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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14

Rock-a-hy, baby In the treo top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
When the bOugh breaks the cradle will TALL
Downtumblcs baby, and cradle, snd all.
R0ck-a-hy, baby the meadows In bloom
Laugh VI the snnbeams that dance In the room,
Echo the birds with your owl baby tune,
Coo in the sunshine and flowers Of June,
Rock-n by, baby Gs softly it swings,
Over thy cradle the mother. love sings;
Bro0dng aud cooling NJ even or dawn,
What will II do wnen the mother Is gone
Rock-a-by, baby 70 ClOudltss the skies,
Blue as the depths OF your own laughing eyes;
Sweet l. the lullaby over your nest
That tcndTrly hngs little baby to rest.
Rock-a-by, baby the blue eyes will dream
Sweetest when mammals eyes over them ltam;
Never again will the world seem 10 fair.
sleep, little haby-no cloud In the air.
Rsck-a-by, baby the blue eyes viii burn
nd ache with that your manhood will ltain
swiftly the years come with sorrow ard care
with burdens the wee dimpled shoulders must bear
Rock'a- by baby there's coming a day
Whose sorrOws a n0ther's lip can't kiss away;
Days when Its song will he changed to moan
Crosses that baby must bear all alone.
Rock-a.hy, Dahy tho meadows In bloom
MAY never the fr0sts pail the beauty In gloom
Re thy world ever bright rs to-day 1t Is seen.
Eock-a-by baby thy c.adle is green.
burlington HRwkeye
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14
Gamblers and Insurance Companies.

II is an indnbilable result Of The theory
Of probabilities that every gambler, if no
continues long enough, must ultimately
be ruined. Suppose he tries the martlu-
gale, which sOmo believe in!alliblc, aHd
which is, as AM informed disalowed in
the gambling houses. In the method of
playine he first bets say 81 il he luscs
it, he bets 81; il he loses that, ne hels
81 il he loses that, he bets &S; II hp
then gains, he has lost + 2 + Al, and
he has gained 81 more and no matter
how many bets he loses, the first one he
gains will make him 81 richer than he
will probably gain at first but at last,
the time will come when the run o.
luck is so against him that he will not
have money enough to double, and must
therefore let his bet 90. This will proba.
bly, happen before nc has won as much
as he had in the first place, 80 that this
run against him will leave him poorer
than he began; some time or other it will
be sure to happen. 1t is true that there
is always n possibility Of his winning any
sum the bank can pay, and we thus como
upon celebrated paradox that, though
he is certain to be ruined, the value of
his expectation calculated according to
the usual rules (Which omit this c0nsid-
eration) is large. But, whether GAM
bier plays in this way or any other, the
same thing is true, namely: That if no
plays long enough he will be sure some
time to have such run against him az
to exhaust his entire fortune. The same
thing is true of all insurance company.
Let the directors take the utmost pains
to be independent of the great conhagra
tions and pesti!ences, their actuaries can
tell them that, according to the doctrine
of chances, the time must come, at
last. when their losses will bring
them to a stop. They may tide over
such crisis by extraordinary means.
but then they win start sgain in weak
ened state, and the same thing will hap
pen again all the sooner. An actuary
might be inclined to deny this, because
he knows that the expectation of his
company is large, or perhaps (neglectiug
the interest upon money! is infinite.
But calculations of expectations leave
out of account the circumstance now
under consideration, which reverses the
whole thing. However, must not be
understood as saying that insurance is
on this account unsound, more than other
kinds of business. All human affairs
rest upen probabilities, and the same
thing is true everywhere. II man were
immortal he could be perfectly sure of
seeing the day when everything in which
he had trusted should bctray his trust,
and, in short, Of coming eventually to
hopeless misery. He would break down,
at last, rs every great fortune, rs every
dynasty, as every civilization does. In
place of this We have DEATH Popular
Science Monthly.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14

