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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-27
DR.. SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY

produces radical cures OF the worst cases otCatarrh
no matter OF how long standing. The liquid remedy
NAV be snufFpd or better applied by the OF DIR.
PIERCE's Douchc. This IS the only form OF instru-
ment vet invented with which fluid medicine can be
carried HIGH UP and PERFECTLY APPLIED 10 all
parts OF the affected nasal passages and the cham
bers or cavities communicating herewith in which
sores and ulcers frequently exist, and from when
the catarrhal discharge generally proceeds Its use
Is pleasant and easily understood, rom direetAons
accompanying each instrument DR.. SkGES "a
farrh Remedy cures recent attacks OF COld In the
Head - nv a few applications. 1t Is mild and pleas
ant 10 use containing strong or caustic drugs or
posons Catarrh Remedy and Douche sold by drug
gistA- X. ". tiERSE, M ", IIop,I' " oEIu's OlS-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-27

Life for the Hair
At Thomas n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-27
Arrears OF Pension Payment.

Says the Washington correspondent of
the New York Herald: The official at the
pensions bureau say they will be able to
dispose OF every claim under the act allow
ing arrears of pensions by the middle of
October. The amount already disbursed
is nearly Sl2,000,000, leaving $4,000, 900
to be paid. 1t is said that if the amount
had been available after the passage of the
act every claim would have been settled
by the first of July, but as the pension
bureau has only been able to adjust the
claims according to the amount which the
secretary of the treasury could allow
from month to month their settlement has
been necessarily slow. Now, however,
there is no cause for delay, and they are
being paid at the rate of five hundred a
day. No special order is observed in the
payment of the arrears, the cases being
settled in the order in which they are
commissioner estimed. about 45 600 claims
requiring $25 100000 to pay them, The
largest amount paid to any pensiOner has
been 81. 500, aud in some instances a certi-
cate has been issued for 81 60. The daily
disbursement averages $250,0 900 Some
idea may be formed of the extraordinary
interest taken in the subject when it is
known that before certificate had been
issued there we're received upward of twen-
ty thousand letters, making inquiries
about the subject. The total number Of
applications filed Is $4,000. OF which fully
10000 are not entitled to the additional
payment The rapidly with which the work
has been transacted Is az egideuce Of good
management and the efficient system Of
the methods employed in keeping The re-
cords of the bureau Both the number Of
cases to be allowed and the amount re-
quired for their settlement fall within the
estimate made by Commissioner Bentley,
and disprove the statements frequently
made during the discussion of the question
in congress that it would take not less than
800, 100000 to pay pension arrears.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-27

Printing and binding executed neat
quick and cheap at THE ARGUsOFFIoE. s.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-27

The Springfield (Mass) Republican
says: The later developments in the
Sprague- -ConkliDg case are certainly not
calculated to place the New York Senator
in a creditabIe or enviable position. The
New York Times 10 a recent article based
upon the German Professors second
statement and upon other evidence that
has come to it. states positively that Sen
ator Conkling did not proceed to Nara
gsnsett Pier 10 order to take any part in
a conference as to the Sprague estate that
neither Gov. Sprague nor his wife has the
slightest control over any part of the es-
tate and that Senator Conklings advise, as
lawyer, had not been solicited by any
body connected with the present manage
ment Of the estate. 1t is further stated 10
the same article that senator CopkliDg
awaited Gov. Sprague's departure from
the Cannonchet mansion before he went
there, that he was met at the landing by
Mrs. Sprague, aud that he installed him
self IN Gov. Sprague's home during the
latter's absense without invitation from
| the head of the house aud without any
| legitimate business to call him there. Set
ting aside all speculation as to criminal Or
improper relations between Senator Cook
ling and Mrs. Sprague, it IL not possible 10
to conceive that Coukling was igoarant of
the gossip that had been going on il
Washington, for broad hints OF the seam
dal appeared 10 many newspapers several
months ago. 1t Senator Conklihg knew.
as he must have known, that his name had
already been associated with Mrs.
Sprague's in scaudalous manner, what
excuse can he offer, as a gentleman, fol
adding new material for scandal by going
to Gov. Sprague's home to visit Mrs
Sprague 10 her husbands absence, with.
out her husbands consent, and without
any business that justified his presenc,
there.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-27

