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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

Of the thousands who die annually OF
consumption, how many there are who
could be saved by timely care. The very
best remedy is SLoANs LACTo PHOSPHATE
OF LINE, IRON & COP LIVER OIL.
1t is so delicately favored that even an
infant will take it willingly.
The Philadelphia hospitals use it with
great success. Get bottle Of it. lnWt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

Illustrated Marriage Guide, 330 pages, cloth
and gilt binding, 60 cents; same in paper
covers, Is cts. Manhood, 10 cents; Woman
hood, 10 cents; Pamphlet, cents-securely
sealed, by mail. Send money or postage
stamps. DR.. WHITTIER, the great specialist,
GIT st. Charles street, st. Louis, Mo.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22
BILIOUS DIFFICULTIES.

DIR. PIERCE's INDIAN RESTORATIVE BIT
TIERS.
Dr. G. W. Skinner, member of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science, writing from Little Falls
N. Y, said: Il freely a,se 1t in preference
to any of the ordinary articles. such as OIL
Sienna, Salts. etc., for the most delicate an
fants, the robust, and those enfee6led By
age. 1t IS a Specific for all Bilious DIS
orders, Agwes, Coles, Headaches, Cos
| iueneSS ETC..
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

BAD SpEcKs. Bad specks on the teeth
are almost as unpleasant as bad specks in
the money market. To prevent them or to
get rid of them, use Sozodont. 1t is liter
ally specific for every blemish that dis
figures the teeth, and whitens them with.
out endangering the enamel.
The great American conjunctive-Spald
ing's Glue.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

THINK OF IT!-Is it worth while we
ask, to have the little pleasure we
would otherwise enjoy married by
an unpleasant if not dangerous cough,
when single % cent bottle of that JUS
ly popular remedy, Madame Porters
Cough BalSdns, will effect a cure? 1t is
safe and pleasant. All druggists sell it.
Ruckel " Henbel, Proprietors, New
York Eity
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

Pozzoni's preparations ara standard
wherever introduced and in this vicinity
have ready sale with all the leading drug
gists and fancy dry goods dealers. The
celebrated Pozzoni Complexion Powder"
is very popular with ladies and pronoun-
ced a valuable, delicately perfumed, aud
harmless cosmetic Unlike most prepare
tons of this class it Is free from injurious
ingredients and imparts a natural healthy
glow to the face, without the vulgar ex-
IRENE. An excellent hair dressing is found
in Chemical Balm, which prevents hair
from falling out, and accelerates its growth.
1t is an excellent scalp invigorapt and
thoroughly removes dandruff These SUI
perior articles can be obtained of any drug
gist and will be found in all cases just as
represented. A trial win convince the
most skeptical of their merits.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

Sufferers from Catarrh are recon-
mended to use Jackson's Catarrh snuff
and Troche Powder, an invaluable
specific for Catarrh and the best voice
remedy i'll the country. Sold by all
druggists. See ad. in this paper. tt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

The celebrated Peoria show cases;
cheaper than any other in the market.
Quality guaranteed. Workmanship un-
surpassed, Robt G. Luke, manufactures,
Peoria. Ills, Field Bros. agents, Rock
Island, Ills. D lOoly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

Rheumatism is in the blood and the
quickest way to cure it is to use Durang s
Rheumatic Remedy.
Headache cured in 5 to 20 minutes by
Lodille's Headache Specific. Only so
cents by all druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

HE ARGUS JOB PRINTING Rooms
turn out Cards, Circulars, Note Heads
Blu Heads, Law Briefs, and all Other
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, 1878-05-22
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

DIR. Sabine's "Indian Vegetable Cough
Syrup" is the infallible remedy Tor coughs,
colds, hoarseness, and all diseases OF 5ne
bronchial organs. Try bottle: ror
sale by druggists generally. Sadly.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22
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 a trial will prove.
For sale by all respectable druggists.
RossMAN & MCKINsTRY. Hudson, n. Y, :,
Proprietors.
Sent by mail for SO cents.
For sale by all Druggists in Rock IslanC
Fuller Il Fuller. and VanSchaack
Stevenson & Reed, Chicago, wholesale
| agents
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

