davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
9. .. DUNE AIRS
FLUID
M AGN T. ST A.

Superior &c any English or American. A d.
PLoAA was ava. awarded o t9 this aagnesia' by the
This very useful and elegant preparation is used
as an Aperient antic-acid IN dyspepsia compa ints
attended with accidity with very great benefit. 1t
has the advantage oyer common Magnesia. in being
dissolved, and therefore not being liable TO sccu
mulafe in the bowels. 1t is decidedly superior TO
Carbonate OF Soda or Potash, on account Of its ap
orient quality.
This solution of Magnesia is found particularly
beneficial as pleasing sedatve and aperient in all
of irritation acidity of the stomach, febiie
An ounce or two of this solution speedily re-
moves heartburn, acrid eruetations and sourness,
or irregular digestion.
The solution is of ftself aperent but its laxa
tive properties can be much augmented by taking
with it, or directly after II. little lemon juice
mixed with sugar and water, or even with cream
of tartar, in this manner a very agreeable efer-
vescent draugh can be safely taken at any time
during fever or thirst
to tie presence of so much carbonlc acid, have
been found very valuable in putrid and other fe-
yer. AS lotion for the mouth, it sweetens the
breath, and the Aggncsia cleans the teeth from
tartar.
The solution is almost invariably succeeded in
removing fits, spasms and headache to which deli
cate persons subject from acids and crudities OF
the stomach and bowels.
The attention OF the public is Particularly direct
ed to the following certificates of physicians and
other persons who have used the Magnesia;
s. o. DUNBAR, z, q, Dear Sir; most cheerfully
accord my testimony in favor Of your FLUID
Magnesia.,' have never found anything so plea
mach and curing headache arising therefrom.
1t is resorted to by several members of my family
whenever suffering as above and always with great
satisfaction and instantaneous relief
Your truly, JOHN A. BLAKE.
The subscriber having used the above article in
his family for some years, Is happy to endorse the
estimony of Mr.. Blake In his favor.
Hartford, Conn. REV. JOHN CIRCUIT.
PROVIDENCE, NOV. Il, 184S.
Mr.. S. o. DUSBAR,-Dear Sir; am happy to
hear that your preparation Of faid Magncsia is
coming into general use While IL il more econo-
mical than other preparations of Fluid MagnesIa.
have found it vastly more eficien', and not only
an antiseptic and anti-acid upon the stomach but
very considerable tonic. 1t is beautiful medi-
cine for the bowel arrangement which often az
hicts young children, and for females of debiita-
ted and sour stomach, partcul ry those encientic
1t is invaluable. Being scientific preparation aud
open to the profession, 1t needs only aeuuaint-
ance to become with them favorite medicine.
WIN. GRosvENoR, NJ d.
8. o. DuNBAR.-Dear Sir; have been sometime
in the habit of prescribing the Fluid Magnesia pre-
pared by you and prefer it to the English prepar-
alton on account of its cheapness and It's superior
laxative qualities
Respectfully yours, &C. NJ. PERRY NJ. D.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
To RId q Loft OF Rats.

Take pint of common tar. half ar
ounce of yitriol, and q good handful Of
common salt; mix them all we'll together
in any old deep pan. Get some pieces OF
paper, aud put SEINE of the above mixture
very thick on the paper, and place enough
of this into the holes sufficient tc stop
them, and if you should find any OF the
holes opened again. it is quite certain you
had not put in q sufficient quantity. For
smoking rats out whom they get behind
the wainseot: Find out small hole OF
crack, then take . handful of common
salt, and put it in at the hols or k,and
pour upon the salt spoonful on two OF
oil of vitriol. and this will. make such q
fumieation or smoke that they cannot bear
il. Then stop the hole or crevics again
that the smoke may not come out. do
this in two or three places as near where
you hear they are as you can, and ii will
cause them to forsake those places. This
method is very safe as &c damage can pos
nossibly ensue to the vAinscot from ths
smoke ernain Catcher, 1853.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
MEDICAL.


