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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-27

Babies are two highly priced to permit
them to suffer with Collie Flatulence, etc.
when DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup will at once
relieve them. Price Is cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-27

JOHN MCGIVERN.

Truro, Knox Co.. Ills.
Dear Sir:-1 have used your excellent Indian
Blood Syrup for some time, and have never fount
any medicine to equalit. can confidently re-
commend it.
JOHN MCGIVERN.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-27
LIVER REGULATOR.

Testimonials are received every day by the pro.
persons of education and prominence from all
parts of the country attesting to the wonderful
curative properties of this great medicine. Nc
other preparation but the Regulator has ever been
discovered that would effectually cure Dyspepsia
perfectly healthy condition of body and mind.
The rapidly increasing demand for this medicine
and our large sales III consequence, lie indeed sum.
Gent evidence In Itself Of its great popularity.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-27
Perfectly No T E aAs Harmless.

It can be used any time without fear by the mos
delicate persons. No matter what the siling, and
may be given to children with perfect safety nc
bad results follow its use doing possible injury
as mild Tonic, gentle Laxative and harmless in
remedy for
MALARIous FEvERs, BOWEL CoMPLAINTs,
sAUNDIck, CoLIC, REsTLEssNEss,
- MENTAL DEPRESSION, SICK HEADACHE,
CONSTELLATION, NAUSEA, BILIoUsNEss ,
DYSPEPSIA, &c.
Read re the following names OF persons well and
WE known who testify to the valuable prop
si1os VI oiAhoNs LIVER RKGULAToB OR MEDICINE.
~, non =, Alex stephens; John w Beckwith. Bish-
HoD I JIsorgia; Gen John Gordon, 3 senator; ;
Ed. So m Gill Shorter; Rt Rev Bishop Pierce,
inr,Sai thompson, Hon b BILL, Hon John Breck-
CHA rrof David Wills, ID d; Hiram Warner,
p NJ pShustice OF Georgia. Lewis Wunder. Assist
NC h rInaiiadelphia; and many others from whom
simns, te letters commenting upon this medicine IS
'so.oe' valuable household remedy.
SAoIioN-As there are number of limitations
oAeieu 70 the public, we would caution the com
10 buy no Simmons Liver Regulator or
%. 1ane unless in our engraved wrapper, with
30 Trade mark, stamp and signature unoro-
''"' none other are genuine
J. II. ZEILIN u CO,
Price q, MACON, Ca, and PHILADELPHIA.
' Oh sold BY all Druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-27
ILLINOIS STARCH Comply
OTTAWA, ILLINOIS.
Manufacturers Of the Celebrated
PEERLESS
GLOSS STARCH

The Peerless Gloss Starch is far superior 10 oil
other Starches for family use, in dressing Linens
L8ces and all fine fabrics, 1T produces a beautiful
soft, silken gloss, more lasting and preferable TO
the Ordinary Starchee.
See what Prof. Charles A. Seeley, P.E.D OF 81
Park Row, New York, says:
81 find the samples received from you OF your
Peerless Gloss Starch to be OF the very finest Gua
tty, and to be OF purity as nearly absolute ne is
practically obtained by our most approved process
es of manufacture. This opinion Is based upon
examination by means Of chemical tests and the
use of the microscope in various samples Ouclud-
ing yours) of well known brands OF Starch"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-27

Read the VOLUNTARY TESTING
MAILS of Persons who have been CURED
by the use Of the BLOOD PURIFIER.
RKkEDX FOR HEADACHE.
WATERFOWL, Rock Island Co Ills.
Dear Sir:-This fs to certify that your Indian
Blood Syrup has efectually relievedme of Pains
IN my Head. recommend lite TO suffering
humanity, MRS. &, ALLSBROW.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18
Dinner With Arrapatoes.

