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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13
A "PuL and Call"

This is funny phrase to the unini-
t;ated, but all the brokers understand 1t,
They use it when person gives a certain
per cent. for the option of buying or
selling stock on a fixed day, at price
stated on the day the option is given
1t is often a serious operation TO the
dealer, but there is more serious "put
and call' than this: when you are "put"
to bed with a severe cold and your
friends "call" a physician. Avoid all
this by keeping in the house DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. The great
cure for pulmonary and blood diseases.
Its action is marvellous. 1t cures the
worst cough. whether acute, lingering, or
chronic For Weak Lungs, Splitting of
Blood, Short Breath, Consumption,
Night-sweats, and kindred affections, it
surpasses all other medicines.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

Another large and well pleased audi
ence was at Harpers theatre last evening
ment of the Eunice Goodrich Dramatic
company. The "Straw Man." comedy
of Miss Goodrch's own creation, was
produced to the entire satisfaction of the
audience. The piece is something out of
the usual run of comedy attractions, and
abounds in ludicrous yet comprehensive
situations. Tonight vi ri" is to be given
ana another number one entertainm ent is
promised.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13
THINKS THE OUTLOOK GOOD.
Col. McWhorter says HIS Railroad
scheme In "A success as far as Rock
Island ~ COncerned---The Next

Col. McWhorter says His Railroad
Island rs COncerned---The Next
Move.
81 have accomplished every object OF
my visit and to my entire satisfaction,
said Col. McWhorter, the protector and
promoter OF the Chicago Il California
road, who called at the ARGUS office last
evening to pay his respects previous to
his departure for Chicago. lam now go
ing east to perfect the organization of the
company, get engineers on the road and
have the construction completed at the
earliest possible moment. My
work here has been little de-
layed as result of hesitancy
on the part of your citizens to do exactly
as desired. AS soon as your people
became aware of what was really requis'
lite, however, they responded willingly and
the result of the deliberations was very
gratifying to me-"
II spent last evening with your resi-
dent director, Mr.. McMaster, at his resi-,
dence and advised him of his duties as
ambassador, so to speak, between the
interests of the company and the people
of the city. He took kindly to the in
terests of both and pledged his best
efforts to that end, This afternoon there
was meeting of the special committee
of the Business Mems association
Messrs. Reimers, Dart, Stewart, McCabe
and Peetz-at Mr.. Ferguson's office and
| conferred with those gentlemen as to
what the company would require of them
at present and hereafter. in the matter of
determining what would be desired of the
road in the way of locating its
line through the city, the location Of
its depots and all matters mutually bene>
fetal to the company and the citizens.
From the spirit manifested by the ci!i-
zens here, | have reason to believe that |
will enjoy the results of their very best
efforts in that behalf. On the whole the
result of my trip is highly gratifying and
| have reason to think that we shall cul
tivate close relations and that our inter
ests in the future will be Identical as re-
CARDS the Chicago s. California road and
the citizens of Rock Island"
Col. McWhorter said he believed Rock
Island to be good town, full of indus
try, enterprise and of much promise and
that it was such point as any great
railroad or commercial enterprise might
desire to reach.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

Phosphate Of calcium, one of the most i'm.
portant component parts of the teeth, Is
readily dissolved in salicylic acid, which en-
tiers into the composition of large number
of tooth washes and powders Dentists who
have experimental with it say that if q
sound tooth is allowed 20 remain fifteen min
utes in a comparatively weak solution of this
acid it loses its gloss and the enamel is to-
tally destroyed. Hence this acid should he
avoided in the manufacture of preparations
for the teeth.-Globe-D Democrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13
County Building.


11--Clara Plummer to Sarah M. Plum
mer. pit lot 1, block 2, w Spencer''
third addition, Rock Island, $40. and
Samuel q Plummer to same, same. $50.
Almeron Stanley to VIM Garrett, lot 4
in VIZ SET, 30, 10, 2e, $500, and VIM Gar
nett to Michael Murphy. same, $500.
jeremiah L Cox to Michael Murphy, Cd
So net sw4, 20, 10, 2e, $3.50.
John Turner. by executor, to Michael
Murphy, nwf swf sch 20, 10, 2e, $3.50.
George Dodge TO Chas E Dodge, lot A,
block 1, Towards second addition, Rock
Island. 81.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13
REVIEWS HER YOUTH.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay
Co., Iowa, tells the following remarkable
story, the truth of which is vouched fol
by the residents of the town: Il am 70
years old, have been troubled with kid
ney complaint and lameness for many
years; could not dress myself without
help. Now l am free from all pain and
soreness, and am able to do all my own
homework. owe my thanks to Electric
Bitters for having renewed my youth, and
removed completely all disease and pain. u
Try a bottle, SOC. and 81 at Hartz g.
Bahnsen's drug store.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13
THE CAUSES OF MUTlsM.
why the Mute Does Not Use the Organs
of Speech-CurIous Case.
ROBERT KoEHLER.
City Clerk.

