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, 1877-01-20

Moon. STRoKE.-An Indian correspond.
cnt writes to Nature! There is q popu.
lar belief that it is dangerous to sleep
in full moonshine, as it is supposed to
produce some injurious effect called
neon. stroke. A clear sky admits of
rapid radiation, and any person exposed
to such radiation is sure to be chilled by
rapid loss of heat. There is reason to
believe that under the circumstances pa.
ralysis of one side Of the face is some
times likely to occur from chill, as one
side of the face is more likely to be ex-
poseh from rapid radiation and cUnse.
quest loss Of its heat. The chill is more
likely to occur when The sky is perfectly
clear and in a full moon. | have often
slept in the open air in India on clear
summer night when there was no moon,
and although the first part of the night
may have been hot, yet towards 2 or 3
o'clock in the morning the chill has been
so great that have often been awakened
by an ache in my forehead, which have
as often c0untcracted by wrapping II
handkerchief round my head and draw
ing the blanket over my face. As the
chill is likely to he greatest on very
clear night, and the clearest nights are
likely to be those on which there is d
bright moonshine, it is very possible that
neuralgia, paralysis, or some other SINH
lar injury caused by sleeping in the open
air, has been attributed to the moon
when the proximate cause may really
have been the chill.
, 1877-01-20
PO wer Of The Nose.

The remarkable cases Of exceptional
susceptibility Of the ofactory nerves are
reported from Europe. One Of them
seems SO well authenticated that it il i'm
possible to doubt either the good faith
or the general ability of the reporters
The first occurred in Scotland. Early
IN this year gentleman, while travelling
ny rail, encountered volume OF ,ffen-
slve Smelling yapor that was suddenly
elected from some bone manure works
which practically forms part OF tho sta.
tion into which the train was entering.
He immed otely became sick and faint,
vomited continuously, and In spite' of tho
hest medical advice to be procured in In
verness, he died on the fourth day after
lis mishap. These facts urs given by
DR.. james Adams, who founded on the
circumstances book intended to warn
the public against these manure facto.
rles. He seerns to ascribe the gentle.
mans death to the presence Of arsenic IN
the vapors but as there is no source for
this arsenic except the mere trace that
night he in the sulphuric ascid used. we
can but think thst this thso-y is i'll
founded.
The other case /, Of different kind.
Probably las al instance or the remark
able po"ers which may be developed in
the hum IN nose, the editor of a French
year book" oi science declares that the
ashes from the first Chicago fire fell in
the Azores Islands on the fourth day al
ter the confsgr,tion, while the empire
unlatic odor led the inhabitants to sus-
pect that son' great forest was burning
on the American continent. Til, editor
on,its to remind his readers that Chicago
na thousand miles inland.
, 1877-01-20

A speaking monkey from Brazil is to
bo ons Of the distinguished visitors 10
the Paris Exposition in 1878. The ami
mal was found in the arms of its mother,
who had been mOrtally wounded in a
tight with a polecat, by M. COulembert,
while shooting on the banks Of the Am
azon. Little Jean Larausse- 30 he is
named Was given over to the charge of
negrcss who was addicted to the use
of the word oayrGpiba. The monkey was
noticed to have caught the first syllable
of the word, and by dint Of proper
teaching, has been taught TO say "Paps,"
"Mamms," "Msranon," and Brazil"
Has the missing link" at last been dis
covered. '''~,'' ~ y, .sr... .
, 1877-01-20

The EMPLOYMENT OF TME.-Thc foun
dation of all economy is wise DISPOSE
tion of time. Let that be acquired and
true economy in everything else will in.
hlibIy and speedily follow and the
most difficult step toward acquiring it is
real and wise economy OF time. Econo-
my has, in fact, got very bad character
with the great majority OF the people be.
cause it is confounded with stinginess !;
though in fact they are so far from be-
ing connected that stinginess is q very
deadly enemy to real economy, while
liberality and generosity must be con-
fined to words and wishes where econo-
my is not served.
Still some persons imagine that if they
play the niggard with every cent and
every article Of which they can once OBJ
tain possession they are good econo-
roists, A more wretched and complete
mistake cannot be made. Economy is
the right employ ment of money and
means, not the boarding or burying of
them. To save is very laudable and de-
sirable, but it is not saving to lay up GER
tain pieces of coin while we shiver for
the want of fuel or faint for the want OF
the food which those pieces of coin
would purchase to do so is to save it at
the expense of that health and that du-
ration of life which no amount of money
can purchase or compensate tor.
, 1877-01-20

