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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-27
LOCAL COLUMN.
CONSERVATIVES TAKE NOTICE

CONSUMPTIVES TAKE NOTICE !!
Every moment of delay makes your cure more
hopeless, and much depends on the iudicious
choice of a remedy. The amount of testimony in
favor OF DR.. Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, as cure
for Consumption, far exceeds all that can be
brought to support the pretensions of any other
medicine. See Dr. schenck's Almanac, containing
the certificates of many persons of the highest
spectabilty who have been restored to health, af-
ter being pronounced incurable by physicians
Of acknowledged ability. Schenck's PulmoniC
Syrup alone has cured many, as these evidences
will show; but the cure is often promoted by the
employment of two other remedies which d.
schenck provides for the purpose. These addi-
tional remedies are Schenck's Sea Weed Tonic and
Mandrake Pills By the timely use of these medi-
cines, according to directions DR.. Schenck certi-
ies that most any case of Consumption may be
cured.
Dr. schenck is professionally at his principal Of
ice, corner Sixth and Arch streets, Philadelphia
every Monday, where all letters for advice must bt
! addressed.
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A Whaling Vessel Lost with az Persons
on Board.
LONDON, Feb. 27,-The whaling steamer
Spitzbergen was lost near Bergen with all
hands-22 persons.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-27
USE RENNE'S
PAIN-KILLING
MAGIC OIL
at Works like a Charm,

SIT Works Like Charm"
II you have got Rheumatism,
USE RENNE'S MAGIC OIL.
If you have got Neuralgia,
USE RENNE'S MAGIC OIL.
If you have got Collie or Cramps,
USE RENNE'S MAGIC OIL.
II You have got any kind Of Ache or Pain,
USE RkNNE'S PAIN-K1LLING MAGIC OIL
Try it. and you will be surprised at the beneficial
effect derived from a thorough and faithful use Of
this popular remedy. 1t ls purely vegetable; safe
and clean TO use internally ar externally.
SYRACUSE, \, y, July 25th, 1875.
VIM. RENNE & Sons, Pittsfeld, n ass.
SIRs-As duty, well privilege, wish to
commend to those unacquainted with its healing
qualities you "Pain-KiIng Magic OIL" TO BE
KEPT IN READINESS FOR EMEEGEFCIEs, assevere at
LaCks of bowel difficulties, to be applied EXTER-
HALIY as counter irrltant, and INTERNALLY as all
anod yne and healer Also for fresh wounds, having
tested it, especially the cuts, bruises and strains
received in the terrible calamity at the Central
baptist Church, june 23, 1874. In behalf OF all
Things which good, and truly useful. ubscrihe
myself, Fraturnally yours, Rev. II. A. SIzER
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And Now Adelina Patti Extinguishes the
Whole SANDER At Once.

PARIS, Feb. 27.-Patti has declared the
Ridiculous story telegraphed to AmerIcs
utterly groundless.
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FLUID LIGHTNING.
.LolD Llen7N1,e

VIII positively afford relief by external
application. 1t cures on the instant Neu
ralgia. Nervous Headache, Rheumatism,
Toothache, Earache, aud all nervous pains
SO AS BY MAGIC.
Sold by all Druggists at so cts. and 81
per bottle
For sale in Rock Island by John Bengston.
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St. LcuIs Market.
ST. Louis. February 81.
Wheat Lower; No 2 fall 1 AZ; No g. 3761 3714
March
Corn-Steady; 36h@35A
0ats-Better; 34A.
Rye-66h.
Whisky-10i
Pork-Firm Is 10 cash
Lard-Dull; 10 50 asked.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-Receipts 900; dull and lower; light sOQ
90; packing 0005 20; butchers 25G5 80.
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IMPORTANT CAUTION.

II you feel dull, drowsy, debilitated, have fre-
quent headache, mouth tastes badly. poor appetite,
and tongue coated, you are suffering from torpid
liver, or ''biIousness, and othing will cure You
SO speedily and permanently - to
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New YORK Market.

