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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-06-22

An assistant Of a druggist recently put
up a prescription Of d dose Of csstor. oil for
2 young lady. She ianocen " inquired
how it could he taken without tasting it.
lie promised to explain to her, and, in the
meantime, offered her, courtsously, glass
Of favored and scented seltzeri water
After she had finished it, he said, triumph
antly, "You see, miss, you have taken
your oil and you did not know it, he
young lady screamed out, 9 1t was for my
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Princess Demidof, a young Russian lady
wearing the full uniform of q hussar and
mounted on magnificent charger, rode
at the head of splendid regiment of cayal-
ry, through the outskirts Of Bucharest, not
long ago. She is the daughter of the hon.
oray colonel and proprietor of the regiment
who is reported as spending $50, 900 a year
upon it. No Russian cavalry is SO well
mounted, the horses averaging sfG hands,
comprising cAestnuts, whites, browns and
bays respectively.
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DEER I.oDGE.
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The Bashi-Bazouks ride with such short
stirrups that they can wipe their nose on
their knees without bending over.-Haeok-
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When the door step in tic morning 9 go
Shows no blabbing mark OF. spot; a .ff
Oft the wrecked gate hinges teilus
Why the lovers never sot
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
From the Ne7o York Herald.

But the most fruitful source of fire
lies in the defective principle of building
How frequently we hear of what is called
a defective fuel The defect is not 10 the
flue but IN the blockheads, architects and
builders who allowed the ends of half a
dozen joists to be stepped in the breast
work of a chimney with those ends ex-
posed to the highway of FIRE, or so close
to the hue that they are heated sufficiently
to generate theft own flame. Then We
build hollow floors, leaving air ways be-
meath our feet, and we build hollow par
titions to enable the fire to run like YER
min under us, above US, around us, un-
seen, unknown, until it bursts out and we
find ourselves hopelessly enveloped. All
floors should be packed solid between the
joists with light concrete, and all parti-
tons filed in, Thus by excluding the
air the floor becomes practically 6reproof,
and neither rats nor mice can annoy us by
their ranging over the building. There is
no reason why chimneys should not be
abolished and replaced with iron or earth
ware tubes glazed on the inside they
clean themselves. If buried in a breast.
work they occupy little room and no jOist
can poke its ends into such a hue to the
danger of the building. Fundamental re-
forms must be instituted both in the
much Wanted system of American hotel
keeping and the safety of the construction
of all such buildings where FIVE hundred
human beings and upward are liable tc
present holocaust to the most insidious,
destructive and terrible 6end that walks
the earth
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16

of New York hotel would demand
the price of his building as the condition
OF making such an experiment In it.
Moreover 10 Paris, even with the i'm
measurably superior construction enforced
there, there is strict limit to the height
of buildings intended for dwellings In
Paris, or IN Vienna, or in any city With
proper building law properly enforced,
such story could not possibly be told as
that which is now told from ST Louis of
hotel the upper stories OF which we're in
accessible to the iremen. The introduc-
ton Of the elevator by making the upper
stories as accessible and as desirable as
the lower stories has added two new ter
rors to hotels. They have removed the
limit formerly imposed upon the height
Of hotels by the refusal of dodgers to climb
more than certain number of stairs, and
they are themselves hues and fire traps.
The latter of these dangers may be avert
ed by lining the shaft with fire. proof ma
terial, The former can only be reached
by positive legal prohibition such as is en-
forced in civilized cities, though it might
be mitigated by a regulation requiring
strong iron balconies to be built along
the front of the upper stories of all lofty
hotels.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
CHAPTER IN THE HIS
TORY OF THE ROCKFORD 81
ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD.
The German Bo-dholders Taken In by
Their Special Agent, Osterberg.
From The Chicago Tribune, 18Th.

From The chicago Tribune, 1874.
The German aud other foreign capitalists
who had been investing money in Ameri-
can railways had in many instances very
bitter experiences. But the worst ex-
perience of all have the German bond
holders had of the Rockford, Rock Island
IL St Louis Railroad, They have invested
nearly Sll 100000 10 this road, which,
according to the best calculation, was not
worth $2,0O0.00O. When the road went
from bad to worse they appointed a dele
gate to come to this country and save what
could be saved. The person intrusted
with this responsible mission was Mr. H.
Osterberg, who had some knowledge of
affairs IN this country, having lived here
before. At the time of his appointment,
the committee of the bondholders was
warned not to appoint him, as the avo-
cation he had pursued in this country
| Chatham street clothing merchant-did
not exactly fit him for this responsible
position. Mr.. Osterberg, however, is an
oily-tongued and shrewd individual, and
succeeded in convincing the committee
! that he was paragon of honesty, aud thai
bis sole desire was to save them some oi
! their badly-iDvested money. MIR. Oster
| berg came to Chicago, and his subsequent
career as purchaser and manager of the
Rockford Rock Island & ST. Louis Rail
road is well known to the readers of thi;
paper. 1t is also we'll known that the roaC
has lately been purchased by the Chicago
Burlington Il Quincy Railroad at a trltit
above the amount paid for it in the frs
place by Mr. Osterberg. This gentleman
Concluded on next page.)
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16

