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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
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lit has become SO common to write the
beginning OF an article, in an elegant, in
teresting manner.
Then run it into some advertisement
that we avoid all such.
And simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bitters in as plain. honest terms
as possible
TO induce people.
ITO give them one trial, which SO
proves their value that they will never use
anything else"
'"The Remedy so favorably noticed in
all the papers,
Religious and secular, is
Having a large sale, and is supplant-
ing all other medicines.
There is no denying the virtues of the
Hop plant. and the proprietors of Hop
Bitters have shown great shrewdness
and ability
In compromising medicine whose
virtues are so palpable to every ones oh
servation,"
Did She Die?
mol
Sne fingered ana suffered along, plnlnS
away all the time for years.
THE doctors doing her no good"
And at last was cured by this HoE
Bitters the papers say so much about"
indeed Indeedl'
How thankful we should be for thai
medicine"
A DAUGHTERS MISERY
Eleven years our daughter suffered or
a bed of mesery.
From complication of Kidney, Livel
rheumatic trouble and Nervous debility
Under the care of the best physicians,
who gave her disease various names
But no relief
And now she is restored to US in goot
health by as simple remedy as Hop Bit
tiers, that we had Stunned for years befor'
using it The Parents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
a "a Rn.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood. &c,
Twill send recipe that viii cure you,
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send self addressed envelope
to the Rev. JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station d,
New York City.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

| have had Catarrh for years in its worst
form. Before | had used one bottle OF
Ely's Cream Balm droppings into my
throat had ceased, pain and soreness in
my head was removed, as well as deafness.
1t gives me immediate relief for cold in
the head.-Mrs. J. D. Hagadorn. Union,
N. Y, Price so cents
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
In writing about some old-tims

In writing about some old-time
doctors, the Boston Medical and Sslr-
gtcal journal says that DR.. Henry
Kittredge, of Tewksbury, was of a family
so noted for surgical skill in successive
generations that several physicians in
New Hampshire applied to the Legisla-
ture to have their names changed to
Kittredge so as to acquire the heredi-
kRry prestige.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
After using a large number of prepa

After using large number OF prepare
tons for Catarrh. have become satisfied
that the all Ely's Cream Balm gives me
the most relief can recommend it to
any one who may have Catarrh, Cold in
the head or Hay Fever IS. B. Lewis.
Principal Graded School, Clinton, Wis
Price SO cents
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
ROCK ISLAND & MERCER CO., K. r..
luck ISLAND 4 PlORIA
RAILW .AY.
SHORTEST ROUTE TO The
EAST AND SOUTH

Trains leave Rock Island
100 a. IN Way Freight.
!. 545F Fast Express,
h4U p. IN. Mail and Express
SEQ - Through Freight and Accommodation.
Trains arrive at Rock leland:
I'D a. IN. Through Freight and Accommodation.
i2.45 p. III. Mail and Express
$40 " Fast Express.
40 &" Way Freight
The FAST ExPREss, leaving Rock Island al $50
l. III. arrives at Peoria 1929 p. m, at Springfield
L25 p. M, at Decatur l.OOp. IN, Jacksonville 40
p. m, Alton 10 p. m, st Louis S.15 p. m, and
Icrre HAate II IS p. III, THE SAME DAY. Making
this the BEST and QUICKEST route TO all points
southeast.
The l.3O p. train makes close connection at
Galva with e. T. Il z. for points west arriving al
GalesSurg at 4.25 p. IN, at Burlington Gao p H. at
heOkuk 10 IS p. m, and at Quincy 1905 p. m.
Arriving at Peoria at $50 p. m, making close
connections with the /. Is. y W. ana u. 7. W.
tor indianapolis, connecting there with all fast
trains for The east and south.
x-FAST TINE SURE CONNECTIONS, and
rates as low As by any other route.
K. n. CABLE, A \. NORTON,
Gen'l SupL aeuH Tiki. Agt.
The 80 p. In. Accommodation leaves every day
--NCGpi sunday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
Ely's Cream Balm has cur