Nav YORK, February q.
FINANCIAL.
ID n5IH
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EOLLOwAY'S PILLS


No medicine so effectually improves the tone
of the stomach those pills; they remove all
acitity occasioned either by inttmperaGce or i'm
proper diet, They reach the liver and reduce II to
a healthy condition. tii.y wonderfully effiCa-
hIous in cases Of spasnI-in fact they newer fail i'll
| curing all disorders IF the liver and stomaCT
| HOLLOWAY'S PILLS are the best known in the
world for the following diseases: Aguc, Asthma
Bilious Complaints Blotches on the Skin, Bowels
| Consumption, Debility. D opsy. Dvsentery, Ery-
sipelas Female Irregularities Fever :of all kinds
| Fits, Gout, Headache, Indigestion, Inflammation,
Jaundice. LIVER Complaints, Lumbago Filer,
| Rheumatism, Retention of the urine, Scrofuia OF
Kings Evil, Sore Throats. Stone and Gravel, T.
| D. uloureux, Tumors, Ulcers, orms Of all kinds
| Weakness from any cause.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-23

To DRIVE AWAY RATs.-A lady
writer in a recent number, of New
York journal, discourses in the follow
ing vie concerning her treatment of
rats and mice:
We cleaned our premises Of these de-
testahle vermin 10y making a white
wash yellow with copperas, and cover
ing the stones and rafters of the cellar
with thick coating of it. In every
crevice where rat might tread We
put crystals of she copperas, and scat
tered the same in the corners of the
floor. The result was perfect STAN
pede of rats and nice: Since that
time not q football of either rat or
mouse has been heard about the house.
Every spring a coat of the yellow
| wash is given to the cellar, as pur
fier, as we'll as a rat eXterminator, and
no typaoid, dysentery, or fever attacks
the family. Many persons deliberate
ly attract all the rats in the neighbor-
hood by leaving fruits and vegetables
uncovered in the cellar; and some
times even the soap scraps are left
open for their regalement. Cover up
everything eatable in the cellar and
pantry and you will soon drive them
| out.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-23

\ TREE THAT RAINS The c'a'A
of the United States of Columbia ID
the department of Lare.o Peru. .F'
recently called the attention Of Pes
dent Pra3o to a remarlaa bic tree wl.'i
exists in the forests adjoining The VII
lage ofMoyobambl Tu--rss 5a'h-
to the natives a, T3mu.CasM .-t-
tree), is about 5S feet ia a-l. @. .'+
growth, and the diameter ol IFS i..a,
Is about 80 inches /. ah-7.l- al'
cOndcnses the moisture iB tla a.',
phere with astonishing energy, a... .
is said that water constantly eA..F'
from its trunk and falls Ike ram -.'-
its branches. So abun liant Is me W..
ter supply that the soil aear %, 7
turned into n marsh. The tree -''
forth most water when the rivers -'
dry during the summer season. a..
when water generally Is scarce
cultivation is proposed thr5Hg
amid regions OF Peru.
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SEA N0NDERS-A Ia-7 ~.- s...
here IN the South Na1 r>--a ..-..,
ridge out CT the ala.n'..- .....
Cocoa1ut trees grow uu i,,e rI.. -.t
little iiZalds creep here and then. r-
and wide no coast nor land W...-
tell vino built that ridge. ard ,...r..i
those trees in t5e hgulfIe-- ...r.
All, II Is strange story. a- t.--. .-.
50 many in Natures book Um.4..
of wears age little tuv nlg>-r-.
insects called corals livsI t.ara T.-
had many whim~ and fu...s They
did not like go buiid IN the midst D..
the surge. and they died when ex..-.l
To sun and air. After tlgr af .nt
some time they stopped ar tr
reached the surface OF iug water SUD
were afraid Of sun auG a-r T.r
came an earthquake. uf which there
are 80 many In .He South >.a. aaIfle
ground sank bv degrees. ami tr.rua,
commenced building again. aaG s-a.
on and on till volclu3 cuuv#.-.l .'e
poJtOm OF tac sea a1t 90. r-l SIS
raised over the surface Cd tue r..r
and the tiny coral insects lie5 I.t
waves broke off hits of tl- TEL 4nl
the constant friction ground tl.ua9
dust and sand \ wave rauaI
stray seed, and it took root ia she sa.i
and grew. Years passed. and oa. d.r
"a large wave washed AN oh raaa t
tree on the reef When it had Din
there few days two liltle lizards u.
out of it. They bad Travelled nu
than a Thousand miles. and lag g 'eE
long sleep. Trey made their home
The roots Of the c.esarnt trees t-.
had grown, meanwhile. oa- u. 81.
seed. Soon there were plenty Of
cocoanut trees and lizarIs on tie reel
aud this is the story OF the trees all
the little lizards.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-23

