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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-10
Twelve Thousand Bottles
Sold Since 1870!

This Syrup possesses varied properties: II stim-
ulates the ptyaline In the saliva which converts
the starch and sugar Of the food into glucose A
oehclency in ptyaline causes wind and souring OF
the food in the stomach. If the medicine g Ssaen
immealately after eating, the fermentation of food
1t acts upon the Liver,
1t acts upon the Kidneys,
1t Regulates the Bowels,
1t Purities the Blood.
1t Quiets the Nervous System,
1t Promotes Digestion,
II Nourishes, Strengthens and Inyigorates,
1t Carries off the Old Blood and makes New,
II Opens the Pores of the Skin and Induces
Healthy Preparation.
II neutralizes the hereditary faint, or poison in
the blood, which generates Scrofula, Erysipelas
aS H. al manner of Skin Diseases and internal hu
There are no spirits employed In its manufacture
and II can be taken by the most delicate babe, or by
the aged and feeble, care only being required In at
tenticn to directions.
Galva, Henry County Ills.
was suffering from Sick Headache and Dizzi.
ness so that could not attend TO my household du-
ties, and short trial Of Dr. Clark Johnson's Irdi-
an Blood Syrup effectually cured me.
MRS HELEN ELKINs.
Waterman Station, DeKalb Co Ills.
This lie to certify that DR. Clark Johnson's Indian
Blood Syrup has cured me of Pain In the Back 1t
is valuable medicine. MRS WOOD.
Centre Hill, White Co., Ark.
This is to certify that was afflicted with Palpi-
tation OF the Heart for many years tried differ
ent doctors. whose prescriptions tended more to
weaken me than they did to strengthen. At last
resolved to try DR.. Clark Johnsons Indian Blood
syrup, which proved to be positive cure-not on
ly curing the Heart Disease, but also Sick Head
ach which had been troubling me.
MRS MARY A. NEAL.
was afflicted with Liver Complaint and Dyspep
sia and failed to get relief although using medi
| cines from our best doctors commenced using
DR.. Johnsons Indian Blood Syrnp, and short tria
cured me. T.. w. RISING, Moline, ILL.,
This certifes that DR.. Clark Johnsons Indiar
Blood Syrup has effectualy cured me of Dyspepsia
Too much cannot be said in praise OF IL.
w. Il. WINNER, Bedford, Mo.
Agents wanted for the sale OF the Indian BLOOD
syrup In every town or village, in which have NJ
agent. Particulars given on application,
DRUGGISTS SELL IT.
laboratory II West Sd ct, NY. City.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-10
Sales and Quotations.

NoTE.-The prices here given are for Gales from
fret hands in round lots. An advance 10
charged for broken lots In filling orders.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-10

You will be disappointed II you use
cheap plasters, Liniments, Pads or Elec-
triaal Magnetic toys.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-10

When other remedies fail get . Ben.
son'a Capcine Plaster.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-10

4 SURE REMEDY AT LAST. Price 2scts.
N MEAD'S Modleated CORN and BuNl0N PLASTER.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-10

Benson's Capcine P!aster 10 a genuine
Pharmaceutical product, Of the highest
order Of merit, and 30 recognised by
phyaiciAns and druggists.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-02-10

laboratory n West Sd st., N. Y. City.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27
Surprised.

The story of 1.-The Frog and the Bee,'
familiar to our boyhood, had moral
something like this: The great golden
idlers of the world, who feed on the in
dustrious class, now and then find a
tough individual who is harder to swal-
low than he is to catch. But the follow
ing goldfish story fits the moral better
still
a restaurant in Boston has in its
show window huge tank, in which
glittering goldfish, sttllen horned-pouts,
dignified bullfregs and sprawling turtles
dwell together in greater or less de-
gree of amity.
The other day a bee fell into the wat
er and was solemnly gobbled up by a
goggle-eyed fish.
Hardly had the insect been swallowed
when the fish became strangely excited.
He leaped into the air, drew In great
volumes of water and blew them out
again, and acted so insanely that the
turtles scuttled away in a hurry, and
the frogs tumbled off the rocks to right
and left In sheer fright.
Meanwhile the bee reappeared and
crawled out of the tank, evidently con-
graduating itself, as it dried its wings,
upon its possession of a sting and the
presence of mind necessary to use it in
an emergency.-Bos Journal
Ia a~~~4
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27
Jay Gould and His Stock Speculation and
Personal Appearance.