7 JOHN HANNAS, being q Blacksmith by
trade had often felt the want of some means
Golk eSuf beer This
me to make many experiments with different sub
stances which offered the best prospect OF success;
It was OF one of these occasions that discovered
the wonderful effects of Electro Silicon on the
Human System.
had a defect In three of my fingers, which were
bent or ehnt up in my hand in such a manner, by
the CONTRACTION OF THE CORDS, that they were
could not handle my tools as I wished, and often
thought would have my fingers cut on 70 geI
oered 9u any ~ ' hope 81 relief but all to no Effect
Well, say. was working with Electro Silicon at
the forge and Of course could not prevent It's COM
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 | found my crooked fingers straighten
out. and had as much use OF them as ever i
hands en to nv wife and family, ard general
joicing was the result.
/ had a neighbor living about mile from my
shop who had lame knee, caused by the CORDS
being contracted by rheumatism. | sent him
bottle of Electro Silicon hin1ment ana tolc MN 70
three months he was able to throw aside his cane
and walk to my shop apparently as well as ever.
1t had worked just il did in my case producing
perfect cure. gave it to others of my neighbors
and friends, for miles around. who were suffering
from Swelled Limbs, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Stun
joints, Burns, etc, all of which it cured without
any trouble. Finding that the Electro Silicon Lin
iment would penetrate the skin OF man further
than any other substance it occurred to me that
it 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,
Prepared by the
Electro Silicon Liniment Go. A.,
ELmIhA, NEW 4Ohh-
az Price, SO cents peg Large Bottle. *
| Sold Wholesale:
| FARRAND, WILLIAMS s. CO., Detroit, Mich
I'D PARK q son, Cincinnati. o.
FULLER s. FULLER, Who esale Agents, Chicago
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16

but would draw the water off from above,
SO that the river could not rise by 10 feet
at Memphis and Cairo, as il now rises.
This would not only be permanent and
everlasting remedy against all overflow OF
the entire valley. but il would at the same
time concentrate all the water OF the valley
(save that of the Red river shed, which
should be divertsd) to and within the
natural banks of the river, lowering the
low watermark Just as the high water
mark may be lowered, causing concen-
tration of all the water into and constantly
deepening its channels, leaving the banks
higher and higher each and every year,
thus not only forming uniform shore lines,
securing the much talked of ten feet chan
mel from St, Louis and Cairo to New Or
leans, but in the same time and way
effect the Upper Mississippi from St. Louis
TO Keokuk, the Ohio to Louisville. the
Missouri, the Cumberland and Tennessee
from their mouths to their FIRST shoals
This is natures plaza system that will
work every second. minute, hour and day
of the year, growing better all the time,
benefttipg the country and developing its
resources. as never vas any country OF
people before When, on the other hand
the job recommended by the 80 called
river commission can only be worked at
during low water, or not one third of the
year, and liable to be destroyed every
time the river may rise, costing hundreds
of millions. and no definite time for com
pletion. 1t is contrary to all experience
| common sense and natural laws, and will
delay SO long as possible any relief to th'
people from the railway monopolists il
whose interest all these levee and jetty
| jobbers are working.
The foregoing is a!plain statement tina
challenges refutation. IF congress want
sI the facts about the Mississippi river
Cowdon ought TO have a hearing. and i
Mr.. Garfield is in earnest about the i'm
proyement of the great highway. b.
should put Cowdon on the river commits
sion
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16

~A SUEE THING

1t never fails Cure yourself for 81 Prof. Cha
pins 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 Bengstons.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
THE JOHN d. BILLINGS
Patent Steel and Iron Horseshoe.

Made complete with Lever
Spr4g Piatform--Continu-
GUS Calk. The best for
Horee-RaIlroa6s, Farm and
Carriage Horses in the
world. Cures Tender and
Contracted Feet, Corne, In
terferlnR, Quartercrack
Lsmeness and all evils re-
suiting from the use of the
common shoe. Trial Set
with Nails 81. To measure.
place the loot on paper and
draw pencil around Shoes
pun On cold. No heating of foot Send for free n
lestrated Pamphlet. THE JOHN ID. BIIIJNf5a
EATENT HORSE SHOE COMPANY. f6i M ia ia
Bank street. New york ~ sas3 LOO
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
The Mississippi River Improvement

