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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-07
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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-07
RAiL6eALs.
L H r.
LAF ROUTE.
COMPOSED OF THE
Toledo. Peoria & Warsaw Railway.
Toledo, Peoria s Warsaw Railway,

luuldHdpOiiS5 Jlnn. q Lafayette II, II.
Is the Shortest, Best Quickest and Finest Equfp-
ped Route between all pc iuts of the Msss-
sippi River aud PEORIA. LAFAYETTE, INDIANAPOLIS
CINCINNATI, oUIsvILLE and all Cities of the East
South East and North.
The following l. he time of the CIECINNATI
LIGHTNING EXPRESS TRAIN:
Leave Rex Island 600 u. m via P & r. l Ry:
Peoria 10: 10 !; sheldon 8 p. M; lafayette 30
p. m; indianapolis 10 p. m; Cincinnati 10 80
NJ; louisville II 100 p M.
Close connections for Baltimore. Washington,
New Y ork and Southern points.
Leave Rock Island 1.30 2. IN. via 2. 6 r. I. Ry :;
Peoria 100 p m; Lafayette 1900 a. m. ; Indianap-
oils 900 a. m; arrive .ncnuat S:45 a. M. Louis
vile $50 a. m; Dayton 2:i5 p. M; Colun bus II:
Is 4. m. Pittsburgh 7:o0 p. m. Immediate connec
tons through TO Philadelphia, New York & Boston
CHICAGO s. LOGANSPORT FAST EXPRESS.
Leave Rock Island / 80 p m Peoria II 100 p m
Gilman $50 a. m; chicago 7:31 q. M; State
| Line 4l0 a. n: LoGAnsp0rt 7:35 m; Columbus
| $3.50 p m; Pittsburgh EOS a. m; Toledo 5 80 n
Cleveland 1910 p, IN.
| Close connection ct Chicago, Pittsburgh and
Cleveland for all Eastern and Northorn Cities
| BY this route passengers avoid delay. and ON.
nibuses ransfer through large cities which rem
ders it very desirable, particularly for ladies'.
Ask for ii kets reading from Peoria via 7. P. &
W. R'y. Baggage Checker Through.
| y. L. HOPKINS, Receiver, Peoria.
H. C TOWNSEND. t,cn'I Tic't Agt, Peoria
| For Information address
W. r. CRUMPTON,
Gen. West'n Ag't Burlington, Iowa.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-12-07
VAN DEUSEN'S
WOrmCOnfeCtiOnS!

my child was relieved Of 35 worms
Winfield Malew, SIP River Street, Troy, N. Y.
MY child passed over thirty worms, Mrs
NJ Walters, 112 River street, Troy, Y.
''My child was relieved of thirty six worms
S McGreen, 452 Second street, Troy, n
''My child was relieved of large quantity
of pin Worms,"--S Clement, 62 Green St, Troy
MY child was relieved Of twelve worms by
taking Van Dusen's Worm Confections."-|
Margaret Tasell, 81 Van Wort street, Albany.
! By using Van Deusen's Worm Connections
my child relieved of 40 worms, f-Alm1-
na Clute, 1899 State street, Albany, n
by using one box of Van Deusen's Worm
: CONNECTIONS my five children passed over one
hundred worms. MARY Ann Loyett, 325 State
St, Albany
MY children were relieved OF twenty five
8 worms''-E Huskengham, % Bradford ct, Al
bany, \.
MY two children were relieved of; over
& fifty worms by using one box of Van Deus
j Fourth St., Troy
81 TONS mp child passed twenty five worms, all
81 over twelve inches long,'-Mrs Nj Dugan, l02
81 Sixth Street. Hoboken, N j.
q my child passed worm over two feet
n ong.'-Catharine Fender, Jefferson Street,
3 Hoboken, n j.
4 HMy child was relieved of ten worms."-
q Mrs Phalon. 8 Catharine street, Jersey CITY,
mo child passed fifteen worms. ''-Margar-
q ct Hogan, 143 South Eighth st, Jersey Cit4f
MY children passed large number
81 worms by taking Van Deusen's Worm Con.
fections Mary Head. So Martin st., Albany
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-04-16
The Chinese Inn.

