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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-02-11

as can be found in our city.
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NEW ORLEANS MOLASSES, CANNED
GOODS OF ALL KINDS, CIGARS, To-
BACCOS, &C.
The best grades of Pat. Process and Family
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We pay the highest prices for Wheat, Corn,
Rye, Oats, and all kinds of Country Produce
Agents for Latin & Rand's Blasting Pow
der, and Judson's Dynamite for stump blast
ing, &c.
FARMERS
Can be supplied with the best quality of Cot
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Bran. &C., at lowest prices. Call and see
US.
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-02-11
cHAs srLLIsesLEA, D. D. s. 0. r. BAUoHxAs. D. D.
win visit tbe eoIlow;no nlaces.

VIII visit the following places:
Union Bridge.-lst Wednesday and Friday
following of each month.
Nep Windsor. r.-2d Wednesday and Friday
following of each month.
Tdneytoacn. Next to the last and the last
Friday in each month, remaining until Satur-
day evening.
One of the firm can always be found in the
Office. sep 23-tf
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-02-11
OUR SEAL PLUSH COATS

That we have been selling at $25 and $50,
during the great sale go at Sl9. All our other
Goats, no matter what kind, at the same re-
dnction.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-02-11
PRIME LIQUORS.

Salt Fish, Dried Fruits, Cheese, Bacon, Con
fectionery, Fruits, &C., at
NJ. C. STRASBURGER'S,
SO East Main Street,
ianl4 If Westminster, Nd.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
AN OLD SCHEME REVIVED.
A FruitleSs Effort to Make the Forbid
ding No. I3 Bring Luck.

A Fruitless Effort to Make the Forbid.
ding No. IL Bring Luck.
81 seq said Mr.. j. II. Newton, Il see that
old 'l3' advertising scheme has come around
again"
what is itf'
| why, a merchant announces in his adver.
tisements that, since the number Il has
always been regarded AS an unlucky number
he viii undertake the task Of making it a
| lucky number. In order to do this he adver.
tises that 20 every thirteenth customer who
pays cash he will give the full value of his
purchase. OF course nobody is permitted to
know how many have purchased ahead of
him. He must pay his money, and then the
| merchant shows him the list of sales made
since the last prize was drawn | tried it
once"
'How did it pan outr'
81 was going 10 tell you. 1t was when |
| first started in business, and | thought il
would be capital advertising scheme for me.
| 1t ran along all right for about a week, and
| several persons got their purchases free. OF
| course every one OF them advertised
| me by telling it all over town, and |
regarded it as the smartest scheme that
had ever been Matched, One day noticed
one OF tho town boys standing around
the store, and for some time | thought
sASt4''AeS "a ~ Dub sta Gu SO long, ana
had so little apparent business there, that |
began TO think he was keeping count of nv
sales and intended to jump i'll at the right
time and get the prize. SO | watched the
sale list and was considerably surprised when
number II had made his purchase that this
fellow didn't make any movement.
" He has miscounted said to myself. and
stopped under the counter to smile, as |
thought how sick he would feel when he saw
the next purchaser walk Off with the prize.
Sure enough woman came in pretty
soon and bought 81 worth of sugar, which,
OF course, she got for nothing. | smiled a
little toward the chap who had been waiting
all this time, but he never let on. He had
just walked up bought dimes worth of
wintergreen lozenges and walked away. No
sooner had he turned away than friend of
his hurried in and bought nickel's worth
OF something, and then another and another,
till dozen of them had spent an aggregate
of less than 81 with me- Then came tho
thirteenth, laid down $40, said he'd TAX
barrel of sugar, a barrel of molasses, and tho
rest in coffee. | saw that l was victimized,
but l couldn't afford to go back on my
proposition, so delivered the goods and paid
back the money. But l Immediately hung
out sign saying that the proposition had
been withdrawn. | was convinced by that
time that the number was an unlucky num-
Der, and that it might stay 80 till the end of
time for all OF me- Chicago News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28

