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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-20
A WONDERFUL MEDICINE


Certificate of a Prominent Citizen
of Adrian, Mich, who had not
Walked without Clutches for
two years. He threw them away
i'm "a Hours after the first APP
plicatiOn of Wizard Oil.
DR.. HAMLIN:-When / met your agent
here, in September, had been two years suf-
fering severely with Rheumatism, half of that
time confined to the house, and three months
at time to my bed The balance of the
time was compelled to crawl around upon
clutches. fused medicines without number,
including large quantity of morphine, all of
which proved worse than useless. As to what
/ suffered, the English language cannot tell
it to any one who has not tried its realities.
The first application of Wizard Oil gave
me relief in fifteen minutes, and dispelled my
doubts in twenty-four hours. I used bottle
a day for ten days. The next morning after
the use of the first bottle,
left my Clutches at home and
walked down town without them
for the first time i'm two years.
Since thenI have not used them, and can now
split cord of wood as quick as any man in
Adrian. Some of my friends at first thought
such sudden cure would kill me- but wanted
a change, though it should be death.
That all who read this may know how I
have been, will say, when I commenced
using Wizard Oil, could reach around my
leg above the knee with one hand.
L was reduced to a nero skele-
ton, and most of the time
when moved upon
crutches, or tried to stand
without them, L could not raise
either foot from the floor.
used fifteen bottles in all, but have not used
any for two months I now feel as we'll as
ever did in my life and have gained thirty five
pounds in flesh. But must tell you it seems
almost like a dream. You can refer to me as
often as you wish, and hundreds of the eiti-
zens of Adrian viii testify to the truth of
my statements
JOHN VI. FAIRBANKS, Adrian, Mich.
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3 Distressed Woman.

During her daily avocations. or while tripping
the light fantastic toe, she unknowingly trampled
on some law of nature by exposure, and now she
has been sufferin with irregular monthly action,
or actual suppression. She has severe headache
and pain IN the back is nervous and cross, loss oil
appetite, palptatlon leucorrhoea. falling of the
womb, liberation or Mysteries, and has become
feeble and prostra ted Is there no for such
distressed woman? Yes, They cured Of all
uch troubles by the of Englieh Female Bit
tiers the most powerful regulator known. 1t IL
adapted to old and young females, whether mar
ried or single. Its action tones the whole system
ner
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-10-20

There are many OF III age of thirty or forty year,
who are troubled with tso frequent evacuations OF
the bladder, oflen accompanied by slight smart
inc or burning sensation, and weakening the sys
tenn in manner that the patient cannot account
for: on examining the urinary deposits. q ropy
sediment viii often be found and sometimes small
h. Of thin or milkish hue, again changing to 9
dark and torpid appearance. There are many men
Who die OF this difficulty, ignorant of the cause
which il the second stage of seminal weakness
n- McAfee will guarantee perfect cure in all
snch cases and healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organs.
OFFICE HOURS-s to /, 9 to 8, tos
aJ1etters promptly answered. and correspond
snce confidential Address Lock Box 260, Dayen-
mort Iowa.
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Chicago, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R. R.

