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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-19
OH 9ailg Argaas,
ROCK ISLAND. .rELrEors
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He bad genius for lending none ANY.
excellent Judge OF men aad hard thinker,
he carefully studied the investments Of
tered to him before accepting them. Il
was his rule to rely exclusively on his
own judgment, and never to take large
risk merely because of possibility
OF large gains. Reasonable certainty of a
moderate profit was, in his opinion, the
hrst requisite in business transaction.
After he had acquired his first million he
borrowed largely, and nobody knew better
where to borrow cheap or to lend dear. He
provided himself with a good stock of
available securities, from which he could
readily obtain money from people who
would not lend unless they could obtain
their funds at very short notice. He
loaned at much higher rates. 1t is said by
those who ought to know that he made
100000 annually on borrowed money. He
paid several visits to Europe, and some-
times INDUCED in little luxuries; but his
expenditures for personal enjoyment were
generally less than those of men with an
income of $4,000 year. HIS only gift of
money for public purpose in bis lifetime,
SO far as we know, was that of $4,000 to
purchase Lieber library for the State Uni.
versity. He could make himself agreeable
in company,
w, s. O'Brien had no uncommon capa-
city in any respect, and in the ordinary
course of events he woald never have
made more than moderate fortune. He
owed much of his great success to genial
manners. As a good fellow be had few
superiors. He always had cheerful WORD
for everybody, and everybody liked him.
His popularity contributed much to give
a start to the house of Flood It O'Brien,
and he was fortunate enough to be assoc =
ated with men whose special knowledge
aud talents raised the firm to princeIy
wealth. He did not bother himself much
in the acquisition or in the management of
his wealth; it added little to his enjoyment.
and made little change in his tastes or as:
so cations. He was to the last the same
plain. Supplemented man among his old
friends as in the earlierssdays,
Hopkins obtained much OF bis wealth
from government subsidies; but in return
be helped to build 1000 miles of railroad,
Cotton helped to build 700 miles of rail
road O'BrieD's wealth contributed to err
rect one of the finest buildings and to
found one of the wcaItbiest banks in the
United States Reese erected many good
buildings. Hopkins, O'BreD, and Reese
were chlldless; Cotton leaves two daugh-
| tiers.
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Printing and binding executed neat
quick and cheap at THE Argus OFFICE.
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i DEEM IT Ny DUTY TO TELL THE
WORLD what Dr. S1ooyae's COMPOUND
Syrup of W7d Cherry,, has done for me.
| had q violent cough, night sweats,
sore throat. great weakness, with severe
attacks Of hemOrrhag gave up all
hope Of recovery. | am now cnrcd, a
sound aud hearty man. Edward II.
Hanson, engineer at Swecny's pottery,
1884 Ridge avenue, Philadelphia. Over
twenty-five years have elapsed, and |
still remain healthy man. In order
that all may test the great virtues of
DR.. Swayne's COMPOUND Syrup OF
Wild Cherry we have issued trial bot
ties at rs cents. No family should be
without this valuable medicine, as
oftentimes a single % cent bottle will
cure a lecent cough or cold, and thus
prevent much suffering and risk. 1t
also cures asthma, bronchitis. liver
complaint, and enriches and purifies
the blood, giving tone and strength to
the entire system. Trial bottles 25
cents; large size, 81. Sold at wholesale
and retail by John Bengston, Rock Is
land,
Printing and binding executed neat
quick and cheap at THE ARGUs0 FFICF.
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Attachment Notice,

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY, %
IN the Circuit Court of Rock Islafd County Ill,
January term, 1919.
Topeka National Bank VS. Robert / Lee-Ih at
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, s. 255 IS.
Notice is hereby given to you, the said Robert I.
Lee that writ of attachment has been sued out nf
the Office of the Clerk Of the Circuit Coult of said
county of Rock Island at the suit of the said To-
peka National Bank, and against the estate of you
the said Robert L. Lee, for three thousand two
hundred and eighty.fve f6100 dollars, besides in
terest, directed the Sheriff of said county to exc
cute. which said writ has been returned by said
Sheriff executed. Now, unless you, the said Rob
srt l. Lee, shall personally be aud appear before
the Circuit Court of said county the first day OF
the next term thereof to be holden at Rock Island
in said county, on the first Monday in the month
of January next give special bail aud plead to sale
action, Judgment will he entered against You in
favor of the said plaintiff and the property attached
sold to satisfy the same with costs.
L. T. HARRISON, Clerk.
Rock Island Ills, Nov. 18th, 1873.
Connolly d MCNEAL, Plaintiff Attys.
1114d3w
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When beard Of eminent physicians and
chemist announced the discovery that by
combining some well known valuable rem
edies, the most wonderful medicine was
produced, which would cure such a wide
range of diseases that most all otherqem-
edies could be dispenses with. many we're
sceptical; but proof OF its merits by actual
trial has dispelied all doubt, and to-day
the discovers Of that great medicine, Hop
Btters, are henored and blessed by all as
benefact0rs.
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SpeciaI Advantage