Hogs-Receipts 9, 600; lower; Workers and Bal
tiInorss 1908 so; packing oo03 so; butchers t
select 3 40ll3 60.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-27
TIE DETROIT AND
CHAMPION SELF OILERS

Manufactured By HENRY McGRAW.
No. Fort Street East, DETROIT. MICH.
Awarded Diploma and First Premium by Michi-
gan State Agricultural Society ct Detroit, 1878.
The cheapest and best Cups In uee My loose
Pulley Oilers are the most perfect working Oilers
10 the market. Ny Cups ars all warranted to give
the best OF satisfaction when properly put on and
regulated; All orders or inquiries promptly attend
de to. A liberal discount to the trade. Send for
Illustrated catalogue and price
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-27
ICATARRH

In others. drynesS, dry, waterys Weak OF lnuaLneu
Cyes stoDping up or obstruction, Of the nasal pas
sigce ringing ia ears deafness, hawking and cough
n 10 clear The throat ulcerations, scabs rom ulcers
voice altered, nasal twang, offensive breath, impaired
or total deprivation of sense of smell and taste dlz-
zness mental depression, loss of appetite tndiges-
fion enlarged GoIiss, tickling cough, etc. Only
few or these symptoms likely 10 be present IN any
rngo NJ mo
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-27
St. LOuis Market.

st. Louis, August q.
Wheat-Firm bat slow; No red "a
Corn-Slow; unchanged.
Oats-22,
Rye-4SA
Whisky-l OF.
Pork-S 1898 so.
Iard-bG5
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-08-27

Wheat--spring " better; winter l40Kc better;
No red Sept 10I..
Rye-Dull.
COrn-Quiet; 451a046.
Barley-Unchanged.
Oats-Dull; mixed western as93f.
Pork-Lower; 75.
Lard-In buyers favor; s s..
Whisky-Unchanged
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-10-21
COOKERY.
SONG OF THE CAKES

With features heated and red,
With head that throbs and aches,
A woman stands in passionate dread'
Turning buckwheat cakes.
Bake! bake! bake!
In Autumn, Winter, and Spring.
And still with voice of termulous quake.
She but of the cake doth sing.
Beat! beat! beat!
While the batter is foaming high,
And bake, bake. bake.
Till it seems our men must die!
It's oh! to eat the most
Along with the glutton and knave,
That women may fizzle and toast,
And never cake to save!
Bake, bake, bake,
Till the brain doth seem on fire;
Bake, bake, bake,
Till arm and nerve doth tire!
Spread and turn and lift,
Lift and turn and spread,
Till DER the whole as turn SO def
seem to be dreaming or dead!
Oh, men with sisters dear!
Oh, men with mothers and wives!
It is not the cakes that disappear
AS honey-minus hives!
Bake, bake, bake!
In kitchen furnace. and glow,
And still, in a voice of trembling quake,
We sing while spreading the dough.
-NoTrasto,On Herald
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-10-21
A RARy,s soL11oouY.-I am here

A BABY's SOLILoQUY.-I am here.
And if this is what they call the world,
I don't think much of it. It's very
flannelly world, and smells of paregoric
awfully. It's dreadful light world, too,
and makes me blink, I tell you. And I
don't know what to do with my hands;
think I'll dig my fists in my eyes.-
No, won't. Til scrabble at the corner
of my blanket and chew it up, and then
I'll holler; whatever happens I'll holler.
And the more paregoric they give me
the louder I'll yell. That old nure
puts the spoon in the corner of my
mouth in a very uneasy way, and keeps
tasting my milk herself all the WHILE
She spilled snuff in it last night, and
when I hollered she trotted me. That
comes of being two days. old baby
Never mind, when I'm a man I'll pay
her back good. There's pin sticking
in me now, and if say word about it
I'll be trotted or fed, and would rather
have catnip tea. I'll tell you who I am.
I found out to-day. I heard folks say,
"Hush, don't wake up Emmeline's
baby" and I suppose that pretty white
faced woman over on the pillow is En-
incline. No, I was mistaken, for chap
was in here just now, and wanted to see
bOO'S DaUy, anu 1OOAtu ~ nc SsaAu 1
twas funny little toad, and looked just
like Bob" He smelt like cigars, and
I'm not used to them. I wonder who
else I belong to. Yes, there's another
one-that's Joanna" Emmeline told
me, and she took me up and held me
against her soft cheek and said: cit
was Ganma's baby; so it was" I de-
clare, do not know who I do belong
to; but I'll boiler, and maybe TIL find
out. There comes Snuffy with catnip
tea. The idea of giving babies catnip
tea, when they are crying for informa-
ton! I'm going to sleep. wonder if I
don't look pretty red in the face? 1
| I want them to?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-10-21
An Attempt to Stop Gambling In Lot
ferries.