| Did You ever encounter demonstratively
| drunken woman in a street conveyance, where
YOU could not relieve yourself of her presence
within a certain time without Inconvenience
| | did, the other day-Or rather the other
night, for | was on my way to a down town
| theatre. She was young woman-perhaps
| y. Her dress was neat enough, but tawdry,
and she carried pretty babe in her arms,
| which could not have been more than months
| old The car was well filed, but not so well
| as she was Suddenly she removed stony
| stare from a fat man in the corner, and on
| deavored to look out of tho window behind
| her, maintain the upright and hold the baby
simultaneously.
"Woner where we areF' she said aloud.
Guess wen he late home, baby. Do you
hear, mammals pet. Who caresl Hoop la
Everything goes-don't it, baby, hey"
Three or four whisky laden kisses here at
tested the mothers affection. The ladies'
present shuddered, the gentlemen scowled,
and the young man who was smoking bad
cigar on the rear platform grinned, while a
newsboy engaged in stealing ride peered
through the glass and tried to flirt with the
infant. For few moments the exhilarated
female seemed lost in thought, during which
time the little one was only saved from
descent to the floor by kindly disposed
her pocket
"Hullo-ain't got my night key. l say,
baby, what you think o. that We've lost
the key Well, everything goes, and sup
pose we've got TO make racket to get in.
Whoopl It'sall right anyhow-ain't it, babyl
Say, conductor
Here she glared at the man with bad
cigar, and he stopped grinning and looked
another way.
"Hullo, this is bobtail. No conductor on
bobtail Forgot all bout that-ha hal Well,
that's funny, too, amt it, babyl But every
thing goes, SOS all right. Whoopl Say,
mister, where's Houston street, wanter get
off at Houston street This is--that's all
right. Come along, baby. Woner where that
keys gone, anyhow 'Scuse me-"
Here she nearly sat down on the fat man.
The ladies present drew back as she passed
them, and the men looked the other way
The man with the bad cigar said: where
yer gettin' to-brace up" when she staggered
against him and nearly dropped the baby
The newsboy got off the step seized her arm,
piloted her to the cur b, whistled at the baby
and waited for the ext car CLARA Belle"
in New Orleans Times Democrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
READING FOR REST.
Effects of the RestfuI Book-The Deeper
studies to IIe Considered Work.

Effects of the Restful Book-The Deeper
Studies to Iie Considered Work.
Nothing is more restful 10 the mind than q
wisely selected work Of travels, description
or a judiciously selected romance. The ro-
manccs most common are too weak, and
their wit sinks too near 10 the line Of silli-
ness, to offer much repose to person famil-
lar with the best writers, and the effect of
such productions is 10 deprave the taste or
90 excite irritation. A restful book 10 "a tired
brain must produce in the mind Of the reader
sense of satisfaction with moderate stimu-
lus A tame moral essay, a story in which
all behave well, go to sleep every night at o
and rise every morning ut TO listen to the
birds sing, will not suffice; and, on the other
hand, IA narrative that requires the closest
analysis, and which appears to be constructed
upon the principle of leaving the readers in
doubt as to the character Of the heroes, is
but piece of intellectual dissection in dis
guisa, and would better be read for work
than for rest.
Everything that relates TO history, science,
philosophy and the deeper studies of human
nature should be handled as work. Yet
nature rewards the worker by making in the
end what at first was difficult, a charm to
him. So that the specialist must be upon his
guard lest he neglect the work of reading
what he knows he needs for the more con-
genial occupation of reading what to others
would be work, but to him has become
pleasure. The life Of Charles Darwin, just
published, shows that he brought on prac-
teal ''atrophy of the brain, utterly changed
his tastes, and became the slave of lines Of
association to which he had surrendered him
self wholly.
What is work for one person may be rest
for another; and it is equally important to
consider that what may be work for per-
son at one time may be rest at another.
Newspapers require no work, and he who
reads them exclusively will in few years
be unable to do intellectual work Many
books of a literary character require little or
no work Books made to sell belong gcner
ally to the class that can he read as fast as
the eye can discern the letters, Every per-
son should select his standard authors with
out regard to their popularity. 1t Is rare
that a really good book, to be mastered by
work, has a large sale. Restful books, from
their very nature, may become popular
except among those who make utility their
god and restrict the definition of utility to
what can be turned TO practical use, or has a
technical or commercial value, and those
whose intellects are so small and sensibilities
so abnormally large that they need exhaust
ing excitement TO hallucinate them into the
belief that they are happy.-Rev. j. NJ.
Buckley in The Chautauquan.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
can't support Him