THE FERTILIZATION OF FJovERs By
BIRDs.-A curious chain of circum-
stances, leading TO definite natural
result, is noted by correspondent OF
Nature writing from Mendanao. Ger
tain flowers seclete nectar, which at
tracts certain insects These insects
are the natural prey of the sun birds
and flower peckers but to capture
them the birds are obliged to probe
diligently the coIollas of numerous
flowers. Each bird i'm so doing
brushes off pollen, which adheres to
the plumage surrounding its bill, and
this pollen is thus conveyed to other
flowers, which so become tertil;zed.
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Rise and EuU of the Lyiid.

Occasionally the fluctultiCns OF LAND
NAV be exemplified 30 an extent which
could lardly be expected, a fact wei
illustrated br the case of the Temple
OF Jupiter Scraps 1T PHzzuoli, on the
Bay of Naples This temple, now IN
ruins, dates from very ancient period
three marble pillars remainingto mark
the extent of what was once magnl
Fl cent pile of buildings. Half way up
these pillars the marks Of boring she'll
fish are seen; some burrows formed
by these moliuSks still containing the
shells bv means of which they were
excavated. AT the present time the
sea level is ut the very base OF tne pli-
lars. or exists even below that site
Hence arises the natural question:
HOY did the shell fish gain access to
the pillars, to burrow into them in the
manner described ~ Dismissing as
an irrelevant and impossible idea that
of the mOliusks being able to ascend
the dry pillars, two suppositlons re-
main Either the pillars AMI temple
must have gone down To the sea through
the subsistence of the land, or the sea
must have come up To the pillars Ii
the latter theory be entertained, the
sea level must be regarded as having
OF necessity altered its level all along
the Bay of Naples and along all the
Mediterranean coasts. And as this
inundation would have occurred within
the historic period, we would expect
not only to have had some record pre-
served to us Of the calamity, hut we
should also have been able to point 10
{ istinct and incffaceable traces of sea
action Oh the adjoining coasts. There
is, however, no basis whatever Tor TINS
supposition No evidence is forth
coming that any such rise OF the sea
ever took place; and hcncc we are
forced to conclude that the subsistence
or sinking Of the land contains the
only rational explanation Of the phe-
romena We had thus local sinking
Of land taking place at Pnzzuoli. The
old temple was gradually submerged
It's piilurs were buried ben' ath the
waters of the sea, and the boring mol
Iusks of the adjacent sea bed fixed on
the pillars as habitation, aud bored
their way into the stone. Then sec
ond geological change su2ervened.-
The action of subsistence was cXchang-
ci for one Of elevation, and the temple
and its pillars gradually rose from the
sea, and attained their present level,
while the stone boring shell fish were
left to die in. their homes. The sur
rounding neighborhOod-that of YES
uvius-is the scene of constant change
and alteration i'll land level and the
incident is worth recording, il only TO
show how the observation of the appa-
rently trifling labors of shell fish serves
TO substantiate a grave and important
chapter in the history OF the earth -
Chambers JOuJ.Hai
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EARLT4J'ERTCtNp ,,,,-

The iirst patent issued nv FL
ernmeni was to Samuei Hoplir GOV
July 81, 1880. for making ~, nus. on
ashes. Patents were issI,.l Pearl
of making candles. -four and ,,.-s '-'.'.-s
ter IN the same wear. and s.. --
Francis Bartiv was grsp.o.l i'sl
punches types" Also !, ,....'','"r '"r
patents were issued for drirf.r l'r
Tor bridges, machines for ,t, t.s>
gram, Tor improvements In lis..r.'
propelling boats bv Cattle 80, -,.'..c,
provements III steam engines '--
In 1892 was patented "a can,..--
ductor, To- be used when hone = lia.
fire, which NAV have been ti,..-'.e %
OF the late patent fire-escapa -i
proved mode of turning 8 So. .i',
patented in 1893; also q 80 -i.'- '.s
iron. \ machine for rr.,fn. s'-
was patented by Josiah G. p.a-. -.'
March %, 1894. 4 new M, - Oh
catching fish was patented IN lea.
since which time iunume,sbr. '''
have ceen enacted to coInpcl - Us
catch them 10y the OH ur,-a.. l',. ID
moving pains hv inetalI-. ,,.-.... -'-'
patented in 1876. and tfa f-.. ''
provemeat I'm piano f3rtrs +. r...-,
IN the same wear: also ,t.rs f..
moving distortions in tr. -.5..
soap stone stove was patented IN "a
Bilious pills were Iat.u.ar IN --..-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-23