Jay Gould's regular broker (Connor)
is only one of the many in his service,
and Conner himself often employs other
brokers in order to carry outs Gould's
secret schemes. It was in this manner
that Gould depressed the elevated stock
until it touched the desired point when
he loaded himself with all he could car
ry. He then changed from bear to bull,
working out his scheme with grand sue
cess. A vast amount of money was lost
by those who sold out under Gould's at
tack and the advance of these very
shares now adds a million or more to
his wealth. 1t has for ten years been
Gould's rule to watch for weak stocks.
When he has made a selection he forces
it down by series of well concerted at
tacks, and then makes heavy purchases
and forces the market up as easily as
he forced it down. Only man of the
highest order of genius can carry on
such a system, and the fact that Gould
succeeds is the greatest proof of his vast
natural powers.
Gould is the most inferior of all lead
ing business men in point of personal
appearance, and a stranger would take
him for a Bowery clothes dealer rather
than railway king. He has the rapid
motion of a counter jumper, the air of
spruce trafficker in cheap goods. Both
front and side face are inferior, but the
lower part of the latter is concealed in a
heavy beard so intensely black that it
suggests artificial means. Gould leads
hard life. He labors with close appli-
cation, and is driven by the pressure of
his engagements until he may be con-
sidered mere bondman. He has no
leisure, no society, no reading, no recre-
alton, but is simply under the whip and
spur of necessity. To this has been
added the consciousness of impending
danger. He has body guard of detect
ives to protect him when walking the
streets, but he spends most of his time
in his office, being as secluded as pos
sible. The sense of danger is certainly
very natural. / hardly think such a
man is to be cnvied, notwithstanding
his immense wealth.-Nea0 York Letter
IN the Utica Herald.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27
The Unbeliever Who Took No Stock in the
Bath of GLORY Yarn"

Not long ago new convert to Nor
monism, who had only been three years
in the church and never quite knew
whether he wished to continue or not,
called on a prominent bishop and said
he had some peculiar business he wish
ed to talk on.
''Bishop," said he, '.you know / have
just come back from missionary trip.
was gone two years, and when | got
back to Nephi last week, found baby
in the family. My wife said the angel
of the Lord had appeared to her several
months ago and prophesied the birth.
She said a bright light broke over the
room and everything was bathed in a
glory for several minutes before the
spirit appeared. Now, what do you
think of thatP''
Well said the bishop, nothing is
impossible with our sublime religion. /
take this to be a signal from heaven
that Cannon viii be seated in Congress-
Yes? Well, took it somehow to
house good deal,
1.-The bishops are supposed to take care
of the flock when the missionaries are
aboard
'.Bishop. I've been thinking the mat
ter over considerably, and [ guess I
don't want any more of the Celestial
racket. / guess you can strike my name
off the books"
A week later the man was called be-
fore the High Council and formally ex-
PEELED.
..All right said he, as he went out
of the door.
II don't take darned bit of stock in
that angel visit or bath of glory yarn. -
Salt Lake Tribune
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27

In operations against piratical savages
and other enemies unprovided with
large guns, it would be particularly
seryicable.
Mr. Darwin, in his new book, adopts
as probably correct the estimate of Hen
sen that there are 80, 767 earth worms to.
an acre. A gentleman residing in Hert-
fordshire has recently made a count for
himself, and thinks Mr.. Darwin's figures
are not nearly large enough He found
$50 worms in cubic foot of earth in his
vine border, and at the same rate he
reckons that there would be 81, 200 to
an acre. On his poorest land, which
has been a meadow for hundred Years,
a cubic yard of earth yielded 100 worms.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27

