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A Sure Thing.

DIR. Hunters Specific and Injection No.
l are warranted to cure Gonorrhea, elect,
Chordes, Structure, diseases of the Kid
ueys, Bladder and Urinary Organs of
males and females.
DR.. Hunters Specific No. Elsa sure
remedy for sDermatorrhea, seminal weak
ness, nightly emissions and loss of power,
caused by self. abuse or excessive Indul-
gence Price of DR.. Hunters Specific, So
per bottle; injection, 81. Sent every
where by express. DR.. j. Dinsbeer, sole
proprietor, No. AIS North Seventh street
ST. Louis, Mo, Send 2 stamps for g
treatise, Cures guaranteed, or money re-
funded.
DR.. Dinsbeer will treat all chronic dis
eases, and furnish medicines. for les:
money than any other physician in St
Louis Write or call,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-23

AN exchange says: "The newdouble
postal card which is soon to be issued by
the government, is not any larger than
the present style. but it will have a stamp
on each upper corner, and will cost two
cents. The stamp on the upper right hand
corner will be cancelled when the card is
sent for the first time, and the other when
it is returned. When it first goes the
writer puts his communication on the back
and the address of his correspondent on
the face. The receiver answer on the same
card, grasses his name and writes that of
the person who sent it to him. The original
sender must be careful not to use all of the
space on the card The advantages are
economy and convenience, and then, too,
as evidence in legal proceedings, there is
sometimes an advantage in having a com.
munication and it's answer together on the
same card or paper. The new card il
likely to be quite popular"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-23
CURE YOURSELF!

DR. Bohnnnans vegetAbe Curative is warranted 70 PEI;
manently all forms Of spermAttorrhss or seminal
Weakness, General Debility, Impoteney etc. and Tes9If
@Lost Power" and brings back the tOnthful tlEeT q
those who have destroyed by sexual exeesses OF eva
tees, in from TO seven weeks time. THIS remedy
has been used by Dr. Bohannan IN his private PRAGUE io
thirty years, known to al IN curing CT
the WORST CASES. It gives vitality and impars enersy
with wonderful effect TO those mddle-aged HeH Who ie
weakness beyond their years. Its nvgOaing properties
felt at once. Young suffering from ne coL'e.
quences Of that dreadfuy destructive habit OF I
this medicine with the assurance Of stt 50
PERTINENT The patient saina si-e2sta an aAii
dey of spirits al once, as it acts directly o. te pHt -
ed soothing and healing tonic and a1ooyne y -
lsxed seminal vesicies and rritated ducts iIIa 80.
and tone and restoring them TO their natural sA te
if the banefuI habit had been INDUCED IN
ingredients simple productions OF iO
herbs etc, and specific for the above disease 49, O.,
E4- Price, Five Dollars. sent with full directions e
any address. For sale only Dr. c. A BohsnDans oe
No 81 North Fifth street. between Washington avenue sA
Green street. ST. Louis no. Established in lSa -.
ps-D DR.. BIS "Trestse Special Diseases, which gEts
clear delineaton of the nature, causes, symptoms
cure, ETC., of SYPHILIS. SEMINAL WEAKNESS, Iii FILA
FREE to any address upon receipt OF one stamp
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-23

