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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02

Col. James L. Fleming a prominent grocery
merchant, a member of the firm Of Fleming ~
Lotion, Augusta, Ga, makes the following state
ment OF the treatment OF valuable horse with
Swift's Specific:
In the fall of 1888 had a valuable colt taken
with severe case of pinkeye. which resulted in
the most fearful case Of blood poisoning | have
ever seen. After eight or ten months doctoring
with every remedy that could hear OF, de-
SPARED of a cure. At this time the horse was ur-
able TO move, because of swollen limbs. His
right hind legwas as large as a mans body and
had on it over forty running sores. He had also
a number of large sores on his body and other
limbs He was a most pitable looking object,
and was advised TO end his suflerings with the
shot gun He was valuable animal and | did
not want to lose him. After racking my brain in
search for another remedy more etliCacious,
thought of Swift's Specific. knew it was invalu-
able to the human family as blood purifier, and
why should il not be for the animal as welly ]
did not hesitate, but sent last July to Atlanta for
a supply.
began the treatment with or of S S s. and
OF. of water three times a day. This l contin-
ued for week. Then increased the dose 10 &
OF. of each, and continued for a week, Then
increased TO OF. and run ii for a week, when |
went back TO OF, again. The result was at the
end of the first week The horse had fair appe-
tite. which he had not had since his sickness. At
the end of the second week even greater improve
ment was apparent, for many Of the sores were
healing nicely, and the horse manifested desire
TO move about. At the end of the third week he
began TO show gain in flesh, and lad full appetite.
The cling had about disappeared | used in
all about Is bottles of Swifts Specific, and when
quit Its use the horse had only four small sores
left on him, and they healed up Immediately.
In August last all symptoms of the disease
passed away, and up TO date no signs of the re-
turn OF the trouble have made their appearance,
and the horse has done a mules work on my
farm.
regard il as one of the most remarkable cures
have ever known. Thus this great medicine
has proven boon 10 the animal as well as to the
human race.
Augusta, Jan. 9, 1885 JAS. L. FLEMING.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co,
Drawer 8 Atlanta, Ga.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
NATIONAL TOPICS.
THE VICE PRESIDENT TALKS ON
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Mcdonald on the Indiana Situation
Jeff Davis Has Apprehensious-op-
position to Edmunds' Re- Elec-
ton Political Notes.

CHICAGO, June 2-Vice-President Hen
bricks was in the city Sunday, and to re
porter who asked his ideas on civil service
reform said:
Well, there are SO many different phases
in civil service that that question might be
difficult to answer. am a believer in civil
service but there are different ways in in
terpretiny it That system that is consld-
cred by some as indispensable in the
management of the government and
that permits outsiders to dictate who shall
remain and who shall go would not be toler-
ated for a moment by railroad corpora
ton or large manufacturing establishment
l at one time held an executive position in
the land commissioners office When
went in the work of the office it was very
much behind The matter was looked into,
incompetent clerks were discharged and
new ones put in their places,
and in four months the work OF the office,
which was behind four years, was made
up. That was civil service reform 1t is
the kind of civil service that believe in.
OF course we want civil service, and we
must have the reform. But it is all nonsense
to suppose that the Republicans are going to
remain In the offices We fought for
change, and we are going to haue it,
When asked as to the alleged determine
ton of Republican senators to resist politi-
cal removals, he said:
II the Republican senators had held such
a meeting, | would have heard of it. l do
not think there is any disposition on the
part Of the senators to antagonize the adj
ministration l do not believe party line;
will be drawn very close.
With reference to the presidents ideas he
remarked:
have not talked with Mr. Cleveland on
the subject, and have only read his pub
lished expressions about it. There is one
thing talked at Washington which totally
disagree with. 1t is that congressman and
senators have the right to select the office
holders in their districts and states. 1t il
utterly wrong in principle, and gross con-
founding of the legislative and executive
branches of the government.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
MYSTERIES OF THE TOILET.
Wigs Worn by Persons Who are Never Sus-
pected of 1t.


