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


l mounted up the steps and found
duplicate sign on the door of the second
floor front room. A knock brought a
CHEEKY response, and | entered. With
out revealing my errand | made small
purchase to adorn q fictitious costume
and began conversation with the pro-
prietress, remarking that had seen her
strange announcement on the sign, and
asked if she had much business in
painting out black eyes
well, | cannot say that | have
large business in that line, but still
number of persons with damaged optics
apply to me in the course of year.
Those who receive black eyes, as a
general rule, are not the people who are
careful of their appearance. With many,
a green shade will serve their purpose,
| and those whose eyes are blackened by
accident frequently receive other injuries
at the same time, and are compelled to
remain home until the bruises ere no
longer visible.
What class of people do you most
| often treat?"
That is question which | hardly
| know how to answer. | think, however,
from the conversation of those who
come here, that they are generally re-
| spectacle young men, clerks, lawyers,
and even gentlemen of leisure. My
theory is, and it is pretty well borne
| out by the replies l receive to the few
questions l PROFOUND, that q young
man who is about to be married is
| compelled by the custom which has
obtained in this city to go upon sort OF
spree with his bachelor friends just
before the day of the ceremony. This
is very wrong, Of course, but the young
men, nowadays, have way of doing
things they should be ashamed of. A
party of jolly fellows going from saloon
to saloon, and often drinking to excess,
are not unlikely to get into trouble. II
they receive black eyes only, they are
fortunate, for | have heard of cases
where they lose their lives as well.
When the groom wakes up on the morn
ING he is to be married and finds one
of his eyes in deep mourning, his feel
ings are not to be envied, | suppose. II
is too late to postpone the ceremony and
he does not care to walk up to the aital
looking as he does. Then he comes tc
me and implores me to disguise his in.
Jury. | have frequently had young
men in this condition offer me large
f sums if would paint out the marks
, but when / have done what they ask
they forget their promises and try tc
beat me down on the small charge
make"
'.Did you ever paint out black eye:
for women"
SIN two cases only. Both of these
women had been beaten by drunken
husbands and tried to shield the brute.
from the indignation of their friends.
N T. Cor. albany Argsls.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE,
AND ST. Paul:

Itovus and operates over 4,500 miles OF road IN
Northern illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
and Dakotrr and its main lines, branches and con
nee ions reach all the great business centres OF me
Northwest and Far West, it naturally answers tue
description of Short Line, and best route between
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Chicago, Milwaukee, La Crosse and Winona
Chicago, Milwaukee, Aberdeen and Glendale
Chicago. Milwaukee, Eau Claire and SILVIA eT
Chicago. Milwaukee, Wausau and Merrill.
Chicago. Milwaukee Beaver Dam and Oshkosh.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Waukesha and Oconomowoc.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, and Prairi du CHEN
Chicago, Milwaukee. Owattouna and Faribault.
Chicago. Beloit GAINESVILLE and Mineral Point.
Chicago, Elgin, Rockford and Dubuque.
Chicago, Clinton, Rock Island and Cedar Rapids.
Chicago, Council Bluffs and Omaha.
Chicago, Sioux City, Sioux Falls and Ysnkton.
Chicago, Milwaukee Mitchell ana Chamberlain,
Rock Island Dubuque. ST Paul and Minneapolis
davenport Calmar ST Paul and Minneapolis.
Pullman Sleepor5 and the Finest Dining cars IN
the world are run IN tue main lines OF the Chicago
Milwaukee, 4 81. Paul Railway, and every att en-
ton is paid to passengers by courteous employees
Of the Company
SIS MERRILL A V. II. CARPENTER,
General Manager. Gen Pass & Tiki Agt
1T CLARK, GEO H. HEAFFORD,
Genl. supr Asst Gen. Pass. Agt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

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 10c. at HartZ & Bahnsen's
Drug Store
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
. 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 o.
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, 1884-02-02
Among tie Follils of the Age

which the introduction of SOZODONT
long since exploded, was the use of abro-
sive aud corrosive tooth preparations.
which either contained minerals which
scratched their enamel or acids which
dissolved it. S0ZOD0NT, health pro,
noting substitute for these empirical
articles, is botanic, skilfuliy prepared,
highly sanctioned preparation, which not
only beauties, cleanses and invigorates
saffron colored and defective teeth, but
divcsls the breath of an Objectionable
odor and restores to it that of health.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
strange Occupations.

Several DAYS ago was called to New
York %" t:lS;nea,, and spent considern-
BILE time ia the Eastern portion of the
city. While riding on Third avenue
horse car, one morning, | casually
glanced through the steam-dimmed
window, and strange sign, swinging
to and fro in cross street, caught my
eye. Upon it in large, bold letters was
this inscription:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

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. price so cts. See adv
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
ROCHESTER, n. Y. March 80, 1888.