WONDERS OF NATURE -Thepo.
like the fabled HYDRA, receives Iy.
life from the knife lifted to desif's !.
The fly spider lays an EGG as la'-
itself. There are 40lI muscles ]. ~, =,
caterpillar HOOK discovered i
mirrors in the eve of the dr'ne sS
to effect the respiration OF a carp ''', -s
arteries, vessels, veins, bones, t--. -.s.-
necessary. The body Of every I.-,4
contains four little masses pieItv' -
a multitude of imperceptlo'e - .rs
each hole permitting the pas,a1. = tAs
single thread, all the threads. ~ IN
amount of a 1000 to each mass .,l
together when they come '..l oO- ,bs
make the single thread with VIZ. VIZ. rs
spider spins its web; 50 that "as. ... Of
call tue spiders shread, c01s''
more than 1000 united.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-23

A WIDE AWAKE Dou-A Paris
letter says: Mile d., good and
worthy lady who lived IN a country
house in the neig ghborhood of Colum-
bier, had dog of specia. intelligence
He was of the race of poodles. which
everybody knows are remarkably sa-
gacious. When Mile d. passed the
evening with ladies of her acquaintance
in Columbier as often happened, the
dog lightened her home by carrying
two little lanterns which were fastened
on each end of stick which he carried
in his mouth. If she went to walk
during the day the faithful dog car
ried her work basket On beautiful
autumn morning, as Mile. ID. was go
ing by vineyard on her way from
Colum bier, a hare sprang out into the
road. The dog set out after him, for.
sook his mistress and sowed part Of
the contents of the work basket at
every turn i'm the field When he
came home with the empty basket.
Mile. ID. scolded him well. Ashamed,
with dropping ears and tail, he did
not wait for the end of the lecture, but
scampered off. Scarcely half an hOnc
passed when he came gaylv back,
bringing a pair of shears, and then he
hurried off again and brought the
knitting work. then skein OF thread,
and mt evening all the articles which
basket had contained. except the
-. we're together again.
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To WASH A FLANNEL SAlni ,los
flannel skirt. embroidered WI" .,lg
Tor other colols), to set 'us ms
should be soaked for ten nli'U'' %.
pail of cold water contsih.ns rssh
spoonful of sugar Of lead. -, i,'E h,-,l
it in tepid water made soft win ~. ,ls
Use very little soaI'-It h''''I 1 sj
wool. Rinse well, shake We" M
h.ng where it viii dry quicAl'
he.
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KEEPING one or two oyster shells in
a tea-kettle almost entirely prevents
its becoming incrusted. If kettle is
badly coated, it will nearly all scale
off by drying and slowly heating it on
the back of the stove 1t must be
turned from side to side as it cleaves
off.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-23

PETROLEUM ON SHINGLEs-In re-
gard to applying petroleum to shin
giles to preserve them, writer saws !:
1T enters the pores of the wood at
once and as it hartiens makes it more
compact in texture, and rather less
liable to take fire. The petroleum
also prevents the surface of the shin
giles from rising in downv fbers, or
'tuzz', and it is on the whole not so
liable to fire from spa,ks when treated
with it. We have tried the expert
ment with shingles oiled some time
previously, and find they are not east
ly ignited by outside fire, although
when once burned, they will, Of course
produce more flame than the wood
without the petroleum" Petroleum
Is also very good to apply to the iron
work and steel of farm implements to
prevent their ruSting when not in use
The crude article costs but SO or 81
per barrel-the price may be higher
at present-and it is useful TO keep on
hand. When any outbuildings, or
even your dwelling house is tn be
painted, one half of the expense may
be saved by applying a coat of petro-
leum with fine whitewash brush let
it dry several weeks, and then put on
one coat of paint, and by so doing a
second coat Of paint is rendered un-
necessary.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-23