Wigs Worn by Persons Who are Never sus-
pected of 1t.
Chicago Tribunel
"They are wearing their own co ors more
this year What style will you haveT said
wig maker to reporter who peeped in
upon the mysteries of her shop. 30 no"
looking at the reporters full suit of hair)
Maybe you want to bleach; but men don't
bleach so much Now, ladies bleach great
deal, though not so much as formerly, but
don't believe l ever before heard of man
bleaching. Well, here's some perox- OF
Well, what do you want9 You don't want
your mustache dyeda But, maybe you want
false one, or'-and she hesitated for
moment
whats the latest shade in hairy asked
the scribe.
"As said when you came in, more ma
tural now But blonde is still the favorite
with those who dye. Not the reddish blonde
of last year! No, no, mol A soft, bright,
natural color-a sort of dim, yellow fax.
but ladies who have it don't try to make q
change. The hair is worn fuller in front
stands out in puffy Tinglets-for common
For evening, bangs and frizzes are out Of
fashion, and the hair is combed back from
the forehead. Powders are used a great
deal Diamond dust is popular, and SO is
gold and silver powder. But what did you
want, did you say! Some secrets, chg And
she raised her eyebrows and threw her head
little to one side.
"Yes, / can tell You some secrets, real
secrets; ha, ha, hal but o no; can't; it
wouldn't do. But wearing false hair is not
secret; no. No one conceals that | re-
member when they used to, but they have
gotten over that There are lots of women
in Washington society who wear wigs.
That's more OF secret. They paintl o.
that part of their toilet you can see, chi
| Well, many more paint than you'd believe.
These are things that don't show. There is
fiesh-powder-just the least little tint
looks beautiful and never shows
but what's natural French powders
are good But one must know how to use
such things. There is one powder, one Of
| the best, is Just touched to the cheek, which
| If rubbed polishes with metallic luster, and
makes the face look Just like tin Sometimes
ladies don't know how to use it. and they
make their faces look like a milk-can. 1t i
| just the color Of bright tin. There is an
other kind of cosmetic which when exposed
to the gas that comes up sometimes from
the register turns black. Bellies have
changed color thus in an evening. But they
fool oftener than they get fooled could
tell you lots of things about them, only il
| wouldn't do"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
Reecher on Evolution.

New York, June lin continuing his
sermons on Evolution" Sunday, Mr.. Beecher
asked: What then, does evolution teachl
Evolution teaches that the creation was not
accomplished in six days of twenty -four
hours. That for certain That the divine
method occupied ages of immense duration;
that nothing of all the treasures of the
globe Us they now stand were created at first
in their present perfectness; that every thing
has grown through the lapse of ages into its
present condition; that the whole earth and
every development in it were an egg, a
germ, seed, and that forests, fields, all
shrubs and vineyards, and all grasses and
all birds and all mammals and insects of
every gradation-all Of them have
had long history; and that
the position in which they now
stand they have come to through ages Of
gradual change and unfolding; that the
earth itself went through a period of long
preparation Mr. Beecher said evolution
was accepted now by the whole scientific
world, and ly many sound Christians,
among whom he mentioned DR.. McCosh,
of Princeton college; Professor Dana, OF
Yale; Professor Asa Gray, of California,
and the bishop of London He said the
principle would take nothing away from
Christianity, but would add strength to il
and emancipate religion.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 2-The secretary Of
the state board Of agriculture has informa-
tion in regard to the appearance of an
enemy to the growing corn in Illinois which
has been considered as rather free from ex-
tensive devastation by insects. For the
crop report of the department for
the present month, paper has
been prepared on the Root web
Worm" by Professor Forbes. the state
entomologist. In 1t he gives the result Of
his first Investigations, and Saturday Col
Mills received a letter from Professor Forbes
in relation to this in ect, in which he says
that "it is far more important than had be-
fore supposed. / have lately examined a
field of 100 acres of corn completely de-
stroye1 by it, SO that it is now being re-
planted" Col. Mills, tho secretary OF the
board, at Springfield, desires farmers of the
state to furnish him information respecting
the ravages of the worm.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
remarked:
JEFF Davis Apprehensions.

