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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
Domestic Receipts.

Pancakes. -Beat up three eggs and
quart of milk; make it up into bat..
ter with flour, little salt, spoonful
of ground ginger. and a little grated
lemon peel; let it be of fine thickness
and perfectly smooth. Clean your fry
ing-pan thoroughly. and put into it a
good lump of dripping or butter; when
it is hot pour in cupful of batter, and
let it run all over of an equal thickness;
shake the pan frequently, that the bat
ter may not stick, and when You think
it is done on one side. toss it over; if
you cannot, turn it with slice, and
when both are of nice light brown,
lay it on a dish before fire; strew
sugar over it, and SO do the rest. They
should be eaten directly, or they will
become heavy.
Ice Pudding.-Boil in a farina boiler
three pints of milk, or one quart of
water; while boiling, sprinkle in slowly
one-quarter of pound, or four large
tablespoonful, of farina; continue a
brisk boiling for about half an hour;
when done, turn it into jelly moulds,
and place it in ice or cold water TO stiff
fen. 1t thus becomes beautiful orna-
ment for the table. and may be eaten
with wine, or other sauce, pulverized
to the taste. This pudding, even when
a day or so old, may be sliced and fried
brown, forming an excellent dish for
breakfast.
Cabinet Pudding.-Two cups of pre-
pared flour, three tablespoonfuls of but
ter, creamed with the sugar, five eggs,
one cup of sugar, one-half cup of milk,
one-half lemon juice and grated peel
Add the beaten yolks to the creamed
butter and sugar, then the milk and
-four, alternately with the whites.
Lastly, stir in the fruit (dredged with
fiour), pour into buttered mould, and
boil two hours and half. Eat hot
with liquid sauce.
Marlnalades, Jams, and Pickles. In
making marmalades, jams, ETC.. II put
up i'll small quantities and for imme-
diate use, three-quarters of a pound of
sugar to one pound of fruit is sufficient;
but if desirable to keep them longer,
pound of sugar to pound of fruit is
better proportion. AS in preserves, the
best sugar should be used.
Apple Marmalade. and slice
the apples; weigh, and put into kettle
and stew until tender; wash fine, and
add sugar in proportion of pound to
pound; let them cook slowly, stirring
very frequentlyi De careful not 10 alioW
it to scorch; when the mass has a Jel-
lied appearance it is done. About half
an hour will generally be found suffi-
cient for making the marmalades after
adding the sugar.
Ounce and Peach Marmalades.-
These are made in the same way as the
apple. They should be put up in tumb-
lers OF very small jars They are con-
sidered very good for tarts and tartlets.
Broiled Oysters on Toast.-Procure
large, creamy oysters, drain on cloth,
and season with pepper and salt Have
some melted butter in n large, fiat fry
ing-pan, drop the oysters in, fry for
two minutes or so, only to stiffen the
oysters on each side; range them close
" on a hot and buttercd double grid
iron, and broils slight brown on both
sides over a moderate fire; range on
thin, buttered toasts on dish; pour
the butter used to stiffen the oysters
over, surround with quartered lemons,
and serve.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
Low in the Human Scale.

A singular race of Africans are called
Mucassequeres. They are perfect
savages, born under the shadow of the
forest trees, building no huts for shell
ter, and seeking no cover from the
weather. They despise alike the rain,
the heat and the sun, and bear the rigor
of the seasons with the same indiffer-
ence as the wild beasts. AS they never
cultivate the ground, agricultural i'm
plements are entirely unknown. Roots,
wild honey, and animals caught in the
chase, constitute their food. They
rarely camp two nights in the same
place. The arrow is their weapon, aud
so dextrous are they in its use that the
animal once sighted is as good as
caught. They use no cooking appli-
ances, but roast meat upon wooden
spits. Salt is quite unknown to them.
Both men and women barely cover
their nakedness with small monkey
skins. They are excessively ugly and
repulsive looking. The eyes are small,
and out of the right line; the cheek
bones very far apart, and high; the
nose flat to the face, and nostrils dis
proportionately wide. The hair is crisp
aud woolly, growing in separate patch
es, and thickest on the top of the head.
a few strips of the skin of some ami
NAL. encircling their wrists and ankles.
constitute their sole ornament, and
these are perhaps worn rather as ANU
lets than for the purpose of adornment.
They quarrel very violently among
themselves, and the offenders against
the peace are sold by their brethren
into slavery.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21