INTERMITTENT TEvER Is so common In
the country as scarcely to need comment
The causes which produce it are such as
cold, irregular living, over exertion. low
spirits, night air, exposure to miasmatic
exhalations, &c, In large cities where
edge tools and agricultural implements are
manufactured, the grinder protects his
lungs from the Injurious effect of the DUST
flying off the grirdstone by wearing a
respirator. The coal miner ere he descends
the shaft provides himself with safety
lamp to guard against fire damp. Now it
is equally necessary for those who are
brought in contact with any of the causes
leading to intermittent fever, to provide
themselves with that we'll known and
highly esteemed remedy against it, the
HOME STOMACH BITTERs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16

MOTHERS can secure health for their
children and rest for themselves by the
use of Castoria a peafect substitute for
Castorii. Oil. 1t is absolutely harmless,
aud 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 allfesh, bone
and muscle ailments, can be absolutely
cured by the Centaur Liniments. What
the White Lniment 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, 1877-04-16
PERSEvERE
In the Use Of this Remedy until Cured.
It contains the Great Healing Ele-
ments Of Plants in their es-
sential form as Obtained
BY Distillation.

Catarrh in its extent and destructive force stands
next to Consumption, and is closely allied TO it;
for in certain constitutions che transitions from
the other is only question OF time. IL is there
fore singular thing that those afflicted with it
should not make il the object OF their lives TO rid
themselves Of It.. single bottle OF any remedy
cannot, in the chronic tage, effect cure, even
bring the system under its influence fully. In
many such cases the bones and cartilage of the
nose are eaten away, the organs of hearing Of see
Ing, and of tasting, so affected to be rendered
useless The uvulva so Elongated and inhamed as to
Droducea constant and distressing cough. The re
turn to health must necessarily be slow under the
most favorable circumstances, when seriously al
hlcted; but the eviden of its great value daily
comes to hand, we become more and more satisfied
that there does not exist of Catarrh that can
not be cured by lHdicious and persistent use OF
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRH The re-
lief in every obtained from the first dose an
indication Of what it will do when the system is
brought cOnstitutioually under its influence.
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE Is sold by all whole
sale and retail druggists throughout the United
States. Price 81.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
Executors Notice.

ESTATE OF JAMES FREDERICK, Deceased.
The undersigned, having been appointed Execn-
trix of the Last Will and Testament of James Brod-
erick, late of the County of Rock Island State of
Illinois deceased, hereby give notice that she will
appeal before the County Court of Rock Island
County at the Office of the Clerk of said Court, in
the City of Rock Island, at the May Term, on the
Third Monday in May next, at which time all per
sons having claims against said estate arc notified
and requested to attend for the purpose OF having
the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate payment 10
the undersigned.
Dated this Goth day of March, A. d. 1877
MRS. BRIDGET FREDERICK,
3-26dmon4w EXecutrix
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
CATARRH.
From George w. Shattuck, Esq, late
Foreign Entry Clerk, Boston
Custom House.

GeRtIemeR--I have been troubled with Catarrh
for several years, but by the of your remedy it
has been greatly relieved. This summer 1 have
been entirelytfree from it. ! make of It in my
family for colds in the head, and find it efectual
remedy. l can confidently recommend it to all who
similarly afflicted. Very truly yours.
October 26, 1874 saA GEO W. SHATTUCK.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
From he ". Y. World.

FT0n Lhe ", 7. World.
If the dodgers in hotels could really see
their abiding places 1t is not to be supposed
that they would consent to live in them
Plaster covers multitude Of sins. 1t
looks equally smooth aud solid whether
behind it there is solid brick wall, or a
wall bounded by lath and put up very
much as il would be put up by an intelli-
gent person devisinEa quick bonfire. This
latter is the manner in which most of our
summer hotels are built; and of the city
hotels which present durable and monu-
mental-looklng veneer of stone, how many
are better2 y In Paris hotel a
bonfire can be built upon the floor of
any room with certainty that it will
not extend beyond the room. The owner
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
IMPORTANT CAUTION.

