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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03
SOME STARTLING FACTS.
The Discovery of the Cause of Most I'm
timely Deaths that Come upon
the Community.

The official returns oft city of New York show
tha Iearly threefour hs Of all the deaths are e. on
consumption. When we stop to calmly think over
this fact it is really awful. And yet every case
without exception started from small begi nings
cough in the morning; tickling in the throat
thick phlegmy disCharge chilliness at night
difficult breathing; ii lhtne across the chest
these and many more symptoms innicate the pre- $
ence of that terrible di ease which, unless checked
means certain death, with long and painful suffer
ing
In view of such serious and evsr present facts
the suggestions and advice o. the most eminent
physicians are Of the greatest value.
DR. John Gardner, one of the most EN- 'nent ply
siCians in London. says: "Science, common sense
holy scriptures and all experience testify to the
benefits derived from the use of pure whisky"
Dr. ID. II. Barker says:."l have used and exam
ined Dutfy's Pure Malt Whisky, and dnd it the
best ever tried"
Dr. s. NJ. Buckwalter says: "Dufy's Pure Malt
Whisky is, without doubt. the invalid g drink when
stmulants are indicated, and | find all chronic
cases requ re stimulants, and large per cent OF
the acute ones also"
These truths from the lips OF the leading scenti-
hc men of the day and confirmed by the experience
of men and women well known in the community,
should serve as guide for all who feel the Ap-
proach of consumption, no matter bv what path II
may come. We do not hesitate to assert That any
man or woman who will use D1fy's Pnre Malt
" hiskv according to directions, can defy con
- ption and prnlong life with all its blessings.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03

The discovery by the inhabitants OF a
locality hitherto unvisited by the pesti
lent scourge of fever and ague. that 1t ex
lists in their very midst, is decidedly
startling. Such discoveries are made al
every season, in every part of the union .
Subsequently. when it is ascertained, as
it invariably is at such times, through
the valuable experience of some one who
has been benefited and cured, that Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is thoroughly
efiicacious eradcator of the malarial
poison, and means OF fortifying the
system against it, feeling of more Sc
curty aud tranquility reigns throughout
the whole neighborhoOd. Besides the
febrile forms of malarial disease, dumb
ague and ague cake are removed by the
potent action of the Bitters. to which
science also gives its sanction as RENE
dy for rheumatism, dyspepsia, constipa
tinn. liver complaint, debility, kidney
troubles, and all diseases impairing the
organs of digestion and assimilation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03
FxcitAment IN Texas.

Great excitement has been caused IN
the vicinity of Paris, Tex, by the remark K
able recovery of Mr.. j. E. Corley' who
was so helpless he could not turn IN oed'
or raise his head; everybody said he was
diving of consumption. A trial bottle OF
DR.. Kings New Discovery was sent him.
Finding relief. he bought large bottle
and a box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills
by the time he had taken two boxes ol
pills and two bottles OF the Discovery' ne
was well and had gained in flesh thirty
six pounds. Trial bottle OF this great
discovery for consumption free at Hartz
6 Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03
A Wonderful Food Medicine

Known and used by physicians all over
the world. Scott's Emulsion not only
gives flesh and strength by virtue of its
own nutritious properties, but creates an
appetite for food that builds up the
wasted body. Il have been using SCOTS
Emulsion for several years, and am
pleased with its action. My patients say
that it is pleasant and palatable, and all
grow stronger and gain flesh from the use
of it. use it in all cases of wasting
diseases, and it is specially useful for
children when nutriment medication is
needed, as in Marasmus IT. W.PIERCE,
NJ. D., Knoxville. Ala.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03
Who of us are without trouble be they

Who of us are without trouble be they
small or larger The blessings of health
are best appreciated when we are sich
and in pain. A hacking cough, severk
cold, or any throat or lung disease are
very troublesome; but all of these may be
quickly and permanently cured by Dr..
Bgelow's Cure. Safe and pleasant for
children. Price so cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03
Health is Wealth !