Why Submit to the Discomfort, and
humiliation entailed by local disease
of the skin, when GLENN's SULPHUR
SOAP will rid you of it with certainty
and despatch? 1t is remedy which
never fails to relieve cutaneOUs disease
and, as means of banishing defects OF
the complexion. it is equally reliable.
The Benefits arising from the use of
Sulphur Baths, in cases of skin disease.
and of rheumatism and govt, are well
known, but the cost is too heavy to
be incurred by many persons who
would otherwise take advantage of
them. GLENN's SULPHUR SOAP answ ers
the same purpose, and is both ineXpen-
sive and convenient. No one need stir
abroad In search OF q sulphur bath who
has this Admirable means of provid-
ing one indoors. 1t is incOmparably
the best deodOrizer and disinfectant of
clothing and bed linen in use, and pre-
vents diseases of an obnoxious nature
caused by contact. Sores, ulcers,
bruises, scalds, cuts, and sprains are
promptly remedied by it; and its clean
ly. healing and soothing properties
constitute it far more desirable RENE.
dy for scOrbutic ailment than ointment
Of any description, since such greasy
compounds soil the clothing, often ags
gravate, and very rarely indeed do any
permanent good.
Sold by Druggists. Price % cents
per cake. l Box e cakes) 75c., sent by
mail, prepaid, on receipt of price. G.
N. CRITTENToN. PrOp'r Sixth Avenue,
New Y Ork.
HILLS HAIR AND WHIsKER DYE,
Black or Brown, SOC.
Legal Blanks, ofaIl kinds for sale at
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heaven-here and there a traveller, but
always in some small Office. Here and
there we ind some county clerk with an
empty coat sleeve or a cork limb-but
they are scarce-hard to find because we
are loved-provided we vote right.
Twenty thousand of our comrades sleep
the everlasting sleep because OF lives given
for the nation, and in this great sacrlflce
Lot0d IN proportion to population std,a6s
first. Republics are grateful. or rather
the Republican party. who saved the lie
of the nation, is and therefore 1t Is OF the
great love for you that SO many OF our
comrades hold 80 many and such high
positions on the lists. LII
Rebels have no gratitude for the dead,
nor pride in their living soldiers, and thus
it is explained why we have so many
Union generals 10 congress and the rebels
30 few. i? 1t was no doubt gratitude Tor
past sufferings and heroism that Maine
has two able-bodied men in the United
States senate, and South Carolina two
poor, one legged Confederates, who only
obtained their seats through the kindness
of our republican members of the North
in passing the different amnesty bills and
restoring to citizenship all offenders, thus
making treason odious' and solving the
question who won at Shiloh" Did you
6ous? or was it as past events have proven
that noble patriotic band known as home
guards2
The Blue Ribbon Nesos, of Davenport,
makes one addition to the Iowa roll of
those who never wore the blue"
Mr.. Edward Russell, postmaster of Da-
venport, at salary of $4,000 per year,
but who, for the service of political dem
agogue, had as gallant soldier (Gen,
Add. H. Sanders) as Iowa had in the
field, removed from the postofice of this
city, for the purpose of making room for
himself that he might enjoy fat living at
the hands of a government he did not fight
to save.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-23
WEsTTsN UNION RAILROAD.

FUh fAOINh q hIILW AUhNN.
LEAVE ARRIVE
Oay Express and Mai, .S:55 6:05 pm
Night Express 1920 P 600sAx
The night express leaving Rock Island every
Sunday night at 1905 connects with the train arri
wing in Chicago early Monday morning. No lay
over checks given on through tickets from Rock
sland to Chicago. Through tickets only good on
thietIAln.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-23

Passengers carried on Freight trains as follows:
EAST. .........4:45 p m WEST. 49,. 10 30 m
GEO. NJ Loosely, Agent, Rock Island.
A. KIMBALL, E. ST. JOHN,
Gen1 Sup't. Gen. Tiki & Pass. Agt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-23

THE ARGUS JOB PRINTING Rooms
turn out Cards, Circulars, Note Heads
Bill Heads, Law Briefs, and all otheI
kinds of Printing, in the highest style of
the art, aud on the most reasonable terms.
And THE ARGUS Book BINDERY is doing
all kinds of work in that line, neat, quick
and cheap. The friends of the paper and
the public generally are invited to give our
work trial, dwt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-23
NORTTIWE@T.

