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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15

which is distinctive and seems to meet the require
ments 10 which 1t is applied, with surprising facil
ity.-Peoria Transcript
Some who have been given up by best physi-
clans as lncurabe. have been placed under the
OF this lady, who has saved them from an carly
graYe.--BioomingtOn Sunday Eye.
y name so well known in Central Illinois as to
have become household word in hundreds of fami-
lIes = that Of Mrs. DR. keck. Evening Peorian.
ifnrlfig practice Of nearly Is years Dr. kcCk has
gained. without doubt greater celebrity than any
female physician in the west and the strongest en-
dorsenents pour in from all parts OF the county
hocdford Sentinel
Mrs. keck has been an active and successful
practitioner for - years. She makes a special
study of chronic diseases only; and has certainly
Farmer
Time and larger acquaintance with the peopIO
only serve to add yearly 10 Mrs. Kecs celebrity an
physician and good name 4 citizen.-Evening
Peorian.
This lady is 80 well and favorably known 10 our
readers that she needs bat passing notice here.
bearing the highest recommendation. Lincoln
Ili.) Times.
The Doctors rapidly growing popularity ,s q con-
slant cause OF remark. She has always had a large
practice here. probably the first in the city and stf
Is increasing and patients from great distan-
ees.-Pforia Freeman.
This Lady has gained an cminence IN the practice
OF her specially Of chronic diseases which inspires
even Older, followers of Esculapius and the results
of her skill and successful treatment bring forth the
praises and blessings Of hundreds not in Davenport
only. but through the broad distances Of the States
Davenport Democrat
q odicines Free at Omce,
,. M. Sundays 2 to 5 p. M.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15
PROBABILITIES.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.-Upper Missis-
sippi and Lower Missouri valleys, colder,
fair weather southwest to northwest winds,
falling barometer; stationary OR slight rise
iutemperature.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15
CANADA.

NIAGARIA Ont, Nov. 12.-The public
schools have temporarily closed On ae-
count of diptheria. A large number are
sick. The deaths so far are confined to
children.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15
NV Tormeuted Back,

is the exclamation of more than one poor
hard-working men and women. Do you
know why it aches? 1t is because your
kidneys are over over-tasked and need
strengthing and your system needs to be
cleansed of bad humors. Kidney-Wort is
the medicine you need 'sIt acts like a
charm says a well known physician, 81
never knew tito fail" Liquid or dry
sold by Druggists.-Bosto2b Post.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15
GEO. c. GoRHAM TO THE FRONT.

1t is reported that the position of ASS
istant Secretary of the Treasury will be
rendered by Geo. G. Gorham.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15

Send for circular of new style of Hopper
Scale with Leveling attachment. Borden,
Selleck & Co., Chicago.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15

FADED OR GRAY HAIR gradually RECEIVERS
its youthful color and lustre by tie use of
Parker's Hair Balsam, an elegant dressing,
admired for its purity and rich perfume.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15

"Fis beauty truly blent whose reu and white,
Natures owl sweet and GINNING hand laid L.
Pozzoni's powder imparts richness
Making the skin soft as down.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15

ssThe doctors said my wife had consump
t;on- Tried Linseys Blood Searcher and
she has had better health than ever" q.
ri. Hubbard, Hampden, Ohio.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15
ALLEGED ATrEnpT TO BLACKMAzL JAY GOULD

In the afternoon Welles was again ar
raigned. accompanied by Counsei A!gef-
non Sullivan and number OF reiaHVes-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15

You have read what Opinions
Of the Press:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15

was again silenced by the court, and it
haVlng neen agreed that sitting of the
court snouio De from IL a. m. to 3 p. m
daily, allo wing half an hour for recess. the
court adjourned.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15

COMMEnCIAI.
Wheat-Iess active; L0Hc lower
Corn--Dull; &c lower.
Oats-L4IMc lower.
Pork-Firm; 1s GO.
Lard-Lower; ii 55.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-11-15
New York Market.

xoney-546
fa0yeTnm enJe-Firm.
Q. s. Bends SO ceut 2O's 1881 ...... ...10i
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19
New Orleans Dem ,crat.l
Bananas and Plantains.

