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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30

A correspondent of the Public Ledger,
Philadelphia, attributes the first use and
issue of postage stamps to John Lorimer
Graham, postmaster in Hew York, in 1S42.
These stamps were, he says, about the size
of the stamp now in use, bore the head of
Washington, and were of the value of 3
cents. The postmasters of st. Louis, Bal
timore, Alexandria, Va, New Haven,
Providence, r. L, and Brattleboro, VT,
followed about in the order named, in 1916
and 1916. According, however, to the
recollection of an old employee of the New
York postofice, stamps were brought into
use first by Postmaster Morris, in 1917 or
1s48. He issued stamps of his own at s
and 10 cents apiece, those being the then
current rates of postage; but postmasters
throughout the country refused to recog-
nize them. In 1851 an act of congress was
passed which led to the Introduction of the
rates and stamps now in use.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30
GRANDFATHER KIRKwooD WAKING UP

Let Grandfather Kirkwood, who is not
dead. but only sleepeth, wake up. He has
done some things that encourage belief in
large possibilities Indeed, it is to the am
liable secretary of the interior one might as
soon look for genuine work as anywhere.
1t is believed he would be glad to see a law
passed disqualifying senator or represent
tatiye from soliciting an office with the
penalty of Immediate expulsion if he did it.
1t is understood that the mind of the ami
able secretary has run considerably in this
direction, though he has said little about it.
Let us believe that the secretary of the in
terror win not cogitate in vain. Who knows
but his name viii lead all the rest when the
scroll discloses the names of the true re-
formers
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30
As beer drinkers the Americans can sa

AS beer drinkers the Americans can SaIe-
ly be regarded as big success. During
the past year 14,125, 465 barrels of this
amber celored liquid was consumed. an
increase of 1,000 900 barrels over the yeal
of 1S79-S0 And this increase was effected
with prohibition in Kansas. What would be
the increase if several states enacted such
prohibitory measures. Six states, Ala
bama, Arkansas, Florida, Maine, Missis-
sippi and Vermont, produced no German
nectar; while such states as Georgia, South
Carolina and Tennessee brought forth an
amount not equal to the home demand.
OF the cities New York produced more
lager than any other city, Philadelphia
comes second, st. Louis is a close third,
and Milwaukee is bad fourth.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30
PILESi PILES! PILESIii
A Sure cure Found at Last. NO One Need
PILES!
PILESi
PILES III

Sutef.
4 sure cureffor the Blind, Bleeding.
Itching and liberated Piles has been
discovered by DIR. Williams ian Indian
remedy, called DIR. Williams Indian
Ointment. A single box has cured
the worst chronic cases of % and 80
years standing. No one need suffer
five minutes after applying this Won
derful soothing medicine. Lotions,
Instruments and Electuaries do more
harm than good. Williams Ointment
absorbs the tumors, allays the intense
itching particularly at night after
petting warm III bed). acts as a poul-
tice; gives instant aud painless relief,
and is prepared only for Piles, itching
o. the private parts, and nothing else.
Read what the Hon. j. NJ. Coffin
berry. of Cleveland. says about DR..
williams Indian Pile Ointment: /
have used scores Of pile cures and it
affords me pleasure TO say that i have
never found anything which gave such
immediate and permanent relief as DIR,
Williams Indian Pile Ointment.
For sale by all druggists, Or mail ID
on receipt of price 81 90.
S. +. Henry & Co.. Props.
Cleveland, Ohio
For sale by McCabe & Wheaton,
3 5dt t s&wly Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30
Only a short time ago Senator Frye, of

Only short time ago Senator Frye. of
Maine, failed to find language sufficiently
strong in which to denounce the Demo
Gratis of his native state for their utilization
with the Greenbackers in the election of
Piaisted. Now that same denuneiator
urges the Republicans to unite with the
regulators of Virginia. qhis shows the
kind of men who rule the Republican par
ty. They are practical spoils hunters, ever
ready to make any fusion for the chance
of success
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30

A certain Republican paper speaks OF
the senatorial scramble in Iowa as ''the
fight Of the giants Think of it-Gear,
Wilson and Kasson assuming the roles OF
giants Perhaps ex-governor Kirkwood
may be induced to put down the portfolio
of the Interior Department long enough to
play sFJack the Giant Killer"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30

Ex-Governor Tilden of New York has
given some of the Notwithstanding views
on the recent attempted assassination of
President Garfield, that have yet been made
public. There is none of that gush or
sentimentality about them, which charac-
terizes so many statements They are sim
ply the logical conclusions which an ex-
perienced lawyer and statesman would
draw from such crime.
!. The Ex-Governor when asked what be
Ehonght of the act from national point OF
said:
goung American civilization and
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30