Churchman's baking powder is the
cheapest and best in the market. Is not
affected by the atmosphere. Retains Its
leavening power for hours after mixing.
Guaranteed strictly pure Every grocer
sells it: take no other. l2-l5d6m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

at a meeting of the fremen Of all the
hose companies it was decided to give a
Fire Department ball at Killers Hall, on
the night ofthe annual parade, Thursday
May %. The Davenport fremen are
specially invited to attend. % ct.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22
The Weatnar--To-pRv

The following shows the temperature
at THE ARGUS OFFICE to-day as in
Dictated hv thermometer:
Z A. M. 5se above zero II m 74e above zerc
8 N, 64a q p. n. 70s
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

QUERY: why will men smoke com
mon tobacco, when they can buy Marburg
Bros. Seal of North Carolina at the
same price7" l-1eodly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

AN ExPERT.-Dr. Price is we'll known
as an expert i1 the study of Culinary.
Chemistry, aud all of the manufactures OF
Steele Il Price are the result of his re-
searches One of these discoveries is the
Cream Baking Powder, by the use of which
light, sweet biscuits, cakes, &c, at all times,
are certainty, The market is flooded
with chear, Inferior baking powders, and
adulteratiou is extensively practised. The
public are advised to ask for DR., Price 8
Cream Baking Powder; if they cannot be
obtained of one grocer, they may be
another. The purer the articles that COM
pose our daily food, the better they are for
health.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

A SURE THING.-Dr. Kings Syphiitic
Remedy is warranted to cure Syphilis in
the primary, secondary and tertiary stages,
and in all its varied and complicated forms,
and will cure the worst cases of venerial
diseases, cases which have resisted the
treatment of the most eminent physicians
of America. 1t cures the first stage and
heals the ulcers in few days. 1t cures
ulcers in the mouth, nose, throat, head,
arms and legs; also, hard pains in the
bones and joints, swelling of joints, syphi
lite rheumatism, ETC., in short time.
Price, S. per package. Sent everywhere
by express. A treatise on sexual diseases
free. Sent mailed for two stamps. Sold
| by DR.. j. Dinsbeer, AIS North Seventh
street, ST. Louis, Mo. Cures guaranteed
or the money refunded. DR.. Dinsbeel
makes Chronic Diseases a specially. II
you are afflicted, with no matter what, cal
or write. For sale by all druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

When looking for presses be sure to send
for prices to j. Cook & Co., West Meriden,
Conn. Every press warranted; prices
from $50 upwards. Unequaied for dura-
bility and cheapness.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

A full line of ladies' underwear, also :
button kids at SO cents. 3 button kids u,
IS cents as good kid glove as other store,
are selling at IS cents and 81. New goods
received daily at Mitchell Il Parsons.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22
The new bowling alley of Lothar Har

The new bowling alley Of Lothar Harms
is fast approaching completion, and
which by the way will be one Of the finest
in the west, when ready, and the boys
will soon have chance to try their mus.
Gle and set EN- up" on the other alley
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

New spring shawls, silk cloaks French
organdy's. bourettes, grenadines, Silk and
wool Henrietta cloths, just opened al
Mitchell & Parsons, dsw&wly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

& SoHBsEcK's Drug and BOOK Store
onnosite First National Bank, where al orders
can be left for the ARGUS, and where ali moline
business is transacted by .. j. Beardslee. busl'
ness notices should be handed in by noon 10 en-
sure publication the same day.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22
PiIes-Itching Piles

Positively c,tred-also Blind and Bleeding
Piles, Fistula, Salt Rheum, and all dis
eases of the Skin, by the use of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