WASHINGTON CITY, June 2.-Dr. Ganett,
of this city, is a personal friend of Jefferson
Davis, and thus states the views of the Con.
federate ex president:
He [Davisl said that the respect, love and
generation for the constitution which ami.
mated the citizens of the United States be.
fore the war had now departed from our
people, and that the sys tenn Of gov
eminent erected by our forefathers
existed only In name; that there were ele-
ments Of disintegration and disruption at
work in our midst which could only be re.
strained and held in check by force; that the
underlying and fundamental principles upon
which our system of government was erected,
and upon which the constitution as II
was before the war rested, are fast becom
ing obsolete, forgotten by the old men and
never learned by the young; that under the
rule Of Rspublicanism, during the war and
subsequentto it, the constitution was made g
rope Of sand, and that while this party OF
so-called liberal ideas was proclaiming uni
versal freedom and equality ON the one
hand they were tearing down and blotting
out the very safeguards which alone undei
our form Of government could secure it tt
them
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
The Cotton Exposition.

WASHINGTON CITY, June 2-Several
gentlemen representing the board Of mana
gers of the Worlds exposition arrived here
Sunday and others are expected. Together
they will make up committee sent here to
iuducethe president to sanction leaving the
government exhibits at New Orleans. The
committee, it is understo ID. are prepared to
guarantee deposit of $3.50, 900, or more, to
indemnify the government for any possible
loss to the exhibit and to defray any in
cidental expenses of the government in pro
tecting and caring for its property during
the coming year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02

WASHINGTON CITY, June 2-Treasury
balances, Monday were: Gold coin and bull
ion, S244, 6l2, 952; silver dollars and bullion,
$780, $50, 377; fractional silver coin, s3l, 49,
79S; United States notes, $50, 474 344 ma
tional bank note, 81, 292, 632; national bank
notes in process of redemption, 81 $50. 399;
deposits with national bank repositories,
$40, 46l, S4s; total, s5l2, 304, $50 Certificates
outstanding: Gold, SIPS, 75s, $40; silver, $685.
3S1, 456; currency, 1915, 600 Internal
revenue receipts, $S25, 427; customs, $64l,-
lao
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
A Couple of Frauds Exposed,

SIOUX Cry, Iowa, June "A sensation
has been occasioned here by the discovery
that Mr.. and Mrs. DeutScher, the temper
ance apost es lecturing here, are Mr.. Ander-
son. alias Watson, and Mrs. Brown, alias
Mrs. Adams, and that they are not mar
ried. 1t was discovered that Deutscher
had aband oned a family in Michigan and
Mrs. Deutscher husband in Illinois. he
pair met in Michigan, and, as husband and
wife, have travelled throughout Colorado
and Kansas. They were filling a weeks en-
gagement here for big pay, and stopping
with our best families Last night they
jumped the town.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
GUARD AGAINST CHOLERA.
Gan Ounce of Preventive is Worth q
Pound OF Cure."- for
HOusekeepers.

