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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

81 In Prussian armies, whereas in .r.v
English it is "a and in the French 92,
while in the Austrian and italian it rises
to as high as III and 116. This very
moderate number recorded to the credit
of Prussia is the more remarkable mas
much as it is said to have been ascer-
tanned that in her armies a considerable
number of deaths are the result OF
suicide. There are, however, some other
very curious anomalies IN the table thus
made out. For instance, the tendency
of soldiers to die appears to increase
and decrease almost in inverse proper
ton to the rate of mortality among
civilians. Thus, among the latter, the
number of deaths in every 10000
amounts to 217 in England, 244 in
France, and 269 in Prussia. This would
make it appear that in the aforementioned
country the warriors are about five
times less likely to die than the civil
population; whereas in France and
England they are only twice as unlikely
to pay the debt of nature. The Pro-
fessor is obliged to infer from this that
the sanitary conditions under which
Prussian soldiers live are very far more
satisfactory than those of military life
in England or France, But it may be
suggested that some other important
considerations ought to be admitted in
explaining the difference between the
three armies. French and still more
especially British soldiers. are exposed
to all sorts of risks in the unhealthy
districts to which they are liable to be
sent, even in times of peace, whereas
Germany, with its lack of colonies, has
no occasion to send the children OF
the Fatherland to such outlandish and
uncomfortable quarters. But this ex-
PLANTATION still leaves it an open ques-
ton why the Prussian hosts should be
SO much more healthy than the Austrian,
which enjoy a similar immunity.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
Egyptian Relics Made in Connecticut.

A New England correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer has long descrip-
ton of how the craze for antique articles
is supplied by the cute down Easter:
The greatest trouble that museum
owners have to deal with now, said my
informant, is the expert counterfeiter.
There is a firm in one of our cities that
does a regular business in making pre-
historic implements, and there is hardly
q collection that has not some of the
spurious work. Celts are easily copied,
as they are regular in shape and gener-
ally handsomely polished. But the for
ger is not always able to secure stone
that is known to belong to the locality,
so he gives the imitation, and so is found
out. A greater part Of the images OF
stone and ocarabei that travellers buy on
the Nile and in Egypt are made in Con-
necticut. This is sub rosa. The same
firm manufacture ancient furniture and
bric-a-brae, spinning wheels, etc. l got
an insight into the business few years
ago while spending some weeks in q
farmhouse in New Hampshire. Every
week some one would come along and
want to buy up some old andirons, tall
clocks, bellows, old china, etc. The old
lady always said they could not sell the
old family ware, but ended in accepting
the last offer. l saw three clocks, sets
of china and number of andirons 60 to
different parties under protest, which
caused me to wonder how many sets OF
family relics they had, as the day after
the sale another clock would appear in
the place of the one sold, and so on.
After some time my curiosity got the
better of me, and, finding the door of an
adjoining shed open one day, walked
in and found it stored with old-fashioned
furniture enough to fit out small town.
[ learned afterward that the old farmer
and his wife were agents for firm neal
Boston who manufactured the relics Of
hundred years ago by the wholesale
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
Badly agitated.

The Young man was not looking well.
His laundried collar dropped visibly, his
necktie was on awry. his hat was
crowded down altogether in the vicinity
of his left ear, and his classic face bore
extensive marks of melancholy through
the waste of pot-black that adorned it.
Moreover, the young man was appar-
emily mad. Said he to the Free Press
reporter: If you want to see section
of profound chaos 60 up to my house. L
and my family materialized here yes
terday. We came from one of the in
terror towns. When we left home we
had considerable good furniture, and
were in pretty good form ourselves.
Look at me, then go up to the house and
see whats left of the rest of the folks
and the splinters of the furniture!'
Calm Yourself and tell me about it, -
said the reporter.
"Can you calm tempest by just say
ing let up" growled the other.
'sWould you be calm if q blankety
blanked freight agent had piled your
kitchen stove on top of handicapped
dressing case, and sent your piano
through in cattle car and let the ami
mails walk on ftp Or would you feel like
a roaring monsoonP"
Yes, but you ought to accept the sit
uation calmly. Your agitation only
makes matters worse.
Il don't see how. | shall sell the
piano to a match factory and the rest OF
the remnants I'll give to the boys for q
bonfire. The only way that things can
be worse is by my failing to get the hall
dollar from the match factory No, sir,
/ shall be a whole volcanic eruption if
please" ...
well, you are pretty badly used"
''Humph! l haven't given you 8
starter yet. l can't say that l would
have kicked so very hard at their max
inc mince-meat of my furniture, but
had a little money saved up, and the
fiends charged me SO much for bringing
this choice kindling-wood through tina
it swallowed up the few hundreds hat
sailed. Do you wonder why my sou
RACES within me like the vortex of thu
maelstrom?'
| His audience was silent.
''And the end is not yet, my friend,
said the young man vehemently. ''.
had couple of sand lots up in the tow
/ came from. and had to mortgage then
to pay for bringing the goods into thu
house. am now trying to borrow
money to pay months rent in ad
vance. / am very calm, but have Il
say that if freight agent or either o
the COMPOUNDED fellows who moved m,
goods come into my house they viii
discover, as the callow student woult
say, that crimson tint of carnage hat
crossed the surface of the scientifi
satellite of the earth-there's blood o.
the moonr'-Detrot Free Press.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
Crime in China and Its Punishment.

