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The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-04-02
T n tened . Thsir I,

Thousands Hastsnsd 10 Thsir ssrsyss.
BY rslying on testirn onisls II vivid
glowing lang II some miraculous cnres
made BY some largely pnffed dup doctor or pats
emit medicine has hastened thousands to their
that the same miracle will be performed ON 1
them, that these testimo nials mention, willis
the 30 ed medicine is all the time hastening
them to their graves Although we have Il
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-04-02
.J.J. GRoss,, i: N. D, /:

~ For tI,ts'tU-t1rce years Resident Psyst-
clan linton Protestant I,.Jarnsa1y.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

Paris Cor. Newark Advertiser


Few but know the very pretty piece Of
poetry by Mrs. HenIans, "Casabianca,' com
mencug THE boy stood on the burning
deck The pootess states that the lad was
the. son of the admiral commanding the
flagship i'OIient, which took fire and ex
ploded; that young Caabianca persisted ii
the explosion, refusing to quit the position
allotted him by his father. pending the baStle
Of the Nile | have been looking into the
official account Of the incident The admiral
~ a. Erueys, who WIS wounded in the head
AMI band early il tho action. He continued
TO give orders until cut IN two by a canr "
ball. ho uttered the request to be allowed tC
expire on deck, which lie did III the course ST
some minutes.
Citoyen Casabianca, the father OF the
poetic hero. then too, command; his son vas
d MILDLY, tut only aged 10, not H. AT that
geriod la d entered the navy very young
Casahiaura vas also u deputy. Pending the
t,t5ou LIS vas by lis ide; the father was
mortuily wounded IN the head by q splinter
aud Lecane insensbie; he gave no injunction
TO his SON but the latter would not the les.
quit his wounded pareut. By this time the
ship was On ire. Several OF the sailor,
had / fl an5 saved themselves on spGrs til
icked up l'y tho Eugi,b boats. Aided ly
th4 purser young Casibianca and his father
were lowered down On piece Of t mas;
floating by but they had only got a short
distance from the l2t-gun Orient wien ah(
blew IN, and nothing more was seen q! ID.
(iasH5iInCas
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
Utilizing the Owl.


1t is we'll known that crows, buzzardS
ravens. AMI other similar birds attack al
Owls, even the largest, in toe day time, as
they are well aware that the bright daylight
blinds owls to such an extent that it is i'm
possible for them to defend themselves and
for this reason the huntsman uses a chained
owl fur attracting crows and other birds that
ire wishes to DESTROY The owl is chained on
an upright post or rod provided with
crotch ca platform On which the bird can sit
This DO or roi is connected with a rope OF
chain passing over suitable pulleys and ex-
lending to q nut, 50 that by pulling the rope
~ Chain ths support OF platform on which tine
oel rests can bs moved up or iowh
thus causing the owl to move about, flap his
wings. and create CONJUNCTION to attract the
ot ~ binds. A short distance from this post
Il low shauty or hut is erected, the side
toward the post, on which the owl is chained
being provided with small openings through
which the barrels of the guns can be thrust
The hut should be eracted at the base of a
largo tree. as many birds OF prey prefer to
take short rest before attacking their enemy,
the owl
: short time after the owl has been chained,
it is surrounded by flying mob that begins
to bother and poster it, the largo birds being
very bold aud audaciOus in their attacks
The hunter in the shanty or hut can take
good aim, and kill large number of bird
in 4 very short time. for it seems that the
killing of some Of ths birds does not disturb
the rest, ami those dispatched by the hunter
are Immediately replaced 10y others.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
NEWSPAPER WRITERS.
Contributors to the Magazines -Wrfters
for the Daily Press-Fame.