By reason Of its Alternative properties, cures Dis
eases Of the Bood and Skin, as Scrofula or Kings
Evil Tumors; Ulcers, Old Sores; Blotches :.
Plmples; and Eruptions. BY virtue of its Pectora,
properties, 1t cures Bronchial, Throat and Lung
AueCtons} lncipient Consumption Lingering
properties render it an unequaled remedy for Bill
iOusness Torpid Liver, or Liver Complaint ~ and
It's Ionic properties make 1t equally eficacious in
STA. ~'SF~F
J., Where the skin Is sallow and covered with
blotches and pimpes, or where there a, . scrofn
Ious dwellings and affections. few bottles of Gold
en- Medical Discovery will effect an entire cure If
you leeI dull, drowsy facilitated. have saIlow col
OF OF skin or yellowisn-brown spots on face or
body, frequent headache or dizziness bad taste in
am"qlh internal heat or chis alternated with hot
hasAes, low spirits and gloomy forebodings. irrro
glar Appetite and tongue coated, you are suffering
rom TORPID LIVER, or BILIOUsNEss," In MANY
caees Oh LIVER COMPLAINT only part of these
symptoms are experienced. As a remedy for ali
such cases, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Disrnverv
liver strengthened and healthy -o N
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22
CITY.

For SALE.-Two carom billiard tables,
Brunswick make; in first.class order. Will
be sold cheap. Apply at this Office.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22

Printing and binding executed neat
quick and cheap at THE ARGUS OFFcE.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-22
MEDICAL.
DR.. PIERCE'S
STANDARD
REMEDIES

ARE not huVersiseu AS DuL are bpeClncs
in the diseases for which they recommended.
NATURAL SELECTION.
Investigators OF natural science have demonstra-
ted beyond controversy that throughout the animal
kingdom the survival of the fttest" is the only law
that vouchsafes thrift and perpetuity Does not the
same principle govern the commercial prosperity
OF man? An inferior cannot supersode a superior
article BY reason OF superior merit, DR.. Pierce's
Standard Medicines have outrivaled all others.
Their sale in the United States alone exceeds one
million dollars per annum, while the amount exDor-
ted foots up TO several hundred thousand more.
No business could grow TO such gigantic proper
tioDs ard rest upon any other basis than that Of
merit.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-19
AKiss from a King.

In the diary of Lady Chatterton, just
published in London, that lady relates
an amusing incident inner mothers first
presentation to King George III.
aWhen my mother appeared, with her
hair powdered, after the fashion of the
time, the good-natured king was so glad
to see her that the conventional kiss,
given to young girls on their first pre-
sentation, was, on this occasion, so
hearty and affectionate that his nose be-
came covered with the powder of her
hair. The kings face being rather
red, the white powdered nose produced
a most ludicrous effect, and the lords in
waiting, perceiving suppressed laughter
among the Court, and seeing the diff
Guilty each succeeding lady experienced
in keeping her ~countenance as she ad-
vanced, ventured to say to the king,
g Your Majesty has powdered your nose.
The king, not quite hearing, but per
ceiving that something must be wrong,
became alarmed, and said, What
wfat-what's' the matter?-my nose?-
my noseY Ny mother was almost con
vulsed with laughter, which she tried in
vain to suppress, when she saw Queen
Charlotte's severe eyes fixed reprovingly
on her. At last the king understood
what had occurred, and, as he wiped
the powder from his nose, he burst into
a hearty laugh, to the great comfort oil
my mother, who was then able to take
her place in the Minuet de la Cour witt
becoming gravity"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-19
A Joke by Two Tramps.
Indianapolis News