OulNell meulClHe Noulpdh1
GENTLEMEN-As a rule | do not be
Iieve in giving testimonials but gratitude
and the desire to help Others prompt me
to- add mine to your list Your ''Stil-
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 i. to all who
suffer from those complaints. i have
taken great pleasure in commencing it to
my friends, who have anxiously watched
my case. Today l feel as strong and well
as l 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, 1884-02-02

Pure Cod-liver Oil made from selected
livers, on the sea-shore. By Caswell, Ha-
card & 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, Pimplcs, and rough
Skin, cured by using Juniper Tar Soap,
made by Caswell, Hazard & Co, New
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

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 he without it. Sent postpaid for
80 cents lin one or two cent stamps)
Address,
THE HOUSEWIFE,
Rochester. n Y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

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
for S5.-At druggists, or Aliens Phar-
macy. 315 First Ave. N. Y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

Reservoirs on wheels, to be filed
from the harbor by the fire boats, are
the latest New York Fire Department
nnrovement-N Y NeCS
"A fortnight ago man walked into
a German jewelers. shop in London,
whose wife only was at the counter, and
pocketed Gas he thought, unseen by herr
a couple of watches. Presently her
husband entered. and, while the thief
stood unconsciously at the door, think
ing of what he should steal next, she
gave in German a description OF what
had happened, to her spouse. Where
upon, without the least fuss, or SO much
as an unpleasant word, he beckoned a
policeman and gave the one-langnaged
individual into custody.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
RuokIen's Aruica 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 % cents per box. For sale by
Hartz & Rahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

Malaria positively cured with Emory S
standard Cure Pills, q never failing remed-
v; purely vegetable, contain no qninine,
sugar-coated. % cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

Mr., s. s. Doherty. Clay City, H., says
II used Browns Iron Bitters for severe
dyspepsia and now feel myself cured"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
Magnetic Kidney Belt +!
FOR MEN, Is
M O mn tnd tn Nurn or MONEY he

Warranted to Cure or prs nSSa1 IL ,hs
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BACK, HIPS, head OR LINES, NERVOUS DEBILITY,
LUNBAGO, GENERAL DEBILITY. RHEUNATIsM PAR
ALYsIs, NEURALGIA, soIATICA, diseases OF the
KIDNEYS SPINAL diseases, Torpid Liver, Gout,
Seminal Emissions, lmpotency, Asthma, Heart
Disease, Dyspepsia, Constipation, EryslPelas, In
digestion, Hernia or Rupture, Catarrh, Piles, Ep-
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When any debility OF the GENERATIvE ORGANS
occurs Lost Vitality Lack of Nerve Force and
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of a personal nature, from whatever cause, the
continuous STEFAN OF Magnetism perIneating all
through the parts, must restore them to healthy
acton There is no mistake about this appliance.
To The Ladies::w E ESn b Back e0 Weak
ness of the Spine, Falling of the Womb, Lencor-
RI oea. Chronic inflammation and liberation OF the
Womb, Incidental Hemorrhage or Flooding, Pain
full, Suppressed or Irregular Menstruation. Bar
renness, and change of Life, this is the best Ap-
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For all forms of Female difficulties II Is uusur-
passed by anything before invented. both as a
curative agent and as source Of power and vital
ization.
Price of either Belt with Magnetic Insoles, So
sent by Express C. o. D., and examination allow
ed, or by mail on receipt OF pr1ce. In ordering
send measure Of waist and size of shoe. Re-
mittance can be made in currency, sent In letter
at our risk.
THE Magneton Garments are adapted to all
ages are worn over the under clothing. mot next
to the body like the many Galvanic and Electric
Humbugs advertised 50 extensively and should
be taken off at night. They hold their POWER
FOREVER, ard are worn at all seasons of the
year.
Send stamp for the New Departure in Medical
Treatment Without Medicine" with thousands
of testimonials.
THE MAGNETON APPLIANCE CO.,
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NoTE-Send one dollar in postage stamps or
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10 aud mi nf r.
soles, and be convinced Of the power residing in
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
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CHICAGO LADIES SEMINARY,

Full courses Of study. Art, Music, Ancient and
Modern Languages. Emil Liebling, Director of
Music Home comforts in boarding department
MISS GREGG, Principal, Is and IL Sheldon St,
Chicago Ills. sug-23-d1m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
, TW1 MscNEToN APPLIANCE 90
DAVENPORT
FANCY. STEAM DYElNG
And French Dry Cleaning Works,
No. se5 Brady Street.

NO. 20 btauy ollstt.
j. MUSTER, Proprietor;
Feathers and PiuInes cleaned, dyed and curled,
lace curtains cleaned and tinted, and Damask cur
tains cleaned and dyed. ladies and gents clothing
cleaned, dyed and repaired; all kinds Of fancy
dyeing
Oct26-d1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
CHICAGO. BURLlNGroN & QUINCY.
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE l. ST. PAUL.

