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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
RAILWAY Traffic and Railway Labor

Railway Traffic and Railway Labor.
Conflicts between capital and labor are
necessary consequences OF the shrinkage
that has been IN progress throughout the
country. That shrinkage, the correlative
OF former imitation, had 10 be fully APP
piled to labor as well as to every other
thing OF value, and it is but natural that
lRborers should oppose and resist the APP
plicatiOn by all legitimate means. 1t is
very likely that the application has been
made excessively in many instances; that in
the name OF necessary and inevitable
reduction, the paw for useful labor of the
greatest Importance has been reduced TO
the starvation point. Railway companies
are the most likely to have practised
this kind of villany. They are
administrations in which there is no sym-
patty Tor the laborer, for the good old rea-
son that corporations have no souls. 1t
Is not to be supposed that institutions
which have been the centres of the most
gigantic invasions OF the rights of persons
known to the age would hesitate to trample
down their poor employees il they believed
them to be helpless. Engineers, brake
men aud hremen have had ample exper p
fence OF the spirit in which their compan-
les we're disposed to deal with them, and
that experience has inspired their organ.
lzations for mutual support and defence.
These organizations are their instructive
effort to help themselves, and have given
TO the dispute over wages in the railway
interest an Importance not attained by
similar disputes in any other interest.
These combinations are more systematic,
logical and effective than any previously
made BY strikers. They are quite unlike
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
BOTTLES
Sold in 1876 of This Liniment.
TIE StimOnialS.

Testimonials.
ST CHARLES, Mo.
Vordick's Rheumatic Liniment is won5 erful. l
was laid up for IS weeks tried everything was
told; doctors could do nothing for me, until was
told to try bottle of Vordicks Celebrated Rheu-
matte LinimCnt. II cured me, and must give ii
all the praise My is too long to tell you all
here. Address me and enclose stamp and will
GEO j. BoENKrR.
Prop. of Washington House, corner Clay and sixth
streets, st. Charles, Mo,
1t is sure cure for Neuralgia
john Powers.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.
1t cured my back. | suffered q great deal.
JOHNATHAN 5. RUDOLPH,
ST. CHARLES. Mo-
cell it now. GEO. +. BoENKER
recommend ii to everyone. 1t always helped in
our family. MRS. FORSTER,
Six Mile House, West st Lonis.
ST LOUIS Mo
1 can recommend Xordick's Rheumatic Lniment
never saw any LinIment to beat it.
Yours truly, DANIEL PRINCE.
l recommend it to everyone for the above com
plants. This Liniment has done great wonders.
Yours turly, FRED HACKMAN.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.
1 can recommend Vordlck's Rheumatic Liniment
as one Gf the greatest Linimens the world pro
duoe ] had very hand, sprained while
catching fly ball. Yours truly,
JOHN DoLAN,
Catcher of Red Stockings Base Ball Club
ST. LOUIS, Mo.
always keep Nordick's Celebrated Rheumatic
LinimeEt, in the house. 1t is good remedy for all
it claims above. G q GATHER,
St. Louis Four-Mile House.
l recommend it to all afflicted. Il is friend in
the house, Yours truly, SETH CHAPMAN,
WARRINGTON. Mo.
II is great Liniment for all pains. 1t makes nc
difference where you have pain, it win cure it.
Yours truly, HENRY ROVE.
CALIFORNIA, MO.
1t is great remedy for Rheumatism and Neu
ralgia, say il will cure every case.
am yours, JOHN HOWARD.
WENTzvILLE, No.
sell Vordick's Rheumatic Liniment in my store
Thew all praise it every day when they come TO me
for 1t. Yours, HENRY WEDERKRMPER.
Thousands more of testimonials but space does
not allow more.
Jefferson Avenue and Benton St.. ST. LOUIS.
FOLD by all Rock Island Druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
HAIR DYE.
HAIR DYE.

BATCHELoR's CELEBRATED HAIR DYE
best in the world. The inventor has used this
SPLENDID Hair DYE for 81 years with benefit to the
hair, and no injury to his health proof that it il
the only true and perfect Dye, Harmless, reliable
instantaneous. No disappointment; no ridiculous
tints; remedies the i'll effects of bad dyes leaves
the hair soft and beautiful Black or Brown. Sold
and properly applied at BATCHL0R'S Wig Fac
tory, No. 10 Bond street, N, Y, Sold by all drug
gists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
ROSSMAN'S CURE.