Trains leave Rock Island as follows: Day Elk.
press at :55 M arriving at Racine $50 p m, and
Milwaukee $40 p M; Night Express at 1920 m,
arriving at Racine 900 N, and Milwaukee 9:l5
m, connecting at Fulton with Chicago q North
western Railroad for Morrison, Sterling and Dixon
At Freeport with Illinois Central Railroad for Du
buque Lacrosse, and all points North. At Beloit
with the Madison Division of the Chicago & North
western Railway for Madison At Clinton juno
ton with the Western Division of the Chicago q
Northwestern Railway for GAINESVILLE, Oshkosh and
Green Bay At Western Union Junction with the
Chicago. Milwaukee g. st. Paul Railway for Chi
cago and all Eastern points. At Milwaukee with
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway for
tage City, Kilbourn, Lacrosse. Oshkosh, Minneap-
oils and st. Paul. Also with the Wisconsin Central
Railroad for Plymouth, Green Bay. Menasha, Ste
vens' Point and Ashland, And with the Milwaukee
Lake Shore g. Western Railroad for Sheboygan,
Manitowoc, New L pndon and Clintonville.
West bound trains leave Milwaukee at tbs m,
and 6:15 IN, making close connections for all
points in the West and Southwest.
This is the only line running through
Day Coaches and Sleeping Cars between
Milwaukee and Rock Island.
Passengers wishing to take the sleeper leaving
Rock Island at 1920 m caR do so any time after
p IN. Passengers for Dubuque can thas secure a
rest from p m until $40 m,
Be sure that your tickets read via Western Union
Railroad.
Tickets on sale at all principal ticket offices.
For information regarding rates, routes, etc, ad-
D. A OLIN, FRED WILD,
Gen'l Supt., Genl Ticket Ag't,
Racine Wisconsin
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-23
AND CAThRRH

Dr.. 3. ". Reads Celebrated Asthma Relief
y undoubtedly the best remedy for AsrHMA AND
OATARRH yet discovered, also sure cure for COLDS
AND CoUeHs. Relief is guaranteed or purchase
price refunded. Samples sent free to any who nav
desire. The medicine is put up In two sized mack
ages and retais Tor SOC. and 81 co. nz price "a 50
ana ST:0O Those remitting retail price will have
tne medicine promptly forwsrded by return RialI.
Auurees A. ETHRIDGR
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EocE ISLAND 4 PEORIA RAILWAY.


SHORTEST ROUTE 70 TIE EAST AND SOUTH.
LEAVE ARRIVE.
6 AS m Way Freight. 2:3O m F'ht & Accom'on
9:15 - Fast Express. 20 p N Mail and Express
25 IN Mail and Exp's. $50 " Fast Express.
$50 - F'ht & Accom'n 4:45 Way Ere ght.
The 80 p m train makes close connection At
Galva with c & Q for points west arriving at
Galesburg at 100 m; at Burlington 7:15 p m at
KeOkuk gas p m and at Quincy $40 p m; also
making close connection at Peor with l B & "
and T P & W roads for all points east and south.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-23
East and South !
TAKE THE
TAKE THE