Special Advantage.
l. Eight eminent Professors as Instructors.
2. The Best and most Elegant Rooms in the West
g. Boarding Club. Good board $3.50 TO 81 week
4. Three First class Penmen constantly employees
5 Superior individual instruction in Book keeping
6 Commercial Law. Invaluable to business men.
Z Commercial Arithmetic, thorough and practical
s Unequ8led advantages for learning TelegrapQG
9 Scholarships good in Forty Colleges.
II. These advantages possessed by no othe
school. Address
MONTAGUE & LILLIBRTDGE
Davenport, Iowa
<1@- PlesAeatate where Won ssw thiR card
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PALM SOAP /,
PURE PALM SOAP
ApIILADELPHrA SPECIALITY.

Established forty years and for sale by more than
one thousand sterekeepers. This Soap has no
equal in quality or cheapness for Bath and Toilet
use being made Of LiBERIAN OIL from the
PALM TREE Packed in boxes containing two
three five or eight dozen. A liberal discount to
Wholesale Dealers. Manufactured by GRAVES q
SON, 1905 Christian street., Philadelphia 1t is
used by the Oldest resident families, physicians
and many pubic institutions-the American Hotel
Baths, Public Ledger Post Office, Water De-
partmeEt, and the Turkish Baths.
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OPINIONS OF PRESS

From So. Louis Globe DeasocTut.]
DR.. WHITTIER, G17 st. Charles street, reg.
ular graduate Of medicine, has been longer
engaged i'm the treatment of chronic diseases
than any other physician ia the city. Nervous
debility, blood diseases, all impediments TO
marriage. Cal or wrire. Circular tree. Safe
meQICines; moderate charges.
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CURE YOURSELF!

DR. B9hannan's yesetabe Curative is warranted to per-
manenty all forms of SpermsttOrrhea Sealinai
weakness General Debility mpo.ensy etc. and restores
those who have DESTROYED by sexual exeesses evil
tees weeks time. This remedy which
has been used by DR. Bohanran in his private practice for
thirty years. known to fail in curing
the WORST CASES. 1t gives vitality and impRrts energy
with wonderful effect to those mddle-aged who feel
beyond their It's nvgoratng properties
are felt Young Suffering from the conse-
quences OF that dreadfuy destructive habit of Self Abuse
cen this medicine with the Insurance of speedy and
PERMANENT The patient gains strength and eas-
ITCHY OF spirits at once Gets directly the parts affect
ed soothing and healing tonic and anOdyne to the
Taxed seminal vesicle and irrtated ducts mpang power
and and restoring them TO their natural state the
il the banefn habit had never been INDUCED in The
ingredients simple productions of naturbarks, roots
herbs, etc. and specific for the above diseases.
All persons must before contemplating marriage reflect
hat sound mind and body the necessary reuu
sites to connubal happiness, Indeed without
these the journey through life becomes weary pilgrimage;
the mind becomes Swallowed with despair and filled With
the melancholy reflection that the happ of be-
comes blighted with own.
gBPrCe, Five Dollars, sent with full directions etc. to
address. For sale only Dr. c. A Bohannans office,
Green street st, Louis, Mo. Established in 1857.
Or Dr. BIS lreatise Special Diseases" which gives
clear dclneaOn of the nature symptoms %
cure, ETC., of SYPHILIS SEMINAL wEAENESS Ere. sent
FREE to any address upon receipt of one stamp
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

