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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22
County Building.


20-Hannah P. Burnham to Thomas
Harris, Sc ne, "a, II, 4w; $3.50.
VIM. M. johnson to VIM. r. johnson,
WI Sc ne and 81 e4 Sc ne "a, II, 4w; 81.
VIM. R. Johnson to Daniel Hayes, Cd
ne "a, II, 4w; $1,000.
G. W. Steele to E. E. Rodgers, outlet
80, and five tracts in 20, II, lie, $500; and
E. E. Rodgers to VIM. McRoberts, Jr,
same description, $40; and n NJ and
VIM. W. Gallito to VIM. McRoberts, Jr.,
same description, $500; and Theophilus
Steele to VIM. McRoberts, Jr., same
$1,000; and VIM. H. Steele to VIM Nc
Roberts, Jr., same, $500.
Samuel n. Boney to Samuel J Garnet,
81 sw so, II, 3w; $500.
Jane o. Philleo to Christian Enfeldt,
81 sw 35. II, 3w, and pit Sc 81, II, 5w,
$3.50, and A. X. Philleo by administra>
trix, to Christian Einfeldt, same descrip>
ton, $25.
A. X. Philleo, by administrative, to
Samuel Goode, 81 ne and pit Sc and IS
acres ne sw "a, II, 3w, 81, 1926; Jane O.
PhilleO to Samuel Goode, same dcscrip~
ton, $500.
NATURALIZATION.
Oct 21-Final papers-Henry White
man, John Whiteman, Peter II. Weidman,
of Port Byron; Chas. Miller, J. H. Lied
Ike, of Rock Island; Adolph Ziems, OF
Canoe Creek; Charles A. Rosine, John P
Anderson, August Erickson, Donald
Stewart, Peter o. Larson, John Engstrom
M. P GRANDSON, Nels Modee, Edward
Erickson and Frank A. Anderson, all OF
Moline.
First papers Oswald Wende, Rosmus
Peterson and Gustaf Herngren, of Mo-
line; John Borkwordt, of Canoe Creek.
LICENSED TO WE'D.
Oct 21-Edward Roesner and Miss
Augusta Schrieber, both of Moline.
Oswald Wende and Miss Helena Mud
row; Gust P. Kruse and Miss Emily G
DanielsOn, all of Moline.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-22

Now if the republicans want to buy
votes let them wade IN. Here is chance
to get one for $40 or $50.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05

trip which, in the early portion of
each pleasant morning, is OF almost
daily occurrance with him. What
Mfr. Arthur's sentiments may be re.
garding the other qualifications of his
steed, those concerning his swiftness
are CT the highest order. No sooner
was be in the saddle than the pony
rushed forth like Orestes pursued by
the furies down the path of the
White House grounds, and into the
distance beyond. When after mar.
velously short space CT time he re.
turned to the White House, it was re
marked to the waiting groom that the
bolt witnessed by him at the depart
ure OF the Twain on their exit from
the gates hal termi .la,ec: only upon
their return to the same spot where
on they had set out
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05

Our medical treatise on the Health
and Happiness of Woman, dedicated
to Mothers, Wives, Sisters, Daught-
ers, is clear and eloquent scien-
tifc recital Of the numerous and
painful disease peculiar to the sex,
and shows how they may he prevent
ed relieved aud cured! Scarcely a
home in all the land but is made
Dark and Sorrowful by the weakness
and i'll health of one or more of its
female members.
To all such, cur book brings Joy
and Healing Let each sufferer VIII"
NAV read these lines write at once
for it. Study 1T thoroughly and
heedfully mark the amount and
character of the testimony show to
every afflicted friend and acquain-
lance. It. is mailed free TO al! ap-
plicants. Send for it, read, and ludgt
by common sense for yourselves.
TH. BRApT1ErD RreULAIoR Go
P. O, Box %, Atlanta: Ga.
Month.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05
Not Much of "a Clerk.
Texas Siftings. ]

