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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
Profit, $1,000.

ITO sum 1t up, SIX long years of bed-rid
den sickness, costing $500 per year, total
81, 200-all of this expense was stopped by
three bottles of Hop Bitters taken by my
wife. She has done her own housework
for year since, without the loss of day,
and l want everybody to know it, for their
benefit
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
Why Wear PIasters7

They may relieve, but they can't cure that
lame back for the kidneys are the trouble,
and you want q remedy to act directly on
their secretions, to purify and restore their
healthy condition Kidney Wort has that
specific action-and at the same time it reg
ulates the bowels perfectly. Don't wait to
get sick, but get package to-day, and cure
yourself. Either liquid or dry for sale at
the druggists -Btnghaaat0n Republican,.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
TEXAS IMMIGRATION.

A San Antonio correspondent of the New
Orleans Democrat says railroad officials es-
innate that 1000 immigrants daily are
pouring through the gate cities of Denni-
son and Texarkana into the Lone Star
State This is without parallel in The his
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
q CARD.

TO all who are suffering from the errors and In
discretons of youth nervous weakness, early decay
loss of manhood, &c, will send 9 recipe th at will
cure yon, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary In South America
Send a self addressed envelope to the REV. JosEdH
T. lSEkN. Station D, New York City.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30

NEW YORK, April 30. : Stocks opened
irregular but entire markets soon became
weak and prives declined 4@1, n. ]. Cen
tral, Delaware, Lack, s. Western & Read
ing leading downward movement at first,
the board irmer tone preveiled, advance /
to 1 took place in which meter elevated
most prominent. Louisville 81 Nashville
rola ]
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
RIVER TRANSPORTATION.

ST.. LOUIS. April 3O.-One thousand tons
of steel rails for the Denver & Rio Grande
R. R., arrived here yesterday by barges
from New Orleans, they go to Pueblo, Col,
via the St. Louis & San Francisco and
Atchison, Topeka s. Santa Fe lines. Two
thousand five hundred additional tons are
now in New Orleans being loaded on barges
for this point.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
AN ENGLISH SCANDAL.

LONDON, April 30-The Earl of Shrews-
bury has eloped with Mrs Miller Mundy,
of Shiply, Derbyshire. The fugitives fed
to Strasburg. where the lady's relatives
overlook them and gave the Earl sound
thrashing and brought the lady back to
ENGLAND
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
TURKISH INVESTIGATION

CoNsTANT1NoPLE, April 30.-Judicial
inquiry into the death of the Sultan Abdul
Aziz continues. Disclosures made to show
that the plot contemplated the assassina-
tion all the Imperial Princes and the pro-
clamation of a new Caliph.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
THOROTGHBRED DEAD.

LOUISVILLE, April 30.-War Dance, the
great thoroughbred sire, property of james
A. Grinstead, died at Blue Grass Park
from colo, aged 90 years.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
ST. LOUIS STRIKE.
ENGLISH RUMORS.

LONDON, April 30.-It is possible that
Thornton present British minister to Wash
ington, will succeed Dufferin at St Peters
burg and that Layard will succeed Thorn
ton at Washington.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
HARD COAL.

The best quality of screened all raj
hard coal delivered at $1,000 per ton fol
nut, and 1915 per ton for all other sizes
Northern Line Office.
nov29tf G. Fl. SPEAKER.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30

tory of of immigration; so far as the South
ern States at least are concerned, and points
to Texas as the rapidly ydeveloping empire
State of the South
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
EASTERN WAR.

ST. PETERSBURG. April 30-A war be
tween Japan and China is considered prob
able
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
MARINE DISASTER

MELBoURE, April 80. The British
Steamer Farahua, Of Melbourne, has been
wrecked on the reefs of Ottago, New
Zealand. Eighty persons drowned.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
SCHOONER SUNK.

POINT JUDITH, April 30.-Tne schooner
Palladium sank off here last night. Capt.
Frederick W. Chase, Jr., and Samuel
Walker were lost.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
IMMIGRANTS
STOCKS

NEW YORK, April 80. : Sixty THOUSAND
entrants arrived here during April.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
GLEANINGS.
Latest phase of the st.
Louis Strike.
Diplomatic changes to be
made soon.
General Te1egraphic Col
lections Of News.
LABOR TROUBLES.