A0S @AAAseASsApp4 &S4FeI Improvement
Nothing is of more interest to the peopl,
of the west than the permanent improve.
ment of the great Mississippi. so that /,
reliable channel can be maintained and oil
outlet furnished for the great quantities o
grain which the farmers annually ship b,
-ail. The plans are counted by dozens
but while some are feasible others are &c
expensive as to preclude adoption, or so
unreliable ss not to warrant a trial. The
Cincinnati Commercial replying to the
Vicks5urg Herald. says:
w desire to state to the editor of the
Vieksburg Herald and others having in
teillgence about the Mississippi river and
interests In Its Improvement, that rs we
understand ourselves we are for the inn
proVemeut OF the great river whose banks
we regard as more national than the
coast OF either ocean on which we rest our
Hanks. Our point against the projects
tnat are current is that they would not
improve the river. We are in favor of
the Improvement that would improve"
10 this the Memphis Aralanche says:
1t Is without question a great nationa!
work to deepen the channel and otherwise
improve the Mississippi river and its
tributaries. The only question: is
a question of method. It would seem to
be a common sense proposition tha,
opening Lake Borgne outlet as proposed
by Cowdon, at cost of $500 06O., would
be worth while even as an experiment
before proceedingsto the expenditure of
$4,000 600 ION q levee system that has
been demonstrated failure on all mud
carrying rivers. In regard to the effect of
the outlets in permanently lowering the
high water mark. the following statement
by Capt. Cowdon has never bsen satisfac-
torily answered:
l affirm shat according to results pro-
duced by the Bonnet Care outlet, which
on the average for four years did lessen
the water mark at New Orleans feet
and feet at Vicksburs. that it this outlet
Into lake BargDs were made sc tho COST
not to exceed $250,0U0 at one high water
mark at New Orleans would be lesseued
TO within 10 feet of low or tide water mari
or feet below the high water mark of
1874, and with corresponding effsot to
Memphis, which would nos be- less than 4 or
5fest-demonstration the great problem
OF reclaimed land, and deepened and per-
manene low water channels. without
levees and river jetties,
Then, by further aiding the river. in
one year more the lake Rorgne outlet
could be so enlarged as to become the
Hood tlde mouth of the river. or 10 other
words discharge ell the surplus water into
the gull going miles with all the fall IL
would have in going 10 miles to the river
mouth. This,inail. would lower the high
water mark at New Orleans fully IA feet.
renewing the lower valley from overflow for
.a 20 increase OF current in the lower section
wasa e ,xer would not only give mora
water at the river mouth.it any differenca.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
Causs end effect.
EThe ma

eThe main cause of nervousness Is indiges-
ton. and that is caused by weakness OF
the stomach. < No one can have sound ner-
yes and good health without using Hop Bit
tiers to strengthen the stomach. purify
the blood, and keep the liver and kidneys
active to carry off all the poisonous and
waste matter of :::he system. See other
column.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
Electro Silicon liniment Go.
DR.. SHOREY'S
Kidney investigator.

A SPECIFIC IN the GURE Of ALL DISEASES
of the Urinary Organs, Irritation of the neck of
the Bladder, Burning Urine, Bright's Disease,
elect, Gonorrhee IN all its stages, Mucous
kidneys, frick Dust, Deposit, Diabetes Infam-
alton or the Kidneys and Bladder, Dropsy of the
Kidneys, Acid Urine, Bloody Urine, Pam in the
Region OF the Bladder, Pain IN the Back, Urinary
Calculus. Renal Cqllc, Retention of Urine. Ere
to Retain the Water particularly in persons advan.
ced in life. The INVESTIGATOR restores the
Urine to its natural color, removes the acid and
burning and the effect of the excessive of intox
icating Drink
The following are among those diseases in which
Of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
brain 81 N erve|

Nervous Prostitution, Brain Weakness. Sexual
Debility, Loss of Manhood, Weakness, Discharges
General of Special Debility resulting from early
youthful indiscretions, excuses vices irregular
tiles (oftcn continued to more mature years. cured
by wells Health Remover" greatest remedy on
earth for Impotence, Premature Decline, Sperma-
torrhga and all forms of debility. 81 six bottles
S. at Druggists Advice free Depot, 90 Barclay
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
socx ISLAND 1 MERoER CO.. 3. 3.