Ely's Cream Balm has cured me of Gu
tarrh of several years standing. have
recovered my sense of taste and smell
The Balm has no equal as cure. Frank
G. Ogden. Elizabeth. N. ]. Apply with
finger.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

Joseph Cook has relic of the Cincinnati
riot in the form of penholder made from
piece of telegraph pole that was shat
tered by bullets.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

A person in Washington called an
English dude" advertises in the papers
of that city as follows: English taught
as spoken in London" He has several
nuniIs amonU the "Sillies
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

The most delicate persons enjoy taking
Emory Little Cathartic Pills, give II
wholesome appetite, put new life in a
broken down body Is cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

A man of eighty years old was received
on probation into the Congregation Church
IN Grandby, Mass, last Sunday, and was
baDtiZeu
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

The Gar. the Emperor Francis Joseph
of Austria Hungary, and other sovereigns
and leading statesmen will meet at Nice
this summer
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

On the Mariposa road. near Tuolumme,
Cal, there are two snow drifts each a
mile long and $50 feet high.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
NOT LIKE OTHER PLAsTERs.

Why suffer the agong of Neuralgia
Benson's Capcine Porous Plasters will
cure it quickly. Price rs cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
SHOR T
Inc
CHICAGO,
MILWAUKEE
AND ST. Paul:

II owns and operates over 4,50O 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 the
Northwest and Far West, it naturally answers the
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 Saltwater
Chicago, Milwaukee. Wausau and Merrill.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Beaver Dam and Oshkosh.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Waukesha and oconomowoc.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, and Pfairi du Chen
Chicago, Milwaukee, Owattonna 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 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 in
the world are rua on this main lines OF the Chicago
Milwaukee 81 St Paul Railway, and every atten
ton is paid TO passengers by courteous employees
Of the Company.
S. S. MERRILL, A. V. H. CARPENTER,
General Manager Gen. Pass. t. Tiki Agt.
1T. CLARK, GEO. II. UEAFFORD,
fenl. Sup't. Asst Gen. Pass Agt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
NOTICE.

AGENT-Calling on mines, mine supplies, etc.
can add A / line; samples small; commissions cash.
Pennsylvania agent earned g., 400 in 1888. Import
er, box 1871. New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
"ROuph on Coughs.

ASOHS0 II Ou OOUS 3HD'
Knocks Cough or Cold endwise. For
children or adults. Troches, 15c. Liquid,
soc. At druggis S.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

FATHER IS GETTING WELL
My daughters says;
How much better father is since he
used Hop Bitters."
He is getting well after his long suf-
fering from disease declared incurabc"
And we are so glad that he used your
Bitters" A Lady of Utica, N. Y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Il Office in Masonic Temple block, over Rock Is
land National Bank, Rock Island, Ill.
cant 81 Nwrf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
M. E.. SWEENEY,
e. W. HURST,

A TToRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Il Office No IS, p. o. Block, Rock Island.
anral -dW6m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

The use OF the term
"Short Line" i'll connection
with the corporate name of
a grert road, conveys an
idea OF just what is requir-
ed by the travelling public
IL Short Line, QnicS Time
and the Best OF accommo-
dations-all of which are
Il railway in America.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

FOR RENT--A house on Fifteenth street, next
door to First Baptist church parsonage. 16d6t
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
H. C. CONNOLLY,

A TToRNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
Il Rock Island. Ills Office in Post Office Build
ing, over Mitchell & Lyndes Bank, Rooms No
and TO- nOy-24-dw1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
CHICAGO. BURLINGTON & QUINCY.
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE h 81. PAuL.

