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The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-02-19

Messers. Hampton g. Hampton now
publish the Oxford Falcon. 1t is the Gus
tom to wish every new management ''suc-
cess" and we do so now. However, we
do not expect them or any other country
paper In Miss, to pan ont financial
success. Blood cannot come out of a tur-
nip and money cannot be made out of a
country paper. Some do better than
others, and some pretend to be making
money but we would like to see their
books. 1t is labor of love exclusively
Ashland Register.
You arc about right, Bro. KIM
brough. There is no money in the
newspaper business in this State
now. The drummers have done
away with the mercantile advertis-
ing, the lien law has stopped the
sheriffs sales the poverty OF the
people has stopped all legal notices,
because when a man dies he has
nothing to administer on, but the
great number of papers started by
men who know nothing about the
[business=snch as plow boys, black
smiths, shoemakers and lawyers
and who accept advertisements at a
mere song, and take pay in patent
medicines. fly traps, blooded eggs,
ETC., has done more than anything
else to ruin the business. We had
a patent medicine man in to see US
few days since, and ne showed us
contracts with number of papers
that would not actually pay Tor the
composition on the weekly reading
notices to be inserted. Brandon
Republican.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-02-19

A Democratic editor in Indiana
thus pays his respects to a neigh,
bor: "The miserable scarecrow who
attempts to edit our esteemed cen.
temporary is lying as usual. We
don't want the Post Office, but
we are in the hands of our friends
and. by the eternal, they'll see thai
we get it, whether we want it OF
not"
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-02-19

The Raymond Gazette and the
BRooKHAvES LEADER are outspol en-
for Gov. Lowry's denomination.
Me too. - Port Gibson Rcrcille.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-02-19

For transient advertisements, ten cent. :
line for fret Insertion; nve cents a line foi
each subsequens insertion.
Local Notices ten cents sline for each inssr'
ton
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1885-02-19

BY B. T. HOBBS.

Terzn~. ina Advances
one year. ...-..--.-....'....... ~
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

Catherine V. Gregory. for thirty-eight years Il
public school teacher in New York city, died last
month physically "a complete wrech The re-
suit of teaching in the public schools for twenty
two years. and. as am informed, never missing a
day during that period until she had to give up
from sheer exhaustion last spring "
DANIEL L McSWkENEY,M. d.
DIR. insolvency, commencing on the
case to the World reporter, said: This
teacher was allowed to go into the ser.
vice when she was 10 years old. She
was in good health, but dependent par
ents keep her at work without respite.
For twenty two years she never failed to
be Mt her desk and never loet an hour
The hard work and anxiety gradually I'M
dermined her health, and when she came
to me, she was "A physical wreck. Dur,
ing the last few years | have had scores
of such cases. Many break down and
are driven from the service, while others
are ambitious to succeed and give up
only at deaths door"
This is sad and Illustrative case.
Thousands of women in dependent pos,
itons literally work their lives out in the
struggle for existence. The wan face,
the wearied expression, the bloodlcss
palor, the depressing headaches, cold
feet, hot head, tickle appetite and de-
tiCaSihS NISbi. hiG an IDI lucy
must have bread or starve.'
"A sad, sad world, my master"
Woman does not bear the brunt of toll,
as among savages, but under what ply
steal burdens she totters none but her
self can know.
Husbands do not realize it; they think
it is natural and inevitable for their wives
to be i'll. but what a mistake! what a mis-
take!
Mrs. M. ]. Lang, of 14G Wellington
st. West, Toronto, Canada, was in Il
state, utterly broken down with a COM
plication of the very worst sort of female
disorders she looked only to death for
release and relief. Physician after phy>
sc,an was appealed to in vain, and just
as despair presented itself a faint hope
dawned upon her She followed the
counsel of her sister women, gave her
self thorough constitutional treatment
with Warmers safe cure and now she says,
IL am as healthy as if | had never been
one day i'll. In August 1888. had my
last attack and since that time | have
never had Il physician visit me. am
the very picture of health" She was i'll
for years, but not bed ridden; local ul.
ccrations madelife Il constant trial Burn>
ing pains in the stomach and back, reliev
ed only by vomiting and harsh measures
were followed by hot head, cold feet and
limbs, sore abdomen, ending in occasions
nj local paroXysms Of great agony.
John l.. Ellsworth, Nj. d. of Brooklyn,
n. y, graduate of Wuertzburg Ger
many. says of this preparation that "it is
particularly valuable in the treatment of
female complaints" and such disorders.
Senator w. b. Miller, OF Cape May, N.
j., conmcnds its beneficial effects on his
wife, when other remedies seemed to
have no good results.
Such opinions, coming from painful
experience, ought to be persuasive of the
fact that women have their command an
effective means of release from their tiers
riable bondage, which is their solemn
duty TO employ if thereby they desire to
prolong existence in
"'lhi- vale Of bitter tears"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19


