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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-05

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4A ~ -AE E-@ A@E currency for HORSE
Book; It treats al diseases, Las IS fine engra-
Wings showing positions assumed by SICK [orses,
AA% - ~ AA- ton of VALUABLE RECIPES,
rules for telling the age of horse, with an engra
wing showing teeth of each year, and large
amount OF other valuable horse Information. DR..
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paid 80 and $40 for which do not like well az
do yours" SEND FOR A CIRCULAR. AGENTS
WANTED. 3. J. Kendall, NJ d., Enosburgh Falls, VT
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Public Notice.

JOHN HANNAS, being a Blacksmith by
ILs trade, had often felt the want of some means
wngreny eouia seiten IRON at the forge, so ina
me to make many experiments with different sub
stances which offered the best prospect Of success
It was OF one OF these occasions that discovered
the wonderful effects of Electro Silicon on the
Human System.
/ had a defect In three OF my fingers, which were
bent or shnt up in my hand In such q manner, by
the CoNrRAcTIoN OF THE CORDS, that they were
very troublesome to me in my daily avocation. L
could not handle my tools as wished, and often
thought would have my fingers cut of TO get
them out of the way, have used everything that
offered any hope OF relief, but all to no effect
Well, say. was working with Electro Silicon at
the forge, and of course could not prevent its COM
ling in contact with my HANDS
took no notice Of the effect 1t had produced.
until one day, wishing to use heavy hammer,
grasped with my crooked hand, and much TO my
surprise 1 found my crooked fingers straighten
out. and had as much use OF them as ever 1
could hardly believe my eyes. showed my
hands to my wife and family, ard general re-
ioIctng was the result.
had neighbor living about mile from my
shop who had a lame knee, caused by the cords
being 'ontracted by rheumatism. l cent him
bottle Of Electro Silicon Liniment, and told him to
use IL thoroughly. He did so. and at the end OF
three months he was able to throw aside his cane
ano walk TO my shop apparently as well as ever
perfect cure. gave it to others of my neighbors
ana friends, for miles around, who were suffering
from SwelIed Limbs, Rheumatiem Neuralgia STIFF
Joints, Burns, etc, ali of which Il cured without
any trouble Finding that the Electro Silicon Lin
iment would penetrate the skin Of man further
IMAM any other substance, 1t occurred TO me that
Il must be good for the horse, and it has proved
Itself one of the very beet applications in all ex-
ternal diseases occurring to the noble animal,
Prepared by the
Electro Silicon Liniment Co. ]
hLM1hA, ........... NEW YORK
- Price, so cents per Large Bottle. "a
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FARRAND, WILLIAMS q CO, Detroit, Mich
ID PARK d SON, Cincinnati, o.
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Champaign, 1885 IN; Danville, 2 :50 pm; Craw-
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M GLeaves Rock Island, 1865 p m Peoria
~ y. % 1875 m Daily; Pekin, 1855 p MI
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kE RECLINIFG CHAIR SLEEPING CARS, with State
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The L. B. & W. is the shortest through line
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the advantage of the FINEST OUTFIT OF TuRoUHs
CARS IN THE WEST.
Address the General Agent and get a cony of
our NEW MAP-FoLDER, giving full Information
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MILWAUKEE

JF. ANTISDEL Proprietor.
The present proprietors OF this Elegant Hote
and improving the house: and with the improved
Otis Elevator recently put in it cannot be excellec
forconvenience and comfort TO the travelling public
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"TRE JOHN d. BILLINGS
Patent Steel and iron Horseshoe.

Made complete, with Lever
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Horse-RalirOads, Farm and
Carriage Horses in the
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Contracted Feet, Corns In
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L2meness and all evils re-
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common shoe. Trial Set,
with Nails 81. To measure,
place the foot on paper and
= draw pencil around. Shoes
pub on cold. No heating OF foot Send for free Il
I1stIa1ed Pamphlet TIE JOHN ID. BILLINGS
PATENT HORSE SHOE COMPANY, 1e1 and 16a
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Passengers carried Freight trains as follows:
EAST .........+ 30 p m WEST. ......: 10 m
GEO. u. LOOSELY, Agent, Rock Island.
A. KIMBALI, j.. ST. JOHN,
Gent Sapt. Gen. Y'kt Il Pass. Agt.
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pared BY you and prefer it to the English prepar-
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laxative qualities.
Respectfully yours. SC. NJ. S PERRY 81. d.
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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-30
Wolves and Wild Horses.