Trains 10. :, S, 9 AMI 10 are Msquoketa Branch.
FraIus ami 4, Accommodation for oxford Juuc-
zion; / aud =, Passenger, for Celmar.
Flying Dutchman" leaves Rock Island o as a.
H. arrives at 9:05 p. m. arrives Dubuque 10 30 Il.
H. leaves rs p. IN. arrives ut st. Paul 3: IS p.
H. leaves :25 II. IN. arrives Minneapolis 1910 p,
m, leaves at ST. a NJ.
E D. W. HOLMES, Agent
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

FOR SALE-Old papers for sale Id any quantity
{ this office, cheap
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21

A TToRNEY AT LAW, Solicitor in Chancery and
II Notary Public. Abstracts, Loans and collec-
lions. Office, Buford's Block, I'd avenue, over
Bakers Jewelry stare. nov-z0-dly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
mi. M. STURGEON,
M. M. CORBETT,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Office No. 1913 Secon
IL Avenue, between nth and 18th sts., tup stairs
Rock Island Ill. dec-l2-dly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-05-21
: SWEENEY & WALKER,

A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELL0RS AT LAW.
HOfice in Bengston's block, Rsck Island, III.
aug-1-dwy
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27

seven days have elapsed since 1t was last examined awakens an anxious desire to know accurately its present state. The gallows frame, sh1eves. ropes, gears, cages, guides, safety clutches, springs, brakes, and all of the appliances that go to make up perfect hoisting works, should be carefully and systematically exam
 ined at least once week. This will take little time of course, but this should not be grudged, as the safety of SC many lives depends upon this gear. Of late years we have not had so many accidents with this part of the mining outfit as formerly. All the machinery and appliances, how ever, may be of the vory best char
 acter, but they more or less want sys- temat1c periodical examination and care.-Mining aud Scientific Press.
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27
Examination of HOistimg Gear

There is very little doubt that many of the accidents which occur from the breakage of wire ropes or hoistlng gear of mines could be pre- vented if any regular systematic in spection took place. This is apt to be omitted or to be only attended to by subordinates, who may know more about trundling a wheelbarrow or dumping a car than the examip- atii9i ati99Gi 66f 6f wire-F106ppe -F106ppe Another thing not always thought of is that the rope may be examined too frequent ly, This may appear like a strange objection, but daily routine work oft
 en becomes mere routine, and the man whose duty it is to inspect may think more of ridding himself of an irksome and frequently recurring task than of the actual results to be accomplished. To take the case of the hoisting rope: The person whose duty it is to examine it stands and looks at it as 1t is being rapidly let down or drawn up, and then signs a report declaring it to be in a sound condition. This person is perfectly
 aware that serious defect might, and almost certainly would, escape his observation under such circum- stances. But a sufficient inspection would occupy a good deal of time, and thls consideration leads him to evade it. The same thing takes place with other machinery. The mischief 1 is that this so called examination prevents a real examination from be- ing made at more distant intervals
 when sufficient time could be devoted to it. Hence defects remain unob
 served, and sooner or later an acci- dent happens. Daily inspection, therefore, IS apt to be more soarce of danger than tending to security.
 But at least once a week the ma chinery. rope and all hoisting ap- pliances, should be inspected care
 fully by perfectly competent per
 son who is not the one in daily charge of it. Win a daily inspec- tion there is a tendency to believe that nothing could have happened in the short intervals since the last ex- animation, and careless perfume tory overlooking of the rope is the result. But the consciousness that
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27
Libraries.
Cleveland Leader.