Texas siftings1
One OF the wealthiest and most in.
te'ligent ladies Of Austin entered Mr..
Conover's grocery establishment, on
Austin avenue, and pointing a jewell
ed finger, said to the new clerk, q
graduate, by the way, OF the Uni
versity of Texas
Send me home bushel of them
pertaterses.'
Il suppose you mean q bushel OF
potatoes" said the clerk, smiling in
asupercilious manner.
Ghe lady founced out Of the at ore
grating her teeth. When the propri
etor Of the store heard he had lost
one Of his best customers he, too,
grated his teeth. At last he thought
be would discharge the clerk, but on
reflection, as clerks were scarce, he
cont '"ted himself with telling him
that his business was merely to sell
goods, and not to correct mistakes in
grammar.
"All right, SIR" responded the
graduate of the University of Texas,
81 will not seek to eulighten your
ignorant customers"
After that things went on smooth.
". The proprietor notice I custo-
IN RS just flocked to his new clerk.
He was kept busy AL the time. The
customers did not care to have any,
body except that particular clerk to
wait OH them. At the same time he
could not help noticing that the
amount Of cash taken was not IA
large as the run of customers seemed
to justify. One morning the propri-
etor seated himself near the clerk,
pretended to be reading a paper.
A colo.'ed woman came in and made
some purchases. When it came o
settling. she counted up:
''ren pounds of coffee at twenty
cents pound make for y cents; ten
cents for soap, ten cents for blueing,
id thirty cents for starch make fifty
cents" and putting down q dollar,
asked for thirty-fve cents change,
which the clerk promptly gave her.
"Hold ON there! That's oil
wrong"
"Of course it's wrong" responded
the clerk calmly; "but don't con-
slider 1t my duty to teach your custO-
mers arithmetic. l did start out 10
teach them gra nmar, when they ask
ed for 'them pertaterses,' but you
told me all I had to do was to sell
them goods. II you are not going
to let me correct their grammer, /
don't see why l should correct their
arithmetic"
THAT'S the last graduate of the
University of Texas that I'll hire for
clerk" remarked the roprietor
when he got through putting the ex-
clerk into the street.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05
POISO

"a 1n tne blood 10 apt to show itself in the
op.lng, and nature should by all means be
assisted in throwing il off. Swifrs Spe-
enc does this effectively. 1t is purely
Sotaole, non-pOisunous remedy, which
nelps nature to force all the poison or faint
"u' through the pores of the skin.
mr. Robert A. .Easley, Of Dickson, Ten,
S~r,'cs' under date March 10, 1884: II
,;- chiIis and fever, followed by rheuna-
s .Su'' Tor three years, so that was not
.Tle 70 attend to my business; had tried
~,t'Ios! every kind Of medicine, and found
40 no reiief. A friend recommended Swift's
SSpeCinc. tried one bottle and nv health
logan TO improve. continued until had
S "Aen SIX bottles, and it has set me on my
49, as sound ard well "a ever. l recon-
mend IT to all similarly afflicted.
Letters from twenty:three 1881 of the
So "uihg retail druggists of Atlanta say, un.
ue e gate March "a, 1884: I'VE sell more
"a, o"iILs Specific than any other one rem
~ ~, ana Three to ten times as much as any
o,d er oiood medicine. We sell il to all
;,asses' and many of the best families use
"' general health tonic.
10, am sure that Swifts Specific saved NV
.n e; l was terribly poisoned with malaria
~.M I was given up to die. Swifts Specific
sb;" eVeo me promptly and entirely.
''A II Is the greatest remedy of the age
G G. SPENCER,
~, Sup't Gas Works Rome. Ga
f.. nave known and used Swfts Specific
r MI more than twenty years, and have seer
S rOre wonderful results from its use thai
cona n any remedy in or out OF the Pharma
70 .A' IL is certain and safe antidot,
20 all sorts of Blood Poison.
j. Dickson SMITH, NJ. D.,
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05
TO the credit of the national bank

