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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-02
MEDICAL
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SCR0FULA

The scourge Of mankind. Old methods
OF treatment and remedies fraud upon
humauity.-A revolution in the treat
ment of blood and skin humors a GER
tainty,
It does not take long for the weary invalid to lose
falth In medicine. PaIhy after patty is exhausted
remedy after remedy is tried, and found wanting,
until the unhappy victim of medical science o.
adandons the struggle and resigns himself to his
fate The treatment of chronic disease of the blood
for five hundred years has been q heartless fraud
upon man kind. 1t is hardly question whether
the practice OF medicine has not been curse rath-
er than blessing. Beginning in the earlier centu-
res with charms, conjurations,, amulets rings the
seventh of the seventh son, the oil OF lizards
the Kings touch, and other methods and practices
originating in ignorance and superstition, until we
reach the coming OF "Pharaceleus, the Adam OF
the medical world, who first brought sin into the
profession - He introduced mercury for the treat.
ment of the diseases under conside ration For four
hundred years this mineral poison has shattered the
coz situations of mankindand is to-day the specifC
of the medical schools for Acrofuia affections
Contrast this yirulent, corrosive poison with the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-02
MEDICAL
IuDGE NOT


.,o,ce with travelling quacks, but coz
q, past expefIleIICoVe sted Physician, the cele-
SUIT 'N0 brated Specialist,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-04-02
JAMAICA GINGER
NJ ~.
CNoWn OS1tm9'et.
;Icac,;ek !B,sss,,,
1't isas. 4e;essgssia,

Purchasers OF Browns Ginger are warned az aipst
piratical counterfeits intended TO be cold on the
splendid reputation OF this matchless article All
REAL Browns Ginger Is prepared by FREDERICK
Brown, Philadelphia, ana the label bearing his
name is incorporated with his private u s Inter
nal Revenue Stamy, to counterfeit which is felony
Browns Ginger-for Travellers use.
Browns Ginger-for Summer Complaint.
Browns Ginger-for Cramps and Collie
Browns Ginger-for Sea Sickness, Nausea.
Browns GInger-for Stimulant; no reaction.
Browns Glnger-used by Army and Navy.
Browns Ginger-used all over the World.
Browns Ginger-couBteracts impure Water.
Browns Ginger-prevents Malarial Disease.
Browns Congratulations Summer Drink.
Browns Ginger-excellent in Rheumatism.
Everybody knows the value of Browns Ginger 81
household necessity and preventive of disease
Be sure your druggist gives you the right kind
Browns Ginger as described above.
FREDERICK BROWN,
Philadelphia.
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CURE YOURSELF!

d. Bo4annan Vegetable Curative" Is warranted to per-
m-asnly cure al! i1rms o. spermattorrhsa Seminal
nsanes' 6enera Debility Imp0eney, etc, and restores
Loaf Power and brings back the youthful NEOr" OF
oe VINO nave destroyed by sexual excuses evil
@ IA ttS two tp seven weeks time. This remedy, which
aas been used by Dr. E0h0nHan his private practice for
VG thirty years, was never known fail in curing
~ WORST CASES. L gives vitality and imparts energy
N wonderful effect 10 those middle-aged who feel
Weakness D.F'1l their years. It's nvigorating properties
az it a. once, Young men suffering from the conse-
S-ges That dreadty destructive habit of Self Abuse
VS. Gus medicine with the assurance of speedy and
t'NAAENfNi cure The patient gains strength and eas-
spj c once as acts directly the parts Affect
H N14,nr and healing tonic and anOdyne 10 the re-
l't stlna N'iges and lrated ducts iuparting power
..e ana restoring them TO their natural state, the same
sAe blnsihl habit had never been INDUCED in. The
--s ar simple productions of nature-barks, roots,
~, - anu are SPECIFIC for the above diseases.
- lt Dollars, sent With fun directions, etc, TO
1l.tss tQr sale only at DR. G, A. Bohannans office
- Soth i'm street between Washington avenue and
'... T,L'ft, y Loud, No. Established in 1887.
~ ~ b Treatise on Special Diseases" which gives
"a ltneal'on OF the nature, causes symptoms OF
rtDe etc. OF SYPHILIS, SEMINAL WEAKNESS, Ere, SEM
'1NLL " Any address upon receipt Of one stamp.
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A WONDERFUL MEDICINE.
I[I1lEllIA'|

Certificate of Prominent Citizen
of Adrian, Mich, who had not
Walked without Clutches for
two years. He threw them away
in "a Hours after the first ap-
plicatiOn of Wizard Oil.
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Ex This Powder has been tested, especially in HOG
DISEASES caused from the evil effects Of two largely
congregatng them together. 1t is a POSITIVE PRE-
NENTlVE, and If taken in time a SURE CURE OF
HOG CHOLERA. TRYIT
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COUNTRY
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$4,000 FARMERS

Will receive FREE pamphlet showing how
to Make Money, how to Increase by % per ct.
Sheep, Swine and Poultry. pell or sick
Address T. A. MILLER, Philadelphia.
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CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC r. R.

