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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

ssIAie PAPER may be found on fle at an times At
c.. LAF Il. e. Ticket once, No 50 Clark 81,
Chicago, where our friends are nj liberty 10 call
and Examine Ia
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24
PEERLESS CORN STARCH,

For Ice Cream, Puddtngs, Blanc Mango, Etc IT
is the most delicious of all preparations. On ac-
count of Its purity, eminent physicians consider 1t
preferable to Bermuda Arrow Root for children
and invalids. Sold by all grocers. Samples sent
free to all.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24
(Gticura
HuM0RS OF THE BLOOD, SKIN
AND SCALP,

CUTTcuRA REsoLvRsF lie the most powerful
Blood Purifier and Liver Stimulent ever COM
pounded In forty minutes after taking the first
dose it may he detected in the saliva, blood,
sweat, ana urine showing that 1t had entered the
blood and been distributed throughout the entire
system In Its passage through the circulating
fuits II meets with the corrupt particles of matter
which foster and maintain disease, with which it
chemically unitee, destroying and gradually elm
mating them from the system
Hence its power to fpreveK expel ScnDfulous.
Cancerous, snd Canker Humors, which unchecked
fll the body with foul corruptions, and rot oHt
the delicate machinery Of life.
CuncuRA, the great external remedy for all Hu-
mors OF the Scalp and Skin, Ulcers. Sores aud Dis
charging Wounds, 10 the most soothing and heal
ing Of outward applications. 1t speedily destroys
fungus and parasitic growths, restores the oil
glands and Tubes TO q healthy condition and cures
when assisted By the CuT4CaRA SOAP, diseases OF
the Skin and Scalp which have been the torture OF
a life time.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

Tne Vo4t&1c 1e1t Co.. Earshal1, S1ch-
Win send their celebrated Electro
Voltaic Belts to the afflicted upon 80 days
trial. Speedy cures guaranteed. They
mean what they say. Write to them With
out delay.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

Why weary your throat and patiense
With that wretched cough when Is cent
bottle of DR., Bulls Cough Syrup will cure
your
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

Sudden changes of temperature are very
productive of Coughs and Colds. which
always yield. however, very promptly to
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

FeR SALE-Old newspapers at SO cents
per 100 at TEE Argus Office.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24
What is this Famous Specifs7

The title '-HALE's HONEY OF HoRE
HOUND AND TAR" is key 10 all the in
gradients Of that valuable remedy for d.
seases Of the throat and lungs. It's three
compoDents are known to the whole world
for their healing, soothing and counter
irritating propensities. and the proportions
iD which they are combined 10 this ia
nous puImouic render it. by all odds, the
most potent preparation known for the
radical cure of Coughs. Colds. Influenza,
Hoarseness, Bronchial difficulties. and oil
diseases tending to Consumption. Sold
by Druggists everywhere. Depot, Sixth
avenue. New York, Price 50 cents and
81. Get the largest size.
j. L. Bert, Chatham Village; N. Y,
writes: "Hale.s Honey of Horehouud
and Tar is selling and giving good satis-
faction
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

Printing Rno binolnR executed neat
quick and cheap ut TEE AaGUsOFFIuE,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

The CRUroURA Rem KpIKs prepared by Weeks
q Potter, Chemists aud Draggsu. 30 Washington
Price OF CUTIcURA, small boxes 80 cent?; large
boxes containing two and one half times the guam
tity Of small, 81. RxsoLvEET. 81 per bottle. Gu
TIoURA SOAP, - cents per cake; by mail 30 cents:
9 cakes, IS cenis
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24

PIKE's TooTHACHE DROPS CURE IN
One MINUTE.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24
CUTIcURA SOAP

10
CHAs. DKEsIx, Druggist,
First Place. cor. Court Street.
Brooklyn, March 4, 1879.
l can cheerfully speap of the healing quantities
Of your CUTIcURA SOAP. and its perfume super
Tor to any OF he standard soad now in use.
CHAS. DENIM.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24
DF. Roadway
REGULATING PILLS

