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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
LOOK OUT FOR couNrERFE1Ts,

The public are cautioned against another coun-
erieit which has lately made its appearance called
W. B. Farrells Arabian Liniment, the most danger
Gus of all the counterfeits because his having the
name OF Farrell, many will buy 1t in good faith,
and they will perhaps only discover their error
when thespurious mixture has wrought its evil ef
fects
g. Farrell, sole inventor and proprietor, and whole
sale druggist, No. II Main street, Peoria, Illinois,
to whom all applications for Agencies must be ad-
dressed. Be sure you get 1t with the letters H G..
before Farrell's thHs-H. G. FARRELL'S-and his
signature on the wrapper, all other are counter
feius.
Sold by all druggists and by regular authorized
agents throughout the United States.
ErPrice rs and 50 cents, and 81 per bottle.
hamlet In the United Statss in which is not al
ready established. Address Il. G. Farrell as above,
accompanied with good character, responsibility,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
SPECIAL n TTcES.

me following is from the principal accountant of
Msssv Me11tny ana highly respectable house of
ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL CURES in the
Anpais OF medical history;
Mr.. Il @. Farrell-Dear Sir: Actuated by q
sense oI grageiuiness, submit the following as an
OF the utlhty OF your great medicine Ny
cnlu, tnree years old. was suddenly attacked with
terrible disease, which IN less than ak hours
prostrated II TO utter helplessnese. The limbs be-
came SO rigid that not Q joint could be bent: the
nesn turned black and cold and entirely deprived
OF 1eellng; the eyes fixed, purtially closed and
altogether blind, following this was deafness to all
sounas: the spine became contracted and curved
tnst when lying on its back the head and heels
only touched. Indeed, the child presented every
appearance OF being dead. Immediately on the at
TACK, the family physician YVES called IN and for
tnree weeks he abored to restore it to feeling but
All In vain, although il was blistered a dozen
times and various rubefacient Liniments applied
consultation OF physicians was then held but to
no purpose, the case was then brought before the
MEDICAL Society, but nothing could be suggested
wh1cn had not already been done, and the doctor
then told me he could do nothing more We
then commenced applying your Liniment freely
over the entire length Of the spine, and you NAV
imagine parents Joy, when, aftera few applica-
tlons, returning animation was apparent, and 1t
rapidly recovered with the exception OF the sight
which did not become perfect for near q month
Ine child Is now healthy and robust as can be,
Five other cases of the same kind occurred pre-
viously in my neighborhood, all of which died,
when there is no doubt if your l1nime.t had been
used they would have recovered
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
TIE soUTR.

WELDON, n. c. May 6-The election of
Town Commissioners was the occasion of
q serious riot this morning between whites
and negroes. Both races had candidates
in the field aud great excitement prevail
ed About 10 o'clock riot began. and
clubs. knives and pistols were freely
used. Quite a number of persons were
shot, cut and bruised. One negro will
die. it is thought, and the injuries Of
several others are regarded dangerous.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
Sale of the Pensacola q Louisville r. r.
NEW YQEE-

New YORK, May Mayor Ely has
nominated Geo. Dones, of the Times, for
police commissioner.
New York. May The grand jury
has indicted Alexander Barton, cashier
Fiskill national bank, for making false
entries, for perjury: also indicted Luther
Red6eld, ex-president Tarrytown national
bank, for perjury and making false reports
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
Lines to the Cucumber.

The cucumber graceth the festal board
Enshrouded in condiments rare,
And the epicure gleefully rubbeth his pauncl
At the sight of the treasure there.
The doctor smileth sad-like smile
Aud giveth crocodile groan,
And the marble man goeth out the while
And polsheth up a stone.
The undertaken mournfully asks,
what will his measure befF
And the sexton marketh q spot reserved
All under the willow tree.
'Tis hard the times and tits scarce the cash
And 30, with 8 zestful Joy,
We welcome watt to the fitful fruit
That giveth the poor employ.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07

AT THE CHARLESTON RACES, the finest
thoroughbreds in the country are to be
seen, and the condition of the horses is g
wonder to all who behold them. and it has
only recently been discovered that they can
DC kept In this condition by mixing in the
food of horses a tablespoonful of Sim
mons Liver Regulator Powder. 1t is also
given to chickens.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
Blookaasd by the wellana Canal.