DR.. e. c. Vests Nerve and Brain treatment a
guaranteed specific for hystera, dizziness, con
Yulsions, fits, nervous neuralgia, heaIache, ncr-
yous prostration caused by the use of alcohol or
tobacco, wakefulness. mental depression soften
ing Of the brain resulting in insanity and leading
to misery, decay and death, premature old age
barrenness, loss Of power in either sex, involun
tary Losses and spermatorrhoea caused by over
exertion of the brain, self abuse or over indul-
genCe. Each box contains one month Z treatment.
81 box, or six boxes for S. sent by mail prepaid
on receipt of price.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03

Bleeding Nostrils. | have been atflct'
ed with catarrh for over ten yeare-fre'
quently my nose would bleed and leave
the nostrils in dry iuhamed condition
wi.- constant soreness. | experienced
! 1 after the first trial of Ely's Cream
B. N. 1t is the best of great many
remedies l have tried, and can fully
recommend it.-E. Gill, Madison, o..
EditOr of the Inder.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03
THE WINDS WAY.

The wind Of God swept Trough garden fair,
And stript the queenly rose of half its leaves
The rose Of roses and tn" gardeners care
The wind Of God made bare,
And all the garden grieyes.
wind why didst thou pass the pale wild rose,
That swings and suns against the outer wall,
To take the fairest Of the howery close,
The sweetest bud that blows,
The rose beloved of all!
Alas the winds way is a wild way,
And whence. or why, or whittier, who can knowi
Unseen, 1t wanders forth both night and day,
And who shall bid it stay
That God has hidden blow?
James Buchanan in The overland Monthly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03

The best on earth can truly be said OF
Grlgg's Glycerine Save, which is sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises,
soalds, burns wounds and all other sores
VIII positively cure piles, letter and al
skin eruption. Try this wonder healer.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed. Only 26 cents. Sold bv druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03
Drunkenness
Or the Liquor Habit, Positively Cured by
Administering DR.. Haines Golden


SptCIuC.
1t caa be given in cup OF coffee or tea without
the knowledge of the person taking II it is abso-
lutey harmless, and will effect a permanent and
speedy cure, whether the patient is a mod crate
drinker or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of
drunkards have been made temperate men who
have taken Golden Specific in their coffee With
out their knowledge and to-day believe they quit
drinking OF their own free will. IT NEVER
FAIL The system once impregnIted with the
Specific, # becomes utter impossibility for the
liquor appetite to exist For sale by I. H. Thorn ss
and Marshall & Fisher, Druggists, Rock Island,
Ills. feb 9-iwly
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03

There is n man in New York who has
been angry for thirty years on stretch.
1t is the worst case Of standing choler
that we ever knew.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03
CONSTIPATION

rs called the "Father OF Diseases, because
often attacks the system az by the absorption pi
poisonous gases IN the retention OF dec yea anu
etfete matter in the stomach and bowe's ~ 10
excrt ted from the Rood TO produce nature own
catnartic, aLd Is generally accompanied Win rucl
|
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03

The most trying position truthful
clergyman can be in is to be preaching
the funeral sermon of man who died
rich and mean.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03

There was a big hustle in the custom
house last week. when tifty-seven yards
of lace were found on the person of Mrs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03

Lady-"rbere! For the first time your
bill is reasonable" Florist (excitedly)-
Quick Let me see! must have made a
mistake.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03

1t may sound like paradox, yet the
breaking of both wings of an army is a
pretty sure way to make it fly.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-03

Editor of the IHdeT.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05
The Sugar-Barrel Trade.