To the credit of the national bank
ing system, it il sal since it's estab-
ment twenty years ago, only nine
teen OF the banks have failed, and
the loss 10 the creditors have not ex
ceeded $9,0O0,O00. The average
loss has been about 20 per cent. fer
each failure. The loss TO the whole
number of depositors in national
banks has been only one-twentieth
Of one per cent. There has been no
loss, of course, to the holders of the
bills of the broken banks as they
were secured by bonds deposited il,
the National Treasury.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05

A novel t,a;ure in the dining 70 )m
Of q hotel at Niagara Falls is colos
sal mirror, III which the falls are re-
fected in such q manner that the
guests may admire while they eat. 1t
is economical, too; for while the
guests ale gazing at the reflection
the waiter removes the dinner and
brings on the pie.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05
A Milk Diet for Sixty Days.

Yes, I'm going to live on NOTHING
but milk for sixty days" said Prof
Westbrook, a me,iium-sized man
with an aureole of gray whiskers
around a red, full moon face to a
New York World reporter Wednes.
day.
"1m not only going to live on
milk but travel on milk from here f.
Omaha and lecture on milk in every
town through which pass"
How will you take your milk,
professor :"
Take my milk ! Through my
mouth. sir" -.e-
From d cup or bottle ~
II am not an infHnt, sir. am q
professor and shall take It from a
Jug This is not money-ma ing
scheme. Itravel in the interest of
science. We begin life with milk,
and why can we not continue it with
the tactical fluid. The food of ia
ture is milk. II I can live on it
for sixty days I will keep at it for
600 days. Perhaps I will keep at it
all my life."
Il understand you occasionally
dip into verse, professor
"Dip in' 1 battle in it; sir !!
Though I am only a carpenter I have
written some hundreds Of poems, sir,
hundreds Of poems. l devote my
leisure hours to poetry aud science.
1 have lately been studying the secret
of life."
"And the secret is-"
Milk! Yes, sir, milk is the secret
OF long life. l shall keep a record OF
my weight, the changes OF tempera
ture and all physica! changes, with
such other data as may prove inter-
esting to mankind. Why, sir, l
know l am right, have never used
intOxicants, and l see myself to- day
9 IMAM near SO years of age, hale,
hearty and sound, while / look
at men who started in life at
the same time l did, who are, if
alive at ell, physical wrecks
"When do you intend to start,
professor!"
"In few days / shall take the
Erie road, and lecture at such towns
as Syracuse, Rochester and Buffa o.
l shall; probably finish up each
poem which have written, on the
virtues of milk"
III YOU succeed, professor =
~ he butchers will have to G, out
OF business and the price Of wheat in
the Clicsgo market vii! tumble 10
for ali mankind will drink
milk"
The professor paused and gazed
out OF his window as hr raised his
hands i'll an ccstacy and exclaimed:
"Yes! Milk will change the face
of the earth. We will enter the
Biblical land OVERLOOKING With milk
without the honey"
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05
Catholic College.

Mr.. ]. d. Kingsley, Sec'y, Holy
Cross College Gymnasium, Worces-
ter, Mass, writes Every member
OF our club frankly admit that St.
Jacobs OIL, the conqueror of pain, is
the besi cure they have ever used
and all speak of it in terms of the
highest appreciation. so cents per
bottle.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05

jenkins Washer, having sent up
his card and received word that Mrs
r. will be down in moment, steal.
kiss from the pretty maid. Mrs
r, entering unexpectedly; Jane.
how often have l told you to always
receive your visitors in the kitchen.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05
PLANTERS,
MECHANICS.
MERCHAN rs
AND
CAPITALISTS
A WORD IN YOUR EARS AND
DOLLARS IN YOUR POCKETS.