A pound Of bananas contains more nutri-
ment than three pounds of meat or many
pounds of potatoes, while as food it is far su-
perior to the best wheaton bread. Although IL
grows spontaneously throughout the tropics,
when cultivated its yield is prodigious; for
acre Of ground planted with bananas will re-
turn, according to Humboldt. as much food
material as thirty-three acres of wheat or over
a hundred acres of potatoes. The banana
then, is the bread Of millions who could not
well subsist without it. In Brazil it Is the
principal food of the laboring classes, while 1t
no less priced in the island of Cuba. Indeed,
in the later country the sugar planters grow
orchards of it expressly for the consumption of
theiI slaves. Every day each hand receives
his ration OF salt fish or dried beef, as tho case
may be, and four bananas aud two plantaius.
The banana-it should be called plantain, for
until lately there was no ach word as banana
is divided into several varieties, all OF which
are used for food. The platino nadnzRito is
small, delicate fruit. neither longer nor stout
er than lady's forefnger. IL is the most
delicious and priced Of all the varieties of the
plantain. EI pldtfno gatineo, called by us
banana, is probably more in demand
divided into different varieties. the principal
OF which are the yellow and purple bananas
we see for sale in our markets; but the latter
is so little esteemed By the natives of the trop-
les, that it is seldom eaten by them. EL ptdti-
no grdRde. known to US as simply the plantain
is also sub-divided into varieties, which are
known by their SAVIOR and their size The kind
that reaches our market is almost ten inches
long, yet on the Isthmus of Darien there are
plantains that grow from eighteen to twehty-
two inches They are never eaten raw, but
are either boiled or roasted or are prepared as
preserves
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19
The Bagdad Date Mark.

Bagdad, says medical journal, is noted for
curious and mysterious malady, which affects
everybody in the city, whether he be citizen or
stranger. 1t is a sore called "dats mark"
because after it has healed it leaves an indeli-
BILE mark about the size and shape of a date.
1t generally makes its appearance upon the
face, lasts year, and then disappears. The
cheek of nearly every man and woman in Bag
dad shows the inevitable mark. Sometimes it
settles upon the nose, and then the disfgure-
ment is great; sometimes on the eyelid, when
blindness is the result Strangers are attacked
even after brief residence but fortunately,
if they are adults, the sore is more apt to come
on the arm. In every case the attack runs its
course for one year. No treatment, no oint-
ment, nor medicine, it is said, has the slight
est effect upon it. Once the sore appearing,
the sufferer knows what to expect, and may
as well resign himself to his fate. The Arabs
say that every one who goes to Bagdad must
get the ''date mark" or. il he does not get 1t
while in the city, he will be followed by it
have it sooner or later no must. DIR. Thorn, Of
the American Mission, states that he has ex-
amined the ulcer microscopically and found it
to be composed of fungoid growth; but moth
ing that he had ever tried had proved reme-
dial
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19
Saxa's Sorrows.

The bereavemsnts which John G. SAKE, the
poet. has suffered in the loss Of those whom he
held most dear, almost unprecedented in their
frequency as they were, have tended to increase
the malady with which he suffers, to an extent
which alarms his friends. Visitations of death
began in 1874, when Laura SAKE, the poet's
youngest daughter, aged II years, died of con-
sumption. Next, Sarah e. SAKE, the poets
eldest daughter, died in 1879, after long sick
ness. A year ago the poets mother departed
this life. Last Fall the poet received his heav-
lest blow in the loss of his wife, she, in reality
dying of exhaustion produced by watching at
the bedside of her sick children. Two months
ago the poets third daughter, Harriet, died Of
consumption. Within three weeks death
seized the poets daughter. in-law, and on June
so the poets son, John I. SAKE, was found
dead in bed at his home in Albany, having
died of some pulmonary disease. The poet, ON
the night of his sons demise, had slept in the
next room, but did not awaken in time to hear
his last words. By the death Of his son the po-
ct has lost seven OF his family within few
years. But one Of his family is now living,
Charles S. SAKE, of Albany. The long train Of
family misfortunes has left the poet in a rehec-
tive melancholic state, and he rarely smiles
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19
Shortening the Voyage Across the
Atlantic.