NJ 0Leaves Champaign, 600 a m Danville,
" u" q T:a5 m; Charlottesville, 9:15 m.
Arrives INDIANAPOLIS, Il 40 I'm; CINCINNATI, :05
p m; DAYTON, $40 m; LOUISVILLE, 7s45 pm.
NJ Il Leaves Peoria 9:05 m; Bloomington,
~ % L 1900 a m; Farmer City, 1900 noon ;
louisville, 4 05 pm. Arrives at INDIANAPOLIS 40
p m; CINCINNATI, 1000 p m; LOUISVILLE, II 100
m: NASHVILLE Z 20 m; Columbus, IL SO IN !;
Wheeling, 1l:2s m PITTsBURG, $50 m; BALTI-
ADELPhlA, Ti2O p m; NEW YORK, '1C:15 m !;
Cleveland 7:1O N Buffalo, 10 p ID ALBANY 70 =
40 m. But ONE NIaHT out to principal Eastern
Cities.
NJ RLeaves Rock Island, :55 p m; Peoria
Bloomington, $40 M Farmer City, 10 :3s D m !;
Champaign II :35 pm; Danvile, 1:15 m; Craw-
fordsville, AT m. Arrives indianapolis. 4:10
m; CINCINNATI, e:15 IN; LOUSY LILLE, 3 30 q IN /;
Nashville, 80 D m; DAYTON, $50 N Columbus
IL 30 p m; Wheeling 6:15 m; PITTsBURG, 7:35
p IN; BALTIMORE, As q m; WASHINGTON B. 10
m; PHILADELPHIA. 7:40 m; NEW YORK, 1O:-
IS a m; Cleveland, 2:40 m; Buffalo, 8 05 pm;
Albany, 6:20 IN; Boston, 2:40 pm.
Ea RECLINING CHAIR SLEEPING CARS, with State
Rooms, are run on Noe from Peoria to Indian
apohs.
Close connections made by Nos 4 and at Dan.
vile, reaching Terre Haute, Vineenhes and Evans
vile, Lafayette, Logansport, TT Wayne, Toledo and
Detroit in advance of Other lines
The l. B. 6 W. is the shortest through line
and reaches all Eastern cities quick time as
Its competitors, without excessive speed, and with
the advantage OF the FINEST OUTFIT OF THRoUHe
CARS IN THE WEST.
Address the General Agent, and Fget q COPY of
our NEW mAP-FoLDER, giving full Information
"H0W TO REACH THE EAST AND SOUTH
j FLEsCHER, Gent Agent
JOHN W BROWN, Gen'l Pass & Ticket Agt
INDIANAPOLIS, IND
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-23
aocY ISLAND Z KEacgR CO., "a,

Leave Rock Island at 300 m, Ii 80 NJ and 10
pm. Arriving at Gable at II 10 a m, 80 p IN,
and sos p m.
leave Cable ct $50 m, 1878 m. and 8 rs p m,
Arriving at Rock Island at SIS q. M, 2:3O p. m.
and 500 IN.
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Legal Blanks, ofall kinds for sale at
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WAS RESOLVED THAT IF THERE WAS
TO BE AN AUCTION OF THE CHIEF MAGIs-
TRACY OF MY COUNTRY WOULD NOT BE
AMONG THE BIDDERS. President Samuel
u Tflden.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
The Blue-GIass Theory Revi we'd.

The latest Boston medical idea is an
elaboration of the blue glass theory.
Sunlight is thrown into water through
colOred lenses, and thus curative quali-
ties are impaired to the water. The
inventor says so, at least. The suns
rays" he explains, " are composed of
actual substances with their exquisite
and wonderful chemical powers, and,
aided by spectrum analysis, ! have been
able to give the leading elements that
compose each color. Each color has its
own distinct power to heal" Red,
orange, and yellow are warm eOlors, and
directly exciting in their nature, while
blue and violet are soothing. His man
ner Of applying these remedies Is as fol-
lows: Health comes from the equili-
brium of cOlors in the human system,
and when ever any one oOlCr is so much
in excess as to produce disease, harmony
must be brought about by finding the
color which is its chemical affinity.
Thus, if 8 person abounds in redness, as
in red hair and flushed skin, he needs
blue light. Whenever the blue prevails
too much, so as to give blue veins, blue
finger nails, and a pale cold condition,
the warm red and orange light is
needed. When g person has too great a
nervous activity, the yellow together
with some red elements of his system,
are too active, and he needs the violet
and blue elements OF sunli ght to har-
monize his forces and act as delightful
nervines." Converts to this new school
of medicine suspend coloTed lenses over
bowls of water and drink the warmed
fluid.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10