| why the Mute Does Not Use the Organs
of SPECIFICATIONS Case.
Ordinary mutism is not due to any defect
| in the vocal organs, but to deafness, either
| born with the person or occurring SO early as
TO preclude learning TO talk The mute does
| not use the organs of speech simply because
he does not know how Talking is really n
very complex process, and involves much
knowledge and more training.
But mutism may also be caused by laryn-
geal disease, or by paralysis of the nerves
that work the vocal chords, so that it is i'm
possible to bring them together This is
known as aphonia. Somewhat resembling
this, yet wholly distinct from it, is what is
called aphasia, an affection of certainSpart
of the brain which takes from the patient,
who may have perfect vocal organs and enjoy
all the other powers of his mind, the power
to use words. Sometimes the loss is com
plete, and sometimes words can be uttered,
but SO unintelligently as TO make nonsense.
Perhaps a mere yes or mo- comes out on
every attempt to speak. Another form of
mutism is of hysterical origin. This does
not mean that it is feigned, any more than
the terrible spasms of some hysterical
patients are feigned In the hysterical there
is singular instability of the nervous sys-
tern. The slightest cause often sets up the
chinery.
The Boston Medical and Surgical journal
gives the case of a shoemaker, whose nervous
system had been injured by the Use of alcohol
from his boyhood. Having spent the night
in the gutter after drunken debauch he
was taken to the hospital where he was tor
mented by countless Authorizations of sight.
Then his power of speech gradually failed,
until it was wholly lost. He at length fully
recovered his bodily health and became quite
rational But he remained absolutely mute,
and the officials, after the most thorough
testing, were satisfied that there was no de-
ception in the case. Indeed, he was exceed
ingly anxious to return to his home, but was
detained only because of his mutism He
was finally dismissed in this condition. But
may at any time suddenly recover his power
of speech under some exciting cause.
Still another form of mutism results from
some insane delusion which impels the
patient to keep silent. Though the vocal
organs are perfect he may refuse to speak
for months or years " outh's Companion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

Bismarck is fast breaking up,n said an
observant physician. II have read in the
medical papers that he has lately taken to
sustaining himself on brandy. This is a bad
sign. When German at home ceases to be
stimulated by beer and has to drink alcohol
his physician begins to think there is some
thing seriously the matter with him. This,
taken with the fact that some Of his late
speeches have been almost incoherent, makes
me believe that he is in danger of soon fol-
lowing his great master. New York Press,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13
The Taxes .

We supplement this issue of the
WEEKLY ARGUS with an extra sheet con-
tanning the annual delinquent tax list Of
the county treasurer, and Important as
the additional matter is to tax payers its
publication is not permitted to infringe
upon the space usually devoted to gener.
al news.
The following interesting figures are
CLEANED from the county treasurer's
books: Total tax levy on township col
lectors books for county, 1851 ,010 so; to-
tai tax delinquent on township collectors
books for county, 500 sc J 90; total tax
collected by township collector, $255,
PAT .69; total commission on amounts
collected by township collectors for
county, S., 104.02
In addition to the above tax levy of
1851 ,010 60. should be added $50. 6SS II,
(being the amount of tax on railroad,
telegraph and telephone property in the
county, making the total tax levy in the
county $3.50 ,590.31.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

Mr.. George p Rowell, of New York, who
is authority on such matters, in an address
before the American Newspaper Publishers
association at indianapolis, proved that five
newspapers issue more than one-seventh of the
total edition of all the daily papers printed.
The daily newspapers in the United States
now number about 400; consequently, the
five which were referred to must each sell an
average edition 200 times greater than the
average of the others Frank Leslie's.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13
A MiIliouaire's Beginning.

John w. Mackay does not appear to be
made Of the common clay of which most
millionaires are composed A writer in The
SAT- Lake Tribune once heard the bonanza
KING say when strike was threatened in
virginia City: Il am sorry that these men,
VINO are receiving "a day, do not save more
of their money. l rolled rocks in Yuha
river fourteen hours a day for months ot a
time, and went TO camp every night soaked
to the bone, and did not average 81 a dav-
but no ever found me quite broke or ever
heard me complain. Chicago Tribune
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13
That Tired FAILING

Afflicts nearly every one in the spring.
The system having become accustomed to
the brscing. air of winter is weakened by
the warm days Of the changing season,
and readily yields to attacks of disease
Hoods Sarsaparilla is just the medicine
needed. 1t tones and builds up every
part of the body. and also expells all i'm.
purities from the blood. Try it this
season,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