My first dinner with the Arrap hoes
was byinvitation of Six Feathers, very
hospitable and friendly Indian 1t was
served upon common white china, and
comprised stewed dog, boiled rice,
slightly sweetened, bread baked by re-
Election, and tea. Observing that my
host shook the contents of perforated
tin box into his cup, and supposing il
was sugar followed his example, and
found it was black pepper-not, how
ever, an unpalatable mixture in ex-
tremely cold weather. Dog meat is
co sidered great luxury, and is re-
served for feasts and special occasions.
After dinner Six Feathers seated me
upon a couch of buffalo robes and bright
red blankets, spread upon a willow mat
that lay upon the ground and against
two poles of a tripod, to which could be
given any inclination. This formed a
support for the back when sitting, and
for the head when lying down. My
hostess now presented me with a pair
of moccasins uniquely embroidered with
colored porcupine quilts, which l was
gratified to observe fitted perfectly, and
[ expressed my pleasure and thanks to
the dusky donor in my choicest ARA
paho. Cigarettes, of which they are
exceedingly. fond, being produced, we
complacently smoked, while the fire
burned brightly in the center Of the
lodge, maintaining comfortable and
uniform temperature, and the smoke
gracefully curled through its appointed
aperture. - Lieutenant FL. r. Lemly,
y. s. A., in Harper.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18
Words of wisdom.

He is not only idle who does nothing.
but be is idle who might be better EN-
ployed.
The necessities that exist are in gem
eral created by the superhLities that are
enjoyed.
1t often happens that those Of whom
we speak least on earth are best known
ia heaven.
Adversity is the trial of principle.
Without it, a man hardly knows
whether he is honest or not.
A good deed is never lost; he who
sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he
who plants kindness gathers love.
Our distinctions do not lie in the
places which we occupy, but in the
grace and dignity with which we fill
them.
A printed speech is Ikea dried flower
the substance, indeed, is there. but the
color is faded and the perfume gone.
A weak mind sinks under prosperity
as well as under advsrsity. a strong
mind has two high tides when the
moon is at the full and when there is nc
moon.
Time ought. above all other kinds 81
pfoperty. to be free from invasion; and
yet there is no man who does not claim
| the power OF wasting that time which !:
the right Of others.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

8 You look good enough to eat" said
he, looking over her shoulder into the
mirror. Food for reflection" she re-
piled, without smile.
Does your mother know your route7
asked that tease OF Tom when Charley
and his bride started on their wedding
ur--Bostoas Transcript.
There was a bull-fght by moonlight
in Compeachy, Mexico, recently, in
which it is said that the governor of the
state figured, disguised as matador.
The roses OF pleasure seldom last long
enough to adorn the brow of him that
plucks them, and they are the only roses
which do not refrain their sweetness,
after they have lost their beauty.
The universal material for mems and
boys suits in Scotland is the celebrated
g Bannoekburn CLOTH" so called from
the factories which now turn it out in
immense quantities on the site of the
famous battlefield.
When President Polk died he left bis
entire estate to his widow, at her death
to 60 to the most worthy person bearing
the Polk name, the State Of Tennessee
holding it in trust for the inkeritor. and
HdNlHS " ucS1uc Nu4CA II EA1dH IL
Mrs. Polk still survives, as is we'll
known in Nashville.
"IIow much are these goods a yard ?r
said a gentleman in a dry goods store
the other day, as he picked up and ex-
amined piece o. ruffied silk. Good
graciousr" cried the horrifed CLERK
"that isn't for salel That's the er lUf
a lady's traini She's Just gone up TO
the third story in the elevator
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18
The Study Of Natural History

Beasts, birds, reptiles and fishes, con-
sidered as forming one group, con-
stitute but q comparatively small sec
ton Of the world of animals Creatures
allied to the snail and oyster. but all Of
different kinds, exist in multitudes
which are known to US, but doubtless
also in multitudes as yet unknown.
w orms form division so varied in na-
ture, and so prodigious in mum Der that
the correct appreciation o. enc to an
other and to other animals-their classi-
feation-forms one of the most difficult
chronological problems. Coral-forming
animals and eognate forms. together
with star-fishes and their allies, come
before US as two other hosts, and yet
there are other hosts of other kinds to
which it is needless here to refer. Yet
the whole mass OF animals to which
reference has yet been made is exceeded
(as to the number of distinct kindS5 by.
the single group of insects. Every
land-plant has more than one species Of
insects which lives upon It, and tile
same may be probably said of at least
every higher animal-and this in addi-
tion to other parasites which are not in
sects. The lowest animals have not yet
been referred to, but the number of their
undiscovered kinds which may exist in
the ocean, and in the tropical lakes and
rivers, may be suspected from tlle. yari-
ETY. we may obtain here, in single drop
OF stagnant water. Recent researches,
moreover, have shown US that the
depths of the ocean, instead of being (as
we supposed) liteless as well as still and
dark abysses, really TEEN with animal
life. From those profound recesses also
creatures have been dragged to light,
forms which were supposed to have
long passed away and become extinct
And this leads to yet another consider
alton. 1t is impossible TO have COM
plete knowledge of existing animals
without being acquainted with so much
Of the nature of their now extinct pre-
decessors as can be gathered from the
relics they have left behind. Such
relics may be bones or shells imbedded
in muddy deposits of ages bygone, and
which deposits have now turned to rock,
or may consist of but the impress of
their bodies, or only a few footprints
Rich as is the animal population of the
world to- day, it represents only a rem
nal.t of the life that has been; and small
as our knowledge may ever be Of thst
ancient life Qrom imperfectiOns in the
rocky record), yet every year that
knowledge is increased. What increase
may we not also expect hereafter, when
all remote and tropical regions have
been explored with the care and patti
ence already bestowed on the deposits
which lie in the vicinity OF civilized
populations
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18
What to Write for the Press.

