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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
Size Took Him at His Word,


Wriggles had some teeth pulled late
ly, and took cold in his Jaw, which
swelted until it looked like a prize wa
ter1nelon. He poulticed it and band
aged il, all to no purpose. and walked
the floor several nights with it, quoting
choice extracts from Bob IngersolP 5
lectures. but all to no purpose; it kept
on swelling. The other morning he
remarked to his wife that he'd give $50
to any one that would hit him a ire
mendous thump on it suddenly without
expecting it, to see If it wouldn't burst
the swelling. The dear woman, smil-
ing to herself, went and gathered a
bootjack, and stepping up quietly be-
hind the old man as he was trying to
strain some coffee through his teeth,
lovingly inquired: ssWhere does it pain
you most, WrigP'' stOh, Lordi right
here, right here" replied he, as he
turned his jaw up and pointed to the
protuberance. Taking step back the
dear woman raised the bookjack on
high and hit him regular bungstarter
right in the center of the calamity, and
smilingly stepped back to await results.
The old mans knees flew to his chin
as he shut up like a patent rat trap,
and with hollow groan he rolled off
the chair on to the floor. But he was
up in moment, and as he danced the
can-can, with original variations, his
wife smilingly asked: Did it relieve
you, dearP'' And as he tried to howl
out an answer old Mrs. Pry, who had
just dropped in, beat a hasty retreat.
And now the whole neighborhood has
it that Wriggles has got 'em again.
And as Mrs. Pry remarked, THAT ere
CONT will be the death of some o.
these old baldheads yet, settin' up to
watch it.'
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
American Sheep.

It is a reproach to the farmers of
America that we are compelled to i'm
port much of the wool with which to
make our necessary wearing apparel.
We want more and better sheep than
we have ever had before, and instead
of this being market for foreign wool,
the current should be turned the other
way. The best we can Go, however, it
will be long time Before we can spare
any of our wool in foreign markets.
and, indeed, we may feel proud when
our production is sufficient to fairly
meet the home demand, which it must
be remembered is being very material
~ augmented by immigration to our
shores. while upon the other hand
there is a corresponding decrease in
the demand in the countries from which
these immigrants come, owing to the
same cause. One obstacle to a more
general sheep-raising has been the
seemingly depressed condition of the
wool market for many years. In view
of the fact, however, that the losses of
sheep during the last winter were great
er than of any other kind of stock, and
the gradually strengthening demand at
the present time would seem to war
rant the general belief that flock-mas-
tiers will not have to accept mean COM
pensation for their labor.-D7'Oee1' S
Journal.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
Ineraet Bibles.

During the Commonwealth. and even
a short time before Charles LIS execu-
ton, the printers, in order to meet the
great demand which then existed, sent
out Bibles from their presses as quickly
as they could, regardless OF errors and
omissions. One of the Harleian manu-
scripts relates that the learned Arch
bishop Usher while on his way to preach
at st. Paurs Cross-a wooden pulpit
adjoining the Cathedral of st. Paufs,
in which the most eminent divines were
appointed to preach every Sunday
morning-went into q booksellers
shop and inquired for Bible of the
London edition. He was Mortified to
| discover that the text from which he
was to preach was omitted! This
formed the first com plant to the king
of the careless manner in which Bibles
were printed; and, as one of the re-
suits, the printing of them was created
a monopoly. A great competition then
arose between the kings printers of
| London and those of the university of
Cambridge. The privilege of printing
| bibles was at later date conceded to
one William Bently; but he was OPP
posed by Hills and Field; and many pa
per alterations took place between
them. The Pearl Bible of Field, print
ed in 1868, is perhaps the most blund-
ering Bible ever issued. A manuscript
in the British Museum affirms that one
of these Bibles swarmed with six thou
sand faults. In Gerrad's letter to the
| Earl of Stanford, it is said: ..Sterne,
solid scholar, was the first who summed
up the three thousand and six hundred
! faults that were in our printed Bibles
of London The name Pearl given
| to this book by collectors, and o copy
of which is to be found in the British
| Museum. is derived from printers
name of a dininutive kind of type.
1t must not be supposed that those
many ssfaults'' were all printers errors
| only, for it is well known that Field
was an INSCRIPTIONS forger. lie Is
said to have been paid fifteen hundred
pounds by the Independents to corrupt
q text In Acts vi. by substituting a
sye'' for .swe,' to sanction the right
OF the people to appoint their own pas
tors. Two errata may also be men,
toned. In Romans vi. ID, righteous.
ness'' was printed ..unrighteousness;
and in First Corinthians vi. 3. q mot
! was omitted, SO that the text read:
| 1.-THE unrighteous shall inherit the
| kingdom of God. - Chambers jour
nal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
An Industrial Revolution.