REMEDY FOR CORNs OR BUNIoNs.
have had very troublesome corn for
years, and finally bound on a small
piece of porous plaster which soon re-
lieved it; wore it about three months.
occasionally cutting Off the corn and
applying fresh piece when necessary.
1t is now entirely cured -Carman.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-23

( SALT IN AGRICULTURE.-Few per-
sons realize the value of salt in agri-
cultural operations. In large doses it
! is of course an injury, destroying
everything vegetable it comes into
contact with. In heavy soil it is also
an injury, as the tendency is to make
! it still heavier, and thus whatever
good it might have III one respect is
outweighed by the other. But in
light, sandy sells, or those elevated
tracts of land not wet, but which are
lia BILE to become dry in summer time
it has ocen found of the greatest bene-
fit, and this chiefly on account of the
property it has of absorbing moisture
from the earth i'm dry weather. 1t is
for this perhaps as much as for any
chemical quality that it proves 50 ben
cficial in these cases, Usually wheat
does best on rather heavy though not
wet lands; but where salt has been
used oil light soils as good crops have
been gathered as on the most favored
heavy soils. In the far Western
States, where rain does not fall often,
and the danger to crops is chiefly
through droughts in the summer time,
salt in light doses ought to prove ben
eticial, and in the sandy soils of Del
aware, Maryland and Virginia it migL
be employed to a much greater extent
than now with profit.
1t is chiefly from the moisture it
seems to draw from the atmosphere,
that it has often been found of so much
good for asparagus. The asparagus
requires an immense deal Of water in
the make up of its stalks. though it
does not like to grow in wet ground
aid this moisture the salt supplies
1t has also been found of excellent
benefit in raising turnips, beets, cabs
bage and other succulent vegetables,
But it must not be forgotten that it is
an injury in soils already wet or heavy;
and therefore good as it is in so many
cases, an indiscriminate use of it will
result in disadvantage In this re-
spect it is like lime and some other
things, in which even "salt Will not
save it. it."--GermantO,Cn Ieiegraph.
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AN INTELLIGENT DoG-W hear 80
much of the intelligence of dogs, and
the many wonderful and rell-vouched
Instances that are recorded can scarcely
Cause surprise at any new proof of
sagacity. The following from Belgium
has been commented on severely but
there seems no reason for doubling
that dogs are capable OF all the reason
ing faculties here implied:
A certain Monsieur N, going
on foot from Leuze to Lessines, in
belgium, took with him his dog, which
he was anxious to get rid Of; but as
lie was unwilling either to drown him
or shoot him, he resolved to lose him
on the way. The dog, who, instead
of kind words and caresses, received
nothing but threats, seemed to under
stand his masters project; he kept
quite close to his heels, and would not
leave him for a moment. ",
obliged to sleep out for that night in
order to finish his business, went to the
inE, and said to his four footed com.
pan:on. instead of good night: 40
morrow, YOU rascal, ] shall take the
train. and you will have TO walk about
here" He then went up to his room
and went to bed.
The next morning great was Ne
surprise to perceive when he got w
that his socks and his waistcoat were
missing. The landlord when ques-
toned maintained that no one could
have taken these articles, as no other
stranger had been lodged in the inn
They were searching and wondering
when they found in a corner of the
house the dog, who had been SO
threatened the evening before, living
upon the stockings and waistcoat of hi.
master The poor animal seemed tc
have wished in this way to prevent his
master from starting without him
N, admiring the sagacitv of hi:
dog, no longer tricd to get rid of him
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-11-23

SWEET OIL rubbed on the skin is
said to be sure antidote tor every
kind of poison.
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GEO NJ READE.. Attoraey,at- La,o.
~ FbenehurR. Pa Ofbce on Cenrre strNet,
three doors from High street. 1871, nl
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Any person desiring in form tfon as to he g mi
ing and responsi hilty of he members Of he fr,p
will, on request. be furnished with satfsraciorv
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Ia A. SHOEMAKER, ATTORNEY
4 Ar-LAw, Ebensburg. Odise Or High
street. east end ef residence. n el. 'f6 -tf.I
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Arrears of Fay ana Ronnty.
All officers, s,'dicrs and sailors wounded -ur
turet or injured in the late however slight IL
are entitled to- AMI can obtain a pension.
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