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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-19
CUTiCURA SOAP,
Medicinal and Toilet.

Is prepared from CUTICURA in e modified form, and
positively Indispensable in the treatment of Skin
and Scalp Diseases We recommend it for the pres
ervation of the Skins of infants for gentlemen who
have and troubled with tender faces, for those
who desire q clean and wholesome Skin and Scalp,
and for all purposes OF the toilet, oath and nurse
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-19
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R. r.

4 j w III AMI 4hL W GO4 3
our Palace Cars is SMOKING SALOON where
you enjoy your Havana at all hours Of the day
Magnificent iron Bridges span the Mississippi anc,
Missouri rivers at all points crossed bythis line and
transfers avoided at Council BluIs, Leaven-
worth and Atchison, connections being made in
Union dcpOts.
THE PRINCIPAL. X. r. CONNECTIONS OF THIS
GREAT THROUGH LINE ARE As FOLLOWS:
AtGHIcAGo, with all diverging lines for the East
and South
southern and Pittsburg. TT Wayne & Chicago r. Rda
At WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, with Pttsburg, Gin
cinnati 4 ST. Louis II. r.
Alta SALE. with Illinois Central r. r.
AtPEoRIA, with p Z. q j.; p, L. d D.; J. b. q w. (;
At Rock ISLAND, with We Jtern Union II. X. ana
Rock Island Peoria Railroads.
At DAVENPORT, with the Davenport North.
Western X. Il.
At WEST LIBERTY with the Burlington. Cedar
Rapids q Northern x. K.
AtGRISNELI, with Central X. R.,of Iowa
At DEs MONIES. with ID. Ai. a. Fit. Dodge r. r.
At COUNCIL BLUFFS, with Union Pacific X. X.
At OMAHA, with B. * Mo. X. ". r.. Gin Eeb)
AtCoLUNBrs JUNCTION, with Burlington CednR
Rapids 4 Northern Il. X.
At OTTUaIwA, with Central X. Z. Of Iowa; ct
Louis, Kan. City & Northern and C.. b. q q. L. Rds
AT KEoKUK, with Toledo Peoria and Warsaw
Wabash, and st. Louis. keokuk a. NV r. Rds.
At BEv ERLY. with Kan City, st. J. g. G. b. r.. n.
At ATCHISON. with AtchlSOn. Topeka n Santa Fe;
1T LEAVENwoRTH, with b. +. and *. Cen. X. HtdS
G1zgA, DIES MONIES, COUNCIL BLUFFS,
reae Rock Island Route" arc sold by an
snae ticket once, address,
lie ST. JOHN.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-19
Middle-Aged Men.

There are many OF tn age of thirty or forty years
who are troubled with 90 frequent evacuat1ons OF
the bladder, oflen accompanied by slight smart
ing or burning sensation, and weakening the sys-
tenn in a manner that the patient cannot account
for; on examining the urinary deposits, ropy
sediment will often be found, and sometimes small
Be- of thin or miIkish hue again changing to 8
dark and torpid appearance. There are many men
who die of this difficulty, ignorant of the cause,
which is the second stage OF seminal weakness.
Dr. McAfee will guarantee perfect cure in all
such cases and healthy restoration of the genitO
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-19

