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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-30
Worth S., 900 in a Single Case.

BURLINGTON, VT Dec. 18th, 1876.
Mrs. LYDIA l.. PINKHAM: 1t is with pleasure
that we able to say that inevery case reported
to us your VEGETABLE COMPOUND has given uni
versal satisfaction One gentleman told us to-day
that 1t had done his wife thousand dollars worth
of good, az he expressed 1t. Our customers with
out a single exception speak of 1t In the highest
terms Of praise. You are at liberty TO make use Of
this In advertising II yeu choose. Yours very re-
specially. II. Il. STEABNS & CO, Druggists.
S2Y The Pamphlet 'Guide to Women" will be
sent free to any address by enclosing stamp to
LYDIA L. PINKHAM, Lynn, Mass.
Lydia E. Pnkhdm's Vegetable Compound
sold by all Druggists at 81 per bottle. Whole.
sale Agents-George C..GoOdwn 81 Co, No. IS
Hanover street, and Carter, Harris q Hawley, No
1856 WASHINGTON street, Boston
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-30
Cure of all Female Weaknesses

This Compound which is purely vegetable, has
entirely cured the most stubborn cases that have
banled the skill of our best physicians, and thous
ands of persons who were considered as incurable
before this remedy was discovered have been re-
stOted 20 perfect health by its use.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-19
A rnxzHAL NATAL 90 ArrmoHrr1.

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lW@o' spsrssS the Ys~,ss.ys that fos whist
tbere is bcshinx - good - the rhyminx rules.
arss palli-hei in 'Poie IN whist" =" and sur
reader space f.r their reproduction.l
II you the msdssn game Of whist would know.
From this great principle Its precepts flow:
Treat your own hand as to your partner
Joined,
And play, not one alone, but both combined.
Your first lead makes your partner understand
What Is the chief component Of your hand;
And hence there Is necessity the strongest
That Dom first lead be from your suit that's
longest.
In this. with Ace and King lead King, then Ace;
With King and Queen, King also has Arst place;
With Ace, Queen, Knare, lead Ace and then the
Queen;
With Ace, four small ones, Ace should nrst be
seen;
With Queen, Knarc, Ten you lot the Queen
proceed;
In other cases you the losccst lead.
Ere you rsturn your friends your own suit
< play.
: traaps vo,s must retarn scithout delay. !,
when You return Jour partners isad, take pains
To lead him back the best your hand contains.
If you received not more than three at lrnt;
II you had more, you may return the worst.
But II you hold the master card, you're bound
In most cases to play 1t SEQ ,d round.
whene'er you want lead. Ills seldom wrong,
To lead up to the ,ceak, or through the strong.
II second hand, your lo,rest should be played,
Unless you mean trump slWa" to be made;
Or II you've King and Queen or Ace and King,
Then one of these will be the proper thing.
Mind well the rules for trrimps-youIl often
need them; t.
WHEN you HOLD FIVE, IT'S ALWAYS RIGHT TO
LEAD THEM;
Or. II the lead won't come In time to you,
Then signal for your partner so to do.
Watch also for your partners trump request,
TO which, rth less than four, play out your best.
To lead through honors turned up is bad play,
Unless you want the trump suit cleared away.
When, second hand, doubtful trick you see,
Don't trump Il, II you hold more trttmps than
three;
But having three or less, trump fearlessly.
When weak in trumps yourself, don't forco
your friend;
But always force tho ddrerse strong trump
hand.
For sequence, stern custom has decreed
Thelorcst you must play. IL you don't lead.
When you discard, ,ccak suit you ought to
choose;
For strong ones are too valuable to lose.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-19

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He turned pale and acted like .
sick person, but recovered himself
directly. cts hard case, my poor
woman, he said, struggling to be
calm and cheerful, ga very hard case,
indeed. But take comfort. Do NOT
be discouraged. Have you not read
that nothing is created in vain2
Even this semblance OF humanity,
awful as it is, comes in that category,
I am sure. We may at least assume
that it has . soul; and we know that
not sparrow is permitted to fall to
the ground unnoticed. Even the
hairs Of our heads are numbered:
and you may rest assured thar this
representation Of our truly
fsllen humanity, was rent hith6f fde
some good purpose. It is awfnl, my
poor woman, I admit. But let NJ
look higher; let US cast our gaze into
the blessed future. Think Of Heav-
en-, my poor woman! think Of Heav-
en!
He smiled sweetly and brightly;
but he turned hastily and sooght .
retired corner wherein to hide his
tears.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-19