Mr.. Breslin, the veteran hotel man,
says of the recent great increase in the
number of summer resorts: 1.-The evil
dent tendency is to overdo the business.
and great many costly enterprises in
this line have failed, even during this
prosperous year, to make any money,
and some have run considerably be-
hind. It is in this. as in other business
enterprises, tendency on the part Of
our people to overdo their undertake
ings, whereby reaction sooner or later
comes, and only the chosen few, after
all, can be successful. There are too
many Summer resort hotels. undoubt-
edly; but tho fittest will survive.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21

10 3-5 pounds each. the heaviest pair
weighing % pounds. !"
A commission was appointed In Bel
GUM. lately, to test the comparative
merits of skimming milk after standing.
following the ordinary method. in por-
celain pans, or in specially constructed
pans immersed in . receptacle contain
ing running water or susceptible of re-
ceiving ice. The same quantity of milk,
thirty quarts, was placed in the pans,
and allowed TO throw up the cream
during twenty-four hours; the pans
were then skinned and the cream
churned. There was Invariably II per
cent. more butter, and of superior
quality, obtained from the milk artif-
cially cooled than that treated in the
ordinary wav.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
NEWSPAPERS,

Newspapers seem to us to show
marvellous improvement within the last
fifteen years. and the promise of great
growth toward high ideal. Here and
now we do not define the Improvement
and the promise. But the marked ten
denotes toward the condensation, the
culling. the purifying and the peril
nence of news; toward conscientious
and thorough work in reporting and in
reviewing; toward embracing all OBJ
jects of human interest, with preference
for the best; toward Independence in
every line of action and thought, social,
religious aud political; toward the ele-
walton and stimulation of the best there
is in humanity-these deserve consider
ReD1bLicnn.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
Moffa1's Life Pills,
Phoenix Biffers.

The Most Successful Medicines
in the World.
Established in 1888. by one OF
our Most Eminent PHYSICIANS.
and now used throughout North
and South America, with more
pleasing results than ANY other
Medicine.
MOffat's Life Pills
are purely vegetable; they act
on the Stomach and liver, and
regulate tie entire system; and
put al the functions OF he body
in q healthy condition, Q aid
WARRANTED u certain cure for
all Ealari0us Diseases. I'crgif
Liver, Impure Hood, Jaun3:ce,
Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia,
Indigestion, Costiveness, NerN
GUS and Sick Headache, Colds,
Scuryy, General eaEness, and
Fever & Ague.
M0fat's Ph@nix Tsitters
correct the Secretions CT the
Stomach, and are a Sure Cure
for Sieepicssness, Nervousness,
Dyspepsia, Female Complaints,
Weakness, Debility, etc.
Thousands Of Certificates are
in our possession giving perfect
CURES effected by these fnyalu-
able medicines, and VIC are cer-
tain that they will do just what
we have said. It is Simply ask
ed that tie afflicted VII! THY
THEM ONCE, their use will con-
vince the most skeptical.
Pages Climax SaIye 90 cents box.
M0ffat's Life Pills % cents box.
MofFat's Phoenix Bitters SLIGO bottle.
~ Sold by Druggists everywhere.
j. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor,
SIS Liberty Street New Y0rk.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
Guuthar on Fn,a;ug.

DR.. Gunther saws there IRE seven
thousand species of fish now known to
men of science. When man sits on
the river banks half D day watching
cork idly floating on the stream, and
comes home with 4 sun-burned nose and
not q single specimen of these seven
thousand species, he is inclined to think
that DR. Gunther is 4 patent medicine
advertisement. - 0s7'ist0soa Herald
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
PILEsi PILES, RILEs!!l
sure Cure Pound at Last. no one need
RrLEs!!i



