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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17
DR.. ISadway's
REGULATING PILLS

Perfect Purgatives, Soothing Aperients. Act
Without Pain, always Reliable and Nat
ural In their Operation.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17

INANTED-The citizens OF Rock leland to know
w that the Bostou Fancy Steam Dye House will
open store in this city in a few days. They make
q speciality OF fine work. 1871
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17

HTANTED.-Reliable women to circulate the in
Wv formation of the deal in prices Of Dress
Goods for cash. at Mitchell q Parsons.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17

THANTED.-All in need of stylish summer suits
w to call on P. A. Bloom, under the Opera House.
His fits are perfect.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17
WANTED.

WANTED-The people to know that Simon Ba,L
w con has a large stock of new and second ham
Clothing for the fall and winter trade to sell or
change 2009 cor. al ave. and Goth street
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17

WANTED;-Fine Shirts made to order by Henry
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17

WANTED want everybody TO call and see my
w stock OF fine leather for Boots s. Shoes, includ-
ing Kangaroo, Covduvan. etc. A splendid lit and
fine workmanship guarantee. j. A. johnson, P.
o. block
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WANTED-To find the man, woman or child,
w who can not be fitted or suited in boots, shoes
and slippers, TO call at once on Carse & Retcker
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17
TO LOAN.

@ S00 to Loan on real estate security. $1,000 to
OJUU loan on farm property. Quincy Mcneil.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17
LOST.

t OST-A pointer dog, about eight months old.
II Finder will be rewarded by leaving him at the
Argus Office
r OST-A memorandum book, with the name -.
la Hamilton" on side. Finder please return 10
the Argus Counting Room.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17
FOR EXCHANGE.

DOR ExGHAEGE-A good piano for match
4 team Of horses, Call at the Music store OF D.
Roy Bowlby, 17sB end avenue.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17

WANTED-By good cook, situation in pri-
w vate family to do general housework. Gan
give good recommendations. Address IL NJ" al
fhis office.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17

EoUND-A bunch Of keys, evidently belonging
H. to q railroad man; the ewner can receive the
same by calling at the Argus counting room
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-17

WANTED-The people of Rock Island county TO
w know that j. L. Goldsmith, at the Bengston
corner Clothing House, keeps the best stock Of
goods in Rock Island
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-15
Matrimonial Methods.

To show that the habit Of declaiming
against the beautitudes of matrimonial
life and protesting that the nation Is to
be ruined if period is not put to fash
ion is no new thing, we extract the fol-
lowing from the Connecticut Hcrdld,
printed in the year 1898: Gas it is idle
to hope for reformation in those who are
possessed with the fashionable mania,
and as the want of cash seems to bo the
obstacle to matrimony, | would beg leave
to propose plan, which may prove
beneficial to both sexes. 1t Is not q
new one, but has been so long out OF
date that it will ut least possess the
charm of novelty. Let all manageable
girls, young and old, be assembled an
nually at one place. Let them be put
mp by an auctioneer one after another.
The rich will pay high price for the
handsomest. The money thus received
should be bestowed as a settlement on
the more homely, whom the auctioneer
should present in regular order, asking
1t any one would accept such an one
with such sum. This plan was prac-
ticed with great success among the As.
syrians and several other nations OF
antiquity, as any one of our ready-made
archaologists will admit. By it the
rich will be able to support their bar
gains, of course, and the second-chop
wives-to use fowery and celestial
idiom-will bring something to support
their husbands and their own extrava-
gance; no one being obliged to accept a
damsel if she has nothing but love and
duty to offer"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-15
The Shnthern soldier.