Sheriff Silvis has received couple Of
letters from A. w. Berggren, of Gales
burg. candidate for auditor OF public acN
counts. He states in his letters that he
is Swede, and that it's about time his
nationality was recognized, and that the
northern part of the state be given a
representation on the state ticket
While the sheriff agrees with Mr.. Berg
gren on all these points, he finds a very
serious objection to supporting him in
view of the fact that the gentleman is a
republican and is seeking a nomination
from that party. Mr. Slvis has so written
him. In the future we would advise Mr..
Berggren to be little more careful in
his correspondence. AS Rock Island
county has always shown large repub-
lican majority for the presidential candi-
date, the gentleman has undoubtedly
taken it for granted that all the county
officers belong to that party. On the
whole we think Mr.. Berggren will remain
quietly at home in Galesburg.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
A Pleasant Evening.

The Ladies' Aid Society gave one of
their pleasant social parties at the s. V.
hall last evening. There was large
gathering of young people and they were
most Hospitality entertained by the ladies
who are always successful in making
the ir visitors feel at home. One of their
appetzing lunches were served during
the evening. Beuer's band furnished
the music and several young ladies dis
tingulshed themselves by the mastery
manner in which they managed the floor.
1t was not leap year party, however.
The ladies will repeat the entertainment
in about two weeks
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
An Old Jewish Custom.

In tho home of Jewish citizen of New
York was seon recently tiny flame burning
in handsome goblet. Examination showed
the goblet to be half filed with water, on the
top Of which tloated about an inch of sweet
oil. A tiny float of corks, fastened on either
side of metallic ring, rested upon the oil
On the ring was placed a wax taper hardly
thicker than thread, passed through a small
circle of thin wood, so that the lower end of the
taper dipped through the ring into the sweet
oil. The upper end was lighted. The sweet
oil drawn up through the wax covered wick
served to keep it alight for several hours
1--WE burn this" said the gentleman, Sin
memory of one of our dead. When that
taper burns noarly out we substitute another,
so that tho flame, like tho vestal fire, is never
allowed to go out. We light the taper when
our relative dies and let it burn year. The
last taper VIC let go out of itself 1t flckers,
flames up, sinks, flares again, and then goes
out, just as human life does in its last
hours. We tend this light with great care,
and thus keep alive the memory Of our loved
oue 1t is an old custom, which is now be-
coming less observed, Many now only burn
the taper for a month, and some but for q
week. There are still a great many, though,
that keep up the custom in its old purity
Chicago News
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28

For the relief and cure of the inflam-
nation and congestion called "cold in
the head" there is more potency in ElY's
Cream Balm than in anything else it is
possible to prescribe. This preparation
has for years past been making brilliant
success as a remedy for cold in the head,
catarrh and hay fever Used in the mi
tIal stages of these complaints Cream
Balm prevents serious development of
the symptoms, while almost numberless
cases are on record of radical cures of
chronic catarrh and hay fever after all
other modes of treatment have proved of
no avail
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
Letter Boxes Neatly Robbed.

A neat device for robbing the mail has
been discovered in this city. A sheet of stiff
paper was passed by the thieves through the
opening of the street lamp boxes with both
ends folded and gummed SO that one end
adhered to the box, and all letters dropped
in thereafter were caught on the other end
and held. At night the paper with its con-
tents was withdrawn and the letters alb
stracted, opened and ritled. The department
is trying to trace the thieves. The indica-
tions are that many letters have been thus
stolen. Hartford Courant
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
THE LESSON OF THE FLOWERS.