Its main line runs from Chicago 70 Council Bluffs
and Omaha, passing through J0lfoL, CttaWa, Ia
Salle Geneseo, Moline, Rock Island davenport
West Liberty, lowe City, AafenEo. bs592kiyil u,
with branches from Baruau Junction te Peoria;
Wilton Junction to Muscatine, washington, FAIR
field EIdon, UeI.nap CentreViiie, Irincctoii rem
TON Gaatin cameron, ieaNesi"tIrt3i ana AIlissni
Washington 10 Sigouraey, gsaiousa sil5 hnoNYliie;
KeokIk to bennington, Bonrparte, Bentonsport
independent, Eld0n. 0ttumwa Eedyytlles .Oskn-
loosa Pei!a Monroe, ana DeS N oine3s; Des MONIES.
10 Iuttianola and Winterset; Atlantic to Audubon
mud hynea TO Harlan. This Is positively tire only
Raroad which owns, controls aLd operates q
and cont-ol their Sleeping cars
which are inferior and give you = double
hcrth between CHICAGO Council BUNS Ieayen-
worth or Atohison for Two Dollars and hifty Cents
ei.arge between the points, Three dollars Tor
: ,toufle berth, and Six Dollars for a section
what will please most will be the pleasure OF
anioyirlr YOUR while passing over the peaut-
fuf rrairies of Illinois and Iowa. in one OF our mag
riaaent Dining and Restaurant Cars that accompany
nil through Express Trains. You get an entire meal
as good as is served in any hrst~cass hoteI, Tor
seycrty-nye cents or you can order Tha- you EEe'
and p:,y for what you get -
Appreciating the fact that majority of the people
land tao enormous passenger business OF TINS !ine
rarra.tg Ill pleased to announce LfistL VI
Tnmna.ly runs its PALACE SLEEPING SAfSS ,t1ec
Steering purposes. and its PALACE O1N1Nt C]-A 3
for Eating purposes One other great 1ealHS q
PaY4sCE CARS are rum Through to Il
sTsCHTssSS and EEAVEEWORTfds
Tickets via this Line, known as tne
Ticket Agents In the United states and ~
For. Information not Obtalnable at your
A. IkINIBALL.
Gen,I Superintendent
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ermanent1y located at 3f7 Perry Street, DAvEN
ORT, IOWA, where he has been for eight years.
The Doctor has practieed medicine twenty years
and is regular graduate of British and American
Institutions. His treatment Is fnyari bic attended
with well established success. Persons coming
under treatment may rest assured OF recovering
every benefit Guaranteed By science, skill and .
cornprehensive experience, So
FEMALE COMPLAINTS LIN this department
Of medicine the Doctor is prepared to treat in the
most scientific manner. He earnestly solicite the
attention of the afflicted TO this notice feeling per-
fectly confident that his medicines give the most
speedy relief, Then do not delay, as a complaint
which is durable to-day may become ineurable In
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MEDICAL.
JUDGE NOT


past experience with travelling quacks, bat cor
suit the located Physician, the cele- se-
brated Specialist.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-10-21

The idaho AUdlanche, in abiding to the
MINERS expose of the pen blk, comments as
follows:
Our Tuscarora readers will recollect the
visit of g corpuleat gentleman to that town
during the month of August. We refer to
Professor Parker. He was in the habit of
amusing the people after nightfall by singing
songs, telling funny stories and playing the
banjo. Being very fluent with ''gab" he at
tracted large crowds around him. While en-
gagged IN this diversion he was also peddling
steel pens, and for every box thus disposed of
the purchaser was given a chance in a lottery
with a prospect of drawing a prize of 500 or
less. There were many blanks, but occa-
slonally some one of the crowd would make
a successful draw and get his money Oh the
spot. A gentleman named Winnegar il this
way drew a prize of 500 one evening. He
was the lucky cuss of the crowd. We didn't
hear of anybody else being so fortunate. The
Professor, who, by tue way, is a jolly, fat fell
low, promised us that he would visit Silver
City soon, but it seems he strayed off in the
direction of Montana.
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The Grass Valley Union says VIM. H. Kin
der, OF Gold ran, Placer country, has nearly
completed an extensive "under-cure nt'' on
Bear river, at a point a short distance below
the Crandall road crossing, for the purpose of
washing the mining tailings that flow down
the bed OF the stream and extracting the
fine gold therefrOm. To effect this a substan-
tial dam has been built across the river, which
is high enough to give the tailings a fall into
the sluices and under-current which are
placed on the east bank of the river, above
flood mark. The sluices will carry off the
heavy tailings while the fine particles will
drop through the inters.ices of the sluices in
to the under-current, which has a broad sur
face OF rifles and is charged with quicksilver.
A mining arrangement of this character is to a
great extent seff-operatins, and the under
currents are generally cleaned up bat once or
twice a year.. This is the first u~nder-current
placed on Bear river to collect the fine gold
that is known or believed to be carried into
the stream from the hydraulic mining opera
tiOns carried on in. the n~eighboring districts
on each side Of the riser. This plan has been
tried successfully in other districts on a
smaller scale, and it is thought that il will be
found profitable when applied to Bear river,
as 1t will take the washings of all the claims
that are running tailings into it. The cost of
the works will be about 81, 1000. iE42&&
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RELIGION OF HUDIBRAs.
BY SAMUEL BUTLER