It is said that whenever several OF the
larger wolves associate together, for
mischief, in the German forests and
their neighborhood, there is always a
numerous train of smaller ones to fol-
low in the rear, and act as auxiliaries
in the work of destruction. Two large
wolves are sufficient to destroy the most
powerful horse, and seldom more than
10 ever begin the assault, although
there may be q score in the gang. 1t is
no less curious than amusing to witness
this ingenious mode of attack. If there
is no snow, or but little on the ground,
two wolves approach in the most play
full and caressing manner, lying, rolling
and frisking about, until the too cred u
lous and unsuspecting victim is COM
pletely put off his guard by curiosity
and familiarity. During this time the
gang, squatted on their headquarters,
look on at a distance. After some time
spent in this way, the two assailants
separate, when one approaches the
horses head, and the other his tail, with
a shynes5 and cunning peculiar to them
selves. At this stage of attack their
frolicsome approaches become very in
teresting--it is right good earnest the
former is q mere decoy, the latter is the
real assailant, and keeps his eye stead
,ly Fl ted on the ham-string or flank OF
the horse. The critical moment is then
watched, and the attack is simultane-
GUS both wolves spring at their victim
at the same moment--one to the throat,
the other to the hank--and, il success.
full, which they generally are, the hind
one never lets go his hold till the horse
is completely disabled Instead OF
springing forward or kicking to Olsen.
gage himself, the horse turns round and
round without attempting defence.
The wolf before Tn n springs behind to
assist the other. The sinews are cut,
and in half the time have been de-
8 ribing it the horse is on his side his
struggles are fruitless-the victory is
won. At this signal the loohers.on
close in in n gallop; but the small fry
Of followers keep at respectful distance
until their superiors are gorged, and
then they take their turn unmolestea,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-30

The South American llama will bear
neither beating nor i'll treatment. The
animals go in troops, an Indian walking
a long distance ahead as a guide. II
the llamas are tired, they stop, and the
Indian stops also. If the delay be too
great, the Indian, becoming uneasy to-
ward sunset, after all due precaution,
resolves on supplicating the beasts to
resume their journey. He stands about
fifty or sixty PAGES of, in an attitude Of
humility, waving his hand coaxingly
toward them, looks at them with tender
ness, and at the same time, in the soft
est tones, reiterates, &c, ic, ic % If
the llamas are disposed to resume their
course, they follow the Indian in good
order and at a regular pace, but very
fast, for their legs are very long; but
when they are in ill-humor, they do not
even turn toward the speaker, but re-.
main motionless, huddled together
standing or lying down. The straight
neck and its gentle majesty of bearing,
the long down of their always clean and
glossy skin, their supple and timid mo.
tion, all give them au air at once sensi-
tive and noble. The llama is the only
creature employed by man which he
dares not strike, If it happens--which
is very seldom the case that an Indian
wishes to obtain, either by lorce or even
by threats what the llama will not will
ingly perform, the instant the animal
finds itself afIronted by words or ges.
ture, he raises his head with dignity,
and without making any attempt to es.
cape i'll treatment by flight, lies down,
turning his looks toward heaven Large
tears flow freely from his beautiful eyes,
sighs issue from his breast and in half
or three. quarters Of an hour at most he
expires. The respect shown these ami
mails by Peruvian Indians amounts ab.
solutely to superstitious reverence
When the Indians lead them, two ap.
proach and caress the animal, hiding
his head that he may not see the load
on his back. = It is the same in unload
ing, The Indians of the Cordilleras
alone have sufficient patience and gen
tlene@ TO manage the llama,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-30