DIALOGUE between two Bohemians
" Would, o would that had fifty thous,
and year. know what I'd do"
" WhatY' Nothing"
LADY Ito little girl of four years.:
" What are you going to call your new
doll " Girl (heaving deep sigh, like
some anxious mother): ~ shall call it
Rosa-.-if it lives"
A GREAT many people now-a days
don't believe in the devil" said an Iii,
nois preacher III recent sermon, "but,
ah, my friends, you may rest assured that
the devil believes in them
A VIRGINIA maiden, whose affianced
did not appear on the wedding night,
went to the window, and, remarkinr
that it WAS good weather for a mar
riage, anyhow, put on her bonnet and
acted as bridesmaid for one of her friends
across the street.
DON'T be afraid any more. Professor
NewcOmb says; So small is the earth,
compared with the celestial spaces, that
if one should shut his eyes and fire at
random in the air, the chance of bring
ing down bird would be bettar than
that of comet of any kind striking the
earth.
SIMpKINs refused his wife new hat,
aud soon after his little girl came in and
said: Mamma won't you buy me
monkey to play with when You go down
town. No, darling wait till you are
older, and then marry one as | did," said
tie griet-stricken wife, her tears bursting
forth afresh.
He had brought her the very things
she wanted from The supper table to her
safe retreat on the stairs, and she was
moved TO say, baif !aughingly, You
are man after my own heart, Mr..
B---.' Just what am after" he
answered, quick as a dash, covering her
with confusion.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A competitive trial of milking machines
is TO take place at Bristol: England, next July.
The pope has intmated his desire that
pilgrims abstain from any special allusion to
politics in their addresses to him.
The French artillery has resolved to
discard the bronze field.pieces with which it
is armed, aud, like Germany and Russia, to
adopt steel breech.loaders instead. Herr
Krupp, however, will not gain any additional
customers by such step, for the French
war department is to make its own guns
The Agence Russo says the conditions
oil. peace as published in London are mac
curate. Russia has never demanded the
expulsion of the Mussulman population OF
Bulgaria. She has only demanded the recall
of Turkish officials and troops: Russia does
not hand over portion OF Bosnia to Servia.
The question OF the straits is reserved for
the consideration Of Europe. The published
version contains other gross inaccuracies.
Mai. Gen, Sir Garnet Wolseley, con.
tributor to the Nineteenth Century, gives an
article entitled England as a Military
Power" The following are his conclusions:
At no previous period has England been so
strong, in a military senst, as now. Were
war declared tomorrow, about four hundred
thousand drilled men would fall into line, il
required, and supported by 572 field guns,
manned and horsed by royal artillery. That
number would roughly be made up as fol.
lows: Standing 1rmy at home, 5000 men
army and militia reserve, 10000; militia,
5000; volunteers, 10000; second. class
army reserve, 10000; total, 4l4000. In this
calculation I have put the figures very low,
and have left out altogether the TO- 900 yeo.
manry who would be available for home
service. have not taken into consideration
the number Of regular troops that would be
available for war when the Mediterranean
gsrrisons were furnished by the militia. 1t
will at once be seen that .e could at once
take the field with two fully equipped army
corps Of more than 10000 soldiers each,
leaving similar force OF regular troops at
home as a reserve. When / compare the
military strength Of England now with what
II was in 1854, am as amazed at the con.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14

The Germans are at present about the
only purchasers for American ships Of
fered for sale, which, notwithstanding
the depression OF the freight business, ARE
very few. They are careful to select
ships that have good records, and by
economy Of management they generally
succeed in running them at profit,
where American owners had failed to
do 10.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14

WAsHNGroN's tomb..at Mount Ver-
non has been connected with the man-
sion on the hill by an electric burglar
alarm, that his sacred bones may be safe
from the molestation by vampires such
as recently attempted the plunder Of
Lincoln's tomb.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14

"ALGERNON sends us a poem in
which he declares, There is rest for me
in the silent tomb" oh, there Is. is
there? Yes, there is; lots Of 1t. You
try il. You'll find out how mnch rest
therr is in the silent tomb. with hall
dozen Chicsgo medical students digging
in after you and fighting over you, You
crawl into the tomb for little quiet
time, II you want to. Algernon, but you
lust take your revolver with you, all tae
ame.- Burlington Hawkeye.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14

and earth, working all OF one night at
it. In the morning the Indians made an
attack, but the men in the fort, armed
with breech.loading rifles, repulsed them.
During two days fighting was kept up,
and then a rescuing party of soldiers
arrived, Eight Indians were killed, and
one Of The white men was injured.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14
FROM WASHINGTON,

