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

'Rough on Itch" cures humors. erup-
tions, ringworm. letter. salt rheum, FROST
ed feet, chilblains.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02

Rough on Corns' hard or soft corns,
bunions. 15c.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
M. M. CORBETT.

A TT0RNEY AT LAW, Solicitor in Chancery and
II Notary Public, Abstracts, Loans and collec
tons. Office, Buford's Block, I'd avenue, over
Baker's Lewelry store uov-20-dly
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-02
GUIDO BECK,
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

A RCHITECT.-Sec Avenue, over Peopl
a National Bank, Rock Island, Illinois.
nov-29-d1y
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
r. w HURST

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
n Office in Masonic Temple block, over Rock Is
land National Bank, Rock Island, Ill.
sept-26 dwtf
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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19

laughed at him. and said: s'You ain t
quite up in education, George. to take
that kind of a lob But I've fixed YOU
all snug and right Take this letter.
Mr. Lincoln then inquirdd whether or
not he had money or tickets with which
10 get home. and when he discovered
that he had neither he sent for tickets
and ordered basket of food put up
for him. Clark was very proud of the
basket, and kept it till he died The
letter was addressed, ITO the Collec-
tor of the Port of Boston. " Clark pre-
scented himself at the custom house
one morning, and upon being snubbed
BY one and another when he inquired
for the Collector, remarked that he had
letter from his friend, Abraham Lin
coin. addressed to the gentleman for
whom he had inquired. This opened
the doors The letter said, in sub
stance: THE bearer is my friend,
George Clark Give him the best posi-
ton he can FIJI. If he fails in one
place give him another. The Collee-
tor settled him as Waterman on board
vessels in the harbor-a berth in which
he could sleep as much as he liked-a
81. 200 a year.
Says our informant: | met Clark on
State street few days after the assas-
sinatiOn Of Mr.. Lincoln. He had a
deep weed upon his hat and his coun-
tenance betrayed the deep mental an
guish through which he was passing.
i've got no desire to live another
day, > he said. 1.-The lights are out;
the world is dark; there is no more
happiness for me. He wept like a
child. and when we parted | made up
my mind that he would soon follow his
friend to the mysterious bourne. And |
was right. NAsHNooNoN.
Boston J0atfR0i.
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and patronize the picturesque on prin-
ciple of artistic criticism. An old
homestead we are proud of. if it has a
kind of aristocratic baronial air; and
we take our genteel acquaintance to see
it, if it looks as though the family which
used to live there belonged to the up
per-tens of those times But the little
one-storied red cottage on the back
cross-road we do not care to say pro-
tected our infancy, if polite people are
about. We admire the ancient spread
ing oak or elm because it sets off the
lawn so @sthetically; but we do not
hold it in veneration almost as hall
lowed cathedral of God ) building, sa-
cred and loved as the memorial of
countless divine kindnesses, and human
experiences of hope and fear and Joy,
during its cutlery of slow and silent
growth. We are fond of very nice
people, who look we'll in photograph
albums; but we do not rise up before
the hoary head and honor the face Of
the old man as well in decrcpitude and
burdensome helplessness. Neyerthe-
| less, a true veneration for the veneer
able is wholesome sentiment, grand
and elevating attribute of character,
whether its object be an inanimate
thing or a living soul. Amy observance
or agency which cUltivates this quality
among US deserves all praise and fos
! tering care Dr., H. r. Tucker, IN SIN
ddg Afternoon.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19

For two years past John Lor gwell.
of Charleston, Pa, has been subject
fits, being attacked suddenly and lying
unconscious for hours. Within the
last few months he has experienced a
cold sensation in his throat occasion
ally, as if something was rising into
his mouth. This, attended with the
singular feeling in his stomach, con-
WINGED him that there was something
| living there. His physician was asked
to give him an emetic, anyhow, and
accordingly gave his patient large
dose. The result was that Mr.. Long
well threw up two snakes, one about
fourteen inches long and the other a
foot in length, brown in color and both
alive, and they are alive yet. The
story is vouched for by several who
were about the house at the time, an
the physician expresses his belief il
the incident. Honeywell is a young
farmer and man of veracity. Mr..
Longwell thinks that he swallowed the
eggs which produced the snakes while
carelessly drinking water from a
spring.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19
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Fossil Forests.

