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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-26

put on cold. No heating of foot Send for free IT,
iustrsted Pamphlet THE JOHN d. BILLINGS
PATENT HORSE SHOE COMPANY, 16i and 1853
Bank street. New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-26
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
RAILROAD.
1% MOST DIRECT ROUTE TO g.
Freeport, Clinton junction, Reloit, Racine,
Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay,
Lacrosse, Prairie du CHEN,
-..ts st. Paul, Minneapolis. ..-
NORI,TIwE@T.

1%toAG& II tE1 wv -N9 IL .
Trains leave Rock Island as follows: Day Ex.
press at IS m arriving at Racine $50 M and
Milwaukee 6:I5 M; Night Express at 10 30 p m,
arriving at Racine 900 IN, and Milwaukee,. 9:l5 q
m, connecting Fulton with Chicago d North
western Railroad for Morrison, Sterling and Dixon.
At FreeporG with Illinois Central Railroad for Du
buque, Lacrosse, and all points North. At Beloit
with the Madison Division of the Chicago & North
ton with the Western Division of the Chicago a
North western Railway for GAINESVILLE, Oshkosh and
Green Bay. At Western Union junction with the
Chicago Division OF the NJ. Il st. r. Ry for Chi
cago and all Eastern points. At Milwaukee nth
Northern Divisions of the g. NJ. b ST. Z. Ry for
Waukesha, Janesville. Madison. Watertown, Por-
tage City, Kilbourn, Lacrosse. Oshkosh, Minneap-
oils and ST. Paul. Also with the Wisconsin Central
IRailroad for Plymouth, Green Bay. Menasha, Ste
Lake Shore % Western Railroad for Sheboygan,
Manitowoc, New Indon and Clintonville.
West bound trains leave Milwaukee at 7:l5 m,
and 6:16 m, making close connections Tor all
points in the West and Southwest.
This is the only line running through
Day Coaches and Sleeping Cars between
Milwaukee and Rock Island. 4.
Passengers wishing to take the sleeper leaving
Rock Island at 10 80 m can do so any time after
spm. Passengers for Dubuque can thus secure q
rest from p m untb4:o0 a m.
Be sure that your tickets read via Western Union
Railroad.
Tickets on sale at all principal ticket Offices.
For Information regarding rates, routes, ETC., ad
dress
D. A. oLrN, Avn CARPENTER,
Superintendent, Gen'l Pass. Ticket AR't,
Racine Wis. Milwaukee. Wis.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-26

wA SUIE THING

1t never fails Cure yourself for 81 Prof. Cha
pfn's Buchu paiba-a quick, complete cure for al
Urinary, Kidney, Bladder ana Genital Diseases,
male or female. 81 at Druggists. Advice free.
Depot So Barclay St., New York, and for Rock ISL
and at Bengston's.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-26
Electro Silicon Liniment Co.

- Price, so cents per Large Bottls.-lA
Sold Wholesaler:
FARRAND, WILLIAMS & CO, Detroit, Mich
ID PARK q SON, Cincinnati, o. 80 -
FULLER & FULLER, Wholesale Agents, Chicago
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-26

Passengers carried on Freight trains as follows:
EAST. -. .4:30 m WEST. o:fo a m
GRO. n. LOOSELY, Agent. Rock Island.
A. KIMBALL, e. ST. JOHN,
Gen'l Supt. Gen. Tiki q Pass. Agt,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-07-26
THE JOHN D. BILLINGS
Patent Steel and Iron Horseshoe. y

Made complete, with Lever
spr' -.g Piarform-Continu-
GUS Calk. The best for
Horse-Railroads, Farm and
Carriage Horses in the
world. Cures Tender and
Contracted Feet, Corns, In
terferiDg. Quartercraek,
L.amenees and all evils re-
cutting from the use of the
common shoe. Trial Set,
with Nails 81. To measure,
splace tie loot on paper and
draw pencil around. Shoes
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10
Ladies In Wlno Watts.