Perfectly tastslsss. elegantly coated with sweet
gam, Purge, regulate purify, cleanse and strength
en- Radways Pills, for the cure OF all disorders OF
she Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder,
Nervous Diseases, Headache, Constipation, Costive-
moss, indigestion, Dyspepsia, Blliousness, Bilious
Fever, Inflammation OF the Bowels, Piles, and all
arrangements OF the Internal Viscera. WaYraElted
20 eject q positive cure. Purely Vegetable, con-
tanning no mercury, minerals deleterious drugs
~ Observe the following symptoms resulting
from disorders of the Digestive Organs.
Constipation, Inward Piles, Pullness of the Blood
On the Head. Acidity of the stomach, Nausea
Heartburn, Disgust of Food, Fullness OF Weight
70 the stomach Sou kruptlons, Sinking or Flutter
lngs In the Pit of the Stomach. Swimming Of the
Head, Hurried and Difficult Breathing Flutterinrs
ct the Heart. Choking or Suffocating Sensation
ehon In Lying Posture, Dimnese of Vision Dots
sr Webs before the Sight, Fever and Dull Pain in
Inc Head, Deficiency OF Perspiration Yellownass OF
sne skin and Eyes, Pain in the Side, Chest, Limbs
and sudden Flushes of Heat Burning in the Flesh
fow doses OF RAILWAYS PILLS will free the
system from all the above named disorders price
10 cents Per box, sold by druggists.
EEA@ .FALaE AND GEUE."
Send a letter stamp RADWAY & CO.. No. 70
warren, Cor Church ST., New YORK. R7 -Infor-
nation worth thousands will be sent you
no THE PUBIC
There can be no better guarantee OF the valueof
~. Railways old established X. II. IL. REMEDIES
1871 tue e22e and worthless limitations OF them az
zSS<s are FMlse kesolvents, Reliefs and Pills Be
7&aa AJAX for Railways. and see that the name
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24
Railways Ready Relief

ASSS~% ~ ~
WILL AFFORD INSTANT EASE.
Inflammation of the Kidneys.
Inflammation of the Bladder.
Inflammation of the Bowels.
Congestion of the Lungs.
Sore Throat, Difficult Breathing.
Palpitation Of the Heart
Mysteries, Group, Diphtheria.
Catarrah, Influenza
Headache, Toothache.
Neuralgia. rheumatism.
Cold Chills, Ague Chills.
Chilblains and Frost Bites
The application of the Ready Relief to the part
Or parts where the pain difficulty exists will af
ford and comfort.
81 to so drops in half q tumbler of water willin a
few minutes cure Camps, Sprains, Sour Stomach
Heartburn, Sick Headache, Diarrhoea Dysentery,
Collie, Wind In the Bowels, and all Internal Pains.
Travellers should always carry bottle of RAD
WAY q READYRELfEF with them few drops,
In water will prevent sickness pains from chang
OF water. 1t is better than French Brandy or Bit
err af q etimuleut
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-24
FEVER & AGUE

Fever and Ague cured for fifty cents. There lie
not a remedial agent in the world that will cure
fever and Ague, and all other malarious, bilious,
scarlet typhoid, yellow and other fevers (aided by
Railways Pills) so quick az Railways Ready Relief
FIFTY CENTS PER BOTTLE.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-22

privilege allowed him Of selling to his
boarders and resident customers which
is not allowed to the keeper Of a
clearinghouse, restaurant, or other
Of dealers. AS to the claim that cigars
are necessities, the Court says:
ut is hardly probable that the law
makers contemplate that the cravings
ola morbid and unnatural appetite
should be deemed to create such an
imperious necessity for appeasement
that the general requirements forSun-
day Observance should yield to it,
while the supplying of the ordinary
necessities of fife, like food and cloth
ing, by purchase and sale out OF the
stores, should be forbidden. If it can
be said that a cigar is necessary to the
smoker, IL is no less certainly known
that a drink is in the same sense need
full to the drinker. The law. however,
specifically forbids the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors on Sunday. Necessity, as
used in the statute, does not mean an
absolute or physical necessity, but a
moral fitness or propriety Of tho work
or laho, done under the circumstance
Of any particular case. Generally
speaking, it ought to be an unforeseen
necessity, OF, if foreseen, such as
could not reasonably have been pro-
vided against. If it we're conceded
that an appetite or craving creates a
necessity, it does not appear that
Smith was suffering or bought for the
purpose Of immediate use. For all
that is shown he may have made the
purchase as a matter Of convenience
in anticipation of future wants"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-22
A DOwNHILL FIGHT.
Two Miners Engage in a Fierce
Fight, and Roll Five Hundred
Feet Down Mount Ebert.

