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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-10-11

To all who are suffering from the errors and
indiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness
early decay, loss of manhood, ETC., | Will
seHd recipe that Will cure you, FREE or
CHARGE, This great remedy was discovered
by missionary IN south America. Send IA
.lf-addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH L.
INMAN, Station D., Bible House, New York
City.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-10-11

The Post editorially regards the Ohio
election as decided slap in the face of
the President, and given because Re-
publican convention adopted John
Sherman's views in its platform. The
plank on silver was delusion and the
people knew it and voted it down. The
Post considers it time for the President
to demand Sherman's resignation.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19

1862, Geo. D. Prentice, of the Louisville
Journal. offered him the editorship OF q
Bowling Green department of his paper,
but he declined it and went south to. pur-
sue his studies.
Mr.. McNeal is an Accomplished, poll
ished and forcibe writer and close thinker,
making himself felt whether in the sane
tum or at the bar.
JAMES SMITH DRAKE.
On the lst of January, 1870, Mr.. Jones
formed partnership with Mr.. Drake, they
becoming equal owners of the establish
ment. Mr.. Drake was born in Franklin
county, New York, Nov. %, 1843, educa-
ted at Middlebury, tVt.) College and at
Amherst Mass College. He came to
Davenport, Iowa, in the fall of 1865 and
the next year became connected with
the Davenport Democrat In the spring
OF 1867 he was the candidate of the Peo-
pies party for president of the school
board, and, after the most exciting election
ever known there, he beat John X. Henry
1872 votes for that Office, in poll of 1900
votes. This was the first triumph of the
Peoples party in Davenport, and over the
strongest man the opposition could bring
out. Mr.. Henry used his best personal
efforts for success but the votes counted
out as follows:
d. y. Drake. .'......... .ll94
John Il, Henry. 1902
Since Mr. brakes connection with the
THE ARGUS he has been the active bust
ness manager and Is still, occasionally
contributing to its editorial columns.
In 1875 he was appointed member OF
the Democratic State Committee for this
congressional district, and was reappointed
in 1876, and also appointed a delegate tc
the St. Louis convention which nominated
Tilden and Hendricks. He is also chair.
man of the Democratic County Committee
Concluded on next page.l
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19
The Iron Trailg."

A spicy sketch descriptive of trip over
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail-
road and of the beauties, scenery and plea
sure resorts of the Rocky mountains, by
"Nym Crinkle," the musical and dramatic
critic of the New York World, sent free on
application, together with the Sab Juan
Guide, maps and time tables of this new
and popular route from Kansas City and
Atchison to Pueblo, Denver and all points
in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona aud the
San Juan mines. The finest line of Pull
man Sleepers on the continent between the
Missouri river and the Rocky mountains
without change.
Address, I. j. ANDERSON,
Gen. Passenger Agent,
. 9dH6m IOPEKA, KAN.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19
2 9dw6n,

MOTHERS can secure health for their
children and rest for themselves by the
use of Castoria, peatect substitute for
Castoria Oil. 1t is absolutely harmless,
and is as pleasant to take as honey. For
Wind Collie. Sour Stomach. Worms or
Constipation, for young or old, there is
nothing in existence like it. 1t is certain,
it is speedy.
CAKED BREASTS. Rheumatism, Sciatica
Swellings, Sprains, Stiff Joints, Burns
Scalds, Poisonous Bites, and all flesh, bone
aud muscle ailments, can be absolutely
cured by the Centaur Liniments Wha
the White LiDiment is for the human
family, the Yellow Linimentis for spawned
CALLED, and lame horses and animals.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19

If you have any magazines, or newspaper
files you want bound. or any old books you
want rebound, take them to THE ARGUS
BINDERY. dwtf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19
MEDICAL.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

THE countenance is pale and leaden-
colored, with occasional fiushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pupils
dilate; an azure semicircle runs along
the lower eye-lid the nose is irritated,
swells, and sometimes bleeds; a swell
ing of the upper lip; occasional head
ache, with humming or throbbing of
the ears an unusual secretion of saliva
Shiny or furred tongue; breath very
foul, particularly in the morning; ap-
petite variable, sometimes voracious,
withagnawing sensation ofthe stomach,
at Others, entirely gone heeting pains
in the stomach occasional nausea and
vomiting; violent pains throughout the
abdomen; bowels irregular, at times
costive stools Shiny; not unfrequently
tinged with blood belly swollen and
hard !; urine turbid; respiration occa-
sionally difficult, and accompanied by
hiccough; cough sometimes dry and
convulsive; uneasy and disturbed sleep,
with grinding of the teeth; temper
variable, but generally irritable, &c.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19
~ IT HAS NO EQUAL. "a