A resident in Italy vouches for
the following: In the VINEYARDS
near us the girls mount the ladders
and clip the rich branches, dropping
them into the baskets. With in.
dustrious workers one day is
enough to clear an average vine.
yard. When the grapes IRE gath.
cred IN they are carefully picked
from the stems for the pressing.
This last process is the same print.
tive, simple operation that was
performed by the patriarch Noah.
The grapes are thrown into an
enormous vat, where the Juice is
trampled out of them by the bare
teet. At this stage of the vintage
you may see hundreds of the young
ladies of the village of Perugia
coming forth in groups in the early
morning, beaming with pleasant
mystery and excitement. Your or.
binary tourist, whose only intel.
lectual and instructive pabulum is
gathered from the guide books, has
not the remotest conception of their
object. He may think they are out
for an early constitutional. But
early constitutionals are not the
rage with Italian ladies.
Shall tell you the secret of all
that mystery and excitement They
are of to the country to tread in
the wine presses. II is a novel
holiday for them, besides being o
most salutary exercise. Even
prime old dowagers are known to
"wade in" and Danish the rheuma.
tism by a half days exercise in the
wine press. Apart from the healthy
exercise of tramping, the new wine
acts as Il bath to the limbs, while
the uprising fumes are considered
eminently stomachic.
After the treading performance
these ladies wash themselves in hot
wine, taking moderate decoction
internally for the stomachs sake.
The effect is pleasant and rejuve.
mating, and is especially noticeable
in the vim with which they partici.
pate in the dance, which is the
sequel to treading in the wine press.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10
WHERE SHALL THE BABy's DlnPle BE7

Over the cradle the mother hung,
Softly Grooming q slumber song;
And these were the simple words she sung
All the evening long:
"Cheek or chin, or knuckle or knee,
Where shall the baby's dmple be'
Where shall the angels finger rest
When he comes down to the baby's nest'
Where shall the angels touch remain
When he awakens my baby AGAIN.
Still as she bent and sung so low,
A murmur into her music broke,
And she paused to hear, but could not know
The baby's angel spoke:
Check or chin, or knuckle OF knee,
Where shall the baby's dimple be-
Where shall my finger fall and rest
When | come down to the baby's nestf
Where shall my fingers touch remain
When | awake your baby again'"
Silent the mother sat and dwelt
Long in the sweet delay of choice;
And then by her baby's side she knclt,
And sang with pleasant voice.
Not on the limb, q angel dear. }
For the charm with its youth will disap-
pear;
Not on the cheek shall the dimple be,
For the harboring smile will fade and flee;
But touch thon the chin with an impress
deep,
And my baby the angels seal shall keep"
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10
An Editorial Brutus.

An editor out west INDUCES in
the following talk to his subscribers
and patrons. The famous speech
of Brutns, on the death of Caesar,
as rendered by Shakespeare, is
made 10 do service in this amusing
travesty:
Hear me for our debts, and get
ready that you may pay; trust us,
we have need, rs you have long
been trusted; acknowledge your in.
debtedness, and dive into your
pockets, that you may promptly
fork over. If there be any one
among you-one single patron
that don't owe us anything then to
him we say: "Step aside, consider
yourself a gentleman If the rest
wish to know why we dun them,
this is our answer: Not that we
care about ourselves, but our credi.
tors do. Would you rather that
we went TO jail and you go free,
than that you pay your debts and
keep us moving' AS we agreed
we have worked for you; as we con.
tracted we have furnished the
paper to you; but as you don't pay,
we dun you. Here are agreements
for job work, contracts for subscrip-
ton, promises for long credits, and
duns for deferred payment. Who
is there so green he don't take the
paperi If any, he need not speak,
for we don't mean him. Who is
there so green he don't ADVERTISED
1t any, let him slide; he Amt the
chap either. WHO is there 80 mean
that he don't pay the printer If
any, let him speak, for he's the man
we're AFTER
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10
What They Say in Their Sleep.
tCincinnati Erquirer.1


John Sherman-And so tho PEG.
pie of my native State refuse to
exalt me. Heigh no! They we'll
know they cannot paint the lily or
gild refined gold.
Governor Foster-As to a hand.
full of Blaine boomers who held q
meeting under my very nose and
did not ask me TO attend, they have
my permission to 60 to thunder.
James q. Blaine-Since hearing
from Columbus, 1 am more than
ever persuaded that l am bad
man.
Mr.. Edison-If somebody will be
kind enough to strike q match 1
will be obliged to them.
Senator Conkling-Bring forth
the royal diadem. / think it will
about fit me.
Governor Bishop am in favor
of taking Mr.. Hendricks at his
word. There is another gentleman
in this country that would adorn
the tail end of the presidential
ticket as it never was adorned be.
fore.
Mr.. Tilden-With me, it is not
so much a question where the con.
vention is held as who will be nomi.
mated. The man Is vastly more
important than the place. Bet
your life, | will look ont for the
man.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10