The decision of the law officer of the
Post-O Office Department that letters adj
dressed to lottery companies cannot go
through the mails will be hailed with
satisfaction as another obstacle thrown
In the path of these demoraliztng and
laW-defying institutions. The Assls-
tant Attorney Generals opinion, ex-
plicitly stated, is that the law presumes
that letter addressed to lottery COM
pany is on business, that this presump-
ton makes it unavailable unless 1t Is re-
moved, and the power to remove this
presumption is so easily within the
reach fthe writer that he has no ground
for complaint. A circular will therefore
be issued instructing all postmasters to
refuse to mail or register letters 80 ad
dressed, or to mail or register letters or
circulars in any way to lottery schemes.
The astonishing statement is made that
ne .rly one hundred of these schemes to
defraud the public are in existence, and,
as guide to postmasters in carrying out
the law, a list of them is to be published
in the official organ of the Department.
There is reason to hope for good results
from this new departure, particularly in
view of the fact that every person who
offers to mail letter of the description
above given not only takes great risk as
to its reaching its destination, but by
the mere act Of depositing it in post.
office makes himself liable to heavy
penalties for wilful violation of the pos
tai law.
To newspaper advertising the grea
increase in this form of gambling il
largely due. Only yesterday one Of the
two best known lottery companies start
ed three new stories of lucky drawings
on their rounds as ordinary news clip
pings, but really paid for as advertise
ments at the highest rates. We AGAR
warn the people not to place too muct
confidence in the authenticity of sucl
stories. Of course prize is drawn nov
and then if not, the business drumming
lotteries would stop; but not one mar
in thousand who invests in lottery
tickets ever gets his money back, an(
there is absolutely no guarantee that b.
has fair chance in the game. In an,
other kind of gambling the odds ar!
more in favor Of the novice.-Philodel
| phid Times.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-10-21

VIRTUE OF THE TOMATO LEAVES
A statement comes from South America
that singular property of tomato leaves
had been discovered by fruit grower.
Having cut down some tomato vines, he
used them as a mulch around his peach
trees. He soon discovered that the cur
culio, which was destroying his fruit,
had abandoned the trees surrounded by
the tomato vines. Following up this
accidental discovery, the free use of to-
mato vines proved perfect protection
not only against curculio, but other
noxious insects. He found, also, by
sleeping in water some fresh leaves of
the tomato, and sprinkling the infu-
sion upon other plants, the innumera-
BILE insects which covered them were
driven away. Some gardeners have
tried the above remedy, some by accI-
dent and others by intention, and their
success was remarkable. One gentle.
man had his apple trees ravaged by the
curculio until last year, when he secured
a splendid crop. He knows of no cause
for his exemption from the curculio ex-
cept the tomato plants that were grown
for the first time among his trees.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-10-21
.sDon't know half their value.v

"They cured me of Ague, Biliousness
and Kidney Complaint, as recommends
ed. I had a half bottle left which ]
used for my two little girls, who the
doctors and neighbors said could not be
cured. I would have lost both of them
one night if had not given them Hop
Bitters. They did them so much good
I continued their use until they were
cured. That is the why I say you dc
not know half the value of Hop Bitters,
and do not recommend them high
enough Rochester, N. Y.
See another column.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-10-21

Ann A WEEK in your own town, and no capt
/ XHk tai risked. Give the business trial with
WUU out expense. The best Opportunity ever
frv nothing else until you see what you can do
at the business we offer. No room to explain
here, You can devote all your time or only
x,our snare time to the business. and make great
n ~ for every hour that you work. Women
Ia, Ike as much as men. Send for specia! pri-
vate terms and particulars, which We mail iree.
""A 81, HALLECT CO..
ia1O-1v Portland, Maine.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-10-21