Contributors to the Magazines Writers
for the Daily Press-Fame.
Louisville Courier Journal
After all the best mechanics are not anna,
tours, but those who make it the business Of
their lives. Most of the best writers in tho
country are engaged in practical newspaper
work, as little recognize as this fact may
lie. Writing is their profession, and they do
it better in almost every case than amateurs.
A large number Of toe magazine writers of
to-day are profe ssional men, scientific men,
soldiers, travellers and explorers. The sub
ject matter of their articles makes
them valuable, not the manner in
which it is presented. Many and
many an interesting sketch or profound
essay is written in an awkward and ungrace-
full way, which no good city editor would al
low one of his reporters to use. Columns are
read through, and the gist found tucked
away in few lines at the end No wonder
Dean Swift SAID that books were like lob
sters-you must look for the best meat in
their tails and lay the bodies untasted back
in the dish.
The economy of space restricts the sphere
Of newspaper writers. A good journalist
knows that anything more than a column,
or 4 column and half at the outside, is sell
dom read through. He writes to be read,
aul restricts himself accordingly A prac-
teal writer learns to condense volumes in a
para craph. "A good reporter would put the
story OF Jean Vatican in a column and half
ana would make his escape from the gallsys
tae sensational incident said an editor, one
O. the best local writers Louisville has ever
had not long ago. And no sketches as short
as these will give a man reputation unless
exceptionally brilliant
There are exceptions TO this rule, as there
are to all others, but these do not prove the
reverse to be true. The reading public are
not critics, and these things pass mnoticed.
Many a brilliant writer is tOitng on I'M
known, while men with not half his brains
are becoming famous. The man who writes
column of paragraphs every day does i'll
tinitely more work, aaId usually does it bet
ter and brighter than the author who writes
a mediocre novel once in two OF three years.
Yet it is rare, indeed, that his achievement
gets outside OF the Office where he tolls fOl
his daily bread Fame does not come to the
| men who compose the fifth estate exceptnow
and chen, the few instances only MAILING
duIler and more prosaic the lives of tae neg
looted A brilliant article is copied eX
tansyely and widely read without ever at
tracing attention to the writer. Il may be
talked about i'll the office, but that is all.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

q am more used to riding horseback, and
as soon as | straddlel the layout was wish
ing had a buck rein, because | expected
them to stiffen the;r knees and go to buck
ing, but they didn't. I walked them over 20
the other end Of the corral to gentle em a
little and directly they started off at
an easy canter, and We're coming
AROUND back right through the herd; and
there was a dude there with a stiff hat
who was trying to cut out a Polled Angus
heller in blue dress, and fouled, roped
both my hind legs in hoop skirt and it had
me stretched out, ready for branding,
uuicSrn Il spring calf can bawl with his
mouth open and his lungs stretched. But ]
got up and got on again, and you ought to
seen me exercise them vehicles OF course
they'd buck when | tried to hurry EN-, and
they would rear up and fall back when !
trie to stop EN- too quick; but I'll leave it
to the boss herder of the whole lot if l didn't
gnilop EN- round there for three or four
hours and had em roll over and over with
me, and didn't get me OF
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

Doctors pay cheerful tribute to the
merits of AlhlopLoros as a remedy for
rheumatism aud neuralgia Says Arthur
NJ. Lee. NJ d., Pomona, Iii; Have SUBJ
jected Athlophoros to careful test in
neuralgia and rheumatism Bear cheerful
testimony to its uniform efficiency as a
remedy in these diseases, under my per-
sonal treatment for the last six months"
When a doctor knows what he is about
he doesn't fail to use the right remedy
and TO give credit for it, But that is
neither here nor there. Athlophoros is
above all doctors. 1t is sovereign. It's
works are its recommendations. G. G..
Thompson, New Haven. Conn, writes to
say-space will not permit the printing of
half he writes For twelve years have
suffered from rheumatic neuralgia. Sleep
was impossible. could not walk nor at
tend to business. Remedies were not
wanting. Have tried hundreds of them
without relief. Considering the number
| have used I wonder am still alive.
Eminent physicians in this and other cit
les have labored faithfully with me, with
out avail. Opposed trial of Athlopho>
ros as among other useless remedies. But
IN despair. and without particle OF
faith, tried it. The first two doses re-
lievcd my pain entirely. Have had but
one slight attack since, and this l dis
PEELED with single dose of Athlophoros.
never before wrote line in favor of any
medicine, but feel that this deserves all,
and more than have said OF It, "
In all cases of rheumatism, flying from
one remedy to another is waste of time
and money. Get the only specific at once
and save time, cash and pain. Mrs Har~
riet Strong. Westvile, Conn, says ''She
regarded the dollar invested for Athlo
phoros as thrown away with hundreds Of
others. But the third dose brought a
change for the better After taking four
bottles she was perfectly cured. Before
this she could only move around in a
chair, and several doctors had exhausted
their treatment on her" Thus, as to all
other remedies it carries away the prize. "
This is why it is called Athlophoros.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
Assignee's Sale.