In long article, giving the history
of tie Blake, Mattries. and Mckay pa
tents on sole-sewing machines, the
New York Tribune thus speaks of an
event that will cause q revolution in
the shoe trade:
stAn event of some Importance in
American industrial annals occurred
recently by the termination of the
patents on the Mckay shoe-sewing ma
chinery, and with them the royalties
that have vexed the souls of modern
Crispins. While the rights in question
have made millionaires of their own
ers, the inventions covered by them
have undoubtedly added much to the
wealth of the whole community. The
tokens of this addition are found in the
rapid development of huge manufac-
turing interest, the growth of valua-
bic export trade, and the cheapening
of such product of such universal ne
cessity as boots and shoes.
'FThe shoe manufacturers have long
been resting under the burden Of these
royalties. On single pair of shoes
they make but small difference-av-
eraging say 2 cents pair-but in fac
tories where thousand cases of shoes
are made and shipped in a week, the
aggregate is considerable. Good oper-
ators, for instance, can sew 600 pairs
of shoes in a working day, and several
factories at LYNN and other points
have as many as 100 Mckay machines
steadily at work. The stream of feve-
nue. running into the fortunate associa-
ton can therefore be imagined.
tsThe first attempt to get relief was
on the expiration of Blake's original
patent, when the manufacturers held
MANY conventions and employed able
counsel to break down the claim. Nc
Kay defeated them all. however. by the
shrewd construction Of the patents of
1860, which protected the shoe as q
machine-made product, apart from the
machine itself. An extension or those
patents was even obtained by the asso-
citation two years ago, and IN spite OF
many protests the royalties have been
collected down to the present. In fact,
the leases under which the machines
were given out had a stipulation,
among others, that the lessee could not
call in question the royalties OF the as
ISOLATION. Besides this, the latter gave
some of their own stock to few or
the largest manufacturers, whereby
these were still further restrained from
making troublesome objection or help
ing on revolt. But the lapse OF years
has now accomplished what neither
lawyers nor conventions could. The
machines will now become the proper
~ otmanufactnrers who pay $3.50 each
Tor them, and hereafter it will be open
10 any one to make or use them, as.
first contrived, without any tax or
hlndrance whatever. As they can be
constructed and sold profitably for
about $75 each, it is expected that their
use will become still more general,
while new impetus will be given to
the shoe manufacture by the cessation
of the Mckay royalty.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
NATURES THrumpH.,
Frazier's.s Root B,ssers.,


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If you kept late hours and lived con-
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If you need toning up, take Frazcr's
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If you have abused instead of used
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If you feel old before your time. use
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Iflife has become a burden and YOU
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If your hands tremble and yo1r ewes
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Henry Co., Sole Proprietos, Cleveland
Ohio
For sale by HARTZ q BAHNSEN Wholesale
ana Retail Druggists, cor 3rd Ave. 6 10th St, and
cor. 4th Ave. 81 23d Sts., Rock Island, Ill.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
Moffat's Life Pills,
aHl
Eh@nix Differs.

The Most Successful Medicines
III the World.
Established i'll 1855, iy one of
our Most Eminent Iiiysicians.
and now used throughout North
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M0ffat's Life Pills
are purely vegetable; they act
on the Stomach and Liver, and
regulate the entire system; and
nut all the functions CT the body
i'm q healthy condition, Q and
WARRANTED Il certain cure for
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Liver, Impure Blood Jaundfce,
Bilious Complaints, dyspepsia
Indigestion, CGstiyeRess,t NerN
GUS and Sick Headache Colds,
Seuryy, General We:,kE ass, and
Fever & Ague.
MOffat's Phoenix Filters
correct the Secretioas of the
Stomach, and are & Sure Cure
for Sleeplessness, Nervousness,
Dyspepsia Female Complaints,
Weakness, Debility, etc.
Thousands of Certificates are
in our possession giving perfect
CURES effected BY these iRYaIu-
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tain that they will do just what
we have said. It is simply ask
ed that the afflicted will TRY
THEM ONCE, their use will com
vince the most skeptieaI-
Pages Climax SaIve 25 cents box.
M0ifat's Life Pills % cents q box.
Meffat's Phoenix Bitters $l.O0 q bottle.
t Sold by Druggists everywhere.
j. p MILLS, Sole Proprietor,
So Liberty Street New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06

sons 10 Be coIsidered; hTsT, Mr. Labou-
chere as he Is actually; secondly, the
same as seen by his friends; thirdly,
the same as seen by himself; fourthly,
the same as he describes himself. The
latter is purely fancy portrait of the
most amusing kind. There is no limit
of mendacity, of trickery. or of shutting
that the imaginary Laboucaere has not
transgressed. He is a gambler of the
deepest dye, deceitful friend. treach-
erous enemy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06

DR.. Schliemarin, according to his Own
account, married in haste without re-
penting at leisure. He saw his wife for
the first time, it appears, in the house
OF her parents at Athens one Saturday.
and before the next day they were not
only engaged to be married. but the
wedding was fixed for tAe following
Thursday. when it took place Lbs
was twelve years ago, and they are still
o united couple.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
Climax! Climax
paVe'S (;iTnay E,osyc.