Tn the winter of 1868 the First regi-
mcnt OF Virginia Artillery was in winter
quarters &t Frederick Hall, Va. The
Second company bf Richmond Howitz-
crs was camping on the grounds Of Dr.
Pendleton. Here an incident occurred
which illustrates how little regard the
volunteer had for army regulations.
Lieut. g., of the Salem Artillery, was
graduate Of tho Virginia Military Insti-
tite MT Lexington. He made himself
quite obnoxious TO the boys by his
strict military discipline, whether in the
field or camp, or in the winter quarters.
1t was his great delight to be officer of
the day, on which occasion he would do
all he could TO impress the men with
the idea that he was az fait in army
regulations.
One night he rode up to the place
where the Second Howitzers were
parked and yelled out in very loud
voice,
"Where is the sentinel on this post p
The sentinel was sitting on q ruptuEd
bag of corn, engaged in parching n
quantity OF the grain, moro for the pur-
/ pose Of passing the time away (of course)
than with any intention Of satiating his
appetite Qor all good soldiers will re-
member that an appetite was an imple-
ment not marked down in the catalogue
of Confederate soldiers accoutcr.
ments), and he replied;
" 1t amt a post it's d sack OF corn.
Where's your corporalP
"Sleep, reckon"
"Why don't you walk sour post ?"
Didn't tell you 'twa'nt a post ?"
"Who's corporal of this guard ?"
"Billy Mccarthy, Second Howitzers,
sleeps in second cabin at head OF line on
left side, replied the sentry, all during
The conversation keeping his oye on his
lrying-pan, which he continted to shake
to keep his corn from burning
"YOung man." said Lieut.. O., lyon
don't eeetn to know the first duty of n
soldier Hew long have y0d boen in
the armyP"
Three years, one month, ten Gays and
eighteen hours, when the relief comes
round. always keep it to the notch,
replied the sentry, singing few snatch
es from the popular song of those days:
When the crtel Sal ID Syet--' i
"Why did younot rise, salute ms and
walk your beat when 1 came up? |
shall report yot to headquarters in the
morning for neglect of duty"
Saying which the Lieutenant departed
and soon disappeared in the darkness.
After giving Tim sufficient time to get
off some distance, the sentinel mounted
the pile of corn and yelled ont:
"Hello there, mister "
"Whatll you havo?" was the reply,
"Who are you, anyhow"
The Lieutenant answered; 81 am
Lieut.. c., officer Of tie day,"
"Oh ! shucks," replied the ssntry !;
"blome my hide if didn't think you
was Gen. Lee"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-15
Tho Two Girls Of FrOsibnrg.

Two young ladies for the past four
years have had control of II ftgm of one
hundred and sixty acres near trostburg.
They have plowed, sowed, reaped, built
fences, raised hogs and performed the
other countless duties incident to II
pastoral life. In addition to their out
side duties tho care of widowed and in
valid mother has been tax on their
energies. One of the ladies is shoe
maker, and all work of that kind used by
the family is executed by her. The
house in which they live is large and
roomy, yet these two girls, whose ages,
by the way, are twenty-five and twenty,
have made all tho carpet, and made it
well, too, painted q number of farm
scenes and family portraits in oil, and
filled up the otherwise vacant spots with
waxwork, etc. Besides, the fact that
they are good musicians, the fact that
they mover shock your refined ear with
ungrammatical remarks, is also note
worthy. Go to that much-abused village
of Punxsuatawney, and, after inquiring
for the location of Frostburg, walk
in that direction just three miles and
you will reach tho homemade home
of Emma and Marrilla Black. .-PittSbTg
Dispatch.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-15
How to Make KOumiss.

As soon as the COW is MIXED, take
one champagne bottle OF milk, and into
this put one tablespoonful OF white
powdered sugar previously dissolved !;
add one tablespoonful Of brewers or
bakers yeast, and shake all thoroughly,
but not sufficiently to produce butter.
Set the bottle in warm place, where
the temperature will be from s to IA "A
deorces Reaumur, and let it ferment. 1t
is difficult to describe its appearance
when ready for use, but this will usually
occur in two or three days. The cork
must he well tied in to prevent 1t being
thrown ont by the fermenting liquor.
The next making Of koumiss may be
prepared from the first when it is four or
i've days old. One-third of bottle of
the old koumiss may be added to two
thirds of the new or fresh milk. Before
drinking, shake the bottle well,-Ne0
York Sun,
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-15
The Eagle and the Kite.

An eagle, overwhelmed with sorrow,
sat upon the branches of tree in COM
pany with kite. " Why" asked tho
kite, edo | see you with such rueful
lool?' The eagle answered, q" seek n
mate suitable for me, and am notable to
find one." "Take me" responded the
kite. 81 am much stronger than you.
have often carried off an ostrich in my
talons." The eagle, persuaded by these
words, accepted the kite as a mate. At
ter the election, so to speak, was over,
the eagle told the kite to fly of and
bring back the ostrich it had promised.
The kite scared aloft and returned in
time with miserable little mouse in an
advanced state of decomposition from
the length of time it had lain on the
ground. "Is this" said the eagle,
"tho faithful performance OF your prom
ise to me?" The kite unblushingly re-
sponded: "You must know that to ac.
complish any object there is no lie | will
not tell" The only moral to this fable
is that thepeople should not always send
to the Legislature the man who talks
Ioudcst with his MOUTH Galveston
Neps.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-15
TIint.Lock and Percussion Cap.