None genuine unless the signature of j. Hay
dock, 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 detection Of any par
~ or parties counterfeiting the medicines vend
ing the same, knowing them to be spurious.
*a*SOld at the mandatory of Prof. Holloway &
Co., New York, and by ali respectable druggists
and dealers in medicine throughout the civilized
world, in boxes at % cents, 90 cents and 81 each
~ There is considerable saving by taking the
larger size
N. B. Directions for the guidance of patients in
every disorder affixed to each box
Office, 112 Libirty ST.. NEW YORK
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
LIVER REGULATOR

IF you feel dull, drowsy, debi1tated, have fire.
quent headache, mouth tastes badly. poor appetite
and tongue coated, yCu are suffering from torpid
liver, or "biliOusncss, and nothing will cure you
30 speedily and PEI manently as to
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
ROSSMAN'S CURE.

ROSSMAN'S CURE.
ITCHING PILES is generally preceded by
a moisture like perspiration producing a
very disagreeable and distressing itching,
particularly at night, after getting warm
in bed. No humbug-as a trial will prove
For sale by all respectable druggists.
RossMAN 4 MCKINSTRY, Hudson, n. Y,
Projectors.
Sent by mail for so cents.
IF YOU HAVE A COUGH,
Cold, Asthma, raising Of Blood or any az
tections of the Breast or Lungs, leading to
Consumption, use
DIR. HOUSEMAN'S GERMAN COUGH
DROPS,
as prepared for over thirty years by j. j,
Davis(now deceased) and you MI be sure
to find relief. Address ROSSMAN 4
McklNSTRY, who have succeeded to the
Proprietorship, and sold by all druggists
and dealers in Medicines. For sale by all
Druggists in Rock Island.
Sold by Avery & Tyler, Lafayette, In.
diana Fuller Il Fuller, and VanSchaack,
Stevenson 4 Reed. Chicago, wholesale
agents.
John +. Henry, Curran & Co., Whole.
sale Agents, 8 College Place, N. Y,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC

For all diseases of the Liver, Stomach and Spleen.
AS A REMEDY IN
Malarious Fevers, Bowel Complaints, Dyspepsia,
Mental Depression, kestlessness, Jaundice, Na1-
sea, Sick Headache, Cole, Constipation, and Bill
BUSINESS
Ep IT HAS NO EQUAL. IA
Sold nv all nrupCfsts
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
GREAT FAMILY MEDICINE.

it contains four medical elements, never united
in the same happy proportion in any other prepar
alton, viz: gentle Cathartic, wonderful Tonic
au unexceptiOnable Alternative and certain Correc
tive of all Impurities of the body Such signal sue
cess has attended its use, that ii is now regarded
as
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
Piles--Itchihg 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, 1877-04-16
SPECIAL n McEs.
A GARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and in =
discretions 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 a missionary in South
America Send a self-addressed envelope to the
REV. JOSEPH I. INMAN Station d, Bible House
New York City,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
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 stone gravel, or
with aches and pains settled in the loins over the
regions of the kidneys these pills should be taken
according to the printed directions, and the Oint-
ment should be well rubbed into the small of the
back al bed time, This treatment will give almost
immediate relief when all other means have failed.
For Stomachs Out of Orders.
No medicine so effectualIy improves the tone
of the stomach those pills; they remove all
acidity occasioned either by intemperance or i'm
proper diet, They reach the liver and reduce it
healthy condition; they are wonderfully effica-
hious in of spasm-in fact they never fail in
curing all disorders of the liver and stomach.
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS the best known in the
world for the following diseases: Ague, Asthma,
Bilious Complaints, Blotches the Skin, Bowels,
Consumption, Debility, DIopsy, Dysentery, Fry
sipeas Female Irregularities, Fever Eof all kinds,
Fits, Govt Headache, Indigestion, Inflammation,
Jaundice, Liver Complaints, Lumbago, Piles,
Rheumatism, Retention of the urine, Scrofula OF
Kings Evil, Sore Threats, Stone and Gravel, Tic
Dtuloureux, Tumors, Ulcers, Worms of all kinds
Weakness from any cause. etc.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16

For all Diseases of the Liver, Stomach
and Spleen. The Cheapest Purest and
Best Family Medicine in the World!
Ask the recovered dyspeptics, Bilious snfferes,
victims Of Fl yer and Ague, the mercurial diseased
patient, how they recovered health, cheerful spirits
and goOdappette-they will tell you by taking
simmons Liver Regulator
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16

Liver Disease and Indigestion
prevail to a greater extent than
probably any other malady, land
relief is always anxi0usly
sought after. II the Liver is
Regulated III its action. health
health is almost invariably SCI
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-16
MEDICAL.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