~ v#k-FM-. BY SAMUEL bCILEh
For his religion, IL was fit
To matchthis learning and his wit: 3
twas Presbyterian true blue:
For he was OF, that stubborn crew
OF errant saints, whom all men grant
To be the true church militant;
Such as do build their faith upon
The holy text Of pike and gun; "3- d.
Decide all controversy by ......r .. .
Infallible artillery:
And prove their doctrine orthodox
BY apostolic blows and knocks;
Call fire, and sword, and deSolation,
A. godly thorough reformation.
Which always must be carried on
And still be doing, never done;
AS if religion were intended
For nothing else but to be mended;
A sect whose chief devotion lies
In odd perverse antipathies;
In falling out with that or this, .
And finding something still amiss;
More peevish. cross. and splenefic.
Than dog dlstraught or monkey sick;
That with more care keep holiday
The wrong, than Others the right way
Compound for sin they are inclined to,
BY damning those they have no mind to.
Still so perverse and opposite,
As if they worshipped God for spite;
The self-same thing they will abhOr
One way, and long another for:
Free-wil they. one way diSavoW,
Another. nothing else allow;
All piety consists therein
In them. In other men all sin:
Rather than fail, they will defy
That which they love most tenderly;
quarrel with mince pies. and disparage
Their best and dearest friend. plum-porridge;
Fat pig and goose itself oppose,
And blaspheme custaid through the nose.
TIL apostles of this fierce religion,
Like Mahomet's were ass and widgeon.
To whom onr knight, by fast instinct
OF wit and temper was SO linked,
AS if hypocrisy AMI Nonsense
Had got tn adrowson of his conscience.
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FARM AND
One hundred and five pounds is the weight
of q champion Florida watermelon.

One hundred and five pounds is the weight
of a champion Florida watermelon.
Wet a cloth in cold water and lay it on the
back of the neck. Fold a towel smoothly
over it, and very often it will sooth the weary
brain and quiet the nerves better than an
opiate. It'll particularly u~sefllin case OF adull
headache.
All medical writers agree that shaded streets
are an essential element to public health /;
that trees absorb miasma, purify the atmos-
phere, create currents OF air, and produce a
refreshing GOODNESS. A tree is never at rest,
even in a dead calm. 1t is always ffutterinS
its foliage and stirring up the stagnant atmos-
phere around it.
Mrs. Longley of South Amherst, Mass, is
an educated and refine woman, who takes
the whole care and management of her large
farm. She understands farm work and
superintends her laborers. Her successful
farming does not interfere with her taste for
literature.
Mix the best powdered rice with a little
cold water than gradually add boiling water
until a proper consistence is acquired, being
careful to keep it well stirred all the time ;
lastly, it must be boiled for one minute in a
clean saucepan. This glue will be beauti-
fully white and almost transparent, for which
reason it is we'll adapted for fancy paper
work, which requires a strong and c~olorless
cement,
A simple device for ventilating bedrooms Is
within the reach of every one having an
ordinary window in his room, by which fresh
ouler-air can be admitted in small quantity
with such an upward current as will prevent
its being felt as an injurious draft by the in
mates. 1t is particularly adapted for sleep
ing-rooms, when the weather is too cold to
admit of an open window. Thus ; start both
top and bottom sashes of the window half an
inch, which is not quite enough to clear the
rebate or stop-beads at top and bottom, but
which leaves an opening of an inch between
the meeting rails, through which a current
enters, but diverted upward by the glass, as it
should be, so as not to fall directly to the
floor, as its GOODNESS might otherwise induce
it to do. 1t thus becomes well mixed with
the air of the room without being felt as a
draft.
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IN OUNCE OF MIRIH."

