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Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by
sense Of weight in tile back ,loins
and lower part Of the abdomen.
causing the patient to suppose he
has some affection of the kidneys
or neighboring organs. At times,
symptoms of indigestion are pres.
ent, as f1atuency, uneasiness of the
stomach, etc. A moisture. like
perspiration, producing a very
disagreeable itching, particularly
at night after getting warm in
ped, Is very common attendant
Internal, External and Itching
Piles yield at once to the appIica.
ton of DIR. Bosanko's Pile Rene
ny. which acts directly upon the
parts affected, absorbing the Tu-
mors, allaying the intense itching,
ana efecting a permanent cure
where all Other remedies have
JAILED. DO not delay til the drain
on the system produces perma-
heht disability, but try it and be
cured. Price Is cents. ASK your
druggist for it, and when you can
not obtain it of him, we will send
1t postpaid on receipt of price.
Address the DR.. Bosanko Medi-
cine Co., Piqua. Ohio. Sold by C.
w. BOWMAN, Druggist. aug 5 1y
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He Had II Heart.

After all, these Virginia City
miners, have big, generous hearts.
The other evening one of them, who
was finishing up a weeks spree in
Frisco. stepped out of the Pacific
Hotel after dinner and ran against a
haggard : looking, shabby genteel
woman, who was weeping on the
corner. What Is the matter.
marin ?" said the miner. She told
him a sad story poverty, sickness, "a
large family of children, nothing to
do, nothing to wear. us that the
best frock you've got ?'' said the
rough fellow, gently. "She said it
was. He felt in his pocket. 1t con-
tanned but one $50 gold piece. which
he had intended to devote to wine
and wickedness that evening. "Stop
here a moment, marm," and he
lodged around the corner and into a
dry goods store. In a few minutes
he returned, and pressing small
bundle into the poor woman's hand,
disappeared with the air of a man
who had done kind action grace
fully. The starving female eagerly
undid the package. 1t contained a
pair of embroidered silk stockings.
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MUSIC for EVERYBODY.
MERRTII.,S
! n G ( n Gus
METHOD
COPYRIGHT SECURED.

For starting children and Others in the
culture of Music. 1t overcomes Che druid
gerry of learning tine ele ments of Music by
pleasant amusement THIS NEW METH
Cd teaches you all about the Musical staff,
Degrees of the Staff, Clefs, Notes and
Rests Scale, intervals of the Scale. i.oca-
ton of Letters on the Staff. ar15 their re.
lation to the Keys Of the instrument
(This Is very important with chldren)
Flats and Sharps and their use. All the
different Keys, how to form Chords or
musical words. 1t teaches the syllables,
Do, Re- Mi, etc, in singing. 1t contains a
complete musical catechism. 1t is MUL-
TUM IN PARvo. All this is learned while
the learner is amusing himself by
playing familiar tunes. Persons with no
musical talent may play the tunes, as the
guide is such that he cannot strike the
wrong key Full directions and four
pieces of music accompany the Method
Sent by mail for 81. 90.
5000 AGENTS WANTED TO sell our
Methods or Charts to every family. Ten
dollars per day can be made by active
agents, male or female.
CHICAGO PIANO CO,
rs 4 so Van Buren, 81 Chicago, Ill.
sept. 30.4m
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What to Read.

Are you deficient in taste ? Read
the best English poets, such as
Thompson, Gray, Goldsmith, Pope,
Cowper, Coleridge, Scott aud
Wordsworth.
Are you deficient in imagination {?
Read Milton, Akenside, Burke and
Shakespeare.
Are you deficient in powers of
reasoning ? Read Chillingworth.
Bacon and Locke.
Are you deficient in judgement
and good sense In the common af-
fairs of life? Read Franklin.
Are you deficient in sensibility ?
Read Goethe and Mackenzie,
Are you deficient in political
knowledge? Read Motesquieu the
Federalist, Webster and Calhoun.
Are you deficient in patriotism =?
Read Domothenes and the Life of
Washington.
Are you deficient in conscience !?
Read some of President Edward 8
works.
Are you deficient in anything /?
Read the Bible.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-01-06