STATE OF ILLINOIS, SO
County of Rock Island, !
In the County court of said county. December
form A II 1884
,.,.-.-,t- e a., ,,,,,.,.,,.- ,;.,.,,, - ID
III tnG llialtSi VI 'ne N''""''5 Sis"ii'h' Vi -
u Dulord " Co'
In pursuance of an order of the court made and
entered in said matter ON the 22d day of Deem
her, A. D 1881. notice is hereby given that on
Wednesday the 2lst day Of January, A. d., lSH5,
at the hour OF ten tlu) oclock q. M, al the hortn
door of the Cont house in the cty OF Rock Island
in said county, the undersigned, lanes v. BnI
ford assignee OF sald i. u. Eutnrd o. VIII
sell at public ancilon 10 the MGhesl mddef Iol
cash IN mana SuoJejt 10 lh' approval o. 't C9uti,
the following descflbe' property. to-Ni: Al me
notes. accounts ana Grains DESIGNATED auu de.
scribed in the petition al" TIE eAh'hitS thereto OF
the undersigned filed III sad court on the "a DAY
of December, A d.. leel ana now on me IN said
court, ana also certain capital stec III tht buiot1
~ 'e9rHe implement c"npahS on hahs4s wy
NO OF ihe lace Nal"t "i tlrce tt'"SaliA u"ldts
aud III ile Mast, hulofd u Hur"gi company OF 81
;'au, MIMI OF The rae value o. twenty thoHsou
dollars IN sald petition and GNhihlts GtscftH"u.
! @nG also the iotoWnG d'ScHbeA real estAi'' 70
Wi: All the right tue ana interest vested IN me
| undtFS!Sh." ny 'Gr d -ed OF az hihrh' hyit,h
/ from Sal' Is. u but"rd \ CO. ~ "hht" th' '"4"N-
! ing described real estate, in-"lt: tot ioHF 90 III
! buck fcnr 90 IN the town Of buN'an m the
county oil ifHii ana territory 81 iakDt1. also the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
ynnNG MENi-.RFAn THIS.

The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshall,
Mich, offer to send their celebrated
Electro-V oltaic Belt and other electric
appliances on trial for thirty days, to men
young or old) afflicted with nervous de-
biIity, loss of vitality and manhood, and
all kindred troubles Also for rheumatism,
neuralgia, paralysis, and many other dis
eases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor and manhood guaranteed. No risk
is incurred as thirty days trial is allowed
Write them at once for illustrated pam.
phlet free. Dee.-lb cod ~
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
ADVICE To ENTHERa.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth2 If so,
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs.
Winslows Soothing Syrup for children
teething It's value is incalculable.
II will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. II cures
dysentery. diarrhoca, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
TEN. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for Children Tccthing is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription Of one OF
the oldest an1 best female nurses and phy
sicians in the United Statrs and is foI
sale by at druggists throughout the
world. Price - eanis per bolte,
fell ~ m-w-s m l-y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

Chatting with Gen. W. T. Sherman tie
other day, he sail few pretty hard things
of newspaper men, though he admitted that
there were exceptions. ToiHnstrate how hi,
kindness had been abused at times, he said:
when the dispatch came to me about the
Custer massacre called the newspaper boys
all together Now says, here is the dis
pat b. put you al OF your honor to copy
and return it to me- Then | gave it out
two pages to this one, two pages to that ons
b they couId all work at once. l turned my
lack, and whiak-,Tach Robinson--the dis
patch WIS gone II mover turned up either,
and it is i'll consequence absent from tbs
place it ought to occupy in tie official
records "
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
Home Items and Topies
-"All your own fault
If you remain sick when you can