THE number # Young men who are
coming TO the fro in politics of this
country il an adC f,ional evidence of the
dciinate retircme of old issues and the
return to cons.lee ,tiOn of things of the
present. The republicans were counting
on New York am Virginia to bring Dav-
export and Wise TO the front alongside
front IN account If their defeat. But
tWo other men of the younger generation
are nut forward in the persons OF the
victots David b Hill and FitZhIgh Lee,
George IIuadly of OHIO, who belongs to
this younger generation, is by no means
sunk out of sight. With such men as
Manning and Whitney, and Villas and
Don N. Dickinson of Michigan and Cor
man of Maryland the Democratic party
is well equipped in rich blood, in which
the essence Of leadership is deeply in
fused. The republicans are yet to grow
their leaders of the younger school. But
their is no better evidence that the party
is turning to its young men than in the
fact that in states like Ohio and New
\ ork men of the age of Foraker and
Davenport were nominated for gOver-
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
ADVICE To MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth3 If so,
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tccthing. Its value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. II cures
dysentery, diarrhoea. regulates the stom
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
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taste, and is the prescription of one of
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and is fol
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world. Price % cents per bottle.
feb-2S m-w-s m ~
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
Che argus.
JOHN w POTTER.
THURSDAY. uEEn ~, 1885

TUE oldest man living in the United
States il Robert GIBSON, of Moberly, Mo.
lie has already lived l19 years, and has
no idea yet OF giving up so commendab!e
a habit lie never used tobacco until he
was 70 years old, and then he learned TO
chew under the tuition of n Methodist
preacher. He drank whisky for over a
century and still continues to take an oc>
casiorml dram. lie attributes his en-
joyment Of long lease of life to the OBJ
servancc of few simple rules, towit:
Keep the feet dry, come in out OF the
rain, eat regularly and slowly, don't chew
tobacco until You get tolcrahly old, and
take two snorls of whisky a day. If this
siinly hvgenic code will keep man alive
for 110 years in Missouri, it ought to
work reasonably well in n halfway de
cent sort Of IA state.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
vILLIANOUS ATTEMPT TO POISON.
a Whole Barrel of Flour Poisoned with
Arsenic with Serious Results.

Whole Barrel of Flour Poisoned with
Arsenic with Serious Results.
EOSrON. Nov. 10. On Friday last the
police were notified that the whole family
inclu ling the servants of Charles w
Parker of the well-known tailoring firm OF
the Parker y Co, had been taken violently
i'll after partakng of home made broad
and pastry. An Investigation was at once
made, and it was discovered that barrel
of flour recently bought by Mr. Parker had
been poisoned by scooping the -four from
the center Of the mass depositng therein
enough arsenic to kill fifty people, and
stirring the whole together. The over.
dosing, by causing vomiting, doubtless saved
the lyr, Of the victims
Su,p.cion wa at once directed to Annie
Iy ~ n cook who on Oct 26 was dis
charged from Mr.. Parker's employ. The
police after n long hunt. found AMI ar
rested the woman, She denies all knowl.
edge f the affair. Tue officers have thus
far been unable to ascertain where the poi
sou was purchased. The victims, who were
all com;!rteIr prostrat1l, have not yet fully
..I.. .tl al
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