A MAN who had no luck at mining In
Colorado found himself in Denver with
only q little of his original capital left
He had large brick made of worth
less metal, except heavy coating of gold
and solid gold corner Then he went
to fortune seeker, and said: "Several
years ago a friend of mine was indiscreet
enough to attach himself to a gang of
road agents. A big haul was made, and
he received sold gold brick as his share.
All the robbers had been captured and
sent to the penitentisry with the excepr
tion of this young man. He kept quiet,
and is now leading a respectable life
He is still in possession of the gold brick
but he dare net offer it for sale at the
Denver mint or at any Of the jewelry
stores, for fear of raising suspicion. The
price is So. SEQ, about half what it is reals
ly worth" The fortune hunter was
told to break off a corner as a sample.
OF course the piece was taken nom the
small part that was gold. Eventually
he bought the bri OK, and sent it TO st.
Louis, where it is now on exhibition.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
81 so PER ANNUM.
LnIn,s Farewell Letter.


The following is the letter IN which
young Napoleon stated his purpose OF
going to South Africs, and his reasons
for doing it:
MY DEAR NJ. RoUHER.-I am about
to quit Europe, and my absence may
last some months I have TOO many
faithful friends in France to think it POS
sible for me to keep silence on the Tea-
sens of departure. For eight years l
have been the guest OF England. have
completed my education in one of her
military schools, and on several occasions
have strengthened the bonds which
connect me with the English army, by
sharing in the crest mSneuvers it has
executed. The war which Englsnd
mas for more than year been carrying
on at the Cape of Good Hope has Just as
sumed a character of gravity which it
had not till now possessed. desire to
follow the operations, and I embark in
two days. In France, where, thank God,
party spirit hss not destroyed the mills
tsry spirit, it will be felt that l did not
wish to remain q stranger to the fatigue
and dangers of those troops among whom
[ count so many comrades. The time I
shall devcte to witnessing this conflict of
civilization against bsrbSrism will not
be lost for me Afar, as near, my thought
will constantly be directed toward
France. 1 shall watch with interest and
without disquietude the gradual phases
she will pass through, for l am certain
God protects her. I am certain that
during my absence the partisans of the
imperial cause will remain united and
confident, and will continue to give the
country the spectacle of party which,
faithful to its doctrines, remains ever
animated by sentiments of the most ar
dent patriotism. Accept, my dear NJ.
Rouher, the assurance of my sincre
friendship"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
The GalIOws in Russia.

The Paris Figaro contains an account
of the execution of SolOvieff. the would
be assassin of the CZaT of Russia. The
prisoner, ssys the writer, was pale, but
collected, and his expression was that Of
defiance. Round his neck was hung q
small black placard bearing in white let
ters the inscription, estate criminal
He got down unsided from the cart In
which he had been conveyed to the scene
of execution, and he looked fixedly at
the scaffold, which he Immediately alter
ward ascended. The authorities took
their places in front of him and the troops
presented arms while the sentence Of
death was being read, the hangman hold
ing the p isoner's right hand the WHILE
Ivan FrOlloff, the executiOner, is a muir
derer, who was condemned to hard labor
for sixteen years, but whose sentence
was commuted upon acceptance of the
Office of executiOner. His assistants
were robbers, who gladly exchanged their
prison life for temporary work OF more
active and exciting nature. No sooner
had the sentence been reSd than the
beating of thirty drums rendered au
/ other sounds inaudible. But q pope,
cross in hand, was seen TO advance to-
ward the prisoner and address 3 few
words to him Solovieff merely smiled
and made sign of the hand showing
that he did not desire the approach OF the
Russian priest. The latter retired,
blessing the prisoner, who bowed, turns
ing his head aside the while, and mutter.
ing the words, heard by the hangman
alone, " do not want him lit would be
useless" Solovieff was then covered
with long white dress, to which 8 cap
was attached for the head, his hands
were tied behind his back, 3 stool was
brought, and the prisoner stepped upon
it. The executioner Immediately placed
the rope round the neck of the WOuld~be
regicide, and withdrew the stool. The
cord frightened with a sudden jerk, but
the drop being very short, more than
seven minutes elapsed before life was
extinct. During these awful moments
tie violent contOrtiOns of the arms and
legs Of the miserable man gave signs of
the death struggle that was going on,
but the gigantic crowd seemed more
moved by curiosity than horror at the
scene enacted before them. Presently
the corpse was cut down, the physician
bore witness TO the prisoners death, and
his remains were placed IN p coffin. a
one-horse cart, surrounded by powerful
escort of gendarmes and COssacks, took
away the body, and the crowd dispersed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
An Old AnpIe Tree.

