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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-12
ROCK ISLAND
Rheumatism

1t is an established fact that Hoods Sar-
saparilla has proven an invaluable remedy
in many severe cases Of rheumatism, effect
ing remarkable cures by its powerful action
in correcting the acidity of the blood, which
is the cause Of the disease, and purifying
and enriching the vital fluid.
II is certainly fair 10 assume that what
Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for others it
will do for you. Therefore, if you suffer
the pains and aches of rheumatism, give
this potent remedy a fair trial.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-12
A Positive Cure.

81 was troubled very much with rheuma-
tism in my hips, ankles, and wrists. /
could hardly walk, and was confined to my
bed good deal Of the time. Being rec
commended to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, /
took four bottles and am perfectly well.
1 cheerfully recommend Hoods Sarsaparilla
as one of the best blood purifiers in the
world" W. F. WooD, Bloomington, Ill.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-08-12
For Twenty Years

lhave been afflicted with rheumatism Before
1883 found no relief, but grew worse. then
began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it did
me more good than all the other medicine I
ever had" II. T. BALLOON, Shirley. Mass.
Il suffered from what the doctors called
muscular rheumatism. / took Hoods Sar-
saparilla and am entirely cured" j. V. A.
PRoUDFooT, letter carrier, Chicago, III.
We shall be glad to send, free of charge
TO all who may desire, book containing many
additional statements Of cures hy
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19
Winter Reading.

1t is a delightful way to pass the long
winter evening, when the children are
old enough for it, for the family to take
up the plays of Shakespeare, assigning
the various parts to different members
of the family. If your own circle is
not sufficiently large call in your neigh
bors.. Let the young people be made to
read correctly, intelligently, and well;
thus you are able to accomplish several
things. An ease of manner i'm reading
is acquired, correct ear, knowledge
of the best use of words, and naturally
follows love of the highest literature.
Then when it becomes possible for the
children to see some one of these famil-
lar plays ON the stage, take them your
selves. Thus they will easily see. that
the theatre is to You place where some
thing good may be seen and heard;
possibly you may be able to form so
correct a taste in early life as to preclude
all desire for inferior actors and plays.
Set your Intellectual standard high and
try to keep yourselves IN sympathy with
the children in every way, and they will
have no desire to conceal anything; the
book, the amusement, the friend will be
all the more enjoyable because Of the
presence of the father and mother into
their il aer life.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19

Detroit Free Press.
A damper to check sight draft.
A mortgage that is not lien.
The face of note to shave.
Postage stamps that will do their
duty without being licked.
The crown of bill with the loot Of
q mountain to boot.
A pen that will always write to the
point.
A new definition for pistol besides
son of gun.
Something to preserve the sole of
shoe to the last without welting it.
A new book that is not bound 10
sell.
A pointer from the foger of fate.
A duck of man that does not
make goose of husband
Some jokes to crack that are not
chestnuts.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19
General Grants Account ef his
Courtship.

The departure of his regiment to
Louisiana in consequence of the agita-
ton over the annexation of Texas hav-
ing hastened matters, he says:1
Immediately procured a horse and
started for the country, taking no bag
gage with ME, of course. There is an
insignificant creek-the Grayois-bt-
tween Jefferson Barracks and the place
to which / was going. and at that day
there was not bridge over it from its
enough in the creek at ordinary stages
to run a coffee-mill. and at low water
Z there is none running whatever. On
this occasion it had been raining heavily.
and, when the creek was reached, |
found the banks full to overtlowing and
the current rapid. looked ut it mo-
ment TO consider what to do. One of
my superstitions had always been when
! started to % anywhere, or to do any
thing, not TO turn back or stop until the
thing intended was accomplished.
have frequently started to 90 to places
where had never been and to which
did not know the way. depending upon
making inquiries on the road, and if /
got past the place without knowing it,
instead of turning back would 90 on
until good road was found turning in
the right direction, take that and come
in by the other side. So | struck into
the stream, and in an instant the horse
was swimming and being carried
down by the current. l headed the
horse toward the other bank and soon
reached it, wet through and without
other clothes on that side of the stream.
l went on, however, to my destination
and borrowed dry suit from my-fu-
ture-brother-in-law We were not of
the same size, but the clothes answered
every purpose until got more of my
own.
Before returned / mustered up cour-
age to make known in the most awk-
ward manner imaginable the discovery
had made ON learning that the Fourth
Infantry had been ordered away from
jefferson Barracks. The young lady
afterward admitted that she, too, al
though until then she had never looked
apon me other than visitor whose
company was agreeable to her, had ex-
perienced depression of spirits she
could not account for when the regiment
left. Before separating it was definitely
understood that at convenient time we
would join our fortunes, and not let the
removal of a regiment trouble us.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19