The Republican party is said to have
commenced on fight for principle. The
latest act of that organization was in the
New York legislature, when the party
fought for-wood-pulp. What fall was
there, Mr. Miller.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30

Guiteau will probably not be utilized by
the Republican party during the next cam
paign to denounce the South There still
remains, however, few Republican poll
ticians of Guiteau's calibre, whose stock
in trade is Southern denunciation.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30
The sensational renort to the effect /

The sensational report to the effect that
Asiatic cholera had made its appearance in
this country, the present summer, is not
suhstantiated by facts. The case at Des
Moines proves only to be results directly
traceable to the festive cucumber They
were not Asiatic cucumbers, either.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30

Guiteau is credited with the remark at
the time of the shooting 1--WE are nation. ="
1t would have sounded quite as well if
that individual had stated I'VE are an as
sassi-nation."
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30

A Georgia paper reports the marriage OF
a Mr. High and Miss SaIlie Lowe. The
next reports from that quarter will be the
appearance of Jack and the game.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30
INFIRMARY
Permanently Established since 1865.
Home Tnstitutlon

Institute
remarkable of her medicines give the following:
A
ST PU.M INN,J July L
u
n peandau to
came youR h tdneout
D. street, Paul
uMBus JUNCTION aLpnl1sh
Mas Ds Ies Dear MADAM feel duty and
sit dbodm
enjoy good health and can ehfuy Feonmen suffering public
RI
from nss , Db Rfs D Msdao; @ little
had
~ ~ Gs WHTsEER
B1ooM1x HI, Aph1zos 7a
a o months
An 80
' S my - ~ ' ' your prescriptions and ALVIN %fiK fa'
For hundreds more call on or address Mrs. Dr. Keek
Gil BRADY STREET, DAVENPORT. IOWA
m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30

Mothers and Nurses should see to Il that the In :.
FAINT censiituiion Il built up and strengthened by
proper food before the trying SUMNER MONTHS
come. which the most daIagerous TO infant life
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30
Some Half breed" Republican has com
posed the following beautiful stanza:

wouldn't be Stalwart,
Since City fired that shot;
1t seems to me for Stalwarts
This country's mighty hot
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30

Conkling has resigned public life, Mrs.
Kate Chase sprague is resigned to her
fate. Quite remarkable coincidence.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30
Roeh Island L Peoria
RA.ILW Az.
SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE
e a st a N . sou L e

Trains leave Rock Island.
$50 q m Way Freight
$3.50 " Fast Express.
80 m Mail and Express.
$50 i" Through Freight and Acoomm odation.
TRAINS arrive at Rock Island.
2:30 m Through Freight and Accommodation.
12:45 N Mail and Express.
GAO !" Fast Express.
80 :" Way Freight.
The FAST ExPREss leaving Rock Island at 81
ID arrives at Peoria ESQ m, at Springfield 4:2s
m, at Decatur 400 p m, Jacksonville z 100 M
Alton I: 20 m, st Louis s15 m, and Terre Hante
II :55 p m, THE SAKE DAY. Making this the best
and QUICKEST route to all points southeaEt.
The 80 D. m train makes close connection 81
Galva with q Q for points west ;arr1vlng O. Q
aalesburg at 4:a5 m at Burlington q 40 M; d
Keokuk 10 25 D u: and at Quincy 10:05 p m.
Arriving at Peoria at $3.50 p m. making close CON
nections with b q w and p d Wfor Indlsnap
oils, connecting there with all fast trains for eas
W-FAsT TIME. SURE CONNECTIONS, and
rates as low as by any other route.
R. r. CABLE. Gen1 Supt,
j. V. MAHONEY,
Gen'l Ticket Ag't.
FThe $50 m Accommodation leaves every day
except Sunday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-30

PLUMBERS AND ENGINEERS.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-10-28
/ Mean Man.

