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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
Specinl Invitation.

Call at your Drug Store and get trial
bottle of DR.. KING s New DISCOVERY, free
ofchdrge,if you are suffering with Cough,
Cold, Asthma, Bronchitis, Hay Fever,
Consumption, loss of voice, tickling in the
throat, or any affection of the Throat or
Lungs. This Is the great remedy that is
causing so much excitement by its many
wonderful cures, curing thousands of
hopeless cases. Over one million bottles
of DR.. KINGS New DISCOVERY have been
used within the last year. and have given
perfect satisfaction in every instance. We
can unhesitatingly say that this is really
the only sure cure for throat and lung af-
fectione, and can cheerfuIly recommend it
to all. Call and get trial bottle free of
charge, or a regular size for $l.00. G.
Speidel, Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

There is no doubt in our mind, after Pc
rusing the testimonials, and investigating
the merits of PUTNAM's hot forged and
hammer pointed horse shoe nails, which
are guaranteed not to split and silver in
driving, that they are superior to others,
consequently are indispensable in every
blacksmith's forge throughout the length
and breadth of the land Owners ofhorses
should insist upon having them used in
shoeiug in preference to cold rolled iron
cat mails, which lame horses. The Put
nam nail is the cheapest and best horse
shoe nail, and you get from 45O to 500
nails more in a box than Of any other
make.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

IMPORTANT TO PERSONS VISITING New
4oRK.-One Of the best kept and most
convenient Hotels for Merchants and others
to stop at when in New York is the Grand
Union Hotel, nearly opposite the Grand
Central Depot, kept on the European plan
you therefore only pay for what you set.
Everything is first class, and prices mod
crate, adapted 10 the striugency of the
times. You save the expense of carriage
hire, and By leaving your baggage check
on the counter of the Hotel, your baggage
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

DIAMoND.-The best in the world
SO acknowled by all who have tried EvoRY's
CELEBRATED CALIFORNIA DIAMOND
CATARRH REMEDY. 1t gives immediate
relief, aad few bottles cure the worst
cases. Be sqrs you get the DIAMOND
ttTade mark az there are worthless imita-
tons offered for sale The genuine is
prepared only by DR.. A. 7. Ev0RY & Co,
80 Hall street, Brooklyn. P. q. Bog
1862, New Work City. Sold By all Drug,
gists. 80 cents 3 Bottle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
Rucklen.a Arnioa snlva.

The BEST sALvE in the world for Cute,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, let
ter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns.
and all kinds of Skin Eruptions. This
salve is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction in every case, or money refunded.
Price rs Cents per box. For sale by G.
SPEIDEI.. Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

El4,t,..t,1.lar;;agcG Guide. 2C0 pages, Gle n
ana git binding, 30 cents; same in paper
covers - cts. Manhood, 10 cents; Woman
hood, 10 cents; Pamphlet, cents-securely
sealed, by mail. Send money or postage
stamps. DIR. WHITTIER. the great specialist,
617 st. Charles Street. st. Louis, Mo,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
Tax Norice.

respectfully call the attention oftax pay
ers that the sale for tax of 1918 will com
mence at ten O clock in the forenoon of Mon
day. June 9th. There being but a short
time in which to pay taxes before the sale,
my Office will be open from seven TO nine
o'clock 10 the evening. Office IN the court
house
5-2Od&wtf S. R. PORTER, Collector.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

Homer Lowrey left for the Hot Springs,
Ark, last evening, to be present as guest
at the wedding of the daughter of our
former townsman, John Conger. MIR.
Lowrey will visit the silver regions before
he returns. He has an eye to wealth.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

PURE COP LIVER OH, made from fresh
selected livers, on the sea shore, by Cas-
well, Hazard & Co., New York. 1t is alb
solutely Pure and sneet. Patients who
have once taken it prefer it to all others.
Physicians have decided it superior to any
Of the other oils 10 the market.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

