs encleni lus
olvllifed, thAA The nsst esnplloaied eaa
Ingenious nlshias that ssuld he ihssAttt,
The noAt Rsndlsh ssshAnSs hsad sAiis
and retreats hsfort The eagle eyshnd mar
i!al step Of our sighting sdlior,-l PAducai
keDluckIan,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-05-16

THE Baltimore American announces that
the prosecution Of Mrs. Wharton, the al
legged poisoner, is virtually at an end.
"As for the posr broken. w@au," it con-
tinues, .'who has been relued from the
apprehension of Immediate enlistment by
this order Of the court, ae will care to
pursue her any further. Twice she has
been tried, and neither tin, found guilty,
although there we're few,,iiher in court
or out Of court who beliepl her to be in-
nocent. The refusal Of ID State to press
the prosecution will pt change the
almost unanimous ve'ict which the
public has pronounced ,gainst her"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-05-16

James Brooks died richer than he wni
supposed 10 have been. on The property
mentioned In the will, The half interest In
tho New York Evening Express newspaper
anahroal estate Ia worth S200,OUOi the
Fin avenue house 100000 and the Pc
oao bonds foot up Sl95,O00, besides th,
Washington property, The .'persoaal AM
mixed" property, cOnprlssd In The ln
paragraph Ia the will, embraced amdnl
other poaassslons, a large Amoput Of slaa
In verlous Western rAllrsad oaapAaiM
Nh, lirSohs bTiaAs, ~ lht llms al IN
death, was MOL ls,s thaa El,pbo,ba0
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-10-16
TO THE LADIES.

LIVER mindful of the requirements of our lady
IL customers, we have taken extraordinary
pains, this season, in our selections of DRESS
GOODS and we feel warranted in asserting that
we can show the most complete stock, the hand
soonest Styles the pretiest figures the best grades
and the LOWEST PRICES in the market.
AOICK ES e. RT,ACK