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Roots tn Soak.

Men who love rum viii resort to almost
any eXpetlicnt to obtain it under adverse
circumstances. The town OF Dcdliam is
under prohibition law, apothecaries alone
being permitted to sell alcoholic stimulanls.
The other day son of Erin entered Il
drugstore there, and, taking Il bottle from
his pocket. asked for Il quart Of whiskey
The salesman asked to what use i, was to
be put. and tie reply was, $40 soak roots
in.' The order was filed. and the clerk.
after handing over the bottle ard its
contents, inquired, in conversational
manner:
'What kind of roots are YOU going to
saak:"
Carafllly pockcting tho bottle, the Gus
toner S;id
''Tle roots OF ne tongue, be jabbers."
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Mans Bettc1.-H0lf.

Not many women ;rt blgcksnI:tls, but
most of them can shoe hen.
The experience Of many 4 life: -
What fool have been" The expert
cnce of many wite-"What a tool I've
got"
1 Away down ia the corner of many a
woman's heart 1,GS, the sentiment: "Old
bonnet, no church,
Young ladies, you are beautiful. you
are angelic, but you lace too tight, and you
are slowly wasting away.
| \ husband can readily foEct the bills of Il
wife who is not afraid to be seen footing
her husbands stockings.
A Vassar girl is about twenty years old
when she graduates, but then she begins to
grow younger after four or five years
/ A man in Ohio, who attempted to
hang himself recently, was cut down by
his liibther-in-law. She wasn't through
with him yet.
"A swell who suffered horribly paid
court to very pretty actress, "Ah. sir"
she said, life is too short. I Invent time
to listen to you
AT the cattle show: Gentleman, with
solemnity-''Nliss Florence, do YOU love
beastsY'' Lady, with vivacity-"Am l 70
consider that as proposal:'
An envious paragrapher remarks
1T has been observed that the lady With
the diamond ring will scratch her nose, in
a given period, four times as often as any
other woman
AT what age were you married.? ~ she
asked, inquisitivelv. But the ether lady
was equal to the emergency. and quietly
responded: at the parsonage
-''Yes." she said, "a dish of ice cream
rcaXes the muscles of my heart. but two
distes-oh; two dishes. make me feel ~
though | could love on and ON forever"
SO he ordered the waiter to bring on an
other dish. and counted lot on the cost.
A man who married Il particularly
large specimen OF womankind, being bit
of wag told her one day that she flied
the measure Of his matrimonial jov fllti,
for she was beautiful. titt-ti,l. and an arm;
till.
If there are any dogs about when
fashionable woman dives for her trail just
before crossing gutter. they are certain
TO fly around the corner in the most abiect
terror. The ours evidently think that
the woman is rhat''i.4r te'r cobbe-stone.
The other night a Burlington woman
found the long-eXpected ''man l'rdtr the
bed" 1t was her husband. The bed was
rather high, and so was he. ana missed
when he tried to get in.
When man is at a picnic. and spi-
der climbs mp his leg. he'll just reach down /.
md squeeze it to death, aAd let it drop out;
but if 4 gIlsshoppcr jumps up a young
ady's sleeve she'll scream worse thSn a
steam whistle on a gang saw. knock over
| basket of pies, and scare halt the folks
out Of their tI'i'etitcs.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-10-11
What n1i xr,ny Of Toad-Stools Did.