ROSSMAN'S CURE.
ITCHING PILES is generally preceded by
moisture like perspiration producing a
very disagreeable and distressing itching,
particularly at night, after getting warm
in bed. No humbug-as trial will prove
For sale by all respectable druggists
ROssNIAN & MCKINsTRY, Hudson, NY,
PrOprietors.
Sent by mail for 50 cents.
IF YOU HAVE A COUGH.
Cold, Asthma, raising of Blood or any a.
tections of the Breast or Lungs, leadir to
Consumption, use
DR.. HOUSEMAN'S GERMAN COUGH
DROPS,
as prepared for over thirty years by J. j
Davis(now deceasedD and you w be sure
to find relief Address ROSSMAN &
MCKINSTRY, who have succeeded to the
Proprietorship, and sold by all druggists
and dealers in Medicines. For sale by al
Druggists in Rock Island.
Sold by Avery & Tyler, Lafayette, In.
diana. Fuller Il Fuller. and VanSchaack
Stevenson & Reed, Chicago, wholesale
agents.
John f. Henry, Curran & Co., Whole
sale Agents. College Place, N. Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30

Made at the Oldest Anvil mandatory in this
country. All English Anvifs, after time, become
following on the face by continued hammering in
use, on account of the brous nature of the wrought
lron--causing it to settle, under the steel
But the body of the eagle Anvil being Of crys.
tal!ized iron, such settling cannot occur; and the
steel face therefore remains perfectly true. Also,
1t has the great advantage, that being Of more
SOLID material, and, consequently, with less re-
bound, the piece forged receives the FULL effect
by the rebound, as with wrought iron Anvil
More work can therefore be done on this Anvil
with hammer one-ffth lighter than required for q
wrought iron Anvil which is more elastic.
The working surface is in one piece of JEssoP's
BEST Tool CAST STEEL, accurately ground. hard
ened and given the proper temper for the heav' ~
work The horn is OF tough untempered steel
The cast steel surface is warranted TO be
oughly welded and not TO come OF,
PRICE LIST, OCTOBER 1sT, 1876.
Anvils weighing 100 fbs. to 500 Ms. cts per n.
Smaller Anvils, ('Mnims.''l from $275 to SIS each.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
HOTEL DOVENSHIRE.

opposite Grand Central Depot. on 41st and 42d Sts
bet. 4th and 9th Avenues New York.
THE HOTEL DEYoNsHIRE ia a new frat class Ho-
tel, elegantly furnished and well ventilated Every
room Is bright and cheerful. The hotelis modern
slrueture bnit expressly for rst-class house,and
has every modern Improvement Ii is conducted
on the European Plan, at moderate charges;
PERSONS visiting the city will save carriage hire and
secure the best accommodations for the smallest
cost, by stopping at the Hotel Devonshire.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
DoOIey's Patent Combination
TOE-CALKS.

Put up in boxes containing 25 MS each
These Toe-Calks are made from Steel converted
from carefully selected brands of Norway and
Swedes Iron by special process which ensures the
utmost ease In welding, together with the greatest
durability in wear.
For sale by all iron, steel and hardware dealers
throughout New England Manufactured solely
by CT. DEWICK g. co.
360 Dorchester Ave-, South Boston, Mass
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
BABBITT'S
TOILET SOAP
A Perfect Toilet Soap.