OlSNOlaAA0 A4OohSNCA'
 The National Library may indeed be called the great brain bottle of the American people. But the bot tie is already too full. The library was made to accommodate 300,0O0 volumes, and there are already 513,- Al books piled in it one above an other, and over 10000 pamphlets are stored away ID the crypt. After the work on the new building is com menced, says architect Smithmyer, 1t will require five years to complete it, and in that time at tho present rate of increase our National Library will have approximated a million of volumes. Aided as it is by the Copyright tax it will always be the largest and best library in the United States, and 1t will soon compete with those of Europe. There are now i've bigger libraries Tn the world, viz: The National Library of France, with 24O0,000 volumes; the Library of the British Museum at London, 1 100000; the Royal Public Library at St. Petersburg, 100000; the Roy al Library at Munich, 9OO,OOO, and the Royal Library at Berlin, 75O,0OO.
 The first library in the United States was the Harvard College li- brary started in 1888, while that of Yale College was started in A. D. 170O. Thirty one years later Ben Franklin, having walked from New York to Philadelphia and started a printing office there, originated the first subscription library of America, and in 1900 when our Capitol was re- moved to Washington, the Library of Congress or our National Library was founded. When the British cane here in 1874, they burned 1t and Congress bought Jefferson's Ii brary of 1000 volumes as a second beginning. By 1851 the library had increased to 55,000 volumes, when It was again destroyed by fire, only 20 900 volumes being saved. Since that time the library has steadily grown, having nearly doubled in size with within the past ten years.
 In 1870 there was estimated to be 5O,OOO,O00 books in the libraries of the United States and 20,00O,OOO of these were in public libraries. This gives an average of one book per per son, as rhere ersse- Ssre B SS79 9999 99enQ nQ9 people in the United States by the same census.
 The German natIoxs have the most books in their libraries, and there are over a thousand public libraries in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, twenty of which contain 100000 vol tunes. Great Britain has only nine libraries containing over 100000 vol umes, but the British Museum pays out over SSO,OOO annually to improve it's collection. France has six libra res of over 100000 books outside of the National Library, which is the largest in the world, and Spain has, all told, thirty public hbrarles con tainiug m all 100000 volumes of which 22O,OOO are in the library at Madrid.
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27
NO. 25.

a yellow blossom at its outward ex- tremity. At the end of three or four months the fruit has grown to ma turity. and is picked long before 1t is "dead ripe" to preserveit it in market able condition. From the roots of the parent stalk other roots appear, which are trimmed out or left to grow, as the cultiVator may deem best. A single stalk, therefore, bears only one bunch or crop as its life work.-Exchange.
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27

The news of remarkable natural is reported from Bona in Algeria. An isolated mountain. the Deshehel Naibo, 800 feet high, is sinking into the earth. Round its foot there is a deep hollow, and be- fore long the mountain will disap pear. The district of Bona has once before witnessed similar event. The Lake Fezzara, of more than 12,OO0 hectares, did not exist in the time ot the Romans. St. Augustin, who lived at Bona, described the whole district without once mentioning the lake, and researches in 187cGnaTe re suited in the discovery of the ruins of a Roman town at the bottom of the lake. As in Arabian writings there is nothing to be found con corning the formation of the lake, It is supposed that it has existed only for about a thousand years.-San Franciscan.
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27
Woman.

Why is a woman always hurried ? Because she is continually hustled about.
 Why is her hair abused Because it IS banged and pasted.
 Why is she punished somewhat in the same way witches formerly wersi Be corset IS so.
 Why does she never argue we'll ? Because she never hits the nail on the head. (She can't hit the nail at all, not even with a fat-iron.
 Why does she never keep 8 secretG Because she is not the only woman in the world
 Why should she be employed In the postofice department? Because she keels a close watch upon the males.
 Why is she more religious than man? Because she thinks when she gets to heaven her clothes will be as good as every other woman's.
 When Is she like a fisherman When she catches suckers. (Which Is about all the time.
 What IS her fa7orite song7 In the 
 Sweet Buy and Buy.
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27

Entered at the postOfice in Mineral Park as second class matter.
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27
How Bananas Grow.

As everybody knows who has eat en a banana the luscious pulp IS seedless. The plants are propagated from other plarts, so that the stock is not likely to run out. The plant requires for vigorous growth deep rich soil, abundantly watered, With these conditions present there is said to be DO risk for crop in hot regions, where alone the fruit Is produced.
 Nine months after a cutting has been planted a purple bud appears i'll the center of the unfolding leaves that shoot out from the parent stem. The stem on which the bud appears grows rapidly above the main stalk. As the bud increases in weight the stem bends downward by graceful curve on the extremity of which this bud continues to grow till the purple blossom falls off,a little shoot appears as the embryo fruit Each fruit has
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27