Browns IRON BITTERs
has been thoroughly tested
for dyspepsia, indigestion,
biliousness, weakness, debil-
ity, overwork, rheumatism,
neuralgia, consumption,
liver complaints, kidney
troubles, &C., and it never
fails to render speedy and
permanent relief.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-01-06

Colds yield to onious like magic,
but DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is a still
better and by far more agreeable
means of curing Cold or Cough.
You can buy a bottle for 25 cents at
any drug store, and we are sure it
will do the work eyerytime.
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CONTINENTAL HOTEL,
CORNER or QUEEN AND KING STREETS
Martlnsburg, w. Va.

MY OLD CUSTOMERS and the trav
IXl cling public in general are informed
that on the FIRST Day OF APRIL, 1877, ]
will take charge of the above-named Ho-
tel, where shall be glad to see all my old
patrons. The house is new, commodious,
rooms pleasant and airy, and eligibly sit.
uated. WIN. RUTLEDGE
January / If
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You CAN DEPEND On IT.-"For
severe toothache and Neuralgia of
the head | used Thomas Eclectric
Oil. This is certainly the best thing
| ever knew for relief of pain of any
kind. The house is never without
it," Mrs. A. M. Frank, 1T w.
Upper St., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by K. q. Williams Il Bro drug
gists.
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OYST E r S.
BROOM FACTORY.

HAVING entered into partr ershp
llwith my brother Isaac Housworth,
in the manufacture of brooms, we expect
to make it the interest of all to deal with
US. Those having broom corn for sale
will do we'll to call on rs, as we will pay
the highest price in cash or make brooms
on shares. Our factory IS at the Martins
burg and Winchester Toll-gate. We So
licit share Of the public patronage.
e2l.3m HOUSW0RTH h BRO.
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Little Lottie to her friend: II
have so many cares. Yesterday a
little baby sister arrived and papa
On journey. 1t was but piece of
luck that mamma was at home to
take care Of it,"
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Gin, o., Nov. I6, 1881.
Gents The foolish vast.
ing of vital force in business,
pleasure, and vicious indul-
gence of our people, makes
your preparation a necessity;
and if applied, will save hun
dreds who resort to saloons
for temporary recuperation.
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No Mi:skey!

Browns IRON BITTERs
is one of the very few tonic
medicines that are not COM
posed mostly of alcohol or
whiskey, thus becoming a
fruitful source of intemper-
ance by promoting a desire
for rum.
Browns IRON BITTERs
IS guaranteed to be a non
Intoxicating stimulant, and
it will, in nearly every case,
take the place of all liquor,
and at the same time abso-
lutely kill the desire for
whiskey and other intoxi-
eating beverages.
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"GRUNT 1T OUT."-The above is
an old saw as savage as it is sense
less. You can't "grunt out" dys-
pepsia, nor liver complaint nor nerv-
BUSINESS if they once get good hold.
They don't remove themselves in
that way. The taking few doses
of Burdock Blood Bitters is better
than "grunting it out" What we
can cure let's not endure. For sale
by E. Z. Williams Il Bro. druggists.
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A bride complained to her hus-
band that she had been too busy all
day to get off her feet once, and that
unhappy man, who had already dis
covered several "make-ups" in her
construction, exclaimed in amaze
ment, Great heavens, do they come
off too ?"
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Ifyou are advised that your invention
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An attorney whose zee Deepen DIS on his sue
cess in obtaining Patent will not advise
you that your invention is patentable I'M
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Send me written request addressed to
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An examination and report wiH cost you
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14