The lower strata Of the population Of
our country, says Charles A. Speer, is
composed almost entirely of heteroge-
neous mass of emigrants, who hail from
almost every country under the sun.
Irish, Germans, Swedes, Norwegians
and Poles compose almost the whole of
our laboring classes, This fact is in
itself significant of the elevation of the
masses OF native born Americans. A
prominent managerin one of our largest
Western iron mills informs me that on
his laborers' pay roll there is not sin
gle native born American, while his
whole quota of civil engineers, machi.
nists, mechanics, blacksmiths, and al
most all positions where skill and in
telligence are required, are filled by
Americans.
"In fact" says he, always engage an
American before person of any other
nationality, because / find them natu-
rally more rapid, skillful and accureat
in oil branches where brain work com.
bined with mechanical ingenuity is re-
quired / consider them faster work.
men than either the English or Ger
mans"
The gentleman was himself an Eng
lishman, born and raised among Eng
lsh worbingmen, and man of wide
experience among workmen of all classes
and nationalities Should we not be
proud Of this evidence of growth and
advancement among our countrymen ?
Hardly man among them who has not
intelligence enough to elevate him above
the level OF animals and mere brute
forces, and enables him to live and 20
on advancing by the aid Of that mind
which God has given us to rule over
such forces. Barely a century's growth
has sunlced to place us head and should.
ers above all other nations in that pop,
ular intelligence which gives evidence
Of u rapidly advancing civilization,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-30
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Nature reports remarkable discovery
by Mr.. Alexander Adams, of the British
Postoffice Telegraph Department "Itis
the existence of electric tides in tele-
graphic circuits. By long-continued
and careful observations he has deter
mined distinct variations of strength in
those earth currents, which are invari-
ably present on all telegraphic wires, fol-
lowing the different diurnal positions
of the moon with respect to the earth"
A fuller and more satisfactory exposition
of the matter was to be given by the
author.
Some time since the use of sawdust
in mortar was recommended as superior
even to hair for the prevention Of crack
ing and subsequent peeling off of rough
casing under the action of storms and
frost, Some one by the name of Siehr
says that his own house, exposed to pro-
longed storms on the seacoast, had
pieces of mortar to be renewed each
spring; and after trying without effect
a number of substances to prevent it, he
found sawdust perfectly satisfactory.
1t was first thoroughly dried and sifted
through an ordinary grain sieve to re-
move the larger particles. The mortar
was made by mixing one part of cement,
two of lime, two of sawdust and five of
sharp sand, the sawdust being first we'll
mixed dry with the cement and sand.
An official publication of the German
postoffice contains report on the dis
turbances in telegraphic communication
caused last August by display of the
aurora borealis. 1t is well known that
both storms and the aurora borealis dis
turb the electric currents passing over
telegraphic cables, but recent experience
seems to prove that the disturbing in
fuences of storms chiefly affects short
lines, while the longer lines are more
liable to be affected by the northern
lights. There was a strong disturbance
of the latter kind from the 18th to the
14th of August, 1880. 1t seems to have
manifested itself throughout the greater
portion of the northern section of the
eastern hemisphere, sending of, how
ever, southerly stream in the direction
of Mozambique, which reached to Natal.
1t does not appear that the western con-
tinent was affected. The general fea-
lures of the disturbance consisted in
manifestations of the presence OF strange
currents ("eartr currents" as they are
called of fuctuating intensity, the
duration and fluctuations varying in
different localities and the direction Of
recurrents changing frequently.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-30
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The bronze balconies alone in VIM
H. Vanderbilt's house will cost 100000.
The death rate of Paris rose fl ty
per cent. this summer on account Of the
heat.
Samuel Ward says it is genteel to eat
game of the small kind with your fin.
gers.
A fruit dealer advertises peaches by
the basket-every basket warranted
but is wisely silent about the peaches.
The Boston Journal believes the Vice
President should be made a cabinet
officer, in older to give him something
! to do.
A st. LOUIS belle is said to have won
81, 100 recently at the Saratoga races.
She will probably buy pair of shoes
with the money.
Chicago claims to furnish better &C
commodations in her station houses than
Long Branch does in her hotels, Re-
suit All her station houses are full Of
dodgers
Dan Rice has been divorced from his
first wife, and now the second is apply
ing for a similar document, This goes
to show that man may be able to train
a horse and yet not know how to man
age woman who is old enough to use
hair pins.
Ben. Blanton, an ex-sheriff of Cook
county, Texas, and very desperate
man, met James Todd, who had been
witness agains h IN in a lawsuit, and
abused and insulted him in shameful
manner. They separated, each vowing
to meet the other for final settlement.
They met, and both drew their weapons
and fred. Todd was shot through the
heart and in the breast, and the top OF
Blanton's head was blown off. Both
men were lying dead when discovered.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-30
Advice 10 GirlS.

Do not estimate the worth OF q young
man by his ability to talk soft nonsense,
nor by the length Of his moustache.
Do not imagine that an extra ribbon
tied about the neck can remedy the de-
feck of soiled collar and untidy
dress.
Ifyour hands are Drowned by labor,
do not envy the lily fingers of Miss Fnss
and Feathers, whose mother works in
the kitchen, while the daughter lounges
in the parlor.
If dandy, with a cigar between his
fingers, asks you if smoking is offensive
to you, tell him emphatically, eyes"
The habit should be, even though the
odor may not.
Do not waste your tears on the imag-
mary sorrows of Alonzo and Melissa,
nor the trials Of the dime novel hero
ines. Seek rather to alleviate the woes
Of the suffering ones OF earth.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-30
California Grape Culture.