CHICAGO Nov. 10 Jacob Schaeffer lost
his first game in the billiard tournament
Tuesday ovenn; in the presence of l, 800
people at Central Music hall. His com
petitor aud couq leror was Maurice Nisnaux,
the French champion.
The noticeable features Of the game were
tie leo which Schaetrer obtained at the
start, the steady AMI brilliant play of Wig.
naux when he was far behind. AMI the total
collap of schaef.r when he found that the
Frenchnan was coming forward for hard
finish Nirnaux had the phleg matte sto
ility of the German, while Schaetfer
showed the dash AMI unstab ility of the
Frnuchmau. 1t WAS game in which
everything was reversed 4 great deal of
money was lost on the result, as S shaetfer
wa, heavily backed tn win, hi admirers
giving long . Ids. The score was: Vignaux
GO: S,haetf r, ~ Average Vignaux,
%, SChar Her, IS k3.24
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
He Isilcu IL Registered Letter,

CHICAGO, Nov. 10 -Postoilics Inspector
Metcalf was informed Wednesday morning
that A. r. Brown, postmaster at
Shepardsvlls. Mich, had comm tod
suicide in room ovor the office
by taking .trychnin,. He hal dis
appeared mysteriou,ly sor:e days ago, and
whom Inspector Turner went on to investi.
gate he found the body as described. In a
waste basket in tho room was found the en-.
velope of registered letter which had con-
tainel sol, and part of the money was found
in the dead mans pocket
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
Cook Nearly Himself Again.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 10 -"Bob"
Cook, whose skull was fractured by the
colored iauitor of The Press building; few
weeks ago, has nearly recovered his health.
The cure il considered a marvel of success.
full surgery
Stephen Mcpherson, the colore janitor of
The Press office, who on Oct. p inflicted
the wound, had q hearing Wednesday
morning. Mr.. Cook was able to be present,
and upon his testimony MrPher.cn was
held IN IL, 30 hail to answer.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
An important Discovery.

The most important Discovery is that
which brings the most good to the greats
est number. DR.. Kings New Discovery
for consumption. Coughs, and Colds, will
preserve the health and save life, and is Il
priceless boon to the afflicted. Not only
does it positively cure Consumption, bat
Coughs, Colds. Bronchitis, Asthma.
Hoarseness, and all affections of the
Throat. Chest. and Lungs, yield mt once
TO its wonderful curative powers. lfyou
doubt this. get Trial Bottle Free, at
larix q Bahnsens Drug store
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
The intimate relation existing between

The intimate relation existing between
the stomach bowels, liver, kidneys and
indeed the entire internal organism gives
an additional value to a remedy that can
successfully battle with the diseases af-
fecting these parts of our system. This
Mishler's Herb Bitters can do, and thous>
ands os testimonials bear out the claim
ID. NJ Pfantz, of Hunters Dale Centre
county, Pa, whose complaint was pal
pitation of the heart and weakness of the
kidneys, used the medicine, and now he
has no trouble.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

The French government would like to
give the army the privilege of wearing
boards. but feels the necessity of first
consulting several high military authori-
ties as the opinions on the subject are
contradictory. Meanwhile the press falls
back on history and finds that the con-
querors OF all ages were about equally
divided between the shurn and the un-
sh0rn
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
SAYS THEY ARE BASE METAL.


