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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-18

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING NEW
YoRK.-One of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and
others to stop at when in New York is the
Grand Union Hotel, nearly opposite the
Grand Central Depot, kept on the Euro
pean plan--you therefore only pay for
what you get. Everything is first class,
and prices moderate, adapted to the string
ency of the times, You save the expense
of carriage hire, and by leaving your bag
gage check on the counter of the Hotel,
your baggage will be delivered in your
rooms, ffteens minutes after the arrival
of the cars, free of expense. We advise
you to give the Grand Union trial.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-18
DIR. JAMES,

2o4Washington ST.,
Cor. Franklin, CHICAGO.
Chartered by the State OF
Illinois for theexpress purpose
OF giving immediate relieg In
. aflcases 0fprivate, chronic and
urinary diseases in an their
oempifcated forms. tits well
known DIT. James has stood nc
tie head Of the profession for
the past thirty years. Age
and experience are all lmpor.
tant. Seminal Weakness.
night losses BY dreams, rim.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-18
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-18
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-12-18
OPINIONS OF PRESS

OPINIONS OF PRESS
From Sc. Louis Globe Democrat.
Or. WHITTIER, 617 st. Charles street, q reg
ular graduate of medicine, has been longer
engaged in the treatment of chronic diseases
than any other physician in the city. Nervous
debility, blood diseases, all impediments 30
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medicines; moderate charges.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23
Dom Pedro and the Don.

TIE Emperor of Brazil is not a safe
person on whom to try q display of sud-
denly acquired learning. During his re-
cent stay here he intimated wish TO visit
one of the universities, and he accepted
an invitation to breakfast from q learned
Don at one of them. The learned Don,
not content with his own genuine learn
ing, must look out for something with
which to make special impression ON
the Emperor. He, therefore, hunted out
what he thought to be the very newest
thing in some branch of archaeological
study in which the Emperor was supposed
not to dabble. This was q fearfully ex-
haustive and profound work by Ger
man, of which only one copy was believed
to have yet reached this country. He
"crammed" with this, and when his I'm
perial guest arrived he made immense
parade of his possession of it and his in.
timacy with its contents. The Emperor
listened so attentively that the owner of
all this portentous learning felt assured
his :llustrious guest was regarding him
with positive reverence. When he had
done his exposition the Emperor told him
he was glad he showed such an interest in
the subject, but advised him not to waste
much of his time on the German book, az
it was not really new to men who cared
about such studies, was got up partly un-
der inaccurate information, and. had been
quite superseded by the work of an &C
complished Hungarian, written in Latin,
which was now the delight of allscholars.
The Emperor's host listened during the
remainder of the interview without max
ing any further contribution tn the I'm
perial education. Examiner.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

FoR time yesterday afternoon quite .
heavy sandstorm was in progress ON the
large desert some forty miles to the east.
ward Of this city. Great clouds of sand
were seen to rise and sweep along over
the plain, gradually ascending until the
highest peak of the Humboldt Mountains
were hidden. In appearance the drifting
sand much resembled the clouds of snow
raised by winter storms on the prairies of
the West. The sand also forms drifts or
dunes, as drifts are formed from snow.
Every clump of crossword has its sur
rounding hillock Of sand, and in places
long ridges Of sand are seen as in many
localities on the shores of the sea. Among
these dunes, and ON the level alkali fats,
the mirages play their fantastic tricks up
on weary and Thirsty travellers. Bunches
of bushes become forest trees, crows look
like giraffes. and broad sedge-bordered
lakes lie shimmering in the sun, ell to re-
cede or vanish when approached. Here,
too, pillars Of sand, formed by small
whirlwinds, glide along over the desert
like troop Of ghosts, half q dozen some
times being seen In company. These are
frequently several hundred feet in height,
and remain intact for an hour or more.
Three or four small pillars of this kind
were yesterday afternoon WALKING about
on the TWENTY-FIVE Mile Desert for half an
hour or more. They are Of the same ma
ture % the water-spou.s met with at sea,
therefore might, not inay propriately, be
termed sand-sp0uts. The deserts being
generally basins surrounded by high
mountains. eddies or whirls in them are
Of frequent occurrence when . heavy
wind is blowing, and thus are produced
the great pillars Of sand. Vj,Yinia Ctr
(Ne0.) Esterpriss.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23
How Philadelphia Kills Her Useless
Dogs.

