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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-14

"A surgen in Norwhich, Conn, was
waited on recently by man who said
he was possessed by E devil, and wanted
it out fright away" The frightened
surgeon told his patient to be seated
while he got his instruments ready, and
then rushed out for the police, but when
he returned the lunatic had escaped, -
NetC HGcen Register.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-14
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, Feb. ID.
LIVE STOCK.
HoGS-Estimated receipts to-day, are II ,00
light So 0GGB160 mixed packing, S6 1906 65
choice heavy, So 7007 Is, car lots
WHEAT-sO 81 Jan 80 s11s Feb: 80 s8 May
CORN-525f JAM; 81 Z Feb; 5les May.
0ATS-33K Jan. S2h Feb; 36x May.
PoRK-Sl6 80 Feb; sic 60 May.
LARD-SS rs Jan; So 10 Feb, 50 27 May.
RIBS IS 81 Feb IS 60 May
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-14

Mr.. E. A. Carter, SO Moore street,
Chicago, H., says: Il found great relief
from dyspepsia by using Browns Iron
Bitters.'
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-14

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terest solicited from every town in Rock Island
and adjoining counties Letters must reach the
office not later than Wednesday to insure insertion
the same week in the Weekly. All news of spec,
ial importance should be sent as soon as received
by special dispatch or by telephone.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-14
HEhIoPhoroS! F!

Don't be skeptical. If you have any doubts as
to what ATHLOPHoROS can do, write to some Of
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Church, of New Haven, Conn, the Rev. W. p.
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Haven, the Rev. j. E. Searles, pastor Willett st.
M. E. Church, New York city, Mr. Brummell, the
well known candy manufacturer, OF New York,
Ex-Goy. Bigelow, of Connecticut, and many
others, equally well known.
If you cannot get ArHLoPHoRos of your druggist
we Will send 1t express paid on receipt of regular
prlce-one dollar per bottle. We prefer that you buy
II from your druggist but if he hasn't it. do not be
persuaded to try something else, but order at once
from us as directed
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-03-14
Choking q Wildcat.

We have laughed over the fable of
the man who had the tiger by the tail,
and dared not let 60. That the man
himself in such position does not
feel much like laughing, resolute
farmer from Indiana can testify very
positively-and he only caught a very
small kind of tiger, either.
While visiting in Vinton County,
Ohio, lately,;he suddenly encountered a
wildcat in the woods. Having no
weapon to defend himself with, he
threw his whole weight on the cat and
crushed it to the ground, at the same
instant, by strange good luck, grasping
the animals neck with both hands.
His weight held the wicked little
fighter close to the ground, with his
feet, its only weapons. under it, while
by main strength he slowly choked the
life out of the animal. Even after life
was seemingly extinct, the farmer says
he was afraid to loosen his hold, and
only did 80 when the cramp in his fin
gers compelled him. He exhibits the
skin Of the animal as trophy, but
says he is not looking for other world.
to conquer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-03-14
Flowers in the Sick Room,

The superstition" as he called it,
that plants are not healthful in slee ping
or sick rooms, was vigorously attacked
by DR.. J. NJ. Andrews, in lecture
before the social meeting of the alumni
of the Philadelphia College of Phar
macy. The deleterious matter that
they gave out, the doctor declared, is
too small to have any appreciable eff
feet, while their positive value in a
sick room is great. They fulfil two
functions-.th of the generation of
ozone and exhalation of vapor, by
which the atmosphere of the room is
kept in healthful condition of humid
ity. Tests made by the doctor at
Christ Hospital showed that in two
rooms, alike in all respects except that
one contained some flowers and the
other none, that containing the flowers
was cooler by Il degrees than the
other.
The ozone. which is generated by
budding and towering plants, the doc
tor had found to have great sanitary
value, in that it purified the air, rid
ding it Of disease-breeding germs and
of vapors of decomposition. For ion-
sumption ozone is of great benefit, ar
resting the course of the malady, and
by living among flowers constantly
consumptives have been known to
reach an advanced age. OF thirty
florists whom the doctor visited, he
found none who had the consumption.
though among the families of several
it was hereditary. Foliage plants, the
doctor found. produced no ozone. and,
so far as he had experimental, he had
found no difference between odoriferous
and non-odoriferous plants.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-03-14