Tho hint-iock musket and fowling-
piece died hard, It's will he apparent to
all who remember that in 1907 the Rev.
Mr.. Forsyth took Ottt the first IatCnt for
II percussion gun, and that it took ut
least twenty years from that date Ior the
weapon to bo generally accepted and
employed 10y English sportsmcn, and
thirty years from 1907 for it to be adopt
ed by the British army. Such is the in
craJlcablo cdnserEatism Of the British
nation, and of its Governmental depart
mcnts, that every great soldier who had
won his spurs in the Peninslllar war in
cluding, among many others, the Iron
Duke and Sir Charles James Napier,
wrote absurd pIatitudes against "the
uew-Cangled substitute for the glorious
weapon with whiHb Uur soldiers Won
Albuera, Salamanca and Waterloo. The
new percussion mIskct was viewed with
such suspicion and mistrust by the War
Office pundits that it was issued, in the
every regiment. Happily, it had an OPP
portunity of manltcstmg and establish
ing its incontcstible superiority o"cr tho
matcblocks pittod against it in Afghan
istan and upon the Sutlcj; nor was Sir
Charles Napier slow TO confess that to
the new weapon, admirably handled by
the Twenty regiment of British
foot, and by the Twenty-ninth regiment
Of native infantry, he mainly owed his
astonishing victory over $4,000 Bcloo-
chccs at Mcsaneo in the February Of
1913. The percussion musket was not
introduced into the French army until
1910; but Mcsaneo was it's "baptism of
ire" throughout the civilized world, and
it is doubtful whether 1,SOO British sol
dicrs, of whom little more than 400 we're
Europeans, ever gained more honor
able or meritorious victory. But, while
the new weapon was slowly making its
way as military small-arm, it was
eagerly seized upon and adopted at
much earlier date by sportsmen, who
were quick to recognize the advantages
secured by the rapidity of ignition and
certainty OF explosion impaired by the
percussion detOnating cap to the charge
of gunpowder within the barrel.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-15
Tclcgrnphic "reminiscences.

"T think, said General Stager, that
/ was about the first to read messages by
sound. Certainly lhad so read them be
fore | knew OF ony one else dong It,
Erastus Brooks, just about that time,
came to pittsburg and bought ont the
5G.fhh. 1t was very responsible duty
to collect thc te'cFraphic dispatches, and
the chief editor used IL come himself to
my Office for that purpose, y" markets
were sent III cipher. One day my regis
lei br"lsc down while Brooks was wait,
ing for the lciI;r' A steamer had Just
landed in New York, ana the news was
important. But the register was ii T"cch
state that patching wouldn't do. Mr.
Brooks was in despair. Nowthe olIlce
call Of n telegraph station Is easily
learned You have de, for instance,
for Detroit; 'BU' for Buffalo, and II for
Cleveland -ths 'C's' being taken mp
somewhere else on the line The CON
slant reiteration of DE, hE, or BU,
BU, or whatever the Office call Is, makes
it familiar, and as easily recognized as
the sound of mans name. The very
boys learn III snort order. OF course, IN
those days, Just ~ now, our office calls
were recognizable to the ear. 1t was
with this in mind that / said to Brooks,
Wait n little and I'll try another plan.
| explained matters to the operator ut
the other end, and asked him to go slow,
and between my knowledge OF the
cipher and the good-natured repetitlons
of each link of it by my down-East
friend, managed to get the whole OF the
report. II came slow, but came i'll time.
Brooks left delighted man.
"NOw. General, that's historical fact
worth noting
81 make no claims" continued Gen
eral Stager, "but III tell you my own
experience. 1t was always question
among us whether Mr. Barnes or Gov.
ernor Cornell was the first to read and
send by sound: Some say it was Barnes,
some Cornell"
"The present Governor of New York;
"The very same. Governor Cornell
was an old-time telegraph operator.
"Did the new improvement take?'
con the contrary" said the General,
"the officers fought against it. Every
commercial message, they said, must be
read from the tapes. They insisted that
they wanted something for a record.
Weused to bundle up the tapes and keep
them for reference, to compare for errors
and find out whether the receiver or
sender was to blame. 1t was long
time before the officers discovered that
such errors would be detected just as
well by taking letter-press copy Of the
message. But reading by sound is now
the only thing. 1t has immensely in
creased the efficiency and capacity of the
telegraph.-An Mtervie,0 in the Detroit
Free Press.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-15
The Old Banking System.