Its main line runs froT1 Chicago 20 Council Bluffs
and Omaha, passiug through Joliet, Ottawa, la
Sale, Geneseo, Moline, Rock Island. Davenport
West Liberty. Iowa f'Ity. EATeuEo, Brooklyn.
Grinnell. and Ecs MoiIe> i-i.e capitol OF Iowa.
with branches from Bureau junction to Peoria
Wilton junction to tJtIscttIaC Washington, Fair
field. Eon, ieikTS A. Nc.sLrSviic. Princeton, Ereu-
tom GalIatii., cameron. LcaF"ltVg0rta nd Atclis0
Washington q .ilgour;s2y Oskaloosa md Knoxville;
KeokHk to Far1ninqtOD. Ep1arzIte. Bentoasport,
Ioos:, Pella, Monroe. ami Des Aione:;; Des Noines
TO Indi8roi2 ana N5nterset; tltntic to Audubon
and 4 To Harlan. This Is positively the only
EsllInfd Which owns. c3n-FDiS E:d operates .
tIrOtgfl sGe between { Hi<tsLD ana hansas.
This GatrpnrS ana e5ntre'i tfier Sleeping Cars,
berth between Ghic;iS1 sff Council Blurs, leayGn-
worth AtchiSon for ave- Dollars and Fifty Cents:
and a section for Five Dollars, while all other lines
ci.are between the same points, Three Dollars for
W ~ p'9se you most will be TIE pleasure Of
eovI,Ig meals. while passing over tie Eeanti-
Illinois and Iowa, CT ISia4.
nctEt DiniaE una ReS'a uFert Ca til st accompany
AL v9Y. n press TFtsiS- You gstan entire meal
as good is served ina any tirst class hotel, Tor
seyc lty-ve cents or ya can order what you Ike,
and -. =. what you get.
Aosr the TACT that majority OF the people
prefer separate apartments Tor different purposes,
land the esiOrInous passenger business OF this line
waTrsnt1I it, pleased to announce that this
Company runs its PALACE SLEEPING kE.hSS '''-
-orf. if2 psr[tos IS ana it, PALACE DINING G
for Latln- purposes. one other great foataT- -
PALACE CARS are run through to n,
Av's. II sessF .and LEA . an NE1IgEEss
jackets via this Line, known tho -
Ticket Agents in the United States and Ca
Tor Information not obtsItnza bic Az y0taE-
A. ISIEIBALL.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-19

THE CUTIcURA REMEDIES are prepared by Weeks
s. Potter, Chemist and Druggists, Boston, and sold
by all Druggists. Price of CUTICURA, small boxes
so cents; large boxes containing two and one hall
per bottle CUTIcURA SOAR, 25 cents per cake; by
mail, 30 cents: cakes IS cents
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-01-19

These Plasters put new
life into the Weak and
Sleepy Muscles, strengthen
sthe Lame and Painful Back,
draw Inflammation from
the Liver and Kidneys, stim-
i'd Bowels, and when placed
0mach, cure Dyspepsia, Indi-
'olic, prevent Ague, Malaria,
Set the genuine.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-08
A Child's Cry That Lost Half a
Million Dollars.

The following incident is told in
Mrs. Brassey's new book, "Sun-
shine and Storm in the East"
We went down las far as the
French bridge, over which the con-
tractor lost an immense sum OF
money in the following manner:
The bridge was to have been fin
ished on a particular day, but the
contractor found, that this would be
impossible with the Turkish work
men, unless no worked day and
night. This he obtained permits
sion to do, and the necessary
lights and torches were supplied at
the Sultan's expense. Allwent veil
for time, TIL the unfortunate con
tractor was told that he must open
the bridge to let a ship from the
dockyard pass through some time
before the bridge was finished. he
said it was impossible, as he would
have to pull it all down, aud it
would take two or three months to
replace the scaffolding and pile
driving machines. He went to the
Ministers OF Marine and Finance.
They only said, "If the Sultan says
it must be done, it must, or we
shall lose our places if not our
heads" ~
So the ship came out, at the cost
of little over .El00,000 and a de-
lay of three months in the compile
ton of the bridge, all because the
Sultan found his small son crying
in the harem one day, the child's
grief being that. though he had
just been promised to be made ad
miral, he could see his flag hoisted
from his own particular ship from
the nursery window. So a large
ironclad was brought out from the
the dockyard aDd moored in front
OF Dolmabagtcheh TO crafty his
infant mind, thus causing enor-
nous inconvenience TO the whole
town for months, TO say nothing
of the waste Of money, of which
the Sultan paid very little, and for
the loss of which might imagine
he cared still less.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-08
DOT DELEPHONE.
81 Shtands a Leedle of ind Yells
Vunce More"