Do dwarfs ever live long?
Two for a scent-.The nostrils
"You make me tired" said the
wheel to the wagon-maker.
What goes most against farmer's
grain? His mowing-machine.
Is a dog valued for what it will
bring or for what it will fetch?
Patti is the greatest bargain-maker
in the world: she can get anything
she likes for mere song.
An Indian woman lost her speech
for month, and the rest of the family
gained fifteen pounds each.
An amateur punster informs us that
some houses have wings, and he has
often seen house fly. We thought
no part of house save the chimney
fiue.
To say that a man with bad cold
in his head is like musician, because
he blows the nasal organ and sounds
the loud catarrh, may be bass joke,
but its tenor is certainly funny.
Offering in Detail.-Mother: 81 am
afraid Mr.. Crisscross is not serious in
his attentions" Daughter: "He is
awful bashful, you know; but he's
offering himself piecemeal. Last night
he wanted me to take his arm
Scientists who have made minute
examination assert that the point OF a
bees sting is so fine as to be nearly
undistinguishable under the micro
scope Under some circumstances the
stinger seems as big as red-hot crow
bar.
She went into a store to buy some
toilet soap, and when the clerk was
expatiating on its merits, about made
up her mind to purchase; but when he
said 'it would keep off chaps" she re-
marked that she didn't want that kind.
Dispatch.
A bookbinder said to his wife at
their wedding: at seems that now we
are bound together, two volumes in
one, with clasps" YES observed
one of the guests, lone side highly
ornamental Turkey morocco, and the
other plain calf"
In Iceland the nights are six months
long, and when young man sits in
the parlor for six or seven weeks with
his girl without popping the question,
and then gets up with the remark that
it is growing late and that he will call
around some other evening, the young
woman realizes that matrimony is still
long ways off.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-03-14
PRICE THREE CENTS

ing. None of the girls had ever seen
man. On Fridays only the widow
is allowed to 90 to the Moslam ceme-
terry to weep and to pray over her dead
husband. We were offered coffee and
cakes. Etiquette required that we
should drink four cups of coffee and
eat as many cakes. Our visit was
made very early in the morning.
The poor wives were glad to see us
They admired our dresses and called
each others attention to what took
their fancy in the way of jewelry.
They were dressed gayly, but they had
slovenly look and an ungraceful walk.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-03-14
Making a Home in the West.

With only team and few dollars
the emigrant determines to make HIM
self home in the wilds of Nebraska
His first care is to build a sod house,
as he must have shelter. This done,
about the middle of May he commen-
ces breaking prairie, and if he has a
good horse team, succeeds in getting
from forty to sixty acres broken by
the middle of June. A few acres Of
first breaking are usually planted with
corn. dropped into cut made through
the sod with an AK, which incision is
closed again by the foot of the planter.
This cannot be cultivated, and is Who'll
" at the mercy of the season. Half
the time it is failure, but if favor
able season, yields twenty or thirty
bushels to the acre. Melons and pump
kins usually do well on sod, and
turnips sown in midsummer seldom
fail. In the fall he "back-sets" his
ground with his breaking plow, TAX
ing an inch or so of ground from be-
low the spring breaking. The ground
should not be plowed deeper than it is
thoroughly rotted. The ground is now
ready for the crop, and his wheat is
sown the last of February, or in
March. He has plenty of work to do,
and hard work at that. No chance to
make money escapes him. The first
year or two is almost invariably one
of hardships and privatons for the
average household. The weak or
shiftless ones usually give way in de-
spair and turn eastward. The reso-
lutte ones stay. and soon have CON-
Portable homes. But no Young man
should go West unless he is prepared
to WORK hard in the face of many difi-
eulties.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-03-14
Straight on to Port.

Straight through the sea-foam and the awful
sea,
And winds that battle round us day and
night,
Til the pale moon hides her white face in
fright,
The ship that bears my longing heart and me
Fares toward that port where waiting loved
ones be,
And on the hearth of homo the fire is bright;
There wistiul ,yes shall be made glad with
sight,
And perils past forgotten joyiully.
So, through long nights, and brief, sad winter
days,
Or summers short-lived triumphs, or young
springs,
Or autumn's wind-blown, me ancholy ways,
My soul bears onward to her haven far.
Beyond the outermost seas i'm harbor-bars
There to forget what storms have bruised hes
wings.
--Louise Chandler .Moulto1.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-03-14
Should the Hair Be Cut.