The house committee on naval affairs
has agreed to report favorably on the bill
appropriating fifty thousand dollars for Capt.
Howgate's north pole expedition. Capt.
Howgate's polar colonization plan is indorsed
by such men as Prof. Henry, Pfof LOOMS,
Prof. Potter, Admiral Porter, Rear Admiral
Davis, Judge DAILY, president of the Ameri-
can geological society, Dr. Hayes and others
Howgate himself is very sanguine as to the
practicability Of this plan OF solving the
question of an open polar sea.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14
The report of the national department

VrrC
of agriculture for 1877, now in course of pub.
lication, states that the yield of wheat in tine
United States for the year was three hundred
and sixty million bushels, or fifty million
bushels more than was ever before produced.
Deducting the amount necessary for home
consumption in food and seed, upward of
one hundred and ten million bushels can be
spared for export. The acreage of winter
wheat for 1878 ia greater than that Of 1877.
The corn product was thirteen million BUSH
els, with corresponding yields OF oats and
DOtatOps.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14


GoRTscHARoFFis is eighty years old, The
richest man in Russia, and is considered
the most agreeable diTlomatist in
Europe. One reason of his success is
ascribed to the fact that he is not required
to make speeches to the country. The
Pail Mall Gazette says he talks slowly
writes grandiloquently and gives high.
minded reasons for everything he advises
or does. Persons who might have ex-
pected him to explain some torturous
piece of policy on cynical grounds are
staggered by his semblance of perfect
good faith, and by the reassuring
promises which he makes in tone of
stately gentleness, to which his venerable
appearance gives the stamp of wisdom
and truth. His strength is patience; his
talent lies in seizing opportunities the
moment they arrive; and these op.
portunities come through the simplicity
Of the foreigners who trust him.
DR.. BROWN SEQUARD lectured in
Philadelphia recently to large audience
of medical men on "paralysis of the
brain" He said "The views that have
reigned in science for many centuries,
without any objection until now, that
the right eide of the brain moves the left
side of the body, and the vice versa, must
be laid aside as absolutely false. 1t seems
rather singular that any one should come
to you and state that this view should
be laid aside. 1t was stated generally
where there was paralysis in the right
side of the brain it followed to the left
side of the body. My investigation
shows this to be mistake. There are a
great many cases where disease on one
side of the brain will not affect the oppo-
site side of the body, and there are other
cases where disease of one side of the
brain produces disease on both sides of
the body.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14

lT is feared that the atmosphere of
London will soon damage the surface of
Cleopatras' needle. The Luxer obelisk
erected in the Palace de la Concorde in
Paris in 1885, is some S,4OO years old,
having stood with another still larger
one before the great temple of Thebes.
The stone is syenite granite, of brown,
ish red color. Thirty-six years exposure
TO the atmosphere of Paris has affected
the stone more than the same number OF
centuries exposure to the purer air of
Egypt.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14

The Maxwell family's recent adyen.
ture, near Fort Bozeman, was like an
incident in q dime novel. They mum.
bered six men and two women, and were
travelling in wagon, on their way to a
border settlement. Seeing the ap-
proach Of a band Of hostile savages. they
decided to select favorable position in
which to defend themselves, and soon
found a spot that was bounded on two
sides BY a deep, wide gorge. They hastily
ouiIt barricade Of the wagons, stones,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-03-14
FACTS AND FANCiES.
ROek-a-by, Baby.

Rook-a-hy, baby; In the treo top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks the cradle will TALL,
Downtumbcs baby, and cradle, snd all.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13
The Daily Atses.
Rocr ISLAND.
NOTES HERE AND THERE.