The most celebrated of the fossil for
ests of which we have any record are
those of Egypt near Cairo, of Nubia, of
Silesia, and of the island of Antigua in
the West Indies. Other accommodations
of silcifed wood are known to occur
in Chill, New Zealand and Abyssinia.
1t is also true that in the interior of
our own continent, in Oregon, Nevada
and Arizona, as great and remarkable
collections of silcified tree trunks ex-
ist as any found in other parts of the
world On the banks of the Little
Colorado, in Arizona not less than one
thousand cords of silicified wood may
be seen piled up in one locality. Here
we find trunks of all sizes up to six
feet in diameter, most perfectly and
beautifully preserved. In the drift de-
posts of Southern Ohio is found an
old soil in many places thickly strewed
with interlaced PROSTATE trunks of
trees which grew upon 1T; and IN few
eases these are found buried erect.
This old forest was plainly submerged
by the sinking of land surface or the
elevation of the water level over 1t, re-
sulting in It's burial beneath many feet
of gravel and sand. AS hundreds of
cases, considered hopeless, have been
permanently cured by Piso's Cure. If
you have premonitory symptoms of
Consumption, such as cough, diff
Guilty of breathing, etc, don't delay.
but use Piso's Cure Immediately.
vet the trees are not mineralized, and
have the appearance of partially de-
cayed wood; but if the subsistence had
been occasioned by volcanic action,
and hot water had been poured out
freely, we should undoubtedly have
found the trees silicitied as we do at
the Cascades of the Columbia, where a
volcanic outburst at much later date
buried quantities of trees and changed
them to masses of SILICA.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19

In the western part of jefferson
county there grows and blossoms
INTO curious aud magnificent beauty q
rose that seems to be indigenous to a
small area of country. but which VIII
not flourish in other ATTITUDES. The
bush is a strong and vigorous one and
the leaves are a very light. but glossy
green. The petals of the flower curve
slightly inward, and are the color o
bright, arterial blood
The odor is pungent, but slightly
sickening. The popularity of this
flower is that the dew that drops there
from is of a faint pinkish cast, a
marvel seen in no other flower, the
battling wonder of those who have
witnessed it. 1t is called the Grant
rose and has sad and melancholy
history. Its origin is one of those
mysteries with which nature at times
delights to astonish her devotees.
In 1884 John Grant and Nelli
Lowry were married. After a happy
year Of married life they and their baby
were murdered by OsccolA's Seminoles.
A few years later a passing hunter,
one of the original party that had found
the bodies. happened on the same
locality. and in the little hollow where
the blood had gathered he saw a
vigorous bush bearing such roses as l
nave described. He cut some slips
from it and took them to the settle
ment, where he related his discovery.
Such a romantic and singular story
excited the curiosity of many in the
adjacent counties, and repeated efforts
were made to secure the growth of the
slips in other places. but they have all
failed of success. Within an area Of
five miles, where the doleful tragedy
occurred, it is said, the rose can still
be found, with its strong and sturdy
stalk, its paIe green leaves, It's in-curved
crimson petals and its bloody dew.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19

AS the midnight train was leaving
Brockport on its run west last Saturday
night a rather green and rural-looking
young man, with his best girl, occupied
one OF the seats of the last car but the
sleeper. Mr.. Verdant arose, walked
down the aisle to bring his fair one
drink of that beautiful nectar dis
pensed on board trains of the New
York Central road, water, had placed
the cup underneath the stopper to the
tank. seized the Wrestling house ali
brake cord which is fastened near, and
gave it a jerk anticipating flow OF
iimpid beverage, No water, however,
but suddenly the train stopped, and
amid the excavations of the conductor,
train hands and passengers ''the
chap from the country skunk back to
his seat. After lull in the storm the
Young lady was heard to remark quite
audibly: what did you do that for
you big fool?"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19
Vegetable sheep ofNew Zealand.