Flood and Bruce are peripatetic prin-
tiers, widely known. They have q habit
of turning up here and elsewhere when
least expected, coming without warning
and departing even as the wind. By q
rare chance they have just been heard
from at Danville, ILL.,, tramping from
st. Louis. and headed in this direction.
They came within view of that city last
Sunday, weary with travel and sorely
an hungered. The road they came
has been overworked. The erstwhile
n~ospitable farmer now sets his dog upon
the wayfaring man instead of welcom-
ing him to his family. Through this
departure from the customs of the
fathers, they walked and ate not. Thor
oughly discouraged at their repeated
failures to procure food, they yet con-
| cluded to make one more trial on this
beautiful Sunday morning, and eau
tiously entered the yard of a decent
farmhouse, peering about them to see
that Towser did not come suddenly
around the corner. They knocked on
the front door; nc response. At the
side door; no answer. They went in
lucIG WAS HUI d 6Ou1 az uOulCs n Udb1S
spread, and a most substantial meal was
before them. 1t was like a dream from
the Arabian Nights. The dinner was
doubtless, awaiting the return of the
family from church. The pedestrian
fell to, and their knives and forks sooI
smoked with the friction of execution
To say that they Jared s%umptuousl!
would convey no idea of the amour
they ate nor the intense satisfaction will
which the viands were received. A
they were finishing the feast a knocl
was heard. Bruce with unparallele'
cheek, went to the door. There stoo'
two other tramps, who asked for some
thing to eat. Bruce in a rare spirit o
mischief, questioned them closely re
garding their travels, and finally aske'
if they would chop wood for their din
ners. They answered yes. He the
took them to a wood-pile that he ha'
noticed in the rear of the house, an,
they went to work. Bruce and Flood
filling their pockets with victuals, stol
out the side way from the house an
went to a neighboring hill, where the
had a full view of the wood-pile an
the toiling tramps. They gloated owe
the picture. To make their Measure Q
enjoyment run over, the owner of tn
farmhouse, with several daughters an
two stalwart sons, arrived on the scene
The devastation of the dinner was di'
covered, and the two sweating tramp
at the wood-pile seized as the depreds
tors. All was seen by the two on th
hill, from the arrival of the family
the ig%nominious expulsion of the woot
cutters.
Of the deceived and injured TRAMP
the story sayeth nothing.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-19
Singular Phenomenon.
Echico lcal.N Record

Adult two o'clock p. m. a young man,
who works ON the Shepard ditch, step
ped out Of Mr.. Yokum's store, and was
pelted with an immense lot of small
fish, say from one to three inches in
length, and consisting of a great variety
sun, perch, flying fish, and many
others that do not belong to the scale
family. The young man called those in
the store to come and see the wonder,
when more than a dozen men went out
and saw them dropping thick and fast.
They covered the roof of the store and
extended for a circumference of two or
three acres, and perhaps more. |
thought at first that a flock of travelling
pelicans were unloading their pouches
for the purpose of attaining a higher
stratum of atmosphere, that would take
them more rapidly to their destination.
But l gazed for a long time in the clear
blue sky in every direction, without be-
ing rewarded with the sight of a single
pelican. Then I weakened on the peli-
can theory, and 1 am led to believe if ii
were the work of pelicans they must
have been so high that they were out OF
sight. The fishes were very wet when
they first fell, but soon dried after
striking the ground. l understand that
William Phillips, laboring under the
impression that all good things come
from above, devoured one of the finest
ones of the lot, and said it tasted sc
good that he sadly regretted not having
harvested more Of them. Such fine
epicurean frenzies are ve.y rare in thu
community. Eli Branum has pre-
served quite a lot of them in a bottle
of DIN
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-19
The South.

A Nashville American special from MUIR
fresboro, Tenn, says: About midnight,
recently, ever one hundred well armed
men entered the city by the Halls Hill Pike,
rode to the Jail, picketing West Main-street
on both sides east and west sides
with about fifteen men on each cor
ner. The remainder hailed the Jailer,
and read TO him a paper, r~eciting
the crime committed by Pinkney
Bell against their friend and neighbor, the
late Abner Dement,. They demanded the
keys of the Jail in order that they nigh, give
him swift and sure punishment. Jailer
Murphy demonstrated, but to no effect.
They insisted that they meant business, and
intended to have Bell at all risks. Murphy
surrendered the keys, w~hereupon they en-.
tered the Jail, found Bells cell, opened it,
bound him securely with ropes brought for
the purpose, returned the keys, and quietly
retired. Bell made no resistance, but called
on God for help, and said: az will go any
where with you." Outside of a Jew shots
fred in the air by one or two persons, evi.
IDENTIFY intoxicated, the work of hanging the
victim was done in a quiet and determined
manner.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-19
Fire Rannrd-