A Chinese inn is a peculiar institution.
They have no furnished rooms with fires or
lights. You drive up to an inn, which, by
the way, is through the wall into a court
yard, where donkeys, mules and carts are
congregated. Perhaps some one will come
out and inquire what is wanted if to stay
all night, you will be shown into barren
room, frequently without furniture, never
any bedding, and on one side place called
kang, which is simply a raised platform,
under which fire can be built to warm
the stones which cover the top, and also
secures the room from accident by fire, and
is the only heat you can get When you
retire, your bedding (Which you take with
you) is placed on top of the kang, and with
the warmth of the stones will allow you to
sleep quite comfortably. Old temples, in
fact many good temples, receive travellers
The charges are moderate-at such large
places in the country one tiao to cart.
Our party of nine carts, in going to the
great wall, paid at ore temple, with all our
servants, one dollar. Prices vary, as the
Chinese are in, the habit Of asking four
times the value of thing, especially of
foreigners. A fair. charge for accommoda-
tions at first-class Chinese inn is about
two and one-half tiao per day; this for
room alone. To tho natives one tao less
per day. The foreigner is expected to give
more than the natives, and generally finds
it more to bis interest to submit to slight
squeeze than to fight the question - w r.
Ranger, in Syracuse Journal.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-04-16
The Appoplectic Stroke.

A middle-aged physician said one day to
the writer: GAS was walking down the
street after dinner felt shock in the
back Of my head, as if some one had struck
me; have not felt well since. I fear
shall die, just as all my ancestors have, of
paralysis. What shall do?" The answer
was, Diminish the tension of the blood
vessels, and there need be no fear of tearing
them in a weak place." Now, this ex-
presses i'll plain terms the exact cause Of
apoplexy in the great majority of instances;
and it is one, too, which every one has it in
his power to prevent. A blood vessel of
the brain, from cases which will presently
be mentioned, has lost some of its elastic
strength; food is abundant, digestion is
good; blood is made in abundance, but
little is worked off by exercise; the tension
on every artery and vein is at q maximum
rate, the even, ,oirottitotts httw is tef
impeded at some point, throwing a dan
gerous pressure on another; the vessel
which has lost it's elastic strength gives way
blood is poured out, q clot is formed, which,
by its pressure on the brain, produces COM
plete unconsciousness. This is the apo
plectie stroke. 1t will be perceived that
there are two leading conditions upon
which the production of the stroke depends;
lessened strength in the vessel, and in
creased tension on it.-Dr. Black in PopU-
lar Science Monthly for april.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-04-16
A New Method of Illumination.

An ingenious system Of lighting is sug--
gested by the Scientific American as among
the probabilities of the future. Given,
say, a large hotel to be furnished wi th arti-
fetal light, the plan suggested is instead of
having network Of gaspipes, leading to
each room and to burners in each room,
according to the present method. to have
the light for the whole building generated
in one place, say in the main ventilating
shaft for utilizing the surplus heat. The
distribution of the light would be effected
by means of rehecbors, each throwing into
its appropriate tube bundle of rays made
parallel by lens sufficiently intense to
flood the room TO which they were directed
with pure white radiance, which could be
turned on or of. on graduated, by simply
turning q knob or key. In size, the light
tubes need be no larger than an ordinary
gas pipes, and even much smaller, since all
the lightreqnired for the largest room might
be transmitted TO the reflector as an extreme
~ slender BEAM The terminal lenses
would close the tube against smoke and
dust, which would dim the refiectors dc the
angles; aud By keeping the incIosed ali
paars and dry, the absorptiono of light would
be inappFeclable.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-04-16
A Hill-cllmbing Locomotive.