,Crains No. I. S, 9 and 10 are Maquoketa Br1nun'
Grams 3and 4 Accommodation for Oxford dnuc
ion: aud ., passenger, for CelInsr.
Flying DaIchmann leaves Rock Island o sS a.
n, Tenvas M n m arrives at ST. Paul y: 80 p
IN leaves 8 rs a. IN. arrives Alhneapoiis WV p
"'' 6 D. ". HOLMES, Agent
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
ROCK ISLAND y PEORIA RAILWAY.


(sHoRTEsT ROUTE To THE EAST AFo WEST
LEAVE ARRIVE,
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acclnroiation 1:OUPN 9:0O A. M.
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At t}alys WITH the C. b. 4 q, for points west; ar
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also making close connection at Peoria with l. H.
y W., and n. P. q W., roads for all points east
and south.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

They who work early and late the year round
need, occasionally, the heathful stimulus impart-
ed by q wholesome tonic like Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters. To all. its purity and efficiency as rem
edy and preventive of disease commend it. 1t
checks inciplent rheumatism and malarial symp-
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ness, arrests premature decay of the physical en-
erges, mitigates the iufrmties of age and hastens
cOnvalescence.
For sale by oil druggists and dealers generally.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02
V0Mhl,S PHYSICIAN!
LADIES' PRIVATE COMPANION
FOR
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-02

SHORT E; :: :;
idea of just what is requir-
a sAa ed by the travelling public
M n o. Ii Short Line, Qnick Time
EHV and the Best of accommo-
AeNH Inn dations-all of which are
t,-risba hy the qraatsst railway in America,
The Florida agriculturist., 1884-12-03


gang, can make by hand 224O bricks a
day. Our machine turns out $1,000.
That is the difference
The attendance the past week has in
creased daily. Yesterday there was the
largest number of visitors of any day
since the opening, which proves that the
public never fail to indorse good thing,
that the "Old Mechanics" fair is really
fine exhibition, well worth at least one
visit, and that it has become widely
known. To describe in detail the many
beautiful displays would be impossible; /;
they must be seen. There are several
single features alone worth the price of
admission, among them the art collec-
ton, which has never been surpassed at
any previous exhibition. A mechanical
novelty, the electric railway, holds first
place. The sugar machines, also several
shoe machines used in manufacturing
boots and shoes, are of more than ordi-
ary merit. The exhibition is both inter-
estlng and instructive in extent, variety
and completeness, and surpasses all
other exhibitions given in New England.
Excursion trains will be run nearly
every day this week on the various roads
to accommodate out-of-town folks. Sew
eral schools have arranged to visit the
fair. "Full houses" will continue to rule
at the old Mechanics fair.-Er.
The Florida agriculturist., 1884-12-03

"PoULTRY FOR PROFIT being No / of The
Poultry Keeper Series, by 7. III. Jacobs; w.
Y. r.. Powis, publisher, Chicago. OF late
there has been great deal written on the
subject of poultry, but usually the writer's
have been theoretical. In "PouLTRY LoR
PROFIT you have the practical and ripe ex-
perience of gentleman who has spent thir-
ty years in the poultry yard: This work is
intended more for beginners in poultry rails
ing than for those who have this industry a
life study. In the opening chapter the auth
or points out the actual requirements neces-
sary to make poultry raising profitable
business. Further on he shows the enor-
nous income which by judicious care can be
realized from a single hen. Capital for Be
ginning" is chapter of unusual interest
and of great value-those who commence in
small way are more sure of success than
those who enter into it largely and know it
all without ever having had any experience:
''Hatching Young Chicks and CONDENSED
Items of Interest about Poultry Raising, will
be found OF great value to all poultry keep
ers. All in all, no book on poultry matters
comes so near the actual wants and requir-
ments of fowl raisers as this new work. 1t
is handsomely illustrated, and printed on
fine paper and tasefully bound. Cloth 80
cents, paper cover % cents.
The Florida agriculturist., 1884-12-03
Washing Butter.