How SHE FELT.-The painful sus
pense of the last three or four days hal
not been confined to men alone. Al
the women have been more or less agita-
ted, and in stores and on street ears hav,
discussed "the situation" in a lively
manner. Two females, one apparently
an old maid, met in the post office re-
Gently, aud the married woman remarked
"Well, there is great deal of ex-
element"
ut is terrible-terrible,' was the re-
ply.
why, you seem to he really nervous
over it,"
so / am-dreadtul nervous. sin
cerely hope and trust no unworthy mar
will make me proposal OF marriage du-
ring this period of suspense, for I'm SC
dreadfully excited that IT,"
"You might accept :"
mo; in my agitation I might throw
the 'chance away Free Press. D..
, 1877-01-20

They had been engaged long time,
and one evening were reading the paper
together. "Look, love-" he exclaimed
"0nly fifteen dollars for n suit of
clothes!" "Is it wedding suit3" she
asked, looking naively at her love.
"Oh, nor' he replied. ut is business
suit" "Well, l mean business" she
replied.
, 1877-01-20

A tablet to the memory of the essnylst
Steele has been placed over his grave in
the parish church of Carmarthen. 1t
hears the following inscription: "Sir
Richard Steele, knight, author, essayist,
first chief promoter of the periodical
press of England Born in Dublin,
March 12, 1871. Buried ia this church
and below this tablet
, 1877-01-20

Christmas morning they stood hcsore
the altar, and the music of msrrioge bells
vas swceter to them than the music of
the spheres. Christmas morning four
years later, bs'i.headed lnaa jrmped
out OF bed, hsli distracted. and wanted
20 know why his wife wrs urh nm in.
fsrn,l fool ~ tn put Z Christmas horn in
that bays stocking.
, 1877-01-20

frederick May and James Gordon
Bennett had due! in Delaware on the
eth. May WAS slightly wu,ihded, anrl
Bennett is satisfied With rln arnsnds
honorable. Justice now deEsads that
these young blSoGs t. served like the
common herl--ired tor an attempt az
murder.
, 1877-01-20

A paper sAys the times are so bad and
payments 20 rare. that the girls conf
plain that tho young men can not even
pay their addresses. ,a.t
HOgg was good writer; but he cant
bc considered q aide OF Becon.
, 1877-01-20

The welfare of Turkey mainly depends
on agriculture, and among the conlem-
plated Improvements Of the Government
is an agricultural college, which will be
built about three miles from Pera, the
European suburb of the capital. The
Turkish Ambassador at Berlin has been
commissioned to look out for efficient
professors
, 1877-01-20

Vassar has 1856 girls-the fairest count
you ever heard of.
, 1877-01-20

AT Thuin, n town in Belgium, Roman
Catholic priest has been fined 20 francs,
and further condemned to pay % cents
compensation for slapping feminine pa
rishiOner in the face. In Meath. Ireland,
priest WIS severely punished some years
ago, for similar offence, by Lord Cor.
manstown, a Roman Catholic magistrate,
, 1877-01-20

Dr.. Burg, French physician, scouts
the notion that the use of wind instru.
ments Is injurious to people troubled
with pectoral weakness. and quotes his
own case: "My mother died of con.
sumption, eight children of hers fell VIC
tins to the SAME disease; three of the
family are left, and we all play variety
of such Instruments"
, 1877-01-20

A bride on railroad car, seeing her
husband take something rolled up in
brown paper from his pocket, snatchcd it
from his hands AMI threw it out of the
window saying, that he promised to give
up chewing tobacco. The young man
told her that she had thrown away all
the money he had in the world.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11
n ferrous Debility,

A depressed, irritable state of mind; a
weak. nervous, exhausted feeling; no en-
ergy or animation; confused head, weak
memory, often with facilitating, involun-
tary discharges. The consequence of
excuses. mental overwork and indiscre-
tons, This NERVOUS DEBILITY finds a
sovereign cure 10 HUMPHREYS HoMEo-
PATHIC SPECIFIC. No. %. 1t tones up the
system. arrests discharges. dispels the
mental gloom and dependency, land reiuve-
mates the entire system. 1t is perfectly
harmless and always efficient, Price SIS,
for package of Ave boxes and large So
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 price. Address Humphreys Homeo-
pathic Medicine Co., No. 100 Fulton ST.,
N. Y.
sgsB Seas arge advertisement.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11