Us GREAT CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN THE EAST
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our Palace Cars is q SMOKING SALOON where
Magnificent iron Bridges span the Mississippi and
Missouri rivers all points crossed by,this line and
transfers are avoided at Council Bluffs, Leaven-
worth and Atchison, connections being made In
Union depots.
THE PRINCIPAL r. r. CONNECTIONS OF THIS
GREAT THROUGH LINE ARE as FOLLOWS
AtCHIcAGo, with all diverging lines for the East
and South.
At ENGLEwooD with the Lake Shore & Michigan
Southern and Pittsburg, Fl Wayne Chicago T. Rds
At WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, with Pittsburg, Gin
cinnati q St Louis r. X.
At SALE with Illinois Central r. r.
AtPEoRIA, with p, p & J.. p Z. s. D.; l. B. & w;
| III. Midland; and IT,, p. & w. Railroads.. !
At ROCK ISLAND, with Western Onion T. Il. and
! Rock Island Peoria Railroads.
At DAVENPORT, with the Davenport & North
Western r. r.
At WEST LIBERTY, with the Burlington, Cedar
Rapids Il Northern K. R.
AtGRINNELL, with Central r. r. of Iowa.
tDES MONIES, with d. NJ. d Fl. Dodge X. r.
At OMAHA. with b. & Mo. X. r. Il. Din Neb)
AtCOLUNBTTS JUNCTION, with Burlington. Cedar
! Rapids Il Northern X. II.
At 0TTUMwA, with Central X. r. of Iowa; St
Louis, Kan. City Northern and c. b. & q. X. Rds
At KEOKUK, with Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw;
At BEVERLY, with Kan: City st. J. Il Z. ID. r. r.
| At ATCHISOS, with AtchisOn, Topeka 4 Santa Fe;
| AtchisOn & Neb. and Cen. Br. Union Pacific II. Rds
| At LEAvENwoRTH, with Is. p. and X. Cen. r. Rds
zORIA, DIES MONIES, COUNCIL BLUFFS,
Great Reck island Route are sold by all
NADIA.
home ticket ONCE, address,
H. ST. JOHN.
Gen'l Tkt. and Pass'Gr ACT,
Chicago. In
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29
How to Cure Frozen Feet.

A correspondent sends the following
to the Indianapolis DO nal:
About twenty years ago happened
into an Indianapolis drug store just as.
q well-known physician was ordering
fy-bhster for the feet of female pa
tent which had beer badly frozen.
Some one asked the philosophy of the
prescription, to which he replied that
the canse of the itching and other disa-
greeable pains of frozen feet was the
dead cuticle which INSTRUCTED healthy
action of the pores. The blister re-
moved that, and the itching would
cease. The philosophy struck me as
sound, but the fly-blister was objection
able, both as a matter of convenience
and expense. Having two feet that had
been itching of winters for twenty
years, I resolved to try the
experiment of removing the Gu
ticle by cheaper and more convenient
method. l got some Jumps of fresh
lime and made foot-tub full of strong
whitewash mixture, as warm as l could
conveniently bear my feet in. Alright,
just as they began their nocturnal itch
ing, soused them in the tub of hot
whitewash. The relief was instantane-
Gus. At the end of thirty minutes !
took tbom out, all shriveled up, but Tree
from pain. Then began brisk rub
bling, and there came off great rolls of
dead cuticle; then / anointed my feet
with little mutton-tallow, put ON some
cotton socks to preserve the bed from
the tallow, went to bed, and slept well.
I repeated the application two or three
times, and have never suffered from
frozen feet since longer than it would
take to get the whitewash ready on each
recurrence of frost-bite. AS took out
no patent all doctors are are at liberty to
use the prescription. 1t is cheaper than
Spanish flies, and great deal better"
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29
An Asiatic Trick.

