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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-22
MEDICAL.
Public Notice.

JOHN HANNAS, being a Blacksmith by
ls trade had often felt the want of some means
whereby could soften iron AT the forge, so that
could work 1t at q better advantage. This Induced
me to make many experiments withsaiiferent sue
stances which offered the best prospect of success
the wonderful effects of Electro Silicon on the
Human System.
1 had a defect Ia three of my fingers, which were
bent or shnt up in my hand In such a manner, by
the ,coH1RAcTIoN OF THE CORDS, that they were
very troublesome to me in my daily avocation.
could not handle my tools as l wished, and often
thought would have my fingers cut OH to get
them cut of the way, l have used everything that
offered any hope of relief, but all to no effect.
Well, say was working with Electro Silicon at
the forge and of course could not prevent its COM
ing in contact with my hands.
took no notice of the effect 1t had produced.
until one day, wishing to use heavy hammer,
grasped with my crooked hand. and much to my
surprise 1 found my crooked fingers straighten
out and had much of them as ever
could hardly believe my eyes. | showed my
hands to nv wife and family, and general re-
ioicing was the result.
had neighbor living about a mile from my
shop who had a lame knee, caused by the cords
being contracted by rheumatism. l sent him a
bottle of Electro Silicon Liniment and told him TO
use it thoroughly. He did so, and at the end Of
three months he was able to throw aside his cane
and walk to my shop apparently as well as ever.
1t had worked just it did in my case producing
perfect cure gave 1t to others of my neigh ors
and friends, for miles around, who were suffering
from Swelled Limbs, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Stiff
Joints, Burns, etc, all of which it cured without
any trouble. Finding that the Electro Silicon Lin
tmeDt would penetrate the ekin OF man further
than any other substance, it occurred to me that
1t must be good for the horse, and it has proved
itself one of the very best applications in all ex-
ternal diseases occurring to the noble animal,
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-11-22
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15
a Woman Hermit.

Tn little hut near Greenville, Orange
county, N. r, lives a female hermit.
She has no visible means of support.
but it is surmised has little money at
interest, on the income of which she
contrives to subsist. Her name is Julia
Still and she is said to have been born
in Georgia. For the seven years or more
that she has lived in that vicinity she
hos not had o particle Of fire in her
house. She has no stove; nor even q
fireplace. When the weather is very
cold she lies in bed. She does all her
necessary cooking at the house of a
neighbor half a mile distant, She makes
her bread by stirring up -four and water
and baking it in that condition. She is
said to be quite beggar, but confines
herself to the few families in her imme-
diate vicinity. During the seven years
she has lived in her present abode she
has fatty refused to pay any taxes, and
escaped the payment by barring her door
and refusing to let the collector or any
body else call upon her. The neighbors
threaten to have her taken to the poor
house and cared for, but she persists in
saying that she is not a pauper, that she
requires no help, and that she will not
60 to the poor-house if she dies in resist
ing the officers. She appears to have
been well educated.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15
Railroad Enuineers in india

lrron Our futufe HlghWay-Camer0n.1
Many people came up to see what we
were doing, and all begged for peep
at my binoculars. They thought the
double sextant which I used for the
angles, a magical instrument, and the
shaikh begged of me to compute his
horoscope, and was much disappointed
when he found that I was unable to do
it: While this was going on, the Muez-
Yin called to midday prayer from the
most elevated point in the village. In
an instant we were alone. After prayers
were over, the shaikh invited us into his
house and gave us coffee and pipes.
Many Of the villagers entered into con-
versation about the railway. One old
man said that he had long wished to go
to Bagdad, and wanted to know whether.
if the railroad was constructed, he would
be able to go there for nothing? We
told him that he would have to pay,
he said he did not see much good In
it, as all he would have to do now was
to load some camels with provisions fol
the road, mount his mare and start.
This, he said, would cost him nothing,
and he could not understand that the
railways could be cheaper, though the
fare would be less than the cost of the
corn and other things he would have
to take, as they were all his own.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15
Hotel Mysteries.
From the Burlington Hawkeye. I