With all Difference to the twenty years.
experience in butter-making, which en-
titles Mrs. r. SIS opinions to respectful
consideration, l confess myself uneon-
vinced of the expediency OF not wash
ing butter. We may look, too, for other
causes than washing or not washing, as
giving us rancid or ''frowy" butter.
Butter is perishable commodity, so far
as its flavor and quality are concerned,
and only by diligence in many respects,
can we expect to make an article which
will keep any length Of time, and retain
The Florida agriculturist., 1884-12-03
How they Make Bricks.
\ NOVEL MACHINE IN OPERATION AT THE
MECHANICS FAIR-oTHER OBJECTS


MECHANICS FAIR-oTHER OBJECTS
Ae,,e, or INTEREST.
l"This brick machine seems to draw
the crowd pretty well ; how do you go to
work to turn the bricks out so fast? 1t
was at the Mechanics fair, and the fly
ing belts, laden with their mouse-colored
freight, were attracting good deal of
attention
'We take the clay just as it comes
from the ground and shovel it up on this
belt. The belt carries it up till it drops
down through this hopper, being mois-
tened automatically on the way, into a
large cylinder, where it is thoroughly
cut up and tempered by strong, spiral
steel knives, set into horizontal shaft.
These push it forward, and in the end of
the cylinder is large conical screw
which catches it and drives it directly
through a brick-shaped die. This, of
course, gives it the form of brick, and
a long ribbon, so to speak, of the clay,
is carried along OH the belt till it reaches
set of wire-knives which cut it off in
any desired length. 1t is then ready to
be baked"
How does your machine compare with
handwork?" p"
''Ten gangs of men, three men in a
The Florida agriculturist., 1884-12-03
Cost of Orange Culture in California

The Pacific Coast gives the following
figures:
THE profits of orange culture are slow
to begin, but, having once begun, mount
up last. Orange groves at San Gabriel
have i'll many instances netted $500 an
acre annually. The following estimate,
the result OF sixteen years experience,
is probably fair one of the outlay and
and income of a small orange grove:
10 acres of land, at $75 per acre. $3.50 90
1000 trees, at $75per hundred, $50 co
Flowing and narrowing, 81. per acre, % 90
Digging holes, planting, 10 cents each 100 90
Irrigating and planting, 10 co
Cultivation after irrigation, 49, 80
subsequent 1rrigatiOns during the year 20 90
3 Subsequent cultivations the first year, 13 80
Total cost, first year, $l.6s3 90
This estimate of cost of land is based
on the price of the best lands in San Ga
briel valley. Fair lands can be bought
in other sections at lower prices.
Second year-An annual plowing in
Four irrisastions during year, % % 90 90
Four CIVILIZATIONS duling year, 81 co
Third year, 125 90
Fourth year, $50 90
Fifth year. 200 90
interest on investment, 900 90
Total, s825O 90
Ii first-class, healthy, thrifty budded
trees are planted, they will begin to
fruit the second year. The third year
few boxes may be marketed. The fourth
year there will be an average yield of at
least rs oranges to the tree, whidh will
equal:
Fifth year $50 per tree, 100000 at $40 -
AVVV, z,oVO w
The Florida agriculturist., 1884-12-03
How Women Should. Dress.

Women, by her physical structure, is
made to be draped, not to be dressed as
if cast in mold. Whatever departs from
the flowing skirt and approaches to tight
fitting is inartistic. In male attire
woman is no longer woman; she is not
a man; she is androgynous-that is to
say, something indfenate, less trouble
some than odious. This usurpation,
while abolishing the sex, also commits
the error of putting into prominence
those charms which slight indication
would render more desirable, of brutal
ly offering that which tact would leave
to be wished for and OF making that an
easy prey which should be slow con-
quest full of delicious episodes. In a
word, as modern moralist says, wom-
ans great charm lies in the suggestion,
almost in the illusion. The love we have
for her, and which should be her dear
est object, feeds on nothing else, and the
greatest attraction of what we see is
what we don't see.-Paris Figaro.
The Florida agriculturist., 1884-12-03
Total.
$s,25O 90

The orchard is now clear gain, allow
ing 81 900 increase ON the investment.
The increase in the volume of production
will continue, until at the end of the
tenth year an average of 1000 oranges
to tree would not be an extraordinary
yield"
The figures on cost of cultivation are
entirely too low. Any one who figures
on the cost of taking care of an orange
grove at less than $50 per acre per year
willlbe compelled to readjust his figures
if he expects first-class results. 1t can
be done little less if the owner will do
a portion of the work himself and not
count his own time.
The Russellville Democrat., 1884-06-05

been published and sent out into the world for all to see and read? "What arc democratic principles? l mean the principles of the democratic par ty, now, to-dayy Surely, brother Tobey, you have been sleeping all those years that democracy has been clinglng to it's time honored princi
 pies! Perhaps you may have been afflicted with something like green back -monomania. Perhaps the B. of F. has had kind of mnemonic in fuence in bringing back the recol- lection of such a thing as democra- cy. Have you also been aroused to sense of the fact that greenback- ism is failure? Are you trying to get on the republican side in B. of k. garb2 Don't do that, you might get left after you get there. Better take It square and open If you do stand on your own platform. And now Mir. Republican, if you are not tes sEugiy tucked away in B. of F. clothing and have got any principles come along at once and tell Mir. T., all about it. BELIsso.