! Did you ever think how strong the
growing plants must be to free their way
up through the earth? Even The Green
daisy tips ard the tiny blades of grass
/ that bow before Il breath. have to exert a
force in coming through. that. in proper
tion to their size, is greater than you
wOstld exert in rising from under mound
of cobble stones. And think of toad
stools-what soft, tender things they are,
breaking at Il touch. Yet, can tell you,
they're quite mighty in their way.
Charles Kingsley, the celebrated English
priest and novelist, was very close Oh
server of natt're. One evening he noticed
particularly square. hat stone. that was
about rs long, and as broad as. the length
Of three big brrdock leaves. He thought
it would require quite a strong man to lift
:. stone like that. In the morning he look
ed again. and 10. the stone was raised so
that he could see the light under it. What
was his surprise to find. on closer eXami-
sprung up under the stone in the night
and raised it up on their little round shoul-
ders as they came!
I'm told that Canon Kingsley gives an
account of this in his book called. Christ
1ffas in the West Indies,' but it was in
England he saw this:
Knowing that he was so close an OBJ
server shouldn't be surprised if he went
still further and found out that one secret
Of the toad-stools being able to lift the
stone was that they didn't waste time and
strength in urging each other to the work.
but each one did his very best without
quarrelins about whose turn it was, or
whether Pink Shoulder or Brown Button
was Sinking his share. But, then. the
toad-stools must have been strong, too.-i
st. Nicholas.
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| We quote from the Massachusetts,
Pioughman:
The communications Of farmers are III
always the most valuable matter in any
paper: sllsy deal with practical details, ia
miliar td the man who cones face TO facc
viii difficulties and overcomcs them.
The editor can select such items of news
or general interest Us he thinks viii be in
teresting and useful, but to build up a
truly useful and practical paper he must
rely very largely upon the assistance Of
practical men.
We say amen to all of this and hope the
readers of the AvANT COURIER will take
hint. Soon the working season will be
over; let Il spare hour Of an evening be de
voted to writing up the section of country
you are in, giving us the facts, the figures,
the experience. the suggestions, th@t ar,
so valuable VIXEN coming from pIa,'ticai
men. No communications will be tteci,.ci
because they do not happen 10 be in
shape;" we viii see to J, si,at ther are put
In shape. Only keen TO facts, briefly
stated and iet our readers abroad know
just what we have to offer those who aro
looking hitherward for future homes.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-10-11
Wit and Hztnl01'.
-"John, you said Sally kissed sen; Iii

-''John, you said Sally kissed sen; di'
you kiss her back:'
No: | kissed her face
An exchange speaks of the genesis o
Mark Twain Thought he Was booke'
rs levity-c,lss.
duty before pleasure" as the ma,
said who kissed his Wife before going on
to take her unmarried sister to The con
cert.
What is the difference between charity
and Il tailor? The first covers Il mul'itlld,
of sins; the latter Il multitude of sin
nerS.
Josh Billings says lie knows people
who are so fond of argument that they
will stop and ''dispute with il gliitle-boald
about the distance to the next town.
When Il man is working for his board
and the employer cuts his salary down 5G
per cent. theii ti,its are indeed what you
might call hard.
You can Get "a dinner, with Il bathing
suit thrown in for sixty cents at atlantic
City. But WHO wants. bathing suit thrown
into his dinner?
Sailor. smoking and soliloquizing-'.It
have smoked like that steamer without
buying tobacco"
An orator declaring" that Fortune
knocked at every mni's door. once. an
old llisilman said, when she knocked at
mine must have been out.''
"A scientific authority states that "a
single female ho.lse-tly will produce in one
season 20,0S0,320 eggs Great guns.
What must the married ones do.
-''Madam.' said an impertinent board
er to his landlady. your butter is too aris-
tocratic for my democratic taste. 1t is one
of the cases in which sweetness is prefer
able to rank
An old rail-splitter in Indiana put the
quietus upon the youn" man who cliattcd
him upon his bald head, in these words:
~ Dung man, when my head gets as soft
rs yours | can raise hair to sell
-Enterprising photographer on an
Oriental battlefield seeks out tie spot
where the dead lie most thickly, adjusts
his camera. removes ,hc cap. and-sucil is
the force of habit-brrahs ont with The
s;icranlen:al cXhort&tion: Fix your eyes
Oh me and don't stir
1t is q pleasing and refreshing sight to
see a man, in the spring Of the year. with
4 pair of new lavender pants, spoiless vest, !
md cllt-a"ay coat. gracefully go down in
.hc >lush and ice on street crossing. He /
springs TO save himself; but he only rup-
urc> his wardrobe. and merely breaks tie I
;uddenness of his fall. Again he jumps to
r@ain his footing. but the treachcrous ice
,!liocks only trip him up the more, till at
ast he goes down demoralized and tioun-
lei'ing in the mud, from which he craWls.
without single smile on his face. and
madness in every part of his body. while Il
10Y. who had been standing and watching
he exploit in opel-mouthed wonder.
sks:
II say, you cork-screw, how do you do
hat:'
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-10-11
Self Improvement