Happy New Year! Goodbye, 1883.
Crops not tirst-rate, but might have been
worse. Money not exactly plenty, but
vel, enough to 60 round, and after pay
ins debts, and laying in supplies, stock,
clothing, guano, and all things needful,
there will yet be something left to invest.
And now, let US suggest that the best
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05

., 0r Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free to applicants
ihE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.
Drawer 3 Atlanta, Ga.
III A., ohce' 1863 w. 2Sd ST., bes., sth &
list
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05

At the hotel: who is that gen.
tleman with such remarkable strad.
die ?" swell, I don't know but he's
from either Ohio or Virginia"
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05

A young man who visited the cir
Gus the other day ruined his black
cloth coat by inadvertently leaning
against the sacred elephant.
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05

1.-THE world was sad the garden was a
wild!
And man the hermit, sigh'd till WOMAN
smiled"
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05
Paying Investment

And one that will pay the largest dividend
10 in something that will make happiness
in our homes, that will elevate our chill
dren, our friends and ourselves to the
highest standard OF refinement, culture,
and SOciability.
MuSic Alone Viii do This
Have you q Piano or an Organ in your
homer If not, you should have, and we
can ave you money in its purchase Over
10000 delighted purchasers, whom we
have supplied in the past fifteen years, will
endorse this statement.
See the Grand Inducements we offer.
Ten Leading Makers, Chickering, Msthu-
shek, Ludden & Bates, Hallet s Davis,
Hardlnan, Arion, Mason & Hamliu, Pack.
ard, Palace, and Bay State. Over 800
Styles. All Grades. All Prices. Pianos.
500 to $1,000 Organs, &24 TO $780,
Makers names OH all. No Stencil or
Cheap Instrument sold. THE Best is al
ways Cheapest" but our cheapest is good.
See
WhGt W. GjUe Purchasers,
With each Piano, good stool and cover.
With each Organ, a good stool & Instruc.
tor With each Piano or Organ, a book of
music.
Also, Six Years Guarantee; Fifteen
Days Trial, with Freight Paid both ways,
u instrument does not suit; and 4 Privi-
Iese OF Exchange at any time within Six
M'hlhS, II the selection made is not salts
hct0rY MORE THAN THIS
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05
WOMAN.

WOMAN.
Beauty preserved! Youth Re
newed! Health Restored! 1t
Will cost You Nothing 1t
Will Save You Money!
Health Happiness!
... Perhaps Life
Itself
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05
We Pay All Freight

fes, we mean il. We sell you Best In
SIrnnents At Lowest Prices, on Easiest
instSllncnt Terms and pay every cent Of
Tue Freight. no matter where you live SO
taa' the Instrument costs you no more than
IL you lived in Savannah OF New York
CITY Why hesitate? We are the men for
you Send us your name, and we will
mall you Illustrated Catalogues anc Circu-
lars Which will tell you what we have NOS
room to say here.
REMEMBER
The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1884-06-05

zee 10
'ound.
Broad
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-08-02
on Her Feed.