Moscow people are indignant over
the proposition to remove their great
bell-useless as it is from its place. in
the steeple. They say it shall never be
taken down. 1t is of no earthly ac-
count, except that it is the largest bell
In the world, weighing 443, 772 pounds.
Moscow has another bell that weighs
141.000 pounds. The other famous
bells are slight weights'' in COMPARE
o to these. Pekin has one weighing
10000 pounds; Novgorod, 5000;
Vienna, 10000; Sens, 1900; Parlia-
ment House, London, $1,000; Erfurt,
10000; Montreal, 10000; Cologne, 95,-
600; York, Q $4,000; Bruges, 1900.
Rome, 1899; Oxford, 1900; Ant
werp, {, 1000; st. Panl's, London, 49,
N0 49,. IIE
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From J. a. Iyner, a well knoton citi-
zen Of Wilson. N. c.: My wife had
suffered for ten or twelve years with a
kind Of dry letter, which Kept the scalp
covered with dandruff, and caused her
hair to fall out and get very thin and
turned grey, but after using London
a Color Restorer," the letter was
cured and the grey hair restored to its
natural color, the hair stopped falling
out and is growing beautifully. BY tell
ing Of the effect it had on the head of
my wife 1 have induced a number to
try it. and l want you to send me a doz-
en- bottles by express. 1 enclose post
Office order for IS to pay for it. London
Hair Color Restorer is sold at x cents
q bottle by all leading druggists. DIR.
Swayne g Son, Philadelphia, sole pro-
prietors. Colburn, Birks u Co. and
Singer d Wheeler, wholesale agents.
Sold in Cheyenne by Addoms & Glover.
corner 18th and Eddy streets.
mar19-dtt&sa&w-1y
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Steam Wagons in Arizona.

A sort Of steam wagon is soon to be
put to work out in Arizona, which may
yet, perhaps, win Wisconsin's SO, 900.
The contract for carrying a daily mail
between Yuma and San Diego has
been let to a firm hat intends to put n
steam wagon on the route, which con
sists of 100 miles across the California
desert. A two-horse power engine has
been purchased as the motive power.
The wagon will have two driving
wheels Of seven feet diameter and
twelve inches width of tire. The whole
apparatus will weigh about 1000
pounds, when supplied with fuel and
water, and ready for business. 1t is
intended to make a average speed of
eight or ten miles per hour, carrying
five or six persons and a moderate
weight Of baggage and mails. 1t will
consume about ten gallons of water per
hour. One man will manage the
locomotive, and it is expected it will
be running October l.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

THE best health arrangement is that
Of a Springfield, Mass, physician, who
has an arrangement whereby he is paid
for giving hygienic advice and suggest
ing ~preventives Of disease. He has
fifty patients to keep well, at SO a year
each. If he is required to visit them,
half the usual fees are charged. The
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

RoBERT BONNER is strongly advo-
Gated by the leading papers for the po-
sition of mayor of New York. They
say a chief magistrate is wanted who is
free from rings, and who has no friends
to reward or enemies to punish.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

BEN BUTLER is abused in Northern
cities, but in New Orleans, the Times
says, he is held up. The saying is quite
common On the streets: "If we only
had Ben Butler for mayor, he would
soon clean up the town.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

1t is said THAT the Senator implicated
in the cutting out of the Hot Springs
clause from the sundry civil service bill,
at the close of the late session at Con-
gress, is Mr.. Conover Of Florida. The
story is that there was much money in
this matter, and we may expect anoth-
er investigating committee soon after
the next meeting of Congress.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

SOUTHERN States are progressing
rapidly. Delaware has long had the
whipping post. Virginia adopted it u
short time since, and now North Caro-.
lima and Alabama want IL.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

A VERY sensible move is being made
by the Chicago shoemakers. They are
organizing a cooperative factory, and
will use Chicago tanned leather.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

SENATOR GoRDoN's friends say that
not only will he be reelected without
opposition, but he will he the Demo-
cratic candidate for Vice President.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