a wreck, and was valued at S100000 partly
insured. The Garden City left the sipat II :35,
starting fof Long Island City. She had
gone clearly twice her length, heading up
stream, when the flames were seen bursting
through the deck above the boiler Pilot
Nelson promptly reversed the engine and
backed into the slip, but so rapid was the
sprem of the flames that before she reached
the bridge the cabins were in flames from
edd to end. In a desperate jump for
the bulkhead of the ferryboat
to save himself the pilot dis
located his shoulder Cut fell out Of reach
of the fames- The engineer, Samuel Tracy,
ran through the flames and reached the decl
with his clothing ablaze. His shirt was
burned from his body and hair singed.
James Keel fireman, finding escape to the
deck cut off, squeezed through the port hole
and dropped overheard into the river. He
was hauled out and saved. A
dozen passengers and ferry hands, who were
aboard, saved themselves by jumping to the
bulwarks of the ferry slip, or by dashing
through the flames. All escaped as far as
known Two sugar-house trucks from
Havemeyer's sugar-house, were on the
boat There were other wagons
aboard, and it is said several
teams jumped overheard in alright The
fire started near the boiler, and broke so sud
denly that no adequate explanation of its
origin is at hand, but it is supposed that the
heated boiler set fire to the dry wood sur
rounding
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

John Hayes was burned to death in
a log house near Willistou, Ontario
A. Fredenhagen, miller and leading
citizen at st. Charles, ILL, killed himself in
bed
G. A. Damon, clothier and furnish
ings at Madison, Wis. has been closed by the
sheriff.
John E. Martin, of Toledo, has
been appointed receiver of the Ohio Central
railroad
James Robinson, farmer near Fort
Wayne was so badly bitten by his hogs that
he will die
Editor Clarkson, of The Iowa State
Register, is in New York, talking for a
Grant Lincoln" ticket.
At Vermillionville, La, one Lamb
tcolored) killed his former wife with dirk
and then attempted hkown life.
Mrs. Dorcas Chaplin; the widow of
Chester W. Chaplin, will endow hospital at
Springfield, Mass, with $4,000.
The Rev. DR.. Talmage talked to a re-
porter about Norm lnisin, which he wants the
government to stamp out by rigid law.
The tenth annual meeting of the
Illinois State Dairymen's association con-
vened at DeKalb with fair attendance.
J. N. Graves, of Dubuque, purchased
the Iowa and Minnesota Telephone company.
with wires running through forty counties, for
500. 900.
Miss Chamberlain, the American lady
yTyhOcn hoanf1y hos haY =,
don, is about to return with her family to
this country.
Five robberies, by the aid of revolvers,
were perpetrated in st. Louis the other night
by one gang, who used buggy to facilitate
their depredations.
An explosion of chemicals caused a
fire which destroyed Kellogg's drug store at
Castleton, n. Y. The inmates narrowly
escaped with their lives
Senator Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
who is now on the continent, writes that he
will be home in all probability before the
present congress adjourns.
The Madison county wyoming ter
ritory) treasurer heads his notices with a
skull and cross-bones, signifying that death
and taxes are equally certain.
The crown prince of Portugal is
able to converse ii fourteen languages and
already has a private library ofs 10000
volumes. He is youth of % years.
The Mayor of New Laredo, Mexico,
has been ordered arrested for participation
in the recent train robbery on the Mexican
National line, and other prominent officials
are said to be involved
The Vanderslice family, descendants
of five brothers of Jacob Vandersice, who
died in Holland twenty years ago, leaving
property valued at 5o,009, ono, held meet
ing at Philadelphia to prosecute their claims
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14
storm ON the English Coast.

LONDON, Dec. 14.-Reports from points
throughout Great Britain and Ireland
say thas news of damage to property
and loss of life caused by the violent gale of
Wednesday evening continues to come in.
Dispatches from various places state that the
storm was very severe along the coast, many
vessels being wrecked, and number of per
sons drowned
LONDON, Dec 14.-The recent hurricane
caused vessels to break adrift in the harbors of
Belfast, South Shields, Portsmouth and else
where, and did much damage to shipping as
well as to buildings in various cities in Eng
land and Ireland. Several persons were
killed in the streets. The British ship Liver
pool, from Quebec for Greenock, went ashore
during the gale, near Stranraer, Scotland.
Out of her crew of twenty, only two were
saved The captain, Davidson, is believed to
be among the lost. The vessel is almost n
total wreck.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14
The Senate at Work.