Liver Disease and Indigestion
prevail to a greater extent than
probably any other malady. and
relief is always anxiously
sought after. II the Liver is
Regulated IN its action. health
health is almost invariably Sc
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19
A SrCCEssFuL DRuaa1sr -Emil Koch:

A SUCCESSFUL DRUGGIST Emil Koch
Ter, the downtown druggist, is one of
the most reliable men in that line of busi-
ness in the city, and on account of his
increasing business was obliged to move in
Il larger stOre-two doors east OF his old
stand in Wolleuhaupt's block. Before
moving, however. he purchased a com
Dlete, new and fresh stock Of pure drugs
aud medicines, paints, oils, perfumeries,
etc, which he now offers to the public at
prices to suit the times. Prescriptions
carefully compounded Call and SEE
him. l6-deodlw
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19
NERVOUS IsstRILETE.

a depressed, Irritable state Of mind
weak, nervous, exhausted feeling.
no energy or animation ScOnfused
head, weak memory, often with de-
bilitating, involuntary discharges. Tie
consequence of excuses, mental overwork OF
indiscretions. This NERVOUS DEBILITY
finds a sovereign cure in HUMPHREYS
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC, No. as.
1t tones up the system, arrests d'scha eN dispels
the mental gloom and despondens. MI rejuve-
mates the entire system. 1t is pe11ectly harm
less and always efficient. Price IS, for package
OF five boxes and n large 81 vial of powder, which
Is important in old serious cases; or 81 per single
box. Sold by ALL Druggists, or sent by mail
on receipt Of prize. address HUMPHREYS
SPECIFIC HOMEOPATHIC NlATCIHE Co
no. 58& LUoAbH.y- 81. T.
~ See large advertisement.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19
MARK THESE FACTS
The testimony of the whole World.
HOLLOWAY's PILLS

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Your Pills are marvellous"
~ send for another box and keep them In the
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"Dr. Holloway has cured my headache that was
chronic"
II gave one of your pills to my babe for cholera
morbus. The dear little thing got well in day.
MY nausea of morning is now cured
''Y0ur bottle of HOllOway's Ointment cured me
of noises in the head. rubbed some of your Oint-
ment behind my ears and the noise has left
"Send me two boxes; | want one for poor fam
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II enclose dollar; your price is - cents, but
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"Seud me five boxes Of your pills
"Lct me have tree boxes of your pills by return
mail, for Ghills and Fever
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For Cutaneous Disorders,
and all eruptions of the skim the Ointment is mos
invaluable. 1t does not heal externally alone, bu
penetrates with the most searching effects to tho
very root CT the evil
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19
SPECIAL N T1cEs.

TTTRTTNHC of Self Abuse or Gndscretion
v ~ 4V1N send stamp for "CELEBRATED
WORK. on Nervous and Private Diseases. Address
CHICAGO MEDICAL INSTITUTE 1856 S. Clark ST.,
Chicago.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19
A CARD.

TO all who suffering from the errors and in =
discretons of youth, nervous weakness, early de-
cay, loss of manhood &C, will send recipe that
will cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send a sef-addressed envelope to the
REV. JOSEPH T. INMAN Station D, Bible House
New York City,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19
HOLLOwAY'S PILLS

Invariably cure the following diseases:
DISORDER OF THE KIDNE Us
In all diseases affecting these organs, whether
they seCrete TOO much or too little water; or
whether they be afflicted with stole gravel or
with aches and pains settled in the lOins over the
regions OF the kidneys, these pills should be taken
ment should be well rubbed into the small of the
baCS at bed time, This treatment will give almost
immediate relief when all other means have failed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19
IMPORTANT CAUTION.