PoRT DALHoUsIE, Ontario. May T.
A feet OF hundred vessels is here.
There is strong feeling of indignation on
account of the postpouemeut of the open
ing of the Welland canal. One vessel
owner with four cargoes of ice has
entered action against the Board of Pub
lie Works to recover damages for loss
through delay.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
RE $50 NAL
SENATE.

WASHINGTON. May 6.-By consent Mr..
Gordon spoke on the resumption repeal.
He favored honest finances, and return
to specie payment was the best one, no
matter how rough it be, He could not see
Why it was not better to save the country
by common sense than ruin it BY
science. The policy of contraction planted
the seed. not OF resuption but Of consump-
ton of the vitals of the country, until il
swept all our energies and enterprise away.
He did not believe the secretary of the
treasury could maintain resumption with
out bringing great distress upon the
country. The south would not be found
wanting when the country's honor or fas
we're assailed. He spoke of the banefu
effects of communism, and said it must b.
suppressed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
IOWA.

KEoKUK, May Mott, spirit mater.
ializer Of Memphis, Mo-, whom thousands
have focked TO see, was exposed Monday
by J. n. Pattee of Monmouth, Ills. who
attended q seance aud squirted aualiue
through ring be had prepared for that
purpose into the face of one of the spirits
which appeared at the aperature of the
cabinet. The face at once disappeared
lights were brought. and Mott was found
his face covered with analine stains. The
affair created great excitement in Memphis
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
Chicago MarKet.

Wheat Dull and weak; shs1e lower: II asked
cash ur May; 0SH June.
Corn-Firm and steady; 40 cash 4O5l June; 4O,s
July.
Rye-6O.
Barley-49.
Pork Firm; 65 cash; 20 June.
Lard-Steady; 95 cash; 90 June
Alcohol-Firm; 32MG1 80.
Whisky-Nominally 04.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-Receipts 12 900; active but steady; light 8
2593 80; heavy mixed packing 2003 30; heavy
shipping 30G3 so.
Oattle-Quet; receipts 2, 100; extra graded ESQ
8 80; choice 9005 IS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
OHIO.

CLEVELAND. May IA fire at Leetonia,
Ohio, this morning destroyed $4,000
worth of property. consisting principally
of machinery and stock of the Grafton
Furnace Go. and freight cars; insured for
Sl5 900 10 Pittsburg companies,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
PENNSYLVANIA.

PHILADELPHIA. May THE new hunt.
ing park Was formally opened yesterday.
In hurdle race the horse ridden by Peter
Morris. fell and had his neck broke and
falling over upon Morris fatally injured
him. The remainder of races were post.
noned.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
ILLINOIS.
Suicide.

SPRINGFIELD. May Mrs. Brotherson.
widow lady of this city. committed sui
eide this morning by drowning herself in
cistern. She was insane and had made
previous attempts to kill herself.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
weather Probabilities

WASHINGTON. May 7.-Indications for
the upper Mississippi and lever Missouri
valleys and the upper lake region, rising
barometer diminishing and followed by
warmer partly cloudy or clearing weather.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
Peoria, March 1st, 1851, W. N>-'
AHARD LUMP ON A HORSES BREAST

Mr.. Fl. 6. Farrell:-I have used your Arabian
Liniment with qualification in several cases, the
most remarkable OF which was large lump thai
appeared oD my horses breast 1t was very hard
appearing TO be hard gristle 1t remained fol
nearly year, when applied your Liniment, one
bottle OF which nearly cured it. l can recommend
1t as the best Lniment ever used.
Peoria, JOHN CRAWL
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
CoNNECTICUT,

HARTFORD, May THE directors oi
the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company
have elected Geo. NJ. Bartholomew presi.
dent.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
The Cimbria.