A s'Leviathan,' 2 a new hill-climbing loco
motive, arrived at Cortland, N. Y, last
week, for use ON an elevation in the neigh
borhood. The climbing apparatus is de-
scribed as follows: There are laid down
the Ithaca hill four rails beside the cegged
one; when the engine starts up the hill it
rests upon . pair of rails just within the
usual track and upoI set of double
flanged small driving wheels which are
upon the same axles with the big drivers
they being only about thirty inches in di-
ameter; this inside track is raised about
fifteen to eighteen inches above the outer
one, and high enough so that the big
driyers-they being only about thirty
inches i'm diameter---do not touch the track
at all; the engine rests now upon the small
drivers, and is independent of the outer
ones; then in the centre of the track is
placed wide cogged rail, which exactly
ssnashes' into the cog-wheel which is be-
tween these small drivers, directly under
the centre of the locomotive. Thus it viii
be seen that by applying power to the big
drivers, in the ordinary way, the power Is
applied to the cogged wheel which does the
climbing. The cogs are about three inches
from tip to tip, and the wheel is eight
inches wide. The locomotive and tender
are very heavy, and are made 50 that they
may thug 7 the track more closely.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-04-16
A MONSTER NUGGET.
One Hundred and Nineteen Ounces Of
Gold in One Lump. .4s.

From the South African Mail of Jan. 15
The largest nugget yet found in these
fields was unearthed last Wednesday, in
the terrace claim, up-creek, belonging to
Messrs. G. Russell (attorney, late of NataD,
Lilley, Wormald, and Boycott. 1t weighs
119 ozs., 2 pwts. troy, and has been christen-
ed the Perseverance, " in consequence of
the party having been on the fields since
May last without doing more than paying
expenses. This fine nugget exceeds the
largest yet found here by 81 ounces. 1t is
bulbous and solid in it's appearance, en-
erusted with the usual dark coating of
tcement" by which nuggets found on this
creek are surrounded, and the precious
metal peeps through this coating in golden
patches in all directions. 1t is very clean,
andapparently free from quartz or grit.
The lucky finders were duly congratulated.
and the christening attended in the ortho-
dox manner. The nugget has been deposi-
ted in the Natal Bank.
An effort will be made to sell this nugget
in Natal, that the colony may have the
benefit of it. It's dimensions are 5-S
inches long, and inches in diameter We
heartily congratulate the lucky finders, and
hope that Mother Earth may present them
with other such gifts before Christmas.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-04-16
Mules VS. Horses.

A writer in an agricultural paper says:
While horse breeders are sounding the
praises of tlioroughbreds. trotters, Perche-
rons, Clydesdtles, and all the host of strains
and breeds, claiming untold good qualities
for the one and the other, we seldom or
never hear single note in favor of that
useful animal-the mule. On the road,
amid the hum of cities, in the very bowels
long-lived ''hewers of wood and drawers of
water'' are plodding through their daily
drudgery unhonored and unsung. We once
overheard farmer say, with quaint express
sion, '.The best horse for farmis mule;
and we subscribe ourself a champion of his
faith. Do you want All animal which will
serve you faithfully without growl or balk,
one which will keep fat on short commons,
never need the veterinary, always be ready
for work? Do you want Il great big, burly
brute that will catch a coal wagon on his
shoulders aud tow it up hill, or little
sprightly fellow to plow corn, or to do
chores, or make himself generally useful?
If you do, get mule. He will require less
care, will cost less money, will do more,
will eat less corn, live longer and pay you
better than any horse we know of, on the
farm. Now it will be said that mules move
slowly, that they are tricky, that they are
frequently breachy. Some mules have all
these traits. some have none of them, but
their good qualities, taking them all in all,
very far surpass their bad ones. Who ever
saw spawned mule, or a curbed 1nnle, OF
dead mule that had not been killed by acci-
dent? A man may live lifetime, he may
have gone through the wars, where horses
lay down and die by the score from bad
treatment and starvation, but venture te
say he can count on his fingers the number
of mules he ever saw yield up the ghost
under any ordinary pressure.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-04-16