On Mount Torlesse, in New Zealand,
grows a single plant, specimens of
which are known as vegetable sheep.
The plant belongs to the Cudweed
tribe, and is described by a recent bo-
tanical explorer as growing on loose
debris an altitude of 1850 to 5000
feet, and forming round or kidney
shaped patches; some of them as much
as eight feet across and three feet high.
They resemble immense cushions, in
one species snow-white and in the
other silvery-gray, and in both are
formed a dense mass of leafy branches
so closely packed together that chisel
can not be easily thrust into the mass.
The flowers are so small that their
parts can be seen distinctly only under
the microscope The peculiar shape
and appearance Of these plants led to
their being occasionally mistaken for
sheep by early settlers. and hence the
name
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19

In Hyde Park, near Boston, one day
recently, a gentleman, who was on
riding on horseback, dismounted il
Everett Square, and, finding no hitch
ing-post handy, he fastened the reins tt
the collar of his black dog. Having
patted the dog on the head, and having
said: Now be a good doggie," the
horseman entered the house. Every
thing worked well until small boy
came along, and sang out:
"Sook EN- Jack!'
The dog made sudden movement
and the horse jerked up his head
whereupon the dog went floating
through the air like the pendulum of Z
clock. just then the owner of tho
horse ran out to the rescue, and it was
well he did so run, for in another min
ute the 'hitching-post' would have
been as lifeless as though it had beer
made of iron.
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AnaId nTPana.

A man b, was, who liked right well
10 show his power over his own cattle,
horses, servants, aud even two dainty,
fragile little daughters that trembled
at his approach.
"A borne leader some said of him,
while others voted him "a borne ty-
rant, setting his feet heavily upon the
neck of the helpless while not daring
to cross his equals in strength. Each
day seemed to render him less COM
panionable as neighbor. husband and
father, and increase his love of author
ity.
Meekly the mother bore the indigni-
ties he put upon her, and kept the chill
dren as much as possible out of his
way. In his heart he longed for their
childish confidence. and wondered
"why they never climbed into his lap
and asked for the many things so dear
to the juvenile heart
Unasked, he bought the handsomest
blonde and blue-eyed dolly for Lulu, OBJ
tainablc and lavished upon the wee
lame "Bonny' every good and pretty
thing. His quick eve noted with pain
that his entrance into the house was n
signal for the cessation of merry house
hold chatter; even mamma grew silent
while the little ones stole quietly from
the room as quickly as possible.
One autumn day u bitter disappoint-
ment was his, and dark frown dis
figured his face. Upon coming to the
house unexpectedly. the sound of little
feet limping hurriedly and painfully to
mamma and the words uttered in a
pleading voice "Oh, mamma, hide
me where papa can't find me, was
his greeting.
Leaning upon tiny crutch, Bonny
looked so small and frail and afraid
that the father eyes were opened to
the truth at last; his own little daughter
was afraid of him. Taking her in his
arms and seating himself beside the
window looking out upon great beauti-
full prairie, he forgot his loss and
trouble.
Soon Bonny's merry laugh rang out
and papa's too. Mammals face bore a
brighter expression when Howard
forgot his dignity and told Bonny of
contrary Mary and her curious garden
of silver bells and cookie shells"
Papa said nothing, but the old days
of fear and trembling for that house
hold were forever in the past. When
days of great suffering came to Bonny,
nobOdy's arms were so strong as papa 5,
and not even mammals voice could
soothe her like "papa's' whose love for
his afflicted one has made of him a
man tender and humane with man and
beast, and Bonny did it through her
weakness.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19
The sIrnIf1cnncc of Rings.

1t is understood that a gentleman
who desires to marry wears plain or
chased ring upon the first finger of the
left hand. When he becomes engaged
the ring passes to the second finger.
After marriage it passes to the third
finger. If. however. the gentleman
desires his lady friends to clearly I'M
derstand that he is not lin the market
and does not wish to marry at all, he
wears the Signet upon his little finger.
This will inform all ladies that he is
beyond reach. With the ladies a plain
or chased gold ring on the little finger
of the left hand indicates mot engaged
or ''ready for an offer When en-
gagged the ring passes to the third fin
ger Of the right hand. When married
the third finger on the left hand receives
the ring. When young lady desires
to defy all suitors she places rings
one on the first and one on the fourth
fingers
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19
A STORY OF THANKSGIVING
DAY.