GOLDEN Horse SHOES. -" Miss
Thomson, of the United States," is a
notable young lady, though she spells
~ without a "p." She has electrified
Edinburgh by ordering Messrs. Mar
shall Il Long, jewellers. of that good
city, to make set of golden horse
shoes, costing about 81 900. for q
mare belonging TO her. The an-
imal, says the London Times, "was
duly shod in the precious metal at
the smithy of Professor Baird. vet
c'Inary surgeon. st. James place.
The shoes are Of lie ordinary size
aad shape. and the mails with which
they are fixed are also Ss gold. The
work VAS carried on. by William
5o4EssoRe. Mr. Bair.iis foreman. an
Ger tse suFeFlna@nslenrs os Mr. John
hl4l. of Ne~srS Peter Nasre a SEA .
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-19

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knave win carry his point like brick.
bsfe king would fail at taking the trick.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-19

&sW0ODEN MoNEY.-Advocates of in
9 1nveftable paper currency may per-
bps derive some satisfaction and en-
nragement from the fact that from
p reign Of Henry I. down to the Pc
od OF the establishment of the Bank
England it was fabricated out of
bod. This instrument was called
exchange tally, and by virtue of
Ehe holder was entitled to receive
pm the Crown the value inscribed
preon. It really consisted of one
e of q four sided rod or staff, on
web, when in it, entire state, the
sam it purported to represent was
carved in transverse notches, varying
in width .or thousands, hundreds,
scores, pounds, shillings and pence.
These signs were for the unlearned,
for the advantage of those who could
read, the sum was written in ink on
two opposite sides of the staff, and,
finally, with a knife and mallet the
staff itself was split in two, longitud-
inally. One-half, called the tally or
check, was given to the person for
whose service it. was intended; the
other half, called the counter tally,
was laid up in safe keeping until
its corresponding tally should be
brought in by the person who had
last given value for it. It's intrinsic
value was, of course, only that of the
wood OF which it was composed, but
by representation it denoted large
sums. 1t was O current token of
real money, and served actually to
distribute it from man to man by ex-
change. From this primitive tally
was derived the Exchequer bill, first
in 1896, by Mr.. Montague, then
Chancellor of the Exchequer. The
word "Bill, too, was no doubt OBJ
tanned from the Norman-French
word, bile, which means O staff.
Bank post bills of exchange in our
own day came from the same wood
en- base, and soldiers are said at this
at this hour to be billeted," be-
cause formerly they traded wooden
billies" or tallies to the victuallers
upon whom they were quartered.
In olden times officers of the army
were taken into the kings own pay,
were said to be put on the stat, that
is they were paid with Exchequer
tallies, or wooden money.-Britlsi
Trade journal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-19

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York correspondent of the Chicago
Ercsisg Journal, saws: A para
graph .s floating about the papers to
the effect that the rifernen Of New
Orleans have namei their range
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-19

How TO WRITE AN AGREEABLE SrYLx.
Dryden found himself one day
after a dinner party in company with
the Duke of Buckingham, Lord
Rochester and Lord Dorset. The
conversation turned upon the English
language, on the harmony of mum
bers and the elegance Of style, which
merits each of the three Lords be-
lieved himself to possess in the high
est degree. After q good deal of dis
putting it was determined to refer the
matter to Dryden for decision. The
proof was to consist in. each writing
an article on the first subject that
presented itself, and the pieces of
paper having been placed under the
candlestick, Dryden. was to draw
them out and determine which was
the best. The three lords set to
work, and while Rochester and
Buckingham were exerting their
brains to invent some. sparkling epi-
gram or happy turn Of thought, Dor
set was observed to write few lines
carelessly and, without the least hesi-
tation.
Dryden, having examined the pa
pers, gave his judgment: =" Gentle
men," said he to the Duke of Buck
ingham and Lord Rochester, +" yoar
style is excellent and has pleased
me extremely. brt ] am perfectly de-.
lighted with that of Lord Dorsst. /
leave you to Judge; listen" Dxydsn
read: "On the first day Of next
May I will pay to John Drydsn, Or
order, the sum Of Eve hundred
pounds sterling, value reeesed.
April Is. less. tSignsd-) D0rset-
Lord Rochester and the Duke a
Barkinghan confessed that they
couia nos write hike that. snd thnk
Lsra DsrSesis stys< vas sks lusst tkey
hsl ever h<sd ef
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-19

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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-01-19

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St. Landry democrat., 1878-07-20
No Guarantee.
EcirOit Ere" Press. |

