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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-21
81 don't vaut that stuff"

Is what lady of Boston said to her bus
band when he brought home some medi-
cine to cure nor sick headachs and
neuralgia which had made her miserable
for fourteen years. At the first attack
thereafter. it was administered to her
with such results that she continued its
use until cured, aud vas SO enthusiastic
in its praise, that she Induced twenty-five
OF the best families in her circle 10 adopt
it as their regular iamily medicine That
stuff" is Hop Ritters.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-21

Cincinnati Gazette: In that ieebleness
of mind which can see no way tor the re-
public but to see THE strong man" Tor its
protector. the reply is often made that
the objections to third term apply
equally to a second term, if second term
and no more is as bad as terms repeatcd
for life. So we may say the reason for a
third term applies equally to a tenure for
lite. Custom has settled the matter as to
the second term, by allowing one re-elec.
ton. AS the custom allows president to
be q candidate for denomination, no man
of his party can enter the field against him
without political destruction. This shows
what would be the situation if the custom
allowed HIM to be a candidate for third,
fourth. and fifth terms, and SO on for life.
1.-THE president desires one denomination,
his party has pot freedom of choice Ii
custom allowed him more re"elections. his
party would have no freedom of choice
The second term furnishes the strongest
argument against breaking the revered
tradition which allows but two terms.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-21
The 9silr Areas.
socx rsLAED...........xLnrNors
BLAINE.
The Ways and Tricks of the "PIume d
Knight"
BLAINE.
Pittsb urgh { Pa. Post .

Pittsburgh (Pa) Post.
Blaine has a positive genius in the way
of creating and organizing public opinion.
or rather Republican for his own gain. He
uses the press freely and the kilograms
from centres OF interest to the newspapers
are almost invariably doetored in the
Blaine line. He has bureau" at Wash
ineton. which, on a given signal, will
inundate any district or state with Blaine
literature Then be has personal
following running into every county in the
union. He is magnetic" knows every
body. never torgets anybody. and has tbs
knack of convincing all with whom he
comes in contact that he is particular
friend, and his election to the presidency
would be to their interest. He is stralning
every nerve TO accomplish his nominal ton,
but he will fail. The odor OF CORFU ption
sticks to him like q burr. His campaign
is largely made on the money contributed
By the great corporation chiefs to whom
he peddled his rulings when speaker and
10 whom he will be subservient il elected.
There will be millions TO such men as Jay
Gould in having Blaine in the white house
aud this is one reason he will never get
there. Blaine, as politician and iegisla-
tive speculator, is the creation of the most
corrupt era in American history. he is
incapable of shame and has the audaolty
of Satan. There is no denying him brill
ant qualities, but they are sick!ied all over
with moral and political rottenness. We
agree with the Nation. that the old Grant
gang, returned to power. could never reach
She scale Of scientific and thorough cor>
ruption that wilt come from Blaine and
the Blainites in control of the government.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-21
(4ticur'a
HuM1RS OF THE BLOOD, SKIN
AND SCALP,

CUTTcURA REsoLxENTe Is the most powerful
Blood Purifier saHd Liver Stimulent ever com
pounded 9E In forty minutes after taking the hFs
dose It ray nRee deteeted in the saliva, blood.
sweat, and urfnesshowing that it had entered the
blood and been distributed throughout the entire
system In its passage through the circulating
fuits ii eetsNHh the corrupt particles of matter
which foster and maintain disease, with which 1t
chemically unifes, destroying and gradually elm
mating them from the system.
Hence its power to forever expel Scrofulous,
Cancerous, and Caaker Humors, which unchecked
fill the body with foul ruptions, and rot out
the delicate machinery of life.
CuucURA, the great external remedy for al Hu-
mors OF the Scalp and Skin, Ulcers Sores and Dis
charging Wounds, is the most soothing and heal
ing of outward applications 1t speedily destroys
fungus and parasite growths, restores the oil
glands and tn hes healthy condition. and cures
when assisted by the CuTICaRA SOAP, diseases of
the Skin and Scalp which have been the torture OF
8 life time.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-21