ELLSWORTH. Me-. May NO signifi.
canoe is attached to the visit to Cimbria
Of the agents of Union Pacific and Lake
Shore R. r.; they only came upon rumor
that the Russians were destined for the
Pacific coast; they could get no hint from
the officers Of any such intention and ie-
turned without any more knowledge of
Russian plans than has already been tel
egraphed. The rumor that q British
steamer had been outside iproves un-
founded.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
COMMERCIAL

COMMERCIAL
Wheat-Dull; receipts 25S, 900 bushels; sales a.
600; No spring q May.
Rye-Quiet.
Corn-Shade easier; receipts 900 bushels
sales 10000; 49052M western mixed.
Barley-Quiet
Oats.Qui.t; receipts 80 600 bushels; sales 10,
coo; prices unchanged.
Pork Firm; 975.
Lard-Firm; 27L
WhiskY-1 O7HI1 OK.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
MAINE.

PORTLAND, Me-, May 7.-Geo. K.
Davis, a real estate broker, has fled a
petition in bankruptcy; liabilities $3.50, 900.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
Last Nights Dispatches.
FOREIGN.
The Eastern Question.

PERA, May 6.-AdvicQs from Adrian
ople and Phillipopolis of the I'd inst, report
continued fighting sbou; Hazakoi. in which
district twenty one Mohammedan villages
have been destroyed, the Russians laying
the blame IN the Bulgarians and they laying
it on the Russians, There have been many
arrests at Adrianople among Bulgarians
accused of completely in the destruction of
Turkish villages The insurgents have
not yet descended toto The plain further west
than Hazakoi, but the Pomaks (Bulgarians
Wh) have been converted to 1slamisml of
Dritahma Valley CO operate with the main
body of insurgents, furnishing contingent
and holding the mountain passes. To
counteract this movement Russian eorce
is marching from Sophia In the South
the insurgents have taken Rahova and
other places. Thirty eight wounded Rus
SLAMS have been brought to Phillipopolis.
| The main body of the insurgents is estlmat-
ed at 10000, exclusive of scattered bau3s.
Information reaches us that mauy Greeks
have joined aud that there is communica-
ton between the leaders and iusurgent
bands of Thessaly, which seems creditable
when it is remembered that the Greek
insurrection was anti.Sclav, rather than
anti Turk. There seems also reason to
expect that a strong Albanian contingent
will join the insurrection.
LONDON, May Ga despatch from
Constantinople says the negotiations in re
gard to ShumIa and Varna continues, but
the Russians don't insist at present on the
evacuation of Batoum.
ATHENS, May The British consuls
have induced the insurgent leaders in
Macedonia to accept the same terms as
Thessaly.
CoNsTANTIPLE, May 6.-The Austrian
embassy denies Austrian troops are con-
centratlng on the Bosnian frontier. 1t is
declared that Austria will not occupy Bos
MIA without the consent of the Porte.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
AL
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, May THE house
passed bill establishing government for
the District of Columbia.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07

PARIS, May 6.-The supplemental
elections held yesterday for members of
the Chamber of Deputies resulted in the
election of two Republicans and two
Conservatives.
The Tailleries Commission has resolved
to recommend the restoration of that
ruined place at a cost of about 1000, 900
francs and the appropriation of 1t to a
museum of modern art.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
MASSACHUSETTS,.


BosToN, May The savings bank
commissioners applied the restrictive ordeI
to the Bristol County savings bank oI
Taunton, permitting payment of Is pei
cent. of deposits first six months and IL
per cent second six months.
LINN, Mass, May tn the interna
tional championship baseball game the
Crickets stood six to the Live Oaks 4.
FALL RIVER, May 7.-Stockholders oi
the Sycamore mills voted to put the con
cern in bankruptcy; the statement shows
assets $685., All, book liabilities $7l6,435.
Sale OF the Pensacola louisville r.. r.
PENSACOLA, May THE Pensacola &
Louisville r. r. was purchased under
foreclosure sale by j. +. Sullivan, holder
Of the first mortgage amounting to
$6OO.00o Sullivan is president of the
Pensacola railroad company to whom the
franchise and property of the old company
have been transferred, The price paid
was $4,000 for the road and from 10 tc
25 cents per acre for the land owned by the
company.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07

E1tfActs lrOm Ietsefe reCelNeQ.
RHEUMATISM-Some six months could not
walk without the help Of a crutch; tried phYsl-
clans and many kinds of advertised cures without
benefit. Six bottles Of Pentop's Matchless Syrup
cured me. CAPT GEO HAND.
SALT RHEUM- Eight bottles made perfect and
permanent cure.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-07
New York Market.