'Will you have a plate OF cream,
dear?' he asked.
mo, thank you: very rarely eat it"
she sweetly replied.
"Well, do try dish of Strawberries,
won't you, pet?' he continued.
mo. Alfred, they are so high-pricedi.,
and really care but little for them, "
she answered.
I'm SO sorry" ne said. with an
inane desire to plunge his head into q
butter-tub. snow, you must, indeed
YOU shall, take glass of Soda
you'll have to excuse me, but l only
care to saunter along with you, dear,
she replied. .,
He could resist no longer. 'Wil
you-will you-be my darling, ducky'
wifey, my sweetest he exclaimed:
They were married that month. Lat'
in August when she had bankruptet
him on ice-cream and ten-cent Cali
fornia pears, he sadly remarked: -
thought you did not care for thes'
things, Maud? You didn't appear t
before we were married.
20, YES, l remember that time yo'
refer to. Mr.. Smith. l was trifle care
full what l ate just then,' she answered
and Mr.. Smith buried himself in reiiec
Ition.-Ercldnye.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-08-02
VOL. X.-NO. 81.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The British Church Missionary So
,ietv's income was at the birth OF the
Queen $l5O.OOO, at her accession
s445, 900, and is now 81, 100000
The brute idea of education is to
break the child's will instead of edu-
eating it. When he is put in possession
of his will. half the problem OF edu-
cation is solved-Education.
The recent Methodist Conference
in Philadelphia has enacted that minis
ters of all colored churches in Della
ware and Iowa and other Northern
States shall be permitted to join the
conference in which they are geograph-
ically situated
The English Wesleyan Missionary
Society, whose anniversary has recently
been held. reported an income OF
$50, 900, 391 circuits, 165 chapels, 16O
missionaries and assistants, 1,9S4
church members, and 1856 Sunday
School pupils.
The twenty-ninth annual session OF
the Southern Baptist Convention met
in Baltimore recently. Reports showed
that 144 missionaries labored at 33S
churches and stations. The Sunday
Schools number 145 teachers and 4,l9O
pupils. The money expended was about
$4,000. The increase in laborers was
fifty per cent.
-The total annual school income per
wear as reported for all States and Ter
ritories, is SSs, 142 .0SS; the total expen-
diture. $85, ,442. Total estimated
real value of sites, buildings. and all
other school property for thirty
States and eight Territories is $780,
143, 452. Educational journal.
This is the report made by pastor
of the membership of his church:
Two-thirds of the members OF my
church are honorary members. They
don't come to prayer meetings.; they
don't attend Sabbath School; they don't
add to the life of the church; they are
passengers ON the Gospel ship; they
bear no burdens; add no strength;
their names are on our books; they are
honorary members.-Baptist Weekly.
The reflex influence of.foreign mis-
sion work was aptly illustrated by q
returned missionary at the late ami
versary of the Wesleyan Society IN
London. .At Colombo" he met one
of their native ministers named Ma
thanaels, who was in the habit Of COM
ing down to the harbor on Sundays
and preaching to the sailors. One day
he heard one of them say to . mate:
"Well, say. Jack. this beats me alto
gether. thought people in England
sent out men to preach to the blacks,
but here's black preaching to us"
There is a temperance revival at the
Zalu mission, South Africa, which is
being followed by an increased relig-
ious interest. At series of meetings
held for a week at Maritzburg, nearly
900 pledges to total abstinence were
secured. These were English people,
most of whom would not be called in
temperate drinkers. A missionary al
that station adds: "But for 900 Eng
lish people to sign total abstinence
pledg ge in a town of 10000 or 1900 IN
habitants, is significant and very en-
couraging. ."-Detroit Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-08-02
The Men With the Pig.