What Ewell Wished to do at Gettysburg.
A letter has been published, written
by General George G. Meade in 1876, in
which he relates the following, which
he claims as Historical fact:"
Lieutenant General Ewell, in q con-
versation held with me shortly after the
war, asked what would have been the
effect if at 4 p. m. on the 1st he had oc-
cupied Culp's Hill and established bat
teries on it. l told him that in the then
condition of the Eleventh and First
Corps, with their morale affected by
their withdrawal to Cemetery Ridge,
with the loss of over half their numbers
in killed, wounded and missing (of the
5000 prisoners we lost on the field
nearly all came from these corps
on the first day., his occupation of
Culp's Hill, with batteries commanding
the whole of Cemetery Ridge, would
have produced the evacuation of that
ridge and the withdrawal of the troops
by the Baltimore pike and Tarrytown
and Emmittsburg roads. He then in
formed me that at 4 p. M. on the 1st he
had his corps, 10000 strong in column
of attack and on the point of moving
on Culp's Hill, which he saw was unoc-
cupied and commanded Cemetery Ridge,
when he received an order from General
Lee directing him to assume the defens-
i've and not to advance that he sent to
General Lee urging to be permitted to
advance with his reserves, but the reply
was a reiteration of the previous order.
To my inquiry why Lee had restrained
him he said our troops coming up
(Slocum) were visible, and Lee was
under the impression the greater part OF
my army was on the ground, and
deemed it prudent to await the rest of
his, as YOU quote from his report
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27
A Girl Who Couldn't Behave Herself.

Two young girls Zone of them was a
visitor in Black Kills. were overheard
by a reporter talking as follows:
''WeIl, I'm going home tomorrow"
''What for, prayP'
because | can't behave myself, If l
try my best"
'sWell out with it, Jennie. What have
you been doingP''
s'Lots of things
..You know Frank Kennedy, Nell?''
THAT soft, simpering fellow that al
ways tells you how charming you
lookP''
Exactly. This morning I saw him
coming, and made up my mind to get
rid of him, SO I put my diamond brooch
in the chair, pin upward, and asked him
to sit down. He did, but he left it i'm
mediately.''
THAT was awful, Jennie" and the
two girls giggled together. 'What other
dreadful thing have you doneP''
why, you. see. | was talking with
that young sprig of clergyman, the
Rev. Tom Parsons. We had nearly
talked each other to death, when, rs
luck would have it, he made some re-
mark about mosquitoes. was on my
native heath at once, and began to tell
of my experience. Did they bite very
hard?' inquired the Rev. Parsons. I
wish, Mr.. Parsons, you could see my
legs and Judge for yourself
THAT was horrid speech, Jennie.
How could you say such a thing?"
.'Why, Nell, it popped out before /
knew it,
ssAnd what did Mr.. Parsons say?''
"He blushed clean to the eyes, and /
ran away.-BLacE HILLS Pioneer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27
Married.

Cowper, in humorous poem, enti-
tied Pairing Time Anticipated" bids
young ladies,
~ s'Choose not alone proper mate
But proper time to marry
Years ago, in New Hampshire, q
young lady and her lover were placed
in lndicrous position by not needing
this advice. 1t was the custom in those
days to choose all town officers at the
annual March meeting. After batch
had been chosen. they were marched
off to a justice of the peace and sworn
into Office.
Squire Chase, the father of the late
Chief Justice Chase, being a prominent
justice of Cornish, usually did this work
for that town. As the officers were
numerous, the task kept him busy from
morning till night.
One day, when the town meeting had
tired the squire out, he returned home,
threw himself into an easy chair and
was soon in sound sleep. An anxious
couple, who had been impatiently wait
ing the squire's return, that he might
marry them, again called at his house.
Mrs. Chase, being somewhat agitated,
led them Immediately before the sleep
ing justice;
MIR. Chase" she shouted, shaking.
him by the shoulder, awake up; here's
couple come to be married.
Half-awake, the justice rubbed his
eyes, and supposed he saw in the couple
two persons waiting to be sworn into
Office. Hold up your hands, he said.
AS they had never seen the marriage
ceremony performed in that style, they
hesitated.
''Hold up your handsr' exclaimed
the squire more peremptorily, and they
obeyed.
You severally, solemnly swear" he
continued, ''that you viii faithfully per-
form the duties of your offices respect
lively according to your best skill and
judgment, so help you God!'
The couple looked at each other and
then at the squire. That's all, ex-
cepting the fee-one dollar,'' he added
soothingly. 1t was dropped into the
extended hand, and they went out
doubling if the squire had tied the knot
as it should be done.
After little conversation, they con-
cluded that if they lived up to the oath,
they would be much better married
than most of their friends, and SO the
matter rested.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27
FILES! PTLEs!l pxLEsfi
sure Cure Found at Last. no One Need
Suffer.
prI.Es,!f
PTIEs!!