Frank Miller's Harness Oil and Backing
is pronounced BY the trade generally to be
the best manufactured. The grade of
these goods is always standard aud their
reputation unsurpassed anywhere. The
firm is one of the Oldest in the country and
has the largest trade in its line. diff
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

Every moment of our lives every part Of
our body is wearing out and being built up
anew. This work is accomplished By the
blood, but if the blood does not perform
its work properly the system is poisoned.
Cleanse the blood by the use of DR.. Bulls
Baltimore Pills. Harmless but efficient.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

= The Kinds Temperance bill" per
mittirg women in this State to vote upon
public temperance questions-the bill in
which the Woman's Christian Union had
specific interest-was finally killed 10
the House at Springfield on the goth by a
vote of SO to 81.
Lace buntings. plaid and plain buntings,
linen lawns, zephyr ginghams, and many
other dress goods. Just opened, at
MITCHELL & PARSONS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
Judge Peasants Rulings on the Law

Some criticism on Judge Peasants has
been INDUCED in as to the recent trial for
murder on the ground of the time con-
sumed in obtaining jury. Every person
eonyersant with the matter knows that the
Judge had no control over that question;
the attorneys on both sides are to be
blamed for that, if any one is in fault. re-
ally there was no fault. the jury were Sc
lected in very short time considering the
public interest which had been excited and
the recent occurrence of the murder.
1t has also been thought that the con-
tinuance should not have been granted to
Ross, but the judge could not have done
differently without having the entire YER
dict reversed by the supreme court and
the case sent back for another trial at an
enormous expense to the county. The
leading attorney for the prosecution, stated
to the court when the application for con-
tinuanca was made, that it was impossible
for the court to DO otherwise than to grant
it and the people should be very glad to
know that the verdict cannot now be re-
versed or the county be put to further ex
pense on account of these two murders.
Many republicans in this section prefer
John G. Pepper to Judge Smith for the
position of circuit judge. Is the party
collar so strong that they will vote against
their preferences simply because Judge
Smith was nominated by so-called re-
publican convention? Shall the people be
saddled for six years with an unfit man
because he managed to get delegates
enough to nominate him.
The Way Vanderbilt Succeeded.
When Commodore Vanderbilt was
running steamboats,, he beat all rivals
by troWing on steam to the utmost,
and even running down his enemy if
necessary, to accomplish Il triumph.
When he went to railroading, he adop-
| ted much shreWder and moro success
full way, by uniting vast lines and their
| tributaries under his own management
thus capturing all rivals, by sharing
with them the immense pool Of profits
| that were made by his skilIful manipu-
lation. Mcssrs. Lawrence & Co, Ban
kers. n. Y, accomplish much greater
success in stock operations by their
new Combination Method of
dealing. By this system the orders by
thousands of customers are pooled into
one vast sum and co operated under the
most experienced management, thus
giving to each shareholder all the ben
e1its Of large capital and best skill.
Profits divided monthly. Any amount
from SIS to $4,000 can be used with
great success. $l5 will make $75 profit.
$50 would return 500 or per cent. on
the stock during the month. according
to the market. The new circular
| (mailed free) has two unerring rules
Tor success and fail explanations, SC
that any one can operate profitably
Stocks and bonds wanted. Govern
ment bonds supplied. Apply to Law.
renee & Co., Bankers, 81 Exchange
Place, N, Y. City.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
NERVOUS DEBILITY.

Vital weakness or Gosreas:of.
weak exhausted feeling, no energy or cour-
age; the result of mental oVoE.woTk,
lndescre2icas or excessca, or some
drain upon the system, is always cured by
HUMPHREYS HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC No. rs
1t tones up and invigorates the system,
dispels the gloom and dependency, imparts
strength and energy.-stops the drain and
rejuvenates the entire man. Been used
twenty years with perfect success by thou
sands. Sold by dealers. Price. St.00 per
single vial, or $500 per package Of i've walls
and $500 vial of powder. Sent by mail on
receipt of price. Address HUMPHREYS
MOME0P iTskIC sIEssiC:NE COMPANY
IQ9 FULTON STREET. \ <.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
A CARD.