The chill November sunshine lay
with hooking brightness on the velvet
violcts Of the carpet; the wind howled
sharply past the windows, as if furious
that its keen touch could not blast the
cream white roses and tire-hearted ger
aniums whose delicate fragrance filled
the room with an atmosphere of June.
Without, people hurried shuddering by
with blue noses and frost-nipped fin
gers; within there was summer warmth
and tropic bloom.
Cecile Gore was sitting at a little
papier-mache desk writing delicate
scented notes of invitation. with an APP
parently interminable list of names on
one side and bronze card receiver on
the other. And Maurice Kensett was lazi-
" sorting sheets of tiny note-paper, and
making innumerable commcnts-that
is, he was busted in this manner when
he was not watching the bright shower
of curls that touched the desk and the
blue, housekeeping eyes, and the
pretty hand with the diamond betroth-
airing upon the fore-linger. Don't
blame Major Maurice Kensett for being
a little careless about the cards, and
knocking over the alabastcr ink-stand
with his clumsy hands. You would
have done just the same thing if you
had been there.
Now, Maurice, who neXt?" says
Cecile, with the pen end between her
scarlet lips, and her fingers playing a
little tune on the paper before her
What pity it is you can't be here!
[ don t see the necessity of your being
ordered off so suddenly. Only think OF
it.-vou will not even spend Thanks
giving with us, and papa is going to
have a real old-fashioned festival of it,
Just such as his grandfather used to
have
DUTY before pleasure, cara mia!''
responds the Major, lifting his black
eyebrows. My Thanksgiving will
probably be in camp. Here a name,
t Spencer Dyatt-aren you going to
ask him9'
/ ''Nonsense!-no.
/ why not? I'm sure he'd like to
come :
VERY possibly" said Cecile. hiding
little yawn behind the diamond ring.
But he always steps on ladies' toes
when he waltzes, and on their dresses
when he don't waltz.
Poor fellow And so he is to be eX'
Guided from society on that account?
From my parties-yes." laughed
Cecile Isn't that Horace ' :
card? Give it to me.
You are not going to invite Verde?'
Certainly Why not?'
Maurice Kensett rose with a dis
turhed countenance, and looked gravely
down at Cecile's bright face.
Il had rather YOU wouldn't, Cecile!
How ridiculous, Maurice. when Mr.
Verde goes into the best society,"
More shame to the best society
then. But if You remember. Cecile
this is not the first time have spokeI
to you on the subject.
Cecile's cheek and eye blazed stimuli
taneously.
/ Il do remember, MAJOR henSett, ina
YOU have attempted to dictate to me
whom l shall, and shall not, receive a
my house. 1t is useless. Mr.. Verde i:
a general favorite, and / shall ask hin
to this party. Give 10 that card =
you please.
/ But Kensett still Withheld it.
..Cecile. he is not man with whom
IT would wish either wife or sister O.
mine to associate.
Il am not your sister, sir, nor am
sure that shall ever be your wife
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19

Refugees of the Destitute Diagnostician.
To think that any one can be good
specialist without thorough knOwl-
edge of the broad foundations of medi-
cine is as absurd as to suppose that a
man could settle ''the doctrine of the
enclitic De" or unravel the subtleties
of the Latin subiunctiye without know
ing the general principles of grammar.
On the other hand, general physicians
who treat all complaints constitutions
ally are frequently to be met with.
The harm done in the latter case is
very serious, for the neglect of local
measures is irremediable, when de-
structon of important parts or narrow
ing of vital passages has taken place.
How often is general debility ac-
countable for symptoms for which a
well-dehncd local cause could easily be
found by those who know where and
how to seek for it? How many local
sins has rheumatism been made to
answer for? and ''gout. that refuge
of the destitute diagnostician? As for
those universal scapegoats, the ''stOm
ach" and the oliver, the local symp-
toms which these organs are credited
with the power of producing. are as the
sands of the seashore. NERVES" also
the modern synonym for the obso-
lete spleen and the still more rocco
'vapoTs stand many puzzled pun
dit in good stead when pressed for an
explanation of sensations and symp-
IONS
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A NAME.
SUSAN ARCHER WEISS

