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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-10

Positively the most reliable remedy in
the market for what it is recommended.
The united voice of all that have used it
are enough to prove its wonderful effects
is arresting all diseases of the Throat and
Lungs.
Consumptives should not rest until they
try DIR. HEDGES PULMONIC LIFE
BAIaSAM, primarily because in the end
it will secure to them health.
Secondarily, because it will give to them
comfort and freedom from coughing.
Every forerunner or producer of con-
sumption, such as Coughs, Asthma, Bron-
chitis, &C., are speedily cured by DR.
HEDGES PULMONIC LIFE BAL
SAM.
There are ten reasons why every family
should have DIR. HEDGES PULMONTC
LIFE BALSAM:
| /. 1t is the cheapest Large Bottles
for SO cents.
| .. 1t is much more pleasant to take
| 3. 1t is more effectual.
4. 1t is simple, safe, and certain cure
5. 1t is adapted to both old and young
| 6. 1t is warranted to give satisfaction
I. 1t is composed entirely of herbal bal
| samic medicines.
| 8. tits the most popular medicine il
the market.
9. Because physicians are prescribing
it.
10. Because every family that has ha
it will not be without it.
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-10

Weekly argus 81 gear IN adu.,nce.
No paper sent beyond the time paid tor.
All business transacted at the Argus
Counting Room, opposite the Post Office
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-10
LOCAL COLUMN.
M Drops Of Constitution Water
" THREE TIMES DAY

CURES
inflammation of the Kidneys.
Stone in the Bladder.
Catarrh of the Bladder.
Diabetes, Gravel, elect.
Brick dust Deposit.
For Female Complaints Speciality.
Dyspepsia, Torpid Liver.
Palpitation of the Heart.
Depot, 50 John Street -. 49,. NEW YORK
For sale by all First Class Druggists. 3-3d1y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-10
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CITY.

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SWEENEY & JACKSON,

ATTORNEYS AND CouNsELIoRS AT LAW
n OM-e-Cor. Elgli ald Illinois streets, Rock Isl
and. Illinois 11-lSdty
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-10
ROCKFORD, ROCK ISLAND q ST. LOUIS R. R.

--- GOING SOUTH TRAINS LEAVE
Also q. m, and Gas p. m.
ARRIVE FROM ST. LOUIS
AtB:30 a. IN. and S:15 p. m.
STERLING TRAINS LEAVE
At GOO o. m. and 1:i5 p. IN.
ARRIVE FROM sTEpLfNu
At asa m. and 100 p. III.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-10
WESTERN UNION RAILROAD.
BURLINGTON. cEpAR RAPIDS Z MIN.

t. BuRIIvGr1S -Lr. West Liberty. Ar Llher'Tt
Accommodation 200 A NJ ll:3S
Exprrss -. g:lOPM IL Us
To CEDAR RAPIDS
Express ....,..... lI;Ou 49, VI
Accommodation T.aJ IN 5:35 VI
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-10
Railroad Time Table.

CHICAGO ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC Z. 2.
GOING EAST TEAMS LEAVE
AtSf5a M; 4:i5 p, m; and GAS p. IN. Trains
arrive from west as above.
GOING WEST TRAINS LEAVE
AtB:a1 m. 1890 a. m, and $3.50 p. IN. Train
arrive from the east as above,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-10
LIFE BAIsAM.

Is Prompt, Reliable, safe
and Pleasant, consequent
ly, the Greatest Remedy of
the Age for COUGHS.
COLDS, BRONCHITIS.
PNEUMONIA, WnOOP-
ING COUGH, GROUP, and
all Pulmonary affections,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-10
PEORIA b so5K ISLAND RAILWAY.

COAL VALLEY MINING co.'s TRAINS.
LSAvE. AREtNE
1:05 A. VI. lU'1D A. "
l2:0OM S'dO r. NJ
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
Missouri Dogs.