Designs have been made BY Swedish ma.
val architect for new kind of Atlantic pas
senger steamer which shall attain a speed of
from twenty to twenty-one knots an hour, and
mako the voyage across the Atlantic in six
days. To do this the ship must steam at an
average Of at least twenty knots the whole dis
tance snd, therefore, it mast be capable of 60
ing faster when the wind and tide are not dead
against tho vessel, 50 as to make up for time
lost when the circumstances are not 50 favora-
ble
The ship proposed by Captain Lundborg, the
Swedish engineer, is to bs fYe hundred feet
long by seyenty-four broad, and to be propelled
BY four compound engines, capable of devel-
opinstogethef % 800 indicated horse-p wer. 1t
is intended to carry 600 frss-class and 1900 sec
oud and third class passengers, and 5000 tons
OF cargo, besides $500 tons Of coal, or enough
for $50 hours steaming at full speed
the prominent idea of Captain Lundborg Is
to so baild his sGip that the main body shall di.
vide the water horizontally instead Of vertical
ly. The hull, therefore, projects below the wa
ter line, and this popularity of design enables
him to have large engine room, to get great ca
paeity with shallow draught, aud to give his
vessel favorable lines. The purpose is to re-
duce her resistance to minimum. The pow
er used would give the ship according to the
ordinary formula used for calculating speed, +,
something over twenty knots 1t is supposed,
however, that she would be faster, since little
power would be lost in wave-making, the wa
ter having clean run astern, being divided
horizontally by the projecting lower part Of her
hull, the peculiar feature OF the construction.
Naval architects are not apt to look with IA
vor on any marked departure from the ordins-
ry principles OF ship construction, and there
fore Captain Lundborgs proposed vessel is
likely to find adverse critics among them. The
London Engineer, however, speaks with re-
spect OF his ideas, and urges that they be put to
practical test in steamer of moderate size.
Even if his ship is not feasible. however, steam
vessels constructed after the received plans are
likely before long to make the voyage across
tho Atlantic in the time set by him.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19
A Slave to Morphine.

A young man named Gibson was recently
sent to an insane asylum by a Philadelphia
judge, to whom he related pitiful story.
Gibson had been addicted to the use of NOR
phia for 16 years, aud is now obliged to inject
the drug in his arms and body in order to nnd
relief, as taking it inwardly has no effect upon
him whatever His system is 50 shattered that
he is scarcely able to walk, yet he says he nan
ages to travel about By inoculating himself
with extra strong doses of the drug. He carries
an injecting apparatus in small velvet-lined
case, which also contains papers OF his peculiar
elixir of life. His body shows the evidsnces OF
hundreds of punctures, and his right arm is
like piece Of leather. His conversation
seemed to bs that OF man who had received a
good education and had travelled great DEAL
When asked whether he was married. he
smiled and said he had seven wives in Salt
Lake City and as many more outside.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19
A Gold Battle-Axe.