These flowers are Gods own syables;
They plead so lovingly. they lead
So gently upward 10 His hills!
II We might only learn TO read
II We might only learn 70 read and know
Christ'S 5sok Of eighteen hundred years ago
/ think we then should all rejoice,
Should know the beauteous mysteries,
Should JOY with one wide common voice
As joy the great earth circng seas
Could We but read ms Christ would have us read,
We then might know the living God indeed
And this the lesson, this the book
That lies wide open now as then.
Come, read one syllable come look
How broader than the books of mem
Come, catch the pathos Of this harmony
OF beauteJus toil-then all the world Is free,
Joaquin Miller 10 The American Magazine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
People of the Congo Country.

You will, of course, want some description
of the people in this my first visit from the
great valley They are for tho most part
peaceful on the lower rivers; vary much in
features, form aud color. They have marks
such as taking out the center upper front
teeth, notching the same, sharpening all the
upper fronts to point, picking certain
shaped marks in their foreheads and tenn
pies, and making animals, or a great many
small marks, on their chests and backs to
distinguish the different tribes. Their dress
is very simple consisting only Of loin cloth
for the common people, while the royal fam
lilies and 1.-THE rich wear long choice skirts
down to the ankle and shoulder strap be-
sides. They also wear in abundance heavy
brass rings on their waists and ankles, the
women wearing strings and strings of beads
around their waists and up and down their
chests and backs. The stiff bristle from the
tail of the elephant is also considered fine
article of jewelry, being worn as are the
brass rings. Their religion consists of all
kinds of superstitions. They have a different
Fetch for nearly every thing, those for med
icine being worn as is the one to keep off the
bad man, whom they call ndoki.-Congo
Missionary in Christian Recorder.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
The Guido and the Grizzlies.

While believe that grizzly bear will, in
a ma jority of cases, wait for fight with a
man, and take pains to get in the way of one,
there are times when it will seem to think
better of it and back out. A remarkable in
stance of this kind heard of once, where a
famous Manitoba guide courageously ad-
vanced upon three grizzlies, an old she one
and two half grown young BEARS and by a
series of ridiculous monkey shines and aero
battle maneuvers on the ground within a
rod or two of the bears filled them with such
astonishmcnt and apparent fear that the
three rctreated into the woods with all rapid
ity. The guides gun had snapped in both
barrels, lie having drawn on the old bear be
fore the young ones appeared. He afterward
said that it was fit of desperation that he
tried the turning of handspring, and jump
ing up and down, Hopping his hands, and re-
sorting to other unhunterlike measures. He
had been told once that hunter had fright
ened mountain lion away by similar alb
surd movements, and he found that it worked
to perfection in the case of the bears, al
though he did not encourage any one togo
hunting grizzlies armed with nothing more
than capacity to turn somersaults.
York Sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
Queer Souvenirs In "A Ring.

Talk OF originality. 1t was original and
pretty and an astonishing idea for an unsen-
timental man to conceive of. A lady up town
was showing to her friends a very handsome
ring her husband had given here 1t was an
oval of diamonds, with three pretty little
Opaque blush white stones in the center.
Nobody could tell what those stones were,
and everybody get curious to know. She did
not know herself Her husband had not told
her. They Insisted ON his telling
"Well my dear those are the first little
teeth cut by our three children. l saved them
one by one, and-there they are. San Frau
cisco Chronicle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
ADVICE no HUJHHus.

Are you disturbed at night and broker
Of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth? If so,
send at once and get bottle Of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teethiug. Its value is incslculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm >
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it, Ii cures
dysentery, diarThoea, regulates the stom-
sch and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces inflammation. and
gives tone aud energy TO the whole sys-
ten. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription Of one of
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price 25 cents per bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28

Time tried and true is DR.. Bigelow's
cure, which combines the good qualities
of all the best cough remedies. without
the defects of any of them. 1t cures
promptly and permanently coughs, colds,
Group, whopping cough. influenza, broni>
chitls. hoarseness, incipient consumption
aud all throat and lung diseases, healing
the lungs. Safe and pleasant for childS
rel Price, so cents and 81, of drug.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28

p stands for pudding, for peach ind for pear,
And likewise for Poetry and Prose;
The parrot the pigeon that fies in the air,
The pig with the ring in his nose;
For paper and pen, for printer and press,
Fer physic and people who self
But when you are SICK, 10 relieve your distress
Take at once Pierce purgatiye pellet.
Oh, yes, indeed! These are the P's for
you. poor, sick man or woman. Moths
ing like them for keeping the bowels and
stomach regulated and in order-tiny,
sugar~coated granules. scarcely larger
than mustard seeds. They work gently
but thoroughly,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28