Fofty-three years ago Marcus Hope
was suspected of stealing $50 from his
employer, farmer named Groner. of
Hondesdalc. Pa. The young lady Hope
was engaged to Tilted him, and he left
and was never heard of after. The
girl married Groner's son. Horace Ca
bic, an orphan, lived with Groner, but
he Was never suspected. One day last
week q letter was received. by Farmer
Groner's son. 1t was addressed to his
father, who died some years ago. Ii
was signed BY Horace Cable, and con-
tanned a check on bank in town in
Illinois for $1,000. The writer. said
he. had stolen Groner's so forty-two
years ago, and had never been able to
repay il The check was for the miss
ing money with interest.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19

Gen. Roberts, of the Washington
Herald, has this story to. say of the fe-
male population of the south:
Prom where the tide washes the Po-
tomac and Chesapeake beach; from the
pure streams that flow from ice-cold
Kentucky springs in the blue grass land;
from the banks of far-off southern rivers,
where the ever-moaning pines sung her
lullaby there comes to the nations capi-
tai type OF American girl Of whom nv
poor pencil is not worthy. Not very
well educated. perhaps. for she grew up
just as her birthland was healing from
the scars of savage war, she seems to
know-by instinct, perhaps-all that
makes the sex adorable and worthy of
love and honor. She does not read
much. for she has not been able to get
the books. She knows nothing of the
renaissance in art, and mayhap has
never heard of Ruskin, but when she
has overcome her shyness she can talk
intelligently and sometimes with a per-
ception that astonishes. and listen APP
preciatively. She could not give you
any Of the rules of dress that modern
art has laid down, but her costumes are
chosen with a born good taste that is
never at fault.
The southern girl shines brightest 1T
home She has not forgotten the old
time respect that children should have
for their mothers who gave them life
and the graceful affection in which she
holds the gray-haired women who kept
brave heart amid the horrors of war
and in the sickening days of poverty
and privation that followed in its train,
and, though she had all this to bear,
has taught her young daughters lessons
of self-respect, of courage in misfor-
tune, that can never be effaced. Those
of true, modest womanhood she did not
need to be taught, for they were inher-
ent. When the southern girl walks on
the avenue she is as distinctly recogniz-
able as though, she was marked From
Georgia, or placarded 'an Alabamian.'
Her step is easy, for it was learned from
Dame Nature herself. and the slender
feet might belong to the daintiest ankle
that ever cleaned in the shadows of the
orange walk at Seville. You never knew
before how lovely a costume of simple
white could be, and yet you say to your
self that the costliest device of the cum
ningest milliner in the Rue dc Bac could
not be more effective in. .demolishing the
masculine heart Every woman who
sees her knows that that hat was the
work of the wearer's slender fingers, but
how becoming it is, lighted by the soft
est, sweetest brown eyes and as you
look, your thoughts are miles away from
the crowded avenue and its ever-chang-
ing scenes. You are young again and
the romance of the far south comes
back, and you smell the orange trees as
they were in bloom SO many years ago,
and with Owen Meredith you uncon-
sciously say:
Oh,that we were eternally youngrn
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19
SOMETHING ABOUT ToADs.
Legends Respecting These Unappre-
ciated Animals.