PageDS CLIMAX SaiVc,
A Family Blessing for Is cents.
1t heals without scar. No
family should be without it.
We WARRANT it to CT RE
Sores, Ulcers, Scrofula Sores,
Fever Sores, Salt Rheum,s ore
Breasts or Nipples, Erysipelas,
Swollen Glands, Inianled Eyes,
Scalds, burns, Cuts, Bruises,
Fistuia, Piles, RoiIs, CIliEl)iains,
Frosted Feet, Germs, and ali GU
tane09s diseases Oh man Or beast.
1t has been used owes. twenty
Eve years, without one failure.
It has no parable having per-
fectly eE'adEcated disease, sand
healed after all ether remedies
had failed. It is Il compound of
Arn;ca with many ether Extracts
and Baisams. and put UP in larger
boxes for he same price tslan any
other Ointment.
90 Sold by Druggists everywhere.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06

Paterson, N. j., is a circus afflicted
city. 1t is estimated that in the stop
page of mills and loss of time wheneV-
FL one of these tented excrescences
puts in an appearance the manufacture
ing interest suffers to the extent of at
least $50 900.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
JOSEPH ] ZOE ! IS
Es$as;ss;S re
Administrators Notice.

ESTATE OF ELEANOR KINSLER, Deceased.
u The undersigned, having been appointed ad-
ministrator of the Estate of Eleanor Kinsler, late
of the county of Rock Island. state of Illinois, de-
ceased, hereby gives notice that he will appear be-
fore the County Court of Rock Island county, at
the office of the Clerk of said Court the city of
Rock Island, at the October term, on the third
Monday in October next, at which time all persons
having claims against snii estate are notified and
requested to attend for the purpose of having the
same adjusted. all persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated this 18th day of August, A. D. 1891.
6-19d3w PHILLIP HEN, Administrator
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06

1t isn't because a woman is exactly
afraid of cow that she runs away and
screams. 1t is because gored dresses
are not fashionable.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
LIVER REGULATOR.
THE GENUINE has &C.

the LIvER-the largest organ of the body, called
from its Importance, THE lIoUsEKREPsR OF OUR
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When the LIVER is Torpid the bowels are Slug
gish and Constip&ted The food lies in the stom-
ach indigested and poisoning the blood; frequent
HEADACHES; feeling of LAssITuDE: DEsPoNDEN-
CY, and NERVOUSNESS indicate how the whole sys-
tenn is deranged. To prevent more serious con-
dition, at once
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06

- Remember this Company Owns all Reads heavy
in Five
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the fines I'm the world.
for
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06

kS THE GREAT GONAEEEfnG Lima
Its main line runs from Chicago 90 Council
Geneseo, Moline. ROCK fslend Davenport, West
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tic. and Avoca with branches from Bureau
Inc. washineton. FairfieId. Eidon. RsiEnap.
Cenfrevtile. Princeton. Trenton, GaIInti1. CaFne-
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Washington TO SigourDey, 0Gkal0osa. and Knox
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Newton 70 Monroe: Des MoInes 20 lnsinnola and
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AToca TO Harlan. This is positively the only
Railroad. which owns. and operates q through
line from Chicago into the State OF Kansas.
Through Express Passenger IrainS, with Pull
man Palace Cars attached. are run each way 9aily
between CHICAGO and PEORIA, KANSAS CITY,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, LEAyENWoRTH and ATCHI-
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zee k anf khasos , Gity "a the sAilHa1kee and
The Great Rock Islrnd1 Is naenineenfly
equipped Its road bed Is simply perfect AID its
track is LAID with steel raiis.
Of enjaying your meals, while passing over the
beautiful prairfes of Illinois and Iowa. In one OF
our magnincenf Dining Cars that accompany al
neal Is good Is Is served In any arsf-csxss hotel
= for seventy -iTece
Appreclatgng the fact chat o mujogsty OF abe
s,eopfe prefer separate apartments for diHerenf
purposes tand the inalasnso passenger business
slsepsHg Cars for siospins purposes. and Palace
PULLMAN PALACE CABS are -
C0gMCzEa BLuFF4. KANSAS CITY,
an Ticket ARents IN the Unltod States
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-09-06
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND q PACIFIC R. Y.


