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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
Slight Odds.
A Little Story with Large Moral. One
Man who Knew hisow Business.

mo, my dear" said the venerable keeper OF a
country store to timid little girl whose head
scarcely came up to the counter mo, my dear.
haven't any red flannel. but we have some first
rate New Orleans molaases " Softly limiting that
she didn't think that would answer the purpose
quite as we'll the child went away in search of the
article she wanted
Have you BEFSoN.S CAPCINE PLAsTERS, -
asked gentleman of certain druggist whose
name could be given were it desired. II am trou-
bled just now with touch of my old friend, the
umbago, and the Benson's Plaster seems to 90
the spot almost as soon as it touches the skim
Not at present, replied the druggist genially,
but We have lots of plasters just as good, There
is Alleock's. the Capsicum and others-won't one
of them do just as wellY''
MY dear sir" retorted the gentleman, with q
slight show of temper. Il say nothing against
those articles, but l am business man, and al
ways ask for precisely what want, and for moth.
ing else. may enlighten you, however, when |
say that sometime ago, for another disease,
which the Capcine has since cured me- tried all
those you mention, with no appreciable benefit
They are inefficient, every of them, the mean
est act of the proprietors of some of them being
this; that they make plasters with similar sound
ing names to deceive the unwary into believing
theyare 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 oAPCINE cut clearly in the
middle of the plaster. All others are ippositions
seabury b johnson, Chemists, New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
He NAV Well be Joyful.

TOPEKA. Kans., May 10, 1881.
H,4H. WARNER s. Co.: Sirs-After 10
years of unmitigated suffering from chre-
mic kidney disease l finally found joyful
restoration to health in your Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure. D. B. OWENS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teetha If SO,
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tecthing. It's value is incaleulable
It will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery. diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums. reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrnp
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one of
the Oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price 25 cents per bottle.
feb-2S- m-w-S IN Nv
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24

Trains No. 7, and 10 are Maquoketa Branch.
Teams and 4. Accommodation for Oxford Juuc-
.inr. and ., Passenger, for CelInar.
Flying Dutchman'' leaves Rock Island S:4S a.
~ arrives at 9:O5 D. m arrives Dubuque 1880 u.
=" leaves ;OS D. nl; arrives ut st. Paul y: 30 p.
m leaves 5 rs u m; arrives Minneapolis l0slO P.
m leaves al go u, IN, -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
THE FATBOY IN PICKWICK

probably had good teeth. seeing that he
so speedily demolished the most substan
tial provender on the shortest notice.
Nothing excepting good appetite SO
conduces to the pleasure of eating, as 6
good set of grinders. To possess them
use SOZODONT. the great dental invig
orator and identifying agents Yellow tar
tar covered teeth grow pearly white ant
the gums acquire ruddiness and from
pleasing contrast to the snowy hue of the
teeth when Il is used,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
a RUN On & nRna sroRr.

Never was such d rush made for any
Drug Store as is now at .Hartz s. Balm
sens for Trial Bottle of DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. Coughs
and Colds. AL persons affected with
Asthma. Bronchitis Hoarseness. Severe
Coughs affection of the Throat and
Lungs, can get Trial Bottle of this
great remedy free, by calling at above
Drug Store. Regular size $500.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
BURLINGTON ROUTE"
coIMc EAST AND WEST.

Elegant Day Coaches, Parlor Cars, with Reclin
ling Chairs seats freel, Smoking Cars, with Re,
lyolvng Chairs, Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars and
the famous C. b. & @ Dining Cars run daily to and
Bluffs. Chicago & pes Moines. Chicago. ST. 10.
Eseph, Atchison & Topeka. Only through line be.
tween Chicago, Lincoln & Denver Through cars
between Indianapolis q Council Bluffs via Peoria
known as the great THROUGH CAR LINE a Y
Finest Equipped Raiiroad in tn
r. j. POTTER, Sd Vice PreS't and GenI Manager
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
ON THIRTY DAYS TRIAL.

The Voltaic Belt Co.. Marshall, Mich,
will send DR.. Dyes Celebrated Electro
Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on
trial for thirty days to men young or old
who are afflicted with nervous debility,
lost vitality, and kindred troubles,
guaranteeingspeedy andcomplete restora-
ton of health and manly yigor. Address
as above-N. B. No risk is incurred, as
thirty days trial is allowed.
dec 22.d-W1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24

Hale's Honey of HOrehound and Tar
for cough, colds has reached the pinnacle
of fame.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
For cmIls, fever, ague, and weakness,
Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic. Colden's;
take no other of Druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
Prop. Rochester Rubber Stamp Works,
Rochester. n. Y.