The dog catchers had started out at four
O'Clock yesterday morning, and at eight
O'Clock, the hour set for the killing, had
not y ct returned. The pound was, there
fore, somewhat short of hands for catch
ing the dogs in the yards. What help
could be improvised, however, was soon
at work cosxing the dogs near enough to
capture them, and then dropping them
into the place devoted to their death. The
smaller dogs were first taken, the larger
ones being left for second execution, to
Immediately follow the first. BY eight
O'Clock there were eighty FIVE dogs in the
smothering chamber. This chamber is
simply q walled space, flush with the
groul d, and with openings on three sides
and a trap-doOr above, all the openings
being furnished with movable wire graf
ings and glass windows. The glass win.
dows were left out as the dogs were being
gathered together, for the purpose of CIV
ing them little respite of air until the
full capacity of the chamber was filed.
The animals were pretty generally quiet
and unbalanced in their narrow quarters,
but one or two, perhaps wiser, perhaps
weaker than the rest, kept up a constant
whining. Now the blue flame at the top
of the half-cOnsumed charcoal announced
Cudt Aull supply VI SA0 POaSOnOue CoA'
bonic oxide was ready. The chamber was
then made air-tigh by means OF its tight
ly-fitting glass windows, and the gas was
at once let into it.
At first all that could be seen was little
restlessn .ss and q certain surprised. anx.
iOus movement of the WRECKED beasts.
Gradually and very soon this grew into
real intOxication. They could not hold
their 1epa. thew sWaved tn and fro their
eyes were wild, their heads trembling from
side to side. A yet no whine or cry. But
now their intoxication becomes q complete
prostration. One after another falls over
over on his side, tries to rise, cannot,
struggles c0nvulsively. Then the cries
begin, in nearly all cases an indescribably
pitiful vail, which no one who has ever
heard it will ever get out of his ears. A
few more struggles, gradually weaker and
weaker, q few more gasps and the dogs
are motiOnless in death. From y minute
to q minute and a half after the gas is
turned in upon them they have fallen over
and ale said to be insensible, and in two
or three minutes more there is no sign of
life. Their bodies are allowed to remain
in the chamber ten minutes, to make sure,
and then the windows are removed and
their limp bodie hauled out one by one
and flung into q wagon. A firm at the
canal wharf at Mifflin street, Delaware
front, contracts for the carcasses and rem
ders them into OIL, whose virtues are highly
extolled as q remedy for rheumatism and
all other pains Of man and beast. The
more valuable skins are also preserved,
and are made up into gloves, shoes and
other articles.-PhiLadelphja Times, July
Fl
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

Nh. J. DE BARTH. writes the Los An.
geles H6rald about his observations on the
effect of the leaves of the castor bean plant
on grasshOppers, - follows:
My attention was called to the effects OF
placing few leaves of the castor-0il plant
under some trees that were being de.
stroyed by the grasshoppers. So remarka.
Bile was the result, that an actual count Of
the number killed under one tree, showed
496 dead ones, and about TWENTY more in
. dying condition. Only very small por.
ton of the leaves were eaten; and judging
from the effects of the small portion con.
sumed, believe there was sufficient ma.
terial left to have killed ten times Is
many. The poison works very rapidly
As soon a. the grasshopper eats the leaf he
becomes stupefed, and when he attempts
to fly, falls on his head or back and re.
mains PROSTATE until he dies.
propose to experiment further with
the leaf of the castor bean, and obtain re-
liable data as to its destructive powers and
cost of distributing the leaf over an area,
say of fifty acres, and publish the results
Of my Investigations from time to time.
From the results already obtained. l be.
lieve very small load Of leaves will de.
stroy all the grasshorpers on eighty acre
tract. If such is the case, then the cost.
on large scale. would be trifling; and l
believe applications of leaves would soon
exterminate this pest from any one sec
ton. In the Northwest, where the casio,
bean fourishes well they could plan,
hedges or rows of the plant, which would
serve either a. q barrier against the further
march of the grasshopper, or to furnish
leaves for general distribution, a. already
suggested. Although l may be owe,
sanguine, I believe we have in the castor
bean the means of discriminating this
grasshopper plague in a very limited time
and thus restoring the productivenees OF
q very large area Of our common country
and relieving the distresses of many thou
sands of our fellow. beings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23
The Indian as . Fighter.