two years. He threw them away
in 81 Hours after the first ap-
uIication of Wizard Oil.
De. HAMIIN:-When I met your agent
here. in September, had been two years suf-
fering severely with Rheumatism, half of that
time confined to the house, and three months
at time to my bed. The balance OF the
time was compelled to crawl around upon
crutches. l used medicines without number,
Including large quantity of morphine, all OF
which proved worse than useless AS to what
l suffered, the English language cannot tell
it to any one who has not tried its realities.
The first application of Wizard Oil gave
me relief in fifteen minutes, and dlspeIied my
doubts in twenty-four hours. used bottle
day for ten days. The next morning after
the use CT the first bottle,
Tleft my Clutches at home and
walked down town without them
for the first time in two years.
Since thenI have not used them, and can now
split cord of wood as quick as any man IN
Adrian. Some of my friends at first thought
such a sudden cure would kill me, but wanted
change, though it should be death.
That all who read this may know how l
have been, / will say, when I commenced
using Wizard Oil, could reach around my
leg above the knee with one hand.
L was reduced to mere slSele-
ton, and most of the time
when / moved upon
crIItches, or tried to stand
without them, I could not raise
either foot from the floor.
/ used fifteen bottles in all, but have not used
any for two months. l now feel as well as
ever did in my life, and have gained thirty-fve
pounds in flesh. But must tell you it seems
almost like dream. You can refer to me as
often as you wish, and hundreds of the citi-
sens of Adrian will testify to the truth of
my statements.
JOHN Y. FAIRBANKS, Adrian. Mich.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-21

The CTUICURA REMEDIES are prepared by Weeks
& Potter, Chemists and Druggists. Washington
St Boston, and are for sale by ! druggists
Price of CUTCURA, small boxes so cents: large
boxes containing two and one half times the guam
titT Of small. 81. REsoLvRET 81 per bottle. Gu
TIcuRA SOAR p cents per cake; by mail 30 cents
cakes, IS cents
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-21

Certificate of a Prominent Citizen
of Adrian, Mich, who had not
walked without Clutches for
two years. He threw them away
in 81 Hours after the first ap-
nI;cation of Wizard Oil.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-05-21
SKIN DISEASE.
Great Suffering for Sixteen Years. A
Wonderful Cure by the Cuticura
Pom a6inS

Messrs. WEEKS s. POTTER: Gentlemen.-CUTI,
CURA REMEDIES have done me power of good
have been afflicted with skin disease for sixteen
years. Some days 1t troubled me more than Others
but st night the itching nearly drove me wild
l would scratch until the blood would run down
my limbs.
have had several physicians. Some said they
could cure me, but others said rot.
/ will say that before used the CnTTcURA REM,
DIES was in fearful state, and had given up al
hope of ever having any relief.
But. like drowning man grGsping at straw,
thought I would try the CUnCURA REMEDIES
about which had read much
They have performed a wonderful cure for me
and of my own free viii and accord recommend
them. Yours truly,
s. A. STEELE.
6s VI VAN buren, ST., CHICAGO, I'LL,
March Z, 1879
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-03
New plan of Selling

r mo- Agents! No COMMISSIONS! Instru-
ments shipped from factory direct to pur-
chasers and all middle-men' slprofits saved
Every man his own Agent and entitled to
Ing on the new plan. Buying from us is
practically buying from the Manufactur-
ers and our prices are as low as Manufact-
urers ever give. Sac these special offers
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-03
IMPORTANT OUESTIONS.

Readefy have You .caughtR gold Are y6uEh- !
able to raise the phlegm? Have you an irrita-
ton in the tbreat2 "A sense of oppression on
the lungs, with short breath? Do you have
fit Of COUGHING on lying down a sharp pam
now and then in the region of the hearts, shoul-s7
ders and back? If so, our Advice is take at
once dose of TUFTS Expectorant; youwill soon
be able to raise the phlegm. nan hour repeat
the Expec;orant, place ahot iron to the feet take
two of TUFTS Pills. You will soon fall intoK a !,
pleasant sleep and wake up in tie morning, x
cough gone, lungs working freely; easy breath
ing, and the bowels moving in natural manner.
To prevent return Of these symptoms use the
Expectorant several days.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-03

Or. J.F. HAYWOOD
READ wHATHE SAYS

DR. TUT New York, Sept, 19, 1871
Dear Sir-During this year visited nine hundred
cases of lung diseases. In the lower wards of the
city the cases were of very severe type 1t
and confess my surprise at its wonderful power.
During practice OF twenty years, have never
happy effects 1t instantly subdued the most violent
fits Of coughing, and invariably cured the disease in
few days cheerfully indorse it as the best lung
medicine ever used.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-03
READ! READ! READ!