What will Browns Iron Bitters cure?
it will cure Heart Disease. Paralysis.
Dropsy, Kidney Disease, Consumption,
Dyspepsia. Rheumatism and similar dis
eases. Its wonderful curative yower is
simply because it purifles and enriGhes
the blood. thus beginning at the founda
ton and by building up the system, drives
out all disease. For the peculiar troubles
to which ladies are subject it is invalua-
BILE. 1t is the only preparation of iron
that does not color the teeth and cause
headache
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24

Aliens Brain Food botanical extract
strengthens the Brain and positively cure
Nervous Debility, Nervousness, headache
unnatural losses, and all weakness of
Generative System; it never fails. 81 pkg
6 for Sat- druggists. or Aliens Phar-
macy. 315 First Ave. n. Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
Eve to Business.

o. Grotjan, the druggist, is always
wide-awake to business and spare no pains
to secure tie best of every article in his
line. He has secured the agency for
Kemps Balsam for Consumption, Coughs,
Colds; Asthma, Bronchitis and all affec-
lions of the throat and lungs. Sold on a
positive guarantee. Price SOC and $1.00.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24

j. w. Graham, Wholesale Druggist,
of Austin, Tex, writes,--I have been
handling DR.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the
lungs for the past year, and have found
it one of the most salable medicines | have
ever had in my house for coughs, colds,
and even consumption. always giving en-
tire satisfaction. Please send me anoth-
er GROSS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
ROCHESTER, N. Y. March so, 1888.

1bh"oh uAOuiSlAO company
GENTLEMEN-As a rule do not be
lieye in giving testimonials but gratitude
and the desire to- help others prompt me
to- add mine to your list. Your Still
wells Specific" and "Specific Pills"
consider the most valuable remedy of the
age for the cure of all kidney and liver
troubles. And when / find medicine
that has so mnch merit as yours ] cannot
retain from recommending it to all who
suffer from those complaints. I have
taken great pleasure in commencing it to
my friends, who have anxiously watched
my case. To-day / feel as strong and vel
as ever did insmy life, Many thanks to
your timely aid
10. Yours Very Truly,
G. J. CoNoLLY.
Prop. Rochester Rubber Stamp Works,
Rochester n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
Bnckleu,s Arnica Salve.

The greatest medicalwonder of the world
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers. salt rheum, fever sores, can
GERS, piles, chilblains, corns, letter, chap
ped hands, and all skin eruptions, guaran-
teed to cure in every instance, or money
refunded. % cents per box, For sale by
Hartz & Rahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-24
ARAIR nFERR

The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich,
offer to send DR.. Dyes VOltaic Belt and
Appliances on trial, for thirty days. to
men young or old afflicted with nervous
debility, lost vitality, and kindred trou-
bles.
See advertisement. in this paper.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-09-25

When 1t comes to fencing an Amer
lean ciuzen of from everywhere,
you may Just expect nothing else than
that he will get out if he has to cut
his way out. There are some natural
rights that cannot be fenced in, and
the sooner the legislation conforms to
that great truth, the sooner Will one
cause Of irritation be disposed OF.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-09-25

Being au OIL year Father Column
bias paper may be tolerated. But il
VIII be very promptly -quelchcd when
an election is on, The labor paper
which presents Ben Butler as the
apostle Of the working man insults in
one breath every bitot manly muscle
in Lhe nation.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-09-25

Miss Gerald, the mr southern
actress, viii meet cordial reception
in the south She ps great iuyorlc
i'm Texas
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-09-25

Thc l.NNNr>le t- ohlard for thr
many Hruiy wprr--tou OF b. uojaa
u,r., wllrI oul 10y the announcement
OF the change iu lbs management r".
--m.N
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-09-25

san Antonio is having buiIding
BOOM il is said
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-09-25

Itis not all progress, which is called
by that name.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-09-25

The days and nights are now OF
equal length.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-09-25

And, indeed, is the heated term
over,
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-09-25

The Arthur boom i, thing of the
past.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-09-25