The following story comes from Eas,
Wareham, Conn. !: Solomon Greene
died and by some mistake was dressed
for the grave in coat belonging &c
his brother Daniel. When the funeral
procession was we'll on its way to the
grave the widow was astonished to heal
her brother in law exclaim: Good
gosh and see him fling open the
door of the coach and leap INTO the
street.
The procession stopped, and for
half an hour the coach containing the
Widow Greene remained standing in
street to her great surprise and WON
eer. Before the funeral march was
resumed her curiosity overcome her
gnef, and she hailed a small boy and
sent him to the officiating minister
with request that he would come and
speak to her. To her earnest request
as to the delay the good man informed
her that there had been some "difficul-
ty with the remains" and, on further
pressure, explained what that difficulty
was 1t appeared that Mr.. Daniel
Greene had suddenly remembered that
he had left his pocket book containg
ST. Is in the pocket of his coat, and
that in another pocket of that same
garment were his handkerchief and a
pair OF gloves.
He had rushed to the undertaken.
told him that the remains were carry
ng OF, his pocket-book and other
property, and threatened TO get out an
attachment on the coffin unless his
money and gloves should be instantly
-eturned to him. Accordingly the
learse was stopped. the coffin opened, !
md the pockets OF the remains were
searched by she fearful brother-in-law. /
t was not until the latter had counted |
us money and found the SILK intact
hat the coffin was once more closed,
md MIR. Daniel Greene. with 4 trium-
'hant expression of face. climbed back
nto the mourning couch and resumed
MS mourning with comparative peace
If mind.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-10-28

Orange Pudding. Take three oran.
ses, peel and cut IN small pieces, then
PA, one half cup white sugar on them
and let II stand for 4 short time for the
sugar to dissolve, then take one quart
OF milk, put 1t on the stove and lie, it
just come to a boil, beat two eggs, two
tablespoontuls OF cornstarch and one
cup OF sugar together, add JUS, milk
enough 20 wet Ii, and pour it into the
boiling milk. stirring it all the while till
1t boi!S, then put it on the oranges and
STIR together until it is perfect, smooth
or ii looks little nicer if you leave out
the whites of the eggs and make soft
frosting for the top. but it don't taste
any better. To be eaten cold. This is a
long receipt but ii don't take but 4 few
minutes tomake the pudding
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-10-28
Why lie Wasn't Insured.

| He was an old man, and said he'd
seen better times. hoped he had, but
as was unusually busy and didn I
want any life insurance, if he would
excuse me
oh, yes he said. its all right, young
man, I'll drop in again
The next day he did drop in. and.
sitting on my desk. he began: Moth
ing in this world. my young friend,
pays so big a per cent. on the money
invested as a policy in the Mutual Ben.
eft Association, the most, and. in fact.
the only solid company ON earth; capt.
tai over seven millions. aud so prompt
why, =. insured a man last week for
$4,000, and the same day he was run
over by street ear, so when sent in
the policy and premium Just said by
way of a p. S.. Run over BY horse
car not an hour after insured; better
send on check us he can't live: both
legs cut of. The next day | got
check, payable to his heirs, for $4,000.
Dividend. my friend, was more than
the premium, and don't you call this
prompt. The mans widow got the
check before he had been dead fifteen
minutes
But said |. L have no wife. and
don't want any life insurance, | tell
you.
The investment. my young friend
the investment. Look at the dividend.
This man got $3.50 in one hour, you
might say: and then you will have
wife some day. Now. you do want
policy in this company. know you
do. I'm an old man. have had large
and varied experience. and | know you
are inst aching for one of these poll
cies, only you are SO extremely modest.
Now III Just make out your applica-
ton: 1t costs vou--let me see. How
old are YOU?
'Twenty-SiX, but
'rwenty-six-hum. Father llving:'
No.
How old was he when he died.
'Twenty-seven years old.
Twenty seven. hey? What did he
die of? Accident. | presume.
No. Slr. consumption.
Consumption, You don't look con-
But am con>umptive, and
Mother is living. doubt not.
No sir. she died at twenty eight.
What was the cause Of her death:
Insanity. sir: hereditary insanity:
family is full Of it. All my brothers,
thirteen Of us in all. sir. died between
WENT flour and twenty-eight of the
same disease. Dangerous. too, some of
them. Ny Oldest brother was taken
about this time one day, and killed his
partner, book-keeper three clerks and
fourteen customers before they could
secure him. and
You don tell Inc. This is wonder
'ul. You look like a strong, healthy
nan, likely to live fifty years. Were
;ou ever sick..'
oh. YES: | have had intiammatory
pneumatlSm, dysentery.
smallpox. mumps, liver complaint. fits.
.orns. and
Good heavens. And You want me
o insure your life? Well. my compa-
ly is good company. willing to take
IN ordinary business risk. hut | must
ay | never knew them TO insure a
.orpse. Id like to accommodate you
'Oune man: you seem anxious about
t. and feel interested in your family,
rat our surgeon wouldn't pass such an
Good day.-Ex.
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PLANNING Houses