The st. Louis Globe very ingenious
ly argues that the half-milliOn dogs
i'm Missouri initiate against the NUT
ton crop annually to the extent of at
least $780, 900; secondly, they cost
at an average of twenty-five cents a
week each, So, SOC, 900, enough to run
all our common schools and leave Il
large stealable surplus thirdly. they
Stay annually through hydrOphObia,
ut least 12O persons, which (at 5000
each-the average price paid by rail
roads for the very poorest grade Of
brakemen) amounts to Il further sum
of 100000. Here is a direct expendi-
ture of nearly seven and three-quarter
millions for dogs, not to mention
fines, costs, and more remote and sen
timental damages resulting from law
suits about dog fights, and consequent
severance of friendship between the
owners of the cOmbative ours. Add
to this the annual expenditure in the
city for old boots, chamber crockery,
paper weights, boot jacks, and such
other articles as may be most readily
utilized on moonlight nights and it
will occur to. the most prcjudiced
friend of the dog that he is an animal
wherein retrenchment could be prac-
tised to advantage in these ecOnomi-
cal days. Capitalized, our dogs rep
resent waste of 10000, 900, and in
vested at compound interest, one
year of their aggregate worthlessness
would pay off the national debt be-
fore 1900.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
A Singular Cave.

In the range of mountains in West
ern North Carolina, known as the
"FOX Range" a most singular phe-
nOmenOn exists. 1t is a breathing
cave" In the summer months cur
rent of air comes from it so strongly
that Il person can't walk against it,
while in winter its suction is Just as
great. The cool air from the noun
tain i'm summer is felt for miles, i'm a
direct line from the mouth of the
cave. At times most unpleasant
Odor is emitted upon the current from
dead carcasses of animals sucked in
and killed by the violence. The loss
of cattle and stock in that section in
winter Is accounted for in this way:
They range too near the mouth of
the cave, and the current carries
them in. At times, when the change
from inhalation to exhalatiOn begins,
the air is filled with various hairs of
animals; not unfrequently bones and
whole carcasses are found miles from
the place. The air has been known
to change materially i'm temperature
during the exhalation from quite cool
to unpleasantly hot, whitening veg
citation within reach, and accompan-
led by Il terrible roaring, gurgling
sound, as a pot boiling. 1t is unac-
counted for by scientific men who
have examined it, though no ex-
ploratiOn can take place. 1t is feared
by Many that volcanic eruption
may break out from there ONE time.
Such things have occurred i'm places
as little unexpected.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
A DruItlIcal Puzzle.

Ii is stated that persons who visit
the extraordinary Druidical remains
at StOnehenge never succeed, how
ever careful they may be, i'm counting
the stones twice alike, and the cores
pOnding marks with which they are
in many places covered seem to be q
sure proof that attempts have fire.
quently been made to ascertain the
number correctly. We never heard
that the same party, either in second
visit, could make his numbers tally,
and it is pretty general opinion in
the neighbOrhOOd that "Old Coos
berry" is somehow mixed up in the
affair, and thus illustrates their en-
deavOrS.
But some few years ago there lived
at Salisbury Il baker who was con-
sidered very clever fellow, and his
own opinion fully justified him in
making heavy bet with some friend
that he would (by a scheme of his
OWN go round the stones, an6 on two
occasions make the numbers to COR
respond. OF course, very much in
terest was manifested for the result !;
and on certain day the baker pro-
ceeded to put his scheme into exc
cutiOn, for which purpose he supplied
himself with two baskets full Of pen
ny-rOlls, and started for StOnehenge,
confident OF success.
He carefully placed n roll upon
each of the masses of stone, thus
emptying his baskets, having Just
sufficient to cover the whole, with
the exception Of one; he then eau
tiOusly examined them, and feeling
quite sure that he was correct, that
each stone had got its roll, commenced
collecting them and counting them,
and when he had finished he us care
fully wrote down the number taken
of, and adding the one omitted,
became elated with the certainty of
winning his wager. lie then began
placing the rolls the second time on
the stones, taking the same round,
and proceeding exactly as he had
done at first; but judge his astOnish-
ment when, after the most minute
examination, and considerable time
spent in walking round every di-
rectiOn of the ruins, he not only found
that this time ere,y stone had its roll, ,
but that there was positively one left
in his basket.
This was Il clinchcr! The poor
baker became so impressed with the
mysterious part of the business which
he was never able to fathom) }, together
with his losing his wager, but more
especially by receiving the jeers of
his plain-dealing friends, who had
never any inclination to try their
luck i'm such way, that he became a
changed man, and never after YEN
tured to visit Stonehenge, or to make
wagers on such dark and unaccount-
able proceedings.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
Selling HOmesteads and Family Relies