First among the requisites of the toilet Is O good
article OF Soap, but TO procure II IL not always an
easy matter. Many of the most expensive Soaps in
the market are made from coarse aud deleteriOus
materials, and their delicate colorng and fragrant
perfume too often conceal the most repulsive i'm
purities The disclosures recently made public
regarding this subject positively startling, and
deserve serious consideration. Scented Soaps are
now known to be extremely Objectionable, especial
ly If applied 0the head; injuring the hair, irrita
ting the scalp and inducing severe headaches. The
character of the Ingredients may be inferred from
the statement OF gentlemen who makes the scent
ing OF Soaps his business he recently declared that
pers Ons engaged in this employment were short
lived; from seven 10 ten years being the longest
period during which the occupation could be fol-
! lowed.
The difficulty Of procuring perfectly pure arti-
Gle of toilet soap is at last Obviated, however,
thanks to the enterprise and chemical skill of Mr.
b. L. Rabbit, of New York, the woFla-renowned
Soap Manufacturer, whose immense establishment
is by lar the greatest of the kind in the United
States. The renOwn Of Mr. Babbitts various pro-
ductiOns has for many years been widely dissem-
mated, but this latest success Is the appropriate
crown to the numerous victories already achieved.
After years of patient labor and scientific expert
ment, MIR. Bahbitt has succeeded in perfectng the
composition Of the frest toilet soap ever intro
| ouced. The principal ingredients are the purest
vegetable oils; the manufacturing processes ere
entirely new and original and the result is simply
unparalleled in this department of industry.
-"B. r. Rabbits Toilet Soap is the trade mark
by which this elegant toilet luxury il DESIGNATED
and for applications to the delicate skin of infants,
children and ladies', II Is altogether unequaed in its
properties. MS soap IL not pefiumBa,
the ingredients being of such absolute purity as TO
require no aid from chemistry to disguise inferior
materials. The most refined taste considers the
absence of artificial perfume the perfection of
sweetness and this peculiar characteristic of b. T.
Rabbits Toilet Soap renders Il the most healthful
and agreeable article of the kind ever manufac-
| tured.
| Though specially desirable for the use of ladies
and children, this Soap equally appropriate for
gentlemen's toilet and as il makes a heavy lather
IL is also of the finest soaps for BARRIERS use
II is just being placed upon the market, bat the
demand for 1t will soon become general.-N. Y,
| Tribune
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
BcSoN-STRETcEER,

GREEN'S PATENT sfIRT-BosoM. STRETCH
u er and Ironing Board Most perfect, durabls
and cheapest ironing board in the world. Away;
ready for use; needs no adjusting: fits any shirt
never out of order. Agents Wanted.
GREEN BROS, Manufacturers,
1859 LaSalle Street, -. ............. CHICAGO.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
s AEESE.S SOAP

for constant use in the family Absolutely pur9 and
the most agreeable to use, and has the additional
advantage OF being impregnatcd with the greatest
known antiseptic and disiufectant Seilcylic acid.
Its Daily use prevents contraction of contagious
diseases and the baneful effects of sewer gas, MAS
matte and material eXhalatiOns 1t is special boon
to School Children who are constantly exposed and
TO infants. Prevents contrac ion of skin diseases.
Keeps the Skin Soft and White and Prevents
Chapping Endorsed by the medical profession.
Most economical. 90 cents q cake 3 cakes for 80
cents Sample cake sent postpaid fos cents.
For sala by Druggists and GrOCsrs.
THE RRXERLY Co. Agents. Chicago
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
Piles--Itching Piles

Positively cured-also Blind and Bleeding
Piles, Fistula, Salt Rheum, and all dis
eases Of the Skin, by the use of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
BITES, VEGETABLE POISONS,

Ring-Worm, Burns, Chilblains, Itching OF the Head
and all Eruptions of the Skin, Face or Body imme
diately cured by Bachelors Curative Ointment.
Sold wholesale and retail at Factory, No. 10 Bond
street. and by all druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
All Female Complaints f!
Remedy that is rapidly taking the place of all
other Preparations for the
Cure of all Female Weaknesses !

This Compound, which 's purely vegetable, has
entirely cured the most stubborn cases that have
bafted the skill of our best physicians and thous-
ands of persons who considered as incurable
before this remedy was discovered have been re-
stored 20 perfect health by its use
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
NEWHALL HOUSE

J.F. ANTIsDEL Proprietor
The present proprietors Of this Elegant Hote
nave spared neither money or pains in furnishing
ana improving the house; and with the improved
Otis Elevator recently put In 1t cannot be exceed
for convenience and comfort TO the travelling public
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30

S. o. DUNBAR.-DeRr Sir: have been some time
In the habit of prescribing the Fluid Magnesa pre-
pared by you and prefer it to the Eng ish prepare
ton on account of its cheapness ana its superior
laxative qualities. Respectfully yours, &C.
NJ s. PERRY, NJ D.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-07-30
Worth ST, 900 IN a Single Case.