The planning OF houses is left almost
entirely TO men and most women are
content to have it so, and to look upon
the whole question of domestic arch
lecture as ore which they have nothing
to do. But if women would study it his
and have intelligent and practical ideas
on the arrangement, finish and conven.
slenCe ot the houses they live in, their
suggestions would be OF great value to
architects and doubtless resell, in an in
crease OF health and household COM
ior. The wise woman buldelh her
house Taking TIN: IN 4 literal sense
every woman who is '.wise"will be able
10 pan her h"us' 80 that she will find
il pcasai' TO live in The ordinary
way of buiiding house is to decide
how much money can lie put into it,
then what its size shall be, and fhtn how
l. shall lie cut up into rooms. The re-
verse is the proper method. The Sit
ting room or family room should first
be determined on, and from this as a
center al the Others should radate.
Each family will naturally give law to
Its own habltauon, and impress its own
individuality UPON the house it lives in.
Every woman has her own way of do.
ing housework; and if she is able to
plan her house herself, she Will arrange
its conyeniences in such way as to
make ii easy for her to so through the
ordinary routine of domestic industry
with the least possible friction She
viii no, be likely TO forget to pu, clos
cts in sleeping-rooms, as the architect
of Fassar College did. She will have
water carried in and cut Of the house:
whe WI! SO plan her pantry her kitchen
and dHins-foom as to bring her work
there into the smallest possible COM
pass, and make the grea est saving OF
steps while dong ii She will not have |
the ~" or three Siair-sieps from the !
kitchen lntl the wood house. that are so
often ion;.I u country houses She /.
will plan her house so,hat i: cau be
pleasantly M ri>hed when i, is done. !
How c,,tn do We find bed rooms with /
no suitable lace in them the b:d.
Tor thc bt;rc lu,ior the S:ovt: and itting |
rooms arranged as 10 light. heating, and |
ven,ilaucn, WITHOUT any regard 10 COM
tort or coincidence As women pass
most of Their time in their
own Cwel! IS. they ought surely to
know better than men row tbs Sc dwell
ings should be arranged and finished so
as to give the 'aIgeSt results in comfort
and tas,etlne s., md be able to advise
intclhgentk Is 10 the best method OF Sc
curing these resu'ts'-Pafi,ff Rural
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-10-28

MI DEER NEES:-Yure Ant Patience
has rit tn yew an hev maid up mi mind
tn rite litt!a pees tn. am an ole man
now, an no. ez able til work ez | wor
tittean yere ago. But | kin still hoizo
the garding. ez sum foxes kali it.
woz alters yuster herin 1t ko led a sass.
qatch. but I'm 4 gittin behind the times
now Howsumever mi lnjunS an cab.
bich an pees an beats an oil SIGH. 60
fur me jlst the same ez tina du fur them
whot tolk so orful n.se. | don't kno
vary mulch about keapin hous, but 1
want tn tell We hou | saiv mi sarding-
seads. AFTER dryin on EN-, | put EN- On
intu paper bags maid jlst the rite size
m then | rite ther names an the we're |
saved EN-, on the phpers. Yew sea my
deer, sum seads wont gro when tina git
tn bee over yere old, an them whot
wont gro throw away, like tn sea
pozes in the "sass-patch:'' fur it is like
mlxln cake an pie an tarts, along with
our baksu an korn-dogers an taters
We air little nerer heven bi lovin thu
tiours: an when | sea swete little dasv
or rose or a snodrop. listen tn mere
EN- talk: an this is whot tina 81 tn me:
Solomon in oil his glory wozzent haf-
so luvly ~ bee An tina whisper
PEGS an luv an charity an contenn an
lots ov butyfull things. But I must
stop ritln. an Civ room fer sum w,ln
else thet noze moar than du. Sum
da wen hev moar time l want tn Civ
that sassy Victory Antynet Hazelwood
a PEGS NV mi mind. No moar lest at
this time. Yer levin unkei.
Comfort Lakewood.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-10-28

IT, lat c...i oill male a rotner IN
i,i .-.- - >.ni >'-.nis-liv.- dealers
Viii j.. -, (. D..!t diam ,i.cy van chew
y ~ Dil,ji.; !'!r"yuie.
En,ir..y m:,in'-nl4 nni!y: iaw UNI
,bire ~ lawn tennis" tiniy keep Your
heal. Mr.. Jones, and you are sure to
have soft thing. Columbia Specta.
tor.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-10-28
OUR HOME CIRCLE.
coxnrcrkp nY MAsoLlcA uAzLkwoop.
Household Papers No. ).