PITTsBURG, April 30.-The journeymen
cabinet makers have appointed a commit
tee to call on the proprietors of factories
and demand an advance of Is per cent on
the present wages, to take effect from Mon
day next Journeymen brick1ayers Of AL
legheny and Pittsburg have been notified
by bosses of concession to the demand for
increased wages, made some time since
ST. LOUIS STRIKE.
ST. LOUIS, April 30-All the street rail
ways have resumed operations this morn
ing, and everything is now going on as be-
fore the strike. After the cars stopped
running last night the conductors and dri-
vers held meeting and took preliminary
steps 70 form union. It was the opinion
of many of the men that the concessions
made by most of the companies would not
be lasting, unless they organized to protect
themselves.
The men engaged in the different brew
cries of the city have demanded a reduc-
ton of hours of labor, and, unless their de-
mand is complied with, by Monday next
will strike
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MORE SNOW.

OTTAWA, April 30-It is showing here
this morning.
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y sw YORK MARKET.
UEicago 7; .,CKet.

CHICAGO. April 80
Wheat Firm and higher; / 011z cash; ok
Nay; 03A June; 03a July
Corn Firm; IL cash 421s May; 4a14 June; 10 y
bid July.
GA. Stronger; s64 cash; a6l May; s6al June
351z July.
Rye-Unchang d
Barley-Uuchauged
Pork-Firmer; II 47h cash; II 50 June; II 90
July.
Lard-Firmer; II :aE cash; II 80 Jone; II s71s
July.
Whisky 0s.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs Receipts 1900: hGl 10c lower; mixec pack
ing 1906 90; heavy 1906 45.
Cattle-Receipts sO0 quiet aud slow; common
to fair shipping 75l5 10; good to choice 5oGL5 so
butchers steady 50G4 90; stockers and feeders 8
2oli rs.
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For SALE-Old newspapers at so cents
per 100 at THE ARGUS office.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
MISSOURI FLOODS

YANKToN, April, 30-All telegraph com
munications being destroyed. this telegram
goes to Sioux City by mail. The Missouri
floods has subsidized and the river is falling
almost as rapidly as it rose, for a week
past the river has been of it's banks and
has been over fioowing the bottom below
Yankton again submerging a large portion
of the land overflowed by the Missouri
river rise. The worst of this flood is now
over, the river has been full from bluff to
bluff and from mile to mile and half
wide It's low water width about ten rods,
all its bottom lands for seventy five miles
up are overflowed and most of the houses
upon the bottom have been swept away
FLOOD SUFFERERS
are still being cared for in Yankton, and
ZOO government rations have been
issued and probably as much more by the
1ankton people. Six bundles of clothing
which have been received from Oman have
been distributed in Union, Clay, Bonham
Mendan and Knox counties
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30

The contract for Indian supplies il
the Northwest has been awarded }. q
Baker & Co., ST. Louis.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
LONDON.

HoNoRs TO DIsRAELI-A BAILIFF BURNT.
LONDON. April 80. = The Queen and
Princess Beatrice drove to Hughenden
Manor to-day to visit the tomb of Beacons-
field.
A telegram from Galway says bailiff
named King was seized last night by a
gang OF disguised men and roasted over a
fire until he swore he would resign his Of
fec. Kings condition is belived to be
hopeless.
SMALL POX.
Within the last % days ], 500 cases of
small pox have been refused admission to
the hospitals because they were full. Dur
ing the same period 297 persons died in
their own homes from small pox.
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q THE MILD p0wER = 90
5 ssCURESSSSP + e
HUMPHREYSs