On Saturday morning It stranger en-
tered the Office Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, and wanted t.
know if he lnni'! send a dispatch tC
FaVette, Ohio. H va. told that ht
could, and he asked
Ii | send a telegram to my wife, will
She answer 1t 7
" cant say rs to thnt,' replied the
clerk. IT you ask for answer, / should
tl.ii.k she would rtDlr.'
" II ] ast. her for twenty dollars will
Size SEND il
81 can't say as to that. You oaght
to know best about it,
Isn't she ohligrs! hy law to send it -
No; there is nc law about it,
lou won't guarantee that she will
send 7" continued the stranger.
How can II" answered the clerk,
sm:'ing at the idea.
"Then | won't telegraph-no, not a
cents worth | know the old woman,
k 'ow her like a book, and | know that
it you don't send man up to the house
to choke it out of her, might telegraph
from Dan to Besheby and she wouldn't
forward shilIing,"
He went out, but returned in a few
and whispered:
"Mum is the word. Don't say that
said anything about her. She's awful
when she's reused, and though I've got
my opinion of her and all her relations,
! don't care to have my home turned
into a raging paradise !"
St. Landry democrat., 1878-07-20

C1NC1NNAT1's BEER.-According to the
new directory there are 1907 saloons in
Cincinnati, exceeding the groceries by
400. Not less than 1900 of these retail
beer, The number of saloons that sell
spirituous liquors exclusively is COM
paratively small. Let us suppose these
1900 saloons sell on the average no more
than 100 glasses day the year through.
This is low estimate, indeed, for a
saloon that could not work one keg a
day {and as expert beer jerker will get
10 glasses out of it, as glasses go) would
have to put up it's shutters. Here then
would be 43,s00,0O0 glasses of beer re-
tailed in year, and at five cents a glass
the aggregate sum of $2,190,000. We
are safe in saying that this estimate is
too small by one half; that the actual
amount vended by the glass in those
1900 saloons averages over 200 glasses
a day. Many of the groceries also re-
tail beer by the glass, having conyen-
lent space in the rear, where custom
ers can refresh themselves with glass
of beer.-[Cincinnat Commercial.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-07-20

WnHAN AS A SURF BATIIER.-WO-
men suffer even more than men from
the tyranny OF this atrocious custom OF
surf bathing. For woman to entel
the surf involves a long and abst,use
process of undressing and redressing,
which is a terrible strain upon her
strength and temper. Moreover the
act of bathing makes pitiess revela-
tlons concerning the female form. 1t
is estimated that at least eleven thou
sand young men annually return from
Long Branch with the conviction that
woman is wholly false, with the excep-
tlon OF rude framework, intOlerablc
to the esthetic eye. True, there are
exceptions. Every summer there are
seen at our Atlantic watering places
two or three ladies whose beauty even
the surf can not wash away, and it is
credibly asserted that few years ago
there was Boston lady who entered
the surf at Nahant, and who, on emerg-
ing, could be distinctly seen, even when
her edges were presented to the specta-
tor. Nevertheless, as a rule, woman
becomes not merely impossible, but ab-
solutely unthinkable, when the sea has
remorsely analyzed her. Paradoxical
as it may seem, it is this very fact which
drives thousands of miserable women
into the surf. The woman who does
not bathe is instantly credited with a
fear of exciting comparisons between
herself and the women who do bathe,
and is thereby suspected of unparal-
leled excesses in point of bones.-[N.
Y. Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-07-20

One of the greatest annoyances that
the people of this parish are put to In
the execution of criminal justice is oc-
casioned by the magistrates Jurisdiction
not being confined to their own wards
as in civil matters. All the justices OF
the parish have equal jurisdiction in all
criminal matters, but it is a common
habit for parties, especially negroes
(probably under the erroneous impress
sion that the magistrates have larger
powers) to sue out atidavits in Opelou-
sas, and drag parties and witnesses
from the extreme confines of the parish
to Opelousas to hear and try all manner
of petty complaints, when the same
thing eould be finally disposed OF at
their own doors, without mourning the
expense anaa delay of travelling to Ope-
lousas. We hope some member OF the
Legislature from this parish will have
the law so amended, that each magls-
trate be confined to his own ward III
criminal proceedings, as is now the case
in civil matters. If the preseDs law is
to remain in force, one magistrate Ill
OpeIousas can do all the work, aud the
Others may as well be abolished and
save expense.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-07-20