ciated Animals.
From the Gentleman's Magazine.
"Inasmuch,n says De Gubernatis,
"as the toad is form proper to the
demon, it is feared and hunted; inas-
much as, on the contrary, it is consider
ed as diabolical form imposed up
on a divine or princely being, 1t 10 re-
spected and venerated as q sacred
animal" In poetry the toad has only
one--the "loathed''--aspeet. although,
in popular estimation OF all countries,
it has both sinister and benign. lie
is lucky omen If one crosses the
path of a wedding party bound for
the church. Did not st. PatFick--all
pictures to the contrary notwithstand-
ing-spare them when be drnmmed
"the vermin" out of Ireland? just as
in Cornwall man may not shoot
raven lest be should kill King Arthur
unaware. SO in Tuscany you may not
hurt a toad lest you should do q
mischief to some young princess or
heroine who has been transformed
into the shape, and VINO is only
waiting for the beautiful prince to
come, when the maiden will re-
sumo her charms and "live happily
ever afterward" In the folk tale of
some counties the Beast who marries
the Beauty is toad, and many stories
substitute this creature for the frog,
in such stories as where. benign and
amiable. it fetcbes rings up for sultan's
sons and balls for kings daughters.
Incidentally, the paddock had oLce Q
high value for cahcer, and in Europe it
is still worn on the person as charm
against poisons and the plague On
occasion, too, it was q potent beast
for if it found cocks egg and
hatched it, the result was cockatrice,
fearsome thing, which of its own
accord grew a crown on its head, and
so became basiIisk, and could kill
by merely looking A very notable
worm, indeed, and most revered was
''this crowned asp" Moreover, the
toad,
Though ugly,
Wears yet precious jewel in its head"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19

The Mikado Of Japs N desires the es-
adjustment q Englis b schools with En-
glish teschers il bis anpire-
Re thnt readD most il best informed.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19

Mr.. Vanderbilt was not close with his
money, but a story is told of him that
shows that even he, with all his millions,
was averse to throwing it away. One
day at Saratoga he asked friend, a
well-known official, to get into coupe
behind his famous trotters, Aldine and
Early Rose, and take spin out to the
lake. On the way they came to the
Geyser spring, and Mr.. Vanderbilt re-
marked that he never passed it without
taking drink of its water The boy
came out from the spring house with
two glasses, and the millionaire emptied
his without removing his heavy driving
gloves. 1t was evident that he could not
put the gloved fingers into his waistcoat
pocket for change, and, besides, the res
tive horses were prancing about in
nervous anxiety to be of. In this juno
ture his companion put his hand in his
pocket and took out IA quarter, with
which to compensate the boy. Tut,
tut" said the millionaire; ''put that up;
10 cents is pleHtv.o
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19
Arc the sexes Changing /?

1t is rather amusing to note Just now
that the fashionable world displays a
tendency decidedly the reverse of that
which obtained a few years ago. Once,
writes New York correspou dent to the
-drgonattt, 1t was proper for men to ctil-
tivate martial bearing. They held
their heads in the air, took manly
strides. held their shoulders back, and
were brisk and talkative. The proper
things for girls at that time was the
dropping and wilIowy article. 1t hadn't
much appetite, and it cultivated the
habit of dropping its lids O yer its large,
blue eyes. All this is very bad form
now. Men should droop >, little, carry
themselves carelessly, an 4 bend their
head a trifie forward, if th g five hundred
specimens on view at tie horse show
are to be taken as examples. Their
clothes should not fit toe, snugly, their
trousers must. be very wasle and always
freshly ironed, so that. the seams will
show, just as they do in trousers that
have just come from the tailor From a
glance at tike hundred oi these men it
will appear that all of fh. IN copied from
the same model Few Of them wear side
whiskers now, and neaa Nv all are con-
tent with a simple mt istache. They
wear high hats with b wo inch bands
about them, black Goa Is that are cut
away in front, gray trouS rs, white over
CATERS. and vanished boots. Add q
pair of brick-colored glow es. buckhorn
stick, and q red tie. and on have what
would appear to be abs0Ia tely correct in
New York at this particuls II time Of the
year at the horse-show. 1t is rather diff
ficult to gain this inform alton. for no
man seems to care for any other man.
and all eyes are turned en- the women.
They walk like SO mar ~ dashing dr;l-
goons, with their. .chins b igh in the air.
their big eyes open to ;hc full limits Of
the law and their inagn ificentshoulders
and bpsts incased in r. ,ilOr-lnade jack
etss JbfT stare AZ the men with superb
indifference, and walk about as il the
world owed them homa .ge and must rem
der il in spite Of everya hing.
-
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19

A bad breath is the only clincbing
arguments against laughter at short
range.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19

They have racy style of personals
in the West. The following is from
Fox Lake wis Breeze at is de.
monstrated that the weight of the
earth is 5.s55.00O. 600, ,OO0, 900 tons /;
yet the thimblefull Of alleged brains
that edits .he Cambria Nose Bag
thinks he tits it up when be walks
abroad
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19
Some Day He Nay FIOd Ont.