81 guess l haf to gif up my dele
phone already" said an old citizen
of Gratiot avenue yesterday, as he
entered the Office of the company
with a very long face.
"Why, what's the matter now"
ooh! everytings. got dot dele
phone in mine house so as / could
spheak NIT der poys in der saloon
down town, and NIT my relations in
Springwells, but l hat to gif it up.
l meier haf so much droubles."
Howl
"Vhell, my poy Shon, in der sa-
loon, he rings der pell and calls me
oop and says an old trent of mine
WANTS to see how she works. Dot
ish all right. 1 say: 'Hellor ind
he say: Come Closer l goes closer
ind helloes again. Den be SAYS
'Shtand leedle off, 1 shtands a
leedle off und yells vunce more, und
he says; 'Shpeak louder l yells
louder. 1t goes dot vhay ten min
utes, ind den he says: 'You go to
Texas, you old Duchmansr You
see?"
"And den mein brudder in
Springwells he rings de pell und
calls me oop und says how L vhas
dis eafnings. l says vhas feeling
like some colts, und he says: who
WANTS to puy some goatsP l says:
'Colts-colts-colts! und he says:
obi coats. thought you said
goats When l goes to ask him of
he feels better, hears a voice cry
ing oudt: What Duchmans ish dot
on dis liner Den somepody ans
wers, Il doan' know, but l likes to
punch his headtp You seeT'
eyes"
"Vhell, sometimes my White
WANTS to spheak NIT me when am
down in der saloon. She rings
mein pell und l says, 'Hellop No
body shpeaks to me. She rings
again, und 1 says, sHellop like dun
der. Den der Central Office tells
me to go aheadt, und den tells me
holdt on, und den tells mein vhife
dot l am gone AWAY. 1 yells out
dot ish not so, und somepody says:
How can talk if dot old Dutch
mans -doan keep shtillT You seer"
eyes"
"And when 1 gifts in bed at night
somepody rings der, pell like der
house vhas on fire, und when l
shumps oudt und says hello, l hear
somepody saying: KAISER, doen'
you vhant to puy dogT Ivhants
no dog, und when 1 tells em so, l
hear sumo peoples laughing, 'Hawl
hawl hawp You seer"
eyes"
"Und SO you dake it oudt, und
when somepody likes to shpeak nit
me dey shall come right AWAY to
mein saloon. Oof mem brudder is
sick he shall get peter, und il
somebody WANTS TO buy me dog,
he shall come where l can punch
him NIT a glubp'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-08
THAT AMATEUR FLUTE.
Hear the fiuter with his flute
Gsluo~ 4.knf

Hear the fluter with his flute
Silver futeI
Oh, what world of wailing is awakened by
its too;l
How its dems- semi Quavers
On the maid ened air = night
And deieth all endeayors
To escape the sound or sight
Of the flute, futs, flute,
With its tootle tootle, toot-
With reiterated tootling of exasperating
toots,
The long protracted tootling of exasperating
toots,
Of the flute, flute, flute, flute,
flute, flute, flute,
And the wheezings and the spittings of its
toots.
Should he get that other flute
Golden flute!
Oh, what deeper anguish viii its presence
institootl
How his eyes to heaven he'll raise,
AS he plays
All the daysl
How he'll stay US on our ways
With its praise!
And the people, oh, the people,
They don't live up in the steeple,
Where he visiteth and plays
Where he plays, plays, plays
In the cruelest of ways,
And thinks we ought to listen,
And expect us to be mute,
Who would rather have the earache
Than the music of his flute,
Of his flute, flute, flute,
And the tootings OF his tooot;
OF the toots wherewith he tooteth it's agoniz-
ing toot,
OF the flute, hewt, fuit, foot,
Phlute, phlewt, phlewght,
And the tootle, tootle. footing of his toot.
-[Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-08
What an Old Woman Heard.