Crime does not go UNPUBLISHED in this
part of China. The professional guide
of the city, indeed, shows the execution
ground of Canton with an honest pride.
It is not pleasant place to look at on a
wet morning, and to criminal must
have a very depressing appearance.
Yet, wi.h the exception of three or four
wooden crosses leaning up against the
wall, there was nothing to indicate thai
the scene had ever been one of whole
sale butchery Still here it was that. in
1855, nearly fifty thousand so-called
rebels were beheaded. A short lane,
some seventy-five feet long by about
twenty-five feet wide, narrower at one
end than at the other, it was nearly
filled with earthen pots put out to dry.
Very muddy and SLOPPY, there was no
place marked off for executions; and /
stepped down to little hut at the end
of the lane to make the acquaintance of
the executioner, who, | learned, lived
there, before | found out that the be-
heading was performed wherever there
was vacant space. The functionary
was not at home, and his wife was
showing me the heavy two-handled,
broad-bladed knife with which he
operated, offering, in fact, TO sell 1t for
two dollars, when little crowd ap-
peared in the lane, and man bound at
the arms was led to an open space
among the pots. My idea that an exc
| cution was about to take place
| was now confirmed by the owner
of the hut coming for his knife.
The culp:it was evidently also
| informed of the nature of the ceremony
about to take place. for he looked very
melancholy, though / afterward learned
that some opium had been given him.
As the eXecutioner came up couple of
policemen pushed the victim down upon
his knees in the mud and bound his
legs to his arms as he knelt, then pull
inc back the collar of his shirt forced
his head forward, while the executioner
with much care selected an earthen pot
in which to catch the prisoners skull.
| These preliminaries having been settled
the headsman stood over the prisoner
and with two cuts completely severed
the neck-one, indeed, had put the
criminal beyond all pain. The head,
which had fallen into the pot, was COW
cred up, the bleeding trunk was picked
up by the relatives of the convict, the
crowd separated, and after some imam
eial transactions between the officer
| who superintendent the execution and
the executioneer, the latter walked off
10 his hut, for all was over; the whole
affair not having occupied ten minutes
was told that Just then executions took
place at about the rate of one day.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
An Eccentric Moon.

Thomas Brown was employed at a
theater few years ago as a kind of
utility man, and one night the manager
put him behind the scene at the rear
Of the stage to take care of the moon.
Brown had candle on the end of long
pole. and it was his duty to hold the
light behind the moon, which was mere
" a round implanted space in the cur
tain. and to pull the curtain slowly up
to represent the rising of the moon.
Brown seated himself on piece of
baronial castle, and while waiting for
the order to go to work he fell asleep.
Presently the tragcdian on the stage
said to the heroine: "Swear by yon
bright MOON" etc., ETC., and turned to
point to it; but the orb of night was not
there.
That stage-manager flew around and
gave Brown a kick, and in frenzy
ordered him ito hist that moon
quick!''
Brown was bewildered, and without
waiting for further orders he ran the
curtain clear up with one jerk, when
the cord broke and down it came again.
Another string was hurriedly rugged
On the pulley, and the moon began to
rise properly; but Browns nerves were
SO unstrung by fright that he couldn't
hold the candle steadily behind it, so
chat there were fifteen or twenty eclipses
during the ascent, the light meanwhile
wandering all over the curtain, to the
infinite amusement of the audience.
However, the luminary got safely up
at last, and the tragedian again OBJ.
served; Swear by yon bright moon;'
but before the words were fairly out the
cord snapped again, the curtain unrolled
with velocity, and broke loose from the
roller, revealing Brown, the lunar ele
vator, roaming around in his shirt
sleeves with candle on a stick. A
moment later the manager was fun
bling among his hair, and that very
night Brown closed his theatrical career
| -EIEIcn0O Tribune
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