There is something amazing to us
in the readiness with which Ameri-
cans part with their hOmesteads. 1t
is painful to see how little attachment
they seem to have for the place
where they are born.
Boys grow up. Their fathers die.
The farm house where they first saw
the light, the spot where their infant
days were passed; where they played
in their bOyhood, is put up and sold
to the highest bidder as mercilessly
as if it were an Indifferent block of
wood. And this is done, constantly,
where the circumstances of the fam
lily do not require any such sacrifice.
1t is not the homestead alone, but
the personal property-the books
everything that went to make up
home-all passed away coldly under
the auctiOneer's hammer.
We cannot understand natures cap
able of such things. 1t seems to us
the finer elements of humanity must
be wanting in them.
The pleasures of this life are limit
eel at best. But how large Il part of
them Is made up of sweet associations
vi ClllluuOOu anu yOutli-lilu ILLS,
to those whose earliest days have been
particularly happy? TO such even
the bright streaks of sunshine that
CLEANER through the clouds, the
friendship when trust was entire and
suspicion unknown, the faith in the
disintercste lness of counselors, the
words of encouragement-these con-
stitute memories more precious than
gold.
And they are inseparably associ-
ated with locality and with the OBJ
jects amid which they occurred. How
can that place and those objects vol
UNFAIRLY be permitted to pass from
ones control forever?
AS we say, we cannot comprehend
it. 1t argues to us strange, and
most unenviable callousness Of nature.
We can hardly imaging Il human be-
ing to whom it would not be some
consolation in dying to see the sun
set last from the same window from
which he first saw it rise.-Engiish
PIIDpp
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
NOblesse Oblige.

An amusing story of an English
nObleman, recently deceased, il told.
We give it in the REALTORS own
words: . I.
"The duke" he says, twas once at
church, no matter where, when col
lection was announced for some char
liable object. The plate or bag, OF
whatever it might be, began to 60
round and the duke carefully put his
hand i'm pocket and took out form,
which he laid on the pow before him,
ready for transfer to the plate. Be
side him sat little snob, who notice
ing this act initiated it by Osten-
tatiously laying sovereign alOnge-
side the ducal form. This was too
much for his grace, who dipped his
hand into his pocket again and pulled
out another form. which he laid by
the first. The little snob followed
suit by laying another sovereign be-
side the first. His grace quietly add
ed third form, which was capped
by third sovereign on the part of
the little snob. Out came II fourth
form to swell the dukes donation,
then the little snob trumphantly laid
three sovereigns ut once upon the
board. The duke, not to be beaten,
produced three forms. Just ut this
moment the plate arrived. The little
snob took up his handful Of sover-
eigns and OstentatiOusly ratified them
into the plate, then turned defiantly
toward his rival, as if tOsay, Il think
that takes the shine out of YOU
Fancy his chagrin, when the duke,
with a grim smile, put one form into
the plate and quietly swept the re-
maing six back into his pocket. His
grace used to chuckle when he told
that story, and 1 think on the whole
he had the best of it,"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
Strange Notions.

A strange custom in some parts of
Russia is this. When n person suf-
fers very lingering death, i'm order to
render his departure more easy, they
let a black dog bya cord down through
the roof over the dying PERSONS head.
They regard black dog as an en-
blem of the human spirit, and their
action is intended to show the depart
ing spirit which way to go. The
Chinese and the North American IN
dams have also the idea that the spirit
leaves through the roof, surprising
life must depart the same way that it
came--frOm above. In ancient Rome
Il person who had been believed to be
dead could only be permitted to re-en-
ter the house through the roof. In
Germany the general belief is that the
soul departs through the window.
When II person dies the window of
the room is at once thrown open, and
sometimes cup of water Is placed on
the sill for the refreshment of the
spirit as it enters its "long Journey"
In Alaska, the Tiski always carry
their dead out through hole in the
back of the hut, and then close up the
hole with the greatest care. The
HOttentOts break an opening through
the side Of their hut for the same pur-
pose, and the Siamese, not content
with this, having taken the dead
body out, hurry at full speed around
to the other side of the house.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
Sanitary Value or Sugar.

