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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

woman, sir has no more idea of the value
of money than babel
! Mr.. Pennthorne coiored and looked
confused.
Some women have not, perhaps,
| but"
"Ali women, tell you, Pennithornel
cried Rugg.
Yes, but suppose they have been
brought up in poverty and the strlctest
economy
IAN the worse, sir. wher they once get
the handling Of IA little money. Put a
heggar on horseback, and see how he'll
ride, says the old proverb, and its too
true too true All, Pennithorne, what
a lucky thing it is you're not married
! Keep out of the moose, my dear fellow
keep out of it, unless you want to all your
money made ducks and brakes of.
Yes" echoed Mr.. Merry. who had
joined the group; ''look at Perkins
| Smythe-as old rs you or |, Pannithorne
married girl eighteen last year; and
now he's laid up with the rheumatism, and
she's off at the watering places, flirting
y ilh foreign counts and spending his hard
earned cash. | never married, and I'm
glad Of it. They cheat you, sir--make u
foo. of you, and laugh in their sleeves,
| Now. you see, pay my hOusekeeper so
much n month, and there ends all obliga~
tons between US. just fancy being drag
ged out by wife in all weathers to par
ties, and balls, and theatres and concerts.
as Perkins Smythe was! BY the way
| PcnnithOrne, how's your rheumatism
| Mr.. Pennithorncs countenance had
fallen.
Thank you; II feel a little twinge
now and then. Bnt do you think wife
would serve a fellow, like that. particu~
larly if she was forty years younger than
| he was?'
"Think? I've not the least donbt in
the world of it, Look at Smythc-look
| at Moses Morrison, of Morrison and Day
lor. just remember how that pretty little
mink, Clara Saunders, worried poor old
Beverly into his grave, Why | should AS
| soon enter luna1iC asylum rs thrust my
head under the yoke of matrimony.'
cone hundred @uineas fer dress pat
tern" groaned Rugg, reading aloud from
one of his narrow slips of paper, and
| holding hs head with both hands as if
fearinl Of some internal explosion. 1.-TWO
bundled for Il camel hair shawl, | shall
be ruined | shall be hankrupt''
| Mr., pennithorne was silent but The iron
Was evidently entering I"tn nus soul
niue beyond SAT MI jeffrey cohhihS
over me latest edl'loh OF me evening pa
per-. lie tossed 1t TO fenn''horne'
"ltS quite refreshing, the quiet OF TINS
c!uh room, ne Sroahcd. MT. Fehni-
'horne' nobody hnuWs the lri4ls OF mar
rIed man bub he mat mas endured them.
lake my hlFice ItH1l'h"rhc' anu never
marry.
wv Ivy Aot|
iLcy are ura&onS IN disguise, these
women MY VIC temper Is something
| 2 survey lft-HlLui--FtS, ST. !rtghlNi /
maven Il moment $ peace at hoWe; ANA II
| ever &ohtriVc 10 sIlp away, She SITS up
| ioF lac, ana SeoI1S ohtil thP very ar Is hlue
"htA 40 come shfahih% nome. llelBnp!
why diaht take the advice OF my friends
ana remain single!
| Dir. Iohnithofne hcsltattd. grew rcd
pale, ana fAallE turned on his heel and
ielt me room.
We bWi my dntbls myself ABOUT the
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
Fifty Thousand q Year

To be sure, You've "only got cold
'onIy a cough ''Be all over in a few
days" Don't worry about me-" Well,
we won't. But $4,000 people die every
year in the United States from consump-
ton. And every soul of them began
that way. Better stop it now with Park
er's Tonic. This remedy will expcl the
cold at once
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 12,-Senator
Sherman says he thinks that MIR. Hoar's
presidential succession bill will be agreed
upon by the committee on privileges and
elections early next week and passed by the
senate without delay. There appears to be
no division Of opinion on the subject and
there was Il unanimous expression, at Thurs
days meeting, in favor of MI Hoar's propo-
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
Davenport, July 4 1880
WHAT HONEST Physicians OrGHT TO
DO