The following hints and suggestions
from an exchange are commended to
the careful consideration of local CORE
spondents. They will answer very well
for any latitude.
Accidents = When, where and TO
whom.
Amusements and exeursions-Wh
and where; character of amusements.
Burglary-When, where, by whom;
what amount stolen; arrest made; dis
position of prisoner. Same with regard
to crime of any kind.
Change Of business firm When; name
of parties; where outgoing members are
going, etc.
Crops-Present condition and future
prospects.
Churches-C Change ofpastor; revivals,
election of church officers, etc.
Deaths-Who. when, where, age; if a
prominent citizen, brief obituary.
Discoveries-Of curiosities, antiqui-
ties. or anything new or valuable.
Fires-Whose property, when. where,
cause, amount of insurance, names of
companies insured in.
Facts and figures - Concerning any
product raised in the vicinity, amounts
sold, profits, etc.
+. SoeAf1io AAO1u .DJ WAOAl, lOL WHab
object, amount realized, etc.
lmprovements-By whom, where and
cost, if ascertained.
Lectures-Past and to come, when,
where, by whom, subject, object.
Murders-Who. when, where, by
whom, cause, circumstances.
Marriages-Who, when, where, by
whom.
New-comers-Their business, where
located, where from, etc.
New manufactures and new business
OF any klnd-ln prospect, when, where
and by whom established, kind, etc.
New buildings-To be built, by whom,
for what purpose, cost, etc.
Price of staple commodities-In mar
ket. prospects for the future.
Parties leaving town-Who, where
going, when, business going into.
Sales of real estate-By whom, TO
whom, who will occupy, amount paid.
Shows, exhibitions and fairs-Where,
when, who gave them, character of en-
tertainment.
Schools-Facts and figures concern
ing them, change of teachers. improve
ments needed, etc.
Secret societies-Election of officers,
prosperity and condition of society.
Suggestions of improvements needed
When, where by whom, cost, etc.
Surgical operations-By whom per-
formed, what character, condition of
patient.
Sickness-Who sick, cause; health Of
community.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18

Imagine two harps in room, with
the same number Of strings. and each
string perfectly attuned to a correspond
ing one in the other. Touch 3 string in
one, and the corresponding string in the
other will give out the same sound
Try another string and its correspond
ing tone viii be sounded. So with al
the strings. So with any combination
of strings. 1t would not matter how
YOU played the one harp the other
would respond. as regards pitch and
quality, would be almost perfect Now
substitute for one harp the human ear,
and the conditions would, according tp
theory, be the same, except that the re-
sponsive mechanism 81 the ear is much
smaller than that Of the responsive
harp. In the ear there are minute CORDS.
rods, or something in such state ol
tension as To be tuned 10 tones pf vaKl~
GUS pitch, sound tone. its cQrres{ong I
ing rod or cord in the ear will respond,
perhaps feehly. hut still with energy
enough To excite the IA lament cO1-
nected with II, 1.-The result is W nervous
current Of the brain, and 4 sensation ~
tone Of particular pitci's = tf2ee
Words.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18
A Wonderful Place.