TO the surprise of many u curious
parent, and the delight of many a
child possessed of "sweet tooth, ;"
the eating Of sugar is now considered,
by high medical authority, as not
only Injurious, but positively bene-
fetal. One of the ableSt and best
known English Psychologists investi-
gated this subject some time ago in a
manner that left him in no doubt as
to the value of sugar in its relation to
food. Knowing, by experience, the
difference in nutritious effect produced
by the flesh of tired cattle on march,
and those slain i'm Il condition arising
from abundant food and healthy
eXercisc-that, in the former case,
any amount might be eaten
without the satisfaction of hunger,
while in the latter a smaller amount
realized that purpOse-his investiga-
tiOns led to the discovery that GER
tain other food, ola different quality,
such as grape sugar and fruit, would
help the tired meat to assimilate, and
thus buildings and fruit tarts are not
to be regarded simply batteries of the
appetite or palate, butas really degest-
i've agents, provided that they are not
themselves made of indigestible ma
terials. The fondness Of artisans for
confectionery, and the inclination of
patients just discharged from hos
pOspital to ask for sweets rather than
for substantial food, are examples of
a correct instinct; and, in the case of
children, in whom the requirements
of growth call for II rapid and efficient
transformation Of food into tissue
Is no doubt that natures demand for
sweets is very imperiOus, and parents
should, therefore, understand that the
jam-pOt increases the amount OF nu-
triton extracted from beef and NUT
ton. The teeth do not suffer from the
ef1ectS OF sugar, as was once properly
supposed. The teeth of the West
Indian negroes "A community re-
markable for the amount of sugar
consumed among them-are of a
bright white. The reasoning of med
ical science is, that phosphate of
lime being the chief constituent Of
the teeth, but not before adult age, an
increase of the phosphate of lime is
the essential characteristics of the
development Of the bones of chill
dren, and as tactic acid dissolves the
phosphate Of lime of the food, sugar
Indirectly supports this solution, and
facilitates the conveyance of lime of
the teeth. We would scarcely advise
any parent who reads this article to
give their children unlimited liberty
in the matter OF consuming sweet
meats; but liberal quantity of sugar
should not be denied them.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09

money and Clothes too? Well! well
it's nothing more or less than l ex-
pected. Only an accident!. Don't
talk to me Of accidents If you ever
lay your eyes on that man again, my
name is. not Tabitha Anstitch! The
mean spirited scoundrel! To leave
you without a >. rag on your back.
You poor, deluded innocent! Put on
the kettle, Mary Jane, and hurry up
the tea this poor child Is trembling
like a leaf, and well she mayW
was too disquieted and miserable
to attempt to stem the torrent of
Aunt Tabitha's indignation. I let
her talk on.
sob and amt 1t dreadful, mum ?"
/ heard the sympathetic Mary Jane
murmur, aside to her mistress such
a sweet young creetur that she be !!
And only look at her facet i expect
he's been banging her." .h..,
Aunt Tabby pursed up her mouth
and shook her head expressivly's-e-'
"I.et this be a warning to you,
Mary Jane"
"Oh, Pm sure it will, num-" was
was the feeling reply.
| Sut III ucNcT lay Eyes OH nllll
again." repeated Aunt Tabby, sol
emily; 'never! Bless my soul !
who's that?"
sis my wife here? asked q quick,
anxious voice; and the next moment
Fred's wife was there clasped i'm the
strong arms, crying and laughing to-
gether, on the broad, loving breast.
"HOw did you get here so soon
How did you find me out? Oh,
Fred Fred! have been so brighten.
ell and miserablew
Fred's answer was shower o.
kisses.
"HOw did come? In n coal car
There was train of them just behind
1t was not the pleasantest ride in the
world, but it brought me quick Il
you, poor little frightened birdie.
And asI met the glances of those
loving eyes, nestled closer to hi.
heart, and felt In spite of Aunt Tab
by's expectation, was at home again
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
The Lumber Trade.