Leave Rock Island at 900 g. m, and 400 D m.
Arriving at Gable al II 40 m, and 6;15 p IN
sLeaye Cable at $3.50 q m, and 80 p m.
Ar st Rock Island az s15 g. m. and S:15p m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
zasx :s1ANp b sg2..A RAILWAY.

sgoRTEsT ROUTE Tc TEE East AID E1TTH
LEAVE 2ERIS1.
500 q m Way Freight.
$50 - Fast Express ~ As m Mail and Express
so D m Mail and Exps. $50 = Fast Express
$50 I" F'ht & Accon'n
The 30 p IN train makes close connection al
Galva with c q @ for points west: arriving at
Galesburg at 4:25,p m at Burlington 9 :4O IN; 81
KeokEk &c :25 p IN and at Quincy 10 :05 m also
making close Connection at Peoria with q w
and P 4 W ROADS for al. Eas4rS east epd south.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
Skinny Men

and " omen ave net admired Ladies and gents
lacking flesh, yivacity, electric power, VITAL brain
or nerve force; men injured by mental strain, ply
steal excuses abuse etc. aged persons to retain
former vigor; ali suffering from nervous prostra-
tion should use "Wells' Health Remover, - remark
able In preserving youthful condition. Greatest
remedy on earth for impotence, leanness. sexual
debility, premature decline, etc 81 al Druggists'
Depot. IS Barclay street, New York, and for Rock
Island at Bengston's
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
WOMEN:

LeucoIfhaa. Excessive Flow ing, Painfu.
Monthly Periods, Suppressfons when from IN
natural causes, Irregularities. Weak Back Prolap,
or Falling OF the Uterus Anferversion anc
Retrovereion- Bearing down Sensations, Interna
Heat, Nervous Depression, Debility, Dependency
Threatened Miscarriage, Chrome Congestion, Infa
nation and liberation of the Uterus, Impo
tency Barrenness, or Sterility, and Female, Weak
ness.
s. Added to these are the pangs the troubles, the
wearing strain of maternity, and which often dc
more toward breaking her constitution and weak
ening for other efforts aan all else Of her labor
and duties en- sasse i e IN this direction that
the lie Of such woman. She lahers on through
the period of CESSATION TO the last poss e moment
often over exertipg herself, and often doing hel
and her offspring irrepsrable injury. The result OF
all this Is that the mother at that period of life
when she sh ould pass The threshold of a vigorous
and cheerful old age. ls often broken down and
after year two of intolerable suffering Is hur-
ried off to the nearest churchyard
A bottle or two of Shorev's Investigator taken
during the year, will not only make woman's
life I4sht AID AappY, cut will Cure permanently
most Of her complaints, Sold by all druggists al
one dollar per large package. Sold in Des Moines
wholesale and retail by
c. II. WARD & CO. and by druggists generally
FULLER s. FULLER,
Wholesale Agents. Chicago.
Depot, 55 Cedar St, New York. 6-26nwftSw
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
CURE YOURSELF!

DR. Bohannans Vegetable Curative is warranted TO Per-
manenty all forms of SpermatterThea bsmlhh
Meatnsss, General Pehility Ipotehsy ETC. and restores
those who have destroyed by sexual m prs
tees weeks time. This remedy
has " Bohannan his private ITactca
thirty years. known TO fail in curinE even
the WORST CASES. 1t gives vitality and inparts energy
with wonderful effect to those middeaged men who feel
weakness beyond their years Its invgorafng properties
felt once. Young suffering from the conse-
quences Of that deadfEy destructive habit Of seAbus
this medicine with the Of speedy ana
PERMANENT The patient gains strength and cas-
ITCHY spirits acts directly the parts effect
a soothing and healing and anodyne to the re-
axed seminal vesicles and rtated ducts ipatng power
and and restoring them 10 their natural state the same
If the banefA habit had never been INDUCED IN ne
Ingredients simple productions Of nEtuTe-baTk roois
herbs etc, and q specific for the above diseases
p5Price Five Dollars sent with fuu directions, ETC. 70
address For sale on y at DR. @ A bchanna1s olcI
No 621 North Fifth street Between Washington avenue ard
Green street. ST. Louis, Mo. Established in Isl.
GS-Dr BE- "Treatiss Special Diseases" which Eives
clear delineaton of the symptoms OF
cure ETC., of SYPHILIS. SEMINAL WEAKNESS ETC, sem
FREE 10 any address upon receipt Of one Stamp
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-12-16
EDR. McAFFEE.