".Why is it, asked the man with the
sample case, I" that at the average hotel.
the shortest man is always set down at
the end of the table where there is moth
ing, and where he can reach nothing
else?"
"And why" asked the sad passenger.
els the waiter always futtering over
some deliberate, fussy old gormand, who
is going to stop over three days anyhow,
when You have only fifteen minutes and
then have to run for your train %
"And why, asked the tall, thin pas
senger, els the black pepper cruet al
ways in the castor on the next table %
"And why is it empty when you get
it ?" asked the cross passenger.
"And Why" asked the fat passenger,
do the two young married people who
sit opposite you always stop eating and
gaze at you with such pitiful reproach-
fulness: every time you look at them %
''And why,'' asked the brakeman.
coming in to Light the lamps, "doesn't
"And Why" suddenly said the woman
who talks bass, "dont men ever talk
sense q
The peacefuls silence came drifting into
the car, noiselessly as Fundy fog. until
the car was full of it. And these oues-
tons are unanswered conundrums even
unto this day, especially the last one.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15
! Tribute to q Mother,

Children, look in those eyes, listen to
that dear voice, notice the feeling of ever
single touch that is bestowed upon YOU
by her gentle hand! Make much Of il
while you have that most precious of all
gifts, a loving mother. Read the un.
fathomable love of those eyes, the kind
anxiety of that tone and look, however
slight your pain. In after years you
may have friends-fond, dear friends
but never will you have again the mex
pressible love and gentleness layishe,l
upon you, which none but mother be-
slows. Often do I sigh in my struggles
with the dark, uncaring world, for the
sweet, deep security I felt, when of an
evening, Nesting in her bosom, I listen
ed to some quiet tale, suitable to my age,
read in her tender and untiring voice.
Never can I forget her sweet glance cast
upon me when I appeared asleep; never
her kiss of peace at night. Years have
passed away sirce we laid her beside my
father in the old church-yard and still
her voice whispers from the grave: and
her eyes watch over me, as I visit spots
long since hallowed to the memory ofmy
mother.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15
WHAT THE Ros,M KNOWS.

We are coming, children, coming, with the spring.
~ aze and The TO-. .ssSs - !.
Where tie trailing, einsing .naz and the myrtle
ws.x. so ero AND green r. nintsr ts.,n.s
waiting queen. = -
We are coming, darlings, coming, to our hidden
Where the orchard throws its blossoms On the river.
And beneath the emerald curtains, as we nutter to
You will sit and ENTHUSIASTICALLY the robins
come and 60. -
All, the world is full Of wonders; but we robins know
them well.
Things too sorrowful for singing; things too beaut
We know why tho rose Is scarlet, we know why the
We know the firf4osd lily is the dearest of them
Listen. once a holy teacher, talking to waiting
o'asDed royal taintless lily, gathered with loving
From His dneers sinless pressure, sweetest incense
While tear sacred dewdrop, fell within the waxen
cup.
Thcn the lily swayed and tremblcd with a solemn,
Growing winter stn and winter, from the tear-drops
For she knew ike the cha,ioe with it's sacrament
al Wine, r'% a. a -
She was nencefoEsh type and symbol Of q purity
At his feet among the lilies, with fair, unconscious
grace,
Bloomed rose that paled with longing-for the ny's
blessed place;
So he smiled with gentle meaning, bent and touched
her petals white,
And she 6oshed living scarlet in her innocent de-
This is what the red told us, and she blushed
roster red,
As she whispered shyly, humbly-drooping low her
lovely head
SWeethearts, am not blessed as the lily with its
dew?"
For the hand that held the lily stopped to the touch
roses, too.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15

to his identity he kept bold face, and
went to some pains to attempt to prove
an abb; but when convicted, mainly on
the testimony of Little Jack, who
abivered and trembled at the sight of
the man, the prisoner knew he was done
for, and cried out in anger, =.
Well, I am the man I saw the
boys eyes looking at me after had fin
fshed the old 'uns, but I had done
enough, and could not kill him, curse the
brat Inow regret nothing except that
I did not split his head open II 's...~t
And standing on the gallows, about to
De Launched into eternity, the man used
his last moments to curse the child-wit-
ness who had convicted him of the awful
crime. -. +" '55.....
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15
A MAN in faultless attire and Of pleas

A MAN in faultless attire and Of pleas
ing address walked into the business
Office of the Stein Manufacturing COM
pany, at Rochester, n. Y, recently, and
stepped boldly upto George Stein desk.
MI. Stein was signing checks. The
stranger bent over, and with his eyes
fixed on the signatures that had Just
been made, asked triAing question.
Later in the day the sw,iindler passed six
bogus checks, the forgeries Of Mr.. STEMS
name being almost perfect, even to pecu-
liarities in dotting 8 l." and crossing
stt's st. z.S... =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15

The St Louis police searched all day
for q baby whose mother said it had been
stolen, but which was found under the
bed where it had fallen.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15

''BET you two t. one that I don'tgo
prison." said Mr.. Walker, of Illinois, and
he out with pistol and put a. bullet into
his head.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15
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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15
HARRIS REMEDY co. MFG. CHEMISTS.
Market and 9Th. Sis. 81. LOUIS. NO.