BETWEEN THE EAST q THE WESTe
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at ali hours OF the dag. -.
Magnificent Iron Bridges span the Mississippi
line. and transfers avoided At Council Bluffs.
KnusEs City, Le1venworth, and AtchiSOE, ccn~
necsIens beng maze 70 Union Ieeetssl.-, ~,
THIS GREAT THROUGH LISG AXE AS
AZ enicAoo. with all diverGins uros for the
At EaGLENoop. win the L. 8. &G.s., and r
Atw1sniscfoa TfRIczTs. with r., c. sc
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Island short gane.S and ROCK Isl'd Poo l!ds
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~ AZ q ~ 81 E ss iFisrslsTy With the B. cR& NRA
At GnINfs rtI.. with centEal Iowa X r.
at DIES MofNEs. with -. ~. 8 r. ID. Il. r.
AT COUNCIL BLuFFs. with Union Pacific r; a.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. with B.,C. Il. & n. R:h
As OTTUMwA, with Central Iowa X H. We
81. L. & Pac.- and q y; y y. X. Hda,, .-,,,. q,
AZ ZOE s e , Giin 4 NV H. Rds %
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1IsKxssAs crrx. With al lines for the wess
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lTCFEkA4bN, and LEAEENNE0
Z Great Rcrk 4eland E1outes' are sold ~
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6en7 zisket and RAs5'gr Agt,
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-17

beaues.s to Harvard University.-
Forged checks have been discovered
at Boston. "A new coinage of FIVE
cent nickle pieces has been ordered.
The National Tariff Convention
met yesterday at Chicsgo.-Burg-
lars broke into the safe of Jesse Bald
win, near Yorktown, Ohio, and car
ried off many thousands of dollars in
gold BY the viii of Charles Fl.
Northam, Trinity College receives
S125, 000.-E. M. Thompson, an
attorney at Jacksonville, Fla, drank
carbolic acid by mistake, and died.
General Sherman made speech
at the Atlanta Exposition yesterday.
CHARLES Worthington, statistician
of the Department of Agriculture, has
resigned, he will be succeeded by J.
r. Dodge.-An additional case of
embezzlement has been found against
Captain Hcwgate.-The fall races
of the National Fair Association, at
Washington, were concluded yester.
day.-Since the Buffalo Convention
the United States Land League has
sent to the home executive $127, 1885,
74.--Csptain Boyntou yesterday
reached Bonneville Mo-, in his de-
scent Of the Missouri river.-There
is some doubt about the acceptance Of
Attorney General MacVeagh's resig-
nation by the President. 1t is said
Senator Malone can have position
in President Arthur's Cabinet if he
wants it.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-17
GUIrEAU ON TRIAL

GUITEAU ON Trial.
The case Of the assassin Guiteau was
called on Monday morning, in the
Criminal Court at Washington, Judge
Cox presiding. Mr.. Leigh Robinson
one Of the counsel for the defence,
asked for further time, in order to OBJ
tain additional counsel aud witnesses;
but Mr.. Scovills, the other counsel,
said he did not want any further delay
and Guiteau insisted on being heard,
also desired the case to proceed.
Judge Cox stated that the ease should
proceed, as far as the swearing Of the
jury was concerned, and then he
would consider the question of extern
sion. The selection Of a jury was
thereupon begun. After five jurors
had been obtained the panel was
exhausted, and an order was issued
for the drawing Of rs additional
names from the box. At this point
Guiteau arose and said he sswould
like to make q speech tomorrow
morning" but the Judge ordered him
to take his seat. The Court then
adjourned, after it had been agreed
that the sittings should be from 10 to
8 o'clock daily, allowing half an hour
for recess.
e. B. Smith, Of New York, ex-As-
sistant Attorney General, was sp-
pointed assistant counsel for the
Government in the case of Guiteau.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-17

The Supreme Court Of Indiana de-
cided on Saturday that playing billiards.
or pool, where the loser pays for the
games, is gambling, and the proprietor
of the table is liable for keeping a
gaming house. The Court reasoned
that "the hire OF the table, which is
the amount charged for the games, is
wagered on the skill of the players,
and SO considered, there is no differ
ence between that and other wagering
Of money"
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-17

If the Republicans are as nicely
fooled by their proposed admission of
Dakota as State, as the Democra
were when they admitted Colorado it
will square accounts. The Democrats
hoped at that time to gain three cleo
toral votes and two United States
Senators, and now the Republicans
hope by admitting Dakota to gain the
same as the Democrats lost IN their
grab game.
The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-11-17

Rev. Nh. TAYLOR, of the Bapis
church at Asbury Park, is being Sc
verely censured by the press of Mon
mouth county for using his influence
towards the election of PATTERs ON for
Senator. If the reverend gentleman
is charged correctly, he deserves to be
censured, and severely, too.