A Leadville (Col) correspondent of
the Springfield Republican writes: Peo-
pie Eere never weary of saying, Lead
vile is wonderful place." And, in
deed, it is prodigy difficult to com
pass with full comprehension We
have to go around it and look at it from
different points of view. For example
two years ago, nothing; now city Of
10000 inhabitants, more voters than
Denver can boast, good hotels, theaters,
four daily papers, gaslights, water
works, palatial stores, hoodlums, and
other metropolitan paraphernalia. Or.
the impression is perhaps more satisfac-
tory and filling as one enters the city
through its barren and unpromising ap-
proaches. You leave Denver, the sup
posed jumping-off place Of civilization
at night, and travel all night by rail,
through mountain passes, through a
country which, being asleep, you do not
learn much about, but which, presum-
ably, is sparsely, if at all inhabited.
Next morning you take the stage at the
terminus of the railroad and ride fifty
five miles through country which, it
would appear, might have been left out
of the world without loss. You seem
to be travelling toward 1.-THE end Of no.
where" There isa shanty in sight here
and there, and sometimes small clus-
ter of them, There are mule trains Of
freighters which sometimes block the
road inconveniently. There are, at too
short intervals, dead horses and mules
lying by the roadside. At Holmes
ranch-place never to be forgotten-you
stop for I" dinners" and in miserable
hovel you try to cut a most miserable
counterfeit of dinner, for which you
pay seventy-five cents in solid coin.
All through the day you go Oh through
a dreary waste, and suddenly at night
you are in a city! You are among gas
lighted and crowded streetsl In this
nowhere toward which you have so
laboriously toiled you find yourself y in
crowded hauntS OF men, On the
whole, think that one who wishes to
dilate with the right emotion over
the wonders Of this locality will be in
the most proper mood of amazement
and admiration as he permits himself
toknow where he is at the moment Of
his advent.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18

We had wandered out under the
moonlit larches, and we all talked and
LAUGHED at nothing, in that silly, happy
way young people have. We told rid
dies and sung the old college soags till
finally sleep, with his bright cOlored
mantle of dreams called US, and we re-
tired to what we fondly supposs d would
be repose. But if you have ever oc-
cupied room with six girls. You will
know that sleep is not always to be OBJ,
tanned at once. One young lady was an
hour and half by the clock in brushing
and braiding her hair, in putting up her
crimps, in cleaning and polishing her
finger nails, in running piece of silk
floss between each pair of her thirty-two
teeth, in polishing each one with 3 tliitttie itti
stick and some powder, izEsgiiviing them
a vigorous brushing with soap ansf
water, in washing her hands and in APP
plying glycerine to them, in putting on
a wash good for the complexion in
reading her Bible, in kissing. every body
good night, and in getting into her ham,
mock, which everybody who has ever
tried it knows isa work oftime.
Just as we thought we were, almost
asleep she recollected that she had not
taken her 4satG uonaicG. and she argued
long time with another young lady to
try to get her to take saaE u0all6cG, quoting
at great length from Dr. Pulte and other
eminent homGopatic physicians to
prove that she and everybody needed
mn UoDatcG occasionally. When, to get
peace, the poor girl swallowed the glOb-
ules. we thought that we had earned
repose; but then another young woman
remarked in a cheerful tone that she
was cold and one of the windows must
come down. This occasioned what
seemed to the sleepy ones an endless con-
troversy, as somebody else was burn
ing up with heat and wanted another
opened. This was finally settled. Every
thing was quiet f0r ut least five minutes,
and we were all at length giving up 90
sstired natures sweet restorer when
suddenly an awful sound was heard.
A great weight fell suddenly on the bare
floor, the shrill shrek Of a woman
leaped upon the midnight air, quick
questions and exclamatscns were heard
A light was struck, and it was discoF-
cred not that robbers and murderers
were upon us, but that somebody's ham
mock had broken down. This was re-
constructed, and again we addressed
ourselves to persuading Morpheus to
knit up our sleeve of care, which by this
time was very much raveled indeed.
Ten minutes OF utter quiet passed
away; nothing was heard but the gen.
tie breathing of the sleepers, when one
affectionate girl, turning over, called
out, Well, I'm going TO sleep; good
night everybody. ."-Lippiacotfs Maga-
zine
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18
The Reliable Man.