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec 14.-In the senate:
The chair laid before the senate the re-
port of the joint commission on the Wash
ington monument, giving details of the work
Brown presented a memorial of leading
business men of Savannah, Ga, praying for
appropriations to continue improvements of
the harbor of that.place.
Among the bills introduced was one by
Morrill, providing fora commission on the sub
ject alcoholic liquor traffic.
There were q large number of other bills
presented and properly disposed of and then
the senate, on motion of Frye took up the
consideration of the report of the committee
on rules, and proceeded to consider the new
rules seriatim.
The senate confirmed VIM. Livingston, Jr.,
to be collector of customs at Detroit
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14
a Case fnr the IEanrman.

GARDINER, Me-, Dec 4-News is just re-
ceived of the brutal murder of an aged In
dian known as ''OlA Joe,n at Richmond,
twelve miles south of Gardiner, while defend
ing his wife from the assault of two drunken
rowdies named Lewis E Hopkins and Leonard
Turner. The Indian, with his wife, lived a
short distance from the village. They were
visited by the ruf1ians, who attempted to out.
rage the woman. The Indian, after desper-
ate struggle, was thrown to the ground, and
kicked to death by Hopkins. The murderers
were arrested.
Observation-Disclosures from Richmond
say that after numbering "Old Joe" the
murderers seized his wife, and accomplished
their hellish purpose, leaving her in a terrible
condition. 1t is now feared that she may
die from the result of her terrible injuries
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14
A Brutal Husbands Crime

NEW YORK, Dec. 14-In the oyer and
terminer at Woodbury., N. j., Rudolph Helms
was tried for manslaughter for the death of
his wife at Ammoresson, N. j., a few months
ago. The accused, with his wife and several
Others, were playing oroquet. Helms, find
ing his wife ahead in the game, began ours
ing her. He stood against tree.
and, as his wife stopped, he deliber-
ately kicked her. She was in a delicate
condition, and was on the point of falling
when one of the gentlemen present caught her
in his arms and carried her in to tho kitchen.
They did what they could to ameliorate her
terrible suffering. Mrs Heine, on the way
from the croquet ground to the house, said
''This is the last of me-" She died about
twenty minutes after.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14
Slight Odds.
A Little Story with Large Moral, One
Man who Knew his own Business.

mo, my dear" said the venerable keeper of a
country store to timid little girl whose head
scarcely came up TO the counter, NO, my DEAR
haven't any red flannel, but we have some first
rate New Orleans molasses - Softly limiting that
she didn't think that would answer the purpose
quite well, the child went away in search of the
article she wanted.
Have you BEFSON s CAPCINE PLASTERS.' y
asked gentleman of certain drcggist whose
name could be given were'it desired Il am trou-
bled just now with a touch of my old friend, the
lumbago, and the Benson's Plaster seems to go
the spot almost as soon as it touches the skin"
Not at present, replied the druggist. genially,
but we have lots of plasters just as good, There
is Allcock's. the Capscum and others-wont one
of them do just as well?"
MY dear sir" retorted the gentleman, with a
slight show OF temper. Il say nothing against
those articles, but am a business man. and al
ways ask for precisely what want, and for moth
ing else. l may enlghten you, however, when I
say that sometime ago, for another disease,
which the Capcine has since cured me, 1 tried all
those you mention, with no appreciable benefit.
They are inefficient, every Of them, the mean
est act of the propretors of some of them being
this: that they make plasters with similar sound
ing names to deceive the unwary into believing
they the same thing. Experience taught me
the difference. I'll go to the next man in your line.
Good day.
Be on your guard against limitations. The gen
uine has the word CAPCINE cut clearly in the
middle of the plaster. All others are impositions
Seabury & johnson, Chemists, New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14