One Of those curious and dangerous
episodes that characterizes the miners
life in the snowy mountains of Colo
RADIO was brought to the attention Of
the reporter yesterday. Tom Cox and
Jim Null are two miners working far
upon the bleak, snowy slopes of Mount
Ebert, near Twin Lakes. They sleep
in a tent near the mouth ofthe Golden
Lode ia which they were working.
Yesterday morning the two men, who
had been working all night, went into
the tent for the purpose Of going TO
sleep. One of them got in bed, and,
enveloping himself with the blankets,
was snug and comfortable and drowsy
in a moment. The other, not in SO
great a hurry, noticed that the melting
snow wal dripping through the roof
OF the tent and right on the spot where
he had to sleep. He couldn't stand a
wet couch, and arousing his compan.
ion, asked him to get up so that the
bed might DO moved to a position
where the melting snow could not
touch it. His sleepy partner growled
out a refusal. There was a hot reply
and in less time than it takes to write
it the two men were engaged in a fierce
personal encounter. They we're both
clad in their night shirts alone, and a
small tent is but limited space for two
men to fight with each other. They
had hardly clinohed before one carried
the other through the front flaps OF
the tent. Right here it is necessary
to say that the tent was pitched on the
fearfully steep slope Of Mount Ebert,
and there WASH : more than two feet OF
level ground between the front of the
tent and the precipitous slope Of the
mountain. This slope was covered with
four feet of soft snow, and it extended
down for 1000 feet before there was a
resting place. In the fierce fight be-
tween the two miners they were car
ried down tho dizzy slope, and with
their hands upon each others threats
they went whirling down the noun
tain like a pair of powders. They
had gone but a short distance when
anger vanished in the presence OF
a possible death, and each man turned
his attention to the paramount work
of saving his life. Down they went
along the fearful slant of the great
mountain, and at each revolution they
sunk in the soft snow, sometimes head
first and sometimes feet first. They
were paralyzed with fright, anc
no sound escaped their lips. The
further down they went the greater
the momentum of their bodies
and when about 500 feet from tn,
point where they started, they bound.
ed in the air and alighted in snow Sc
deep hat they stuck fast. After ar.
duous efforts they managed to extri
cate themselves and get back to theil
tents, bruised and bleeding and thei
quarrel healed. No matter what thu
future has in store for these two men
they will never forget the time wher
they were whirling down the SNOWY
slope Of the continental divide O.
North America, and a snow drift
saved them from landing 1900 feet be
low in a condition in which none buI
the coroner and undertaken would fee
any practical interest in them. They
arc the best friends now, and viii
doubtless continue so.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-22
The Great Wee Of New EngIand

froYldenoe JSurnai'l
Forty thousand dellars' worth Of
chewing gum is gathered in the State
of Maine every year. In Oxford
county is a mar who makes it his bust
negs to collect spruce gum. Every
year he buys from seven to nine tons.
The gum is found chiefly in the region
about Umbagog lake and about the
Rangely lakes. A number of men do
nothing else in the winter season
except collect gum. With snow shoes,
ak and asheboygan on which is packed
the gum, they spend days and nights
in the woods. The clear, pure Jumps
of gum are sold in their native state,
the best bringing 81 per pound. Gum
not Immediately merehautable is re-
fined by peculiar process. Sieve-like
boxes are covered with spruce bougbs.
on which is placed the gum Steam is
introduced underneath. The gum is
melted, strained by the boughs, and
then passes into warm water, where it
is kept from hardening until the packer
takes it out. draws it into sticks. and
wraps it in tissue paper, when it is
ready for market. The gum meets
with q ready sale. There is no village,
town or city in Maine where it is not
in demand. One dealer last year sold
fourteen hundred dollars worth. In
the large mill cities gum has a free
sale. In Biddeford, Lewiston, Law.
renee and Lowell, the factory girls
consume large quantities. 1t is said
thatin the timber camps gum is used
as a means of extending hospitality.
After meal time the host fills his own
black clay pipe and hands it to hi:
guest. Later, clear Jumps of spruce
gum are placed before the visitor, and
he is asked to take a chew. Maine
produces forty thousand dollars worth
Of gum in a year, some Of which il
distributed to the various o~utlyinl
factory villages, where, as stated be
fore, it is in good demand. Spruce
gum is adulterated, and those VIII
adulterate, take the trouble to fashion
the pieces Of gum to appear like thos.
taken in a pure state from the trees.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-22
Prices aud Exports of Gold.