GENERALLY they TOOK the FORM OF Deneao-
lngs, but occasionally people were SUBJ
mitted to the slow death upon the
crosses against the wall, when, of
course the spectacle was more barba r
Dus. A woman was executed the next
day for killing her husband. and re-
eeived eight wounds from tie knife of
the executioner before she was finally
put out of her agony; but could not
lind that hers was frequent case, nor
did / meet any one in China who had
seen more cruelty practiced than that.
The cutting into thousand pieces"
now generally resolves itself into some
such mode Of despatch. Canton Cor,
30 stop Post.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

Since last October have suffered from
acute Inflammation in my nose and head
often in the night having to get up and
inhale salt and water for relief My eye
has been, for week at a time, so could
not see | have used no end of remedies,
also employed doctor, who said it was
impure blood-but l got no help. used
EIy's Cream Balm on the recommendation
of friend. | was faithless, but in a few
days was cured. My nose now, and also
my eye is well 1t is wonderful how
quick it helped me. Mrs, George S.
Judson, Hartford. Conn Easy 30 use
Price 80 cts)
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
ROCHESTER,. N. Y. March 80, 1888.

Stjlwell Medicine Company:
GRNTLEMEN-As rule do not be
lieve 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
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troubles. And when | find medicine
that has so mnch merit as yours cannot
retain from recommending it to all who
suffer from those complaints. | have
taken great pleasure in commencing it &c
nv friends, who have anxiously watched
my case Today1 feel as strong and well
as / ever did in my life, Many thanks to
your timely aid.
Yours Very Truly,
G.. J. connolly,
Prop. Rochester Rubber Stamp Works,
Rochester, n Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

not composed mostly of alcohol or whiskey
or whiskey-is Browns Iron Bitters 1t
is guaranteed to be mountaineering and
will absolutely kill all desire for whskey
and other intoxicants. 1t has been thor
oughly tested and proven itself in every
instance a never failing cure for dyspepsia
indigestion, bilousness. weakness, debility,
overwork, rheumatism, neuralgia, COP
sumptive disease, liver complaints, kidney
troubles. etc.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

Pure Cod liver Oil made from selected
livers, on the ses-shore, by Caswell. Ha-
zard 6 Co., New York. 1t is absolutely
pure and sweet. Patients who have once
taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians
have decided it superior to any of the
other oils in market.
Chapped Hands, Face, Pimples, and rough
Skin. cured by using Juniper Tar Soap,
made by Caswell, Hazard & Co, New
York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
A yEXED CLERGYMAN,

Even the patience of Job would become
exhausted were he preacher and endeav-
oring to interest his audience while they
were keeping up an incessant coughing,
making it impossible for him to be heard.
Yet. how very easy can all this be avoided
by simply using DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
Trial Bottles Zoe. at Hartz & Bahnsen's
DruCr Store
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
Among the Follils of the Age

which the introduction of SOZ0DONT
long since exploded, was the use of abro-
sive and corrosive tooth preparations.
which either contained minerals which
scratched their enamel or acids which
dissolved it. SOZODONT, a health pro-
noting substitute for these empirical
articles, is botanic, skillfully prepared,
highly sanctioned preparation, which not
only beauties, cleanses and invigorates
saffron colored and defective teeth, but
divests the breath of an Objectionable
odor and restores to it that of health.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

We recommend Ely's Cream Balm
where cure for Catarrh is called for,
and consider that we are doing the public
a service by making its virtues known to
those afflicted with this loathsome disease
for which it is in most instances perfect
cure Peck Bros, Druggists, Grand
Rapids, Mich. (Prlce so cts. See adv
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

Aliens Brain Food botanical extract
strengthens the Brain and positively cure
Nervous Debility, Nervousness, headache
unnatural losses, and all weakness of
Generativc System; it never fails. 81 pkg
for S5.-At druggists. or Aliens Phar-
macy 315 First Ave, N. Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
Rucklan's Acuica Salve.