The cultivation of grapes and the
manufacture OF wine are yearly inter
esting more capital and skill in Califor-
MIA. In 1880 the state produced lO,OOO,.
600 gallons of wine, 100000 gallons OF
brandy, raisins to the value Ct 100000
and grapes for table use to the value Of
S150,OOO. The total yield from the cul.
ture of the grape amounted to S3,5OO,'
OpO. Over 10 600 acres we're planted in
grape vines also, and it is said that this
year 20, 600 acres will be added. Be-
sides the land already used for grape
culture, there are over 10000 acres OF
unsurveyed land in California suitable
for this purpose, Over S3O,OOO,OOO are
now said TO be invested in grape lands
and vine making on the Pacific coast
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-30
Molly at the Cafe.

left Molly Gwin this mornin' behind me,
Leanin' over the gate there to kiss me good
bye;
She's the loveliest lass around old Killarney,
And my heart is 80 heavy I'm ready to die.
think other face now. as fair as daisy,
or her beautiful hair and her pretty bare
feet
And och I'm afraid they'll be thinkin' me
crazy
The friends that pass and the strangers l
greet.
Now, don't you be mockin' my grief wild your
folly,
And tryin' to fill up my heart wild good
cheer;
Sure there's no one can half take the place of
my Molly,
And I'm alone always unless she is near.
I'm watchin the wild-birds, and wonder no
longer
That none builds nest without help of its
mate;
All its only half life l live while l wander,
And I'm going right back to my girl at the
gate.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-30


Mrs. Merton's to-day, and she was a
settin' in that room of hers with them
windows that swings OUT and he, in
stead of going TO the front door or
ringing the bell like man, why, when
he saw her a-sittin' in that room, with
her back TO the window, he just slipped
up sly and sneakin'.like and stepped in
through the window, and then jumped
clear across the room, and such huggin'
an kissin' was never seen in minister s
house afore Now, ladies, know this
is so, cause Sarah Halcomb told it for
a solemn truth, and that amt the worst
of it. After he had stayed an hour or
so he went to the hotel and got another
fellar, and them two walked straight to
the minister's house, and she opened
the door, fixed up fit to kill. Now /
say it's the duty of every member Of
this society TO look into this matter.
The minister is gone, and we have got
the responsibility of the church to sus-
tain. We should go Immediately and
hear what that dreadful creature has to
say for herself"
Claw me! Who'd have thought it 2"
"The most scandalous thing ever
heerd ~
"Miybe there is some mistake" put
in Mrs. Evans, who hadn't forgotten
the brave swimmer the day Of the pic
mic.
It was a solemn-visaged group that
filed into the minister's sitting-roOm.
Mrs. Hezekiah was to be chief spokes-
woman, as she generally was on all
church occasions. Mrs. Merton greeted
them, her face all smiles.
81 had just sent for you, Mrs. Winters;
1 have such pleasant surprise for your
and she actually kissed the old lady's
withered cheek, while Miss Sophrona
Dobbs muttered "Judas w under her
breath. Gust come right in here, while
1 talk to the ladies'" Aud Mrs. Winters
followed, her withered face white with
indignation.
Suddenly there was a strange, glad
cry from the wrathy lady, and in answer
to the words, Eddie, my boy " some
one said "Mother !" and then Mrs. Mer-
ton went back to explain matters to the
astonished ladies.
"My brother came to-day, and in his
travelling he came by chance upon Ed
gar Winters. Edgar is travelling with
the theater troupe that is here, and they
being friends, Luke brought Edgar
here, and sent for Mrs. Winters but
she came before my note reached her."
The ladies now began to feel ashamed,
but they were generous. Miss Aramin-
! tina said:
"If I'm the bearer OF scandal again
it shan't be about you, Mrs. Merton"
All hardness seemed melted out Of
Mrs. Winters nature as she returned to
the sitting-room.
81 want you to forgive me if you can,
Mrs. Merton. / came here to-day to
denounce you, and on circumstantial
evidence only; but I'll be your friend in
the future, remember that"
The ladies by turns apologized for
having troubled her so much.
"Oh, I'm getting used to be a minis
ter's wife, and l don't mind such things,
you know"
Perhaps this last remark was ungra-
cious but it was true to her, and there
after one minister's wife was not made
the subject of ill-natured gossips.--
WdcerB Mdgdaime.