The banking system in voguo previous
10 the aSt of 1864 WIS simply that which
placed the charter of all banks OF Issue
and deposit in the hands OF the several
States In 1856 and 1857 there were
about !, 400 Of these State institutions;
in New England rione there were 5O7
banks and branches, with a capital of
$lli,6ll, ,752, At that time an important
feature in New England banking was the
"Suflolk banking system through
which the notes of all New England banks
Sste collected md redeemed at the SUI
folk Bank ut Boston, each bank making
n stipulated deposit for that purpose,
amounting in the aggregate to 100000.
The older banking system OF the United
Stutes dates back Of the State banks.
During the revolutionary war the coun-
try was extremely poor, with few indus
tries except agriculture, and with no
precious metal 10 speak of. Congress,
May 10, l775, made preparation to issue
Continental paper, r., ,000,OO0 OF which
were put in circulation on June % fol-
lowing. These !ss'ics aggregated $780,
OO9,OOO, and deprecated go much that
eventually they became yalueiesr, al
tiiUugh laws were passed making them q
legal tender for thc payments of debts.
/ Then n plan was submitted TO Congress,
May II, 1881, by Robert Morris, for Il
National Bank, the principal provisions
of which were: The capital to be SiOO,
0O0 in shares of 800 each, each share tc
have Il vote, that twelve directors be
chosen from those entitled to vote, who
at their first meeting shall choose n pres
idcnt; that the directors meet Quarterly;
that th6 boGrd he empowered from time
to time to open new subscriptions for the
purpose of increasing the cabitw OF the
bank; statements to be made to the Sup
perintcndent of the Finances Of America;
thnt the bank notes payable on demand
shall by ldw he made receivable for du-
ties and taxes in every state, and from
the respective States by the Treasury OF
the United States; that the Superintcnd-
ent Of tine Finances of America shall havo
the right at all times IT, examine into the
affairs of the bank This bank became
IN important auxiliary in aid of tho
finances of the Government, and SO con-
tinued to the end of the war. Then fol
lowed the Bank of the United States,
commonly called Hamilton bunk which
was chartered in 1891, and continued till
1871. From that time 10 1916 the fiscal
service of the Government Wah performed
by banks operated under the State law.
In 1916 the second Bank Of the United
4, al \, hA
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-15
poOt.I.nnreaics hf England

The custom of crowning n poet with
laurel originated among the Greeks, and
was adopted by the Romans, who bor-
rowed this, as many other things, from
their more cultured neighbors of the
East. The poets who received the crown
were the ones who succeeded IN the con-
tests. In the twelfth century the cts
tom vas revived in Germany by tho En-
peror. who invented the title of poet
laureate. Petrarch was crowned i'll l3il
at the Roman capital, which event az
tached new interest to the title. Tho
early history of the laureatcship in Eng
land is traditional The story runs that
Edward iii, nj 1867 emulating the
coronation of pctrarch, granted Tie ol''Hs
to CHANGER, with yearly pension OF lOO
marks and ticrce of Malvolsio VINE.
Ben. rare old BcnJonson, mentions Henry
ScOgan as the laureate of Henry ~.
John KAY, or Cain, was Court-poet.under
Edward ", md Andrew Bernard held
the same office Under Henry VII and
Henry VIII. John Skclton received
from Oxford, and subsequently from
Cambridge, tne tltlc ol poeI-in'i'"'1'
aud Spcnscr is spoken of ms the laureate
of Queen Elizabeth, because of his hay
ing received IA pension of GlO a year
when he presented her the first books OF
the "Focrie Queen In 1919 the
"ordcr' was formally established by
james /, who granted Ben Jonson, by
patent, an annuity for life of 100 marks,
and thus secured his services. In l63O
the larcatcship was made n patent
office in the gift of the Lord Chamberlain.
The salary wm increased from lOO
marks to fl0O, and fierce Of Canary
wine was added, which was Commnted In
Southcy's time for E27 year. There
was from that period a regular succession
of laurcntcs. The performance of the
annual on's was suspended after the
final arrangement of George Ill in 1910.
The ct-laurcate from the time OF
Southcy has written what ho chose and
aud when he chose. Wordsworth wrote
nothing in return for the distinction, and
Tcnnyson has written very little. The
following is the list of the lallreates from
T,rgnn'u 1o,r y, ,lotn.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-15
HUMORS OF THE DAY.