The greatest medical wonder 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 rs cents per box. For sale by
IIartz s. Rahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

Fun AND CANDY-It is impossible to
have more fun these long evenings than
by making candy at home. You can
learn how to make every kind of fine
candy sold at the best confectionery stores
in the cities, from that valuable book,
How to Make Candy" No home can
afford to be without it. Sent postpaid for
80 cents Gin one or two cent stamps
Address,
THE HOUSEWIFE,
Rochester. n. Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
A sENsIBLE MAN WOULD USE

Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs.
1t is curing more cases of coughs, colds,
asthma, bronchitis, Group and all throat
and lung troubles, than any other med
icine. The proprietor has authorized 0.
Grotjan to refund your money if, after
taking three-fourths of a bottle, relief is
not obtained. Price so cents and 81.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
Mortality in Armies.

A learned Professor of the University
at Pavia has compiled and published a
statistical account of the proportionate
number of deaths in European armies.
He finds that in every 10000 men the
comparative mortality amounts to only
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE
AND ST. Paul

# oYus and operates over 1, 500 miles OF road In
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, iowa
and Dakotrr and its main lines, branches and con
noe ions reach all the great business centres OF the
Northwest and Far West, 1t naturally answers lne
description of Short Line, and best route between
Chicago. Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Chicago Milwaukee, La Crosse AID Winona.
Chicago Milwaukee, Aberdeen and Glendale
Chicago Milwaukee Eau Claire and stilwaer
Chicago Milwaukee Wausau and Merrill.
Chicago Milwaukee, Beaver Dam and Oshkosh.
Chicago Milwaukee, Wsukesha and oconomowoc.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, and Prairi du Chicn
Chicago Milwaukee Owattonna and Faribault
Chicago, Belot, GAINESVILLE and Mineral Roint.
Chicago, Elgin, Rockford and Dubuque.
Chicago Clinton Rock Island and Cedar Rapids.
Chicago, Council Bluffs and Omaha.
Chicago, Sioux City, Sioux Falls and Yankton.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Mitchell and Chamberlain
Rock Island, Dubuque ST. Paul and Minneapolis.
Davenport, Calmar St Paul and Minneapolis.
Pullman Sleepers and the Finest Dining Cars IL
the world are run the main lines of the chicago
Milwaukee Il St. Paul Railway, and every att en-
tion Is paid to passengers BY courteous employees
of the Company.
SIS MERRILL A. V. II. CARPENTER,
General Manager Gen. Pass. q Tiki Agt
1T CLARK, GEO. Il. HEAFFoRD,
Cenl Supf Asst Gen. Pass. A Ct
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
The new Speaker of the kentuek

The new Speaker of the Kentucky
Legislature is but twenH-seven years
old.-N 0. PtcaQ:tac.
A saltwater turtle weighing five
hundred pounds was captured recently
at the mouth OF the Sparwink River, il
Maine, by two brothers. The shell was
SO large that four boys stood on it and
the turtle was strong enough to craw
along with this load.-B0St0n Post.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

Malaria positively cured with Emorys
standard Cure Pills. never failing remed.
Y; purely vegetable, contain no quinine,
sugar coated 25 cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

Mr.. s. s. Doherty, Clay City, H., says
Il used Browns Iron Biters for severe
dyspepsia and now feel myself cured"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
,u,cAuo. BURLINGTON r. QUINCY.
CHICAGO, MINIATURES X ST. PAUL.

Trains Ma 7. s. and IL are MaQuoketa BrAnch.
Trans and 4, Accommodation for oxford 'uuc-
ion; aud 2, Passenger for Celmar.
"Flying Dutchman' leaSes Rock Island % o;a 20 ~
III, arrives at 9:G5 p. m; arrives DuDuqao AZ o.
m, leaves 5 rs a M arrives Minneapolis loIo p.
IA leaves at 4 so a. IN. ,,,,,,,, ...
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