listened to the report of the
committee on resolution The
latter condemn the British govern
ment, approve of the action of the Philadel-
phia convention, call for allegiance to Charles
Stewart ParneIl, declare that Ireland's hope
lies in the union and fraternity of her
sons regardless of creed or section,
and denounee as infamous the eff
forts of the British government to re-
kindle the fires of religious intolerance
as manifested in the late attacks
by English-inspired mobs upon the meetings
of Irish Nationalist in Ireland 1t is laid
down as the duty of Irishmen to promote
manufactures in ireland, and encourage the
Importation of Irish goods to America. After
the reading Of the resolutions the struggle for
their abortion began.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14
NEW SLuGGING "STAR."
The White star OF Texas" and His
Intentions Or MulhattOn.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec IA The "The White
Star of Texas" is training to enter the prize
ring. He will fight Gopher Bill in this city
next Monday night for $1,000. After that he
intends to knock Sullivan out for 81, 600 At
present the ''Star" is undergoing the most re-
markable course of training on record. He
is walked around Franklin square daily with
a dumb-bell fastened to each leg, has ice
water baths and has his legs beaten
black and blue with billiard cues
He is attached to cart and trotted
three miles; after that beer barrel is tied to
one leg and dumb-bell to the other, and he
walked a mile. Then he was failed with
billiard cues and sandpapered from head to
foot. He diets on bananas, brown stout, must
ard, gin, vinegar, molasses and pepper sauce
His name is Harry Sragg, is "a years old,
brickmaker in northern Pennsylvania He is
u monomaniac, and does not suspect that his
hackers are not acting in good faith
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14
Eactnrv Girls, Strike.

New ORLEANS, Dec. 14.-Three hundred
girls employed at McGinnis & Howe's cotton
factory, have struck. They earn from 30 to
50 cents per day by working eleven hours
The cause of the strike is dissatisfaction with
being required to go to work before daylight,
and claim liability to insult from idle ne.
groes and hoodlums who hang around the
mill after dark. 1t is thought that the hours
will be shortened to meet the demand
though the owners say they have so much
cloth on hand that stoppage of three
months would not hurt them
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14
steamer Probably Lost.

ANTWERP, Dec. 14,-The agents of the
White Cross steamer Plantyn, from New
York, November 49, for this port, having
received no information of the missing
steamer, from the officers of the Switzerland,
which has just arrived from New York, have
now abandoned hope of the steamers safety.
The report on the 10th inst from London
that the Plantyn had been Gignaled off Scilly
is erroneous, as the Switzerland, which
passed Scilly on the morning of the 18th
would have met the Plantyn, had the latter
steamer passed Sicily on the 10th for this
port as reported.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14
THESE ARE SOLID FACTS.

The best blood purifier and system re-
ulator ever placed within the reach of
suffering humanity, truly is Electric Bit
tiers. Inactivity of the Liver, Biliousness
Jaundice, Constipation, Weak Kidneys,
orany disease of the urinary organs, or
who ever requires an appetizer, tonic OF
mild stimulant, will always find Electric
Bitters the best and only certain cure
known. They act surely and quickly,
every bottle guaranteed to give entire
satisfaction or money refunded. Sold at
fifty cents bottle by Hartz & Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-14

New YORK, Dec. 1.-THE National
Woman's Christian Temperance union has
issued call to each state in tbs union. ask
ing every local society, about five thousand
in all. to celebrate the tenth anniversary of
the "Woman's crusade on the 23d of De-
cember Pastors of churches are invited
to preach temperance sermons in the morn
ing. Children's meetings will be held in the
afternoon, and in the evening mass meetings
at which collections will be taken up for the
National Womans Christian Temperance
union. Frances f. Willard win spend the
day in Hillsboro, Ohio, where the crusade
began.