Unsolicited testimony to the Efficacy d
Prof Hns's-ts' Sensisl0l Pn0ttlkes, t0Eea
from Letters recetUed from EutTOnS:
Indians Apr lIth le79-The remedy working perfectly
Had epilepsy from weakne.s, for eight years past
Chieaxo Aug a. 1871 thoroughly cured and feel uf
bop. The young man in the country u ks.ns better.
Missouri Sept Is 1871 much benefit from the
me- Of vour remedes that want another
This OF long standing and need something strong
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15

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Practical and analytical Chemists.
SOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15

gravely, IT heard grandpa talking and
getting up, and then saw q big robber
lump up and hit him with the axe. Then
grandpa fell down, and the big man went
over and struck grandma Then he
looked in the bureau, on the bed, in
grandpa's box, in the. closet, and then
went of, and then I went to Sleep"
I dreaded to ask him how the man
looked, for much depended on his
answer. But he was ready with his re-
ply, and all my cross-questioning could
not alter his statement. 2. = 80
"Big manfred collar (necktie,) on
great big breast-pin-ike Mr.. Johnson
there shining ring on his fnger-one
eye almost shut up ''.i ~" =
tried to make little Jack believe that
the murderer had black hair. and was q
little man, but he stuck to his story.
Then one of the constables talked to him
about something else for ten minutes,
and then questioned him as to the an
pearance of the man; but the story was
the same as he told me at first. Several
OF us wrote it down, and 7 charged the
child to remember it. =.
1 was convinced that the murderer was
stranger in that part of the country.
No one had seen him come or go; no one
knew the horror of his arrival or depart
ure, and he had left no clue behind
nothing but my theory that the thumb
was missing from the left hand. I rode
up to the tol-gates, but he had not been
seen to- pass. I questioned the stage
drivers, but they could give no satisfac-
ton. L went the railroad station, but no
one could remember having remarked
the presence Of a stranger on that night.
The murderer had arrived and departed
like bird.
I was considerably discouraged in not
striking his trail, but was determined
to pursue the case until T had found the
criminal. Visiting Pittsburg and Har-
risburg 1 laid my plans to trap him if he
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-04-15
WIVES. MOTHERS, MAiOENS !

6ARRl$ REMEDY co. MFG CHEMISTS,
Market and 9Th Sts., ST. LOUIS, MO.
For Sale BY DrugIlsts, and sent by mail
20 my 9ldreao ON receipt of Price.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-09

the organism. Mental influences affect
the system, and q joyous spirit not only
relieves pain, but increases the mo-
mentum Of life in the body. The victims
81 disease do not commonly efficiently Up,
preciate the value and use OF "good
spirits.n They too often settle down IN
despair when q professional Judgment de-
termines the existence OF some. latent OF
chronic malady. The fact thatit Is prooa'
BE thew Wilde Of a particular disease
casts so deep q gloom over their prospect
that through fear Of death they are gu
their lie time subject to bondage. Inc
multitude OF healthy persons who wear
out their strength by exhausting journeys
ard perpetual anxieties for health isvery
great, and the policy in which they In.
dulpe Is exceedingly shortsighted: Most
of he sorrowiul and worried cripples who
drag out miserable lives in this way would
be less wretched and live longer II they
were more hopeful. 1t is useless to expect
that any one can be reasoned into a lighter
frame Of mind, but 1t is desirable that all
should be taught to understand the stis,
tanning and often even curative power OIL
good spirits"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-09

ally pockets in fees nearly all that Is left,
and the lawyers get good round sum.
Some Of the New York receivers, like he
Of the Clairmqpt Savings Bank, pocket
what cash they can get hold Of and disap-
pear. In the case Of the Yorkyille Saw
ings Bank the lawyers pocketed eighty
per cent Of the assets. OF the assets Of
the broken Stuyvesant Bank, amounting
10 100000, fourfiths was expended
in litigation about the receiyership.
Only one Of these wrecked banks
has paid its depositors in full, after the
cashier sloped with $4,000. This Is only
small portion ofthe sickening record.
II Is no wonder that throughout the coun-
try, where the wrecking has been going on
on a smaller scale than in New York,
there is general disgust with savings
banks, which are generally coming to be
regarded as robbers roosts. They Will
continue to fall in public estimation until
laws are passed making the Stockholders
individually liable to the extent OF the en-
tire losses. linen who organize saving
banks are not willing TO secure depositors
they should not be allowed to engage IN
the business.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-09