A sure cure for the Blind, Bleeding.
Itching and liberated Piles has been
discovered by DR.. Williams ian Indian
remedy, called DR.. Williams Indian
Ointment. A single box has cured
the worst chronic cases of Is and so
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
getting warm in bed). acts as poul-
tice; gives instant and painless relief,
and is prepared only for Piles, itching
OF the private parts, and nothing else.
Read what the lion. J. NJ. Coffin
berry. of Cleveland. says about DIR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment: l
have used scores Of pile cures and it
affords me pleasure to say that | have
never found anything which gave such
immediate and permanent relief as DIR,
Williams Indian Pile Ointment.
For sale by all druggists, or mailed
on receipt of price 81 co.
s. E. Henry & Co.. Props.
Cleveland, Ohio
For sale by McCabe 6 Wheaton. Rock Island
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21

THE LEADING SCIENTISTS OF TODAY agree tina
most diseases are caused by disordered Kidneys or
Liver II, therefore, the Kidneys and Liver are kept
In perfect ORDER perfect health Will be the result
This truth has only been known a short time and
for years people suffered great agony without being
able to find relief. The discovery of Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure marks new era in the
treatment OF these troubles. Made from simple
tropical leaf OF value, il contains Just the ele
ments necessary to nourish and invigorate both of
these great organs. and safely restore and keep
the diseases that pains in the lower part OF
the body-for Torpid NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
- Observation-Disclosures Ague-Malariai Fever
and all difficulties of the Kidneys Liver and Uri-
nary Organs.
It lie excellent and safe remedy for females du-
ring Pregnancy. 1t will control Menstraation and
Is invaluable for Leucorrhoea Falling of the
Womb
AS Blood Purifier it is uneQualled. for it cures
the organs that MAKE the blood.
READ THE RECORD.
SIT saved my life ''-E Lakety, Selma. Ala.
sit is the remedy that will cure the many diseas-
es peculiar to women '-MotGers' Magazine
ut has passed severe tests and Won endorsement
from of the highest medical talent in the
country.'-New York World
mo remedy heretofore discovered can be held
for one moment in comparison with it."-Rev A
Harvey, DID,, Washington. ID. c.
This Remedy, which has done such wonders, is
put up in the LARGES SIZED BOTTLE of any
medicine upon the market. and is s0l1 by Druggists
and all dealers at 81 IS per bottle. For Diabetes
enquire for WARMERS SAFE DIABETES CURE.
II is a POSITIVE Remedy.
H II. WARNER & CO, ROCHESTER. NY.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
Climax F.!
Pages Climax SaEyc,

Pages climax SaEVc.
A Family Blessing for Is cents.
1t heals without a scar. No
family should be without it.
We WARRANT it to CURE
Sores, Ulcers, Scr0iula Sores,
Fever Sores, Salt RheuEI . ore
Breasts Or Nipples, Erys:peIas,
Swollen Giaatis, IEtfaiied Eyes,
Sca!tEs, Burns, Cuts, BRUISES,
Fistiia, Plies, Rolls, CiilEiains,
Frosted Feet, Germs, ana ali Gu
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Ii las been used 6.e: twenty
Eve years, without one failure.
It hasno having per-
fectly eradicatel disease, sand
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had failed. 1t is Il compound of
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boxes fer the same price than amy
other Ointment.
u Sold by Druggists everywhere.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
A Cure Guaranteed

DR. T. c. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN Tpv.r,.
= q spec1nc for Hysteria, Dizziness Conynisfons1
NMe[voas Headache, Mental Depression. Loss off
m, Spermatorrh@a. Impotency lnyolnntarv
~ tin PREMATURE Old Age cansed by oyer-ex
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mon. 0ases- Eacn oox contains one months treat
aars sent by mail prepaid on receipt of nriee We
o us ntee six boxes TO any case win each
0uer received by us for six boxes acco,nnanieS
w.sn I'VE ooitarss will send the nurcb aser an
men gaarantee to return the money If the treat
Sniy oy McCabe & Wheaton, Drugrists Toes ri
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
SIMMONS

ted with loss of appetite
general, costiye, sOmetin
the head is troubled with
sation, considerable loss
with painful sensation OF
thing which ought TO hs
planning of weakness,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
TIE REGULATOR,

IF You HAVE EATEN ANYTHING HARD OF DIGEs
TIoN feel heavy after meals seepless at night
take ,ose of Regulator and you will feel relieved
and sleep pleasantly. 1t can be taken in the place
of Quinine bitters of any kind the dose is small
and its virtues undoubted.
See that you get the Genuine in White Wrapper,
with red e., prepared only by j. II. Zelin & Co.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21