A western physician writes to ask
whether honest physicians ought to rec>
ognize Quacks. To such "A question We
reply that honest physicians ought to do
whatever they 'hink to be Of use to save
life and relieve suffering and to that end
they must be entirely independent Medi-
cine has lis pharisecs as "el as religion,
and qua kerry in medicine Is "a term like
heresy in theology-both Luther and
Calvin were denounced as heretics, and
the Puritans hung he dissenting Quakers.
In addressing medical students DIR. Rush
said: Remember how many of our most
useful remedies have been discovered by
Quscks Do not be afraid. Therefore, of
cunvcrsing with them" Again. III any
careful trained physicians of the new
schools of medicine are s'igmatized as
"quacks' and irregular" by medical as
asoe citations of the old school. The term
Quack. formerly used to denote IN ''ige
inorant pretender." has now gotten to be
Of wonderfully broad meaning. Educated
phy siclans are found applying this cpl
thet to each other for no other reason
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

WASHINGTON CITY, Dec. 1.-THE Re
publican senator's met in caucus Friday ,<nd
discussed ,le question of presidential ap
poin'ments, the object b ing, il o ,sple, Is
agree upon plan OF pioct d lre- in ortle
that the various committees might he al
to work more intelligent,y when the differ.
ent nominations come before them for action
The matter was very generally discussed
tut owing to the diver ity of opinions nl
d 3inite line of action WAS agreed uDon
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

OF the widest encomiums years ago, a nd
made his name and that OF his family
rank among such public benefactors as
| Peabody and Gerrct Smith.
1t will be remembered that sister of
! the Hon. Henry W. Sage, was a resident
| of Davenport for eight months couple
| of years ago. She was a lady who had
suffered greatly from nervous ailments
and in quest of health had sought every
available agency regardless of expense.
| The most eminent physicians of Europe
| had treated her, and it will be remem4
| bercd that the only benefit they had cons
| ierred upon her vas the absorption of
| about $50, 900 of her ample fortune.
| While in this city she received medical
| treatment from Dr.. COMMUNICATION, whose
! success in treating similar affections has
| gained for him national reputation. 1t
| is needless to say that under the careful
| skillful and rational treatment OF DR..
| CouNaughton the lady was measurably
| restored to health, and has since been
| able to enjoy life with its profusion OF
| rich blessings. That the tragic occur
renee which befel her sister on Saturday
may cause a relapse is not impossible,
for although her constitution was meas
urably restored yet it might not be able
to resist the pressure of such IA sudden
aud appalling shock. On her return to
her home, she spoke SO highly of her
Davenport experience. and more espec-
tally of her almost miraculous restura~
ton to health through the skillful treat
| ment of DR.. COMMUNICATION, that she has
been instrumental in causing other prom
| ineut ladies to seek Davenport, thus en-
| abling them to find relief at the hands of
| the same bcnctactor.
| In looking overthe files Of the Gazsite
| we find an article referring to the sojourn
of Mr.. Sage's sister in tins city, in which
| alusion WAS made to the handsome
checks that are regularly cashed for her
at the Davenport National bank Tue
| Article states incidentally that the lady
| had visited Berlin, Loudnn and Paris on
the continent of Europe and had consult
| ed with the most eminent physicians of
! America, all to no avail Here was Il fam
| lily who counted their wealth by millions,
! who had made prnceIy requests to NUNS
| erous institutions, and yet the boon Of
health was being sought for one ot
| themselves over The face of the whole
carthl 1t shows after all of how little
worth are millions, in gold and silver,
/ provided that the more cstlmable treas
u1e, health cannot be had. 1t is not Il
| little tlaltering to The self-pride of Dav~
export that this western city should have
a man WHO could confer upon the sick
and iniirm what the schools OF the great
cities Of two Contlu(n ts could not supply.
Davenport Gazette.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

People who cannot spend the season
of winds and cold rain in sunny Florida
should keep DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup in
the house. 1t is the best remedy for colds
and coughs and will relieve sufferers at
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

VI Q NJ IT T. NV EN- - WV N
at spleases me to say that DIR. i, Wal-
ter Con Naughton, of this city, has been a
resident of Davenport, Iowa, for two
years and a half, and during that time
has been constantly engaged in the prac>
tice of his profession. He ii II gentle :
man by nature and culture, and has ever
proven himself to be an honorable man,
Ills practice has been varied and eXten-
sive ana attended with fine success;
have seen certificates from some of our
best people to the effect that the doctor :
skill has produced wonderful cures
J, II MURPHY.
Davenport, July 4 1880.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
Sunset Cox Dut of His EIep,pnt