NEW YORK, May Z.
FINANCIAL.
Cold coz
Money-4G5
4oyernmenta-Firrn
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-04

rI'HIS BUGGY TOP Is LIGHT, STRONG AND
L durable. Adapted to seats of all classes of veh
Giles Six different sizes. Price SIS. orders
nlled by express {. O. ID. Liberal discount 10 the
trade Agents Wanted in California. oregon. Nevada.
Colorado, Utah. Wyoming, Washington, Idaho, All
iona and New Mexico. Address j. +. LUMBk,
Manufacturer and Proprietor. corner Main and Fol
som Streets, san Francisco Cal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-04
Grating Grape Vines.

A correspondent of the Fruit Recorder
saws: at is a well-known fact that
grapes that are success in one locality
are entirely worthless in another. Hence
it is often desirable to change a few vines
or even a whole vineyard with AS little
loss as possible. This can be done by
grating, and have the new vines come in
bearing the following year. Keep the
scions in cool place where the buds will
start as little as possible, until the first
flow of sap is over. This will be when
the first leaves have pushed out of the
size of your thumb nail on the vines to
be grated. Then dig down beside the
vine; selecting root of suitable size, say
as large as your finger, cut it off four
inches under ground and cleft-gr the
same as for apples; tic the graft snugly
into the cleft with cotton Irvine, using no
wax, as that would form cup to hold
the sap which would sour aud kill the
graft. Brace it up straight with a stick
or anything which will hold it in place,
and fill up the hole with earth. The two
or three eyes in the graft, leaving the up
per one as near the top of the ground as
possible. The cotton string will rot off
during the summer and leave the graft
free to expand as it grows. The main
vine may be left the first year by prun-
ming it back or training it away so that it
will not interfere with the graft. have
grown a Delaware on an Isabella root
twelve feet the first year, which cannot
often be done on its own root. Right
here comes in the question as to the in
fuence the stock has on the graft, or
whether it has any on the quality of the
fruit, or its time of ripening. If it does
this can be easily remedied by layering
the vine the second year after grating
(Which usually do) and as soon as the
cane is we'll rotted it can be cut from the
old vine, thus establishing it upon its own
new healthy root. This process of graft
ing grapes is fully as sure as grating APP
pie trees.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-04

SHAMoy skins are, as every one knows,
largely used for many purposes-tor IN
side Innings of gloves, etc, aud for clean
ing purposes in many departments. 1t
is not derived from the skin of the cha
mois, as is sometimes ignorantly sup
posed from the sound of the name, which
results from the process, but from the
flesh side of the sheep skins which have
been split The skins, after having been
passed in the ordinary way through the
earlier processes of washing, etc, are
soaked, first in lime-water and next
in mixture, of bran and water, or in
weak solution of sulphuric acid,
after which they are beaten in a
mill till no moisture remains in
them. Fish-oil is then poured over the
skins, which are again beaten till they
are thoroughly impregnated with it. This
is done over and over again until the
skins can receive no more oil, and then
they are hung for short time in room
heated up to a certain temperature. They
are then carefully washed in solution
of potash, which removes any oil that
may still remain about the leather; and
thus we have the shamoy skin of daily
use.-Good Words.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-04
Edison's Photograph.