RUNNING A PAPER WITH A REVOLVER
THE CAREER OF THE FIRST NEWS
PAPER IN THE STATE-SOME OF THE
PLEASANTRIES OF BORDER LIF E.
EDITORS WHO CARRY MARKS OF
nIIEIR DIIEI.IING DAYS.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-10-21

Old Tom Purdie, Sir Walter Scott's
fayorite attendant, once said: "Them
are fine novels Of yours, Sir Walter |;
they are just invaluable to me-" II am
glad to hear it, Tom," returned the nov
elist. Eyes, sir," said Tom; "for when
I have been out all day hard at
work. and come home tired, and take
up one of your novels, I'm asleep di-
rectly."
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-19
THE GREAT FIRES TN RUSSIA.
The Terrible Work Of Nihilist Bands Of In
cendiaries
fLondon Times i

ST. PETERSBURG May 29.-There can hard
~ be any doubt that many Of the numerous
fires now spreading distress and desolatiOn
through the land are the work OF incendia-
ries longing to the ',small but determined
bands Of terrorists. who, not sufficiently sat-
isfied with the knife and revolver as a means
Of terrifying u.s. are now resorttng to very
old form OF expressing discomfort and spread
ing terror. There is no official proof yet to
hand yet that these fires are due to revOlu-
two persons near KieT with Orsini bombs.
quantity OF compressed gun cotton In
small pots, fuses and other suspicious mate
rial in their lodgings, is very good testimony
Of the fact. The. great fire at Orenburg was
foretold by proclamations distributed In the
town the day before, and q panic has since
been caused iii Samara and other places by
similar threatening announcements. a great
many arrests have been made on suspicion at
Orenburg, Perm, Irbit and Uraisk.
different large fires within five days. Besides
confiagrations In these and other large towns,
there are daily reports Of villages burnt to
the ground coming from oil parts q the lnte-
these are oil, Or even perhaps n great part.
the act OF revolutionary incendiaries; Tor
very large number OF fires, breaking out as
soon as the hot weather sets In, Is q yearly
occurrence In Russia, where the construc-
tions Of wood, especially In the villages. the
general carelessness, and the lack OF good
fire-extinguishing apparatus are I ne principal
cause Of hundreds Of habitatioi.s being 30
often swallowed up by the flames before they
can be got under control. Last summer the
total number Of fires was 80, 800, entailing
loss Of nearly 100000 OF roubles. This year
the outbreak has been 80 sudden, Ii nd has al.
ready reached such proportions at the Pc
ginning only OF the fire season, nat there
con be no question as to The part ipa aloa @
nnrtv in tf1ia new calamity. Indeed. while
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-19
TIE NEW ORLEANS DFMooRAT THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1879

aa ,,..a taxes, and for the other hair Issue
po mls sl.mlar 20 the Georgia bonds, Ia de-
nom lnatioDs OF from five to fifty dolaral heaT-
a III per cent interest. These would be re-
would soon be absorbed Lii general elre,ai La
5 J. replacing the bank notes of ante belinm
uhvs., Sucfl proposition, W. feel certain
would Pc accepted by the bondholders and
meet with approval from the people.
Ist. Landry Democrat.]
Honesty is the best policy" says the old
aeuage, and II 10 just as applicable to the state
HI H. Nv sovereign capacity as to the Individual
a9 prng s pack renewed prosperity to The State
migration we must have capital, and in order
70 secure capital we must preserve inviolate
the faith and honor OF the State. This we can
90 py compromising with our creditors, just
as an Individual when he finds himself unable
20 meet his obligations to the letter, but We
caIl ~ more repudiate our obligations than
could an individual, and Ii We latlernnt III WI
Will meet with the same fate. We viii be
compelled n the long run to pay principal
anu interest no1ens votens with the same
tst would Be- attaoh sd e. e. the s Ind
vidual, who had been defeated In an I'M
successful attempt to swindle and cheat his
creditors. The result Of Reputation will be
fatal w every material interest Id Louisiana.
We have already been scourged by war, flood
AND pestilence. 1t now only remains to resort
to population to utterly ruin and PROSTATE
us beyond hope Of recovery or recuperation.
II will cause capital to flee from US; It will de-
stroy credit, public and private; it will pros
trate. commerce; 1t will place us before the
world 90 people devoid Of sense 81 the
sanctity OF the obligations Of contracts; IL
Will put us under the ban OF the money power
IT will cause the commercial world, In fine, To
raise the black flag against us, and ostracise
US from every money center OF Europe and
America.
In the national Congress our enemies, COM
bining with such Of our present friends az
Reputation will have Disguised with us, will
strike dead every act proposed for our mate.
rial development. we will be told to look
out for ourselves, to rebuild and repair, II We
can, without money or credit, our dilapidated
and ruined levees, IL we wish to save our
alluvial lands from flood and desolation, and
prevent them becoming the home OF the alli.
gator, the fruitful laboratory whence shall
Issue the miasma, bearing pestiIence and
death on Its wings. III we wish steamship
lines " railroads subsidized, to restore the
Frustrated commerce Of New Orleans we
will be told to do 1t ourselves. The import
duty on foreign sugar will be removed, anC
In a few years the Louisiana producer, under
sold by the foreign producer even in our
own markets.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-19
THE STATE DEBT.
asn Of the Country Press on the Report
Of the Debt Committee.
Madison Journal