One of the tricks practiced here
abouts is to bury all the grain of vii
lage when there is danger apprehended
from the approach of an enemy, and
then to construct tomb on the sur
face, SO as to give it the appearance of
holy place; and Mohammedans have
such reverence for these ziarats or
shrines that they would scarcely touch
them even if they knew that there were
stores concealed at times of danger, and
often the proprietors are killed, or leave
the spot and never return, 80 that the
treasure is lost forever. It is known
that immense wealth was thus concealed
in Delhi during the mutiny, and but a
small portion of it has as yet been
found, but it would not pay TO dig all
over the ground in search Of such lost
valuables. The usual plan of storing
grain here is in large jars, buried under
ground in the houses. In the bazaar In
the fort here, left vacant since we came
to it, are many of these jars. / tried
the other day to feel the bottom OF one
of them with stick, and it must have
been about five feet deep at least-sug-
costing a strong resemblance to the
buried jars found by Dr. Schliemann at
Hissarlik. = 4fgha7a Cor. LONDON
Np7gQ H+. N 'ff 10 no
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29
An Awful Punishment.

"Ten days or &c." said the Judge,
and the prisoner, q sulen1ooking fell
low, chose the latter alternative, paid
the fine and was discharged. He
walked moodily out of the courtroom,
but when he reached the door turNed
and showered q wholesale TRADE OF pro-
fame abuse upon the magistrate. Then
he ran into the corridor, but before he
could reach the street the officers gave
chase, he was soon recaptured and stood
again at the bar.
"Ten dollars MORE" said the court.
The money was paid. If you had used
more chaste and refined language" the
Judge continued, waving the fellow
away, "you would not have been chased
and refined"
The prisoner fell down-dead Dead
My Lords and ladiesl Dead! Right
reverends and wrong reverends
of every orderl Dead! Men and
women born with heavenly compassion
in your breast hundreds are dying
thus around us every day from the
effects Of similar atrocious puns.-
Puck
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29
A Warming to Cat keepers.

Yesterday morning, as two ladies were
preparing their toilet, an accident OF
perhaps serious nature occurred. The
elder lady was sitting with a large cat
at her feet. Suddenly, without warn
ing, the animal seized one of the legs of
the lady, and tore the flesh with its
teeth and claws. Before the younger
lady, her daughter, could come to her
assistance, the wounds inflicted by the
cat were many and painful. The young
lady took hold of the little enraged
beast and pulled it quickly away. Pie
cat, infuriated to tigerish anger, then
sprung at her, its tail swollen as large
as human arm, and scratched her, be-
sides badly tearing her dress. A neigh
boring gentleman was appealed to for
help, and, by the aid of the young lady'A
tight grip on the cats neck, and dumb
bell in the hands of the gentleman, the
furious creature was killed. A physi-
clan was called to dress the wc,nds Of
the elder lady, who is afflicted with
erysipelas in the lacelated limb, and
whose safety is matter Of anxiety
Wilmington IN. O. Sun.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29
The Changing Career of Notable
PeOnle.

A London letter says: A few years
ago, among the young bloods " of
London, Niscount Maidstone was well
known. The heir to an earldom, hand
some, reckless, he was courted and flat
tered for time. He spread his aristo-
cratic plumage in the sun, and lived the
peacock's life. He has Just died at the
age of twenty seven, and he had at last
fallen SO low in regard to means and re
sources. that his chief grievance against
the world he wore and died in was
that the authorities refused to enlist him
as common soldier.
A few years ago, Mr. Albert Grant
was decorated by the Kings of Italy and
Belgium; he erected the first statue to
Shakespeare in London; he sat in the
House of Commons; he gave Leicester
Square to the people he spent over ST.
500, 900 in building himself house. To-
day, he petitions the Court in Bank
ruptcy to be relieved from the pressure
of angry creditors ;.and from palace at
Queens Gate he has gone into modest
chambers at Westminster.
E. M. Ward, after brilliant artistic
career, and at the height of his fame,
had udden fits of depression, which
endeda few weeks ago, in his death by
suicide. 81 tF.Is
knew Sir William Don, the actor, a
Scotchman of excellent family and
prospects. l breakfasted with him the
day he was released from Gloucester
Jail, whittier he had been taken for debt
as he was going upon the stage at the
Bristol Theater. He was fine, hand
some, capable man. He died poor, and
left his widow, Miss Sanderson, an
actress, to live upon her moderate
histrionicpo powers, which were heightened
in general estimation by her title
Baron Huddlestone, now one of her
Majesty's judges, was poor usher in a.
Worcestershire school when ! was boy.
A friend of mine, who was one of his
pupils, conducted him the other dav as
Under Sheriff to his seat on the Assize
bench
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29
History Of the American Indian.