To all who arc suffering from the errors and In
dsCretlons of youth, nervous weakness carly decay
LOSE of manhood, &c, win send recipe that will
cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South America
Send q self addressed envelope to the REV JOSIAH
T. INAAN, Station D, New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
The Purest Cream Tartar

made from grape acid enters into Doc
LEY's YEAST POWDER. So with all the
other components. The result is that the
most satisfactory results are attained by
the use of smaller quantity of leaven and
-four. Housekeepers that use it say So
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

No use Of having the chiis, no use of
headache or any of the Ills that come from
a disordered or inactive liver. One bot
tie Of this old and reliable family remedy
will cure the most stubborn case-wiIl
relieve the system and make you feel like
q new person. Try it and be satisfied.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

Il WOULD sCoRN AND CONDEMN MY
RIGHTEOUS TITLE 1T THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY HAD SECURED MY SEAT BY
FRAUD. "-PreSident Samuel j. TIden.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
Summon Suits.

J. T. Dixon, the popular cutter and
filter, has large stock of suitings of new
patterns and elegant styles to which he
invites the attention of the public. Price
low and satisfaction guaranteed. Examine
his stock before purchasing elsewhere.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
Old Madford.

Nothing is Superior to the old genuine
Mediord Rum from Daniel Lawrence d
Son, Boston. They keep only strictly
pure article For sale by all first class
dealers inRock Island. Inquire for
Daniel Lawrence & Sons genuine old
Medford.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
After YOU have tried nearly everything

After you have tried nearly everything
to get cured of Fever and Ague in vain,
we would advice you to try DR.. T. Will
hoft's Anti-Periodic or Fever and Ague
Tonic. It is not pleasant to take, but it
contains no Quinine. and never fails to
cure. Its composition is printed on the
inside wrapper of each bottle, and it it is
Endorsed by the most eminent physicians.
For sale by all Druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

THE ACTS OF THE OTHER SIDE WERE
'CoNsUMMATED, AND GAVE THE PREsI-
'DENCY TO A MAN NOT ELECTED. "-Pres.-
dent Samuel j. Ts7den.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
a Cnrd 70 the Public,

Rock ISLAND, I'll May 10, 1870
Great reduction in prices. We are sell
ing:
Standard A Sugar il lbs. for. $500
Standard G Sugar l3 lbs. for, ...... leo
Choice Rio Coffee 81 lbs for. ....... 100
Fair Rio Coffee 7 lbs. for. ......... 100
Other goods in proportion. Give us q
call
DIFF BUFoRD's Prov FACTORY STORE.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
ELECTRIC BELTS.

sure cure for nervous debility, premature de-
day, exhaustion, etc. The only reliable cure.
Circulars mailed free. Address j. K. REEVES,
IS Chatham Street, New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

Cali upon Chas. Foster the Detroit
photographer, for nice photograph, tin
type, or anything in the picture line Star
Block opposite Harper House. 80 I'm.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
The Weatacr--To-Day.

The following shows the temperature
at THE ARGUS OFFICE to-day Us IN
Dictated bv thermometer:
TAN. 7Oabove zerol laP.M s39 above zero
SAN c1S a. rnS9o " -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
Cankerous Affections

of the mouth may be speedily cured by use
of SozoDoNT. It never failed to remove
the cause, and restore the mouth and teeth
to beauty and health. It Injuries none.
aud cures all It is most pleasant to the
taste, and conservative of good looks.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
A. O. u. W.

