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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08
Our Ministers Wife.

Mr. STEVENS.
Dear Sir:-Three years ago was suffering ter
rit ly with Infammatory Rheumatism. Our minis
ter's wife advised me to take NEGET1NE. After Ia
kim one bottle was entirely relieved. This year
feeling return OF the disease, again commenced
taking It. and am being benefited greatly. 1t also
MRS BALLARD.
1n11 NNnst Inhrrann STREET
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08
Personal.

Maj L. NJ. Buford has returned from
Chicago. where he has been for day or
two, in company with W. T. Scotch, Sc
lecting q new stock of goods for the factory
store.
Homer Lowery has just returned from
Kansas
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08

List of patents issued to the inventors
Of Illinois, for the week ending January
IA, 1879, reported for the Rock Island
ARGUS by +. A. Lehman, solicitor of pa
tents, Washington, D. G.
OIL Castle, Upper Alton-Grain binder.
9 G Jerome, Chicago-StuhiDg boxes
for engines.
ID G Pierce, Chicago-Thill coupling.
L H Watson, Chicsgo-Automatic gov
ernor and cut of.
L. H Watson, Cbieago-Gearings for
| washing machines.
CS Locke ,Chicago-Governors for steam
engines.
Il W Price, Rockford-Corn husking im-
plements.
W j Doyle, Chicago-Spool holders.
9 L Driesslein, Chicago-Stoye-p pipe
| joints.
W Frazier. Ceniralia-W ipdniiIs.
JM Harper, FL Paso-Bases for sto2e
legs,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08

Reserved seats for the performances of
the Clifford Coll biaation at Darts Hall
next week, can be secured at Wylie &
McCune's book store. The price IS set Mt
so cents
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08
The Veather--To-pav.

The following shows the temperature
at THE ARGUS OFFICE to-day as in
Dictated bv thermometer
TAN. So above aero l9P.M37e above serc
| O. II. 2O- =. IN. 4io
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ATT rAxrs FOR 1878

Are now due. Please call at room No. 5,
Masonic Temple, over Rock Island Nation
al bank, and settle. and oblige the under
signed. Office hours: q, 10. 10 IL ~; &c
/ 5, and to 8 p. m.
d&w NJ. T. STAFFORD, Collector.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08
A CARD,

To all who are suffering from The errors and in
discretlons of youth, nervous weakness early decay
loss OF manhood, &c, viii send recipe that vii
cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South America
Send self addressed envelope TO the REV. JosEdE
T. INmAE, Station D, Bible House, New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08

QUERY: why will men smoke COM
mon tobacco, when they can buy Marburg
Bros. Seal of North Carolina at the
same price?" l-1eodly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08

200 pounds new embroideries from 3
cents yard up, the biggest bargain ever
shown in these goods, at Mitchell Il Par
sons
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08
Shooting Match a. Genesee

There will be q grand shooting match
at GcneSeo during four days of next week
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday aud Fri
day. the 18th to the 18th, inclusive.
The first three days will be given tc
pigeon shootisE, and the last day to glass
ball shooting. On Thursday grand team
match will be shot, eight single birds, q
yards rise, aud four double birds, Is yards
rise.
There is quite degree of interest man
Tested in the the match, andRock Island is
expected TO send number of competitors.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08
S5 CENTSl
emporium

will buy the celebrated Dr. Warner Health
Corset at NJ. g. Mills man moth dry goods
emporium. IF
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08
Remember

that NINETY FIVE cents will buy q
genuine DR.. Warner Health Corset, at NJ
u. Mills, dry goods. emporium. IT
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08

Do not throw away your hard earned
money for every new cough syrup sdver.
tised when you can procure that standard
remedy for coughs, DR.. Bulls Cough Sy-
rup. Price, % cents bottle.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.


Eead the Advertisement
OF DR.. McAffee, the celeb ated specialist in this
paper who offers TO pay 500 forfeit for any case
he undertakes and does not cure.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08

Chew Jackson Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.

For Lace Braids, Thread and Patterns,
call on Miss Plat, opposite Episcopal
Church. 4dtf.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08
The Z. S. Signal Service.