California Mayerics.
Say pa: listen: when Freedom
from her mountain height unfurIed
Der banner to the air. What do they
call Freedom her for?" queried q
San Jose boy who was learning the
piece to speak at q school exhibition.
"You are too young to understand.
Wait till you get married. my son."
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19

Subscribe = tie CAPITAL.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19

We ui1 insert in this column adcsrzise-
ment Of Wants, For Rent, Fo, Sale, List,
Found, de-, not crccedsng fostr lines. Ore
Week, or less. for 25 Gents.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19

know Jigbee? !? OF course do:
and what's more: know him 10 be'a
man of nervc.''
Nonsense! He's IS timid O. n
mouse. A man of pervel Ha-ba!
What 10 the world put such q. notion
as that into your headg" s.ss
"WelI, sir, l heard him contracdict
bis own wife the other day, and il
public, too, at that.n
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19

FOR RENT.-A part OF HOUSE 10 a
small family. Rent reasonable. For
particulars apply at No. Compromise
Street. dcc.30'tf.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-01-19

FOR SALE or RENT.-A handsome
Squire (Knabe) PIANO, good as new
Apply at No. II West street, or Engr.
Barton's, Hanover street. oct8-tf
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poo"s OF the pe''o'.

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Bring aur'j>, friends, 10 crown his head.
a. sweet, mild nam, and can it be
ne N''',~ TT ''''h main conquered thee
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-02-20
Iiterorp and Scientific A,ote,.

The Rev. J. u. Stockbridge is engaged
upon catalogue of the Harris Collection
of American Poetry, lately devised to
Brown University by Senator Anthony.
Dodd, Mead & Co. have contracted
with Mr.. Howard Seely, author of a
Lone Star BoPeep,' for all the stories
he may write within the next five years.
Hugh CONWAY left two novels that
have not yet been published. The au-
thorized edition of one of them, a Car
dinal Sin, will be published by Henry
Holt X Co.
Mr.. Joel Chandler Harris may well
write 81 ncle Remus" sketches. He is
an African, born on the west coast of the
Dark Continent while his parents were
on missionary service there.
J. B. Alden has just published liter
airy curiosity. 1t is "The Glasse of Time,
Divinely Handled by Thomas Peyton,"
a reprint of the famous and extremely
rare poem which is supposed to have in
spired Millions paradise Lost
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-20

The Doctor devotes his treatment to the
destruction of these by means of local rem
edies, which can be applied by the patient
at home, without pain, Inconvenience or de-
tention from business. Constitutional rem
edies are employed in most cases to purify
the blood, regulate the liver and build up
the general system.
The best apparatus in the country Is used
to apply medicines directly to the sores or
seat of Inflammation at the Office when ne
cessary
If patients can como regularly to office
for treatment cases of forty years standing
can in nearly every case be cured perma
nently.
Children can be treated with no trouble,
and never yet has the doctor failed in a
child where remedies have been used as
directed.
The following testimonials OF persons
well known in Los Angeles will show the
rapidity with which these diseases can be
cured:
ART STUDIO, 2ll 9. Bunker Hill Avenue,(
Los Angeles, May 25, 1886.
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to inform you that your remedies have
cured that terrible obstinate catarrh of the
back part of the nostrils and throat, from
which 1 suffered so much. 1t does not
trouble me at all now and have only taken
your teatment about two months and half.
Yours, gratefully, NJ. s. FISH.
This is to certify that was troubled with
Asthma and Bronchitis for one and a half
years ana was never cutlreIy Tree az any
time, till two months ago put myself un-
der the care OF DR.. w. N Davis, when his
Limitations gave me relief at once SO that
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Los Angeles, October 2, 1856.
DIR. DAVIS:-If 1t were not for you am
satisfied that I would now be dead with
lung disease, which had troubled me for
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wish to testify that was entirely cured in
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reasonable. MRS. II. r. MURSEREAW,
% Bernard street.
Los Angeles, February Sd, 1886.
Hundreds of other testimonials and refer.
ences could be given were 1t necessary. AS
many as three persons have been cured in
one family.
CONSULTATION FREE.
OFFICE HOURS-9A. NJ. to 1890 P. NJ, 3 to
6P. M and to s p. M.
Sunday, 2 to ar. NJ,
W. N. DAVIS, M. D.,
45< N. Spring street. Los Angeles. CAL,
over Peoples Store. sept
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-20
The Gaain Market.