The gold axe of Ashantee for Queen Victo.
ria has been received by Lord Kimberley at
the colonial office IN London. The origin OF
the axe is lost in antiquity, but tradition says
it was battle axe Of an early King OF Asian
tee. A leopard-skin cover symbolizes courage,
while the gold is the emblem of wealth. The
King did not readily surrender the axe but he
was led to believe tina some such sacrifice was
essential to prove the sincerity of his friendly
and peaceful professions. He was especially
anxious that it should not fall into anybody g
hands at the Cape, and he gave it up on condi-
ton that this emblem of high sovereignty
should be presented to the Queen. With it
came a unique gold ornament-the Royal Or
der of Ashantee-worn by the King on state
occasions
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19
India Street Universalist Church.
MORTGAG EE's SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given to The India street
~ Universalist Society in Portland a duly lneo =
porated parish at Portland, county of Cumberland,
and State of Maine present owner of The equity of
demption, and to all persons having mortgages on
otherwise interested in the real estate herein
after described that:
By virtue of the power of ssle contained in a
tain mortgage deed given by the said India Street
Universalist Society to the undersigned trustees
to hold for the purposes therein named, dated the
fifteenth day of February, in the year of Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy one and
recorded in the Cumberland County Registry OF
Deeds. Book 3S4, page 249, and for breach of the
Auction, on the premises hereinafter men ioned
and described, on the twenty eighth day of July, A.
ID. 1881 at three of the clock p. m.
All he premises described in and con\ eyed by
said mortgage as follows:-A certain parcel land
situated on the east corner OF Congress aud India
thel con, bounded as follows beginning at the stone
monument placed by the city of Portland on the
eastery of India street, at its junction tn
Congress ST. eet, thence running in suutheasteriy
direction along the side line OF India street one
hundred and two feet and thirty y9e ne-hundredths
of foot l1U2 35); thence i'll uorth-easterly dFec-
ton eighty. six feet and one-tenth of foot (96 y
to land owned by the city of Portland; thence in a
north-westery direction along said city line hun
dred and four feet and sxen hs of foot q 04.6)
to Congress street, thence in souh-wesiers di-
recton and along The line of Congress street ghty
fonr feet (S4) to the stone monument first named
containing eight thousand hundred square feet
and five tenths of foot, with all the privileges and
appurtenances thereto belonging.
Portland, July 7, 1881.
s3$TfL SaSE fESSH f
jy7eod3w u. EG. bow, Aucti0necr.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19

PHILADELPHIA Press: There seems to
be good reason for believing that the
recent visit of Vice President Arthur to
Washington resulted in bringing about a
better understanding between him and the
Administration. Every patriot in the coun-
try will rejoice if this be so. General Ar
thur is sincere and earnest Republican,
and a most accomplished and estimable
gentleman. In intellectual culture, in social
graces and in aptitude and capacity for pub
lie work, he is far above the common judg-
ment Of those who have not been brought
into contact with him. He has rendered
valuable service in the past and has the
ability to do excellent work in the future.
1t will be a fortunate circumstance for the
country ii differences which should never
have existed are now to be obliterated.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19

JERE BLACK handles Bob Ingersol after
a fashion compared with which that of the
clergymen who have answered him is very
mild. Here is a specimen. He is alluding
to Ingersolps objection to the sacrifice of
beasts:
"The killing of those animals was," he says,
"a terrible SYSTEM" a shedding of innocent
blood, shocking to refined and sensitive
soul" There is such depth of tenderness in
this feeling, and splendor of refinement, that
! give up without q struggle to the superiority
of the man who merely processes it. A car
niyorous American. full Of beef and mutton,
who mourns with indignant sorrow because
bulls and goats were killed in Judea three
thousand years ago, has reached the climax Of
sentimental goodness and should be permitted
to dictate on all questions Of peace and war
Let Grotius, Vattel and Puffendorf as well a.
Moses and the prophets, hide their diminished
heads.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19
The President and the Govern
n0nt