1t may be that cutting AMI shaving
may for the time increase the action
of the growth, but it has no perma-
nent effect either upon the hair bulb
or the hair sac, ald will not in any
way add to the life of the hair. On
the contrary, cutting and shaving will
cause the hair to grow longer for the
time being. but in the end will inevi-
tably shorten its term of life by ex-
hausting the nutritive action Of the
hair-forming apparatus. When the
hairs are frequently cut they will usu-
ally become coarser, often losing the
beautiful gloss of the fine and delicate
hairs. The pigment will likewise
change, brown, for instance, becoming
chestnut, and black changing to a
dark brown. In addition, the ends of
very many are split and ragged, pre-
senting brush-like appearance. If
the hairs appear stunted in their
growth upon portions of the scalp or
beard, or gray hairs crop up here and
there, the method Of clipping off the
ends Of the short hairs, or plucking
off the ragged, withered and gray
hairs, will allow them to grow strong
er and thicker. Mothers in rearing
their children should not cut their
hair at certain periods of the year
(during the superstitious periods Of
full moon), in order to increase its
length and luxuriance as they bloom
into womanhood and manhood. This
habit Of cutting the hair Of children
brings evil instead of good, and is also
condemned by the distinguished work.
er in this department, Prof. Kaposi, of
Vienna, who states that it is well
known that the hair Of women who
possess luxuriant locks from the time
of girl-hood, never again attains its
ori .inal length after having once beeL
cut. Pincus has made the same OBJ
servation by frequent experiments,
and he adds that there is a general inn
preston that frequent cutting Of the
hair increases It's length; but the ef-
feet is different from that generally
supposed. Thus, upon one occasion
he states that he cut of circles off hair
an inch in diameter on the heads of
healthy men, and from week to week
compared the intensity Of growth of
the shorn place with the rest of the
hair. The result was surprising to
this close and careful observer, as he
found in some cases the growth be-
came slower after cutting, and he has
never observed an increase in rapidity.
1 might also add that believe many
beardless faces and bald heads in middle
and advanced age are often due to
constant cutting and shaving in early
life. The young boys and girls seen
daily upon our streets with their close
ly-cropped heads, and the young men
with their clean-shaven faces, are year
by year by this fashion having their
hair.formlnq apparatus overstrained.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-03-14
A Birthday Greeting.

What shall I wish thee for the coming Year,
Twelve mouths of dreamliks ease, No care ?
No pain,
Bright sprins-calm summer--autumu without
rain
Of bitter tearsY Would'st have il thus, my
fiiendY
What lesson, then, were learnt at the years
end2
What shall wish thee, thenl God knoweth
well
II could have my way, no shade of woe
Should ever dim thy sunshinc-but l know
Strong courage is not learn, in happy sleep,
Nor patience sweet by eyes that never weep.
All, would my wishes were of more avail
To keep from thee the many jars of lite
Still let me wish thee courage for the strife
The happiness that comes of .rk we'll done
And afterwards the peace of victory won!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-03-14

ID. B. GODDARD.
General Agent for New England for the Els.
IEQ SEWING .M.aCHL.NE,
SOUTH LONDONDERRY. VT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-03-14
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-03-14
HUMOROUS.

Louise Chandler .Moulton.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-14
THE NEWS In BRIEF.

Sanford Noe, the Bond county wife-murderer,
is dying in jail at Vandalia-
Howard Greaves was waylaid and murdered
near Crystal Springs, Miss, on his way home.
j. Meyer, of Quincy, who was assaulted by
Chris. Womelsdorf, two weeks ago, died of his
injuries on Saturday.
A schooner arrived at Philadelphia reports
that on the 10th, near Cape Hatteras, she
passed Il wreck resembling a large steamship.
Sister Elenthnna has been appointed Mother
Superior of the order in Belleville to fill the
vacancy occasion by the death of Mother Mary
Jerome.
The jury in tho Coppage murder case, at Hills
boro, returned a verdict of gully, and sentenced
George A Coppage to the penitentiary for nine
teen years.
\ freight train ran into an open switch nine
miles west Of Sidney, o., on Friday night, de-
molished the engine and killed Fireman George
Shoemaker, of Gallon.
A bill has been introduced in the Mississippi
House to revoke the charter of the city of Jack
son, and place it under seven commissioners, who
will have full control of affairs.
A secret meeting of silk-weavers at Paterson,
n. j., was held yesterday. They decline to
make any statement except that the strike has
been postponed until Wednesday.
AT the inquest on the body of Jacob Fl. Roth
schild, whoshoth himself at his residence in Brook
Ign, a brother Of the deceased testified that just
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-14

Earl Granville expressed unwillingness to act as
mediator. The Chinese ambassador at Berlin
then applied to Prince Bismarck but he also de-
clined to interfere.
French advices from PeBln report that a mob
is threatening to burn the Catholic churches and
mission-houses, and that the feeling of the Chi
Mise populate is all for war.
The movements of Chinese military forces are
incessant, and it is calculated that over 100000
Chinese troops are now armed with Remington
rifles. Strong e~arth-works and Notifications are
being constructed upon the roads leading to Pc
kin, especially on the road from Chang HaiaX
kouan, as Chinese engineers think that invasion
by any other route is impossible. Two trans
ports are loading at Canton with the troops for
Hainan. 1t is now said three thousand will go
to protect the island against the French. NJ.
Tricou has returned to Haiphong, having secured
a complete ratification Of the treaty Of the 25th
of August from the new King of AMMAN. at Hue.
A Breslau dSpatch says that Marquis Tseng,
Fin letter to the Deutsche Revue, states thatifthe
French threat to exact warindemnity from China
is seriously meant, it is at present somewhat
premature; for, despite the fall of Sontay, China
is far from thinking she is on the road to Sedan.
Although a word from England, or a hint from
Germany, would have made the French pause
before creating trouble, the effects of which will
be felt at Pekin for years, neither power moved
"a finger. Perhaps they will find out their mis-
take when the inland tax on foreign commerce,
instead of being abolished as intended, comes to
be doubled
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-14
STRONG IN HER ATTACHMENT.
A Girl Attaches the Farm of the Man Who
Weed but Would Not Wed Her.