The lumber trade is one of the
most important interests in the
country, and the indications appear,
favorable for brisk spring business
at good rates. An Ohio paper speaks
of one curious effect which the flnan-
cial panic has had OH the farmers of
the State. These persons are gener-
ally, In good circumstances, and had
money In the bank. Loosing conf
dence In the banks, most of them
drew their money out. These funds
will be put into, new houses and
barns, as the farmers are distrustful
Ofthe usual modes OF Investment. The
same causes are operating the country
over, and will most naturally make
an increased demand for lumber.
The panic of last fall affected the
trade quite disastrously. Orders fell
off, and, as a consequence, although
the mills stopped producing, large
amounts of lumber are still piled up
in the yards awaiting sale but, to
compensate for this, IL Is stated that
not more than One-half the usual
number of logs have been cut this
winter. On the whole the prospect
for a busy season, strong demand and
paying prices all around Is thought to
be encOuraging.-PiuSield CONNER
cial.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09

You should bear constantly I'm mind
that nine tenths of us are, from the
nature of necessities of the world,
born to gain our livelihood by the
sweat of our brow. What reason
have we then to presume that our
children are not to do the same? If
they be, as now and then they will
be, endowed with extraordinary
powers Of mind, those powers may
have an opportunity Of developing
themselves; and If they never have
that opportunity, the harm Is not
very great to US or them. Nor does
it hence follow, that the descendants
of labOrers are always to he laborers.
The path upward is steep and long,
to be sure. Industry, care, skill,
excellence, i'm the present parent, lay
the foundation of rise, under more
favorable circumstances, for the chill
dren. The children of these take
another rise, and by and by the de-
scendants of the present laborers be-
come gentlemen. This is the natural
progress. 1t is by attempting to
reach the top by single leap that 50
much misery is produced i'm the
world, and the propensity to
make such attempts has been cherish
ed and encouraged by the stronger
projects that we have witnessed OF
late years, for making the laborcrs
virtuOus and happy by giving them
what is called education.
The education of which / speak
consists of bringing up to labor with
steadiness, with care, and with skill
to show how to do rs many useful
things as possible-tO teach them tC
do them i'm the best manner-tO sal
them an example in industry, so
briefly, cleanliness and neatness-tt
make all i'm these habitual to them
so that they never shall be liable tC
fall into the cOntrary-tO let then
always see good living proceeding
from labhr, and thus to remove from
the temptation to get at the goods o
others by violent or fraudulent means
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-04-09
HOUSEHOLD HELPS.

-Bisulphide of carbon vapOr il
recommended In the place of chlOrO
form o; other volatile liquids when
used for the purpose of killing ent0
biological specimens.
Rubber bands may be made from
a solution of rubber i'm Il mixture
composed of benZine, five parts, and
fine turpentine, seven parts. The
benzine and turpentine must be free
from oil and fatty matter.
Adhesive Plaster. - Rosin, one
pound beeswaX, one-quarter pound;
Burgundy pitch One-quarter pound
gum turpentine, two ounces; gum
camphOr, one ounce. Put the first
four articles into vessel and melt /;
and then put i'm the camphOr in small
pieces; stir until dissolved; then
pour into cold water and work as wax
then roll into suitable sticks for use.
This is to spread on muslin, canvas or
leather, by heat.
Toilet S0ap.-An excellent article
of glycerine soap Is made by using
one pound of bar soap containing
olive oil, one pound of glycerine,
one pint of alcohol and one pint of
water. Shave the soap fine, put the
alcohol and water i'm the kettle over
the fire, add the soap, and, when dis
solved and greater part of the alco-
hol has been evapOrated, add the
glycerine. Continue stirring for two
or three minutes and add any per-
fume you like.
According to Hamilton, the sever
est catarrhal cold can be removed IN
about ten hours by mixture of car
bolic acid, ten drops; tincture OF
iodine and cholOroform, each rs
drops. A few drops of the mixture
should be heated over a spirit lamp,
in test tube, the mouth of which
should be applied to the nostrils as
soon as mobilization is effected. The
operation should be effected In about
two minutes, when, after the patient
has Sneezed a number of times, the
troublesome symptoms rapidly dis
appear.
--Chiiblain Remetly.-When chill
blains manifest themselves, the best
remedy not only for preventing
them ulceratlng, but overcoming the
tingling, itching pain and stimulat-
ing the circulation of the part to
healthy action, Is the liniment of
two drachms; the lini-
ment of aconite, one drachm /; car
bolic acid, ten drops; to collodion
flexile, one ounce; painted with a
pencil over their sur
face. When the chllblains visicate,
ulcerate, or slough, IL Is better to omit
the aconite, and apply the other
of the liniment without
II. The collodion fexile forms a
or protecting film, which ex-
dudes the air, while the sedative
lniments allay the irritation, gener- 1
lily of no trivial nature. --Rurdi Ne,o-
Yorker, f4 ts-s Y