boiling with wrath. 1t was too
much! The deepest trance could
not have held out against that suit;
with powerful effort ! sprung up
and howled. Priscilla dropped my
clothes, her mother the buster, and
both bounded out of the room
sluealing like shot rabbits. With
difficulty | managed to get my
clothes, and had just got inside my
pants when Mrs. Mullins and her
daughter headed 10y the undertaken,
peered in at the door; a molly com.
pany, women and men, and smooty.
faced children, stood in the rear
Such scared. looking owfs-enough
to amuse dead man. So | laughed.
1t was not very becoming; but
laughed peal after peal till my sides
began To ache. Then the under.
taker ventured near me. saying
rather obviously:
$50 you are not dead, yet, Mr..
SMITH"
"Well, no, not exactly. Sorry to
disappoint my friends about the
funeral, however,
Yes he assented, "bad rather
THAT is-ahem."
Fooled out Of the dimes. carriage
and greys, my gal, thought I, as
looked at Priscilla.
900 speak with him." said her
father, in an undertone, "act your
part we'll"
They now began to gather around
me and congratulate me on my mar.
row escape. l noticed they cried a
great deal more than when | was
dead. Priscilla came in and hung
on my neck, sniveling desperately.
gave her a not over. gentle push
from me, and told her to wait next
time till | was safely buried before
she meddled with my new clothes.
ooh! lam 50 glad" she said, sweet.
~, without seeming to notice what
| said about my clothes. "that you
are not dead, dear. My heart seem.
ed withered and broken to see you
lying so cold and white. | wept
bitterly over your poor angelic face,
my darling"
"Oh, yes, you did. l heard you
and Howard take on Mt a fearful
rate. 1t was very lucky die for me
my little ducky.'
"Could you heart" she gasped.
81 rather think j could,r | re.
piled. $50 ood.bye, my noble
girl; you can have the pleasure OF
calling Howard all the pet names
you can lay your tongue to- She
made bee line to the open door,
and her pullback was the last
ever saw Of her. Howard never
married her, and hear that she
still lives a life of single blessed.
ness. AS / am writing this piece a
quiet little figure steals to my side,
and'a soft white hand, which sends
a thrill of pleasure to my heart, is
laid lovingly on my shoulder, yes,
the hand Of Minnie Rivers, now
Minnie Smith, my wife.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10
The Reason for II.

The following colloquy was over.
heard the other day between faith.
er and young scion:
Son, what did you pay for those
cigarsf they seem exceedingly fine
ones.
Jaek-Yes, sir, they are coed
ones; / got them at two for a quar-.
ter.
Why, son. what extravaganza;
| cannot afford TO smoke that priced
cigars; | content myself with those
at three for quarter.
Jack-Well, sir, l think you are
right; if was the father of as large
family as you have, and had to
support as extravagant a son as you
have, | should not smoke cigars at
al, butnot being troubled with these
encumbrances, can afford it, don't
You sect
This reasoning seemed quite plain
to the old man, yet he does not see
the joke of it.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10

"Parian marble bnsts,' repeated
old Squire Folsom, looking up at
the placard in the art gallery;
"waal, naow, l dew declarr That
must be queer sorter stuff; l
shouldn't care to sculp much on
that ere, i rekon, eff | was a
sculper."
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10

Reeds Gilt Edge Tonic cures chills and
fcVers.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10
Terms Of Advertising:

One square, of one inch in space or less,
first insertion, 81 90; each additional inser.
ton, so cents.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10

No woman has ever yet been
known to kindle a Ere with either a
fashion magazine or q paper con-
tanning the trial OF a clergyman.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10

A young lady of Illinois recently
sent the following note to her
sweetheart:
"Deer will--Doant KUN to zee
me eny more for Q whiai eny way.
Fauther has got awfully skeered
about burglars, and be sits up every
mite till latte with . double barrelsd
shotgun, watching tAs bsek yard.
He put moren Q poand q led into
Browns nifoundIsnd dor which
was kummin over the fens after .
bone last mite.
Tho rose 10 rcd, the violet b blue,
wouldn't KUN now II We you
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-10
MINDEN HOTEL.

THE travelling public and regular board
L ers will find this house IA comfortable
and well supplied as the resources and con-
dition of the country will permit. The
charges are very reasonable. The Stage
Stand is kept at this Hotel.
have also attached TO my hotel new
and commodious Stable, well supplied with
proveuder and water. and good ostler al
ways on hand to attend to stock.
The travelling public Will do well to give
me call. A. j. REYNOLDS.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-08-12
A L0ng-Liyed Family.