All members of Noble Lodge No. are
requested to be present next Monday eve
ming at the new hall, armory building,
business of importance to be transacted.
j. W. ROGERS, NJ. W.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
Remember

that NINETY FIVE cents will buv a
genuine Us. Warner Health Corset, at M,
It. Mills, dry goods, emporium, M
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
Pozzoni's Medicated Complexion Pow
der:

For infants toilet it is an indispensable
article, healing all excavations immediate
ly. Mothers should use it freely on the
little ones. Il is perfectly harmless. For
sale by druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

For fine photograph call upon Chas.
Foster in Star Block, opposite Harper
House, 30-1ms
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

REEDS Gilt Edge Tonic cures the most
obstinate cases of liver complaint. C..
TegeIer & Co., wholesale agents, Rock
Island
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

NATIONAL YEAST has gained its world
wide reputation upon its merits. 1t you
have never used it give it trial.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
95 cENTSI

will buy the celebrated DR.. Warner Health
Corset at N. G. Mills mammoth dry goods
emporium. If
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Read DR.. Lanoix's card, Confidential.
Read the Advertisement

OF DR.. McAtfee, the celebrated specialist in this
paper who offers to pay 800 forfeit for any case
he undertakes and does not cure
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

SPALDINa's GLUE, like the shirt of Mes
sus, cannot be pulled off.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

For Lace Braids, Thread and Patterns,
call on Miss Platt, opposite Episcopal
Church. 4dtf.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

Heavy linen for underwear, gauze under
wear, cotton underwear, just received by
MITCHELL & Parsons
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

Legal Blanks, ofau kinds for sale at
TIE ARGHs QFFICFi
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-31

Life for the Hair
AtsBrunert'a
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At BenUsi
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-24

figures are given simply as a statement
of fact, as the latter had an immense
lead. Such jokes and banter were never
heard before, and the flow of wit was inn
mense. Very little whisky was there,
and water predominated largely, but the
bracing air and exhilsrating pastime
filled the boys to overfowing with good
humor. ....
The honors of the day were carried off
by Mr.. Medhurst, who led with the
champion score of 46, followed by Chas.
Read with 45. A number of the shoot
ers ran up into the tbirties and forties,
and while no account was taken, the
writer presumes thati in the whole slaugh-
ter one rabbit was killed to about every
two shots. Two of the shooters were so
unfortunate as to burst their guns, but
in the case of Read it appeared to affect
his score but little, as viii be seen, Mr..
Rawlins was the other unlucky loser of a
good gun, caused by the end blowing off.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-24
over 100000 acres, and Lord Penrhyn
with q rent-rnll of EFT. 600

over 100000 acres, and Lord Penrhyn,
with rent-roll of e66.000.
have dealt in all with 122 mobiles,
owning in round numbers nearly $780,
900 of acres, with a rent-roH Of nearly
f5, 750, 900, an average ownership of 45,-
600 acres, and an average rent-roll of
e46,000. II certainly has not been my
object to seek out examples of what, for
want of abetter word, / will call the ille-
gitimate acquisition of landed property.
Yet the results that those who can claim
that they have obtained their lands by
money solely acquired in commercial or
professional pursuits are singularly few
perhaps about dozen in all. Compared
with other peoples we are landless ma
ton, and we are landless ma
ton in consequence of continued
encroachment upon the rights our ancient
forefathers possessed. Throughout the
reigns of the Hanoverian Kings land
owners Parliaments were constantly
passing inclosure acts desirable for the
most part, with view to increase pro-
duction, but resulting in the appropria-
ton of between 100000 and 100000
of common land. of which the common
people retained but very small proper
tion-not more than 100000 acres. Oc-
casionally | have been able to point
to where vast estates have been
increased by these acts; but generally it
has been impossible to obtain exact in
formation.
1t is worthy of note that anciently the
lavish grants Of the Grown were checked
by the power of resumption. Most of
the vast estates seized and retained by
William the Conqueror were dissipated
by William Rufus, who Was compelled
subsequently to resume the grant which
he had made. About the middle Of last
century the grasping avarice Of one of
the Lowthers, in attempting to obtain for
himself large tract Of Crown lands,
which had been previously granted to the
Bentincks occasioned the passing of what
is known as the Nullus Tempus Act,
which secured the grantees of Crown
lands against any resumption OF their
properties. 1t is obviously impossible to
reckon up acre by acre the quantity of
land which has at various times been OBJ
tanned otherwise than by purchase.
The agrarian history Of many Of the
great houses is complicated by the acqui-
sition Of property by marriage. have,
however, traced the previous history of
such lands in sufficient number of cases
10 show that we may safely presume
that, N rule, they have been acquired
in much the same way as the rest. After
careful consideration of all the houses
l have noticed, bear in mind, the modern
inclosure act, and the increased value of
lands due to the improvement of tenants,
can not but arrive at the conclusion
that not one-tenth of the estates in ques-
ton have been acquired for value re-
ceived. All the rest, in one way or
another, has been obtained for nothing
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-24
How a Western woman Toasted
sslIen.,,