worth S4,UUO IN a Single Case.
BURLINGTON, VT, Dec. 18th, 1876.
MRS. LYDIA T.. PINKaAM:-It is with pleasure
that we able to say that in every case reported
to us Your VEGETABLE COMPOUND has given unit
versai satisfaction. One gentleman told us to-day
that 1t had done his wife thousand dollars worth
OF good, as he expressed it. Our customers with
out single exception, speak of it In the highest
this in advertising if you choose Yours very re.
spectfully. H. B. STEARNS & CO., Druggists
IS The Pamphlets Guide to Women will be
sent free to any address by enclosing stamp TO
LYDIA Z. PINKHAM, Lynn, Mass.
Lydia E. PnIhdm's Vegetable Compound
Is sold by all Druggists at 81 per bottle Whole
sale Agents-George G. Goodwin & Co, No SO
Hanover street, and Carter, Harris & HaWley, No.
3h6 Washington street Boston.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-11-21
Received With Applause.

T. j. " off is not an old man: ne is
not a young man, but he is q married
man, aud has been for several years.
He lives one mile west Of Westport.
bat 40 children climb upon his knee
when the day declineth, and twist
the cats tail and listen to big stories.
Yesterday morning he went to the
fodder-shoek to get provender for
his milch cow, and as he stopped 10
pull the ears he suddenly discovered
midway in the shock what be at first
took to be horse blanket. He took
it up and unrolled il, and discover
ed roll Of red flannel. He unravel-
ed this, and there lay a girl baby
about four or FIVE hours old. He
took it in the house and showed it to
Mrs. w. She remarked that it had
blue eyes, and then she looked into
her husbands eyes to satisfy herself
that she hadn't been mistaken. Wolf
held up his hand and said tfat he
would swear, but the good wife didn't
require it. So this new founding was
encompassed about 10 new linen, and
Mrs. Wolf sat down TO make baby
clothes, while Wolf got out on the
floor and danced and sung, and bit
his wife on the back of her head and
yelled: "Belly for us. It's our young
one; isn't it Mrs. Wolf? Hurrah p
And then be went out and hitched
up yoke of calves, and drove all
around the house, yelling like an In.
dian. The little stranger has q good
home, and may yet be the queen Of
it's realm Here's luck to the taby
l-Platsrille Wial Hilness.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-11-21
Hastily Formed Iniimacies.

You can always judge better Of a
persons character by her manner Of
talking with others, than by what she
addresses directly to you, and by
what she says of others than by what
she SAYS to them. A conversation
like this ought to put you on your
guard against any intimacy ofa girl
capable of il. The vivaeity Of youth.
fol feelings is such that it often bur-
ries girls into intimacies which soon
prove uncoBgenial and burdensOme.
Yoa mistake an accidental agreement
for real sympathy-one agreeable
interview for sn insight into the
whole character: and thus, by judg-
ing tco hastily, you judge wrongly.
Far be it from US 10 recommend a
suspicious character; we would rath-
er see young heart deceived again
and again, than see it nonrishing srs-
pieion as habit of the mind; but We
would have you make it q rule never
to pledge yourself to any intimacy
until yon have taken time 70 cOnsid-
or your first Impressions. snd 10 dis
tinguish between the charm that re-
ally belongs to a new acquaintance,
and that which was thrown over
your first interview by accidental cir
cumstanees and associations.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-11-21
Before the Court.

"Uncle Abe, what does this mean?n
asked the court of an aged eolored
gentleman who limped out and looked
as if be expected to see ghosts.
at means dat Ize in G bad fix,
boss" replied Uncle Abe. "Ize
done gone up de spout unless you
goes light on me-"
"You got tight hear"
"Waal, sort o. tight, bat | knew
who | was all the time, an | could
keep the sidewalk like 4 book
"You were trying to enter a va
cant building, they say. The officer
thinks you meant to steal the door
knobs and lead pipe"
"Fo' de Lawd, boss, but dat amt
my style, no how. Ize been
hanging around Moyamens-
ing, mos twenty years now, and>dis
is de fust time / was ever 'specied of
wantin' to steal. | members of bein'
aroun' dat house, but just what
fur | can't say. | 'specis | was
drunker dan | lowed to be. Doan'
be hard on de ole man, boss, kase dis
was hard winter on Us po' folks,
an lie jess pickeu' up flesh a little
nown
"We have the machinery to saw
you in two 10 less than twenty four
seconds"
If know you has, boss, bat | OBJ
jecs to de operation. Izs willing to
make promises"
"Will yon promise not to drink
any more liquor for year"
"Sartin' | will"
"You mean that, do yOu?"
al jess do, sab"
"Well, then you can go. [ shall
instruct all the officers TO keep an eye
on you, and the first time you crook
your elbow you will be hash for my
mill"
"De same, sah-de same an now
lie gwine up home an hoe in de
garden an enjoy liherty.-Phiadel
phia Paper.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-11-21
Curioslties OF The Voice.

