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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16
Reused From Inaction,

The precursor of their disease and de-
struction, the kidneys and bladder health
fully stimulated and toned with Hostel
ter's Stomach Btters, actively resume
their functions. Thus Bright's disease,
diabetes, catarrh of the bladder and
eneuresis are prevented. For irritating
diuretics, and those unmedicated and
fiery stimulants which, used even in mod
Grafton, excite both the renal and vesical
organs, this is the best possible substi-
tute. 1t is of botanic composition. and
so congenial to the stomach. the diges'
tive process of which it helps in no ordi-
nary degree, that it is promptly assimila-
ted by the system, and its tonics effects
are speedily felt. Not only does II REM
edy inactivity of the kidneys, but renews
a regular habit of body, promotes a due
secretion and healthy flow of bile into the
proper channels, and expels from the cir
culston acrid principles productive of
rheumatism and gout. 1t is also the
leading specific for malarial complaints.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

We will pay the above reward for any
case of liver complaint, dyspepsia. SICK
headache, indigestion, constipation OF
costiveness we cannot cure with Vests
Vegetable Liver Pills, when the directions
are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fail to give
satisfaction. Large boxes containing ~
sugar coated pills, 25c. For sale by all
druggists. Beware of counterfeits and
limitations. The genuine manufactured
only by John G. West S Co., S62 W.
Madison ST., Chicago, III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16
may GOD BLESS YOU."
A Boston Paper Hangers Trouble and
How he Got Out of It-Plain
Words from the Sunny South

When we are in trouble we cry for help. When
we are relieved we often forget to be thankful
But not always. Mr., W. W. Griffin OF front creek,
St. Clair Co.. Ala, writes: 81 had bad attack OF
chlls and fever; my system was full of malaria.
For tw years was scarcely able to work at all.
Some times my heart would palpitate for two
hours at a time; my legs would get cold to the
knees, and fully expected to di.. In September,
1881, bought bottle of Shaker Extract of Roots
or Seigel's Curative Syrup Of your agent. r. M.
Kin and before had taken the fist bottle 1t
better, and in short time was able TO go to work.
May God bless you Tor the good you have done"
Mr. VIM. J. Mccain, 80 Randall street, Boston.
writes: ">ix months ago began to throw up my
food after eating. thought was going into CON
sumption, l soon began TO have pain in the chest,
stomach and sides. got little sleep and woke all
tired out. once lost Ave pounds in four days. /
began using Shaker Extract of Roots, or SeigeFs
syrup, and when had finished the sixth bottle /
could eat three square meals a day, and go to
sleep the minute struck the bed. am paper
hanger by trade, and have worked every day since
/ took the second bottle, and gained eighteen
pounds. ought to be thankful and am"
This remedy opens all the natu al passages of
the body, expels the poison from the blood and en-
abes nature to rebuild what disease has de-
stroyed.
Shsk Extract Of Roots, or Seigel's Syrup, Ne
sold by all druggists. seLd to the proprietor A.
j. White 81 Warren street New York.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

Nearly all diseases originate from in
action of the liver, and this is especial!
the case with chills and fever, intermit
tent fevers and malarial diseases. II
save doctors bills and ward disease, take
Simmons Liver regulator, medicin,
that increases in popularity each year
and has become the most popular anC
best endorsed medicine in the market 70
the cure of liver or bowel diseases
TELEGRAPH. DUBUQUE. Iowa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16
PROPOSALS FOR LUMBsR-Rock Island A

DROPOSALS FOR LUMBRR-Rock Island Ar
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in triplicate, for furnishing about 10000 feet OF
White or Norway pine timber and p'ank Will De
received at this Arsenal until IL O'Clock n. on
Wednesday, May I'd, lSSe, and publicly opened
Immediately thereafter in presence OF bidders.
Full bills and specifications, and blank forms OF
proposals will be furnished on application to the
undersigned. The successful bidder VIII be re-
qaired to enter into written contract within ten
days after receipt of notice Of acceptance OF bld
and must give good and sufficient bonds for the
faithful performance Of the same All the lum-
Der must be delivered before June 81, 1875, and
the prices given must include delivery at this Ar
senaI. The United States reserve the right TO re
iect any or all bids or parts thereof Bidders are
invited TO be present. t. q. BA1Loh-
Colonel Ordnance Dept, L. 5. A, Comd'g
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

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Complete restoration to health, vigor and
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Illustrated pamphlet, with full informa-
ton, terms, etc. mailed free by address,
ing Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

The average length OF life is on the in
crease. The science of medicine has made
great progress; many diseases are now
controlled that were formerly thought in
curable The greatest discovery is DR..
Bigelows Cure, which cures consump-
ton in stages that other remedies are of
no benefit. Coughs, colds, Group, whoop'
ing cough, bronchitis, and all throat and
lung diseases speedily and safely. Price,
80 cents and 81. of druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

Who of us are without trouble be they
small or larger The blessings of health
are best appreciated when we are sieh
and in pain. A hacking cough. severk
cold, OF any throat or lung disease are
very troublesome; but all of these may be
quickly and permanently cured by DR..
Bigelow's Cure. Safe and pleasant for
children. Price so cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16
THE vow OF SILENCE.