FUR Improved Right and Left, Flat
Oshod CULTIEATOR having been thor
ouRhly tested. read What others think of
it who nave tried it.; - - -
1t works splendidly in my nursery and
grove. does the best of work, leaves the
surface. quite smooth and saves half the
time have also noticed your sneeess in
subduing cane grass With it. 1t pays. l.
must have one. a, HARMON BROWN iiii
l would also refer persons, wishing to
know as to the quality of its work to Mr..
VIM, B. Watson. manager of Count de
Barr Is groye,at Enterprise Fla. ii.2 4. AZ
1t is by far the best Cultivator 1have
ever seen, either north or south. Twill
take two. VIM w, HULsT.
1t is n great time and labor-saving tool,
and no farmer can afford to do without it
who has few acres of orange grove. nur-
sery,. corn, cotton, cane, OF other crops
which require clean cultivation. | find it a
most perfect implement for subduih 9 cane
grass 1t works well among the stumps.
Price $1,000, Cash.
J. y, PARCE, Agent.
DeLand. Fla. June %, 1879. Sra
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-03
FLORIDlANA.
,cannranhical Divisions of Florida.

EASTERN FLORIDA y composea OF the
entities Of Suwannee, Columbia. Alachua,
Levy. Baker. Nassau. Duyali Bradford
CLAW. st. Johns. Putnam and Marion; u
WEsr FLORIDA is composed Of the eo'In-
ties of Escambia, Santa Rosa, WasnIngton'
Walton, Holmes, Jackson ana Calnouh.
NJ,nr,,p FtoRrDA---Is composed of the
oomnties of Gadsden, Liberty, Franklin,
leon. Waknlla, Jefferson, Madison, Taylor.
Lafayette and Hamilton.
South FLoRIDA-Is composed of the
counfies of HERNANDEZ, Sumter, Orange,
Tolnsia ,Brevard, Polk, Hillsborough, Man
atee. Monroe and DDde
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-03
COTTON SEED MEAL.
The Best Fertilizer for ,, the orange Tree,

Prof. w. j. Land, Analytical Chemist of
the Depar tinent Of Agriculture, Atlanta,
sTbe available phosphoric acid is equiya-
lent to bone phosphate dissolved, 2.20 The
total phosphoric acid is equivalent to total
bone phosphate. 5.7S.., The mechanical com
dition of the ferti Gzer is good: Its com,
mercial value is thirty-seven dollars and
twenty-five cents."1~'A-- =
For composing for early. vegetables the
Meal is unedualed. Itis also the cheapest
and richest feed for stock. Price-,to be
paid in advance-$30per ton. Purchasers
will receive benefit OF special rates sol Of
for circulars. Address,
so 1O7 L. V. MOORE, Fruis Cove, Fla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-03
a NEWSPAPER PUR. wRITEs.

Office, evening News, Augusta, Ga q
DR.. TUTT: Dear Sir-My little son, was attacked
with pneumonia last winter, which left him with
for the cure OF which am indebted toyour valuable
Expectorant. HAD tried most every thing recon-
mended but none did any good until1 used your Ex-
pectorant, one bottle Of Which removed the cough
entirely. With many thanks, am yours truly,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1880-03-03
Had terrible NIGHT 5 wEATs.

- Memphis, Feb, II, 1S71!FA4
DR.. TUTT: SirI have been SURF for nearly two
years with severe cough. When Commenced Ia
king your Expectorant l was reduced to one hundred
and sixteen pounds in weight. had tried almost
everything: had terrible night sweats Ihave taken
half dozen bottles The night sweats have left me,
the cough has disappeared, and have gained fifteen
pounds in flesh / reconmendit to all my friends.
With great respect OLIVER RICE.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-08-07
PERTAINING TO PENCILS.