Get hop bitters that never-Fail
The weakest woman, smallest child,
and sickest invalid can use hop bitters
with safety and great good.
Old men tottering around from Rheu-
matism. kidney trouble or any weakness
will be made almost new by using hop
bitters
my wife and daughter were made
healthy by the use of hop hitters ana [
recommend them to my people. - Metho~
dist Clergyman.
Ask any good doctor if hop
Bitters are not the best family medicine
TN eaIth!n
Malaral fever, Ague and Biii0usness,
will leave every neighborhood as soon az
hop bitters arrive.
My mother drove the paralysis and
neuralgia all out of her system with hop
bitters Ed. 0s3cego San.
E8Keep the kidneys healthy with hop
bitters and You need not fear sickness"
Ice water is rendered harmless and
more refreshing and reviYing with hop
bitters in each draught.
The vigor of youth fer the aged and
infirm in hop bitters!M
I-''At The change of life nothing equals
Hop Ditters 10 allay all troubles incident
I Thereto.
THE best periodical for Ladies' to
take monthly, and from which they will
receive the greatest benefit is hop Bit
ters.'
Mothers with sickly, fretrul. nursing
children, will cure the children and bene
| fit themselves by taking hop bitters daily.
Thousands die annually from some
form of kidney disease that might have
been prevented by timely use Of hop
| bltters.
indigestion, weak stomach, Irregular
tiles of the bowels, cannot exist when
hop bitters are used.
timely use Of hop
| Btters VIII keep a whole family
In robust health ayear at little cost
To produce real genuine sleep and
child like repose all night, take little
hop bitters on retiring.
10y None genuine without Il bunch Of green
Hops on the white label Shun all the vile, poison
| Ous stuff with Hon or Hons in their name
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

by vrtue of an Execution and Fee Bill No.
G244 issued ont Of the clerks Office Of the Circuit
Court Of Rock Island county. and state of Illinois.
and 20 me directed, whereby am commanded to
make the amount of certain Judgment recently
obtained against The Moline Buggy Company in
favor of j. fl. Wilson. ont of the lands, tenemcnjs,
goods and Chattcls of the said defendant. The
Moline Buggy Company, | have levied upon the
following property, to-wit:
The east 80 feet of lot No 5 and west 20 feet Of
loi No. , in The Manufacturers Addition OF the
Moline Water Power Company, in section No. 81.
in township number eighteen rs, north range
number one II /. west of the fourth 4th] p. NJ III
the county Of Rock Island and state of Illinois.
excepting and reseryInS therefrom the right 10 use
strip Of ground ten l0l feet in width across the
extreme southcrly part Of said lot hereby convey
ed for railroad track and 10 permit others Ia use
the same and said party of the first part hereby
gives and grants uno said party Of the second
part its successors and assigns, the rights OF
drainage from said lot hereby conveyed, into the
talrace north Of said lot; also the right and priv
ilcge of laying a water pipe from said lot hereby
conveyed into said tailraCe aud drawing water
therefrOm.
Therefore, according TO said command, ! shall
expose for sale at public auction. all the right
title and interest of the above named, The Moline
Buggy Company, in and TO the above described
property. on Friday the 30th day of january, 1852
at O'Clock p. m, at the north door OF the court
house in the city of Rock Island, in the county OF
Rock Island and state of Illinois, for cash III hand
to satisfy said execution and fee bill.
Dated at Rock Island, this Sth day of January,
A. D.. 1885. -.
JIM. RETlCKER.
Sheriff Of Roci Island comfy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
Catarrhal Headache.

| think Ely's Cream Balm is the best
remedy for catarrh | ever saw. l never
took anything that relieved me so quicl>
ly, and have not felt as well for long
time. fused TO be troubled with severe
headaches two or three times 4 week, but
since using the Balm have only had one
and that was very light compared with
former ones.-J. A. Alcorn, Agent, L. P.
r r. Co, Eaton, Colo.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

A Hundred Years might be spent in
search of remedy for Catarrh, Cold in
the Head and Hay Fever, without finding
the equal of Ely's Cream Balm. 1t is APP
piled with the finger. Being pleasant and
safe, it supersedes the use of all liquids
and snuffs. It's effect is magical 1t re-
lieves at once and cures many cases which
battle physicians. Price so cents at drug
gists. 50 cents by mail Ely Bros. Owe
90 n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
The Testimony of a Phvs,eian

James Beecher, Nj. D., of SIgourney,
Iowa, says: For several years have
been using a Cough Balsam. called DR..
VIM. Halls Balsam for the lungs, and in
almost every case throughout my prac>
tice | have had entire success. | have
used and prescribed hundreds of bottles
since the days of my army practice 1869.
when l was surgeon of Hospital No. :,
Louisville, Ky.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
a Remarkable Escape.