u Ii u d u I .
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS
HHes nsen In h genera srax use 13r twenty years.
SIMPLE, ECONOMICALan L ana EFFF1;TFNTTi
medicines known. They are Just what
sickness and suffering. Every single
specific the well tried prescription OF
an eminent physician. .
Nos . Cnres. Cent.
g. Crying-COlic, or Teething OF Infants. 25
8. Choiera-iorbiis Vomi3ing. aahg oonc' Is
z. Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis IS
9. Neuralgia, Toothache, Faceache, IS
g. Ieadnc.es, Sick Headache. Vertigo, 25
II. Suppressed, or Painful Periods, 25
II. Whites, too Profuse Periods 2E
ls. Group. Cough, Difficult Breathing, Is
II. SAT- kheuill, ErysiPalas, EEuPtions- 25
l5. rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains, -
Ii. Fever and AEue, Chin Fever, Agues, 50
u. Files, blind or bleeding, so
ia. Ophtf.aila1y, and Sore OF Weak Eyes, 30
~ ~ Satarrh. acute or chronic, Influenza, 50
SL " sNh0apthS-CouEli, violent coughs, 81
"a Asthma, oppressed breathing, so
- tzar DtScharSes, impaired hearing, so
s1 Seroiuiaf ENLARGED glands, SweIlinsa, 80
rs. DFOIS<y and scanty Secretions, 80
%. Ae:,-sic:kness. sickness from riding, 80
% Nervous Debility, Vital " eakness, 90
%. Sore Mouth, Canker, so
81. Urinary weakness, wetting the bed, 80
81 rainfuf Periods, or with Spasms, 50
~ Disease Of Heart, paIpitations, etc. o.
~. EpIlepsey, Spasms. st. Vitus' Dance, ! %
81. Dfrl tBeFfn, liberated sore throat, {?
-. sslrGaje ConScStiOns and EruptiODs, -
FAMILY CASES. .
Case, Morocco, with above 3S large vials and
Manual of directions, $1,000
Case Morocco, OF 20 large walls and Book, 600
These remedies are sent by the case
single box or vial, to any part of the
country, free of charge, on receipt Of
price. Address
Humphreys HOBe0pat thiC Medicine Co.
Office and Depot, ZOE Fulton st. New York
For sale by all Druggists. q
U Humphreys Specific Manual on the
care and treatment of disease and its cure,
sent FREE on application.
Sold in Rock Island by T. Il. Thomas Ou
Srojan, C. Speidel. and 3. Breunert mwf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30
LIYE STNlNK.
81. L,.uts rssFt.

81. LUUGs April 80
Wheat lower: No red ! G6I cash; 07GI1
OK May 06Q1 or; June 0lQII Ul2 July 9S1z
August y71s Gt97 "a year 03
Corn-Rnsier; AZ Q4e3l cash; 42G42Is Gay ar d
June; 421a idly; 43 Aug.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-30

uogs-Receipts 2 400: fairly active: Workers and
Baltimorcs So6t6 90: mixed packing 5 75a6 60;
choice to fancy I5G6 s5; pigs O095 40.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
The Mystery OF Dreams.

A man fell asleep as the clock tolleS
the first stroke of twelve. He awakened
ere the echo of the twelfth stroke had
died away, having in the interval dreamed
that he had committed crime, was
detected after five years, tried and cor
dtmned, the shock of finding the halter
about his neck aroused him into con-
seriousness, when he discovered that all
these events had happened in an infni-
tesimal fragment Of time. Mohammed,
wishing to illustrate the wonders of sleep,
told how certain man, being sheik,
found himself for his pride made poor
fisherman, that he lived as one for sixty
years, bringing up family and working
hard, and how, upon waking up from
lis long dream, so short time had he
been asleep that the narrow-necKed
gourd bottle filled with water, which he
had overturned as he fell asleep, had not
time to empty itself. How fast the soul
travels when the body is asleep! Often
when we awake we shrink from going
back into the dull routine of sordid
existence, regretting the pleasanter life
Of dreamland. How is it that sometimes,
when we 60 to strange place, we fancy
that we have seen it before Is it DOS
sible that when one has been asleep the
soul has foated away, seen the place,
and has that memory Of it which so sur
prises us In word, how far dual is
the life Of man-how far not ?-Church
Union. HN a @
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
Putting on a Paper Collar.

One of the saddest comings home is
when the husband and father comes
home to put on a paper collar. The
last collar has dissolved into pulpy
rolls and come up back of his ears or
disappeared within the reeesses of his
hair. The shirt band is moist and
helpless and inclined to roll under,
carrying the back button with it.
His neck is wet and slippery, and all
the windows are down. and the door
is drawn to. By the time he has found
the back button and got the collar
hitched to it, it seems as if the air was
about to stifle him, as if he would sud-
denly melt and spoil the carpet. He
sends up the windows with a snap, and
kicks the blinds open with his foot,
and brings that door back with a velo-
city that almost scares it. Then he
goes to work to fasten one of the ends,
and while he is at it the back button
hole suddenly emelts and dissolves.
He tries another COLLAR Gets the
back and one end fastened, commences
work at the other end, and is about in
toxicated with his success when the
first end collapses. He sits down
few moments before trying the third
collar. and wishes he really knew if
there Is future punishment, and Won
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
Old Peoples Unconscious Jokes.