From The Nation
The influx Of gold into this country
during the past two years has been so
great that the general impression is
that any export Of gold is impossible,
and the very idea of such a thing is
scofed at. But there are a few indi-
cations that such an export is not only
possible, but somewhat probable; and
that this statement may not place rs
among those alsrmists who are con.
tinually seeing panics and crises ahead,
We submit a few facts on which this
opinion is based, with the hope that
they may direct attention 10 the mat
ter.
Not only has the home money mar
ket been for some time past stringent,
but the same stringency exists 10 the
foreign money center, and to an even
greater degree. In addition to this
there is an uncertainty hanging over
the foreign markets of which we feel
as yet no effects; fer there is likely to
arise a new demand for gold on the
part Of Italy which can not be met
save by a disturbance Of the markets.
or by transfer of gold from this
country. The first necessitates a fur
ther rise in the bank rates, which can
not but effect legitimate trade. Is the
second likely?
Gold is, after all, a commodity, and
it is bought and sold Is so much iron
would be. The mere fact OF it's having
been selected among civilized Dations
10 act as a medium of exchange has in
no way changed its nature. Its value
is governed by the same laws that gov.
ern the values of other commodities,
aud, like other commodities, it tends
to flow toward that place where it is
most needed, where the demand for it
is strongest, and where its value is
highest.
But there is another point TO be
considered, aud it is one Of great
importance. II has recently boon
shown that since 1873 there has been
in this country a rapid and marked
rise in the prices Of articles Of com
mon consumption, and notably Of
food products. The general rise has
been estimated to be as high as 36
per cent, and in the case Of some
food products as high as 20 per cent.
The Public recently said:
while the increase in the cost Of
grain since 1873 has been 90 per cent.
in meats A per cent, in dairy products
20 per cent, and in sugar and the
remaining articles Of food only 10 per
cent; in the class embracing the metals,
coal, oil, hemp, and glass, and repre-.
senting the department Of tools and
machinery, the increase has been 81
per cent, andin lumber and building
materials 30 per cent"
And in a subsequent issue it was
shown that since January, 1879, there
had been an increase Of 80 per cent in
the amount Of money in use, or a some
what larger increase than was deter.
mined for prices. From this it may
be inferred that the rise in prices Is in
part due TO an imitation ofthe curren-
cy. But It would be unsafe to charge
this rise wholly to the currency. For
rs compared with January, 1879,
trade and manufacture are more
the exchanges have enormous.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-22
Wrong Idea.

Many persons having gotten the
wrong idea that hops are strengthen.
ing, have taken to drinking beer and
ale very freely. The consequence i!
they feel better for a short time, but
when the reaction comes they are
much weaker than before. Reader, i
you value your lite, lay aside all malt
and alcoholic beverages and put your
trust in that temperance preparation
of iron aud vegetable tonics called
Browns Iron Bitters. 1t gives rea.
health and strength to every part o.
the body, reireshes the mind, anC
restores the nervous system to it
proper standard. Over 1000, 900 bot
ties have been sold this year.
. S. Mansfield & Co., w. N. Wilker
son & Co., and G. W. Jones & Co.
wholesale agents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-22
PopuIar New York Names.

Letter to Cincinnati Gazette.l
This city has a variety Of localities
whose names sound strange to I'M
familiar cars, and hence are among the
peculiarities Of the metropolis. There
is "Mackerelvillo," and also Cow
boy" and many other spots noted in
the police reports. Among the more
notorious is "Hell's Kitchen" which
has recently been brought before the
public by the Rooney murder. "Hell's
Kitchen" is a series OF rookeries in
habited by a class deeply sunk in mis-
cry, but Notwithstanding poverty,
they always have money for whisky.
Rooney only beat his wife to death
which is so common a thing here that
it hardly calls for more than passing
notice. "Hells Kitchen" is no worse
a place than "Murderer's Row" OF
"Devels Eelpot," each Of which has
its record. Then, too, look at the
fancitul names enjoyed by an import
ant element to our population. There
are the "Short Boys" the dead
Rabbits" the MAN Eaters" and
others who not only vote, but often
control elections, and also do theil
share to fill the penitentiaries. The
unusual display of bloodshed has
marked the past few days. Mrs.
Coleman has just been conveyed to
State prison for killing her paramour;
Sindram is convicted Of shoot
ing his landlady, and will
soon reach the gallows; while at
the hospital lies Monaco dying
from a self-inficted wound, which
followed the murder, both of his wife
and mother.in-law. There we're a
dozen murders in the Tombs on Sat-
urday, since which time we have had
a fatal fight between two wharf labor
ers, and another between a brace of
Italians, and to these were added the
| Hell's Kitchen tragedy. What else,
however, is to be expected when New
York supports 5000 saloons? HelIs
Kitchen is a richly remunerative in
vestment to the landlord, for the poor
always pay the highest rent, and the
tenements Of this city are immensely
profitable. This class of property
holders claim responsibility, and may
live in elegant style, while their wealth
is wrung from the most miserable Of
mankind.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-22
DEADLY DYNAMITE.
A Family OF Six Persons Almost
Instantly Killed.
HaErI.5qrs sp.eial c%IneInaa.I cenmsrsIal.l