Chambers Journal: A droll mis-
take was made by an imaginative
old dame, who, having permitted q
telegraph pole to be placed on the
top of her house, waited upon the
chief of the telegraph company con
cerned to complain that she could
get no sleep of nights, being kept
awake by the noise made by the
messages passing over her head. 81
don't think, sir,'' said she, ''you can
be aware of all that is said along
them wires. There's a deal that
hadn't ought 10 be. l can assure
you, sir, that very much that's said
there, that / have to lie and listen
to, is such as no decent woman
ought to hear; and l hope you will
put stop to 1t" The amused gen.
tleman was hardly able to meet the
accusation with due gravity; but he
did contrive to keep his counte-
nance while he informed the old
lady that the old men who had
hitherto worked the wires were IN
der notice of dismissal, and that in
future only young women would be
employed, SO there would be no
danger of her propriety being
shocked any longer. E-s4
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-08
Given in Love,

A little girl 7 years old died in
the city of Philadelphia, Pa. When
the doctor told her she could not
live she babe her mother send for
the pastor of the church, and gave
him her little savings bank.
"Open it," she said,
There was in it Sd and few cents.
"Take them," said the child,
''and build church for poor peo-
pie. Poor people, mind, who sit in
the back seats Of our church. They
must not pay anything. 1 want all
the seats to be free"
The clergyman took the money.
"My child" be said solemnly, cit
shall be done, with Gods help"
When the child was dead he
placed her little bank and the pit
lance it contained on the pulpit and
told her story. Tears were in every
eye. One wealthy man after anoth-
er came forward with his offering
Children came, women also, and the
poor with their mites.
And in due time the completed
church, ready for its poor occupants,
was dedicated to the service of the
God who willed that the widows
mite and poor little baby's offering
should not fail of their errand.
A somewhat similar case occur ed
in Milwaukee, WIS. A poor wo-
man, dying in an infrmary under
the charge of the good DR.. Passs-
want, in Pittsburg, gave him a gold
dollar.
81 have always tried to give
something to those poorer than
my SELF" she said. "When am
dead give this in charity, and give
it, if possible, in Milwaukee, my
old home"
A year passed, and DIR. Passa-
want sill kept the coin, when he
was called to Milwaukee to estab
lish an infirmary similar to his own.
The story of the dollar was told,
and awakened sympathy. Sub
scriptions poured in, and the sub
scrlbers, with one voice, agreed that
the great building, when finished,
should bear the name of the poor
widow.
Surely no good word is spoken
in vain. We may not, as ia these
cases, be able TO have the echoes
widespread, but God hears them.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-08
Men With Tails.

Colonel Du Correct, a French trav-
eller, in a report to the French
Academy of Science, gave the fol-
lowing account OF his inquiries into
the existence of such a lace, which
has been often questioned:
| inhabited Mecca in 1912, and
being often at the house of an
Emir with whom ] was intimate, /
spoke to him of the Ghilane race,
and told him how much the Euro
peans doubted the existence of men
with taIls-the vertebral column
elongated externally. In order to
convince me of the reality of the
species, the Emir ordered before me
one of his slaves, called Bellal, who
was about thirty years old, who had
tail, and who belonged TO this
tribe. On surveying this man 1 was
thoroughly convinced. He spoke
Arabic well.
He told me me that in his coun-
try, far beyond the SEMINAR, they
spoke different Language; that of
his compatriots, whom he estimated
at 10000 or 10000, some wor-
shipped the sun, moon and stars,
others the serpent, and the sourc-
es of an immense river, in which
they inundated their victims
probably the sources of the Nile;
that they ate with delight raw
flesh, and that human flesh was
their favorite food. This Ghilane
had become a devout Mussulman,
and had lived fifteen years in the
holy city.
Bellal was thin, but nervous and
strong. His skin was black-brozed,
shining, and soft to the touch like
velvet, His feet were long aad
fiat; his arms and legs appeared fee
BILE, but well supplied with muscles;
his ribs could easily be counted.
His face was repulsively ugly; his
mouth was enormous; his lips thick;
his teeth strong, sharp and very
white; his nose broad and fiat; his
ears long and deformed; his fore
head low and very receding; his
hair was not very woolly or thick,
but nevertheless. curly. He had no
beard, and his body was not hairy.
He was very active and hardy; his
height was about five feet. His
tail was more than three inches
long, and almost as flexible as that
of monkey. His disposition, set
ting aside oddities in tastes and
habits was good; and his fidelity to
his master was beyond all praise.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-08