Judging from all the pas" experience.
Says medical review, visit from the
cholera scourge is only question of
time"
III through adverse storms a delay oc~
ours in an attack from an invading army
every hour should be utilized by taking
such measures as will aid in repulsing
the enemy. Aided by favorable Winds
we have gained an extension of time be
fore the great plague makes its onslaught.
In every kitchen there is one thing which
should have attention from this time on.
One source of disease which should at
tract the attention OF every physician,
every nurse, and every man and woman
who cares for the preservation of health
is the dish cloth. A foul dish cloth has
wrapped up in it the germs of more kinds
of malignant diseases than all other things
perfect hot bed that breeds cholera, scar
let fever, typhoid fever, diphtheria, etc A
dish cloth which housekeeper would be
ashamed to bring into her parlor to show
to visitors is not fit for use. and should be
burned as soon as this article is read 1t
is customary for housekeepers TO apollo
gize for dirty, foul smelling dish cloth
by throwing the blame on their
hired help. This is doing a great in
justice. When girl starts to wash
dishes she is supposed to have a clean
dish rag, clean dish pan, clean hands,
clean water, a piece of soap and a
lot Of soiled dishes; if the soap does its
work properly, then, at the end of the
operation, the dishes should be clean, and
her hands, her dish pan and her dish rag
should be clean; the dirt should be in the
water, just as when woman is done
scrubbing dirty floor the dirt should be
in the water, and clean house cloth and
clean scrubbing brush should be the re-
suit, provided that the soap which she
uses has been made from pure, sweet ma
terials. - girl cannot scrub properly
with a miserable apology for a scrub
bling brush; neither can she keep her
dish cloth sweet unless her mistress fur
nishes her with soap which will do this,
for il is an undoubted fact that when a
dish rag gets offensive, or a sponge or q
wash rag loses its sweet, clean appearance
and smell, it is on account of the soap
which is used 1t is an unfortunate de-
lusiep on the part of the general public
that "any kind of fat will do for making
soap" This is decided error; it is Just
as important that the dishes from which
we eat should be washed with soap made
from pure, sweet, clean materials, as it is
important that the butter which we eat
should be made from pure, sweet, clean
cream.
Housekeepers usually attempt to over
come this result of the soap they use max
ing the dishrag filthy by scalding or boil
ing the dish rag. but this is only make
shift-use soap which is made from
pure materials, and your dish cloth will
then not need either scalding or boiling,
and once week have the dish rag
brought IN the parlor, and if not sweet
change the soap you are using, and KEEP
this practice up until you come across I
soap that will keep the dish rag clean AM
sweet"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
Preparing the way for Removals.

WASHINGTON CITY, June 2-Most of the
cabinet officers have already asked the
heads Of bureaus In their respective depart
msnts for confidential communications
made up Of lists Of clerks whose services can
be dispensed with or whose places can be
filed by civil service appointments with ad-
vantage to the government These lists nc
doubt will be ready for use next month and
beside the bare mention of names will con-
tain what is known about the clerical fitness
offensive partisanship, habits and manners
Of each individual mentioned. The purpose
evidently is to usethis information in making
removals in civil servics classes in order to
open the way for new appointments through
the civil service commissioner One official
is reported as saying that he expects to dis
miss one quarter OF his force this summer;
but none would be dismissed who did not
deserve it, and that he meant to rely upon
Republican testimony mainly in making up
his mind who should 60
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
Denounced the Grand Army.

MILFORD, Mass, June 2-Father Cud-
dihy scathingly denounced the Grand Army
of the Republic from his pulpit Sunday,
calling the veterans who entered st. Mary's
cemetery against his orders on Mem.
orial Day "know-nothings" inf
del Yankees" and Scotch and
English bigots" He said II warn the
Catholics that the G. A. r is nothing but q
know-nothing body, and no respectable
Catholic could join the bigoted fence-break-
ers." He said be would refu 3 the Roman
Catholic participants Christian burial till
they had confessed their guilt before wit
nssses, and asked pardon of the church, and
would prosecute the leaders.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
CARD.

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 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, 1885-06-02
An Opinion of the Grand Trunk.

MONTREAL, June Sir Henry Tyler
who arrived here Saturday night says that
during the past year the Grand Trunk rail.
way has lost over 81 .0O0, 900 of gross reve-
nue., on account of excessive competition and
commercial depression both here and in
states. The company in consequence, was
obliged to cut down its working and con-
struction expenses. When timees improved
he would have a double track constructed
between here and Toronto.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02

Mishler's Herb Bitters is prepared by a
physician and chemist of the highest re-
pute, not only in the community in which
he lives, but abroad as well. Mishlers
Herb Bitters is an absolute cure for dys-
pepsia, liver complaint, cramps in the
stomach and every form of indigestion.
and affords almost Immediate relief in
dysentery, collie, cholera morbus and dis
eases of the kidney or bladder.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
opnos,tion to Edmunds for Senator

BURLINGTON, Vt, june at was gener-
ally understood that Ex-Governor Smith,
Proctor and Steward, ex-Congressman Po-
land, and Judge Powers, Of the supreme
court, are candidates for the senatorship, to
term does not expire until 1887, but the next
legislature, in 1886. viii elect his successor
Judge Poland has removed from St Johns
bury into West Waterville, on the west side,
the Edmund'a district
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02

WAYYEsBoRo, Pa. June Daniel Hal
linger and his son Joan were awakened about
Q O'Clock Monday morning by noise in the
vicinity of Their chicken-coop Both men
went out, the son approaching the chicken
house with revolver in hand The father
remaining behind, heard four shots in quick
succession. and rushing up found his son
lying dead upon the ground and the thieves
in firht
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
An Ohio RoorbaCk.