What pure air is to an unhealthy local
ity, what spring cleaning is to neat
housekeeper. so is Hoods Sarsaparilla to
everybody, at this season. The body
needs to be thoroughly renovated, the
blood purified and vitalized. the germs OF
disease destroyed. Scrofula, Salt Rheum
and all other blood disorders are cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilia. the most popular
and successful spring medicine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

A gypsy musician in Hungary, going from
one village to another, was closely followed
by large wolf. Suddenly a happy thought
occurred and he blew his horn with all the
energy of despair. The device took imme-
date effect. His unwelcome attendant
squatted down and howed piteousfy, as
dogs will when they hear music, and the
gypsy got away in safety.-Chicago Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

A hospital for the treatment of sick or dis
abled birds has been opened in Chicago and
there are already number of feathered pa
tients undergoing treatment iii it. All the
birds receive, besides their medicine, daily
Turkish bath, and are rubbed down with a
solution of quinine and morphine. New York
Evening World.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

Time tried aud true is DIR. 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,
chltls, hoarseness, incipient consumption,
and all throat and lung diseases, healing
the lungs. Safe and pleasant for childS
rem. Price, 80 cents and 81, of drug
gists,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter. chapped hands, chilblains.
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles. or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Hartz & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

For oils. salts, pills and ali kinds of bit
Ter, nauseous medicines, is the very
agreeable liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of
Figs, recommended by leading physi-
clans. Manufactured only by the Cali>
fornia Fig Syrup company, San Francis,
co, Cal. Hartz & BabDsen. agents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

Some New York people propose to
build school for the training of servant
girls if they can raise the necessary $780,
900 or $50, 600. The past year about
81 900 was raised in small sums
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

Mrs. Homersham, who is lecturng in
England on nursing, recommends that the
sick room should contain only two chairs
zone comfortable one for the nurse and an
uncomfortable one for visitors who stay
too long '-EXchange.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

List OF letters uncalled for at the Poslof1lce al
Rock Island, Rock Island county, Illinois,
April Is, 1888.
Aston & John Nelson August
ClayG wv Pearson RS
HeilwaRner VIM Rawlings j
Holden Miss Louisa Rust GeoE
Lendstrom Mrs Treadwell Maj GeoH
Parker H Wadlegh Geo ii
Pattin David A Wilks WV
FOREIGN LIST.
Gonthier Joseph Luekum August
McLachlan James
Give the number OF the list when calling for
advertised letters. C. W. HAYES, p. Nj.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

Oceanside, San Diego county. Cal. , is
to build wharf extending over fifteen
hundred feet into the ocean
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

ST. LUKE'S COTTAGE HOSPITAL,
IN THIRD AVENUE, between Tenth aud
UElevcnth streets. feb l1tf
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

No, 1924 Second avenues Special after
ton paid to saving the natural teeth an
inserting teeth without plates
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13
LOCAL NOTICES.

Insure in the Boylston Insurance Co. of
Boston, Mass. organized 1879. Assets
nearly 81 100000. e. w. Hurst, agent,
Office over Rock Island National Bank.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13
A MOOD.

blight, gloom, know not what, has crept
upon my glAdness-
Some vague, remote ancestral touch OF sorrow or
of madness;
fear that is not fear, pain that has not pains
ipsistence;
A sense of longing, or OF loss, In some foregone
exlstence
subtle hurt that never pen has writ nor tongue
has spoken
Such hurt perchance as nature feels, when BIOS
somed bough is broken
II. b. Aldrich in Independent.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13
WIN. McENIRY,

4 TTORNEY AT LAW-Loans money on good
Insecurity, makes collections. Reference, Mitch
ell u Lynde, bankers. Office in Postolice block.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13
BUSINESS CARDS.
PLEASANTS & HURST,

A TTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT Law
IL Office in Masonic Temple block, over Roc k 10
and National Ban k, RockI sland, III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-13

Accommodation trains leave Rock Island atR:OC
a. m. aud 80 p. m. arrive taos a. IN. and 8 &c
p. m.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-30
A,den,. man,fold Cyc,oped,a.

The issue of the tenth volume calls at
tention to the rapid progress which this
excellent popular cyclopedia is making.
The publisher promised the volumes at
intervals Of about month he is recently
more than keeping his word. The vol
ume extends from Cosmography to De-
bry, contains about GAO pages and about
100 illustrations, handsomely printed
and neatly bound in cloth, all for fiftv
cents. The Manifold is more compre-
hensive than any other cyclopedia, ex-
cept Cassell's (Which costs several times
as. much), including an unabridged
dictionary of the English language in ad.
dition to ordinary cyclopedia matter. and
though many of the articles are neces-
sarily brief, they are sufficiently full for
practical people, and some articles are
surprisingly extended-for instance, Cot
ton occupies 26 pages Crannogs, pages; !;
Creeds and Confessions, pages Cricket,
4 pages Crusades, 6 pages; Darwin and
Darwinian Theory, II pages, and so on.
1t would be strange indeed if cyclopedia
of such great merit, published at cost
so surprisingly low, did not reach an
enormous circulation. A specimen vol
ume may be ordered and returned if not
wanted. John B. Alden, Publisher, New
York, Chicago, Atlanta and San Fran
cisco.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-30
PERSONALS.