WAsHINGTON CITY, Dec IA letter re.
ceiyed here from hon. s Il Cox SAYS he
intends soon tn resign his position as minis
Ter to Turkey, ana return in time to make
the rae for congress in his old district in
New York next tan
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

| WASHINGTON CITY, Dec 12.-The senate
committee on rules has decided to strike out
| the clause which prohibits the sale of liquors
| in the capitol, believing that the question
was one for each house to determine for it
self, and. under the senate rules, it is strictly
| prohibited in the senate restaurant
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

20, my back The man with weak
back. sore loins, has kidney disease,
which Hunts Kidney and Liverl Reme
edy always cures.
In Paris, last year, there were s0,a1O
births and - 7;j5 deaths.
The best medicine known Ia man for
Coughs, Colds any irritation of the throat
or lungs is Little Giant Cure. For sale
by llartZ Il Balm sen.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

than that they do not subscribe to the
same code of medical ethics. We favor
free consultation with any intelligent
physician, irrespective of his school, and
free consultation with those who are sty>
led quacks Let us have all the knowl-
edge that can be gained from whatever
source, when the OBJECT sought is the
saving of human life-the relief of human
suffering.
DR.. CoN-NAUGHToN.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

AS small and easy to take as Home
opathic Pellet. we mean Shields Lit tie
Mandrake Pills. For sale by Hartz &
Bahnscn.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

An Ohio man last winter predicted his
death in the fall of 1885. Last Wedncs>
day he dropped dead Just as he predicted
he would
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

Was SO pleased with the action of Ton
4aiinc in case of neuralgia of the heart
which had baifi@i previous treatment.
that | recommended it to number ot
physicians, all of whom experienced!
favorable results. W A. Cook, NJ d -,
Globe, Arizona
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

rhsrr are 'l5pO930O0 tons Of coal
waste p'tic,l up in the anthracite regions.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

The total value of the trade of India
exceeds $3.50, 600. 900 annually
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
DR.. CoN-NAUGHToN.

The Digger Indians study music and
have brass band
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12
BtSENE~S DIRECTORY.

{ NsMITHs,
WolN, ChttF., Ill Seventeenth street.
HARNESS MANUFACTURERS.
saHerman, John, 2l9 seventeenth street
HARDWARE.
stewart 81 Montgomery, 800 second avenue.
MERCHANT ThIlUi2S.
Weudt, II. 1902 second avcnue.
NEWSPAPERS.
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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-12

A human life is lost for every 50, 600
tons of coal mined in the anthracite res
gionS
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-07-30
go. Lor. Hit I'm Axain,,,

In the early days of Methodism in Scot
land, q certain congregation, where there
was but one rich man, desired to build q
new chapel. A church meeting was held.
The old rich Scotchman rose and said:
Brethren, we dinna need a new chapel:
I'll give f5 for REPAIRS"
Just then a bit of plaster falling from the
ceiling hit him on the head.
Looking up and seeing how bad it was,
he said: Brethren, it's worse thon I
THOUGHT; I'll make it so pun"
"Oh, Lord, exclaimed a devoted brother
on a back seat, "hit i'm againP
There are many human tabernacles
which are in sore need OF radical building
over, but we putter and fuss and repair in
spots without satisfactory results. 1t is
only when we are personally alarmed at
the real danger that we act independently,
most keenly regret; because we did not
born OF the experience OF others and jump
away from our perils.
Thousands OF persons who will read this
paragraph are in abiect misery to-day
when they might be in a satisfactory con-
dition. They are weak, ifeless, full of odd
aches and pains, and every year they know
they are getting worse, even though the
best doctors are patching them in spots.
The origin of these aches and pains is the
kidneys and liver, and if they would build
these all over new with Warmers safe cure
as millions nave done, and cease investing
their money in miserably unsuccessful
patchwork, they would be well and happy
and would bless the day when the Lord
'hit 'em" and indicated the common-sense
course for them to pursue.-London Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-07-30
EATING.
Why We Indulge in the Consumption Of
Solid Food.