THE Indian mater was brought up by q
gentleman connected with the Depart
ment, and the President was more at home
ON that subject than the official. SINE
one asked if the Indians could be intro.
duced into the army with any efficiency.
He said: " No, not in any extended way.
/ had three Indians in my corps. As
scouts they were unequsled. We could
do nothing with tn I'm as soldiers. They
would not drill, they would not keep
rank, they would do nothing except in
their wild Indian way We we're troubled
by sharp shooter, who had picked of
our men, and we could not reach him. !
sent fol one of these scouts. He came to
my camp in his sl0uchy way, seemed hall
asleep, and was wholly Indifferent. When
I told him what wanted, his face glowed,
his eyes sparkled, and he Strengthened
himself up like . crested snake ready to
strike, rolled his pants up to his thighs,
his sleeves to his shoulder blades, to be
a. much of . savage a. possible. Het0Ok
his rifle, several rounds of ammunition,
threw himself on the ground before there
was any need of it, and wound himself
along with the velocity and silence of .
snake. Three shots brought the sharp
shooter down. when the scout returned
perfectly exhilarated. Waahin0ton Cor.
Boston Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23
"E YER BELIEVE ME AFFEC7ION
ATELY YOURS"

EVER believe you true! Dear friend,
Your words so precious are that
Can but repeat them DER and DER,
And kiss the paper where they lie.
How shall thank you for this pledge,
This sweet assurance. which destroys
The doubt that YOU my love repaid.
And changes all my fears to joysY
Ever believe you true! I WiH!
I hold YOU to this written gage!
This shall console me. now you're gone,
Still next NV heart Ill bear the page;
by day and night. wherc'er 60,
1t shall my priced companion be;
And if y thought would giinst you rise,
This from all blame shall set yOu free.
All. need say believe me true!
You know how tender, vet how strong,
This heart g emotions are, how half
OF all its throbs to you belong:
How tain 'twOuld hurst its prisOn-walls
To nesting bea; against your own;
How joyous twas when You were near,
How sadly yearning now, alone.
Az. till the weary life IL done.
Though We again may never meet,
Let's not forget the by gone days
That like dream passed. swift and sweet:
Still let thy knowledge Of my love
Thy faith in human kind renew;
Let that great low, still for me plead,
And, to the last, believe me true!
Chambers Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

HAToH's Universal Cough Syrup has been
put to six Year, test in our trad :, with the
following result: It gives the best of salts
faction to all our customers, and they testify
70 that satisfaction BY buying far more Of il
than Of any other cough :, NEEDY, a hough
We Keep IN stock . large number oft At cla,s
Of medi. ines, in fact all that have been here.
tofOre considered most salable
SLAUohTER d WILLS, Waverly, ny.
Bold By 81. 4. Hurlbut 3 Co., Chicago. I'M.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23
No seas again shall sever,
No desert intervene.
No deep, sad flowing river
shall roll it's tide between.
mo bleak cliffs, upward towering,
Shall bound our enger sight;
No empest, darkly lowering,
shall wrap us in 1t night.
Love and unsevered union
Ut soul with those we love.
Nearness. and glad communion,
Shall be our joy above"


And, as he sang, the beautiful head sank
lower and lower. and rested on my Shout
der; and, as held her under the canopy
Of the umbrella. the sweet soul slept
through the rest of the long watch, while
the doctor AMI Tiffany and talked our
selves into fiery religious argument, and
had rousing quarrel over the political
aspect, and grand reconciliation over q
yellow CLEAN OF sunrise across the daz-
zle of the snow and through the shadow
of the great pine boughs, with which we
made haste out of the woods, found our
separate roads, and parted the best of
friends.
1t had cleared off fine. The township
drags we're breaking out the ways. We
were not long in reaching q station, and
sending word to the owners of our teams
concerning their whereabouts And ut
noon the farm ha6 a mistress, the hearth
had fire. the lamp was lighted in my
home, never to 60 out, while that bright,
blushing face, half smiles, half tears, that
gentle spirit, that sweet nature, made the
days one long regret to think they passed
SO Sa,On.
As for that umbrella, was it ever going
to be any but . sacred thing to uss It was
hung up with our L0res and Penates, and
all unholy hands forbidden. Perhaps that
is The reason that it never can be kept on
its hook, for Do you see that dark Oh.
ject, sort of ice-boat, scudding along
over the frozen meadow yonder? 1t is
Marcia and Wilder Ferguson making sail
in great stolen frolic on their runners
beneath my silk umbrella. All, what q
CHEEKY, happy home is thisl What a
beautiful world do we live int How rosy
my children's faces are! What a fortu-
nate thing it was, what blessing out of
heaven, that Marcia brought me that silk
mbrella!-Hasper's Bazaar.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

6AY1, PERMANENT AND CoMPIRTD!-Wu-
hofts Tonic cures Chills and Fever, Dumb
Chills and Bilious Fevers-those Titans that
kill their Thousands where this remedy 10
unknown. It cures enlargement Of the
Spleen. It cures Hypertrophy Of the Liver
It hurts no one. It cures al types Of Mala-
nal Fevers and 10 perfectly protective in all
its effects. Try Wilhoft's Tonic, the great
lnfAllible Chill Cure. g. r. FlNi.AY d Co.
PrOprietors, New Orleans.
10A AALl II ALI. OHuQQla1a
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

GINGER TEA IL made from SANFoRp's IA
MAIcA GINGER at moments notice, and is,
when SO made, ten ,itnes as effective and
agreeable. Thousands of aged people rely
upon 1t as . necessary stimulant to supper,
them during the heats of summer,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23
The Celebrated Vienna Rolls.