A sure cure for the Blind. Bleeding.
Itching and liberated Piles has been
discovered by DR.. Williams ian Indian
remedy, called DIR. Williams Indian
Ointment A single box has cured
the worst chronic cases of Is and 80
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 q poul-
tice; gives instant and painless relief
and is prepared only Tor Piles, itching
o: the private parts, and nothing else.
Read what the lion. j. M. Coffin
berry, of Cleveland, says about DIR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment: /
have used scores of pile cures, and it
affords me pleasure to say that L have
never found any thing which gave such
immediate and permanent relief as DR..
Williams Indian Pile Ointment.
For sale by all druggists. or mailed
on receipt of price 81 co.
s. r. Henry & Co.. Props.
Cleveland. Ohio
For sale by Mccabe & Wheaton, Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27
Climax

4 Pages ( jli3it-X S.>4YI,
A Family Blessing for IS cents.
1t heals without q scar No
family shou,5l be W itheut it.
We WARRANT ii to CURE
Sores, Ulcers, Scr4f;,la Sores,
Fever Sores, Salt E.i.e...; ere
Breasts or Nipples, ETysiE elias,
Swollen Glands, InfiaTael Eyes,
Scalds, Burns, Cats, BRUISES,
FistuIa, Piles, Boils. i,iains,
Frosted Feet, GeEiis, AIT! AZ Gu
taneOuS diseases 81; nal: 81; least.
It has been used Clei, til atty
FIVE years, withoEt Cnc failure.
1t has no para1!t-I-E:,riHg rer-
fectly er.tdicated cisea;,c, end
healed after ali otisei remedies
had failed. 1t is Il compound OF
Arnica with many ether Extracts
and Balsams, and put up in larger
boxes for the same price than any
other Ointment.
eT- Sold by Druggists every where
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27

Rock Island & Peoria
RAHWA Az.
SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE
EAST A N d SO u I Il.

Trains leave Rock Island.
$50 m Way Freight.
S.3O Fast Express
an u m Mail and Express.
6:50 Through Freight and Accommodation.
Trains arrive at Rock Island.
a.aOa m Through Freight and Accommodation.
l2:4b m Mail and Express.
$40 Is Fast Express.
4:3O Way Freight.
Tho FAsr EXPRESS leaving Rock Island at s 80
N arrives at Peoria 1920 m, at Springfield 4:25
o m, at Decatur 400 m, Jacksonville 100 p m,
Alton 7 20 m, st Louis S:15 m, and Terre Haute
II X m The SAME DAY. Making this the best
and QUIoKEsT route 20 all points southeast
The 80 D. m. train makes close connection az
Galva with q @ for points west :arr' wing a.
3alesburg at 4:25 D m at Burlington 40 p m; al
Keokuk 1O:25 m: and at Quincy 1905 p In.
Arriving at Peoria at 80 10. making ciose con-
pections with b q w and p 81 Wfor fndisnsp-
oils connecting there with al fast trains for east
Rw-FAsT TIME. SURE CONNECTIONS, and
rates as 3ow as by any other route.
j. V. MAHONEY,
Gent Ticket Ag't.
sThe $3.50 m Accommodation leaves every day
except Sunday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27
Moffat's Life Pills,
Phoenix BIfters.

The Hest Successful Medicines
I'm the World.
Established in 1885, by ore OF
our Most Eminent Physicians,
and now used throughout North
and South America, with mere
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Medicine.
Moffat's Life Pills
are purely vegetable: they act
ON the Stomach aad Liver. AID
regulate the entire system: and
put all *he functions Of the body
I'm O l-ealthy condition, . and
WARRANTED Il certain cure for
all Malari0us Diseases, TORPID
Liver, Impure Blood, JauEdice,
Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia
Indigestion, C0stiyeness, NerV
GUS and Sick Headache, Colds.
Scuryy, General Weakness, and
Fever e. Ague.
MOffat's Phoenix Bitters
correct the Secreticns Of the
Stomach, and are Sure Cure
for SleepIessnesS, Nervousness,
Dyspepsia, Female Complaints,
Weakness, Debility, etc.
Thousands OF Certificates ere
i'm our possession giving perfect
CURES effected by these iEyaIu-
able medicines, and we are GER
tain that they will do just what
we have said. 1T is simply ask
ed that the afflicted viii TRY
THEM ONCE, their use WiiIcon-
vince the most skeptical.
Pages Climax Salve 25 cents a box.
Moffat's Life Pills % cents box.
M0ffat's PhGnix Bitters $l.00 bottle.
fE Sold by Druggists everywhere
j. P. MILLS, Sole Proprietor,
SIS Liberty Street New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-27

Cowper, in humorous poem, enti-
tied Pairing Time Anticipated, bids
vorno ladies'
The daily gazette., 1882-09-06
PILOT MATTERS.
The Action of the Philadelphia Men After
the Breaking Up of the Pool.