In these days, one invention very often
leads to another, ana the telephone has
an offspring not less wonderful than it.
SELF 1t is called the speaking phono.
graph. 1t was invented by Mr.. Edison
Evidently, Mr.. Edison said to himself:
"The telephone hears and speaks; why
not make it write in its own way; then
its record could be kept, and any time
after, the instrument might read aloud
its own writing" Like a great genius as
he is, Mr.. Edison went to work in the
simplest way to make the sound-recorder
he wanted. You know how the dia-
phragm of the telephone vibrates when
spoken to. Mr.. Edison took away from
the telephone all except the mouth piece
and the diaphragm, fastened point
of metal, which we will call a "style,"
to the center of the diaphragm, and then
contrived simple arrangement for max
ing sheet of tin-fol pass in front of the
style. When the diaphragm is still, the
style simply scratches straight line
along the foil When sound is made,
however, and the diaphragm set to vi
brating, the mark of the style is not a
simple scratch, but an impression varying
in depth according to the diaphragm's vi
bration. And that is how the phono-
graph writes. To the naked eye, the rec
ord of the sound appears to be simply a
line of pin points or dots, more or less
close to each other; but, under magni-
fer, the line is seen to be a delicate but
exceedingly complicated series of marks.
Now for the reading. The Impression
on the foil exactly records the vibrations
of the diaphragm, and those vibrations
exactly measure the sound-waves which
caused the vibrations. The reading sim
ply reverses all this. The strip of foil is
passed again beneath the diaphragm, the
point of the style follows the groove 1t
made at first, and the diaphragm follows
the style in all its motions. The original
vibrations are thus exactly reproduced,
setting up sound-waves in the air pre-
cisely like those which first set the ma
chine in motion. Consequently, the lis
tener hears infinitely exact echo of
what the instrument heard it might have
heard it minute, or an hour, or year,
or thousand years before, had the phon-
ograph been in use so long.
WHAT q wonderful result is that! As
yet, the photograph has not been put to
any practical use; indeed, it is scarcely
in operation yet, and great deal must
be done to increase the delicacy OF its
hearing aud the strength of its voice. 1t
mimics any and every sort of sound with
marvellous fidelity, but weakly. Its
speech is like that of person long
way off, or in another room. But it:
possibilities are almost infinite. - ST
Nicholas.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-04

THE Moffett bell-punch bill was very
ably discussed in the New York Assem-
bly, the other day. One member objected
to the punch on the ground that there
would be danger of an earthquake from
the ringing of the beells when everybody
took his IL o'clock drink" This is, in
deed, a very serious objection, though it
is believed that by compelling the people
to distribute their drinks evenly along
throughout the day the danger might be
greatly lessened, il not wholly averted.-
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-04

Poison decentralization the Ara
bian Nights Entertainments, Robinson
Crusoc and Gulliver, to the sickly trash
now current under the name of dime
novels, and which also filters through
fashy weeklies into the family circle, is
a descent which none would willlngly
take at leap. 1t is Il descent that none
would be able to take at a leap even il
willing. The old story books first named
are, of course, an APPEAL to the magma
ton, but they are in themselves so gro
tesque, and 50 VIGOROUSLY devoid of the
probable, that even the youthful reader is
always aware that he is being chated for
his amusement. A gentleman having put
the Arabian n lights into the hands of a
boy of ten who had an Unsuitable thirst
fo- books, asked the youthful student
what he thought of the stories. ooh,
said the boy, "thcy are wonderful-won-
derful; but, then, don't believe word
of them" The charm of the old extrava-
ganzas lies in their amusing without UNI
duly exciting and pervertng the imagi-
native faculty. The danger that turks
in the modern dime novel is that 1t uses
bad boys and bad men for its heroes, and
by keeping always within the curriculum
of crime as it may be derived from police
annals, gives a strong realistic coloring
to the events recorded.-Ph Philadelphia
North american.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-04

SOFT EGos.-The cause of the laying of
soft eggs is want of sufficient calcareous
matter and the stimulating effects OF
pepper and warm feed. Some wheat
screenings should be given in place of
so much corn and potatoes, which are too
rich in starch and defective in lime and
other materials needed for eggs. Give
every day to sixty fowls one pint of the
following mixture: A peck of ash OF
burned bones or oyster shells, finely pow
dered, one pound of flowers of sulphur,
and one peck of wheat bran. This should
be mixed with some scalded meal, used
moist, SO that the mixture will adhere to it..
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-04

CABBAGE AND CAULIFLowER.-lnt the
lower South, cabbage, cauliaower and
broccoli seed may still be sown; but in
the middle region and upper country it
is too late for the two last named. Fur
Their south, and especially in Florida, the
best cabbages aud caulihowers come from
seeds sown in August. Caulihower plants
are much improved by transplanting
when two or three weeks old, into another
bed, setting them three or four inches
apart. Stronger and more stocky plants
are thus secured. 1t pays to treat cab
bages in the same way.-Semi- Tropical.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1878-07-04

By flowers, understand faith; by fruit,
good works. AS the flower or blossom is
before the fruit 50 is faith before good
works; so neither is the fruit without
the flower, nor good works without food.
Ou1rleS