A QUEER CAsE.-At meeting of Spir-
itualists, held in a village not a great way
from Scranton, and not long since, one of
the members of sthe circle" received a
message from a friend in the unseen world
to the effect that he would certainly die
upon certain day and hour, mentioning
the time with positiveness that to the
circle and the gentleman referred to left
no room for doubt. The message also con-
veyed an admonition to the effect that he
should, in anticipation of the event, imme-
diately procure life insurance policy for
$4,000 for the benefit of his family. In
obedience to the suggestion the policy was
secured, and upon the appointed day and
hour the man died. The wife, upon apply
ing to the company for the amount named
in the policy, was informed that the policy
was voided by reason Of hei' husband S
having committed ssmoral suicide;" that
is, died because he thought he must do SO
in accordance with the supposed message.
The wife has now brought suit against the
company for the amount of the policy
Scranton (Pa.) Times.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-04-16
WHAT THE WITS SAY.
When the spring time comes gentle any
we shall rejoice generally. Danbary Nea's

When the spring time comes gentle any,
we shall rejoice generally. y.-Dars6ary Ne''s.
Theodore hung pictures in his night
clothes, did hep That's funny place to
hang pictures.-Com. AdD.
Newbern, N. c., has paper called the
Nat She'll and its editor is very appropri-
ately known as s.the Colonel. ALBANY
Argus. d 9##
At spelling match at Indianapolis the
other night, every body went down ON '1p-
ecacuanha." 1t usually brings everything
up.-Milaoaukse Sentinel. E"
Worcester Press: Unless those New
York lawyers exercise considerable discre-
ton in the trial of Tilton, they will be in
danger of getting Beecher mixed up with
this Brooklyn business.
A cotemporary says: every country
editor ought to send his paper to the lead
ing men in Congress- We hope not
We shall positively decline to go to Con-
gress if they do so.-Norristoun Herald.
A magazine contributor writes his name
Junius Henri Browne. He will never be
chosen captain of spelling match" as
long as he spells John Henry Brown in
such a ridiculous fashion.-Norristoaon
Herald. FL
Says floating item: "Eyery species of
snake may be permanently driven away by
planting geraniums." Would it be deemed
impertineut to suggest that the editor OF
the Courie,-Jour1sal plant few geraniums
in his boots?-St. Louis Republican.
Bustles are all fleetng show. s
For mans illusion given. H.. -s
Filled with bran and stuffed with tow,
| You see now how they stick out so:
But they look first-rate by heaven!
#: -HopkinsciHe Neso Fra.
A New Jersey couple bought reserved
seats at the Lyceum Theatre, the other
night to see Ristori play elizabeth" un-
der the impression that the play referred to
the troubles of Mrs. Tilton.-C Cincinneti
Saturday Night.
Perhaps one of the most exciting posi-
tions u man can occupy is upon step-lad-
der, hanging pictures, in mis- night clothes.
1t is only pure, Conscientious love of 'high
art' that ever makes man so close to the
ceiling while so thinly clad -BrookEyn Ar
gus.
1t is said that Parson Brownlow, having
become knoxville editor has laid in -four
dozen pen-holders and four quarts of ink.
AS it has heretofore been his custom to
write with a red-hot pitchfork dipped in
aqua-fortis, we should like to know what
he is going to do with pen-holders and ink.
| Courier Journal.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-04-16
A Husbands Mistake

The severe lesson a Pittsburg man lately
received is thus set forth by the CONNER
cial, of that city: ''The husband had been
in the habit of staying out late at night,
and OH the evening in question, at about
II 80 o'clock, he was standing in front Of
an Alderman's office, in company with some
friends, including the magistrate A woman
closely yelled came along, apparently under
the influence of liquor. The husband re-
ferred to proposed that she be arrested and
tried at onc,. The party took up the sug-
gestion with the idea that there was fun
ahead, and the Alderman's Office was at
once opened, lit up, and the woman brought
in. The case was called, and the friends
stood around to hear the trial. He who had
suggested the arrest and trial was forward
in the progress of the case, and desiring a
a view of the face of the female, rudely
lifted her veil. His astonishment and NOR
tifcation may be imagined when he dis
covered that it was his wife! There was a
sudden dispersement Of the friends. The
wife had been seeking her wandering lord,
and had taught him and his friends lesson
that they will not soon forget"
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1875-04-16
Pride and Grief.