THE great majority of the sugar
ported in this city," said well-known
importer, ''find their way back to the
West Indies again. The hogsheads
are bought from the dealers by some
enterprising firm, who take them
apart, clean the slaves and bind them
them, together with their heads, to
Cuba. One firm have yard in South
street in which they prepare 1000
hogsheads per week for export. The
export trade in new shocks to the West
Indies is also an important one, these
last selling at from 81 to $1.75, while
the secondhand shocks bring so to IS
cents. The stave trade of New York
is in the hands of few firms. and as
more than 81, 500, 900 worth of cooper
age stock of this kind is exported. in
addition to what is used in the imme-
diate vicinity, the business is a large
one. The slaves which are so largely
exported from New York to the Med
iterranean and to England are white
oak. They come from the West,
largely from Michigan. Slaves are
usually exported in the rough or un-
finished state, and range all the way
from $50 to $3.50 per thousand for
hogshead slaves and $50 to 5000 for
for the finer grades, such as are used
for the higher-priced goods, and are
known to the trade as pipe slaves. y
NJ Y. Mail and Express.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05
HOME AND FARM.

Cast iron stoves and iron ware
should be heated gradually the first
time they are used.
EARLY rising, with the work done
in part before the heat of the day, will
| save the horses during the warm days.
"A Virginia farmer finds that cattle
eat sorghum as fodder with relish.
especially when the stalks are not
larger than mans finger.
Feeding in sheep husbandry is like
any other problem in live stock. How
ever good the breed, without good care
and feeding they must necessarily de-
generate.
To avoid having fat left in soups,
it is safer to allow them to get entirely
cold, when the fat can be easily skim
med off. just enough can be heated
each time the soup is served.
-Broiled fish, broiled ham, broiled
chicken, broiled steaks and chops, are
| always satisfactory at summer dim
ner. Nothing can be less healthy or
less agreeable to the taste for dinner
on hot day than fried food.
For dish cloth ''par excellence"
make a cloth about twelve inches
square, of four or five thicknesses, of
common white mosquito netting; then
sew across and back and forth on the
machine, to hold it firmly together.
Thus it is very soft and will hold no
grease at all.-Good Housekeeping.
Potato and Corn Mullins: Two
cups cold-mashed potatoes, two cups
sweet milk, two eggs well beaten. two
cups cornmeal or enough for batter.
Soften the potato with the milk, work.
ing out all the humps; then stir in
cornmeal until the batter is just thick
enough to drop easily from the spoon,
add the whipped eggs and beat hard.
Drop into hot gem-pans and bake in an
even oven from twenty to thirty min
utes.
For an improving toe-nail, dip a
rag in a strong solution of fannie acid
and water, and place between the nail
and infamed parts of the toe. Do no t
pare the nails around the corners and
sides. but curve in across the center,
which has a tendency to make the nails
grow forward only. This treatment,
persevered in, should bring relief.
Dried Corn Soup: Soak cup of
dried sweet corn over night. The next
forenoon add water, small piece of
salt pork, and bit of red pepper.
Cook till the corn is tender. Half an
hour before dinner make batter of
one egg, a little milk, salt, -four and a
bit of soda. Drop from a spoon in lit
tie dumplings into the soup. Remove
the pork and serve as soon as the
dumplings are done. This soup may be
made OF canned corn.
Profit in agriculture means hard
work and plenty of it. Instead of a few
old log gums and box hives and brim-
stone for the bees in the fall, with no
management, the present demands the
best movable frame hives with large
capacity for surplus, simple in con-
struction and admitting of ease and
speed in handling-one that will win
ter well on summer stands without
further packing or protection, with en-
trance easily contracted or enlarged,
and with brood chamber that can be
aynandad at will
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05
MANICURE HINTS.