Nearly all diseases Originate from in
action of the liver, and this is esnecisIIr
the case with chils and fever, intermit.
tent fevers and malarial diseases n
save doctors bills and ward disease take
Simmons Liver regulator, a medicine
that increases in popularity each year,
and has become the most popular and
best endorsed medicine in the market fol
the cure Of liver or bowel Diseases
TELEGRAPH, DUBUQUE, Iowa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
Novel Way of Advertising.

A passenger and ticket agent of a Florida
railroad, at Jacksonville, Fla, has novel
way of advertising his line. He has rack
made of wire, filled with the choicest
oranges, and on each orange is stamped an
advertisement. When any one comes into
his ticket Office seeking information about
his line, especially if he is from the north, he
is invited to take an orange or tyo.-Chicago
Herald
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28

What pure air is to an unhealthy local
itY. what spring cleaning is to nes
housekeeper, SO is Hoods Sarsaparila tc
everybody, at this season. The bod,
needs to be thoroughly renovated, th,
blood purified and vitalized. the germs o
disease destroyed. Scrofula. Salt Rheuu
and all other blood disorders are cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. the most popular
and successful spring medicine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28

Who of US arc without trouble be they
small or larger The blessings of health
are best appreciated when we are SIGH
and in pain. A hacking cough, a severk
cold, or any throat or lung disease are
very troublesome; but all of these may be
quickly and permanently cured by DR..
Bigelow's Cure. Safe aud pleasant for
ehilAren Price 80 cents
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28

The distressing sneeze, sueeze, snceze, the
acrd. watery discharges from the eyes and nose
the painful Inflammation extending to the throat
the swelling of the mucous lining causing cho king
sensations, cough, ringing noises in the head and
splitting headaches-how familiar these symptoms
are to thousands who suffer periodically from
head colds or influenza, who live in ignorance OF
the fact that single application Of Sanford
Radical Cure for Catarrh will afford instantaneous
relief.
But this treatment in cases Of ii pie catarr0
gives but faint idea Of what thIs remedy will do
In the chrouic forms, where the breathing il oh
structed by choking, putrid mucous aceumua
tons, the hearil Z affected. smell and taste gone
throat liberated snd hacking cough gradu ally
fastening itself upon the deb'niat system. Then
1t i that the marvellous curative power Of san.
ford's Radical Cure manlfests itself in instanta
neous and grateful relief. Cure begins from the
dIst application. 1t is rapid, radical, permanent
economical, safe.
SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE consists Of one bottle
of the RADICAL CURE. one box Catarrhal SOL
VENT and one IMPROVED Enthusiastically wrap ed
in one package, with full directions; price SlOO.
POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co. Botton.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-28
LOCAL NOTICES.

Insure in the Boylston Insurance Co. of
Boston, Mass. organized 1872. Assets
nearly S1,000,000 4. W. Hurst, agent.
Office over Rock Island National Bank.
E. E. Parmenter, attorney at law.
Makes collections, loans money and will
attend to any legal business intruste6 to
him, Office, postoffice block Rock Isl
and, Ills. ds&wly
Hard Coal Market
All sizes and best grades OF Anthracite
coal 5000 per ton, delivered to any part
Of this city, usual discount for cash. can>
mel coal for CRATES So
L. G. FRAZER.
Insure Your Property
with j, E. Loosely 81 Co, Successors to
Hayes Il Cleaveland) general insurance
agents. Fire, tornado, cargo, life and
accident insurance policies written at
lowest rates given by any reliable com
pany. Ocean steamship passage tickets
for sale. Office removed to No. 1918
Second avenue, next door east of Nc.
lntire & Co,