HUNTINGDON, Pa, Jan. 12.-William H. Reed,
recently of Franklin township, has fled the
country for parts unknown to avoid marriage
with Miss Ella Kinzie, The day for the nuptials
had been fixed and the prospective bride had
made extensive preparations for housekeeping,
which duty she expected to enter upon after the
wedding. Reed, instead of keeping his engage
ment, went on the appointed day to the nearest
railroad station and took the cars for the West,
as is supposed. since which time he has been I'M
heard of. He left behind him, however, a valu-
able limestone farm, out of which Miss Kinzie
hopes TO secure satisfaction for her disappoint-
ment and injury.
She has brought an action for breach l. of prom
Use. and upon a writ of foreign attachment has
had the farm levied on. The amount of her
damages is yet to be legally ascertained, but
when the matter has been adjudicated she will
have ample security, by virtue of her attach
ment, for $40, 900 at least. Reed is doubtless ig-
norant of the proceedings against him here, and
when he learns of them will be under strong in
ducements to come back.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-14
General MacKenzic,s condition.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-The War Department
is informed that the condition of General Mac
Kenzie is considerably improved. The report is
made by a staff officer who recently visited him
at Bloomingdale. The medical officers of the
asylum refrain from the expression of an opin-
ion on his chances of recovery. 1t is generally
believed that his present Improvement is only
temporary, and that reaction will follow. His
restoration to his Is regarded as an i'm
possibility, and a vacancy viii therefore soon oc-
cur in the grade of brigadier-general. General
Wesley Merritt, superintendent of West Point
Academy, and Colonel D.. S. Stanley. of the
Twenty second Infantry, are prominently men
toned as likely to receive the promotion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-14
NJ. Z. College Rolnoval.

Special - -hs Indianapolis Journal.
WABASH. Jan. 13.-The trustees of the NJ. Z.
College met yesterday to canvass the subject of
removing that institution to Wabash. Though
they had previously instructed Prof. Clippenger
to make the offer of removal in good faith,
which was accepted by our citizens, the board
decided to give Fort Wayne another chance to
keep the College by raising $4,000. 1t is hoped
that the gentlemen will at once clear themselves
Of the suspicion of having worked up a little
boom for the College at the expense of Wabash.
This city is ready to give the subsidy demanded.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-14
Enroneans MaItreated.

PARIS, Jan. 3.-The Temps states that since
tic arrival of the French expedition in Tonquin
Catholic missionaries have been subjected to re
newed persecution in the southern provinces of
China. A furious mob in the province of Quang
See destroyed the house of Pere Pernet. who
was arrested and maltreated, receiving several
blows from the fiat side of a sword He was
also threatened with death The Chinese de
mand a ransom of 1000 francs for his
release. It is probable, however, that
Pernet will be taken to Canton. Other
missionaries were also arrested at the instiga-
CATION Of the mandarils, who have ceased to
respect treaties.
Admiral Meyer telegraphed Admiral Peyron,
yesterday, to state that the public feeling at
Hong Kong was very satisfactory. The pirates
are being vigorously pursued, and are gradually
forsaking the delta. Europeans in the far east
are very confident concerning the success Of the
French enterprise.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-01-14
Call for Bonds.

WASHINGTON, Jan. IA call for $10,0 00,0 900
3 per cent. bonds was issued this afternoon. The
numbers are as follows:
Fifty dollars, No. 5O4 toNo. SAG, both inclusive;
500, No. 4, 1893 to No. 5,446, both inclusive, and
No. 9,465 to No. 9,469, both inclusive; $500, No.
2, lao to No. 2,353, both inclusive; 81, 900, No. Is
CID to No. 1880, both inclusive, and No. %, 6G6
to No. 22,675, both inclusive; $4,000, No. 3 1921
to No. ID, 725, both inclusive.
The bonds described above are either bonds of
the original issue, which have but one serial
number duplicated on each end, or substitute"
bonds, which may be distinguished by a double
set of numbers, also duplicated at each end of
the bond, which is marked plainly Original
numbers and substitute numbers" All the
bonds of this loan will be called by their original
numbers only.
The Treasury Department has redeemed 50,
9s4, go of the 3 IL per cents. included in the
one hundred and twenty-first call, which leaves
only 1911 900 outstanding. There are about $25,-
O 1000 3 per cents. uncalled in addition to the
bonds embraced in the call issued to-day.