All eyes are nrncd upon ono
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-16
from. He travelled the distance on
snow-shoes, carrying his blankets and

from. He Travelled the distance on
snow-shoes, carrying his blankets and
provisions. He found everybody at
Garoonate moving about on snow
SHOES, winch are an essential part of the
wearing apparel. He saw four or five
claims where work is going on, bringing
out rich samples, and he further noticed
. number OF men digging in the snow
Trying to lind locations which they had
made the previous season. Mr.. Songer
believes that in this new mining district
genuine carbonate Of q paying grade
will be found over a very extensive area,
ana ne proposes to return and aid the
army OF prospectors that will repair
thlther: No excitement, not excepting
Leadvllle, has more thoroughly aroused
the citizens of Colorado, and it is calcu-
lated at least twenty thousand people
will visit the carbonate fields of Garfield
County within the year.
Mr.. Mulhall says that Carbonate
Camp is ninety-seven miles from Lead
Vile, due west. and twelve miles from
old Fort Defiance. 1t is twenty-five
miles from the mouth of Eagle River.
which empties into Rooney Fork. The
site of these carbonates is 1O.5OO feet
above the sea level. There is, in add.
ton to the silver mines, a body of coal
that faces out on the cliffs for thirty-ive
miles. This coal can be seen in thick
layers, from which large blocks have
tumbled out.-G. Louis Republican.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-16
Early Life in Arizona.

In al extremely interesting letter FROM,
Tucson a correspondent writes to the
Boston Herald: At one time, 1 think it
was about the outbreak of the civil war,
the handful Of Americans who we're
then in Southern Arizona held a meet
ing and resolved to declare themselves q
free and independent State. They de-
termined to hold themselves absolutely,
neutral between the North and South
They therefore called a meeting and
elected a President, Vice-President and
a Cabinet. They elected all the officers
they could think Of. They chose a
Secretary Of the Navy, while there was
just about water enough in the whole
Territory to float a duck, and they
elected generals Of the army until there
was just one man left as a private.
Everything was conducted on this SCALE.
Out Of 300 or 400 Americans in Southern
Arizona, probably t~hree-fourths wero
appointed to some Office. This is u
phase of early life in Arizona which I
have never seer mentioned"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-16
As To Rats.

s'Tve got as high as 300 for taking
two rats from a ship" said the rat
catcher. Dock rats live at the piers in
colonies of from 500 to 1000. Like bad
tenants, they leave their old %habitations
for new about once month. On the
LIST of May they will move by the thou
sands. Constantly uneasy, they go
around from dock to dock seeking where
the lowest tide is. They have a navy.
1t is made up of floating pieces of wood
and floating chips. They are all pirates
or wreckers. When scraps or slops
are thrown overheard from a ship'sdeck
they put out their craft and seize it.
Tourists going to Europe board a
ship in two ways. The passengers go
up the gang-plank. The rats climb up
the anchor-chain and enter the ship by
the anchor portfolio. Dan Stingsby, the
great r%at-catcher, says he has seen an
old rat, carpet bag in hand, bid his
family good-by and then walk up one of
the ships cables. Dock rats 20 to
Europe whenever they feel like it, and
usually make five trips a year. They
are third-class passengers. The first
class go in the cabin, the second in the
steerage, and the rats in the hold. Co.
ing over, they live on exported American
fannels and rosin. Coming back
their food is imported fruits and deli
cacies. They do not get off the vessel
when it touches Liverpool for fear of
being left. behind. They are able to
climb the rigging like old sailors. In
wooden ships they sometimes eat through
the planks and set the vessel leaking.
''There + English rats in America
and American rats in England. The
cockney rat is coarser than the
American, and is not generally able to
stand up four rounds against an
American rat. The bon ton of New
York rats initiate the customs of the
British rats.
''Rats mate In a year a newly we'd
ded pair of rats will raise an interesting
family Of l20 offspring, not counting
descendants of the third and fourth
generation. This is why at the moment
a pair of rats set up their household
goods on board q ship its owners will
give a r~at-catcher 800 to serve a, writ
Of ejectment on the prolific rodents.
Some vessels keep twenty cats to hunt
vermin.
.'The hotels in New York are greatly
annoyed with rats, and they infest pri-
vate houses. The Windsor pays 5000 a
year, the St. Nicholas and a large num-
Der of others 500 each to a professional
rat-catcher, who hunts rats in them
twice a week the year round. Some
private houses payf$20 a month to be
protected from the vermin. Harry Jen-
nings, the king of the New York rat
catohare ic caid RI havo an ;poon,o If
$4,000 a year. The captured rats are
sold at $15 a hundred"
"How do rats reach private houses?"
"They go from the docks six or seven
miles through the sewers, stop opposite
some house and mine their way into its
cellar. A banquet at a residence will
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-16
Lfme.Kiln Club Philosophy.