The reliable man is man of good
judgment. He does not jump at con-
clusions. He is not a frivolous man.
He is thoughtful. He turns over subject
in his mind and looks al it all around
He is not partial or one-sided man.
He sees through thing. He is apt to
be very reticent man. He does not
have to talk great deal He is mod
crate man not only in habits of body,
but also in mind. He is not passionate
man; if so by natnre, he has overcome
it. He is sincere man, not plotter
or schemer. What he says may be re-
lied on. He is a trustworthy man
You f ell safe with your property or
the administration of affairs in his hands.
He is brave man, for his conclusions
are logically deduced from the sure
basis Of truth, and he does not fear to
maintain them. He is a good man,
for no one can be thoroughly honest and
truthful without being good.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18
NO. %.


The cows are housed, the milking done,
The sheep are in the fold;
Ihear the vespers Of the birds
Aross the dewy void;
The mowers from the marsh come late,
The sunset bells have tolled,
see them loom, like siIhouettes,
Against the sunset gold.
And, flushing Ger their loosened sails,
From some last, lingering ray,
A feet OF homeward fishing boats
Comes ripping up the bay.
hear the closing OF the forge
That clinks across the way,
And, as he dofs his frock, the strain
OF Georges roundelay.
Another minute, with bound,
He viii beside me be,
While fisher John comes from the wharves
And Joseph from the lea.
My heart is torn to choose betwixt,
With all a-wooing me;
think-perhsps twill be as we'll
To try and love all three
Boston Transcript.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18

A carpenter who was always prog
nosticating evil to himself was one day
upon the roof Of five-story building
upon which rain had fallen The roof
being slippery he lost his footing, and as
he was descending toward the caves, he
exclaimed, just as / told your
Catching, however, in an an iron spout,
lie kicked off his shoes and regained a
place of safety. when he thus delivered
himself: know'd it; there's pair ef
4 .oes gonc!p
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18
''Iis Morning, and the Days are
LOng.v

l had dream of other days;
In golden luxury shone the wheat,
In tangled greenness shook the maize;
The squirrels ran with nimble feet,
And in and out among the trees
The hang bird darted like flame,
The catbird piped her melodies,
Purloining every warbler's fame;
Aud then heard the triumphal song,
/" lis morning, and the days are long,
They scattered roses, strewed the palms,
And shouted down the pleasant wales;
heard a thousand happy psalms,
Aud, laughing, wove a thousand tales
OF mimic revelry and Joy;
They mocking well the worldly great
Each tanfaced girl and barefoot boy,
Dear shapers OF my early fate-
And then again the aolian song,
!" 'Tis morning, and the days are long,
Far winding past the storied town.
The river ran throus h bosky groves;
Its floods we sailed our vessels down
Full-freighted with myriad loves;
Our souls went floating TO the gales,
With scarlet leaves and shreds of bark;
We named them cutters, schooners, sails,
And watched them fade in shadowy dark
Then down the water flowed The song,
lis morning, an the days are long. -
On, morning, when the days are long,
And youth and innocence are wed,
And every grove is full OF song,
And every pathway void of dread
Who rightly sings its rightful praise,
Or rightly dreams it o'er again,
When cold and narrow are the days,
And shrunken all the hopes OF men,
He shall reawaken with his song,
lis morning, and the days are long
. There palritations, wild and sweet. A
The thrills of many an old delight,
nd dimpled hands that lightly meet,
And hearts that tremble to unite,
Arise upon the early morn, tAhf
Pass down the lovely wales and stand,
A picture OF a memory born,
The mirage of a lotus land
land where once we trolled the song,
"Tis morning, and the days are long"
B. s. Parker.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18

Some of the recent executions in Rus
sia recall very striking incident of the
reign of Peter the Great. The nihilism
of that period was represented by the
revolt of the StIelitz (Archer) guard,
which Peter quelled and punished with
merciless severity, beheading man for
every turret on the Kromlin wal |, which
overlooked the place of execution. The
heaasman being fatigued with the
butchery, Peter himself took his place,
and struck off twelve heads with his
own hand. The thirteenth was a hand
some young soldier nicknamed Orel
(eagle), who, pushing aside his prede-
eessor's headless corpse, cried, with a
laugh. "Come, brother, it's my turn
for an audience with the czar nowir
Peter, struck with this reckless gallan
try, pardoned and promoted him.
Some French writers have endeavored
to throw coloring of romance over
the incident by making its hero the
czar's unacknowledge son, but the re-
spective ages OF the two men render this
ali but impossible.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1880-03-18

In New England alone there are now
over 1000 freight cars being built for
various roads.