Dispatches from Omaha state that the
Grand Central Hotel, the finest west of the
Mississippi River, outside of San Francisco,
caught fire mysteriously in the fifth story
on the night of the 9th, and after burning
over six hours, was completely destroyed.
The building was a five-story brick, one
hundred and thirty-two feet square, and
cost 100000. A few minutes before mid.
nigh when the fire mad burned five hours
a division wall fell on a squad of fremen,
who were in the corridor of the hotel, bury.
ing four men who held the nozzle. Their
names are John A. Lee, Louis Wilson,
Alonzo Randall, and Billy Mcnamara. A
cornice fell on a man named Lockield and
fractured his skull. Efforts to clear ava
the debris and rescue the men were unavail.
ing. The fire burned all night, and at noon
next day was not extinguished. The re-
mains of the men were found in an un
recognizable state next morning. Loss or
hotel building two hundred Thousand
dollars. August Kountze, of New York
bought it a few months ago under fore
closure.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-19

The prompt reform of those bodily evils,
enfeebled digestion, incomplete assimila-
ton, inactivity of the liver, kidue ys and
bladder, as well as of the nervous symp-
toms which these ailments are especially
prone to beget, is always accomplished BY
the use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, q
medicine accredited by physicians, pro-
nounced pure by analysts, and eminently
wholesome and agreeable. Surely such q
restorative is preferable to unpalatable and
indigestible mineral drugs aud INSANE
toned nostrums. The nation at large
: ssuredly thinks so, judging by the un
Precedented demand for the article from
Maine to the Pacific, a demand now supple
mented by immense orders for it received
from tropical America, Mexico, the British
and Spanish Colonial possessions, and else
where. Both at home and abroad il ii
recognized as a standard remedy and pre-
v~entive, the decisiveness of its efectl
recommending it everywhere.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-19
Why We Lag Behind.
New York Graphic.

In commenting upon the display of
American mechanical inventions at the
Paris Exposition, the London Times de-
clares that +" the activity and insight of
the American inventive genius develops
more that is new and practical in me-
chanism than all Europe combined. The
New Highlander invents normally his
brain has a bias that way" And it is
further pointed out that invention be-
longs to no class, but that members
of all classes and callings invent as
occasion offers. In spite of this, how
ever, the writer claims that England
leads the world in the process of elab-
Grating the great mechanical inventions.
Fulton built the first successful steamer,
but all the latest and most important
advances in steamship building are En-
glish. The " monitor was an Ameri-
can invention, but all the maritime
nations of the world have left the United
States far in the rearin the building of
iron clads. The complete revolution in
gunnery may be traced to the expert
ments of Dahlgren and Rodman, but then
all the nations of Europe began when
the United States left off. The Times does
not say, but the implication is, that the
American brain is ertile and persistent in
seeking new expedients, but that it lacks
the tendency to perfection. 1t is seeking
new ways Of doing things, not SO much
improved ways of doing them. There
is something in this. doubtless. But it
is not true 10 the full extent. Sewing
machines and small arms have been p
fected in America, and at the present
moment the tendency of invention is
to double back and improve on the old
inventions. 1t will be found that in
every case instanced by the Times the
apparent failure of American invention
has been due, in great part, to the fail,
ure of the Government to do its duty.
1t has been so notably in the case Of
heavy gunnery and iron clads, and it is
so indirectly i'll regard to iron steam
ships. The Government has been ham
pered by the "no-government delu.
SIGN, and in inventions requiring the
aid of Government in bringing them to
perfection we have fallen to the rear
But this is ne fault of American inven
ton. The stimulus which is supplied
by other governments is wanted here
and hence invention follows anothe,
path. But the breakdown of the no
government " school seems to be vel
nigh complete, and we may look forward
to the day when the United State
Government will give that attention t.
the perfecting of certain inventions tina
the advanced nations of Europe-nota
bly, England-now do. And when tina
day arrives the American inventor will
not be found taking anybody's "dust.