A few days ago two men, who were
afterwards found to be Detroiters, ar
rived in town about fifty miles to the
west of this, leading n pig. 1t was per-
haps big enough and heavy enough to
be caleda hog, but they termed it pig,
| and as they turned it over to the care OF
the landlord at whose inn they proposed
to rest for the night one OF the men ex-
planned:
"Be awful careful with that pig. He's
daisy-a new breed Just from scot
land. We've sold him to farmer out
here for $50. and we don't want any
thing to happen to him.
The landlord locked the pig up and
then began to think and cogitate and
suspect. When the strangers had gone
to bed he called in some of the boys
and said:
i've twigged the racket; them two
fellows are sharpers, and that's a
guessing pig. Tomorrow they viii
give you chance to guess at MS
weight at ten cents a guess. and you IL
be cleaned out-only you won't! AS
the fellows sleep we will weigh thHr
pig and beat their game.
Nobody slept until the pig was taken
over to the scales and weighed. He
pulled down 10 pounds to a hair, and
the villagers went home and hunted up
their nickels and dreamed of pigs and
scales and sharpers through the re-
mainder of the night.
Next morning the pig was led around
in front, and before starting off on his
Journey, one of the owners remarked to
the assembled crowd:
"Gentlemen. I'm going to weigh this
pig directly. Maybe some OF you would
like to guess on his weight? I'll take
all guesses at ten cents each, and who
ever hits it gets fifty cents"
This provoked large and selected
stock of winks and smiles, but no one
walked up until the pig man said that
any one person could guess as many
times as he cared to, provided dime
accompanied each guess. Then rusf
set in. Three or four merchants pu
up fifty guesses each. A justice of th'
peace took thirty. A lawyer said abou
twenty would do for him. Before ther'
was any let up in the guessing abou
!, 600 had been registered and paid for
8 Every soul of 'em guessed at lao pounds
IL was curious WHat uhouihh.y .NSi
. > was in the guessing, but the pig mel
, didn't seem to notice it. When all ha'
, been given chance the pig was led t.
: the scales, and 10! his weight was ex
: actly LA pounds.
! ..You see, gentlemen" explained tn
= spokesman, while this animal onl
: weighs ITO pounds along about clever
!, o'clock at night, we feed him about fiv
> pounds of corn-meal in the mornini
u before weighing! You forgot to tax
:, this matter into consideration"
: Then somebody kicked the landlord
= and he kicked the justice, and the just
:, ice kicked a merchant, and when tn
: pig men looked back from distant hi
: the whole town was out kicking itse
. and throwing empty wallets into th
a river.-Detroit Free Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-08-02
PJJNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Hate is de pizen weed o de human
mind, but love is de aower.-ArkdnsaU
Trareler.
Most married women think bach
elors ought to be taxed. Most bachelors
who 90 into society at all are taxed
pretty heavily.-N. Y. Graphic.
-..Ich bin krank," said Jones who
uses little German very badly, to his
better half, who doesn't understand the
language at all. ITO be sure" she re-
turned, you've been one ever since
knew you"
A base ball umpire was mobbed in
Philadelphia few days ago. 1t will
soon be so that every time a game OF
base ball is played the Governor will
have to call out the troops to protect
the umpire. Our leading industries
must be encouraged and protected
Chicago Times.
Little Brother (whose sister is
PLAYING cards with gent.eman)-"Mr:
Smiler, does Mamie play cards wel!3
Mr.. Sniler-.'Yes; very well, indeed.
1. B.-"Then YOU had better look out,
tor mamma saidif she played her cards
well she would catch you. u."-Pk'Idtel-
phid Cau.
A recent scientific theory is to the
effect that it is possible under certain
conditions to hear color. We are very
Glad to know this, because when we are
Walking around at night when it is
lark. and we have new clothes on, 1t
will be gratifying to hear the green
naint that has Just been put on our en-
slayer's front stoop.-PacE.
An Indian on being asked what ne
was doing now, answered: "Weii'
hunt some, fish some, and preach
some "Where do you preach?" .'up
IN the creek bottom" ''How much do
thew IN W Give youp' "'Bout fifty dollars
a year" "That's mighty poor pay.
isn't ltp'' "Well, but It's mighty poor
preach"
FL never tip . waiter" said Bass;
prefer to keep him in expectancy as
long as possible. He is all the more
attentive, because he does not kno"
how generous am" "But won't ne
get discouraged after while'" asked
Brown. Possibly" replied Bass, "ou'
that's all he will ever get So, you see
I'm no loscr." ."-BostoD Transcript
Dear Hubby: Please send BY
money-order fifty dollars. l want t.
oet a dress. Genevieve. P. 81 hat
ain almost Q forgot to send my love: YOU
little wifev. G. Dear Genevieve:
send you my undying, best love. You
husband. Charles. p. 81 ha'
almost forgot to say that l can't SEN
. tho fifty dollars. With q kiss, Charles
-GhiedaS Tribune,