GRADUALLY the wild and ungoverpable
forces Of nature are, through science. made
OF use to man. Following 10 the wake of
the ingenious inventions for the use of
steam and electricity, comes the organiza-
ton of the y. s. Signal Service. Is it
not wonderful that system could be origi.
mated and perfected whereby an operator
can accurately peTdict the weather of a
distant locality? And yet experience
proves our storm Signals" to be reliable.
| Equally great are the advances made in
the science of medicine. Step by step.
uncertainties and doubts have yielded 10
absolute certainty. The discoveries of
Harvey and Jumer have been succeeded
by the Golden Medical Discovery of DR..
X. Y. Pierce. No logger need people
despair because some physician has pro
nounced the lungs unsound. Hundreds
OF testimonials are on file 10 the office of
Dr. Pierce FROM those who had abandon
ed all hope, and had been given up to die
by physicians aud friends. Incipient con-
sumption, bronchitis, and scrofulous
tumors, speedily, surely. and permanently,
yield to the healing influences of the Dis
covery. If the bowels be constipated, use
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets.
For full particulars, see Pierce's Memo
randum Book. given away by all drug
gists.
There is no doubt in our mind, after pe-
rusiDg the testimonials, and investigating
the merits of PUTNAMs hot forged and
hammer-p pointed horse shoe nails, which
are guaranteed not to split and silver in
driving, that they are superior to others.
consequently are indispensable iu every
blacksmith's forge throughout the length
and breadth ofthe land. Owners of horses
should insist upon having them used in
shoeiug in preference to cold rolled iron
cut nails, which lame horses The Pat
nam nail is the cheapest and best horse
shoe nail. and you get from $50 to 500
nails more in box than Of any other
make.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08

Mothers will grow weary and sigh ovel
the oaby's troubles when DIR. Bulls BABY
Syrup would relieve the child and thereby
give toe mother rest.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08

Ooly a half dozen nice cloaks left at
Mitchell 4 Parsons ard they will be sold
way below cost.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-02-08

eS~This Powder has been tested, especially in Hos
DISEASES caused from the evil effects of two large
congregating them together. 1t is O POSITIVE PR
NENTIVE, and If taken in time a SURE CURE OF
HOG CHOLERA. TRYITI
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$4,000 FARMERS

Will receive FREE a pamphlet showing how
to Make Money, how to Increase by % per Ct
Dairy Farming, how to treat Horses, Cattle
Sheep, Swine and Poultry. pell or sick.
Address T. A. MILLER, PHILADELPHIA
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
Advice to a New Choir Singer.

Dear Miss-This is an important
epoch in y ur life. The first thing to
make good choir sing is to giggle lit
tie. Put up your hair in curl papers every
Friday night, so as to have it in good
shape Sunday morning. If your father
is rich, you can buy some store hair. If
he is very rich, buy some more and
build it high 10 onto your head; then
get a high priced bonnet that runs up
very high, at the high pa OF 1t, and get
the milliner to plant some high-grown
artifcials onto the highest part of it.
This will help you sing high, as soprano
i. the highest part. When the tune is
given cut, don't pay attention to it; and
then giggle. Giegle good deal. Wits
per to the girl next you that EN-
Jones, who sits on the second seat from
the front on the left hand side, has had
her bonnet trimmed with the sine
olor exactly as she bad lsst year, and
then put your book to your face and
giggle Object to every tune unless there
is a solo in it for Me soprano. Cough
and ahem a good deal before you begin
ID sing. When you sing a solo, shake
the arEifcials off your bonnet, and
WneQ you COLc W nlgQ Tone
brace yourself back a little, twist
20 r head TO one side and oIen
your mouth the widest ON that
side, shut the eye just trife, and then
put in for dear life. When the preacher
gets under Roadway with his preaching,
write note on the blank leaf in the
fourth part cfayour notebook. That is
what the blsnk leaf was made for. Get
somebody to pass the note to somebody
else, and you watch them while they
read it, and then giggle. If anybody
talks or laughs in the congregation and
the preacher takes note Of it, that is a
good chance for you to giggle, and you
ought to giggle a great deal The
preacher darsen't say anything to you
because you are in the choir, and he
can't run Westinghouse at both ends
without the choir. If you had a beau
before you went into the choir, give him
the mitten-you ought to have some
body better. Don't forget to giggle.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
SOUTHERN NEWS ITEMS.