None are genuine unless the signature of J. Hay
dock, as agent for the United States. surrounds
each box of Pills, and Ointment A handsome re
ward will be given to any one rendering such in
formation as may lead to the detec ion of any par
ty or parties cOunterfei.ing the medicines or vend
lug the same, knowing them to be spurious.
*&*Sold at the mauufaCtory Of Prof. holloway s
Co, New York, and by all respectable druggists
and dealers in medicine throughout the civilized
world, in boxes at p cents, 90 cents and 81 each
80 There is considerable saving by taking tho
larger size.
N. B Directions for the guidance of patients il
every disorder are affixed to each box
Office, 112 Libirty ST.. NEW YORK
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19

|. Mott, OF IOIumbus, HO'l Ut
are among the hundreds 70
l whom we can refer. Extract
! of q letter from Hon. AleXah-
] der H. stephens, dated March
. s, 1872: II occasionally use'
] when my CONDITION requires IT,
rer Regulator, with good effect,
its me better than more active
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-03-19
For Stomachs Out of Orders.

No medicine so effectualy improves the tone
of the stomach as those pills. they remove all
acidity occasioned either by intemperauce or i'm
proper diet They reach the liver and reduce it to
healthy condition; they are wonderfully efica-
hous in cases of spasm-in fact they never fail i'll
curing all disorders of the liver and stomach.
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS are the best known in the
world for the following diseases: Ague, Asthma,
Bilious Complaints. Blotches on the Skin, Bowels,
Consumption, Debility, Dropsy, Dvsentery, Fry
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Fits, Govt Headache, Indigestion, Inflammation,
Jaundice, Liver Complaints, LumbagO, Piles,
rheumatism, Retention of the urine, Scrofula or
Kings Evil, Sore Threats, Stone and Gravel, Tic
D:uloureux Tumors, Ulcers, Worms ofall kinds,
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

THE SAGACTrY OF WILD GEESE.
large focks Of geese which are constant
ly passing over the town are frequently
shot at, but they generally fly at too
high an altitude to be reached by the
leaden missiles. Sometimes, however,
the shots take effect. The other day we
were watching flock flying southwark,
when the report of gun was heard and
we observed one of the geese begin to
fall slowly. The others, perceiving that
their comrade was wounded, uttered
shrill cries of distress, and about a dozen
of them flew under the wounded bird,
huddling together so that their backs
formed sort OF bed upon which the
wounded one rested. They buoyed it up
for some time, the others meanwhile
looking ON and manifesting their concern
by uttering loud, discordant shrieks.
Finding that their companion was una
bic to longer accompany them in their
flight, they abandoned him to his fate,
and he fell to the earth and into the
arms of an expectant Chinaman.--Ang-
helm (Cul) Gazette.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

WHAT CANE IN 4 POTATo.-The Wor-
cester (Mass.) Spy Of the 18th inst says:
A friend of ours received day Or two
ago through the Fosj-office, from
Olympia, Washington Territory round
ish, irregular package, which on exami-
nation proved to contain large potato.
Further investigation showed that the
potato had been cut in two and the in
side scooped out, and in the cavity were
found flowers and leaves, which, rs he
learned by q note previously received,
had been picked in a garden III the open
air on the 26th of December. The flow
ers, pansies, geraniums, and others,
were as fresh and bright as If they had
been gathered within an hour, though
their journey across the Continent had
Occupied 15 days. Olympia is in about
the latitude of Quebec, though its win
ter climate is not more severe than Chat
of Memphis.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

GARDENERS FINANCIAL ADVICE
While crowd Of twenty-five men, says
The Free Press, stood around the coal
stove III the market yesterday morning
each one facing outward and having his
hands crossed behind him, Brother
Gardner was asked whether he thought
it was better for a man to put dollar
in the bank than to hide 1t away at home.
''Put it in de bank, sah,' was his
prompt reply, ''put it IN de bank, for
two reasons. De fust reason is because
it kind o lifts you up in society to hev
money in de bank. De mex reason is
you kin let it lay in de bank till de cash
iereea kind O lost track oyer face, an
you kin walk in dar some day when he's
busy, and say: ''I guess I'll take out
dat 5000 to day He'll hand de cash
over, you hez de capital to go into bus
mess, ar de goose hangs high. Least
ways dats my idee bout banzin'."
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