FINDLAY, O., June "A dispatch was
sent from this city last week giving an
account Of a man in this county named
Motter striking his little boy on the head
and breaking his neck. Investigation
proves that there is no truth in the story.
1t Is thought to have been a joke play ed on
the new local editor of tine Kenton Demo.
crat, in which paper the notice of the
murder first appeared
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02

AKRON, Ohio, June 2t-Perry Brazelle
came home in drunken state Sunday night
and attacked his wife with an ak. The
woman grabbed a chair, with which she
dealt her husband blow over the head
knocking him down. In falling the man
struck his head on the corner of table and
after few commissions, died Mrs. Brazelle
was arraigned charged with manSlaughter
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02

WASHINGTON CITY, June 2-Ex-Senator
Mcdonald, in the course Of an interview,
said Cleveland was much greater man
than the country had credited him with
being Hs did not think the senate would
oppose Cleveland's action, and added:
Now in Indiana we have just two parties,
the Democrats and tie Republicans, and
every member of each party is an offensive
partisan. We don't belive a Democratic
army can be led by Republican officers, and
having secured the administration we want
the means to use it. That is the general and
prevalent opinion in Indiana.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
NEVER GIVE ZIP.

If you are suffering with low and de-
pressed spirits, loss of appetite, general
debility, disordered blood, weak con.
stitution, headache, or any disease of a
bilious nature, by all means procure a
bottle of Electric Bitters. You will be
surprised to see the rapid improvement
that will follow; you will be inspired
with new life; strength and activity will
return; pain and misery will cease, and
henceforth you will rejoice in the praise
of Electric Bltters. Sold at fifty cents q
bottle by Hartz g. Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
He's Over Old to Marry.

SAN Francisco, June 2-Dion Bouci.
cault's engagement at the California thea
tire, in which Miss Louise Thorndyke played
Kitty Woodstock to his Myles O'Hara in
"Jilt," is likely to end in an engagement for
life with that lady, as he fell dead in love
with her wilowy figure and graceful acting.
His son and daughter are very much op.
posed to the marriage, but it is likely "a
come Off in spite of them
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
Ayre's Medicines and Canadian Customs.


MONTREAL, June 2-Last week the Gus
tom authorities here seized a large consign-
ment of patent medicines from the estab-
lishment of ]. c. Ayrs & Co, Lowell, Mass.
The officers claim that the firm has de-
frauded the Canadian revenue out of at
least $25,0 year. for the last ten or if
teen years, by UNDERWRITING their consign-
ments The firm defend their action by
saying that the medicines were not COM
pounded, and were therefore sent
in bulk and valued merely at
cost. An old employe of the
firm named. Young testified, however,
that the goods were compounded and ready
for sale at price so per cent higher than
they were invoiced at This witness gave
some extraordinary evidence, and swore
that, in order to prevent his coming to
Canada to testify, he was arrested at
Nashua, N. H, locked up for ten hours with
out any charge, and after he had been
searched from head to foot.was liberated and
advised to return to Lowell, Mass. The
goods now under seizure are valued at over
SI50 600
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
Cure Of Pneumonia.

Mr.. D. Fl. Barnaby, of Owego, N. Y,
says that his daughter was taken with a
violent cold which terminated with
Pneumonia, and all the beet physicians
gave the case up and said she could live
but few hours at most. She was in this
condition when friend recommended
DR.. Wm. Halls Balsam for the Lungs,
and advised her to try it. She accepted
1t as last resort, and was surprised to
find that it produced marked change for
the better, and by persevering in its use a
cure was affected.