Charlie Ross father is hunting him in
South Carolina. .r. ff
The food damaged Houston, Texas,
to the extent of Sl25,000.
Tame deer stroll at will through the
streets of Terrell, Texas.
There are twenty-three daily newspa.
pers published in Texas. &
hatcher claims that she is the clean.
est city in the United States.
1t is stated that 1900, 900 pounds of
rice are produced in Florida. q
Adeposit of potash and gypsum has
been found on lake Jesup, Texas.
A frost in the vicinity of Atlanta has
seriously injured the cotton crop.
The Texas bone trsde has suddenly
doomed up into great importance.
The Nashville and Tuscaloosa narrow
gauge railroad will soon be in operation.
More cattle are passing over the Texa:
and Kansas trail this spring than ever before
1t seems the experiment of making
paper from palmetto powder, at Fernan
dina, is success.
The Macon and Augusta railroad is tc
be sold by the Georgia railroad, under 9
trustee.
The acreage of the cotton crop in
western Texas is fifty per cent greater thi,
wear than last -
The whole sea-coast Of Texas is quar-
autined against vessels coming from soutl
of latitude % degrees. .IEa- GO
A colored woman in Mississippi caught
she Kansas fever last week, bat her hGsbanC
whipped il out Of her.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

Every speech in congress costs the
country about $4,000, not including the
trouble of reading it.
Although petroleum has been known
to exist in Japan for 1900 years, it was not
utilized until 1875. .....
A well dressed young man and
young woman very richly attIred have
been doing some of the principal In
terror towns of Pennsylvania. They repre-
sent themselves as a runaway match, give
the names of prominent Pittsburg lawyers
as friends, and under the pretense that they
want money to reach home and be forgiven
have raised considerable funds. The richly
attired young lady is beardless youth and
the wellsdressed young man swindler.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

opera house last night at being searched by
policemen before being allowed to enter the
buildings. This action wastaken under in
structions from Chief Boylan, and in ac~
cordance with city ordinance. 1t must be
confessed, however, that when gentlemen
who are escorting ladies are halted by po-
hcemen and examined to ascertain the pres
ence or absence of the deadly gimlet knife
or the heightened Tranter, the sensation is
anything but pleasant. 49, -.
A Shreveport, La, lady. residing. in
Kansas City, writes of the restitution OF the
negroes: have not seen so many negroes
in years. The place is crowded with col
ored emigrants from the south, and they are
huddied together in every corner, and many
are SO destitute that it is really pitiable
sight. There are several families on the
boat, with all of their plumber piled up in
the greatest confusion and exposed to the
weather, and several of them very sick, with
only few quilts hung up to shelter them.
l stopped and talked with them yesterday;
asked them how they liked this country.
They said they cid not like it at all, and
only wished they were back home, and
seemed determined to camp there until an
opportunity offered them to return. e 40
Tampa (Fla.) Tribune: Thursday of
last week it was discovered that a sink,hole
had formed on the telegraph road between
here and Fort Meade, about ten miles from
here. The road ran near about through the
center of the sink, which is about forty feet
in diameter and as round as a circle. A pine
tree, fully seventy feet tall, that stood by
the road, went down, and its top is few
feet below the surface of the ground. The
sink has filled mp to within six or seven feet
Of the surface OF the surrounding ground
with water, out of which the tree top stands
some three feet There seems to have been
n shifting also of the surrounding ground
for distance Of fifty yards all around the
margin of the hole. The water which has
appeared in the sink is of a deep azure
color and very clear. This is not the first
sink that has occurred in this region, which
is noted for the number of its beautiful
lakes, within the last few years, another one
having formed a few years ago, about a
mile from this one. On account of the light
rainfall since last autumn the lakes in that
region are getting low, and it is supposed
that the water support to the vault of some
subterranean passage from the nearest lake
being no longer present the earth gave way
and dropped into the snbterranean vacuum.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

HE missionary assessments of the
Methodist Episcopal church, isouth, for
next year will be twenty per cent. in
crease to each annual conference over
those of 1879, which was 100000.
The appropriations for next year are /:
For .China, $4,000; Mexico, $4,000;
Brazil, $1,000; border Mexican work,
$1,000; German mission, $4,000 /;
indian mission, $1,000; Florida, 81 900;
western, 81 800; Los Angeles, s1,7OO;
Denver 81, 500; Montana, 81 ,OOc Col
umbis, $500; Office expenses, $4,000;
treasurer, $500; travelling expenses OF
bishop to Arizona, $500; totsl, SIC, 600,
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