A lead pencil should never be wet
II hardens the lead and ruins the pencil.
This fact is known to newspaper men
and stenographers. But nearly every
one else does wet pencil before using
it. This fact was definitely settled by
newspaper clerk away down East
Being of mathematical turn Of mind,
he ascertained by actual count, that Of
fifty persons who came into an Office to
write an advertisement or church notice
forty-nine wet pencil in their mouths
before using it. Now this clerk always
uses the best pencils that can be pro-
cured-in fact is 4 connoisseur in lead
pencils, cherishing a good one with
something Of the pride soldier. feels in
his gun or sword and II hurts his feel.
ings to have his pencil spoiled. But
politeness and business considerations
require him to lend his pencil scores OF
times every day. And often, after it
had been wet till il was hard and brittle
and refused to mark, his feelings would
ovcrpowcr him.
Finally he got some cheap pencils and
sharpened them, and kept them to lend.
The first person who took up the stock
pencil was drayman, whose breath
smelled Of onions and whisky. He held
the point in his mouth and soaked it
for several minutes while he was tortur-
ing himself in the effort to write an ad-
vertisement for missing bulldog
The next was a man whose mouth over
flowed with tobacco juice, in streaks
down each side, and who wet the pen
Gil each time he wrote word. Then
4 swcet-iooking young lady came into
the Office, with kid gloves that buttoned
the whole length of her arms, and hung
in row of buttons and button holes
half yard over her shoulders. She
picked up the same old pencil and press
cd it to her dainty lips preparatory to
writing an advertisement for lost brace
let. The clerk would have stayed her
hand, even at the risk of box of the
best pencils ever Faber catered, but he
was too late. And thus that pencil
passed from mouth to mouth for week.
1t was sucked by people of all ranks and
stations, and all degrees OF cleanliness
and unclcanlincss. Finally the clerk
who had now learned always TO keep 4
lending pencil with him, went to see
friend who was just recovering from
typhoid fever, and who borrowed pen
Gil to write his acknowledgements to
kind ncighbors who had watched with
him. Next day that pencil went upon
the counter, attached to pad OF paper
by string, and was in turn admitted
to the mouth of every caller. Alas, it
had absorbed the fatal typhoid germs,
and one by one those who sucked its
poisoned point were brought low by the
epidemic. But we forbear. Surely no
one who reads this will ever again wet
lead pencil. Let it be terrible
warning.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-08-07
AUNT prNAH VISITS THE CIRCUS.

Now what. you dOin', ca'lIn', and ~har'' you bin
You hab'nt seen tn. Imagery nor heard do music
Well, ii. |. all Tee 60, to say. you .holy missed
sight!
An to tell you what seed to-day 'twouid take
me half de night.
seed dc iiun an dc tiger, and de anacondy, too,
Sides the awfal-iooking pottymOus and ugly kan
Bu, dc SMART. Of do animiss foun In all dc gang
Is woiked amongst de cages, was de funny
rangertang-
lie was sitting on bari an chswin' on cake.
An heard do niggsrs sayin' how he 'ssmbisd
Parson Jake
Cause he had mighty .eh.min' way o. 'squslehin'
An h.nsia' down hi. under jaw. an .ishua .s %
sky.
Well. lows he rudder got mo wild his mannish
sort o. way,
An here's dc sort o. ,aikin' dat knows he meant
to say,
you thinks o. me.
trabLles on de .lcepin' car and gets my eatin'
habs de fines vitties jss sb'rywhar 1 goes,
An nebbcr has no trouble a-patehin' up my cioes;
Now. wouldn't you like TO shin yourself jest like
the tAdpoies do!
An shuttle of dc Niger skin. an DO u monkey,
Nov. dat. what he wa. tinkin', case I seen Il in
his face,
bars n heap o. ,chcnliu', Caline, In dis hero
monkey race!
For b'lcabs dat hs kin talk no well me or you,
An know. he's 30, = heap o sense an eddica-
ton, too:
An RAIDER specs Ito un,lcrs;ands'de shubblc an
dc hoe.
Bu, lie little fellcrs heap t'o keen to let lie people
know:
Cause he'd hab to git his libbin in u mighty diff
funt way.
An dcy'd hab him In de cotton patch at atty
cents n day.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-08-07
WHERE LIGHTNING STRIKES.