-Egbert W. Lyon, of Bristol, Conn,
makes living by training wild steers.
He trains them within few months to
perform many difficult and amusing
tricks, without whipping or resorting to
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
gOCs ISLAND x PEORIA RAILWAY

tshORTEsT ROUTE TO THE EAST ANU "h'A'
LEAVE. ARRlfE,
a.., l,-,rcss S.db AN 5;15 p. NJ.
I'll aI,1t ~ 1.1bPM 1870 NJ.
Ar,c,,r,oIstior T:O0PM roo A. NJ.
-, Lr-aight 600 An 400 P. NJ.
The / Is p. IN. train makes close eohhecuoh
Al gulya with the c. B. Il q, for points west; ar
Giving at Galesburg at LIS p. Burlington 6:lu
.. m; keokuk 1O:25 p. m; Quincy lo:oS p m
also making close connection al Peoria with l. b
& W, and i. p. Il w. roads for al points ess
and south
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
ROCK ISLAND t. MERCER CO., R. r.
Kick ISLAND 4 PRORIA
RAILWA Y.
SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE
EAST AND SOUTH

Trains leave Rock Island
4OOa. III. Way Freight.
545 Fast Express
l4Op ~ Mail and Express
$50 Through Freight and Accommodation
Trains arrive at Rock Island:
2SOa. IN. Through Freight and Accommodation.
I245p Ii. Mail and Express.
$40 - Fast Express.
400 - Way Freight
The FAST EXPRESS, leaving Rock Island al e.S9
\. M. arrives at Peoria 1920 p H. Ut Sprlngnen
i95 D. m. at Decatur 4.O0p. N, Jacksonville ~
D. m, Alton 40 p. H. st Louis SIS P. M, ana
ferre Haute II 50 y. M, The SAME DAY. Making
this the BEST and QUICKEST route to all points
southeast
The l. 80 D. IN. train makes close connection at
,;alya with c. b. Il Q. for points west; arriving at
Galesburg at ABS p. m, at Burlington o4o p M. al
keokuk 1025 p. N, aud at Quincy 1O05 p III.
Arriving at Peoria at $40 p. IN, making close
connections with the l. B. & W. and T. T. W >
for indianapolis, connecting there with all fast
trains for the east and south.
s-FAST TIME SURE CONNECTIONS, and
-dtes as low as by any other route.
L. Il. CABLE, a. \. MORTON,
GEM Supt Gen'l Tkt. Agt.
The G so D. M Accommodation leaves every day
except sunday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01

SHORT +: !: :;
idea of just what is requtr-
aAE ed by the travelling public
E& - u Short Line, Qnicx Time
EEVE aud the Best of accommo-
A & dations-all of which are
iurnishe by the GREATEST railway in America,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-01
Pure Cod liver Oil made from selecte,

Prop. Rochester Rubber Stamp Works,
Rochester. n Y.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-24
S%kirts-Plaited and Plain.

Notwithstanding plain skirts appear
in the new toilets for autumn, plated
ones are still the favorite with the
masses. They are made in an immense
variety of styles, and the least effective
are the plaits and tucks. Bias folds are
favored instead of founces for wool
skirts. A pretty skirt has three bias
tapping folds, each four inches wide, of
the same material as the dress, at the
foot of the skirt. These may be of vel
vet or satin, or any combination ma
terial. Braided borders, panels and
tucked skirts are not limited to wool
goods, but are seen on silks and satins.
Rich passementeries and bands of vel
vet will be used on silks during the
coming season. In some models the
front and sides show kilt plaits from
three to six inches wide, separated by
q cluster of narrow plaits. This style
may extend around the entire skirt,
but is more often confined to the front
and sides. A new idea is to reverse
the plaits to meet on the sides, and two
rows of buttons placed down each side
form a pretty garniture. Silver braid
in rows or rings will be a stylish trim
llluS 1OI DlGCk CdSIliuClc uItSScS, duu
jetted braids will be used on silks, at
ms and v~elvets. A stylish design for
gros-grain or cashmere dresses is a re-
vival from the fashions ola few seasons
back, which is to cover the back
breadths all the way to the waist with
three side plated %iounces, the lower
one to surround the skirt. An apron
front with long point to the middle
is made broad and full, to wrinkle ut
the top and extend back to meet the
upper hounce. The apron is bordered
with frills of lace or bands of velvet. A
pretty ball fringe is sometimes used,
and to make the costume more dressy
the tlounces are trimmed with braid OF
passementerie. -Brooklym Eagle.
The Germans are steadily increas.
ing their navy. They have lately added
twenty-five torpedo boats, and many
larger vessels ire now in course Of con.
struction.