The latest dispatches from Washington
contain the pleasant information that the
Presidents recovery has been SO rapid since
the last crisis passed that he begins to antic-
ipate a trip down the river; the attendance
around his bedside has diminished and the
members of the Cabinet have revived their
plans for the Summer vacation. Several of
them spent Sunday out of the city, and the
day at the capital was very different from
the two Sundays that preceded it.
In looking back over the momentous histo-
~ of the past eighteen days, one can scarce
ly fail to be impressed with the peculiar
place which the United States occupies
among nations-a place unparalleled in his
tory. The assassination Of Lincoln had a
motive; it was the eliminating and desper-
ate act of a gigantic crime. The people had
been schooling themselves for four years to
meet any possible exigency and disaster and
the nation passed safely through the trying
days that followed the close of the war
Communism and Socialism have agitated
and threatened European governments and
Nihilisn has done its worst and the
crowned heads Of the Continent feel unsafe
in their eordons of bayonets, while we have
been spectators of their struggles, In mo-
ment of profound peace and in the midst of
exuberant prosperity our Chief Mag
istrate was stricken down by the
murderous bullet. The country received the
sturaino h1o7p with oaJ,ppaoo oourooa op1
consciousness of strength. The public cred
it was unimpaired, no business enterprise
was deranged, no industry was paralyzed.
Even the idea Of conspiracy was dismissed
before it was half formed. The first ex-
pressions of indignation and love and sym
pathy came from the section that was
charged With the responsibility of the death
of Lincoln. The eementing power of a COM
rnon grief increased the loyalty of the peo-
pie Of the two sections, and scctionalism
became q thing of history. The people had
no fear that the pistol of the assassin could
overthrow or shake their institutions. The
President might be slain, the Vice Presi-
dent be removed By death and no one left
behind him who could constitutionally take
the chair Of State, yet no one feared that
society would go to pieces or our insLitu-
tions be broken up. The discipline Of the
war had strengthened our nation for any
vicissitudes. The principle of self-govern-
ment had been fully established, and the
firm faith of eur people in its perpetuity was
a part Of their existence. We have shown
to the world that we are more than ever be-
fore one people. What must be the effect
Of this spectacle upon Kings and their
"divine rightp'
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19
[Savsnnah News.l
A Battle Ground Under Cultiva-
tiOT

Hundreds and thousands Of old Confederate
soldiers remember Missionary Ridge, near
Chattanooga. 1t is the site Of one Of the most
decisive battles Of tho war-ragged, rocky,
steep, poor in soil as any part of the table land
and was until recently regarded as worthless
For what purpose men held it was not known
by themselves or anybody else Three or four
years ago It's lands would not bring over two to
four dollars an acre. Now the ridge is COW
cred with orchards, and the profits are such
that no land can be- bought for less than forty
or fifty dollars an acre. It is thus old ideas
give way before new conditions and new infu-
sions Of brains and energy.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19

IN the British Navy officers and men may
wear all the face hair theyca grow, but in
the army, except on foreign service, boards
are tabooed. In most Of the Continental ar
mics similar restrictions are in force, but in
Belgium they are more liberal, and during
the present month the Minister of War has
issued general order to The effect that in
asmaeh as he hears that in some cases
boards have been prohibited, he must remind
all commanding officers that, by Ministe-
rial decision of 1870, all men in the army
may wear their face hair just as they please
In France walters are vigorously prohibited
from wearing moustache, and the same
rule obtains in leading restaurants in New
York. A gentleman lately got young man
a place in one of these establishments, but,
though very anxious to go, he loved his
moustache better than lucre, and declined
the place.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19

CHOICE morsel in Washington Republican: /:
Harrison, the evangelist, is credited with
saying that Boston is the best place this
side of heaven Our evangelist will lose
caste at the Hub if he is not more guarded
in his utterances. The Boston idea is: First
Boston, then heaven"
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19

Mr.. SrEDMAN's first essay on 'Poetry in
America,"-a subject too little treated by
American critics-will appear in the Au-
gust Scribner 1t is part Of the new work
projected by Mr.. Stedman on the Poets and
Poetry of America, and treats of the rela-
tions of the art of versifcation to American
life and history.
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19

THE need of more general instruction
familiar to all reading people," says the
Buffalo Express. ''The ignorance Of the
most elementary principles of finance which
has been shown within few years by con-
spicuous public men is a strong instance of
the need in this direction which the
ordinary academical or collegiate cur
riculum does not supply"
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19

BooKwALTER and his platform get this
rap in the Ohio State Journal: SIT is safe
to say that the head of the ticket is like
unto the platform, and the platform is like
"a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and
fury signifying nothing except the one res
olution which declares in favor of the aboli-
ton OF popular government" The same
paper prints this photograph of the candi-
dates
The Portland daily press., 1881-07-19

AMONG the many Americans in London
one has arrived with scheme for making
the Channel tunnel. He purposes employ-
ing excavating machinery of new kind
which he has invented, and which does the
work more rapidly than any other machin.
cry. He is prepared to enter into contract
to make the tunnel for sum under that
which has been estimated, and to do so
within tNo years time