Soon after, intemperance and pro-
figacy prevailed to such an extent
that the retailers In Intoxicating
drinks put up signs in public
places, informing the people that
they might get drunk for a penny,
and have some straw TO get sober
on. In the sixteenth century, dis.
titled spirits spread over the conti-
nents of Europe. About this time
it was introduced into the colonies,
as the United States was then called.
The first notice we have of it's use
in public life, was among the labor
ers of the Hungarian mines of the
fifteenth century. In 1851 it was
used by the English soldiers as a
cordial. The alcohol in Europe
was made of grapes, and sold In 1t
ally and Spain as medicine. Tho
Genoese afterward made it from
grain, and sold Ii as medicine in
bottles, under the name of the wa
ter OF life. Until the sixteenth
century it had only been kept by
the apothecaries as medicine. Dur
ing the reign OF Henry VII, bran
dy was unknown in Ireland, and
soon its alarming effect induced the
government to pass a law prohibit
ting its manufacture. About one
hundred and twenty years ago it
was used as a beverage, especially
among the soldiers in the English
colonies in North America, under
the preposterous notion that it pre-
vented sickness, and made men
fearless on the field OF battle. 1t
was looked upon as sovereign
specific. Such is brief sketch of
the introduction of alcohol into
society as a beverage. The histo-
ry Oft is written in the wretched-
ness, the tears, the groans, the pow
erty and murder Of thousands. 1t
has marched the land with the
the tread of a giant, leaving the inn
press of its footsteps in the bones,
sinews, and life's blood of the peo-
ple.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-08
An Old Document.

Nashville American.
Some time about the 9Th of JAN
uary a full account of the promi-
nent events of Jackson's life was
published in papers generally over
the United States. Among other
things several versions of the diff
Guilty between jackson and the
Bentons went the rounds. We
have now the pleasure. through the
courtesy of Mr.. Ira Stout, of giving
Thos. II. Benton's version of it, un
der his own signature, in circular
letter, addressed in his small, deli
cate womanly hand TO Gen. John
Sewer, Knoxville, post marked
Franklin, Sept. Is, 1913, the post
age being II cents. 1t is as fol-
lows, verbatim:
FRANKLIN, Tenn, Sept. 10, 1913.
A difference which had been
brewing between Gen'l jackson
and NY self, produced on Saturday
the 4th inst, in the town of Nash
vile, the most outrageous affray
ever Witnessed in a civilized coun-
try. In communicating this affair
to my friends and fellow citizens, l
limit myself TO the statement of a
few leading facts, the truth OF
which 1 am ready to establish by
judicial proofs.
l. That myself and brother Jesse
Benton arriving in Nashville on the
morning of tae affray, and knowing
of Gen'l Jackson's threats, went
and took cur lodging in a different
house from the one in which he
staid, on purpose to avoid him.
2. That the General and some of
his friends came to the house in
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-08
Two Sharpers,