THE New STyLH.-An ingenious pam
phelet has been written by German on
improvements in war. He suggests that
some neutral territory be set aside by
the European powers and devoted en-
tireIy to bloodshed. No fighting is un-
der any pretense whatever, to take place
out of this territory, which is to be fitted
up for wir In the most elaborate fashion.
There is to be training school for
nurses, a college for surgeons, and large
hospitals. Prisoners of war viii be con
fined in suitable buildings especially pre-
pared for their accommodation. There
are also to be vast cemeteries and dep OTIS
for artificial limbs, etc. These conven-
ienoes will be open to all nations wish
ing to fight at fixed and reasonnblechar-
ges. Weapons of every description
and in fact all the appliances for war
may be bought OF hired; but no credit
is to be given, and the charges for bet
tie fields are to be paid before the first
gun is fired. All profits after payment
Of expenses will be devoted to the main
tenance OF the widows aud orphans 81
the fallen.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08


Mr.. JoHNsoN's DOLLAR. 1t Is pretty
much like talking at random to tell how
valuable dollar may be heH1dl'ed gears
hence. It is good deal when you get
to it, but the time is rather long to wait
and ones personal interest in it would
become an "abstract'' one, very indeed,
before the second century ended. How
ever, dollar is worth saving and good
to PIT other dollars with.
A few days since, says an exchange,
Mr.. johnson, connected with the Long
Branch Bank, and whose residence is in
Matteawan, n. Y, found one dollar
bill in the cars. He could not find an
owner. A friend suggested to put it in
some trust company, with the provision
that it shall be compounded every year,
and at the end of two hundred years a
hospital be erected with the product.
Mr.. Johnson smiled, and suggested that
the amount was too small. We have Ia
ken the trouble to reckon what that dol
lar would amount to, and find the final
sum would be $191, ,072. This is recll
oning at six per cent. interest. The
writer accordingly suggests that the ST
shall be put out at interest to found the
johnson Hospital, to be built atLong
Branch in 2076, and all from 81 found
in railroad car.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

In digging down hillside near the
town OF Siegburg, Germany, a short
time ago, ancient pottery works were
discovered in which many rare aud val
liable pieces of pottery were found
notably a set il!ustl ating Biblical history
from Adam and Eve tc the Ascension Of
Christ. Several ovens were filed with
fine ware, and amcng the discoveries
were number Of quaint old patterns.
Some Of the pottery bore inscriptions
and some was decorated with figures,
such as the Emperor Constantine, Roman
goddesses and the coat of arms Of JGiich,
Cleve and Berg, all beautifully colored
and glazed.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

1t MIGHT HAVE BEEN,-Sometimes,
what dreamy, far-away picture of the
beautiful Had 1t Been calls up in your
memory, when you have loved a fair
young girl with al the fervor and pas
sionate ardor OF q manly nature-when
your very soul has caught the inspira-
ton of her presence, and her face has
been for you the realization Of all that
was tender and fair and pure, and when
the loss of this prize has swept over your
heart Ike sirocco Of agony, and left 1t
dry and bitter and hard, ten years after,
to look over an alley-fence when looking
for your runaway boy, and see her III the
back yard of corner grocery, with
draggled calico dress pinned up over
red flannel petticoat, mans hat perch
ed on herhead, and stretching tapping
shirt over a line, while she holds two
clothes pins between her teeth.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08
PUTTING ON A SHIRT COLLAR.

There was q ''collar and elbow wrest-
ling match at the residence Of our es-
teemed fellow-citizen, Seth Spicer, last
week, that gentleman having undertaken
to fasten a III collar on n Is shirt band.
The first bout was short and sharp. Spi-
Ger came up to the dressing glass smil-
ing, fastened two buttons, clutched him
self by the back of the neck and tried to
drag the third buttonhOle over his neck
stud, when the top of his right thumb
nail gave way, he rammed his fist into
his clean shirt bosom, trod on the baby's
Christmas dog and smashed the bark out
of it, barked his shin against the bureau
and ''blasted" the offending furnishing
goods earnestly.
Mrs. S. here remarked that he 'fnecd
not use such dreadful LANGUAGE with tho
children in the next room. never saw
UuiIU mao u DIT OF patience, con-
tlnued Mrs. Spicar, as she stepped for
ward to take hand in the contest. Spi-
Ger took one step to the rear, and landed
the heel OF No. 10 boot on the toe Of
his partners slipper.
Couch Owl shrieked the counsel
lor of patience and good language. You
great clumsy lummux; you have trodlen
on my lame toe. No, you arn't sorry, I
saw you grin in the glass" and Mrs. S.
Hmped out OF the arena.
Spicer took q fresh hold, and refresh
ing himself with the remembrance of the
time he lifted eleven hundred and fifty
pounds at Windship's, gave naughty
tug, and tore two button-holes clean
out.
There was murder i'll Spicer's eye and
prespiration on his forehead rs he went
calmly to work on the second piece of
neck gear, bat a happy thought occur
ring to him, he seized boot -buttoner
and wrenched the refractory linen into
place.
Just as Mrs. S. called from the hall
that the carriage had been there for half
an hour, and Lash and Driven always
charged for waiting, therear button gave
way, and the triumphant linen rode up
into Spicer's back hair. The unhappy
man iabbed big pin into the place of
the missing button, and rushed off to
enjoy social party, with a realizing
sense all the evening of how those devo-
tees used TO feel who wore a hair shirt
OF a spiked collar with the points in
ward.-BOstOn Conan1erciak Bulletin
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08
a CURIOUS inci,lent took place in Pa