WHEN things go to D X how G D they
3 come.
MANY man who thinks himself
great gun isnothing more than big
bore.
KEEP cool and you command every
body" remarked st. Just He stood in
with an ice company.
A ROY who won't try is like truth,
because the boy won't endeayor and truth
won't end ever, either.
MONEY men Of many minds
Take TO "straddes" and to "b blinds"
Many fish come In TO see;
' 0'''' ''' ~ Lo,reH coprter.
As A RULE book.keepers are ink-lined
TO he pcnsiye. Will some one kindly
tell us if blushing seamstress is not a
flushed sewer?
"THrRE is no disgrace in being poor"
we are told, and we're bowling glad OF
it, for there are enough other disadyan-
tages about it, without that one.
MAID Of Yonkers, ere we buss, tell mo,
will you make afuss?-New York NcWS.
Man of Gotham, ere you risk your life,
iii no ,,;II ,,n, inform, vorr yifo9
W VI llo, no,.o "tl Gl,.SU, ~" ''''' - '
1V''"r,o '"-''''' ...-- a.. =
A hlciiMoSD hlcni PhySlSi'n says n;,,., vlinC II
and rock salt twice year, they will cs-
cape the rheumatism and colds But
wouldn't that spoil the whisky?
DIsGUsrED man says "Why don't
notes ma some SUBSTITUTE Io' ,5H tgo pS DTul
lastlng peeiSteak i9r oIG"hiuSSs Tj!i :; 'tJSo tL"
you, iots OF em oo' Oowll,,o n 10 '''o
i"yori'o suoS'l'u'c,,,.''o -, .''os'9's , = oo', co,
HER name was IVA, n'lu "''eH On'ilcs
augustus c"llGu ca IHo 3I;n T,,tGr .'ofs ,fa a aho
H5NoI iJl W po ,'S s,, ur'',S ,i 5 sJoati,, oi
8eh'iy ,usS ~; l'tIt Tn 'o'l o, ",t tbo H"IS Eyo
S,'iu; nv, NoG '"N' '''"' '''4i'' 0''''' '''"'
Ooou f'N"'
A RHODE ISLAND CLERGYMAN was gwen
permission TO sing "Ihe oweo1 byo anu anu
bye III M insane asylum, h'ny P"-
ueh's were mGgeu ~ IVA, %"S oInor Cno .,Il ,,
nun, man n lul''''o iho'oU nm o''"' ''"'
su'lrs' -, H.. ,.
HI! where ana you Get them HroGS-
ers?' asked IN ll1Shman OF man VINO
happened TO be passing WIN remark
ably short par OF trousers. ! gov
them where thGy grew was Ihe mug,
nant rePly; Llleu, py 4iS o,, uoi,'uior' ,
SAD n"'' you w poilco 'loli J'"' wv
sooh'
in Boston; Aistheuc young lady
"By the way, Mr.; Gosoltly, nave You
read Bascom's Science OF NlindF
"N-n-naw. I'm not reading much now,
a-day9. L pass my time IN onglnaai
thought" Hsthehc young LADY (with
much sympathy)--- 1oWNerJ oue"ry' "
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-15
Pilgrims in Paterson.

Paterson, n. j., enjoys one of the
most deusely populated families in
America. The City Physician of that
place, believing that an epidemic was
breaking out i'll an apartment of two
rooms, threw aside the official tape and
form peculiar to our City Board of
Health, and personally visited the scene
of his suspicious. He found twenty-five
freshly arrived Hollanders in "the two
rooms hired for one family" and more
than that, all the member, Of it we're not
at home at the time of his call. Ten
men were absent looki ng for work and
old acquaintance. Progeny was the
epidemic the Holla nders had brought
with them, and as .he entire thirty-two
were healthy, hap .py, and able TO sit up
and take their O. 'Jmbined ninety-siN daily
meals, the Decor left them to continue
to multiply, ncrease and perform all the
other duties. incident to decent Dutch
life. Fro N all accounts this exhibition
exceeds anything so far produced in the
combp Ied greatest shows on the earth.
NJ ~ York Commercial.
Mns. MALApRoP, good soul proposes
tn distribute tracts among tectotaiefS.
who. she regrets to hear, are living IN
stota of spiritual destitutiOp.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-06-15
LOYe's Test.

The Cashier enters the private office
of the President, nervous and agitated.
"Sir," he says, 81 have something on
my mind which 1 feel myself compelled
to disclose to you, though for months |
have striven to conceal it," The Presi-
dent turns pale. 1.-The fact is, that L
love your daughter" The President
breathes more freely. "Ah, you love
my daughter. Do you ever make any
errors in your books, or in counting
your cash? Find yourself abstracted,
eh?" "Never, sir |" with pride. "Then,
sir, | must decline to encourage your
suit. You are not really III love.