THE enthusiastic receptions accorded
Postmaster General Key prove the wis
dom of the choice made by the Presi-
dent
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whatsoever lieth upon the bed and
putteth his foot through the mosquito
bar and maketh himself a banquet for
the fiends that fly by night, the same is
afool and has no good thing in his
heart. But whatsoever proneth upon
his couch and tucketh the mosquito bar
under the mattress, the same shall
dwell in peace and abide him in harmo-
ny, and the fiends that fly in outer
darkness shall be consumed by hunger,
and a great thirst shall compass them
around about.-[St. Louis Journal.
Newspapers have to be very careful
and cautious in making attacks on
each other. Last week the Bridgeport
Farmer stated that ''an inmate of the
Hartford almshouse was trampled to
death by a bull and is not expected to
recover" Whereupon the Bridgeport
Standard was making ready to slide
into the Farmer with a whoop when its
own columns revealed the following:
"Dr. -, whose death we recorded
some time ago, died this morning."
The Standard put up its tomahawk.
1t was a dreadfully narrow escape
ID anbury News.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

VERY sensibly. Robert Lincoln will
not accept a nomination for Congress.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

THAT trade dollar engenders as much
discussion as anything of its size in the
country.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

PRESIDENT HAYES and Secretaries
McCrary and Schurz are sat home" to
receive company.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

THE coming trotting horse will make
his mile in two minutes.
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Matt Carpenter got $1,000 from the
Detroit liquor dealers to study up the
constitutionality ofthe Michigan liquor
law. He sent his opinion last week.
It was very brief and to this effect:
"You can't break the law.n
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

MISSOURI bankrupt politics are being
mercilessly discussed in the East.
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SATURDAY. AUGUST 81, 1873.

THE financial question is being dis
cussed out of existence.
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An Arab horse maxim says: SOB
serve your horse when he is drinking
at a brook. If in bringing down his
head he remain square, without bend
ing his limbs, he possesses sterling quail
tiles, and all parts of his body are built
symmetrically, Four things he must
have broad-front, chest, loins and
limbs; four things long-neck, breast,
forearm and Group; and four things
shoFt-pasterns, back. ears and tail.n
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-08-31

Mr.. Charles Francis Adams, of
Massachusetts, who never went with
out a meal, and who never had
occasion to stand his tailor off in all his
life, testified before the laboring COM
mittee in New York as to what he
knows about hard times-their u
and cure The next witnesses will pro-
badly be James Gordon Bennett, and
Mr.. Astor. These men know what
hard times are. 81
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corrected weekly by whippie 4 Hay, Whole
sale and Retail Grocers and Commission
Merchants, chey enne Wyoming.
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EBULLITIONS.
lone Made and borrowed.

The grip of summer clutches uncom-
fortably near the middle vest button
The dark equine of the coming Presi-
Dental campaign is already talked of.
The Neus has COLORADO in Epit-
ome." This is combing it down fine.
This summer is remarkable for the
number Of drummers who are bursting
their heads.
Rev. NJ. Fulgenes, of Quebec. asserts
that a live, healthy Bishop is a bigger
mar than an angel ut the throne above.
The Deadwood people think that the
Territorial Convention couldn't have
Bennett better work than nominating
the Judge for Delegate.
'Heaven bless the man who invented
scissors" calculates the paragraph
fiend, as he slashes through his ex-
changes.-[Rome Sentinel.
That was n nice Jamboli the Rus
SLAMS and Bulgarians had the other day.
A little more fun like that and they
will get to fighting in earnest.
Mr.. Bedford annihilated Mr.. Patter-
on. Mr.. Patterson pulverized Mr..
Belford. This is the Colorado cam
paign reports in two sentences.
The average Cheyenne urchin feels
that life is a barren ideality on the
plains. No penny shows, no circus,
not even Sunday school picnics.
Its Importance (the Potter commit
tee) in the political affairs Of the coun-
tro is equal to that of a tin kettle witt
the bottom out.-lChicago Journal.
The police force has been increased
on the night shift. -[Denyer Tribune.
So the luxurious police take off their
clothes to sleep while OF duty, do theyf
If the organg grinders of this country
would break cranks, march, and keer
marching, the country would have
more patience to bestow on the flits.-
Keokuk Constitution
Look out! Don't give it away, but
the new style of stove for this coming
winter will bear the following in large
raised letters all around the top, This
Is not a spittoon. Wheeling Leader.
When placed under II microscope the
sting of "a bee presents n polish OF daz'
cling beauty, but when placed in the
end of IA mans nose it takes on the
semblance of a rat-tail file dipped in
vitriol, and brings out words rs rough
as a grindstone. Il Breakfast Table.
Every now and then some chap writes
to a newspaper for II receipt to prevent
the hair from coming out. II men
would go home from the lodge before
midnight, with their legs sober, their
hair wouldn't come out so rapidly.
We always go home early, and we have
more hair than the day we were born.
-[Norristown Herald.
A grabbed old fellow who has been
reading that IA general break Of par
ties may be looked for quite early" re-
marks that he wishes they would break
up now ut the hotel where he is staying
earlier than two O'Clock in the morn
ing, and that some one would give the
young puppy who puffs cigarettes in
the entry some tobacco to smoke
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
CHEYENNE SAL.
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AT GREEN RIVER