Long life and old habit create an
amusing seif-oblivion when comparison
with others is suggested. It is some
thing like the inebriate's phantasy which
makes him change places with the world,
and think every man drunk but himself
or like the simple Inconsistencies OF
the old English servant, who, when his
master, meaning to,discharge him, told
him, "We must part, JOHN" asked,
"Where do ye propose goin' to, sir ?"
The old story of Thad Stevens saying
to the stout young men who used to
carry him in his chair to the House of
Representatives: Well, boys, who will
carry me when you are gone is older
thai Stevens, however original it might
have been with him. aiay Il lsl-
An old gentleman, 70 years old, once
remarked: "I take pains with my writ
ing, so that when 1 am old shall be
able to read it, -;
Another, aged n, at the head of a
large publishing house, on being remon-
strated with for working SO hard, an
swered: "I don't feel it now, but ex-
pect I shall in after life.
The youngest daughter, Of n years,
having died, one of her parents, who was
100 years old, remarked "Ialways told
thee, John, we should never rear that
child" IfF ~ 1851
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
AZ French Farmer.

The lot of French farmer is neither
happy nor jolly. He fares frugally on
soup and the. thinnest of ordinary red
wide or cider. The stock OF his soup is
bacon, and he eats butchers meat only
twice week.that is on Sunday and
marketday. When he attends market
he makes a succulent dejeuaer and
drinks a good deal of beer at the cafe.
This is his only cheerful time at ordln-
airy seasons he is morose, troubled about
the weather, the CONSUMPTION which is
going to take his son in the army, and
about politics, of which he understands
just enough to be in constant dread of
revolutions He is conservative that is
to say he upholds the government Of the
day, whatever it is, for fear Of anarchy !;
but no government is popular with him,
for every administration finds it ,neces-
sary to lay on new taxes. The climate,
however, is In his favor. A bad harvest
is not a common thing In France, and o
succession Of bad harvests never occur.
It is lucky for the French farmer that
this is so, for there are few French
landlords who would be in position
to remit any part of q years rent after a
bad harvest. The rule in France is that
farmers rent must be paid as punctually
as dodgers rent. If it be not paid,
election is resorted to at once, and no.
body thinks Of looking upon the tenant
as an ill-used man. go $3.50
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
Something About Fans.

Kan ST was the first lady who carried
fan. She lived In ages which are past,
and, for the most part, forgotten, and
she was the daughter Of a Chinese man
DARN. Who ever saw mandarin, even
on q tea-chest, without his fan? In
China and Japan TO this day every one
has fan, and there are fans of all sorts
for everybody. The Japanese waves his
fan at you when he meets you, by way
of greeting, and the beggar who solicits
for aims has the exceedingly small coin
'made on purpose for charity present
ed to him on the tip of the fan.
f. In ancient times, among the Greeks
and Romans, fans seem to have been
enormous they we're generally made Of
feathers, and carried by slaves over the
heads of their masters and misstresses,
to protect them from the Gun, or waved
about before them to stir the air.
Catherine de Medicis carried the first
folding fan ever seen in France; and, in
the time of Louis XIV, the fan was a
gorgeous thing, often covered with jew
els, and worth small fortune. In En-
gland they were the fashion in the time
Of Henry VIII. All his many wives
carried them. A fan set in diamonds
was once given to Queen Elizabeth upon
New Years day. Ind s-a, e'
The Mexican feather fans which Cor
tez had from Montezuma were marvels
Of beauty, and in Spain large black
fan is the favorite. It is said that the
use Of the fan is as carefully taught in
that country as any other branch of
education, and that, by well-known
code Of signals. Spanish lady can carry
on a long conversation with any one, es-
pecially an admirer. 1a.4.. lsoi
The Japanese criminal of rank is po-
itely executed by means of fan. On.
being sentenced to death he is presented
with fan, which he must receive with
q low bow, and, as he bows, presto the
executioner draws his sword and cuts
his head Off In fact there is a fan for
every occasion in Japan. Harper's
Young Folks.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
Life in the Polar Regions.