s"uat"r voorhees, Says Word About tho
''Sh.nkin Boys"
SnNLlA WILLIE, Ind. Nov. lp-The con
tmuHi assaults OF the shankins, editors and
proprietor, OF Tho Evansville Qnd) Courier,
upon Senator ID. W. Noorheas have had the
eli set Of bringing from that distinguished
gentleman the following reply, written to
the Hon W. 5. Ray, Of this city, II staunch
friend Of the senator:
"fHe S!s'nhlins" are base metal, counter
felt con, itl,e pre- sentiments Of gentlemen.
These are strong words but L measure
taen, an utter them knowing their truth
III tho light of my conduct toward the
'Shankiins. Nhila they were hero for many
weeks last spring and summer bestowed
upon thom more personal courtesies, gave
them moro of my time and my labors, than
any other two men who have ever been
here from Indiana. did SO cheerfully and
in ~ stlnted way. They had the confidence
of my political thoughts, methods, and pur-
pose. Taere was not recommendation
for Office ON my part at the time with which
they were not familiar. Mr., Gilbert
'5uunk IN desired to go to Switzerland
warmly recommended him by letter and
in person, Mr.. Gray, his prote,e desired to
SO To iipnpuiu, and l never made
moro earnest or exhaustive effort for any
one than did for him The fact that
neither Of these gentlemen was appointed
was no fault of niine ami added was a dis
app ointment to mo. They are now denounc-
IN, my want of influence; possibly it was
their own want of merit to which, in my
friendship for them, | was at the time
blind. They assume to DO incensed
at the appointment of .llanlon as collector
of our collection district. Their sincarty
in this may be Judged by the fact that they
expressed to me before his appointment was
made their cordial approval Of the same,
and that in my presence and the presence
of others, Mr.. Gilbert Shanklin con-
graduated Mr.. Hanlon on his APP
pointinent. The most potent rea-
son for the hostility of these
ponpou1 asses lies in the fact that refused
to violate a wellllnown rule between
senator and colleagues in the other house,
AMI to act dishonorably toward Mr.
klener, the representative from the first
district in the appointment OF a postmaster
at Evansville. ! would not have broken
faith on that or any other subject to pre-
serve nv scat in the senate
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
Cause of John MCCullourh's DE Mt h.

FIN AnELrfIA, Nov. 1.-THE theory o!
the PHI Nc,nnS of the Bloomingla ale asylum,
New York that John Mccullough, the
actor suffered and died from form of
progressive insanity has been proved to
havs been fuIlacious. An autopsy held
Wednesday morning in the receiving vault
at Monument cemetery proved to the salts
faction of a dozen medical men, most of
whom have made mental diseases a spe-
cialty, that death was caused by disease
of the blood vessels of the brain, due to
blood poison Neither tumor nor abcesss,
vere discovered
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
Ray Goodc and Lillian Walter,

CHICAGO. Nov. 10 Mrs. Ray GooJe and
Miss Lillian Walter, the two employees of
Dun's commercial agency whom A. j. Bur-
rus tried to assassinate some time ago on
Monroe street, near Clark. were discharged
from the hospital early We lnos,lay morn
ing, and returned to their old homs at Ell
Paso, Ill. The bullet wound in the head Ct
each is still slightly dischlrging, but almost
healed up. Tho women have as yet mads
no statement as to the causes that lel to the
shooting Burrus is in Jail in default OF
$2O, 900 bail
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

ASHLAND. Wis, Nov. 19-At l o'clock
Tuesday morning, while the night shift was
at work in the north vein OF the Colby
mine, at .Bessemsr, on the Gogebic iron
range, large section Of ore fell upon them
without warning. Four men were in sanity
killed: Herman Huppert. ST., Herman
Huppert, Jr, Charles Wang ,tead, Charles
Rough. One other man was slightly in
jIrsd.
The orc fell distance Of thirty five feet
from .he top of tine cut This is tho firsi
serious accident since the mine was opened.
Ships-ents of ore to this point will close
Thursday.
The mine was cleared soon AS possible,
both gangs being put to work, In II short
time he workers reached the bruised and
wounded forms, which were borne to the
outer air. Life in the four men named
wa extinct when they were reached. Those
injured were ma lie as comfortable. as posi-
ble by the physician who had been hastily
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

Delicate persons, and all those systems
have become debilitated, should bear in
mind that Simmons Liver Regulator Is
not a drastic, purglng medicine, does not
weaken or depletc the system as other
purgatives do, but acts gently. 1t will
invigoratc like glass of wine, hut is no
intoxicating beverage to lead to intemper-
ance; will promote digestion. dissipate
headache, and generally tone up the
system. The dose is small, not unpleas
ant, and its virtues undoublcd,
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

In Germany the inspection of pigs for
trichinae is more through than is gener-
ally supposed. Tue Nediciniche WocA
enschritt, states that in one year there
were established in Prussia 2O,G36 official
inspecting stations. Out of 4 900, 600 of
the animals examined, 1000 were trich,
mons
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c,
| will send recipe that will cure you,
FREE OFCHARGE. 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 Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