Brother Gardner said: De sezun has
now arrove for pullin' ole hats and pill
lers outer de broken winders, an l seize
de occashun to AK you to remember:
.Dat a front gate off its hinges means
a slipshod man in the house.
'Dat a red lose means hungry flour
barrel.
..Dat no man eber got work sittin' on
de fence an discussin' de needs of de
kentry.
'.Dat de less pollyticks a mar has de
mo- cash he kin pay his grocer.
"Dat arguments on religion won't
build churches nor pay de preachers.
.Dat a family which neber borrows
nor lends keeps nayburs de longest.
.Dat beauty will starve in the parlor
whar' common sense will grow fat in
de kitchen.
.Dat de world am full o. miee-holes,
an all de cats need do am watch an
wait.
"Dat economy doan' mean buyin'
kaliker fur yer wife an broad-cloth fur
yerself.
"Dat progress doan' mean fttin' ole
doahs to new buildin's.
"Dat liberty doan' gin you de right
to eat anoder mans chickens.
''Dat success achieved by raseality
am a fish net made O. yarn.
.Let us now purceed to attack the
reg'l lar programmy O. bizness, an if dar'
am any mo- coughin' an spittin' ober
in de fur co'ner sartin pussons will wit
ness purceedin's dat will cast a gloom
ober de mex fifty Vars. "-fTom Report
in Detroit Free Press. 49,.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-16
A Remarkable Blind and Deaf Man.

Sitting one day in a little park in.
New Orleans, / saw a gentleman walk
ing in the distance whose whole air and
manner were foreign to the place. He.
was seemingly tall, of middle age,
carried himself very erect, used a gold.
headed cane and bore aloft q light.
cotton sun umbrella. I had not then.
the slightest suspicion that this mar was
both deaf and blind. He afterward
proved to be Mr.. Morrison Heady, of
Normandy, KY, whose poems have
been circulating in the newspapers for
some time back. He became deaf at a.
very early age from disease, and not.
long afterwards totally blind. But.
these drawbacks have only stimulated.
his genius. He has devised a curious,
mode of conversing, which at the same,
time is so practical it deserves mention
He has all the letters of the alphabet
marked in capitals in ink, and in rows
running from the tip of the thumb and
of each finger across the palm towards.
the wrist, on a glove, which he puts on.
his right hand when he wishes to con-
verse with anyone. He then extends
his hand and the person wishing tospeak
to him picks out the letters to spell the.
words used, touching each in turn. Mr.,
Heady knows each letter by its location
on the glove, through the sense of touch
He informed me that he wrote by q
continuance of raised lines, and when he
has a new book he gets a friend to read
it and then to spell out to him by the.
glove sistem the title and most salient
facts, and to give him extracts from it,
The same system is pursued with the
news of the day. BY such meagre
means does this pent-up mind come in
contact with the outer world. Yet it is
a mind of unusual brilliancy or surely
it would long since have sunk into death
like apathy.-Cor. Mlwaukee Wiscon-
sin.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-16
bring a whole colony of them. We can

bring a whole colony of them. We can
always tell when there is a great supper
at the Union League Club by the move
ment of the rats toward the upper part
of the city.
'There are about q dozen kinds of
rats. The common rat IA a brindle
gray. There are white and black rats,
white and gray, and pure white ones
with pink eyes. l have heard rat
catchers tell of pink ones with white
eyes. l never saw one. I once caught
a rat with but two feet. The other rats
had held him in a museum. An ordi-
nary rat weighs pound. The largest
one l ever saw weighed two pounds and
Blk ounces, and "a as big as q half
grown cat"
"What is the best time ever made by
a terrier in a pitt"
GA little black-and-tan, weighing
eleven pounds, about the beginning Of
March, in a place not a hundred miles
from New York, killed 100 rats in thir-
teen minutes and twenty-eight seconds.
That is the fastest time ever made in
New York. Mr.. Fosters fox-terrier,
Pigeon, weighing six pounds, polished
off ten rats in fifty-eight seconds, which
is the best time on record in Europe or
America. In the pit the rats sometimes
show fight to the dog. 1 have seer a
terrier SO covered with rats that you
couldn't see a hair on his body. They
bite the dog so severely sometimes that
ne is covered with blood. The noble
sport, I am sorry to say, is declining.
In its palmy days l have seen $4,000 or
$1,000 change hands around the pit in a
few minutes"
"What is the best time ever made by
. rat-catcher?"
"Prince Jennings once picked up a
rat q minute for five hours at a stretch.
That's the best time 1 know Of"
care rat-catchers eve attacked or
bitten?"
"Stories of them being killed by rats
have been printed, but they are sensa-
tional. When rat-catchers are bitten
they cauterize the wound at once. Rats
seem to know them and hardly ever try
to hurt them. 1 have often put a dozen
rats inside my shirt when 1 had filled
my bag and had nowhere else to put
them"
"The r~at-catchers' guild is held in
high repute?"
eyes: In England the rat-catchers
wear belts on which pictures of cats and
rats and dogs are wrought. They ought
to do so here. They are too modest" ~
N. Y. Journal.