AS business improves end matters be
come settled, the railroads and their opera
tives are coming to terms satisfactory to
both. The Pittsburg & Fort Wayne road,
which reduced wages 10 per cent. before
the strike, has restored them to the origi-
nal figure, and on Friday paid off its men
with the 10 per cent. added; and it is re-
ported that the Pennsylvania road will ac-
cede to the demands of the engineers made
just prior to the strike.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11
She 9ailg Argns.
ROCK TsnAND............ErnrHors
Doesn't Like the show.

i. ~ -
The junkefing gabblers start upon their
electioneering tour on Wednesday, and for
weeks we will be compelled TO dose the
readers of the Appeal with the most I'M
initigatad bosh that ever driveled from the
lips of public functionaries.. Hayes will
grind the organ, as usual, and. of course,
Key will dance In his red cap and yellow
jacket. We presume, however. the post
nlaster-general will somewhat change his
chatter. as the cation has expressed its
disgust and loathiag at the puerility he
uttered while the presidential caravan was
junketing in Vermont. The fraudulent
administration is great 10 promises but
poor in perto. mances, 1t is "a crime, cause
for removal, Tor an Office holder to spend
i've minutes as a participant 10 a public
meeting; but it is all right and proper for
the president and bis cabinet officers. who
are paid for their services, to stroll oyer
the country, TO the neglect of their duties
as the paid servants of the tax paying
people. The masses are anxious to know
Tor what. purpose the president and his
cabinet are whisking about the country.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11


ROSSMAN'S CURE.
ITCHING PILES is generally preceded by
moisture like perspiration producing a
very disagreeable and distressing itching,
particularly at night, after getting warm
in bed. No humbug-as trial viii prove.
For sale by all respectable druggists.
RossMAN & MCKINsTRY. Hudson, NY,
Proprietors.
Sent by mail for so cents.
LIT YOU HAVE A COUGH,
Cold, Asthma, raising of Blood or any as
tections of the Breast or Lungs, leadir to
Consumption, use
DR.. HOUSEMAN'SG GERMAN COUGH
DROPS,
as prepared for over thirty year, By J. J.
Davis(now deceased1 and you MI be sure
to find relief Address ROSSMAN &
MCKINSTRY, 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 & Fuller. and VanSchaack,
Stevenson & Reed, Chicago, wholesale
agents.
John f. Henry, Curran & Co., Whole
sale Agents. 8 College Place, N. 7.
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HAIR DYE.
HAIR DYE.

BATCHELOR'S CELEBRATED EHAIRs DYE.
best In the world. The inventor has used this
SPLENDID Hair Dive for 81 years with benefit TO the
hair, and injury to his health proof that 1T L.
the only true and perfect Dye, Harmless reliable,
instantaneous. No disappointment; no ridiculous
tints remedies the i'll effects Of bad dyes; leaves
the hair soft and beautiful Black or Brown Sold
and properly applied &c BACHELORS Wig Fac
tory. No. 1e Bond street, N, Y. Sold by all drug
gists
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-09-11

NATURES TRIUMPH. Nature. in her
luxuriance, has clothed the hills and the
daIes with herb and shrub, whose occult
natures merely require the earnest appli-
cation of the scientific and inquiring mind
to reveal their curative properties. for in
the vegetable world kindly providence
has placed healing for all nations. The
only specifics for any disease yet discovered
are vegetable IN their nature, and while
quinnine has been accepted as the only re-
medy. tor one class, the extract of the bu.
cha plant is rapidly taking its place as SOW
ereign remedy for other of those ills afflict
humanity. The type Of disease to which
it is remedial is broad one, and its mani
testatlons are legion, but it may be started
IN general terms that all diseases of the
urinary organs, whether caused by climate,
lrregularity. or seif-generated, submit at
once TO the operation of its power Helm
bold S Buchu for all such complaints, is the
result of long research, and is acknowledge
ed superior to all other preparations.
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M M CORRETT

A TTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOR IN CHAN.
y Gerry and Notary Public, Abstracts, Loans and
COLLECTS. Office '2nd Avenue, 3rd door east of
bengston's Drug Store, Rock Island, Ille.
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Dunbar's Wonderful Discovery! Bethesda
Mineral Spring Water.
waukesha Wis