A REGULAR Graduate of British and American
~ Institutes. IS years practice, the last years
in Davenport Treats all diseases of the Kidneys,
Liver Lungs, Heart, Throat and Nervous System
Errors of youth and abuses OF Manhood radically
cured even after others have failed. $100 forf,3t
for any case of Seminal Weakness, Nervous Debil-
ity, Private Disease he undertakes and fails 10
cure. Ladies will find the most scientific treat
ment for all diseases peculiar to their ~ Con-
sultation Free. Send for Circular, Lock box = e..
Office 317 Perry st., Davenport, Iowa.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-20
NUMBER SO.
For the New Northwest.l
The OLD BRIDGE.
BY RAY.

"Old, broken, unsteady, my service Is done:
/ Yet my timbers have echoed to many a one
The foolish, the witty, the coward, or brave,
And the tremulous saint on the verge OF the
grave.
Yes, the leaden OF heart, passing slow on their
way,
Followed close by the steps Of the happy and
gay,
While the lake rippled softly, in laughter or
tears,
As hdid long ago in HIS happier years
'His ? Ny master, who built me three decades
ago;
Oh, these waves murmur on just as sweet, just
as low,
As II all the world held had not proven a lie
When the brave, tired fellow was ready TO die.
"Ah, many's the time, when my timbers were
new,
watched him as proudly he dashed into view,
with his promise OF life and his resolute will.
Well, well; hopes must fail, and he sleeps on
the hill.
cold, broken and weak now, feel the abuse
That Is heaped on all things that have aged
out OF use;
But one hope yet remains-when drift quite
away,
They'll remember the good that did in my
day.
"Ahi the lilies that bloom in a tangle below,
Their broad leaves are green and their blooms
are as snow;
l'ut whittier by far, with her face 10 the sky,
Was the woman saw once, with her hands
lned high;
"And I heard, strangely. blent with the surfs
distant roll:
% Christi am weary receive Thou my sOull
Then a swim, sudden plunge and a terrible
gasp,
Aud the Niles were holding her firm in their
grasp.
'Pass, winds Of December, my broken pianks
wide;
Let me, too, drift out as q wreck with the tide.
I am weary and spent, am crumbled and
worn;
Let me go, for my master and mistress are
gone"
The storm spent its wrath. Where the old
bridge had stood,
There was naught TO be seen save the dash OF
the food.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-20

gentleman had to amuse the guests as
best he could, talking of old times with
the companions Of his earlier days, and
telling his experiences for the benefit Of
the younger ones. Midnight came,
and, as Hughes did not come, they all
concluded that, like a prudent young
fellow, he had resolved to postpone a
journey which must entail some peril,
and wait another day for his wife. So
they separated and returned to their
homes.
All were satisfied with young Hughes
non-appearance save one. She knew
that no weather would have kept him
away that night, and, although well
aware of the hardness Of such a course,
she resolved to go out and search for
her betrothed. She reached the end o
the settlement, and gazed anxiousl
around 10 hopes of catching a glimps
of some dark object, but nothing met
her gaze. On she plodded, staring into
the snow AMI darkness, but all in vain,
and she felt she must turn back or give
way to the fatal drowsiness which she
knew was stealing over her. She turned
to retrace her steps, but by nothing
could she recognize the way home, and
suddenly the awful truth dawned upon
her-she was lost 10 the storm
Then her courage gave way, and in a
few more minutes she sank into the
snoy, utterly unable to proceed another
step. AS she dropped down her hand
rested on something like a mau's face.
She brushed the snow from 1t, and there
before her lay George, stiff and cold in
death-George-her George-her hus-
band. For was he not In Gods sight
her husband? And as she gazed on
that loved face she felt a melancholy
happiness. She kissed it tenderly and
lifted it on her lap, aud there In the
snow and freezing blast she prayed God
to take care of her dear old fatheS and
to take her to her mother and George.
Then, out on that dreary moor, amid
the fury of the blizzard, she fell asleep
like little child, and awoke no more
on earth. And the white snow buried
them and covered them until the Spring
flowers came, when their bodies were
discovered together, and gently laid to
rest in "GOdis acre. where the visitor
can see inscribed on a marble headstone,
Lovely and pleasant in their lives, and
in their death they were not divided.D