SUSAN ARCHER WEISS.
It's only simple name
And date on the humble stone;
And never pure white flower is laid
On the mound so bare and lone.
But the wild weeds gather there,
And the briers above it wave.
And never a mourner's form is seen
To pause by the lonely grave.
Till once, when the days grew chill
And the leaves were falling around,
A lonely man through the twilight came
And knelt by the briery mound.
He looked on the cold gray stone,
Aud his tears fell down like rain;
And his voice that rang on the startled air
Was hoarse with an anguished pain
'.And Oh, to say Foegigel
To look in her eyes so dear
And tell her the heart she thought so cold
is broken and buried here
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19
The Old Time Thanksgiying---Is Its Spirit
DYING out?

We cannot spare them from our
family anniversaries, our Christmas and
Thanksgiving festivals. The chair of
honor belongs to the patriarch of the
house at these domestic reunions.
Our New England feast-day. especially,
has found, from the beginning, its
chief attraction in the welcome by
parents and grandparents of the
scattered members of the old home
under the ancestral roof; but hardly
now so significantly as in former times
Of more simplicity and serenity of
living. Our younger people can
scarcely spare hours enough to fly,
even at railroad speed, from their city
residences to the not very remote farm
or village where white locks and trem-
ulous hands would rejoice, how
tenderly, to embrace again children
and children's children in the quiet
pleasures of an old-fashioned Thanks
giving dav. There is a real ground Of
apprehension that the genuine spirit
of this thoroughly American institution
is evaporating in our modern atmos-
phere-a vague tradition lowering
around the age marked mansions OF an
earlier date, the type of a sentiment OF
home-attachment and reverence which
we seem to have small leisure and a
/ Iessening disposition to cultivate.
A change is going on in this direc-
ton. which has many indications, and
needs to be checked before it becomes
unmanageable. We are turning every
/ thing of this sort into an affair of taste,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19

A lady of Boston was awakened early
one morning recently by the chattering
of sparrows. Two were on the sill Of
the open window Juggling away at a
knot of blue wool that was being used
for fancy work the previous night.
The object of the sparrows was burglary
for they had not only entered the win
dow, but they had dragged their plum
der nearly out of the window before
discovered. The lady looked on with
interest. and finally had the satisfaction
of seeing the fattest burglar fly away
with the spoils, followed by his pal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19

When men go together they generally
shake for the cost of the dinner. Girls
generally pay their shares. But ike
to watch the conscious superiority, the
bland Importance a girl puts on when
she is going to pay for the feast. The
affectionate attention she receives from
the others is a simple and efficient
guide to the purse of the party. If you
have any doubt of it watch the ostenta-
tous way in which the payer takes out
her purse, takes up the check and ex-
amines it or asks the waiter how much
it is. Watch how they all wait upon
the girl who pays. They show her a
Difference which is unmistakable. give
place to her as they approach the
counter and trot out giggling and
laughing, the guests holding on most
devotedly to the arms of the treater.
It's lovely. But, dear creatures, they
are chuck full of human nature and
that's the trouble with Us all.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-11-19

We sometimes hear man boast OF
never having known fear; but it is an
idle vaunt. It cannot be true; but if it
were, it would bespeak him less, not
more manly. One of the bravest sol
d1ers confessed to having felt fortunes
of fear in his first battle; yet he after
wards swerved not an inch, and his
comrades thought him utterly fearless.
His courage kept him firm in the path
Of duty despite his fears.
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Hubby to Return Home.
''Chug! Chur! was heard on the
Flfth-street Esplan;.de one day, followed
Immediately by the shriIl tones of Il
woman voice:
Won't you go homen (ChugD
The crowd of visitors, who were bust
" admiring the great fountain. turned
and with establishment beheld a large
man, well dressed. but with a very red
face, standing in front of a little wom-
an, who with flushing eyes, was pun-
melting him in most scientific manner,
varying the sport with 4 vigorous
tOngue-lashing.
Won; YOU go home, YOU drunken
brute!' again cried the little woman,
striking him full in the face with her
clenched fist
''Darncd if do was the response.