judges position is a trying one.
Charity covers a multitude of church
lotteries.
During the deluge Mr.. Noah was in the
habit of calling his wife ark angel.
There is no use in wasting time showing
how to keep ice cool. 1t cannot be kept any
other way.
Honor thy wife's father and mother, that
thy days may be long upon the land which the
old folks give thee.
The law can never make a man honest.
1t can only make him very uncomfortable
when he is dishonest.
"Throw him a rope" is the proper thing to
say when you see a friend of yours over
bored. The effect is magical.
when the corn is waiving,' means when
a superabundance Of the grain in liquid
state, causes the sidewalks to o~scillate.
Bob Ingersoll must be a very forgiving sort
of person. He is very bald, and yet he
bellows loudly for woman suffrage.
Now tell me candidly. are YOU, g%uiltv?:'
asked a lawyer of his client in the county
Jail. 'Why do you suppose I'd be fool
enough to hire a lawyer if / was innocent?"
"Remember who you are talking to, SIR
said All indignant parent to a ~tacetious boy,
II am your father ''Well, who's to blame
Tor that ?' said the young impertinent, '.'taint
me-"
"lf were as hard up as you are, remarked
one citizen to another this week. '.Id get out
of it some way if l had to beg or steal.''
''What, | beg | steal?" exclaimed the other,
indignantlv-"Id sooner-sooner get trusted!'
A great purple spot was lately discovered
on the face of Jupiter, and the scientific
question of the day is. What's the matter of
Jupe? After thorough investigation of the
matter, and the making of many comparative
observations, We conclude that Jupiter told
Mars he was a liar.
Club. die you ever stop to think said a
grocer, rece ltly, as he measured out half a
peck of potatoes, ''that these potatoes contain
sugar, water and starch ?" mo, l didn't
replied the boy ''but I heard mother say you
put peas and beans III your coffee and about a
pint OF water in every quart Of milk you
Sold"
"Young man." said a stern old professor
to a student who had been charged with kiss
ing one of his MISUNDERSTANDING man, don't
get into the habit. You'll find that kissinsis
like eating soup with afork." ':How so STRIP
asked the student. Because answered the
stern old professor, "you can't get enough OF
it,"
An elderly gentleman called a: a lodging
house, and asked the servant who opened the
door, "Have you a room to let ?" eyes, she
replied "but-" '.But, what ?" asked the
gentleman. "You are over sixty, aren't
you?' asked the girl. eyes he answered, 81
am sixty-five." 81 thought So" said the girl
"You can't have the room, as my missis don'
want any funerals from her house %
care yon married." queiied a New York
justice to Mary Reilly, an old law-breakel
who was up before him OF Saturday, for being
drunk. NO was the reply, s'but if you will.
let me off will fine some nice fellow and
marry him." "For fear you will,' replied the
magistrate, 81 will send you up to the island
for three months" The male sex have q
noble protector in this dispensate of justice
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NEWS.

Among the New Goods received by f. L. Bon
ner & Co., are the following:
30 Suits French and English Diagonals.
30 doz. Mems Hats, So to SIS each.
100 pair Mems French Calf Hand Sewed Shoes.
$50 Mems Suits Scotch and California CASH
mereS.
100 Pair Blankets at SIS per pair; worth 81.
rs Suits Boys Clothing of a Superior Quality.
20 Bales of Mission Underwear, Socks and
California Overalls.
10 Bales Bleached and Brown Sheetings.
5CaSeS Print.
AT their New Store Main Street.
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At sBIulm's

AT ssBIumss BaZaar'
you will find
LADIES' Fail Hats, Children's Lace Caps, Neu
Ribbons, Lace Bids, Ne,o Cuffs and Collars,
Hood Nubias, Hood Scarts, Hood Sha,Dls,
and a number Of other new articles just re-
ceired. $50
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HAUNTED.