with stages for the grea, sweetwater mining
district.
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CHEYENNE MARKETS.

oressr.... er..n- rro,...ea- E.r.
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AT CoRINNE

with stages for Helena, virginia city and all
points In Montana.
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CHEYENNE SAL.
Her hair is like n beet,
Like bacon sides her feet.
Her mouth, atunnel wide.
With tombstones allied inside.
Fairy, sylph.like form has she;
Vulgar folks say, scraggy.
Disposition sweet and kind.
And fiery eye lone Is blind).
Lake shnpely hams her hands
The Holsters hue commands.
Above all gals, she is the gal,
This same sweet freckled Sal.
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FOUR DAYS FROM OMAHA
TO

with Gilmer, Salisbury & Patrlck's Cheyenne
and Black Hills Stage Lint for Dtadwood,
Custer City and all points In the Black Hills.
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It; not exercising q meddling interfer-
ence. but inspiring confidence, 80 IS to
be able to cooperate, plan and watch
the result.
Now comes scheme that is Just
right. How can we teach . boy busi-
ness habits better than by giving him
an opportunity to 'srtih's hennery7
The account must Be accurately kept;
there must be buying and selling; thefe
must be bartering; there ought to be
profit, A miniature business springs
up, Inasmuch as it is real, why is it
not as good as a business college? 1t
may be better; for it may prevent
spending time in the streets or away
from home, perhaps among questiona-
BILE companions. A love of home is
fostered by the ownership of flowers,
small fruits and poultry. A fondness
for the finest things produced by our
climate-to cultivate them, if belong
ing to the animals not only
source of keen enjoyment, but indicates
good traits and certain elevation OF
Character above that which is british.
Young people should be deity guided,
step by step, through pleasant paths,
with here and there little job OF
earnest work, made easy by social
frolic and recreation, which come after
In theft proper place. With a little
encouragement, boys may become
quite familiar with the points OF excel
lence in high-class poultry, pigeons and
other pets and learn the best methods
of breeding and management.
They may learn when and where to
purchase supplies to the best advant-
age. and how to sell the surplus prod
ucts, SO to give the most profit with
the least expense. A pleasant self-re-
lance and good business habits may be
growing, and at the same time a love
for Nature, for refinement and humane
| ty.-Poultry World.
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49, u enfSroG snnihil - 1lso
|; " y , ~ I 's " Il - 3s5 es o,'
BIZ which de foot entsxB # Annie;R
fSlf flngers, that only wrote poetry ~
der compuldon, scanned 70 lnxuriht0 In
~ compoeitiou a. brVth1t and soups
and jell{es; and neyer, thought the in-
valid, did they appear to such advan-
taRe d when playing round that pro-
voking faucet with which they dUcked
his rntxOns Of champakne.
And then, while thu tfesh air 81 the
sptihg-time stole III through the flow
efs that Annie had placed in the win
dow, and Mr.. NGovern lolled upon
the sofa In all the enjoyment Of vale
tudinarian luxury, . great strife arose
in his mind. He was thinking of
Annies No; of Mrs Gibson. Could
he, could hef the blood Of the NJ Gov
erns! N&
But when Annie came once more,
and her little hands were busy around
his refractory pillows, he found he
could; and he did.
:. Annie, Annie, ] love you"
"And Arabellap'
It was cruel blow, and the spirit of
the invalid was reused. Excitement
began to CLEAN in the great hollow
eyes, and he had just time to calculate
Confound herr' when Annie's small
md was over his mouth, and Armies
soft voice reiterated the DOCTORS In
junction to s'kepp very quiet" Then,
in meek voice, "Say yes, WONT you,