A North Carolina woman used her
baby as q missile 50 effectively as to knock
her husband down. but it killed the child.
Isaac Bassett. the present Assistant
Doorkeeper of the Senate, was taken to
Washington in 1882 by Daniel Webster,
and began his official career as page.
The Peoria GAS Co. and consumers
are having each other through the medium
of communications to the editor of the
Democrat. So far the consumers are
ahead, three to one.
"A young woman of Newburg, Wis.
severely thrashed her father because he
would not raise $500 to give her as a
dowry, in order to marry man who
wanted his wife to have that sum.
The Davenport school election took
place yesterday resulting 10 the reelection
of Francis Ochs and d. N. Richardson by
an almost unanimous vote. The opponents
Of good schools, and there are a few in
Davenport, do not seem to thrive very
well.
The Kansas fever has appeared
earlier than usual this spring. The
Peoria Democrat tells of two companies of
SO and 60 persons from Indiana and bound
for Kansas passing through there last
week, and a colony destined for the land of
grasshoppers are preparing to start from
Moline.
"A little boy was convicted of murder
by his playfellows in a mock trial 10
Madison, Ind, Snd sentenced to be hang
ed. They put moose around his neck.
threw the rope over door, and hoisted
him up. He was fast choking to death
when woman stopped the foolery; but
he was SO badly injured that he soon died.
"A meeting of the general freight
agents of the railroad lines east from
Chicago was held in Chicago Saturday, and
the rates on freight to the east changed
somewhat. They are now from Chicago &c
New York, 80 cents per hundred on grain
and boxed meats, 60 cents, per barrel or
-four, IS cents on bulk meats, and &c
cents on grass seed; from Chicago to Bos
ton they are, respectively, 35. 70, 30, and
Is cents; to Philadelphia, %, Sc, 81, anC
50; and to Baltimore, q, 50, 80. and 81
The beauty of this arrangement is that the
managers proposed to include all roads
running west from Chicago, without con
sulting them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13
IL GEN TIE HINT

In our style of climate, with its sudden
changes of temperature,-rain. wind and
sunshine often iDtermingled in single
day.-it is no wonder that our children,
friends and relatives are so frequently
taken from US by neglected colds, half the
deaths resulting directly from this cause.
A bottle of Boschee's German Syrup kept
about your home for immediate use will
prevent serious sickness, large doctor s
bill, and perhaps death, by the use OF
three or four doses. For curing Con
sumption, Hemorrhages, Pneumonia
Severe Coughs, Group or any disease Of
the Throat or Lungs. its success is simply
wonderful, as your druggist will tell you
Germaa Syrup IS now sold in every towr
and village on this continent. Sample
bottles for trial. l0c.; regular size, 10
Sold positively by all druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13

Printing, Binding and Blank Book work
specialties at THE ARGUS OFFICE. Nc
pains will be spared to please customers
Satisfaction guaranteed. tt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13

1t will be happy day for our COM
munity when some legitimate curative and
safe remedy will take the place of the
many deleterious drugs among the nos
trums, which are swallowed in such quar-
titiss because nothing better is presensed
to them. But we have reason TO believe
that Drs Starkey & Palen have an agent
which will reYolutionize this matter.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13
A Perfect Toilet Soap.

First among the requisites of the toilet Is good
article OF Soap but to procure it is not always an
easy matter. Many Of the most expensive Soaps in
the market are made from coarse and deleterious
materials and their delicate colOrlng and fragrant
perfume too often conceal the most repulsve i'm
pur1ties. The disclosures recently made public
regarding this subject positively startling, and
deserve serious consideration. Scented Soaps are
now known to be extremely objectionable especial
ly if applied to the head njuring the hair irrita
ting the scalp, and inducing severe headaches. The
character of the ingredients may be inferred from
the statement of q gentlemen who makes the scent
ing OF Soaps his business he recently deca ed that
persons engaged in this employment were short
lived; from seven TO ten years being the longest
period during which the occupation could be fol-
lowed
The difficulty of procuring a perfectly pure arti-
Gle of toilet soap is at last Obviated, however,
thanks to the enterprise and chemical skill of Mr.
B. 7. Babbitt of New York, the world-renowned
Soap Manufacturer. whose immense establishment
s by the greatest of the kind in the United
States. The renown of Mr.. Rabbits various pro-
ductiOns has for many years been widely dlsseEn-
crown to the numerous victories already achieved.
After years Of patient labor and scientific expert
ment, Mr.. Babbitt has succeeded in perfecting the
composition of the 1rest toilet soap ever intro
ouced. The principal ingredients are the purest
vegetable oils; the manufacturing processes are
entirely and original, and the result is simply
unparalleled in this department of industry.
s''B. T. Babbitt's Toilet Soap is the trade marx
by which this elegant toilet luxury is designated,
and for applications to the delicate skin of infants,
children and ladies, it is altogether unequaed in Its
emollient properties This Soap is not perfumed,
the Ingredients being of such absolute purity as to
require no aid from chemistry to disguise inferior
materials. The most refined taste considers the
| absence of artificial perfume the periecuo7 o.
sweetness, and this peculiar characteristic of b. +
Rabbits Toilet Soap renders it the most healthtu
| and agreeable article of the kind ever manu1ac
tured. .
Though specially desirable for the use of ladiei
and CT ildren, this Soap equally appropriate fol
| gentlemen's toilet and as il makes heavy lsthe
It is also one Of the finest soaps for BARRIERS use
IL is just being placed upon the market, but TN
demand for it win soon become generally.
Tribune.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13
OPINIONS OF PRESS