This water is the acknowledged cure of
the intractable and incurable disease known
as Brights disease, diobetes, dropsy, brick
dust deposit, Inflammation of the neck of
the bladder, alkali, and equity swelling.
For the liverit is unsurpassed. It will al
lay all inflammation of the kidney aud urinal
organs 10 twenty-four hours giving imme-
date relief; also, in scarlet lever it pre-
vents the kidney from congestlng, and re-
moves all traces of albumeneria. 1t will
give relief in all cases Of high fever. Has
never failed to do what is claimed for it,
COL RICHARD DUNBAR.
Waukesha, Wis.
For sale in Davenport in any quantity
by Emeis & Co and by druggists through
out the world. 5I9d&wIv.
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VIM. z. Zimmerman

DhACTlCAL PIANO TUNER AND REGULA.
- ter Leave orders with John Zimmerman.
Piano MANUFACTURER, 100 Main ST., near First Ma.
tional Bank, Davenport Iowa
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LUCIAN ADAMS

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT Law
~ Office in Mitchell & Lynde's block Rock Island
H Have complete set of Books of Abstracts of
little OF Lands in Rock Island County.
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CARL KUEHI,.

ATTORNEY AT LAW, (DEUTsRHER ADvoKAr.
~ Second Avenue, bet. 18th and 18TH Sts fJnstice
Choppers office, RGck Island, ILL.,
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KENWoRTE7 & BEARDsLEY

1 Aw AND ABSTRACT OFFICE. ROOMS IN
H. Court House. Jno. T. Kenworthy, Jas, NJ Boards
ey. 1D-9sd &Ivff
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SEWING MACHINES
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ANEE EE SN Guide to marriage. wealth. ana
II III ~ - En- - beauty, never fails, love letters,
@~ - @N9 wisdom &c. Book worth $50 now
mailed free by TEE UNION PUB. Co, Newark. Nd.
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OLD MEDEORD RUN

OF the finest and choicest grades and of oil
ages. The public is cautioned agaiI st limitations
and counterfeits. Order direct from US, and we
warrant perfect satisfaction. Please address ali
orders to MEDFoRD. MASS, or 1s1 Broad st.
Boston, Mass, and they viii receive prompt atten
ton. Send for circniar.
DANIEL LAWRENCE & SONS
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BUSINESS CARDS.
JOHN 3. HAWIEY.

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
and, Illinois 3-fad&wsrn
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East and SOUTH
TAKE THE
|. B. g. w. ROUTE.

Nc. 0Leayes Peoria 2:lo m; Bloomington
NU~ q ais am; Danville, $40 m. Arrives
IsD HAox IL LIS m; coIsSATI 4:so m;
With trains for the East.
To ILeayes Rock Island eco M Peoria
4SOs 1920 N; Bloomington, 1905 p N
Champaign. / "a p m; Danville, 3:05 pm. Arrives
INDIANAPOLIS, 500 p m; CINCINNATI, 1920 d m
LOUISVILLE, II 10 m: NASHVILLE rs m Day
ton II As; m; Columbus. IL IS m; Wheeling,
5:ss N; PITTsaUas: 7:5o m; baltimore. 7:s5 p
20 m; NEW York, iid n !; Cleveland 7 80 .
m; Buffalo, 1fI0 M Albany 19 rs q m. But ONE
advance Of other lines.
No RLeayes Rock island, :45 p m Peoria
NO. ~ 7:0 Bloomington, $3.50 m. Ar
riyes IEDIANAPoI ne 40 m. CNcIEskTI ss45 q
m LOUSY LILLE, $3.50 m; Nashville, q IS D m; DaYe
ton, 9:S5 m; Columbus, IL 30 D m; Wheeling ,
n; WASHINGTON. e1a : m: PHILADELPHIA !,
f:5o m NEW YORK, 1878 Q m; Cleveland, s:45
a.40p m
- RKcIxErrG CHAM SLEEPING Cans. with State
oria to indianapolis, and on No. 6 foron Peoria
to Indianapolis.
THRoueH COACHES are run on all trains from
6aiesDnrg and feorla TO Indianapolis, connecting
with Through Sleepers to all Eastern cities. civ
ing passengers choice Of routes
Close connections made by Nos. and at Dan
vile, reaching Terre Haute, Eincen1ies and Evans
vile, and by No. 8 to Lafayette. LoeansDort' Fl
wayne, Toledo and Detroit in advance Of otheI
lines.
Inc 3. . ". lie the only line running its trains
through TO Indianapolis without change
When Travelling take the shortest route thst pre-
SCENTS equal advantages and convenience of through
cars Tie !. 3. y w. is the shortest through line
ana reacles all Eastern cities as quick time as
iss competitors. without excessive speed and with
the advantage OF The FINEST OUTFIT OF THROUGH
CARS IN TIE WEST.
Addn 81 the GenT Pass Agent, and get copy Of
our NEW MAP-FoLDER. giving full information
HOW TO REACH THE EAST AND SOUTH
J0HEW BROWN, GenI Pass a Ticket Ag,t
INDIANARoIxs. En
7. ]. BUFoRD. Weslern Agent. Davenport
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Positively cstred-also Blind and Bleeding
Piles, Fistula, Salt Rheum, and all dis
eases of the Skin, by the use of
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Publications