Haunied:r Yes, for 32 years.
was 80 my last birthday. l gradu-
ated at 20. was IS and g soph =
when we fellows sent John Grey to
Coventry. "John James Grey'--so
stood his name In the College catalogue.
Among US be was known as " Lady
Jane.n
can not tell you how odd 1t seemed
TO me to stand Is years ago in front OF
small, faded portrait Of the poor little
10 days. queen, whose head was the
foot ball to the vaulting ambition OF
Messrs. Northumberland & Co., and to
recognize in the sad brown eyes the
same wistful appeal saw in another
pair when I last looked into them. 1t
was mere coincidence, OF course, but
the portrait on the wall in the Bodleian
Gallery, Oxford, has John Grey's eyes,
as | noted before / knew whose the
likeness wns.
We called him "Lady Jane then,
partly In parody Of his real name, As
much because Of = certain refinement OF
rnanne- snd appearance, that was neith-
or delicacy nor lack Of manliness. II
was 3 boyish way of acknowledging that
he was bit Of choice porcelain cast by
chance among coarser pottery. None
ofus even in jest called him . milksop
LOT, Is the collegian Of this generation
would put it, muff.'
He was an admirable student, . jovial
comrade, ready alike for work and irol-
ic--in Short - good fellow through
and through and q decided favOrlte
With d all until what am about to tell
you happened.
I'VE were in Old Chess's room that
morning. "Chess'' was short for Ches-
terfield. We thus dubbed the Profess
or Of Greek, his name being Field, his
body as long and stiff a. the Levitical
law, and bis disposition as surly a. that
Of = hyena. To hate him came to Us by
nature, and he taught thirty-nine out Of
the forty In the class TO abhor the sight
and sound Of Greek word. The for
tieth man was Lady Jane.
His aptitude for language, ancient
and modern, was marvellous, and Old
Chess, with characteristic tact and
grace, used the lads proficiency as q
ferule for the rest Of Us never prais-
ing him, you may be sure, but with hap.
py adroitness proving what ounces We
were, not to attain TO even so mean .
standard = was set up by one Of our
number. AftFATtf~
Nevertheless, 1t was understood that
II Old Chess could. like any body, TO
Lady Jane belonged the honor Of his
pArtiality. IL was 1t once an evidence
Of the unpopularity Of the professor,
and our foundness for the pupil, that
none u Us envied the latter. In no 9th
or department Of the venerable institu-
ton We were TO remember a. our Alma
Mater did the lord OF misrule have such
sway Is In the Greek-room.
The like Law obtains in every college.
liancy. Your best beloved preceptor
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res, 'tis true The blinds are closed. and
the frnut door streams with Grape.
surely through the house last eve stole
Dimly sem by only one-viewless. soundless
70 the rect;
Only one deserted the arrow ere its death
psng pierced his breast.
why they say he kissed his wife, she was
sitting BY the door.
serths ssy Was soc Ger .''A A""'' '0''s''
And the twilight wind stirred softly. tapped
While be lated bees swung s; slowly homeward
through the scented lane.
Ruth. he said, and touched her brow. gently
stopped and ~ sed her. sitting there. she
was struck with sudden fright.
All ,r what r., T. y yonn =, sns CRIED do you
Nor he answered. mo, dear wife. II It's
any one, It's ]"
Full ten years or more had passed since he'd
given her word
Thouehtfoi, feeling like, caressing. She could
scarce believe she heard
Rightly now. Their talk. you see. was. most
part about the farm
Buster, eggs. the new Alderney. making hay;
they meant no harm
\ Kindly. honest, Christian folk. beth the dea-
Only somehow they had lost all the romance
out of lite,
Aud the love which they began with, like q
4 hower o'ergrown with weeds.
Struggled on, half c hoked, alf-burfed, In the
strife for worldly needs.
Well. the night came on apace. All the usual
chores were done,
And they went 10 bed as usual; rising always
with the sun.
Twas not worth while burning candles; and
nc midnight. 10 call
Woke the sleepers. One was taken. one was
left-and thar was all.
Lucy told me OF the kiss. On her way tomeet
the choir,
She had stopped TO see Aunt Ruth. she and
Neighbour Browns Desire.
They were not surprised this morning when
they heard kbat he was dead.
That he must have had q warning was what
our Lucy said
But think the real love. the true love. that
never dies,
Once two loyal hearts have known IL. wax 4
ened meath those evening skies.
And twill be a comfort sweet. in her lonely \
time TO be,
That before he went, he spoke to the dear
wife" fenderIy.
--M0rgurf n. Sangsfer, In f0sfhs Companion
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Miss Irish Is young lady only 20
years old, who has been employed as
Assistant Librarian in the Department
Of the Interior, and has been doing the
foreign correspondence in that depart
ment. She knows German, Spanish
and Italian, and IL credited with un-
common tact and discretion in conduct
ing the correspondence. When her ia
Their now Chief Of the Bureau Of Print
ing and Engraving was connected with
legation abroad, Miss Irish, then .
child, was much petted by Auerbach,
the novelist, and, since she has grown
up, she has made translation Of one
Of his novels, which pleased him so
greatly that he wishes her to translate
all his later works.
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bearing. A fine boy, with heart Of
goldl But, rs was about TO say, am
truly grieved TO see this"
He passed the paper 70 me. his thumb
upon paragraph
ION the OH inst, in Memphis, OF vel
low fever. john James Grey, aged 2s.-
Youihs's Companion.
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Boil the Feelings Of old potatoes in
your porcelain kettle; IL will be made
white and the stains will disappear.