Time and Doctors Bills viii be saved by always
keeping the Regulator in the House.
for whatever the ailinent may be, thoroughly
safe purgative, Alternative and tonic can never be
out OF place. Persons living IN unhealthy locali-
ties may avoid all bilious attacks by taking dose
occasionally to keep the liver in healthy action.
IF You LEAD A SEDRNTARY LIFE, weak
ened by the stain of your Duties avoid stimulanls
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
LYDIA e PENKHAM,S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
The Positive Cure
For all Female COMPLAINTS.

This preparation, its name signifies, consists of
Vegetable Properties that harmless most del
cate invalid Upon trial the merits of this Com
pound win be recognized, relief Is immediate and
when its use continued, in ninety nine cases in hun
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tfy On account of its proven merits it Is to-day re-
commented and prescribed by the physicians In
the country.
1t will cure entirely the worst folfn of falnt
OF the uterus, Leueorrhoe, irregular and painful
GenstrCation, ali Ovarian Troubles Inflammation and
liberation, f1oodings all Displacenents and the CON
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the Change of life. 1t will dissolve exeI tumors
from the uterusin early stage development The
tendency to generous buIlors there z checked very
speedily by itsasc.
In fact It has proved to be the great.
est and best remedy that has been discover
ed 1t permeatcs portion of the system ard gives
new life and vigor l. .sl.e2s atucrcj de-
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Of the stomach
It cures Bloating, Headaches Nervous Pr,,stretton
General Debility, Sleeplessness, Derrcsoa Ls:f
gestion. Thai feeling OF bearing down. Causing, pain
weight and baesache is always permanently Ly
its Il will at all times, and rndeg I'll crcsIstan
ces, act in harmony with the law thst governs the
female system.
For kidney Complaints either sex ills compound
is unsurpassed.
Lydia {. Pinkhaa1's Vegetable Compound
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No family should be without - = -'sii,rt
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
The Symptoms of Liver
COMPLAINT

are uneasiness and pain in
the side-sometimes the
pain is in the shoulder aud
is mistaken for rheuma-
.tism: the stomach Is affec:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21

Sometimes many of the
Eabove symptoms attend
sthe disease and at Other
stimes very few of them,
sbut the liver is generally
sthe organ most involved,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21

CURE THE LIVER with
DR.. SIMMONS Liver REGULATOR

49, SAas<SAS@sS Ia -z@s Is2G S46 " n
preparation OF roots and herbs. warranted to be
strictly vegetable, and do sort of injury to
anyone. 1t has been used by hundreds and known
for the last forty years of the most reliable.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21

,e1ficacious and harml ess
preparations ever offered
to the suffering. If taken
regularly and persistently
IT is sure to cure Dys-
pepsia, Costlveness,
p a IN dice, Headache,
Sick Headache, etc.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21

and sickness ; bowels In
les alternating with lax;
pain and dull, heavy sen.
of memory. accompanied
having left undone some
We been done; often com
debility and low spirits
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-21
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For sale by Mccabe & Wheaton. Rock Island
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-26

BOSTON, April 25.-James T. Fields, the
well known author and publisher, died very
suddenly last night of paralysis of the heart
He had been out of health for some time. but
was thought to be improving. His death was
almost instantaneous Mr.. Fields was native
of Portsmouth, N. H., where he was born in
1870. In 1884 he went to Boston and obtained
employment in the bookstore of Messrs Carter
& Hendee, this firm being succeeded by that
Of Allen & Ticknor, and the latter by Ticknor
& Fields, Mr. Fields becoming the junior part
ner: In 1S47 MIR. Fields visited Europe and
made the acquaintance of all the distinguished
literary men of the day. With Dickens he
formed very closed friendship, and it was
through his influence that the latter made his
second visit to this country in 1867. He again
visited Europe in 1851. From the time that
Mr.. Fields entered into the publishing bust
ness his firm under its several changes OF name
steadily advanced in reputation until it stood
among the first in the country. Mr.. Fields re-
tired from the firm in 1871. In 1860 the At
lantic Monthly passed into the hands of Tick
nor q Fields, and from 1862 to 1870 Mr. Fields
was its editor. In 1858 Harvard University
conferred the honorary degree of A. M. on
Mr.. Fields, and in 1874 he received the degree
of LID. from Dartmouth. Mr. Fields was
the author of large number of short poems
and essays and frequent contributor to the
magazines. In 1858 he edited complete edi-
ton OF De Quincey's works in twenty volumes.
His Yesterday with Authors" was made up
chiefly of a series of sketches originally pub
lished in the Atlantic Monthly. With Mr.. E.
P. Whipple he edited 'rhe Family Library of
British Poetry" which is composed of Sc
lections from British poetry from Chaucer to
Tennyson. Much of his literary work was in
the form OF lectures largely upon literary men.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-26
SOUTH AMERICA.
A New Grenada Town Destroyed-15OO
P2Opl0 Homeless