From the London Lancet.
Many a life has been saved by the moral
courage Of a sufferer. 1t is not alone in
bearing the pain Of operations or the
misery Of confinement in q sick.room this
seli.help becomes Of vital moment, but in
the monotonous tracking Of a weary path,
and the vigorous discharge Of ordinary
duty. How many victim Of incurable
disease has lived on through years Of suf.
fering, patiently and resOlutely hoping
against hope, or, what is better, living
down despair, until the virulence Of a
threatening malady has died out, and It
has ceased 70 be destructive, although its
physical characteristics remained? This
power OF good spirits" Is matter OF high
moment to the sick and weakly. To the
former It may mean the ability 10 survive,
to the latter the possibility Of OUTLYING, or
living in spite Of, disease. It Is, there.
fore, OF the greatest importance to cult.
yate the highest and most buoyant frame
Of mind which the condition will admit.
The same energy which takes the form
Of mental activity 10 vital 10 the work OF
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-09

Thu ReppblIcans Of Ohio. county will hold q Con-
yention At The Court House on Saturday, May i''i
1880 at o'clock r. ", for tho purpose Of appointing
sixteen delegates to the State Convention TO be held
in wheeling May l2th, 1880.
Each District Of the county Is entitled to ten dele-
gates In said County Convention, and the Republican
voter arc requested 10 meet on Saturday April @,h
ia the city Districts at $50 O'Clock p. H. and in th'
country Dbuics at oelOckP NJ, the usual voting
plnces ia the several Districts, except that in Triade'
phia they will meet at LAwstnS Hotel 10 TriadelPhia
10 Liberty District at Centre sehOol House, In Rich,
land District at the Brick School House, at the head
ot woods Run, and In I!itchie District at AIbenz'
iall delegation from each District is earnestly de
,,t.a. - JOHN FREw,
Chairman Co. Ex. Com.
n. j. wuSpERLtcn, Secretary.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-09

THERE are two places. says the spriEg.
field Republican, from which Presidential
candidate ought not to be taken-the mil
itary profession and the Judicial bench.
Nothing can be more demoralising than
the fact or even the suspicion that judicial
decisions are affected by Presidential am
bition. The unwritten law of usage and
public sentiment ought to absolutely de-
bar the members Of the Supreme Court
from the Presidency.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-09

THRRE is a decided and jusdaable de-
crease Of confidence on the part Of the
people in the institutions known as saw
ipgs banks and corresponding and JUS
tiaable tendency to invest savings in Gov.
eminent bonds. ofall the forms Of crime,
outside OF that OF violence, the concealed
robbery OF poor depositop is the most ex.
ecrable. No laws can be too stringent to
protect them; no penalty can DO too Sc.
we're against the stockholders and mana.
gems Of savings institutions, or any bank
Of deposit. In England the depOsitos in
a wrecked bank have to be paid II every
stockholder is ruined. This is perfectly
proper, for 1t is the business Of stock.
holders and directors to see that their
bank is honestly conducted, A
law Of that kind in this country would
work unqualified good, In New York
State there are thirty-one bankrupt saw
ings institutions whose affairs are unset.
tied. -Four OF them can pay nothing and
the others can not pay over forty per cent,
Aitefa bank Is wrecked, the receiver rsu.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-09

JAMES R. YoUSe, Cameron.Grant
Republican, the Washington correspond
ent of Philadelphia paper and whose
utterances are valuable only because Of
his intimacy with the machine leaders,
says that the Grant men are quite as
ready to stand Democratic administers
ton il Grant is defeated at Chicago, as the
opponents Of third term If he is nominat-
cd. Very possibly Conkling and Cameron
would like to persuade people that they
are ready to defeat any candidate except
Grant at the polls, but the OK knoweth Its
owner and the ass It's masters crib, and It
will BIO long day before the machine
bolts It's bread and butter.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-09

SPEAKER RANDALL finds himself able to
announce unequiyocally that Mr.. Tlden
is candidate for denomination. TheNew
York Tritoe says 1t found itself able to
make the same announcement more than
a year ago, and has felt able to repeat
It frequently since. It is somewhat
singular fact that the friend to whom Mr..
Randall confided this intelligence found
himself possessed Of an impression that II,
by any chance, Tilden should decide not
to run, his second choice would be either
Randall or William q. English. The
Claimants list Of second choices includes
nearly all the leading statesmen in the
party. There are altogether too many OF
them to make it safe for him to select one
and offend all the rest.