Progression marks everything in nature
1t is a law that governs the faculties of the
human mini to pre-eminent d;,eree
Infancy is marked with mental inbecility
and feeblencss; and as life advances ant
| the mind expands. its faculties increase ir
power and strength until we behold the
matuied mind, the giant intellect, the tow.
ering genius.
There is connected with this subject an
important idea which should be kept in
view, and that is, that mental progression
and moral improvement must be the resul,
of effort. Such a thing as a well-dcveloped
mind, an expanded and comprehensive in.
teIlect, without toll, effort and perseverine
industry, has never yet been met with.
| In the varied relations which we are
called upon to sustain in the great drama
of life, high and important duties often de-
properly cultivated, we shall often find
ourselves inadequate to the task before us.
and disqualified to properly act our part in
life's great theatre.
Many seek to excuse themselves on tie
ground that they have not been furnished
with the requisite advantages. This we
consider, to make the best of it, but poor
excuse. "Where there is will there's a
way" is emphatically true in reference to
the matter of mental cultivation.
The history of the world is replete with
examples of those who have been unfortu-
nately situated in reference to advantages
for mental Improvement, but who, never
theless, have plOdded their way up the
rugged hill of science, and have been able
to look from the giddy heights down upon
those who, favored with less facilities. have
used less perseverance, and have been con-
tent to allow the weeels of time to carry
them onward without an effort to over
come the difficulties with which they have
been surrounded, or even to improve the
advantages vouchsafed to them. The
classic hall and the celebrated seminary of
leaI1ii ing have not furnished more speci-
mems of thoroughly cultivated minds than
have the firesides of the humble homes
where the ambitious youth has desoted
over the midnight lamp, eager to find the
hidden wealth in the mine of science.
No country on the globe has furnished
greater number of self-inade men. who, by
dint of their own active energy and idomi-
table perseverance, have overcome the ap-
parently irreparable obstacles that have
them, and from poverty, lndi-
gence and obscurity, have risen to honora-
BILE distinction, than Our own native land. |
the cradle of liberty.
One OF our ex-Presidents when a youth, |
worked at daily labor to purchase books, I
and read theia at night by the light of pine |
knots; and by preseryance he reached the +
highest position in the gift of the people. I
md While history lasts his name will live,
While many who were contemporary with /
him, and We're surrounded with every ad-
'antage that heart could wish. have sunk
llto oblivion.-J. b. Hoag. NJ d.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-10-11
Emotional Cures:

Every one has read of the bed-ritlden
lady. who. finding her bed en- fire, and nc
assistance within call, spr;lnG hantically
from the flames. and ran with surprising
agility from the room and house, thus re.
covering in minute the use of limbs
which had been pOwerless for Years. A
stronger instance of the power Of mind
over body can scarcely be cited; but less
remarkable emotional cures are by no
means rare. Indeed the emotions of every
living person are unquestionably of more
importance to his health, happiness and
| well-being than most physicians suppose.
Agreeable emotions are curative in their
influence, when coming to the relief OF
suffering invalids. Disagreeable emotions
produce disease in individuals WHO, ,lnin-
tluenced by them, would be in sound
health. \ dyspeptic who, at his own ta-
bic, under the influence OF depressing
emotions, is unable to partake of an ounce
of food without subsequent distress and
pain, is able, at the table of Il friend. under
different circumstances, to eat hearty
meal without discomfort. Many diseases
result solely from disorSanized mind.
and cannot be cured by drugs alone: Wise
is the physician who understands this fact.
and exercises good moral influence over
his patient. In illustration of this idea
comes story from Pittsburs: A short
time since two individuals were lying in
one room. very sick, one with brain fever.
and the other with an eqttally distressing
disease. They We're so low that watchers
were needed every night, and it was con
sidered doubtful if the one with the fever
would recover. A gentleman was engaged
to watch over night, his duty being %
wake the nurse whenever it became neees-
sary to administer medicine. In the
course of the night both watcher an nurse
fell asleep. The other invalid lay watching
the clock, and saw that it was tiae to give
the fever patient his portion. lie was ,tr
able to speak aloud. or - move any r.or-
ton OF his body. except his arms. but
seizing pillow. he managed to s.rik ke the
watcher in the s,ce with it. Tt.us su,l5.,-
ly awakened, the watcher sI,ang from his
seat, 1lllins to the floor, and awakened
both the nurse and the ftwr patient. The
incideE; struck the sir, men as very lt,,lic-
rous, and they laughed heartily at it for
some fifteen or twenty minutes. When
the doctor came in the morning he found
his patients vastly Improved; said he .,ey-
er knew SO sudden Il turn for the better.
Both patients We're soon up and well.
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Advice to Young Writer'S.