A New Grenada Town Destroyed-15oo
People Homeless.
PANAMA; April 25-The town of Buena.
ventura, on the Pacific coast, was burned on
the 18th inst. Three persons were burned to
death. Loss reported at 81 000, 900. The GUS
tom house and post office were burned with
their contents. Over 1863 people are homeless
called there on the 14th, left all the provisions
that could be spared for the sufferers.
MINOR KILOGRAMS
At Woonsocket, r. l., Saturday night,
David Paul was seriously stabbed by John
Lewis, who fled.
recent stringent order of General Jordan,
police commissioner of Brooklyn, was carried
out so effectually Sunday that but four liquor
shops in that city were found with side doors
open.
Steamship Victoria of the Anchor line
which arrived at New York yesterday brought
1856 passengers some of them sick with small
pox. The vessel was quarantined and all the
passengers vaccinated.
The Earl of Fingal is dead.
The rumored mutiny at Herat proves I'M
founded.
William III. Vanderbilt states that he has
not sold or bought share of New York Cen
trail during 30 days; that he has not bought an
estate in England, and has held no communi-
cation with the World Fair Commission since
Gen. Grant resigned the presidency. He sails
for England next Saturday, returning by the
same steamer.
Oriental mill in Providence, owned by the
heirs of Alfred N. Reed, was damaged by fire
to the amount of $4,000 yesterday. Insurance
S205, 200.
The Federal council is investigating the re.
cent posting of placards in Geneva protesting
against the execution of the Cars assassins,
the placarding having been accomplished
without police Interference
In the Supreme Court of Kent county, R.
l., yesterday Bernard Gorton was sentenced to
20 years imprisonment for rape.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-26
THE WESTERN FLOODS,
Immense Damage in Minnesota.

Immense Damage in Minnesota.
MINNEAPOLIS, April 25.-The flood along
the Minneapolis has apparently reached its
greatest height and is above anything ever
known.
AT Montevideo several houses are washed
away together with wagon bridges Other dis
asters are reported from all along the river and
the damage will be immense.
A Broken Levee Near Kansas City.
KANSAS City, April 25-The levee which
was built to protect Harlem and Broad bottom
lands opposite this city, from overflow gave
way Saturday night. A strong current ten
feet deep is now running at the rate of five
miles an hour over the tracks of the Hannibal
& st. Joe road, the Council Bluffs, the Chi
cago, Rock Island and Pacific. and the Wa
bash roads for nearly mile. All these tracks
are supposed to be washed out The levee
gave way about 10 o'clock at night, the waters
overlooking large number of farms from a
depth of from four to six feet. The first in
timation of danger which many had was waite r
coming their houses. In Harlem only half a
dozen houses are above the water line.
The Portland daily press., 1881-04-26
Counterfeiting in a. State Prison,

COLUMBIA, S. c., April ga plot to escape
from the ,penitentiary among the negro CON
victs was discovered here and frustrated. Dur
ing the Investigations band of connterfeiters
was discovered among the white conyicts and
counterfeiting materials found in the cells.
Large quantities of coin silver dollars, fifty
cent pieces and quarters were also found.
These base coins were so skilfully made that
but for their light weight no bank clerk could
have detected their spurious character. 1t is
said Columbia is flooded with this money
Several of the guards are implicated and VIM
Lowrey, one of the guards, is under arrest