How to Take Care of the Finger-Nails in a
Common-Sense Manner.
Our fngernails grow out about three
times year; they should be trimmed
with scissors once a week, not so close
as to leave no room for the dirt to
gather, for then they do not protect the
ends of the fingers, as was designed by
nature; besides, if trimmed too close
at the corners, there is danger of their
growing into the flesh, causing incon-
venience, and sometimes great pain.
The collections under the ends of the
nails should not be removed by any
thing harder than a brush or soft
piece of wood; nor should the nails be
scraped with a pen-knife or other
metallic substance, as it destroys the
de1icacy of their structure and will at
length give them an unnatural thick
ness.
We are not favorably impressed as
to the cleanliness of a person who
keeps his nails trimmed to the quick.
as it is often done to prevent dirt gath
ering there; whereas, if a margin were
allowed, it would be an index to the
cleanliness of the hands, from which
the collections under the finger-nails
are made. Leave a margin, then, and
the moment that you observe that these
collections need removal, you may
know that the hands need washing,
when they and the nails are both
cleaned together.
Most people are familiar with those
troublesome bits of skin which loosen
at the roots of the fnger-nails; it is
caused by the skin .adhering to the
nail which growing outward drags the
skin along with it, stretching it until
one end gives way. To prevent
this. the skin should be loos-
ened from the nail once
week. not with a knife or scissors, but
with something blunt, such as the end
of an ivory paper cutter; this is best
done after soaking the fingers in warm
water. then pushing the skin back
gently and slowly; the white specks on
the nails are made by scraping the nail
with a knife at point where it energies
from the skin.
Biting eff the finger-nails is an I'M
clearly practice, for thus the unsightly
collections at the ends are kept eaten
cleans Children may be broken of such
a filthy habit by causing them to dip
the ends of their fingers several times
a day ina NORWOOD bitters, without
letting them know the object. ii this
is not sufficient, cause them to wear
CAPS on each finger until the practlce
is Observation-Disclosures journal OF
Health.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05
A Ccmmon-Sense Remedy.

In the matter Of curatives what you want
is something that will do its work while
you continue to do yours-a remedy that
will give you no inconvenience nor inter
fere with your business. Such remedy
is ALLCoCK's Porous PLAsTERs. These
plasters are purely vegetable and absolute
~ harmless. They require no change oil
diet, and are not affected by wet or cold
Their action does not interfere with labor
or business; you can toll and yet be cured
while hard at work They are so pure
that the youngest, the oldest, the most
delicate person of either sex can use them
with great benefit.
Beware of limitations, and do not be de-
ceived by Misrepresentation.
Ask for ALLcoCK's, and let no explain
ton or solicitation induce you to accept a
substitute.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05
CHINESE LADIES, FEET.
terrestrial Journalist Describes How The
Are Bound and Crushed.

Seiest1aI Journalist Describes How They
Are Bound and Crushed.
90 many vague ideas prevail about
the small feet of Chinese women that
l Will devote a few words to the SUBJ
ject.
Even the learned men can fix no GER
tain origin of this custom. The story
goes that the Empress Takki (of the
schang Dynasty had club feet and the
emperor commanded the court ladies
10 initiate their mistress; it was neces-
sary to bring about the desired effect
py artificial means. According to
another tradition fayorite of an Fm-
peror was compelled to have her foot
ugntly oandaged on account of an ac-
cldent, and the court ladies at once
initiated the custom thus established.
The feet OF Chinese women are made
small In very simple manner. The
process begins at the age of six wears.
Inc loot is tightly bound, SO that the
circulation OF blood ceases and the toes
are crushed together. The bandaged
loot is inserted in a short, narrow
pointed shoe, in the heels of which a
block OF wood is placed, SO that the
girl appears to be standing on her toes.
sometimes bandages are wound around
over the shoe. The foot, of course.
grows smaller, but in consequence of
the shrinking of the skin seems round
and plump. Stockings are not worn.
IL every thing goes all right the foot
assumes the desired form in two or
three years, being gradually shriveled
up. The poor girls often have to un-
dergo great pain; sometimes the skin
and flesh bursts under the terrible
pressure, and occasionally incurable
injuries result. 1t is dangerous to
hasten the process, and especially
so when at the beginning of the
operation the girls are beyond the
usual age. Not infrequently the
attempt is made with fifteen or sixteen
year-old daughters; in such cases the
process is difficult, for the foot has al
most reached its full growth and the
pain is unbearable.
The soles of the shoes are from three
to four inches thick. The girl ap-
pears, therefore, to be taller than she
really is, and walks with an uncertain
and affected gait.
This practice of reforming the feet
prevails among the upper classes and
those that affect the manners and GUS
toms of their superiors in rank. Among
the lower classes, where the deformity
would unfit girl for necessary labor.
the feet are allowd to grow naturally.
This establishes sort of caste sign. The
father of a tiny-footed maiden will not
permit her to marry a man whose
mother or sister have not artificially
diminutive feet The written laws of
the land do not refer to this custom in
any way-it would be much as if
American legislation should deal with
tight lacing.-Aang Tae, in NJ Y.
Graphic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05
CRAMP IN THE LEG.
How To Make the Disagreeable Spasm Let
Go Its Hold.