The mining outlook for Utah IS brighter than it has been for sope time. Ophir and Stockton give prom ise of some life. waile Bingham pros poets are looming up big. Tintic. American Fork and Big Cottonwood districts will send down lots of ore thls season.-Mining and Scientific Press.
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27

W. s. Fowles has returned from Occur d'Alene, where he went to open barber shop. He first went East and purchased complete out fit and shipped it out via the. North ern Pacific, expecting land office business. Mir. Fowles has been resident of this city for several years, and Is we'll known. He says that there are many people there who are actually suffering for want of food; that there is nothing doing, and that all who can will get out of the coun- try as soon as possible. He had to tramp sixty miles on foot in order to get to the railroad. It is his opinion that those who stay away are the best of. No matter what their pres ent condition may be, they stand 8 poor chance to better 1t there.-Salt Lake Tribune.
Mohave County miner., 1884-04-27


 Not one remains to air his rubicund visage in the Arizona breeze. They are not much to blame, Arizona was a poor goose to pluck.
 The term for which I was elected to Congress as Delegate was only the remainder of the 18th Congress (the short term) lasting only three months and about sixty working days, during which time, by the aid of the Presi- dent, the Secretaries and the Chair man of Congressional comm1ttees,the post routes were established; the Indian business was organized, and hundred thousand dollar appro priation obtained for the Indian ser vice, the military service greatly in- creased in the north, and all the ma chinery of liberal government put in motion.
 As every man in Arizona who could read and write, and some who could not, desired to succeed me as Delegate, the first stroke Of political policy was by villfcation, revilement, detraction and all the malevolence of the Cactus County" to destroy that which existed which; was easily accomplished, as I remained in Washington and the Eastern cities attending to your business and mine, with the serene indifference of a DO litical idiot.
 When Arizona receives admlssion into the Union as a State it will be a political privilege" not right as understand the constitution, and laws; for New Mexico and Utah have had this right" according to appor- tlonment of population for many years, without the consent of Con gress, and that, Ike kissing, goes by favor.
 When ever Congress is disposed to greet Arizona with a fraternal kiss and admit the Aztec Maiden" iuto the sisterhood of States, we shall all be happy, and we shall all be older in years.
 As far as I have read the Con gressional Record" for the present Congress nothing has been done for Arizona, and ss Congress will soon reach the political perihelion nothing substantial can be expected this year,
 am sorry to read that you have opposed the nomination of BsshfOrd and Mccormick as delegates to the Republican convention. They have enjoyed this honor from Arizona fol SO long it is like parting Davld ano Jonathan or Damon and Pythias Do relent, and let them go.-CHAs D. PosToN in Tucson Citizen.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-16

A TROUBLESOME TRAP-Mr. George 5.
Avery, Of Groton, Eoan., would be a hap
bier man II he had never invented burglar
1rap. His ingenuity is likely to cost him
lcavily. Some months ago he was annoyed
av nocturnal visits Of thieves to his grocery,
sud ccnstrnc,ed behind his counter, at the
money d.awer. q trap for the light-hngered
gentry. lie arranged III the flooring trap
door which was released by stepping on n
sprias, aud beneath excavated seventeen
f,ot pit, with smoot perpendicular sides.
Ga opening his store on Monday morning
be heard calls for help, and with the assist
snce or neighbors hauled from the pit q
hungry, thirsty and sadly demoraized burg
lar who had been there since Saturday
night. TIE fellow was turned over to the
authorities and the burglars gave Mr..
Avery's grocery wide berth thereafter.
4 few weeks ago creditors attached the
store and put Daniel Lake there rs keeper.
AIr. Lake forgot the trap and iumbled into
il. He was severely bruised aud had an
ankle fractured. When he was able TO get
around again, lately, he !imped into
lawvcs:s ctlice in New London for advice.
The result is that he has just sued the burg
lar trap Inventor for $1,000 damages and
has attached his property. With this SUIT
and also breach OF promise suit on band
Mr.. Avery will not have q dull winter