From Sc. L0ass Globe DeaaocTGt.
DR.. WHITTIER, CIT St. Charles street, a reg.
ular graduate of medicine, has been longer
engaged in the treatment of chronic diseases
than any otherphysician in the city. Nervous
debility, blood diseases, au iTnpediments to
marriage. Call or write. Circular free. Safe
medicines; moderate charges.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13
DIR. JAMES.

AOCN HoSPStUty &
2o4Washington ST.,
Cor. Franklin, CHICAGO.
Chartered by the State Of
Illinois for theexpress purpose
Of giving Immediate reflex In
Ahcases ofprivate chronic and
urinary diseases in al their
complicated forms. tits wen
known DIR. James has stood at
the head of the profession for
the past thirty years. Age
and experience are all impor-
tant. Seminal Weakness,
night losses by dreams, PIN
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13
DR.. BONAPARTE & co.

Great combinations of pro-
MAMMk1 ssalAssaEaa fessional talent and exper-
EENEl4 Il1A fence of Europe and America,
Elz SszE1$ are the men to consult. This
EBz%.ANsS lie the only office in the city
eSIM VIII re permanent cure Of PR.
vata Diseases can be obtained without the use of
Mercury or change of diet or business.
We guarantee to cure gonorrhea gleet, syphilis,
impotency, noctural emissions, female complaints,
In short every possible form and variety OF Sexual
Disease, Cures rapid thorough and permanent,ano
fees moderate. We will admit ali persons to onr
museum free who purchase either of our books
Medical Treatise. price SO cents; the Vado Meeunl
of Nature, price ST. Pocket Guide sent for tive
three cent stamps Gail or address
Drs. BONAPARTE g. REYNOLDS,
1872 Sycamore St, CINCINNATI. OHIO
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13
Doctors Gave Him Up.

"Is it possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up
and at work, and cured by so simple a
remedy"
II assure you it is true that he is
entirely cured, and with nothing b ut
Hop Bitters, and only ten days ago
his doctors give him up and said he
must dier'
''Well-a dayi If that is so, / will go
this minute and get some for my poor
George. | know hops are good"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13

The ARGUS JOB PRINTING Rooms
turn out Cards, Circulars, Note Heads
Bill Heads, Law Briefs, and all othel
kinds of Printing, in the highest style of
the art, and on the most reasonable terms.
And THE ARGUS Book BINDERY is doing
all kinds of work in that line, neat, quick
and cheap The friends of the paper and
the public generally are invited to give our
work trial. dwt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13

pies the face lost manhood positively be cured
wanting the most delicate attention. call write Pleasant
home for patients. the Marriage Guide
which tells all diseases marry whv
not 10 cents 90 postage. Dr. James hfty
parors. You the Doctor. m TO
Pm; Sunday, 10 IL. DR., James Is 60 years age.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13
Scratch No n1ore--"Itching Piles

symptoms of which are moisture, like per-
SEPARATION. intense itching, particularly
when undressing, or after getting warm in
bed, increased by scratching, might think
pin worms were crawling in and about the
rectum, oftentimes shows itself around the
private parts. A pleasant and safe cure
in every case is "Swayne's Ointment"
If allowed to continue, very serious results
may follow 1t also cures letter, BARRIERS
itch, scald head, ring worm. blotches. all
scaly, crusty, itchy skin eruptions. Sent
by mail to any address on receipt of price,
50 cents box. or three boxes for $l25.
by DR.. Swayne & Son, Philadelphia. Sold
by all leading druggists. At wholesale and
retail by John Bengston, Rock Island.