. Valuable Books! B ! q and N nI IL :
- trated, DR.. s. s. FITCH'S SIX, LECTURES
- ON CONSUMPTION, so cts. Cure of Heart
Disease, 30 cts. Family Physician 35 cts Sent by
mail Address Drs. S. S. FITCH & SON, 40 East
Twenty Street, New York. dw-eow
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Legal Blanks, of all kinds for aale al
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, DR.. WHITTIER,
6l7 ST. Charles street, st. Louis, Mo.

DR.. WHITTIER, orr St. Charles
ST., ST. Louis, Mo-, treats all forms of
Venereai Diseases, Seminal Emissions and
Sexual Debility, with unparalleled success.
No matter who failed, call or write pam
phlet or consultation free. Can refer to
the medical profession in all parts of the
country. Medicines perfectly safe.
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DR.. sABINE'S
INDIAN VEGETABLE
COUGH SYRUP

For the speedy cure Of Coughs, Colds. Hoarseness.
Incipient Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Phth-
lsic, whooping Cough and Group. This Syrup is
an Anodyne Expectorant and Is composed OF the
best Ingredients the vegetable Kingdom affords.
and when used according to directions, must con-
vince the most skepticaI OF its intrinse value.
Directions for the use OF sabines Indian Negeta-
BILE Cough Syrup accompany each bottle.
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DR.. JAMES,

pies on the face lost anhood positively cured Ladies
wanting the most delicate attention. call write Pleasant
home for patients. million-Narriaee Guide
which tells all about these diseases who marry hy
not 10 cents to postage Dr. James has fy
parors. You Doctor.
p.mi Sunday, 10 TO IL. Dr. James is 60 years age
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sNorcE cHANer
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-05-18
AmerIcau ArehI,ec.ure

A fearful accident occurred on the
I1th at Rockford, Illinois. The
new court house which was bein G
erected there, fell with y terrible
crash, while a number of men
were at work finishing the roof and
other parts of the large building.
Ten were crushed to death and
fourteen severely mi nred. The
contractor and the superinten-
dent were on the dome, 1l9 feet
above the ground, when 1t began to
give way, but managed to escape,
as contractors generally do. The
architect who drew the plan lie
Henry l.. Gay, of Chicago, and the
contractor for the building is w. D.
Richardson, of Springfield, and the
superintendent of the work is j. E.
Latham. The dome was supported
by the front walls on the north side
and two iron columns from ten to
twelve inches in diameter, on the
inner side. These columns rested
upon a brick wall going up from the
ground Aoor TO the floor of the court
room. The walls are about thirty
feet high, aud it appears, were en-
tirely inadequate to hold the i'm
mense weight of the iron pillars
and the massive masonry of the
dome, which rested upon the pill
lars. Upon the top of the iron col
umns was wrought-iron girder,
upon which were laid the veneer
and brick of the dome. 1t appears
that the lower brick wall was crush
ed by the weight OF the superin-
cumbent masonry, and crumbled
like so much rotten mortar, bring
ing with it the entire interior Of the
building, taking all of the rafters of
the corrugated iron ceiling of every
room, with it's concrete filling, the
iron joists, and the scaffoiding. All
came down in one terrific mass,
bringing with it nearly all the work
men who were operating upon the
top of the building. The scene of
death and destruction was awful,
and many of tho killed and wOnud-
ed men were fearfully mangled.
Superintendent Latham says he
knew Of the insecure walls, and
was speaking to Richardson about
it at the moment the walls fell. Mr..
Richardson says he does net wish
to appear to lay the blame on Gay,
the architect, especially as he is not
there, but he maintains that he has
carried ont the plans and specifica-
ton to the letter. The damage to
the building is from $4,000 to $780,.
| 600.