The census has brought to light many
interesting cases of longevity, some OF
which have appeared in our neighbor.
ing journals. We doubt, however,
whether there can be many cases which
excel that of the brothers and sisters OF
Mr.. George Buckwalter, of Pottstown.
of which mention was made sometime
ago in this paper. There are four broth
ers and two sisters living-Joseph Buck
walter, who resides in Philadelphia,
who was ninety years of age on June
10, 1880; Mrs. Cressinger, wife of Henry
Cressinger, who is in her ighty-seventh
year. and lives in Upper Providence,
Montgomery County; Jacob Buckwal-
ter, who is in his eighty-tifth year and
lives in Cass County, Illinois; Hannah
Kram, widow of Samuel Kram. who is
in her eighty-second year and lives in
PhmniXville; William Buckwalter, who
is in his seventy-ninth year and lives in
Evansburg, Montgomery County, and
George Buckwalter, who was seventy
seven years old on the oath of June,
1880, and lives in Pottstown. The uni
ted ages of these six brothers and sisters
is about 800 years, or an average of over
eighty-three years. They are the sons
and daughters of Jacob and Mary Buck
walter, and their father died in 1858,
and in his eighty-second year, and the
mother in 1915 in her seventy ninth
year. Their parents lived two miles
south of the Trappe, Mont gomery Coun-
ty, on the farm now occupied by Mr..
Henry Cressinger. 1t will be seen that
the average age of the children now
exceeds that of the parents. Henry
and Mary Cressinger-the latter, as we
have said, is one of the Buckwaiter
family-have lived together as man and
wife about sixty-six years. They have
passed the golden wedding" time
sixteen years, and are still travelling
onward, though with somewhat feeble
steps, toward the diamond wedding"
anniversary, with nine years still to 90.
The wives of Joseph Buckwalter and
William Buckwalter are both Twin q
Joseph and his wife having been mar
ried about siXty-two years and William
and his wife about fifty years.-Pous-
toaOn PA. Ledger.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-08-12
The Latest Fashions.

Some of the London newspapers
which are commonly regarded as men 8
newspapers are giving more attention to
ladies' dress than ever. One journal
under our eye, not in &c fashion arti-
cle," but among its general paragraphs,
describes score of different costumes
lately seen in the Park.
Interest will be taken in the fact that
among these the two handsomest were
primrose silk on which lilac flowers
were most exquisitely painted by hand,
and a black velvet, strewn with en-
broidered white flowers and sage green
leaves" There were out on the: same
day among the fashionable throng,
g about dozen handkerchief dresses.S'
The most successful of these had CEN
ters OF gray and yellow, the borders
being stripes OF the same colors, the
dress was tied back with russet-colored
ribbons and the parasol was russet-color
with handkerchief border. Some of
the prettiest dresses worn, says this au-
gust authority, were made of cotton.
One of the number was I" in a dark
shade OF crimson, with waves of yellow
lace disporting themselves upon it,
Another was g of pale blue, looped over
sage green"
Simplicity of taste was further exem-
plified by the appearance of many sspin-
azores OF cotton worn over dresses of
bright color.' Roses are worn more.
we are told, than ever-real roses that is
to say-on hats, parasols, dresses, in
short On anything that a gentle
woman carries or puts on. Finally.
dresses are worn in two colors
-'' an Arrangement of white and black
satin is named-one of the two colors
becoming visible only when the wearer
moves; and an amount of description of
which we have given the merest out
line is rounded off by caution against
wearing black silk openwork stockings
and Vatican shoes when promenadine
on graveled walks, although the reason
for the caution is passed over in myste-
rious silence.
All this OF course, has meaning. It
must be admitted, we fear, in the first
place, that it denotes an age of frivoli-
ty. There is no harm in ladies being
interested to reasonable degree in the
fashions or IN descriptions of particular
dresses. The significance, however, of
the excerpts we have given attaches to
the special place they are taken from.
A journal that discusses high politics,
literature and science, a Journal of
sort that would have disdained topics
less momentuous a generation ago, now
dwells on the cut and color of a wom-
ans shoe strings and gives extended
space to the mode and juxtaposition of
her pinafore. Now as this curious mani
:estation, or social symptom, is syn
erroneous with what are generally
deemed the most advanced conditions
yet known ofgeneral education and it of
special specific progress, what may be
said to indicate? The problem may be
rather an occult one fol hot weather.
but it is worth examining and perhaps
some of the ladies who are most inter-
ested in such matters will favor us with
an explanation.-N. 7. Euening Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-08-12
The Literary Tramp...A Kentucky Ro.
nance.