The homeopathic report on the yell
low fever epidemic has been made by an
investigating committee to the Indian.
apolis institute. Information was re-
ceived from homeopathic physicians
throughout the infected region. ! It was
found that the useful remedies used
were as follows: For the first period,
aconite belladonna, bryonis, and gelse-
MUM; second period, crotalus, or, in
the suppression of urine, csntharis, stra-
monium and apis; third period, arsenit
cum, arguntum nictricum, carlo vege~
talus, china and cuprun. The death
rate is given as about six P er cent.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

"A BUSINESS letter. from New Orleans
to firm in Providence says: We are
now organizing citizens sanitary corps
that just means business, and if we can>
not keep yellow fever out of here this
coming season then we will give it up.
1t is very popular movement, and will
be pushed right ahead. We wish to get
it circulated through the north that we
are going to bury the dead, clean the
streets, fill the bottom holes, and en-
desvor to make New Orleans what it
should be-s healthy city"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
some of the country doctors in Eng.

Some of the country doctors in Eng
land are employing bicycles or tricycles,
instead of horses, as a means of locomo-
tion. The bicycles used by them are of
iron, the rim of the wheel is covered
with rubber, and they can move over
telerably rough roads and up quite
steep grades, making from eight to ten
miles or more in an hour. There are
many places in this country where a
doctor could sdvantageously keep this
vehicle instead of a horse, especially in
view of the hard times and the compe-
tition among the, disciples Of --Rscula-
Plus. kEk1EfAEE1-,F s
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

A BosToNIAN who had cellar full of
choice WINES, of which he was not lit
tie proud. entertained friend at dinner
one day and offered him some very old
and choice Madeira, which, through
some mistake on the walters part, was
served in liqueur glass instead of the
proper sized sherry glass. Said the host:
" Here is something excessively good
very old, fifty odd years; some that my
grandfather had; old, mellow and
smooth" The guest tasted it, smacked
his lips, made grimace or two, grunt-
ed, chuckled, and then, after cycling the
glass carefully, remarked: How old
did YOU say this vast" Fifty,three
years next July. What do you think
Of it," Well, my private opinion is
that it is pretty deused small for its
age"
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

TWELVE paper-making establishments
in England have become bankrupt since
the beginning of last December. Scarce
ly any American paper factories have
been reported insolvent within that
period. Much paper for writing, for
books and for newspapers has of late
been exported from this country to
South America, and there is q growing
demand from Germany for coarse Amer"
lean paper.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
p.y.v1rs-Four ounces of y,ste,

RAMAKINs.-Four ounces of grated
cheese, two ounces of butter, two ounces
of bread without crust), half a gill of
milk, one third of tesspoonful of salt
and mustard, pinch of cayenne pepper,
two eggs. Crumb the bread and boil
soft in the milk; add the butter, the
eggs beat thoroughly, then stir in the
whites of the eggs, whisked to a stiff
froth pour in soup plate or in small
squres of stiff white paper pinched at
the corners, and bake fifteen minutes.
A delightful dish for tea:
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

THERE are thousands of acres of un.
titled land in the United States well
adapted to raising fibrous plants, such as
hemp, fax and iute, and there are thou
sands of men standing around with their
hands in their pockets looking for some
thing to do. Still we import annually
more than 100000 worth of these
fibers from foreign countries.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

PORTABLE gas is sold and delivered in
England like milk. People in the coun-
try and In villages receive it in copper
vessels from large cities. This method
Is additionally popular from the fact
that it dispenses with the cratic and
depraved meter.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

THE locomotives of the northern rail-
way of France now carry small clocks in
front of the smoke stacks to enable the
engineers and station masters to know
the exact hour of the arrival of train.
These clocks are all regulated by Paris
time. The trains are SO frequent on the
northern line that delay of few min"
utes even is enough to dissrrsnge the
service. . "a
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

MAssAcHUsETTs has authorized all the
gss companies in that state to go into
the business of furnishing steam er hot
water for heating, cooking or mechanical
mower
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