A noted. sportsman, taking din
ner at one of the New York clubs,
exhibited a diamond ring on his
finger, of great beauty and appa-
rent value A gentleman present
had a great passion for diamonds.
After dinner the parties met in the
office. After much bantering, the
owner consented to part with it for
the sum of six hundred dollars.
AS the buyer left the room sup
pressed tittering struck his ear.
He concluded that the former own
er had sold the ring and purchaser.
He said nothing, but called the
the next day upon jeweler, where
he learned that the diamond was
paste, and the ring worth about
twenty five dollars. He examined
some real diamonds, and found one
closely resembling the paste in his
own ring. He hired the dia-
mond for few days, pledged
twelve hundred dollars, the price of
it. and gave hundred dollars for
its use. He went to another jewel
er, had the paste removed and the
real diamond set. HIS chums,
knowing how he had been imposed
upon, impatiently waited for his
appearance next night. To their
establishment they found him in
high glee. He 1ourished his ring,
boosted of his bargain, and said
that if any other gentleman present
had O twelve hundred dollar ring
to dispose of for six hundred dol
lars, he knew Of a purchaser.
When he was told that the ring was
paste, and that he had been cheated
he laughed at their folly. Bets
were freely offered that the ring
did not contain a real diamond.
Two men bet a thousand dollars
each. Two bet five hundred each.
All the bets were taken, and um
pires were chosen. The money
and the ring were put into their
hands. They went to firstclass jew
eler, who applied all the tests, an d
who said the stone was a diamond
Of the first water, and was worth
without the setting, twelve hundred
dollars. Tue buyer put the three
thousand dollars which be won in
his pocket. He carried the dia-
mond back and recalled his twelve
hundred dollars, and with his paste
ring on his finger went to his club.
The man who sold the ring was
waiting for him. He wanted TO
get the ring back and attempted 10
turn the whole thing into a joke.
He sold the ring, he said for fun
he knew it was a real diamond all
the time. He never wore false
Jewels. He could tell real dia
mond any where by it's peculiar
light. He would not be so mean
as to cheat an old friend. He
knew his friend would let him have
the ring again, But his frien d
said that the seller certainly
thought the article was paste, and
intended to defraud him. AT
length, on the payment Of eight
hundred dollars, the ring was re-
stored. All parties came To the
conclusion, when the whole affair
came out that when diamond cuts
diamond again some one less sharp
will be selected.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-04-08
A Brides Corset.

The New York fashion CORES
pondcnt of western exchange
says that "a BRIDES corset has at
tracted, by its novelty and richness,a
great deal of attention at the store
of fashionable manufacturer of
these somewhat mysterious gar
nents. Several guesses might be
made as to who Is TO wear IL. One
girl of a wealthy family, who 10
soon TO be married, and has just
the figure that would III il, is gener-
ally regarded as the real person in
question; but the maker will not
disclose the secret. The corset is
for a rather buxom figure, being
twenty seven inches around the
waist, and widening rapidly toward
the top and bottom. The material
is heavy, lustrous pink satin, OF a
most delicate and beautiful shade.
Much OF the satin surface is cover.
ed with embroidery in white silk,
the figures being wrought out In a
most artistic manner. The princi-
pal ones are Cupid and Psyche, one
on each breast copied faithfully
from the picture by Tomans. These
creatures are gracefully poised, and
Cupid has his bow drawn for ser
vice. Around the hips and chest
are rows Of real seed pearls and
point lace. The corset is cut low,
as is tue fashion now, in order not
to show through the thin chemises
which are worn with some dresses.
The steels are of the best, and care
fully placed, showing that the bride
intenCs to really wear 1t. The cost
of this freak is 800 counting In
the lace and pearls. The corset is
shown TO favored customers Of the
manufacturer, who is q man. He
puts it on a girl whose figure 10
such as to fill it out neatly with her
dress on, and turns her round and
round for the inspection OF admir-
ing ladies', whose exclamation OF
delight please MIN nightly. He
tells me that there 10 going 10 DO
a rage for decorative corsets, aad
no doubt he iondly hopes so for tho
sake Of his own purse, but / doubt
very much If il will extend far
among modest women, those whose
corsets are oftcner exhibited may
take to 1t. viii except brides
from this classification, but with
them the circumstance are pecul-
lar, and they may be reasonably ex-
cused for extravaganza in under
wear