| would like this morning to have ;
talk with the girls. Not the nea. girls
or the careful girls: not the girls VIII,
have place for everything. and keel
things in their appointed places. Meth
err the girls who are sufficiently cnnSci
sntiouS {" try 20 make others a. 'it'l.
tiouh.e rs possible. No. lhese d" M
:, eel a,v wo,,, al a,linonitiun IN i.l
:,gination ! SIZE ,arm in linmes ot ,Ae,l
own. everything bright and shining
like new pin. ami every one a.cund
them happy and contcnted But III
other Kind Of girls their name is slack
Every individual skillet IN the house is
dirty The ashes are left IN the stove
until thy run over on the hearth. the
Tea keith. is lett on the not stove with
.ut water in IT, The kettles are left
nnwaShed until Waited ncNi time. The
broom Is len on TIN. floor. the safe door
left open and "Tabhy RECALLING herself
an Yesterday breakfast, SudS left in
the wash pan. knives and forks and
silver spoons all piled in the same dish,
and nothing is put twice in the same
place. The result is disorder. CHAOS and
worse. Suppose these same girls We're
living in the nome of some houSekeep-
srS who tired to keen things in decent
order: do You think she could succeed ::
If they had the privilege of living all
over the house and using her things.
Would it be right for her TO constantly
to pick up, and put up, and hang up
and lay away, and sweep and scrape and
dust all because OF these careless you
young ladies'? Do you think. were
they in their place, they would submit
to be thus treated? No. A few gentle
hints from them would be followed by
stronger remedies.
The majority of these girls are sweet
tempered. kind. hearted and obhging. |
have some o. these girls now in mind
that combine the charms of pleasant
disposition. with cultivated mind and
lovely face: but oh. my dear girls. |
shudder when think of the dreadful
slovenlv habits which ire fastening
upon them: and the very sadde>t OF all
Is, that they are sensible of this error
in their conduct and make but very lit
tie effort toward a change for the bet
ter. We sometimes hear girls say: Il
will keep things in apple-pie order
when am married. Don't you be-
lieve Il word of ii. Just such habits
as you form now in your girl hood. YOU
will carry with you through life. If
your room at home is all at skies and
sevenS. dust III the corners cObwebs on
the ceiling. dirty water in the ever.
and hair in the comb, your whole house
If You ever have one. will be repro
ducticn. only ten times worse.
Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty: IT is also the price of cIeanll-
ness, and neatness. and Two or three
other important virtues. TO be neat.
one does not need to scrub all the time.
but to avoid the necessity for it, We
do not need to wash every dish in the
safe, but 10 avoid nsing so MANY. 1t |
only ne dS the VIII. 10 be- heat. and
any one can find the way.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-10-28
Morgan Nominated for the Treasury

WASHINGTON, October e4.-Presi-
dent Arthur sent in the nomination OF
Edwin ID. Morgan, of New York, TO
be Secretary Of the Treasury. This
was the only cabinet nomination sent
in TO-DAY.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-10-28

-s>thetic Maiden: Wlrt is bric-a-
hraa: Anything in the crockery line
that Is absolutely useless, set upon the
mantle where it will he in the way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-24

O'clock this evening and the reception accorded them by
the two Richmond Communicates, the Richmond Mill
tary and the citizens generally OF character rarely
before equalled and never surpassed In this city.
special train bearing the visitors entered the city amid
salute fired by the Richmond uowtzcTs, and whom It
reached Frankin-st the Knights discmbarkcd
aud were met by their hosts. the Richmond and ST.
Andrews Communicates. ist Regiment viz yina N0un-
tccrs, Richmond Light Infantry Elur7, Richmond
UoHttzcn5 and company OF young cadets. The con
course or people tfa gathered tO witness tho arrival hd
reception OF tine strangers simply immense. Inc
N-it"r were welcomed tO Richmond by Eminent Com
mnudcr Thomas G.. Evans. In address which was re-
spnndcd To hy Eminent Commander J.. H. Rhodes. OF
Providence ana Eminent Commander 7. G.. MMhrdce;
OF Boston. After this the procession moved 10 Capt"
Square and The grounds ~ The Executive Mansion where
n passed In review before Governor Holiday. Thence
they proceeded to the Exchange Hotel. Tho ttrccts
through which the procession passed were tmrLV
crowded with people. the ladies all along tho ROME
greeting the strangers 10y tho ing Of handkerccis
and other demonstrations 81 welcome. Tic huSlnr'-
houses al private residences in every direction are
tastcfny decorated IN many instances 10 lavish DC
gree, with limiting, cycrCrcons, flowers, etc.
Tonight tlc liOrs with their wives the latter mum
herring about nfty. entertained 10y the ladies OF
kchmond al brilliant reception az the theatre