From the records of the War De-
partment at Washington a statement
has lately been compiled, showing the
total number of men who served in the
Federal armies during the late war,
their nativities. etc. The total number
of men in the service of the United
States in the late civil war, on land and
sea, was no less than 2,762, ,4O1-con-
siderably more than third Of the
whole white population of the Con-
federacy. Of these 104,943 were in the
navy, 17S.S95 were colored troops, and
$4,000 were re-enlistments, leaving
2,110,000 white soldiers for land service.
1t is equally important to study the
nationalities of this mighty army.
Three-fOurths of them were native
born-a much larger proportion of ma
tives than was commonly thought; and
yet there were over half million
foreigners in the Federal army. The
native element furnished much larger
proportion of its men to the army than
did the foreign element. Another
queer showing is the fact that the Ger
mans furnished many more soldiers
than the Irish, although this is probab-
ly due to politics-the Irish were Demo-
crats-than to any opposition to mill
tary service on the part of the Irish.
The English residents of the country,
however, seen to lead in military ardor,
the Anglo Americans furnishing pro-
pOrts0nately the largest number of re-
craits.-IN. o. Democrat.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-07-20
4 Sensation Worth Dyislg For

am no teller of stories, says, Hazlitt
yet there is one belonging to Burleigl
house of which | happened to know
sonIe of the particulars. The late Earl
of Exeter was divorced from his wife, a
| woman of fashion and of somewhat
more gravity of manners than LORDS
who love their ladies'" like. He deter
mined to seek second in a humble
| sphere in life, and that it should be one
| who, having no knowledge of his rank,
should love him for himself alone. For
this purpose he went and settled in
cognito, under the name of Mr.. Jones,
at Hornet, an obscure village in Shrop-
shire. He made overtures to one or
two damsels in the neighborhood, but
they We're too knowing to be taken in
by him. His manners were not boorish !;
his mode of life was retired it was odd
how he got his livelihood and at last he
begun to be thought highwayman.
In this dilemma he turned to Miss Hog
gins, the eldest daughter of small
farmer, at whose house he lodged. Miss
Hoggins, it would seem, had not been
used to romp with the village clowns;
there was something in the manner OF
their quiet but eccentric guest that she
liked. Having inspired her with that
kind of regard that he wished for, he
made honorable proposals to her, and
at the end of some months they were
married, without his letting her know
who he was. They set off in a post
chaise from her fathers house across
the country. In this manner they
reached Stanford; and passed through
the town without stopping till they
came to the entrance of Burleigh Park,
which is on the outside of it. The gates
flew open, and the chaise drove down
the long avenue of trees that led up to
the front of this fine old mansion. AS
they drew near to it, and seemed sur
plised at where they were going, her
husband said;
"Well, my dear, this is Burleigh house;
it is the house promised to bring you
to; and you are the Countess of Exeter
1t is said that the shock of this dis
covery was too much for the young crea-
ture, and that she never recovered from
it. 1t was IL sensation worth dying for.
The world WIS worth making, had it
only been fol this. | never wished to
have been lord hut when | think of
this story.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-07-20

M1RAGE.-A man vile plnnshing in
:, field with several others, nea. Parkrrs-
! burg, W. Va, recently, about 7 2. ~,
happened to glance toward the sky,
which was cloudless, and saw, appar-
entity about half a mile off, in a wes-
terly direction, an Opaque substance,
rcsem bling IL white horse, with head,
neck, limbs, and tail clearly defined,
swimming in the clear atmosphere. l.
appeared TO be moving its limbs as it
engaged in swimming, moving its head
from side to side, always ascending at
an angle Of about forty-fve degrees:
He rubbed his eyes to convince himself
that he was not dreaming and looked
again, but there it still was-still ap-
parently swimming and ascending in
either. He called to the men about 100
yards off, and told them to look up and
tell him what they saw. They declared
they saw a white horse swimming in
the sky, and were badly frightened.
Our informant, neither superstitious nor
nervous, sat down and watched the
phantasm Cf we may SO call it) until it
disappeared in space, always going in
the same direction and moving in the
same manner. Illusions Of a different
appearance have been seen at different
times in the same vicinity, frightening
the superstitious and laughed at by the
skeptical.-[From the Cincinnati Com
merclal.
St. Landry democrat., 1878-07-20

GREAT PYRAMID OF EGrPr.-An Eng.
lish arthitect, Mr.. Tite, has been "figur.
ing up" the cost of the great pyramid
near Gizet. Its original dimensions at
the base were 764 square feet, and il
has perpendicular height of 4sO feet,
covering four acres, one road. % perches
of ground. 1t consumed 79,02s, 900 cubic
feet of stone; and Mr.. Tite adds that
it could not now be built for less than
10000, 900 sterling. The joints of the
large casing blocks of granite were SO
fine as to be scarcely perceptible, not
thicker than paper and the mortar was
so adhesive that the stones in some
cases broke through their substance
rather than give way at their jointing.
iphe cost, therefore, of this structure,
reduced to Federal currency, was $145,-
100000, u sum large enough t. build
stantial railroads between New York
and the Atlantic and San Francisco on
the Pacific.