With jingle, jangle, jingle,
Soft tones that sweetly mingle,
80 The cows are coming home,
Malvine and Pearl and Florimel,
DeKamp, Redrose and Gretchen schell, .f
Queen Bess and Sylph, and spangled Sue,
across the fields hear her iOo-oo,"
And elang her silver bell
Cooling, go-lang, golingle, dingle,
With faint, far sounds that mingle,
The cows come slowly home
And mether-songs of long-gone years,
And baby Joys and childish fears,
And youthful hopes ard youthful tears,
When the cows tome home.
With ringle, rangle, ringle,
With twos and threes and single,
The cows are coming home.
Through violet air we see the town,
and the summer sun a-slipping down,
And the maple in the hszel glade ....
Throws down the path longer shade,
And the hills are growing brown
To-ring, to-rang, toringle lingle,
Sy threes and fOurs and single,
Tn cows come slowly home.
The sweet sound of w0rdless psalm
The same sweet June day rest and calm
The same sweet smell Of buds and balm,
When the cows come home.
With tinkls, tankle, tinkle,
Through fern and p9riwinkle,
The cows are coming home
A lettering in the checkered stream,
Mhere the sun rays glance and CLEAN,
Clarine, Peachbloom and Phebe PhilIls,
stand knee-deep ID the creamy lilies,
In drowsy dream
To-Iink, to-lank. tolinkle, linkle.
Der banks with buttercups a-twinkle,
The cows come slowly home
And up through memory deep raviHe
Come the brooks old song and It's od-uime sheen,
And the crescent Of the silver queen,
When the COWS come home.
With klingle, klangle, kiingls,
With OO-oo, and mOo-oO, and jingle,
The cows are coming home
And over there on Merlin Hill,
Hear the plaintive cry Of the whip-poor-will
And the dewdrops lie on the tangled vines
And over the poplar Venus shines,
md over the silent mill
Ko-lRg, k0-lang, kollngle-lingle, ..
With ting-a-lng and jingle,
he COWS CONE slowly home.
Let down the bars: let in the train
81 long-gOne songs, and flowers. and rain
For dear old times come back again
When the cows come home.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

AN Irish gentleman the other day re-
ceived letter the address of which he
could not decipher. Handing it to his
clerk, he said, in all innocence; Send
that hack to the man and tell him to
write his name so that we can read it."
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
i" WHEN THE cows COME HOME. ,,

When klingle, klingle, klingle,
Far down the dusty dingle,
The COWS are coming home.
Now sweet and clear, now faint and low,
The airy tinkiings come and go,
Like chimings from the far-of tower,
Or gatherings of an April shower,
That makes the daisies grow.
Ko-ling, ko-lang. kolinSle-lingle,
Way down the darkening oingle,
The COWS come slowly home
And old. time friends, and twilight plays
And starry nights and sunny days, 4
Come trooring up the misty ways,
When the cows come home.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
THE IRISH ECLIPSr-

In Waterford, wanst, lived Prohssorr Maesh,,e
The fOinest astronomer liver y a. SSns "
Fog Ions before noight, wild the sroincs hs -
"heflVer van sntar was, sure he could see two
Quote plain.
Could frohssor MacShsae.
More power to him iv'ry CLARE nOight as would
He'd sit by the windy, a-shoving his slas,
a poke at the Upper that plaised him the Ias..
But punch In the milky way suited his TASTE
Small blame,
To his sowl for that same
-s.-.zluzl salslrsaasssa=sssll
Nov wan tonne in Waterford, not long ago.
heY nad what the loike was not hesrd OF, know
since Erin was undher ,ould Bryan Borf hoime:
Inc sun was sycipsed for three days at wan tonne
It's thrue
. As l tell It to you.
Twas sunroise long ago. yet the sun never rose.
anu Wy wan axed, What's the matther, God
The next day, and next, was the verv same way
Inc noight was SO long ii was Testing all day.
AS black
AS the coat on yer hack.
Inc paiple wint hunting Prof ssorr MscShane
40 'hfy II ned know what this voldhe- could
he answered thin back: "Is that sol Are ye-
Il Us . lot OF most .illiiE'nt sommaG4: !s air.
For the plainest OF fsctsl
rrI lere part o. sn impoire, yez mustn't forget,
pom which the suns niver able to set : -
Ihen why viii ii give yer impoire n srrrnroi.a
II WAhst, ior change, 1t refuses to roi.e,
Siz he,
" That Is aizy to seem
se ht+ -bsin Rtsfsl IN ScriBneT