4 CURIOUS incident took place in Par
is. A drunken man, Philippe Bochon.
was staggering to his home in the Rue
St. Sacques. As he swung along, taking
the entire pavement, he ran foul of a
passenger who, with an oath, dealt him
such blow that he fell PROSTATE, bath
ed in blood. Whilst the brutal assailant
fed, others ran to the aid of the poor
man and took him to an apothecary's s,
where, 10 and behold ! they discovered
that magnificent diamond-evidently
detached from the setting of ring worn
hy the assailent-hsd lodged in the cut
produced by the blow.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

AccoRn1NG to the Army Register for
1877 the regular army of the United
States consists Of 28, 571 officers and men
this including all branches of the ser
vice. The organized militia force OF the
United States is 90,347. and the number
of men available for military duty is re-
turned at 2,875, ,469. No enrolment Is
reported in Virginia, South Carolina,
Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, and Min
nesota, and no returns were received
from Delaware, West Virginia, North
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Nevada
and Oregon.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

Though poverty, beggary, disgrace and
death are staring me in the face, I am
happy in the knowledge that am not
guilty of murder-happier than I have
been for twenty years with all the luxur-
ious surroundings of wealth. 1t was my
first and last crime, and [ have never
been able to tell how [ was tempted on
that fearful occasion. Now, sir, do with
me as you will-only, [ pray you, be
merciful to my innocent family.
81 forgive you," returned the other.
extending his hand. 81 forgive you.
You haze been fearfully punished al
ready. And as God has seen proper to
preserve rs both together, let us hope it
is for our present and future salvation,
and let us endeavor so to live as to de-
serve the blessings we receive. 7 will re-
store you enough to place you and your
family above want, and for the rest, I
tgu trnft 2 MS shall iH beth remember we shall
stewardship in the other world.
Hllip Syuney kepG LIS "oIei, ilnu Will
a fresh start in the world, and an easy
conscience, the still enterprising Stephen
Edwards accumulated another respecta-
bic fortune, much of which he spent in
charity.
Philip Sydney died in 1913, and Ste
phen Edwards in 1851.
Is not truth indeed strange, stranger
than fiction ?
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-02-08

AN ARMY OF WATER RATS.-Dr. Van
Der Horh, the German traveller to the
Arctic, says On one occasion we had
a curious adventure. While crossing Il
lacustrine part of the river called Kjoal-
meiuare, in the early part of the night,
we were suddenly surrounded by swarms
of lomming (Myodus torquatus), an ami
NAL like the mountain rat They swarm
ed around the boat and attempted to
Chamber into it, so that it was with the
greatest difficulty we could keep the
fierce little creatures from boarding us
by beating about with the oars, at (which
they would set up sharp, shrill screams
similar to those of the muskrat. After
some time we succeeded in passing them.
These little animals come unexpectedly
down from the mountains-no one know
ing exactly whence--and appear III mill
lions, swarming over the whole country,
eating up almost everything that comes
in their way. Neither river nor lake
SttElS 10 dGtc1 ltlClIi, DOGiI VI "hlCH
swim with ease, usually keeping in their
destructive path until reaching the open
sea, which they vainly endeavor to cross
never swerving from the direction once
taken until they sink exhausted beneath
the waves. Thus perish countless num-
bers. They commit great rayages, and
] ~ 1oo -
are in Egypt Years, however, elapse
between their reappearance, or until they
suddenly descend from their rocky re-
treats. The lapps tell us that they rain
from the sky. many of them stating that
they have actually seen them fall.