Prof. Colladon, OF Geneva, has made
some interesting observations on the
course OF lightning when it strikes trees
and houses. He holds that the great
discharges which injurc trees or houses
seldom or never happen while the light
ming has an unobstructed course-which
it has along the thin upper branches Of
trees, where birds and their nests are
often left quite uninjured by its descent.
But il is where the electric current
reaches the thick stem that the tree be-
comes worse and worse conductor,
and il is here, therefore, that the tree is
what is called struck. e., here that
the electricity, failing to find an unob-
structcd channel to the earth. accumu-
lates in masses and gives out shocks that
rend the tree. And the same is true Of
houses whose lightning conductors stop
short Of the ground. Prof. Colladon
has also shown that the close neighbor-
hood Of pool Of water is 4 great at
traction to the electric current, and that
the electricity often passes down house
or tree till it is near enough to dart
straight across to the water; and he
thinks that where possible lightning
conductors should end in spring or
pool of water. Prof. Colladon believes
that lightning desccnds rather in a
shower-through multitude Of vines,
for instance, in the same vineyard
than in single main stream. 1t di-
vides itself among all the upper branch
es of tree, and is received from hun
drcds of atmospheric points at once, in
stead Of, as has been usually supposed,
from one. Electricity is rain, a num-
Der of tributaries from a wide surface,
not a single torrent.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-08-07
HORSES OF ALL WORK.

There is an urgent demand in all pop
ulous cities for large and powerful
horses. The high prices received for
large and stately animals ought to con-
vince the most incredulous that we must
have more attention paid to the improve-
ment OF this stock. We need TO biecd
horses OF all work. Only few can, at
present, breed the race horse and the
hunter. for we are too practical people.
We have but little Use for the saddle
horse simply. The light grades and
the general ease of our roads render
carriages the most agreeable mode Of
locomotion, and We require horses Of
such size that they can draw them with
ease to themselves, and with moderate
speed. Seven or eight miles an hour is
quite as high rate Of speed rs prudent
persons usually care to drive, either for
safety to themselves and their carriages,
OF for the good Of their horses. We
ought to breed horses Of not less than
fifteen and 4 half or sixteen hands in
height, as our standard, and of an aver
age weight of not less than ten hundred
and fifty pounds. They should be spirit
cd but not fractions. Compactness
and smoothness OF figure and the firm
ness of bone, muscle and skin, should
be regarded. Strong, good colors, like
bay or black, with dark limbs and hoofs,
should be particularly looked after in
breeding. Let every farmer look as
carefully to his stock horse as if he were
to become a purchaser. Weak knees,
fiat feet, and many physical defects are
transmissible. The farmer must not be
taken by the mere show or getting up
Of the horse. The breeding Of a poor
horse is an absolute loss.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-08-07
pg-The mos, disgusting thing in h

p0The most disgusting thing in hui
manity is a female snob. A masculine
fop is uncomfortable enough, but female
snob is worse. A woman with woman'S
heart is never a snob. Neither wealth
nor position can make her such. She
may occupy the highest social position,
and have wealth in abundance, but she
never fails to be lady, and is known
as such by all classes. Instead Of re-
pelling those beneath her in social
standing and wealth, she commands
their respect. The snob feminine is 4
woman who has been pulled up the So
cial stairway, probably by some one
above her or with some one who has
wealth, and who then Immediately as
sumcs the air Of snobbery over those
with whom she has formerly walked
There are two things the female snob
never possesses-brains and heart
Without these neither wealth nor her
assumed superior social standing count
for much with sensible people.-AHbwn
4aserhfyfy.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-08-07

p6y-There is in Hart county, Ky.,
what is known as the 'Sun-down spring.
The water Of this spring flows inces-
sanity during the day in stream the
size Of mans arm, but as the sun nears
the western horizon il grows percepti.
bly, less, makes a peculiar sound heard
at a distance Of about fifty feet, and
then, Just to the minute the sun sets,
stops running. This phenomenon oc-
ours daily.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-08-07

s@-They were playing a game called
euchre. She held both bowers and the
king and two aces Of other suits, but she
was a novice at the game. A young
man who was teaching her looked at
her cards and warmly exclaimed, "what
a lovely hand I" She looked at him
straight in the eyes and murmured.
"You may have il IL you want it," All
the rest OF the evening he wondered II
he was the victim of a leap-ycar proposal.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1880-08-07

p1-No man can truly say he is happy
and healthy and that he loves every
body when he owes years suhscrip-
ton to a newspaper and has corns.
Decorah-posten., 1880-01-21
Sc Oa9Iige SusSitrnin9tr.

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pan auerferlt bepe, perna(t arbeloe,
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