MIR. J. L. B. Alexander of Phoenix is
in the city.
Mr.. G. R. Williams of San Francisco
is visiting Los Angeles.
MIR. and Mrs. Abbot Kinney of Kin
neloa are at the Hollenbeck.
Mr.. L. J. Butler arrived from Sar
Francisco in a special car last night.
Mr.. w. E. Willmore, the founder o.
Long Beach, is back from Arizona.
DR.. Kimball, one of Lowell's leading
physicians, is at the Hollenbeck with his
wife.
Bank Commissioner A. w. Potts will
60 up to San Francisco to-day by
steamer.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Dunlap and Mrs. E.
A. Nixen of Jacksonville, H., are at the
II llenbeck.
Mr.. R. D. Ferris of the Highland
Hotel, Duarte, late OF the Palmer House,
Chicago, is at the Nadeau.
Mr.. G. S. Cove, banker of Cincin.
natl is in the city. He is accompanied
by his wife and daughter, who are at the
Hollenbeck.
Professor Deity, the mining expert
came into town yesterday from Barstow.
He has been doing some exploring in the
Calico district.
Mr.. Robert Carter, brother of Mr.. E
Carter, the energetic private secretary
of General Manager Dan McCool, of tbs
Santa Fe, arrived from his home at Bos
ton on the overland Yesterday.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-30
The Greatest Gambler Of the Ag

The Greatest Gambler OF the Age.
A man has just died in Paris whose
life might serve as text for thousand
sermons. This was the Baron de Bas-
tart. His life was entirely given up to
gam bling. He came from a good family
in Brittany, and when young man was
made sub-prefect Of Morlaix. This
office he neglected altogether and spent
most OF his time in Paris playing bacca
rat. That was at the time of Napoleon's
Italian campaign. When the treaty of
Villafranca was signed and peace was
restored telegraphic message was
sent to him, and package OF official
posters proclaiming the news, which it
was his duty to distribute throughout the
department. These were sent to his
office at Morlaix, but the telegram was
fir warded to him in Paris. 1t was handed
him at the baccarat table. He read it
and went on with the game. He did
not go to Morlaix for a month, and when
he did go there he found the package of
posters still lying on his desk, and be-
side them a letter from the minister of
the interior dismissing him from his
Office in disgrace. He Immediately re-
turned to Paris, and never again left this
city.
From that time until his death this
week, he spent all his available time at
the gambling table. AS surely as the
hour of struck every afternoon, he re-
paired to his favorite club. There he
played without break, save to eat a
hasty meal, until about 5 o'clock next
morning. am told by officers of the
club that in all these years he was ab-
sent from his place only four days or
nights. Did he win? No. He always
lost, and his losses were heavy. Indeed,
he did not expect to win. His losses en-
riched the club and filled the pockets of
many of its members. Those who knew
him well say that his losses for thirty
years averaged more than 100000 a
year. That would give a grand total,
then, of more than $3,COO,OOO. The
Baron was able to do this because he
owned mining stock which brought him
a fixed income of about $l5O,O0O a year.
Paris Letter in the Chicago Tribune.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-11-30
Business Atlas of the World.

The HERALD is in receipt of complete
Business Atlas of the World. issued by
the well-known map publishing house of
Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago. While
the name of this firm is sufficient guaran-
tee Of the superior qualities of such a
publication, a careful examination of the
work reveals from page to page a COM
pleteness and accuracy OF compilation
which must have taken years of untiring
labor and the expenditure of a vast
amount OF money to procure, and it is
surprising to us how such book can be
sold at go moderate price.
Beginning with a profuse index of
every subject in the book, we next find
an alphabetically arranged list of every
railway in the United States, it's location,
and the name of the express company
doing business over it, followed by a
large scale county map of the Canadas,
each State and Territory in the United
States, Mexico and the World-ninety-
two in all. Accompanying each map is
the name OF the counties, their area and
population, rivers, creeks, noun aims and
lakes separately, and an alphabetically
arranged list of every railway station,
post. office, town and hamlet in the state
or province, showing what county it is in,
its POI ulation, how it can be reached by
rail, express, telegraph or mail, and it's
location on the map, shown by their
heady-reference index.
The value of such publication to the
professional man, in his readings, and
the business man, to keep up with the
rapidly growing country, and as a guide
for shipping goods to any point in the
world, can not be oyerestimated.
The book contains 600 pages, and
more clearly brings the geographical
history of the world to date than any
publication heretofore examined.