The Action of the Philadelphia Men After
the Breaking Up of the Pool.
The Philadelphia Record OF to-day says;
'tThe Delaware River and Bay pilots have
finally been divided into two competing as
sociations, the pool made year ago by
those holding licenses under the Delaware
law and those licensed by the Port Wardens
OF this port under the Pennsylvania law
having been broken. Mr.. Ferguson, Presi.
dent Of the Board of Port Wardens, says
that the Pilotage Committee of I'll at body is
preparing a measure for the benefit of the
Pennsylvania pilots, which will insure to
them an advantage which Captain .Nirden,
the President of the Delaware Board OF
Commissioners, will find difficult to match.
He continued "We have got the Delaware
pilots now in u position where We wanted
them, and they can't get out of II" He de-
clined, however, to give any particulars
as to the nature of the proposed new meas
ure which is to be reported by the Pilotage
Committee to the Port Warden, saying that
publicity might defeat the end desired. Cap
tain Virlen, who has just returned from the
Breakwater, says that the breaking up of
the pooling arrangement was due principally
to the influence of the Maritime Exchange
with the Pennsylvania pilots, but that the
new arrangement will benefit the Delaware
pilots more than 1t can help the Pennsyl-
vania men, and that no acti0h oil the boafa
of Port Wardens can interfere with the busi-
ness of those pilots who hold licenses under
the Delaware law. He said that the Penn
syIvania pilot boats had been ordered to
| refuse to istake Off any Delaware pilot, but
that did not matter. Captain Virden says
that the Bayard, which belongs to the Della
ware pilots, is the fastest of all the pilot
boats, eand we will see who WINS" he
added.
Under the law vessel coming into the
bay must take the first pilot who speaks her,
| but the master can make his selection in
the trip down. One way in which the Mari
time Exchange intends to checkmatc the
Delaware pilots is to boycott them as far as
It's influence with the captains of outgoing
vessels can do it, and thus prevent them
from getting any outward pilotage what
ever. The Delaware pilotage fees are higher
than those of the Pennsylvania men, and
there are fewer of them. Other things being
equal, they would appear to have an ad
vantage. The Pennsylvania pilots, how
ever, have more boats, and are promised the
active aid of the Maritime Exchange In get
ting vessels going out from the city. IL
consequence of all these things there has
already commenced a lively pilotage com
petition. The expected report of the Pilot
age Committee to the Port Wardens Ii
looked for with great interest by botl
/ DarIieR
The daily gazette., 1882-09-06
A CONGRESSMAN ARRESTED.
General Bragg In Trouble over Some
Money He Borrowed and Lost at
Poker.


General Bragg In Trouble over Some
Money He Borrowed and Lost at
Poker.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 5.-Gcneral E. L.
Bragg, member of Congress from the Sec
ond Wisconsin district, was arrested in
this city to-day on warrant sworn out by
Mr.. kice, proprietor of the fremont House,
Chicago. About ten days ago suit was
commenced in this city against General
Bragg by Mr.. Rice for some money, said by
Rice to be due him from Bragg 1t was then
alleged by Bragg and his friends that the
suit was instituted solely for the purpose OF
injuring him in his Congressional canvass,
which eliminates tomorrow in the District
Convention. Bragg filed his answer to the
charges against him in court few days
after they were made and it was supposed
nothing more would be done about the case
until it came up for trial.
His arrest to-day, therefore, produced a
sensation He was about to take a train to
| 20 out of the city when arrested, and was
able to give bail in the sum of 1000 for his
appearance in court. The money due Rice
was borrowed from him by Bragg last winter
and lost by the latter in playing poker.
| The sum is 81 $50. Bragg at that time gave
Rice an order on the Sergeant-at-Arms at
| Washington for the amount, bat the order
| was honored, as Bragg had already over
drawn his salary to that date. The arrest
was made to-day to insure Bragg's appear
ance as defendant in the suit brought.
| Bragg is an inveterate poker player, and il
is said loses very heavily at the game al
| times.