Those who have watched the for
nation Of vowels and eonsOnants can
describe very precisely tie positions
Of the lips. tongue, and palate take in
articulation. Yet almost identical
sounds can be produced with differ
ent positions. As we all know,
the teeth are a great help to pronun-
citation, out a person who has lost all
his teeth can modify the play of his
lips and tongue and express himself
intelligibly. Actors initiate the voice
Of putlic characters SO as TO make
the illusion complete. The ventrilo-
quist can make his voice issue as if
from q cavern. When misfortune
has deprived man of the whole or
part of his tongue, he can still hold a
conversation, though the sounds are
never particularly agreeable. All
this shows that there is nothing alb
solute in the actions which form
words, though 10 general the same
organs play similar parts. Those
who were born deaf have ceased to
be dumb by interpreting the move
ments of the mouth with wonderful
certainty; they guess the words Of
the speaker instead of hearing them,
and so learn 20 speak by imitation,
their speaking, however, being sell
dom well modulated There are now
several institutions where the poor
creatures who have been deprived
of one Of their senses can acquire a
means of communicating with their
companions without the tedious in
tervention Of writing. The master
indicates to the child how be must
open his mouth, place bis tongue and
lips; be then draws the pupils baud
over bis own larnyx, so be may feel
the movement Those who, like the
writer, have seen this reading from
the lips will be struck with the sur.
prising delicacy of the impression
made on the eye which has been thus
cultivated Chambers Journal.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-11-21

Man-afraid- of a-clean shirt asked If
series of lecturers couldn't be secured
for the coming winter, and be desired
the Great Father to recommend o
few lecturers for Indian consumption.
The President was thoughtful q
moment, and then asked if they ever
heard Of Conkling He said Conk.
ling was big chief of the 0neidas,
regular hair-lifter on the rostrum,
and he could go highly recommended
by brother lecturer named Curtis,
whose scalp he had recently taken in
the most scientific manner. He
mentioned several others that be
c.uld spare just as well as not to 60
out aad lecture among the Indians
Blaine, Dana, Ben Butler, Private
DaIzell, &c. The chiefs were de-
lighted, and said they would insure
each and all a warm reception Con
versation then took q general turn.
The Great Father then asked them
if they usually bought their plan os
op the monthly payment system,
and how it worked, and whether,
with a little Government assistance,
they couldn't build factories and
manufacture musk for their pocket.
handkerchief from the original musk.
melon cheaper than they could i'm.
port it. He intimated that If the in
disn ever expected to compete sue
cessfully with his white brother be
must educate himself for the insur
ance business, become president of 9
Chicago savings bank, or get bimsell
elected to Congress. The chief;
were much pleased with the Great
Father and the way he talked, anC
felt emboldened to ask, il leaving, j
he wouldn't make each Of them ,
present of an ulster, 9 cigsr-case
diamond cluster pin, and an Englisi
pug. The Great Father said h'
would see them on their reservation
FIRST, and they parted with mutua
assurances of esteem.-CincianGt
Saturday Night.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-11-21

The poorest girls in the world are
those who have never been taught to
work. There are thousands Of them.
Rich parents have petted them; they
have been taught to despise labor and
depend upon others for a living, and
are perfectly helpless If misfortune
comes upon their friends, as it often
does, their case is hopeless. The
most forlorn and miserable women
upon earth belong to this class. II
belongs to parents to protect their
daughters from this deplorable con.
dition. They do them a great wrong
ifthey neglect it, Every daughter
should be taught to earn her own
living. The rich as well as the pool
require this training. The wheel o.
fortune rolls swiftly round; the rich
are very likely to become poor and
the poor rich. Skill to labor is no
advantage to the rich and indispens
able 20 the poor. Wellto-do parent:
must educate their children 10 work
No reforms is more imperative thar
this.