How To Make the Disagreeable Spasm Let
Go Its Hold.
Many persons of both sexes are great
ly troubled with cramps in one or both
their legs. 1t comes on suddenly, and
is very severe. Most people jump out
of bed Git nearly always comes on
either just after going to bed, or while
undressing) and ask some one to rub
the leg. / have known it to last for
hours, till in despair they would send
for the family physician; and even
then it would be hours before the
spasm would let up.
There is nothing easier than to make
the spasm let go its hold, and it can be
accomplished without sending for a
doctor, who may be tired and in need
of good nights rest. When | have
patient who is subject to cramp, /
always advise him to provide himself
with a good strong cord. A long gar
ter will do if nothing else is handy.
When the cramp comes on take the
cord, wind it around the leg over the
place that is cramped, and take an end
in each hand and give it a sharp pull,
one that will hurt little. Instantly
the cramp will let up, and the sufferer
can go to bed assured it will not come
on again that night. For the perma-
nent cure, give about six or eight cells
of galvanic battery, with the negative
pole applied over the spot that cramps,
and the positive pole over the thigh.
Give it for ten minutes, and repeat
every week for month.
have saved myself many a good
nights rest simply by posting my pa
tients subject to spasm of the legs how
to use the cord as above. Ihave never
known it to fail, and / have tried it
after they had worked half the night,
and the patient was in the most intense
agony. Even in such cases, at the first
jerk of the cord, all pain left.-R. w.
st. Clair, NJ. d., in Medical Age.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-07-05

spoon and a piece of bread with seed
worked into the crust. i was placed
at the hosts right, and informed in
tolerably fair French that the house
was ours, and the repast begun. Re-
celvlng a hint from the Colonel. I
commenced my soup from the bowl.
Each followed suit, dipping his
spoon into the common tureen. When
we had sufficiently partaken of the
fluid, still instructed by my military
friend, motioned the servants to re-
move it. There followed a large roast,
apparently whole lamb stuffed. See
ing the company all looked toward me
l guessed that as the main guest it was
my duty to open the ball. This 1 did
by pulling off a piece of lamb with my
fingers. There were still no knives or
forks. The better informed followed
my example, but went further and
pulled out the inside stuffing with their
fists. Getting dry and no one Offering
wine, / felt / was again at fault, so
took bottle of claret and directed the
servants to draw the cork. The host
then got up and poured our glasses full.
There We're small plates of sweet
meats of several kinds near each guest.
Between courses we ate of these and
drank champagne. A large platter
full of stuffed vegetable marrow, whole
roasted stuffed onions and artichokes
and some smaller vegetables, was the
second course. These found their
way to our mouths without
spoons or forks. Talk was
gay. The host apologized for
having the feast served native fashion,
with the statement that it had been
the Colonel's request. Roast turkey
came next; afterward followed pigeons,
sausages, ETC., with vegetables inter-
vening. When the fourteenth course
was reached one of the boys was forced
rice Bey declared he was good feeder,
but his father and mother had not in
tended him for a barrel. cried halt.
We were, however, forced to attack
the fifteenth course, consisting of
nicely-stuffed quails. With several
more courses in sight in a side room, /
arose, when all followed. In the par
lor were served delicious coffee and
cigarettes. The host regretted that he
had not known sooner that we would
honor him, so that he could have made
a better preparation. He was a wealthy
Copt, but drank very lightly. He ac-
companied us to the little boat, where
we found our ship-berths fitted closer
than they had done the night before
Carter II. Harrison, in Chicago Mail.