1920. Pilgrim Fathers to Indian
Give us little foothold here, dear In
dian.
1850. P. F. to More room, please
Go little west, Indian.
100. P. F. to I-Just colony or
two further west, Indian.
1850. P. F. to Please stay on your
side of the Catskill mountains, Indian.
1870. White Man to 1ndian-Indian,
you're in the way. Go farther west.
1795.-Daniel Boone to Indian-In-
Jun, clar out Of Kentucky.
1900. American Eagle to Indian
"No pent-up Utica contracts our pow
ers. The whole, unbounded continent
is ours" Injun, quit Ohiol
1920. A. E. to I.-Injun, step on the
other side of the Mississippi. You're
in the way of civilization and progress.
1870 A. e. to L. Indian, get over
the Rocky mountains. You're a nui-
sance.
1850. A. E. to L--Injun, we want all
the land. Why can't you quit being an
Iniun? Be white man.. Sell us the
land fairly. Tangle it up, with deeds
quit-claims, mortgages, liens, and all
sorts Of things, as we do. Injun, now
do try and be civilized. 49,,
1860. A. E. to L.-Injun, you're in
the way everywhere. Do git eout. Go
north. Go south. Go anywherel Go
to the Only goi -. =
1870. A. E., ON locomotive, to Indian
--Soatl Gitl Clear. the trackl Scat
teri This il no place for you anyway
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29
Life In New York.

A pale, emaciated man, coatless and
thinly clad, was taken before Police
Justice Kilbreth, in the Essex Market
Court, yesterday. An officer accused
him of throwing cobblestone through
one of the green lamps in front OF the
Eldridge street police station.
John Petersen is my name," the
prisoner said, as he slowly raised his
eyes from the floor and answered the
magistrates inquiry.
"And you threw the stone purpose
ly q" .n.
81 didl"
. "Why did you do it?"
The pallor of the mans face gave
place to faint flush as he told, in
broken tones, the following story:
II was cold-so cold that my body
was all of a-tremble: and hungry, yes
amished; for hadn't had meal since
the day before, when pawned my coat
to get it. / am in the last stages Of
consumption, and lost my place as
clerk in drug store on that account.
After wandering about for several days
1 went to the station and begged them
to take me in. They refused. They
were already crowded, they said. was
growing weaker and weaker from ex
posure and hunger. fingered about
the police station until my legs would
hardly support my body. / was think
ing how 1 could get arrested. That wa
the only way could imagine of getting
ped and something to eat. / found {
stone in the street. 1 gathered all my
strength and threw it through the lamp
Justice Kilbreth sent Petersen to thu
Commissioners of Charities, instead o
sentencing him to the island as q con
yict.-Nelo York sam.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29
Topographic Eccentricities.

A great many columns have been
written concerning topographic errors,
and many of the instances sound 30
witty or SO stupid that it seems as if
they must be rather inventions than
actual happenings. But we never saw
one cited SO unlikely that we couldn't
remember its match. Gree we wrote
that it was "ike evoking the shadow of
shade" to quote forgotten writer's. The
phrase appeared in print thus: Like
cooking the shadow of shad." The
printer had, in burlesquing the senti-
ment, actually preserved and intensified
it in most striking image Of unsub-
stantiality. At another time we had
quoted the proverbial opinion of Rosa
lind: "Men have died and worms have
eaten them-but not for love-" The
printer may have been misogynist; at
all events, he substituted women" for
worms" There are Shakspearean emen-
dations not much better than that, per-
haps.-SpriaaQJield fMass.) Republican,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29
About Horse.Cars.

John Stevenson, who built the first
street-car in 1881, has lived to see
nearly 400 street railways built in the
United States, and sent his first foreign
shipment to Batavia, Java, in 1868. The
attempt to introduce street-cars in Lon
don caused riot, in which the rails
were torn up; but now American cars
are running at London, Liverpool, Not
tingham, Leeds, Wolverhampton, Hull,
and Birkenhead, in England; Mt Edin-
burgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, in Scot
land; and OF Swansea, in Wales. In
the British possessions, also, they have
been established at Montreal, Quebec,
Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, st. Johns
and Halifax, in the Dominion lat the Cape
of Good Hope, the only place in Africa;
at Christ Church, Wellington, and Dun
edin in New Zealand; ut Bombay, the
only place in India; at Kingston, in
Jamaica; at Adelaide, Port Adelaide,
and Gamberton, in South Australia, and
are soon to be built at Melbourne, Sid
ney, Tasmania and Hobartstown, in
New South Wales The French pro-
tective policy hss shrt American street.
cars out of all that republics cities but
Calais; but they are running, and pop
ular, at Berlin, st. Petersburg, Vienna,
Stockholm, Christiana, Hamburg, Bre-
men, Amsterdam and Brussels, on the
Continent. Like the British flag, the
sun never sets on American street-cars,
which are also running in Havana, and
at the principal cities of Mexico, Bra
iii, Uruguay, the Argentine Republic,
Chill, Peru, Venezuela, Guayaquil in
Ecuador, San Jose in Costa Rica, and
are to be substituted for omnibuses at
Bogota, the capital Of Colombia.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29
Like Son Like Father.