An attempt to punish an unruly boy in
a Holyoke, Mass, school last week,
brought on such Il general fight that the
police had to be called to quell il, and
the teacher and two pupils were march
cd off to the station house
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

The proprietors of Ey's Cream Balm
do not claim it TO be a cure all. but a sure
remedy for Catarrh, Cold in the Head and
Hay Fever. 1t is not liquid or a snuff,
but is easily applied with the finger. 1t
gives relief at once. Sold by all drug
gists. Price 80 cents. BY mail 60 cents,
Ely Bros. Owcgo, n. Y.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

Your medicine (Atolophoros) is becom.
ing popular. | have several customers
who have been very much benefited by it,
One old man. 10 years old. had been af-
aicted with rheumatism many years. S. l..
ss,h :, Minonk. III.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

have been a sufferer two years from
calarrh or cold in the head. having dis
tressing pain over my eyes, Gradually
the disease worked down upon my lungs,
my left ear was almost deaf, my voice
was failing me. procured Que bottle of
Ely's Cream Balm and within five days
my hearing was restored, the pain ceased
over my eyes, and am now enjoying
good health. recommended it to some
of my friends. One of them sent for II
bottle. lie told me that half of it cured
him. My advice is to those suffering with
eaiarrh or cold in the head not to delay
but try Ely's Cream Balm, as it is n posi-
tive cure. John II. Nansant, Sandy
Hook, Elliott Co, Ky.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
Snapped an "Unioaded Pistol.

OTTUMwA, Iowa. Nov. ~. AT II a. M,
Tuesday, Miss Mollis Meeker, aged II, in
company with another young woman at
Eddyville. Iowa, was playing with re-
volver, and banteringly leveled it at her
companion demanding her money OF her
life, and snapped the pistol without effect
and then, pointing the pistol in playful
manner at her own head, snapped it. when
it was discharged. the ball entering near
the center Of her forehead and coming out
just back Of the ear, upon the left side of
the head. Miss Meeker led at o'clock.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

The greatest medical wonder of the world
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, can
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refunded. 25 cents per box For sale by
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

INDIANAPOLIS Ind, Nov. 10 The local
freight, east bound, on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton a. indianapolis road, was wrecked
near Julietta Wednesday morning. The
bridge over Big Buck creek gave way,
dropping the engine and twelve cars into
the creek Charles A. Holland engineer;
James Mcknight, fireman. and an I'M
known brakeman were hurled into the
wreck AMI all suffered probably fatal in
iuri
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

The Indian names of Boston. accord
ing to Prof. Horsford are Accomonticus.
meaning Beyond the hill little cove"
Mcssatoose (Massach,fetts), Great kill
MOUTH" Moshanwomuk Canoe place,
and ShaWmut. "Nenr the neck "
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

Five years ago two gold fish were
placed in the pond of the Cohassett, Mass,
common. When the pond was drained
the other day it was found that the
single pair of fish had increased to
thousands.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

Subscribers in the cities of Paris, ANS
terdam and Hamberg have sent 81 ,629. So
To he added to the Grant monument fund
in New York.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

Wealthy people in New York, on the
occasion of party or other special
gathering employ professor" to de-
scribe the good points of their paintings
and extol their excellence and value.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

There is movement on foot among the
colored people of the country to raise a
large sum of money for the erection of a
monument at Washington to commemors
ate their emanci patton from slavery.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19

The Rhine alone" says that sprght
liest of statisiicians. Selma Gage. in the
Worlds Lumber room, carries to the
sea every year carbonate of lime enough
to make the shells of 332 539. 900, 900
OYSTERS"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-19
nOWsFORDS AtIDTuOSrHATE


DIR. G. s. Ellis, Wabash, Ind, says; Il
prescribed it for "A man who used inloXi-
cants to excess for fifteen years, but dur>
ing the last two years has entirely abs
stained. He thinks the Acid Phosphate
is of much benefit to him."