San FRANCISCO, October 10. = Wheat -
Active. Standard shipping, $l.a5@sl.37 per
GENITAL.
Barley-Firm. Strictly choice feed, 921zc
Per GENITAL; Chevalier, $l,5G9Sl.65, choice
Brewing, si.15(93l20, choice.
Corn-Steady. California, large yellow,
9L1C@Sl.15 per sental; small yellow, S1.25(g
3leO
CHICAGO, october 19.-Corn-Firm. Cash
s61c per bushel; November, 3614c; May,
551zc.
Wheat = Steady. November, ~ 9-16c per
bgshel; December, 7s1sc@7515e; May, SIC
per bushel.
LIVERPOOL, October 19.-Wheat-Iu fair
demand. No. 2 Winler, 6s I'd, dull; Spring
IS SID, dull.
Corn-supply good. Spot and october,
ls SD. dull; November and December, 4s
I'd. steady
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-20
The New York stock Market.

NEW YORK, October I9.-Three per cen
Government bonds. 100; four per cents,
1S65s; four and a half per cents, 1111s; Den
yer & Rio Grande, 132 Kansas & Texas,
1851: Northern PACING, l2sss preferred,
l6e9s; Chicago & Northwe estern, 1l722ss; New
York Central. i1s1s; Oregon Navigation,
1854 Transcontinental. 1874; oregon I'm
pr0vement, 49,; Pacific Mail Steamship,
cific. 1.OM; Union Pacific, 16l1s; United
States Express, 160 Wells. Fargo & Cos
Express, 125; Western Union Telegraph
l76k; Central Pacific 147.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-20
Los Angeles Wholesale Meat
Market.
FINANCE AND TRADE.
government BONDS and Hallway
Shares.

NEW YORK, october 10. = Governme Mt
bonds were dull and steady to-day.i State
bonds dull aud steady.
Stocks quiet and at times dull. Opening
was irregular, but generally lower than yes
terday, changes being for small fractions
only. Early dealings were marked with
much feverishness and irregularity, espec
tally in Jersey Central. But the general list
was firm, with frequent fluctuations, till
about one o'clock, when it became dull and
prices remained stationary. There was sCme
weakness in the last hour. but the market
closed absolutely steady. Most of the active
list are higher tonight though impor,a ant
changes are lew.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-20
new York Money Market.

NEW YORK. October 19.-Money on call ac
tive, 500 per cent, per cent asked at clos
ing; Prime Paper. 495 per cent.
Sterling Exchange quiet, s4.S.s4 for sixty
day bills; $4S4l. for demand.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-20

NEW YORK, October 19-Petroleum -
opened strong 657sc per gallon, advanced to
e62zc, broke under heavy sales to 6634c, and
closing weak at &c.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-20
Nliyafng SHOCKS.
PeIrOleu IN .

SAN Francisco. october 19.-ophir. 81. 20;
Savage, $3.50; Hale & Norcross. 95c.
Peerless, 20c.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-20
COMING SOUTH. GOING NORTH.

The steamers Santa Rosa. Orizaba and
Geo W. Elder leave San Pedro for San
Diego, on the dates OF their arrivals from
San Francisco. end on their trips between
San Pedro and San Francisco call at Santa
Barbara and Port Hartford (San Luis Obispo)
only. The Eureka and Los Angeles call at
all way ports.
Cars 10 connect with steamers leave 8. ?.
K. X. depot, Los Angeles, as follows: Witt
santa Rosa, Orixaba and Geo. w. Elder, al
g:z0 O'Clock A. With Los Angeles and
Eureka, going north at 4;45 O'Clock PIX
E-For passage or freight IS ahovi or
for tickets to and from
AL Important Points In Ea=c-
APPLY TO
q. MCMILLAN, !: Agan
OFFICE-No. s Commercial ST., Los Augeis,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-20
California Southern R. R. Co,

All rail line between National City, San
Diego and Los Angeles and points East and
Wet.
Close connection at Barstow with Atlantic
and Pacific X. K. and at Los Angeles with
Southern Pacific X. K.
TIME TABLE,
Taking effect Sunday, June 20, 1885.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-10-20
mrs. Dr. weII.. Female specialist

Burke's porter strengthens and tones the
system.