A young man in Boston recently re.
ceived a beuuest of $4,000. He had
been poor, and the sudden acquisition
of wealth rather turned his head. He
began to spend the money in reckless
dissipation, in spite Of the efforts OF his
father to restrain him, and kept on until
only $1,000 was left. The father
begged that this remainder might be
given to him for safe-keeping, and the
son, being then i'll from long drunken
ness, and very penitent, readily COM
piled. The father put $4,000 into a
pocket in his shirt, and started out to
spend the other $50 in frohc' That
night he slept on bench in bar-room
and in tho morning every cent OF the
money was gone Forester (Mass.,
Spy.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29

IL this respect will be shown by the fol-
lowing singular calculation of Lord
Stanhope: Every professed, inveterate,
incurable snuf,taker, at a moderate
computation, takes one pinch in ten
minutes. Every pinch, with the agree
able ceremony of blowing and wiping
the nose, and other Incidental circum-
stances, consuming one minute and a
half out of every ten, allowing sixteen
hours to snuf-taking day, amounts t
two hours and twenty-four minutes out
of every natural day or one day out of
ten. One day out of every ten amounts
to thirty-six and halfin year. Hence,
ii we suppose the practice to be per-
sisted in forty years two entire years of
the snuf-taker's life will be dedicated
to, tickling. his nose and two more to
blowing il. AssEe -
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29
A Light.House Keepers Perlls.

The Secretary of the Treasury has
dismissed certain lighthouse keeper
for forsalnng his post during one of tho
recent severe storms. The ice threat
ened to carry away the lighthouse, and
the keeper, becoming frightened, de-
serted, leaving the light unhghted for
two nights, AMI then returned to his
station. The Light-Hou Board con-
siders it the duty of every lighthouse
keeper to stand by his light as long rs
the lighthouse stands; and that for him
to desert it when in danger is as cow
ardly as for soldier to leave his guns
on the advance of an enemy. His fail
uro to keep the light burning, especially
i'll time of danger, may cause the wreck
of vessels looking for it, and may result
in the loss of many lives and Of much
property. On the other hand, the board
takes good care of those keepers who
prove themselves faithful. In the year
1875 keeper of a light Off the coast Of
New England kept his post until the
lighthouse went down and then swan
ashore. The board thereupon recon-
mended that Congress make an appro-
priation to reimburse him for all loss,
and it was careful to see to it that no
item was omitted. ....=... 8.
There are many dramatic incidents,
tragic and humorous, arising in the
lighthouse service. Once in while q
lighthouse goes down in night with q
whole family, and every person and
thing is lost. Not trace is left. The
elements make clean sweep. One day
last year a keeper slipped while cleaning
his lamp. In his fall he displaced o
great lens, which, falling upon him,
killed him. From an economical point
of view the loss of the man, as compared
with the loss of the lens, was slight, for
the keeper could BIS replaced from hun
dreds of eager applicants, but to replace
the lens involved IN importation from
France and large outlay.--Washi'ag-
ton, letter. 44t4. .....
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29
IA KIND word spoken to a-huaband

"a KIND word spoken to a1huaband
will 60 farther than broomstick, |" says
a woman of experience. All, but my
dear woman, let us whisper in yoursear,
something that you ought to hear. You
want something emphatic to go long
way. Now kind word isn't emphatic.
You walk in where your husband is busy
and say in kind voice, "deary," and
we'll bet you ten cents he don't look up.
But you crawl up behind him cautiously
and announce yourself by bringing :
broomstick, down over his head, and
he'll notice it at once. Emphasis y
needed, my dear, emphasis = Derrick.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-03-29

The following is told of Gen. Pelissier:
Some years ago Pelissier, on parade one
morning, got angry with sous officer Of
a cavalry regiment, whose tenue seemed
to him quite defective. He abused the
man most violently, and cut him across
the face with his whip. The man
seized one of his pistols, and endeavored
to fire at his commanding officer, but
the pistol missed fire. Pelissier, swear
ing fearful oath, but otherwise calm,
said, Fellow, l order you three days
arrest for not having your arms in bet.
ter order p