THE countenance is pale and leaden-
L Colored, with occasional fiushes, or
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; 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; APP
petite variable, sometimes voracious,
with a gnawing sensation oftne stomach,
at Others, entirely gone feeting pains
in the stomach occasional nausea and
vomiting violent pains throughout the
abdomen; bowels irregular, at times
costive stools Shiny; not unfrequently
tingcd 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.
Whenever the above SYMPTOMS
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-29
"The Conflict OF Ages"

Men differ OH nearly every issue. There have
always been opposite parties in politics and re-
Hgion, though the measures fought over one
day may be universally adopteda at another, and
those sacrificed regarded AZ heroes aud mar
tyrs. Medicine has also been subject to revo-
lutionary disturbances. When Drs. Harvey and
.Tenner announced their discoveries, they were
held in contempt ndridicule by an incredulous
and ignorant public yet to-day they re-
ceiyed and honored by all as benefactors. When
DR.. Pierce announced his Discovery, many
seemed TO doubt and were skeptical concerning
all medicines and DOCTORS but proof of merit
has dispelled all doubt, and to-day the Golden
Medical Discovery is the standard remedy in
curing the most obstinate diseases OF the liver
and blood, having almost entirely superseded
the old-tme sarsaparillas by reason OF its srtpe-
rior merits
NoRwcH, Chenango Co., N. Y, Nov. 3, 1876.
X. '. PIERCE, vi. D.:
j was afflicted with scrofuous affection on
one of my legs. 1t was very troublesome for
over two years, SO much so that / could not
wear a boot, and had to keepm leg bandaged.
II resulted III raw sore. Ii got so bad that IT
became general talk that l would have to un-
dergo amputation OF the limb. One physician
told me he never saw such cured.
| commenced taking your Golden Medical Dis
covery together with your Pelletsas directed on
the bottles. and when had consumed six bottles
of Discovery, my leg was entirely WELL and has
remained ever rince-a period OF over two
years-and j would not swapit for fifty wooden
legs. Yours truly, JOHN SHATrUCK.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-29
{" Making Old Homes"

People who neglect their minor ailments
rarely live to make old bones. The secret of
hale and vigorous old age lies not only in TAX
ing care of ones health III early life, by the OBJ
servaucc of sanitary rules but also by judicious
medication when the preulonitory symptoms of
bodily disorder manifest themselves. Indiges-
ton. bowel and liver complaints, are fruitful
causes of injury to the constitution. These dis
eases should be, therefore, checked without de-
lay. The best medicine for the purpose is Hos
letters Stomach Bitters This standard pre-
partition disciplines the digestive organs, givet
renewed impetus to the bilious secretive func-
ton. and exerts u beneficial influence npon the
organs Of urination. 1t has no rival as a remedy
for and preventive Of shils and fever and bill.
ous remittents infuses vigor into the debiitat-
ed frame, and is an excellent appetizer and
neryine.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-06-29
What a /" Good Fellow Is.

The word "goed" according to the
Pittsburgh Leaders, one fitted to SUBJ
jects of the widest difference and oppos-
ing nature, and is finely fitted to illus
trate the fact that the object of words,
instead of being the expression of ideas,
is really to conceal them. A good fellow
is far from being a fellow who is good.
He never has his eyes more than half
open, is good-natured, and as gentle and
mild as n mouse. He takes the world
and all its hollow crew" pretty much as
he finds it, and never contemplates any
improvement in it, as tearing it to pieces
to make it run better, as babies do with
watches. The typical good fellow will
be sure to agree with you on all sub
jects, religion, politics, etc. He resem-
bles tame bear, being somewhat
clumsy, but capable of being led else
where. He will tell you good stories
and you will listen to him, and if not he
will kindly listen TO your bad ones. He
will eat or drink mt any time or place.
He will never be the first to break up a
party, but will sit by until midnight, en-.
tirely oblivious of his wife and children.
A good fellow is quite in his glory when
he is either half-drunk or asleep. He
cares for nothing, but is at everybody's
service /; he bears no resentments, but is
obliged to everybody but his own fami-
ly, whose existence he seems to be
scarcely aware Of His mind, like his
body, seems to have acquired a chronic
habit OF quietly sitting down and calmly
+" waiting for the facts" He is nose
Of WAX, to be pulled or squeezed into any
shape. He has no mental or moral
character. He is not good man, or q
bad man, but is good fellow he has
neither wit nor wisdom, but is n good
fellow he has done nothing that any
body can recollect, but is good fellow /;
in short, a complete nonentity, a hideous
failure, but nevertheless a good fellow.