lhe Convention was mainly occupied last
kln discussing the majority and minority
! A9nfts concerning the State debt without
Iaennite result, and until this is reached
n pfoceedings will be uninteresting: lt 10
Ms hoped that In the end the repudlatlonlsts
saesd to repudiate. The honor and credit 81
atDmm onwealth must be preserved, Judge
/ AaM and his followers to the contrary not
Mastanding.
[Moorehouse Clarion.l
Tho feeling In this parish with regard to
IN majority report OF the State Debt Com
s!Ilee, from what we can learn, ls dlVldeo,
sih large majority opposed to fts adop1,,
~. AS belonging to the latter class we Will
1enton Capt w. r.. Hall, Judge James BUS
la Hon. w. M. Washburn and Mr.. ". n eW.
all gentlemen OF influence, owners Oh
ge property, and who desire to act Always ~
1.-THE interest and prosperity OF our State
= her people.
[Calcasieu Echo.l
An exciting debate Is progressing in our
Ate Constitutional Convention over the ma
slty and minority reports Vt TIE committee
ltAe State DEBT. III our opinion the future
loor and prosperity of Louisiana depend on
erpieetion Of the majority. report: hepu-
Won has an ugly sound and Will orlng ugly
equenees.
fCalca6ieu dazette.J
Shat disposition shall be made 81 We , oIass
va II the all-absorbing question now Delne
aated lii the Convention. and forms US
ltlpal topic Of discussion among tne PEG
who are watching, with eager interest,"
Proceedings Of the ConHantion; and spec,
IONS are rife as to- Soie actlon o.
lnnpention. 80 .,.,..a
N have spoken to many q our citizens
this subject, and We have yeI 70 neal
nrst Endorsement or approval q tne ma y
VI report ot the Committee on state Dep1
leet we have not met q man VINO seriously
efrs that Sthe Convention will adopt thls
VI as presented; but many express fears
The Convention will go SO far In the di
% which 1t points out, That their ac1loI
iAil to meet the approval OF the mass O
People.
hlle the people are anxious to be relieved
THE burden OF taxation under which they
IN We believe that they are honest a.
j. and would be glad II some satisfactory
o could be provided for the payment o
dtate debt, without taxing them beyond
ability to bear. But very few favor re
Adon, and would consent TO resort 20 !
ssa dernierresort;; and then, only the prin
of self-preservation. when they becam.
lnned OF their inability To pay the depI
Wy absolute confiscation o. Their prop
the State, for one-haH OF Its debt, lssu'
ates, receivable In payment o. aenn
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-19

LyOR sALE-BY j. 8. sAUNDERs-A BEAU
IL tifnl summer residence at Biloxi. Miss.
having 24O feet on the Gulf and measuring 80
rooms, two cabinets. kitchen. servants rooms.
stables; also twelve bearing orange trees.
grapes. figs and fruits of various kinds. All u
good repnfr and freshly painted. Apply to j s.
SAUNDERS, Valence street. near Camp. form
eriy Of 1884 Magazine. ap26