Mrs. Mary A. Daley, of Tunkhannock,
Pa, was afflicted for six years with Asth
ma and Bronchitis, during which time the
best physicians could give no relief Her
life was despaired of, until in last October
she procured bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery, when immediate relief was
felt, and by continuing its use for short
time she was completely cured, gaining in
flesh 80 pounds in a few months.
Free Trial Bottles of this certatR cure
Of al Throat and Lung Diseases at HartZ
Il Bahnscn'S Drug Store. Large Bottles
81 90
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

The City of Mexico has five railroads,
splendid street car system, telegraph
wires to all the world, a telephone service
with 700 subscribers, six daily newspat
pers, electrict lights and the best bath
houses In America.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

Painters all know what lead collie IS.
Many of them know also Of the virtues Of
Mishler's Herb Bitters in dealing with this
complaint William l.. Henry, of Cord
onville Pa, is one of these, and he wond
like his fellow painters to know Of his eX-
perience He writes; Il am a painter
by trade, have been subjected to lead col>
ic- and suffered extremely; since | was
cured by Mishler's Herb Bitters | have
not been troubled by any further attacks, "
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

The Mayor of DEBORAH. Iowa, deter
mined to enforce decorum in the streets of
his town at night and to that end dressed
himself in the apparel of a girl so as to
entrap the bad man who had habtually
insulted those maidens who ventured out
flor JarL
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
& CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscrctions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c,
/ win send a recipe that will cure you,
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send a self addressed envelope
to the Rev JOSEPH T. INMAN Station D,
New York City.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
ADOWN THE YEARS.

ti3ubert Lovemea i'll Texas Siftinrs. I
Perhaps | may
Have gone amiSs
To steal one day,
From her a kiss:
But heaven knows,
I'll suffer pain,
And direst woes,
To kiss again.
iva, long ago,
And yet | vow,
Il thrilled me so,
It seems as now;
AMI taruugh the mist
III many years,
The girl ] kissed,
] see ia tears.
That sa@ should cry,
Ans raj! 1T fate
Was more han /
Dare contemplate:
So On that day
Adown the years
/ kissed away
Her pretty fears.
Sing, Poet sing,
Or what you will
The sweetest thing,
Is loves first thrill;
And of all joys
The height of bliss,
Is but a boys
First loving kiss.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

David Salmon, q lad Of thirteen years,
who is an interpreter at the Castle Gar,
den, speaks English, Polish, Hungarian,
Bohemian, German, and Russian. lie
crossed the Atlantic about two years ago
and secured his present position soon af'
ter his arrival.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20
Bueklen's Arnica Salve.

The greatest medical wonder of the world
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, can
GERS, piles, chilblains, corns. letter, chap
ped hands, and all skin eruptiGns, guaran-
teed to cure in every instance, or money
refunded, 90 cents per box. For sale by
Hartx & Rahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

l tried Tongaline upon myself for facial
neuralgia, and it gave immediate relief. |
also tried it upon one suffering intense
pain from neuralgia of the head; one dose
gave perfect relief. c, W. Duval, M. d.,
Pineyille, Mo.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

Seventy five years ago the first toma-
toes grown in this country were cultivat>
ed as strange and snowy horticultural
curiosity in garden in Salem, Mass.
Forty five years ago, or little more, they
began to be used as a vegetable in the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

a New York lady is said to have a
dress of spun glass trimmed with cut crys-
tai beads, til eglass being IN the pales tamb-
er tone, in exact coloung of the hair of
the fair wearer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

An electrical instrument that will regis
ter the temperature of Pixies Peak and
Mount Washington in the Chief Signal
service Office at Washington threatens to
supercede the army of signal station men
Of the country.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

In western Nevada prospectors pile up
vas. quantities of snow on the mountains
and cover it with brush, in order to pro-
vide water supply for summer use.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-20

1t appears that the Marquis of LONE
and his royal vile are never together
if that can be avoided. He spent his
Christmas at Inverary castle. Princess
Lousie passed the Gay at Osborne with
the Queen