young lady from Texas was spend
ing summer in Kentucky, when she
had a queer experience with tramp.
She was sitting out in the shade of the
yard reading George Eliot's "Mill on
the Floss, " when a regular, ragged
tramp, red-nosed, asked if he could ret
a drink of water. He could. Must he
go around the gate or could he climb
the fence? Both, if he choose to. He
said 81 that's the way I like to hear
people talk" She went and BROUGHT
him the water and after drinking it he
paused and asked what she was read
ing. On hearing its name he said:
"Overratel. l never liked it. All
depth or no depth, don't known which.
The novelist has tried to write a story
without well-defined plot and has
failed. Goldsmith's success as a Mot.
less and charming writer was a bad az.
ample" "You shouldn't tear my favor
tie book to pieces. l like George Eliot
and all her works." you don't like
Mill on the Floss You have been
nodding over it for the last half-hour.
You only pretend to read it because
you imagine that in doing so You de-
velop literary taste" II think. sir.
you are impudent" "But truthful
Here's a book you should read" and
the tramp took from his ragged coat a
tattered copy of Burton's ANATOMY of
Melancholy. "Dr. johnson said that
this book was the only work that could
induce HIM to get out of bed mornings
sooner than his regular time of rising.''
" And that's why you like it," remark
ed the girl, taking the book. "If DR.
johnson hadn't made that remark Won
would not find the work so charming !"
He said: "That's all right; give me
some more water?" She asked him
why he tramped. He said, "whisky. y
She said: why don't you quitp'' He
answered: 81 will now, on one condi.
ton. That you will consent to be INV
wife. Meet me under this tree fon,
years from to-day" II will.' said
she and she treasured up his handsome.
reckless face in her memory. That was
four years ago and two or three weeks
since she was in the same yard, under
the same tree, when up came her tramn
acquaintance, we'll dressed this time
They are now married. U,akuo,pn h,1
Reliable Exchange.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-08-12
The Most VenOmous Of Snakes.

A recent arrival at the Geological
Soclety's Gardens in Regent Park saws.
deserves special notice, apart from the
fact that it is the first of its species
known to have been brought to En-
gland. 1t is a snake called the eclsSs
cdr7ndt0, about foot and a half lonp.
and OF dingy gray. Yet, although in
appearance neither interesting nor for
midable, it is the deadliest Of created
things. This detestable little worm.
which, looking at it, the spectator
might make bold to say he could imi-
tate very passably in cork and putty.
is nevertheless, one of the miracles and
masterpieces of nature, for it is death
itself and carries in its tiny head the
secret OF destroying life with the rapid
lty OF lightning and the concentrated
agony OF all poisons. The echis comes
to us from India, where it is tolerably
common, being found in nearly every
part OF the peninsula and feared wher-
ever found as the incarnation of instant
and terrible destruction. Fortunately.
however, for man, it is not like the
cobra and the korait house-frequent-
ing snake; for its tiny size would give
1t terrible advantage over human be-
ings who live crowded together, as the
natives of India do, in small darkened
rooms, while its aggressive habits would
make it infinitely more fatal to life than
its dreaded relatives. For this king
OF the asps, this modern basilisk, is not
only venomous beyond cencep-
ton, but is actively offensive.
1t does not turn to escape from man, as
the cobra will, or flash into conceal
ment, like the korait. but, conscious
perhaps of its deadliness, deliberately
keeps the path against its human as
sailant, and, putting its own eighteen
inches of length against his bulk, chal-
lenges and provokes the conflict. A
stroke with whip will cut it in two, or
clod of earth disable it; but such is its
malignity that it will invite attack bv
every device at its command, stalking
its own life on the mere chance of its
adversary coming within the little circle
of its power. At most, the radius of
this circle is twelve inches, but within
it. at any point, lies certain death and,
on the bare hope of hand or foot tres
passing within its reach the echis throws
its body into igure-of-eight coil, and
attention by rubbing it's
loops together, which from the ROUGH
ness of the scales-hence the epithet
carinata-makes a rustling, kissing
sound, erects its head in the center and
swaits attack. No one having once en-