To Il young writer William Cullen Bry.
ant once gave this good advice:
Il observe that you have used several
French expressions in your article.
think, ifyou will study the English Ian
guage. that you will find it quite capable
of exprps sing all the ideas you may have.
hatt always found it SO, and III all that
have written do not recall an instance
when was tempted 10 use a fG,rJ; len word.
but That. on searching. found bitter one
in ms i'wn language"
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Our Selected StO77J.
The WRONG MASK.
BY HANNAH BLOMGREN.

The sheen of silks. the flashing O
jewelry, silvery laughter, and strains O
sweet music. all serve to produce that in
toXication of excitement which takes pos
session of one in brilliantly-lightcd, well
filled ballroom; and no one felt more the
influence Of such scene than did charm
ing little Mollie Remsen, on the night o
the French ball, in 1S7-.
Dressed rs a flower girl, in a dainty COS
! tune that served to make her look more
piquant than usual, if such 4 thing were
possible. she threaded her way in and out
among the crowd, with grace that was
bewitchihg. and vivacity that rose as
much from the great love that had just
blOssOned in her heart, as from her sur.
roundings.
But one week previous to this ball, Char.
lie Richmond had whispered the old, old
story to her, and she felt herself blessed
among women.
She had come to the ball in his company
but enveloped as she was in a long. dark
cloak, it was impossible for him to discov-
er what her costume was: and although he
had pleaded very earnestly, she had posi-
lively refused to enlightcn him on the sub
jject.
She knew Of his disguise, because she
had helped him to select the costume-a
court dress of the time Of Louis XIV-so
she promised herself much amusement and
felt that she could extract much sweetness
from the evenings pleasure.
Several times did MoIlie pass her lover.
who. all ignorant of her proximity, was
searching for ber everywhere.
Then she lost sight of the court dress
it seemed to disappear among the dancers
at the farther end Of the hall; she turned
about, and was considerably startled to
find herself face to face with it.
''1Iow did he come here so quickly?" she
thought to herself Il wonder if he has
recognized me?"
Her question YVES Immediately answered,
as he approached her, took her hand and
placed it on his arm, and said:
IL have found you at last. | have hunt
ed everywhere for you, and had just con-
cluded that farther search was useless
''How did you know mey' she asked.
with laugh, as they joined the prone
naders.
'.Intuition, suppose, as had no clue to
help me. The moment saw you knew
it was the little girl l love SO dearly"
Mollie pressed his arm gently. as if to
thank him for those words; and then. with
the perversity that seizes all womankind al
times, she said, arclly:
80 you intend to devote yourself to
poor little me; have not dared to expect
that"
"Fortuna;ely have succeeded in ridding
myself of my gushing faneee; Host my
self in crowd, and shall take pretty good
ARE that am not found"
Moliie's heart seemed to stand still. |
What was the meaning of his words?
''Shall we dance. Jessie?" he asked, press
ng the white-gloyed hand that rested upon
lis arm.
Mollie could not speak; she simply
hook her head.
She understood it all now. Charlie
adj supposed her to be some one else
ONE Jessie with whom he had made an
ppointment. !,
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Lord Chesterfield was dining at an i'm
where the plates and dishes were tiirty.
Lord G., complaining, was informed by
tne writer that ''every one must eat peck
OF dirt before he dies THAT NAV be
true. " said Chesterfield; ''but no one IS OBJ
isel to eat it ali at one meal,
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Poetry.
Win and Wear.