Harrisburg Special Cincinnati commercial.l
Mount Union, a small town in
Huntington county, Pennsylvania,
along the Pennsylvania railroad, was
the scene of a frightful explosion
Monday morning, by which almost an
entire family was swept out Of exist
ence. John A.. Ingram, q miner had
placed in a stove a small quantity Of
dynamite, to thaw Ice off Of it. The
steam being hotter than he supposed,
the dynamite was ignited, and stimuli
taneously there was a terrible explo-
sion. Pieces of human flesh were
scattered in different directions, and
the house was literally splintered, In
gram, his wife and four children were
in the kitchen when the accident oe-
CURED, and the children were blown
almost to atoms, while the father and
mother were fatally injured, both be-
ing horribly mutilated. One child
escaped. The shock Of the explosion
was like that Of an earthquake.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-22


indianapolis Journal.l
The Supreme Court yesterday de-
cided the case of0scar Mueller against
the State in favor Of the defendant.
The case was taken to the Supreme
Court by Mueller on appeal, he having
been fined by a Justice of the Peace
in this township for Decorating the
Sabbath by the sale Of cigars on Sun
day. The decision Of Judge Biddle
is set aside by that of Judge Woods.
HisIIon0r admits that there is much
difficulty in defining what is a work of
necessity within the meaning of the
statute. Much Of the prevalent con-
fusion upon the subject has probably
arisen from attempts to determine and
declare, as by a rule Of law, that which
was properly determiDable only as a
matter OF fact. If hotel keepers may
maintain cigar stands and sell there-
from on Sunday to their guests,
boaders and customers, and ordinary
dealers cannot sell from their places
Of business, it is evident that there
will result an odieus and ~intolerable
monopoly which ought to condemn
the Interpretation Of the law that led
to it. Whether the hotel keeper may
furnish cigars and tobacco on Sunday
to his travelling guest, who may rea-
senably be supposed to have had no
opportunity 70 supply himself for tho
day, need not be decided. as the ques-
ton Is not presented. But tkat no
may not keep open a stand, bar, or
other place for the purpose Of general
seems clear. There SHOULD be no
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-22
A ComnIefe Lnnrnnre.

The japanese language is complete
h~ieroglyhic system, and the caligraphy
a system Of drawing or painting. Every
school boy has to learn at least ono
thousand different characters; in the
elementary schools of the government
three thousand have to be taught. A
man With pretensions to scholarship
must be acquainted with about ten
thousand, and very learned man with
that number multiplied many times.
A japanese must devote at least ten
years persistent and earnest study 70
the acquisition ofhis own language il
he desires to possess a knowledge Of il
sufficient for the purposes Of an cdu-
Gated man. The mechanical art OIL
handling the brush, so as to paint the
characters with skill and rapidity, oc-
cupies no small part Of a Learners
time.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-22
Nudden Death nt TuIlahama,

Special to American
TULLAHoMA, December 20.-Thos
Corey, who lately located in Tulla-
homa, went to the depot this morning
to meet Governor Sherwood and wife,
whom he expected on the accommo-
dation train. After receiving his
friends, and in a lively, cheerful man
ner escorting them to his residence,
while passing from one room to an.
other, fell dead without a prcmonitory
symptom. He was about seventy FIVE
years old, the picture Of good health
and unusually active for one of his
age. He is the grandfather of Miss
Arrasmith, one Of the teachers in the
public schol in this place, and was
formerly a citizen Of Minnesota. His
friends have the kind sympathy Of our
community. G.. w. d.