Mrs. Dunway, of the New Northeast,
at literary reunion at Salem, Oregon,
"toasted" the men as follows: "God bless
'em. They halve our joys they double
our sorrow, they treble our expenses, they
quadruple our cares, they excite our mag
nanimity, they increase our self-respect,
they awake our enthusiasm, they arouse
our affections, they control our property,
and outmaneuver us in everything. This
would be a very dreary world without
'em. In fact, | may say, without pros
pect of successful contradiction, that
without 'em it would not be much of a
world anyhow. We love 'em, and the
dear beings can't help it; we control
'em, and the precious fellows don't know
it. As husbands, they are always con-
venient, though not always on hand; as
beaux, they are by no means 'matchless.
They ara most agreeable visitors; they
are handy at State fairs and indispensa-
BILE at oyster saloons. They are splendid
as escorts for some other fellows wife or
sister, and as friends they are better than
women. AS our fathers, they are mex
pressibly grand. A man may be fail
ure in business, wreck in constitution,
not enough to boast of as beauty, moth
ing as a wit, less than nothing as legis-
lator for women's rights, and even not
very brilliant as a member Of the press;
but if he is our own father we overlook
his shortcomings and cover his peccadil-
loes with the divine mantle of charity"
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AHC lpcNtutoi'I
Nature did not give him the faculty
of worshiping any man or woman, or
anything outside himself with his whole
strength, and without this faculty of
worshiping, lives must always be in
complete, must always miss the highest
greatness. Goethe's mind was grand,
first-rate machine; the powers that put
it into motion proceeded from the heart
and brain, but very little soul went to
the propelling of it. His own intellec-
tual light was his hero; and what of
clenching completeness is wanting in his
actions and feelings was caused, we think,
by the want of light recognized as
above himself. toward which his soul
could yean.
There were no ghosts about his life;
there are no ghosts about the
lives of the many Germans he has edu-
Gated, and who are almost too reasonable
to need religion. And Goethe was too
reasonable really to love. Mr.. Lewes
says: "He knew little of the exquisite
companionship of two souls striving in
emulous spirit of loving rivalry to be-
come better, to become wiser, teaching
each other to soar. He knew little of
this; and the kiss he feared to press upon
the loving lips of Frederika-the life of
sympathy he refused to share with her
are wanting to the greatness of his
works." and we may add, to the great
ness of his life. But we can not leave
his old home with his shortcomings up
permost. Though his nature was incom-
plete on one side, it was never capable of
anything small, ignoble, Or petty. When
he loved and rode away" he was as
kind and considerate, barring the riding
away, as when he was delighting in the
presence of those who fascinated him.
This kindness, it is true, may have
been enhanced by the gratitude he felt
toward tn ose who had afforded him stu
ations for his poems and dramas; as an
artist will feel grateful to the beauty
that has given him the inspiration for his
picture. Still gratitude is always some
thing. We must conclude by a SEN
tence from Mr.. Lewes, which has in it
the characteristics Of this kind of thought
fulness, and also of the materialism of
the German Apollo: "The heart of the
Frau yonStein had no memory but for
its wounds. She spoke with petty malice
of the low person who had usurped her
place, rejected Goethe friendship, affect
ed to pity him, and circulated gossip
about his beloved. They were forced to
meet, but met no longer as before. To
the last he thought and spoke of her ten
derby, and | know, on unexceptionable
authority, that when there was anything
appetizing brought to table which he
thought would please her, he often said:
Send some of this to the Frau Won
Stein.'"