Why We Indulge in the Consumption Of
Solid Food.
We eat for warmth and strength;
hence almost all articles of food have
both these elements; have carbon to
warm and nitrogen to strengthen, to
give power to work. Butter, sugar and
oils are almost all carbon. All breads
and grains are mainly carbon. Meats,
flesh of all kinds, abound in nitrogen.
Food which has most nitrogen is most
nutritious" Butter has eighty-three
per cent. of carbon and no nitrogen; an
egg has no carbon and twenty per cent.
of nitrogen. Milk contains two parts
of warmth and one of strength. Bread
contains one part of nitrogen and eight
of carbon. 1t is thus seen that in refer
ence to eating, carbon-which is char
coal food-and warmth are N and the
same thing; while nitrogen, which is in
effect saltpeter-gives flesh or muscle,
which are one and the same thing in
substance with strength. 1t is also seen
that most articles of food have more
carbon or warmth than nitrogen or
strength, showing that it takes more to
keep us warm than to keep us strong.
A ~sedentary person requires, in round
numbers, about one pound of food a
day, while a Woodworking man requires
two pounds; this two pounds of food
gives out power enough-as steam
in an engine gives out power-to raise
a man of average weight eleven miles
high. But calling the two pounds five
thousand grains, only three hundred
grains of it are nitrogen, the remainder
carbon; that is, sixteen times more Of
warmth is required than of strength
producing food. One practical result
is, that as the world becomes more
thickly populated, the necessity in
creases Of economizing food; of adapt
ing it to the various needs of the sys-
tenn as modified by age, sex, occupa-
ton and season. Persons living in
doors should not eat more than half as
much as those who work hard. Less
warming food should be eaten in hot
weather than in cold. If we eat an
excess of warming food in hot weather
we have to work it out of the system at
a great expenditure of strength, and
until it is worked off we feel full and
feverish and oppressed; or the other
hand, in winter we require an addition
al quantity of warming food, hence our
instincts lead us to eat heartily of pork,
and buckwheat cakes, and butter and
molasses, which are almost purely car
bon. In warm weather we need cool
ing food, and Providence sends US in
profusion the fruits and the berries and
the green things which have no carbon
at all; the very idea of fatty foods nau-
seating.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-07-30

theologian has said that when the Al.
mighty wants great men BE makes them.
The life OF. General Grant would seem to
verify this. From infancy to the break
ing out of b wal his training had been
of the kind to fit him for the place destiny
had prepared for him, and his appearance
upon the stage of wal was but the natural
and simple working out of events which
made him a necessity and brought his ca
pacity into play. He came TO the front as
the leader Of our armies because 1t was seen
he had the ability to command, and
no higher proof of Lincoln's statesmanship
and sagacity was given b when the
great war President discerned Grants I'M
assuming merit and placed him in undis-
Confederacy. How well Grant indicated
the trust reposed in him, the triumph Of the
Union cause following plans mapped out
by him remains to testify for all time. It
was not of his own seeking that he became
President. 1t was in obedience to the
peoples will, and there can not be the
least doubt that his own preference would
have been to remain at the head OF the
army in the high and congenial Office
the same simple principle which always
dominated his life made Difference to the
popular wish q duty, and he cheerfully
accepted it. His Presidential term of
service fell upon the troublous reconstruc-
ton period, and some of his acts awoke
DAuUOl PCAo OAdA9 40SOA(haA un POI DOL AoS
Utility; but through every executive step
taken by him can be traced the desire to
do strict and impartial Justice and to serve
the best interests of all the people of every
section. This has become so apparent that
the most malevolent political criticism
long since spent its force, and the value OF
Grants services as President has been con.
coded without question or reservation.
In his private life General Grant has
been a model of ~uprightness and propriety,
his devotion to his family being one of his
distinguishing characteristics. So, from
whatever point we view him, he stands
'four square to every wind that blows"
The errors he made and the misfortunes
that overlook him were due not to weak
ness or moral lapses on his own part, but
to too great confidence in men who were
unworthy and abused the trust reposed in
them by one too honest and true himself to
suspect Implicitly in others. He was of the
type that the world loves and admires,
and all who are capable of approaching
real nobility of character will weep in COM
mon with the American people as they
realize the loss of this trulylgreat and good
man.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-07-30
EDUCATION.
Kind the Farmer Needs-A Drilled In
teIlect snd q Disciplined Mine Imperative.