There is no royal road to greatness:
Men must ever climb to fame;
All the wealth in mscr's ccGcrs
Would not buy a deahless name.
Is sanoble goal before you?
Would You great achievements bear?
On the way you should not falter-
Brothers, you must 'Wi in and Wear -
Toll and labor, never stopping
Till you make the prize your own;
For You know Ills constant dropping
Wears away the hardest stone
Never slack sublime enleavor,
Nor mid cherries toll despair;
1fyou'd rise above your fellows,
Brothers, you must "Win and Wear" 4"
'Tis the lesson Nature teaches
All through her wide domaine;
And the text from which she breaches
Is that Labor leads to Gain
Moral worth and honest merit
Better crowns than mOnarchs bear
These you never can Inherit
Brothers, You must 'Win and Wear"
---<e>Sc~Ss
Only.
Only woman's face,
Young and so fair,
Crowned by 4 royal wreath
OF golden hair;
EyeS--brow-:eetll-Iip
Fashioned with grace,
Cheeks aS the roses rcd
Only wOInan's face.
-Popula,. Song
Only a woman's breath,
Whitfield in the hail,
BY the Adonis who
PAYS Il short call;
Onions, carhous, peppermint drops,
Lemon, tafy, peaches, cloves,
Sozodont, cabbage, coffee,
Likewise fried tripe, jelly cake,
Orange peel, radishes, cheese,
Chocolate, calomels, garlic,
Not to mention floating island,
Ham sandwich, mar.hmellows,
Spruce chewing gum, as we'll as
Wax, soda water, grapes, wa
Tcrmclons, wine drops blue mass,
Can:elopes, seidli.z powders, sponge cake,
Bolosnas, limburger, sweitzer-
Only a woman's breath
81 Louis Journal
Only the breath Of a man
Odorous airs.
Waited about one a. IN.
At the foot of The stairs.
Lemonade, sel.zer, beer,
Bass pale ale
Whisky and soda; plain pop,
Whisky cocktail,
Eve Opcnprs old famarark
Gloves and Rhine wine. gin,
Cigars, pre;zels, tobacco,
Brandy, rum, oysters, kraut,
Plantation bitters, whisky sour,
kimmei, peach brandy, apple-jn"k,
Hard cider, h0t-scO.ch,
Only :hc breath of Il man.
-rprh1une
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BE somethlag-be somebody. Set your
mark high in the world then move toward
1t. Don't wait for somebody to lift yen
np TO the place you aspire-lift yo,uself,
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When Sir Walter Scott was urged n,.s to
prop the fallen credit of one of hss az.
qtsaintances, he replied: "'The man w,.s my
friend when my trient,s were .ew. AMI I
viii be his nov that his caell,ea ar, -sSny.''
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b Try the COURIER for months. ~a1a
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The Rock Island Argus., 1877-07-19

w@Dan W. Gould's store front is re-
ceiving new dressing of lead and oil.
nara private picnic is on the tapis for
next week Wednesday, to be held on the
bluff east of Nourse's nursery.
SgA temperance lecture will be de-
| livered by Rev. DIR. Mott, of Davenport, in
the Congregational church this evening.
EgExcavations we're being made to day
on the east side of Rodman avenue, for
the laying of sewer from the post office
north.
E9=R. Nj. Bell uwas hastily summoned
yesterday to the bed-side of his son, aged
10 years, who is lying dangerously i'll in
Geneseo.
| BG@W Weather permitting, an out door
sociable will be held at the residence of &.
! T. Edwards this evening by the ladies of
the Baptist church.
hN%That sidewalk on Lynde street in
front of Frank Gunnells is getting worse
daily. That is too public place to be
allowed to look that way.
sarCity Attorney Eugene Lewis has
returned from the north His wife is still
at Minneapolis, where she will remain for
some time for her health.
RH~The base ball match announced for
to-day was not played, being postponed on
account of the inability of some of the
players to leave their business.
@~The sidewalks in some portions OF
the city are so overgrown with weeds as tC
resemble COW paths. A few dollars of the
street fund expended in moving them
would not be bad investment.
Binding of every description done
at close figures at The ARGUS bindery.
All kinds of printing cheaper than else
where in the three cities. First class work
guaranteed. If.
E8Henry Reese, brother of Chris
Reese, was taken suddenly i'll this morn.
ling. The symptoms were Of cholera
nature. This is the effect of the suddel
change in the weather. and sleeping in
draft. DIR. Cogeeshall is attending him.
The Rock Island Argus., 1877-07-19
CITY COUNCIL.
Epeclal Meeting Official Report.

CITY Council Room, Rock ISLAND,
July Is. 1877, 7:3O P. M-Council me;
in special session. Present, Mayor But
Ter, and Aldermen Carse, Lundy, ONeil
Simmons, Brooks, Davis, and Warnock
Absent, Alderman Huber, Schlemmer
and Woods.
The Mayor stated the meeting was
called to consider tie matter of repairing
the bridges at Milan
Alderman Lundy moved that the
bridges be substantially repaired, under
the supervision of the Mayor and Bridge
Committee, and that they be authorized
20 make contracts for materials ETC., anG
submit the same to the City Council fol
approval Carried.
Petition of Henry Curtis, Jr., director
Of the public library, asking that the
city transfer the sum of $3O6 "a, deposited
with the City Treasurer by Henry Heit-
ahrends, Collector, to the credit of tn,
city, which should been deposited to tn,
credit of the library The Council, find
ing the amount correct, the Mayor anC
City Clerk were ordered to draw al
order on the City Treasurer in favor O
the library for the amount, on motion o
| Alderman Lundy.
Adjourned
J. L. REED, City Clerk.