An apple tree standing in Mr.. Delos
Hotchkisss doer>yard, in the north
western part of the town of Chesire.
Conn.,, is thought to be the largest in
the United States. It's age can be traced
by family tradition 14O years at, least
and il may be 20 or 25 years older. 1t
is at the present time of symmetrical
shape, and the trunk is nearly round,
without a scar or blemish on it. There
are eight large branches; five of these,
Mr.. Hotchkiss says, have been in the
habit OF bearing one year, and the re-
manning three the next; but when the
Centennial year came, the old tree,
which must have attained the prime of
ordinary apple tree life before the nation
was born, expanded its blossoms into a
complete crown Of glory, and bore fruit
ali over the tree. Mr.. HOtchkiss has
had q crop of s. bushels of fruit in one
yesr from the five branches, and his
predecessors have harvested a crop Of
Il9 bushels from the same five branches.
The dimensions of the tree are Girth,
Il feet inches; height, so feet and
the spread of the branches six reds.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-07-10
FACTS AND FANCIES.
Light AND LOVE

LIGHT AND LOVE.
The night has thousand eyes,
And the day Dut one.
Yet the light Of The bright world dies
With the dying sun
The mind has thousand eyes
And the heart but one;
Yet the light of whole life dies
When love is done
THE Burlington Hswkeye hiss over
heard a poor but earnest Iowa tramp
say: " Build low rOosts and put out the
moon. and III never beg for another
morseI of food SIS long as live"
THE wonderful gown, woven from
spider webs, which the empress o. Brazil
presented to Queen Victoria is very
besutiful, and exceeds in fDeness any
silk gown. 1t is estimated that 100000
spider webs would be required for forty
yards of such cloth.
8 a LADY Of this city is in the hsbit of
reading to her children for half sn hour
before they 60 to sleep. She hiss pet
parrot. and now and then polly takes
notion to read snd continues for fifteen
minutes at 8 time, with intervals for
coughing. No one can understand 8
word the bird ssys. - POughkeepsie
Eagle.l
"WHY, Charles she exclaimed in
great surprise, care you chewing tobac~
CO - And Charles lapoed the quid care~
fully under his tongue, and replied:
'' Why, no. dear; I've been out q good
deal to-day and my teeth got badly sun
burnt" 1t was a new idea to her, but
she would rather have his whole mouth
sunburnt than to find him chewing to-
baeeo. These women are so suspicious.
= Detroit Post.
IT is rumored around that profits of
J. b. Hsverly for the season of 1873 79
were $3.50, 600; Mary Anderson, SS5,-.
600; A. NJ. Palmer, S32, 900: Fanny
Davenport, $50, 1000; Dion BOucicault,
sos, ,O0G; Rarrigan and Hart, $4,000;
John McCullough, 5000; BIodjeska,
500. 900; II. J. Sargent, $50, ,000; j. X.
Emmett, $4,000; Colonel AIapleson,
$50, 600; Lawrence Barrett, IS 600; W.
J. Florence. 5000, and John 7. Ray
mond, $4,000.
IT it said that the woman who hesi-
tates is lost. This is not always so,
hewever. Quite frequently it is the
other woman who is coming right back
of her, and don't see her stop to pick up
her dress. In one instance last Sunday,
on Main street, the woman who ran
against the other was thrown, and in
falling split breadth in her own silk
with her own sunshade. Ladies N psus-
ing to get the proper hold of their skirts
should ring bell or step out into the
road,