Kind the Farmer eeds-A Drilled In
tellect snd q Disciplined Mind Imperative.
The farmer is in need of the higher
education-the dis ciplined mind and q
larger amount of information-as a
means of self-protection. The farmer
in whose brain, in whose heart, in whose
soul, are lodged the best possibilities OF
our civilization and generation, will be
able to defend himself and his against
the sharks and the humbugs which 30
often entangle him when he brings to
his farm life the culture of severer
thought. What he wants is ability dis
ciplined, and knowledge widened, until
he is able to measure arms, forecast re-
suits and thwart the purposes of his un-
scrupulous foe. He wants to be drilled
so that he may be able to meet the
drilled intellect of the knave on the
road, of the scoundrel on the street
corner, and of him who enters his par
lorto court his fair and favorite daugh-
ter.
The farmer needs the drilled intellect
and disciplined mind in order to elevate
his profession, in order to elevate the
art and science of his vocation. The
farmers occupation is both a science
and an art-as science in thatit has to do
with soil, and seed and season; IN art in
that much that he does may be a de-
light to the eye, a stimulus to the imagi.
nation and taste. Such a farmers
barn will not be in front of his house,
his fence n will be free from
thorn and thicket, and his corn rows as
straight as the eye can run them. The
farmer needs the higher education in
order that he may develop to the high
est degrees possible the useful and the
beautiful in his W vocation.-Prgf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-07-30
A Sarcastic Husband.

Mr.. Pactolus Wilkins had been more
than usually ~aggravating in his satires
on his wife's culinary ability.
.You mean thing" said Mrs. Will
kins, bursting into tears, Il won't
speak another word to you as long as I
live"
..Great Heavens" said Mr.. w. ''Tom.
run out as quick as you can, and tell
Slenker to send up two bazoos, a ket-
tle-drum, four parrots and a steam cal
Hope at once. Hurry now"
"Apd what under the sun do you
want with all that foolish stuffp' ex-
claimed the voluntary mute.
ITO get accustomed to the change.
my dear" replied Mr.. W. doctors
say that sudden changes are always
fruitful of disease"
It'll go right home to my mother
said Mrs. W., as she fell in . hysterical
paroxysm.-St Paul Herald
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-07-30
BRIDGE BUILDING.
The Extraordinary Structure Being Con-
structed Across the Firth of Forth

The Extraordinary Structure Being Con-
structed Across the Firth of Forth
The great railroad bridge across the
Firth of Forth in Scotland will be when
completed one of the most remarkable
feats of engineering in the world. The
bridge will be more than a mile and q
half long, SO high that the largest war
ship can pass safely beneath it in any
part of the channel, and SO strong that
the heaviest railway train can be run
upon it at the highest rate of speed.
The principle of the bridge is known
as the cantilever. Apowerful structure
of steel, in shape not unlike that of the
walking-beam of a paddle-steamboat,
rest upon a pier. The weight on n
side balances that on the other. But
the arms OF the two cantilevers do not
meet.
Imagine an engines walking-beam
quarter of a mile long-resting upon its
center, SO that it projects in either direc-
ton six hundred and seventy-fve feet.
Next fancy tWo such cantilevers SO
placed in the same line that their ends
leave an abyss of three hundred and
fifty feet between them. This space is
filled with an ordinary girder bridge,
the ends of the two cantilevers serving
for piers.
The process Of constructing this bridge
is extremely interesting. The structure
is largely made of steel cylinders from
eight to twelve feet in diameter, and
some of them two or three hundred feet
long. There will be a length of six
miles of such cylinders in the bridge.
Some parts of the bridge will cost more
than twenty dollars an inch to build.
Four great railway companies unite
to construct it, and its total cost will be
more than ten million dollars. 1t will
not be finished before the year 1890,
even if all goes well.-Youth's Conpan-
TON.