1t is impossible to form an idea of a
tempest in the polar seas. The icebergs
are Like floating rocks whirled along a
rapid current. The huge crystal mount
aims dash against each other, back.
ward and forward, bursting each
other with roar like thunder,
and returning to the charge, until
losing their equilibrium, they tum-
BILE over in cloud of spray, upheaying
the ce-felds, which fall afterward like
the crack of whip-lash on the boiling
sea. The sea gulls fly away screaming,
and often black shining whale comes
for an instant putting to the surface.
When the midnight sun grazes the hor-
lion, the floating mountains and the
rocks seem immersed in a wave of beau
tiful purple light. The cold Is by no
means so insupportable as, is supposed.
We passed from heated cabin at 80 deg.
above zero to AZ deg. below zero in the
open air without inconvenience. A
much higher degree of cold becomes,
however, insuferable if there is wind.
At Is deg. below zero steam, as from
boiling kettle, rises from the the wat
er. AT once frozen by the wind, it falls
III a fine powder. This phenomenon is
called ice-smoke. At40 deg. the snow
and human bodies also smoke, which
smoke changes at once into millions of
tiny particles, like needles Of ice, which
fill the air and make light, continuous
noise, like the rustic of silk. At this
temperature the trunks OF trees burst
with loud report, the rocks break up and
the earth vomits smoking water. Knives
break in cutting butter. Cigars go out
by contact with the ice on the beard. To
talk is fatiguing. At night the eyelids
are covered with a crust of ice, which
must be carefully removed before one
can open them. st.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
Casts from Animals.

Takes it easy, don't he ?'.said .
sharp-eyed man, patting long, wind
ing mass Of clay hanging over bench.
"You don't mean that it is alive ?"
"WeI, should say so. Look here, =
he replied, and picking away little
clay at one end bright, bead-like eye
appeared, and forked tongue that
darted out for second belonged to a
rattlesnake. Is vaag6 .amea@ss ras lr.s.a
The cast-taker was Joe Palmer, en-
ployed by the Smithsonian Institution
to restore animals, etc. -;.
The qualifications of the animal sculp-
tor who works from life models are var
led. Artistic talent, a cool head and
steady nerves are indispensable, es-
pecially when the subject is rattle
snake or a copperhead. Reproducing a
snake in clay In former times, and pre-
serving lifelike proportions, was an i'm
'mense work, many Of the scales having
to be worked over and over with instru-
ments for the purpose ;. but now the
operation is much more simple, although
dangerous. "A living snake is chloro-
formed, and, after it is completely I'M
der the influence, placed on limb or in
a coil, and plaster quickly put on. If it
shows signs of Consciousness before the
clay has hardened properly, more chloro.
form is given, and finally the cast is
cut off and ready for the mold, which,
when completed, is painted, making q
perfect fac smile. The operation is not
always conducted easily. A copperhead
/" came to" one day suddenly, and,
throwing the clay aside, made dash for
liberty that created stampede. Ee
was recaptured later. 20
Among the larger animals are dol
phins, porpoises, grampuses, and the
white whale that was in the New York
Aquarium. Twenty or thirty heads
standing on the top Of the cases in the
Archaeological Hall attract considerable
attention from the variety OF expression
shown. In one the lips are drawn
tightly together; and determination is
shown in every lineament. Another
looks as if it had lost all hope; while in
others, fear, rage, establishment, disgust
and logged imperturbability are seen.
They are the heads of band of Indians
that visited Washington several years
ago, and were coaxed by the sculptor to
undergo the process of cast taking.
They all declined at first, but, the chief
finally consenting, the others followed
suit, and their different emotions as
they sat for an hour with their heads
and faces plastered with clay breathing
through straws), are accurately record
Oh Moan Y0o.k Sam i-4-
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How to Do It.

We are frequently asked, regarding
the best manner Of dropping money into
the contribution box at church, and after
carefully considering the subject we
suggest the following rules First, if
you feel particularly mean, and Rave
only penny to bestow, you must mold
it well covered in your hand, and when
the box is under your nose you must,
with quick, nervous motion, let your
mite fall SO that it shall escape observa-
ton /; second, if you have quarter. or
any other silver coin of considerable
size to you, you must hold it in plain
sight between your thumb and fore-in-
ger, and when you DEPOSIT it you must
let it drop from comparatively lofty ell
ovation, SO that it may make q musical
jingle when it reaches its destination !;
thirdly, if you contemplate offering a
bill you must not take the money out of
your vest pocket until the happy time
comes when your neighbor can best see
your unparalleled generosity. The mo.
ment the collector appears at the pew
door is the one when you must tumble,
for your money, and then, having me-
thodically unfolded the bill, and put on
your eyeglasses to ascertain its denom-
nation, you may slowly place it on the
top of the box. These three rules, we
believe, will be sufficient for all ordinary.
purposes. -EIchGnge