The Celebrated Vienna Rolls.
Among the numerous articles DooLEY's
YEAST Powder is used for, are the celebrated
Vienna rolls, which are 80 delicious palat. .
BILE and healthy. If YOU have not the recip,
send three. cent stamp to l)OoLEY Is Broth
ER, New York, snd you viii get it, togcthe,
with many other valuable cooking recipes,
by return mail.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

The old dispute, whether the name d
the Prophet of Islam should be spelled
Mahomet or Mohammed. has been settled
at last The Oriental scholars say that II
should be spelled Muhammad. It will
still continue to be pronounced in acco.d.
snce with individual taste,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

mothers, Mothers, Mothers.
Don't fail to procure MRs. WnssIows Soorr
mo SYRUP for all diseases of teething in Chi:
dren. It relieves the child from pain. cures wiz.
collie regulates the bowels, and, by giving rel,,
and health to the child, Rives rest to the mothe,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

Diseases Of the Kidneys, Bladder. etc. are always
unpleasant, end ct times they become the most dis
tressing and dangerous diseases that Affect thehu
system. Most diseases Of the Kidneys arise from
Impurities In the blood causing humors which settle
ON these parts. vEGETINE excels any known rome
dy in the whole world for cleansing and purifying the
blood, thereby causing healthy action to Ill the
Rane Of the bUdy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23
VEGET|nE
IL acknowledged by all classes Of PEG.
pie to be the Best and Most Relia-
bic Blood Purifier in the World.


UOCHEBT1kv NOV q lou.
Dear Sir-I have suffered for the last three or four
years with Liver Complaint and Kidney troubles.
doctors care for long time but he did not help
Ny friends all hought would not recover. lbegan
right sway. had taken but three bottles before l
was much better. continued taking . few bot les
Of health. have gven t to my little daughter with
great success. Since 1t has done me go much good
been greatly benented BY its nec: Respectfully.
j. C. SMITH, "a 8. Francis Street.
Place Of business, q West Avenue.
Mr.. Smith In well.knoWn dealer In stoves and tin.
ware. for many years in business In Rochester.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

KINGsFoRD's OswHGo PURE AND SILVER.
Gloss STARCH requires less than common
starch. Its purity and strength are far
Qreater. Hence its economy is manifest.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

In these warm summer days very
many men. women, children, snakes,
worms and spiders are attending picnics.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23

H0FMANN'e HOP PILL for Fever and AGue
They cure at once and are preventive.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23
vEesTINE.

vEGETINE has restored Thousands 70 health Who
had been long and painful sufferers.
vEGETINE is composed Of Roots, Bsrks and Herbs.
Il u very pleasant to take: every child likes L.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-08-23


blanketed him, broke such boughs as 1
could for his bed, and bent and b,.und
others partially over him. And as I was
doing it heard voices. I listened, hal
looed, and the reply told me that the other
team found itself In exactly our position.
Crying that would be with them direct
ly, went back to Rose. "Dr. Wilder
and his friends have brought up in the
wood, too" said I.
II heard them," said she.
"And that il much more cheerful"
"Oh, not in the least, }" she said Mrs.
Burbank will never overlook it, any way.
And it will kill DR.. Wilder, too-that old
man in this winter storml'
well, really, don't know that am
to blame for his being here, said I.
"Oh, l didn't mean that" she cried,
starting forward. "Oh, I don't know
what l do sav-what with the disaster and
the ride and the worry. Don't-don't be
vexed with me-"
"vexed with ysur' said I. "How alb
surdl As if it were possible-the poor
tired child" And by that time was
stanling In the snow close beside her.
Ross." began, drawing of one Of the
small otter-skin mittens-" how cold the
little hand isr'
"Oh, no, l am very warm and comfort.
able"
How cold the little hand isl'' and
pressed 1t to my lips.
She took it away hastily. mo, no, NO,
she murmured. You mustn't speak to
me s0-here."
"And II It were not here" cried,
Rose, you will never dare 20 back to
Mrs. Burbank's now?''
She made no reply.
"Then why not 60 homo with mer'
"Go home with your she repeated,
like some one In dream.
With me, I" said. "Tostay with me.
Forever"
"Oh, you would never have asked me
IF it had mot been for thisi'' she cried.
DO you think ! am % small, 90 pitiful
q thatf 1t II my mistogtune that We are