1t was just after the funeral. The be-
reaved and subdued widow enveloped in
millinery gloom was seated in the sitting
room with a few sympathizing friends.
There was that constrained look, SO pecu-
liar to the occasion, observable on every
countenance. The widow sighed.
"IIow do You feel, my DEAR" observed
her sister.
"Oh, don't know" said the poor wom-
an, with difficulty restraining her tears.
"But | hope everything passed off well. F"
'Indeed it did, said all the ladies.
at was as large and respectable funeral
as have seen this winter" said the sister,
looking around upon the others.
"Yes, il was;'' said the lady from the
next door. l was saying to Mrs. Slocum,
only ten minutes ago, that the attendance
could not haye been better-the bad going
considered ......
..Did you see the Taylor's?" asked the
widow, family looking at her sister. ''They
go so rarely to funerals that l. was quite
surprised to see them here"
ooh, yes; the Taylors were all here" re-
piled the sympathsng sister. ''As yon
say, they 90 but little; they are SO cxclu-
sive.''
81 thought | saw the Curtisses also, :"
suggested tho bereaved woman, droop-
| ingly.
ooh, yes" cllimed III several. They
came i'll their own carriage too" said the
sister, animatedly "And then there were
the Randalls and the Van Rensalears.
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, had her cousin from
the city with her. And Mrs. Randall wore
very heavy black silk, which am sure
was quite new. Did You see Colonel Hay
wood and his daughters, love?"
II thought saw them but wasn't sure,
"They were here then, were they?"
'.Yes indeed" said they all again, and
the lady who lived across the way OBJ
served
'The Colonel was very socia5le and in
quired most kindly about you and the sick
ness Of your husband"
! The widow smiled family. She was
gratifed by the interest shown by the Col
| onel.
The friends now arose to 60, each bid
ding her good-by, and expressing the hope
that she would be calm. Her sister bowed
them OUT. When she returned, she said:
"You can see, my love, what the neigh
| bors think of it. [ wouldn't have had any
thing unfortunate happened for q good
deal. But nothing did. The arrangements
| couldn't have been better +"
81 think some of the people in the neigh
borhood must have been surprised to see
so many of the uptown people here" sug-
gested the afflicted woman, trying to look
hopeful
'sYou may be quite sure of that assert
ed the sister. ''Icould see that plain enough
by their looks"
"Wel, | am glad there is no occasion fol
: talk" said the widow, smoothing the skirt
of her dress.
And after that the boys took the chairs
home and the house was put in ortler.-
Dansburg NeHs.
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Natures Barometers.

Certain movements on the part of the
er, appear to indicate a reasoning faculty.
Such seems to be the case with the common
garden spider, which, on the approach Of
rainy or windy weather, win be found to
shorten and strengthen the supporting
guys of his web, lengthening the same
when the storm is over There is popu-
lar superstition in England that it is un-
lucky for an angler to meet a single mag
pie /; but two of the birds are a good omen.
The reason is that the birds foretell the
coming of cold or stormy weather; and
| then, instead of their searching for food
for their young in pairs, one will always
remain on the nest. Sea gulls predict the
storms by assembling ON the land, as they
know the rain will bring earth worms and
larvae to the surface. This, however, is
merely search for food. and is due to the
| fly high in fine weather, aid skim along the
| ground when foul is coming. They simply
follow the flies and gnats which remain in
| the warm strata of the air. The different
! tribes of wading birds always migrate be-
fore rain, likewise to hunt for food. Many
! birds foretell rain by warning cries and un-
easy actions swine will carry hay and
straw to hiding places, oxen will lick them
selves the wrong way of the hair, sheep
will bleat and skip around, crows will
gather in crowds, crickets will sing more
loudly, flies come into the house; frogs
croak and change color to dingier hue
dogs eat grass, and rocks soar like hawks.
It is probable that many of these actions
are due to actual uneasiness, similar to
that which all who are troubled with corns
or rheumatism experience before storm,
and are caused both by the variation in ba-
rometric pressure and the changes in the
electrical condition Of the atmosphere.