The great vow of silence, so characteristic
of the Carthusians, was easily kept by the
| self contained arrangement just mentioned
Even on festive days, when they ate in COM
| mon, this rule was strictly observed. 1t has
been so far relaxed in modern times that the
fathers are allowed to walk out together once
week and converse with one another, or
even to speak to others when spoken to. The
time they have to spare from the Offices
which are particularly lengthy is taken up
with reading, meditation, ioinery, gardening
and cleaning, These fathers are mostly
aristocrats of various nationalities. They
are at present about forty in number. The
entrance fee is large, the novitiate long and
severe, the great life VOWS of fearful rigidity.
The horsehair shirt and linenless rule admit
of no exception, and, though it is taking a
rather shallow and supercilious view of be-
lief to call these Carthusans "last of the
people who believe" still it seems certain
that nothing short of an overmastering be-
lief could make life possible here There is
certainly nothing in the appearance of the
monks themselves, nothing in their habits
and surroundings, to allow one to indulge in
the Erasmus vein. The glimpses one gets are,
with one or two exceptions, of pale, worn
deathlike faces, with the shadow as of a
great sorrow upon them. They are not faces
lar cartoons for those traditional scenes
where monastic life is represented as an after
dinner nap on fiowery veranda, or the hug
ging of claret cask in an underground
cellar.
AS you leave the cells your feeling is that
of charitable pity-pity for the narrowness
which leads men, Carthusians and others not
so logical, to think that this world and this
life are the DEVILS and not Gods. But this is
qualified by the reflection that men of rank
may stay in the world and spend their money
in worse ways than in building churches for
poor villages, or in endowing hospitals and
schools, and deaf and dumb institutions for
poor districts: spend their time in worse
ways than in the manufacture of medicinal
liqueurs, the culture of aromatic flowers, in
fasting and prayer, and employ their intel
lectual gifts, poetical and political, in worse
ways than in silence. The monastery library
is well stocked with books, chiefly of devo-
tional character.-Good Words.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

And the old folks laugh when they find
that the pleasant California liquid fruit
remedy, Syrup of Figs, is more easily
taken and more beneficial in its action
than bitter, nauseous medicines. 1t
strengthens the liver, kidneys, stomach
and bowela while it arouses them to a
healthy activity. Hartz & Bahnsen,
agents
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

A Buffalo man who has just celebrated
his seventeenth birthday is as gray as an
old rat. He was born Feb. 80, just
sevGr'y>seven years ago.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

Health is Wealth |

NDr. Il c. Vests Nerve and Brain treatment, a
guaranteed specific for hysteria, dizziness, con
Yulsions fits, nervous neuralgia, headache, ner-
vous prostration caused by the of alcohol OF
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. involnn
tary losses and spermatorrhoea caused by over
exertion Of the brain, self abuse over indul-
81 box, or six boxes for s., sent by mail prepaid
on reCept of Drice.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

Young widows have discarded the
crimped, white bonnet ruche, though ell
der ladies still retain it.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

The wife of G. l. Howell, of Buckeye,
Ga, gave birth to three children-all
girls-recently that weighed altogether
thirty pounds.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

The newest silver glove buttons have
tennis ball, racket and slippers sus-
pended from them by three small chains.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16
Drunkenness

Or the Liquor Habit, Positively Cured by
Administering Dr. Haines Golden
Specific.
1t caa be given in a cup Of coffee or tea without
the knowledge OF the person taking IT: 1t is abso-
lutely harmless, and will effect permanent and
speedy cure, whether the patient is moderate
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
FALL. The system once impregnited with the
Specific 1t becomes an utter imposiibility for the
liquor appetite to exist For sale by II. II. Thomas
and Marshall & Fisher. Druggists, Rock Island
Ills. feb 2-iwly
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

Solid silver paper knives in the form of
Damascus sword have crept in among
wedding presents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

A womans college with teachers from
England has been established at Toxic in
Japan.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

Mrs Hicks Lord says she shall devote
her unexpected legacy 100000 to char
itV
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

Miss Laura Winkler, of Iowa, though
totally blind. is one of the most success
full temperance workers in the state.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16
M0NASTIC LIFE.
ROUTINE AT CHARTREUSE FROM
MORNING TO NIGHT.

Peep at Carthusian Monks Abode.
Furniture of the Barest Description.
One Meal IA Day-vow of SiIence-The
| Rules Relaxed.
After breakfast guests are conducted
round the monastery, and even ladies-who
are not allowed to stay over night within the
walls, hut get shelter at the old hospital near,
which is superintended by the Sisters OF
Mercy-may, if armed with papal license,
come across and have peep at the arrange
ments of this misogynist household. The
Chartreuse has no architectural glories and
would never make picturesque ruin. In
deed the churches which the CarthuHians
lagos are far richer in decoration and more
elaborate in style than their own chapels.
There is, however, plenty to interest if You
care TO take IA look round.
THE CARTHusIAN's ABODE.
Each pere has two little rooms, with
workshop and garden attached all in one
place, SO that, unlike the usual monastic
arrangements the Carthusians abode is self
contained, Every Carthusian is, in fact,
practically n hermit with just little more
accommodation than the traditional hermit
usually had. That may help to account for
the remarkable fact that this order was
about the only one which never degenerated
so far from the primitive type as to need
reformation. Dormitory gossip, drawing
room scandal mongerng, hanging about the
pantry doors, quarreling, swearing and steal.
ing pastry We're not possible under such social
conditions The furniture is of the barest de-
sciption. 1t consists of wooden bed:
That wooden bed,
Which shall their coffin be when dead,
a chair a writing and dining table, IA joiner's
bench, plain bookcase, the usual helps to
devotion, "the suffering Son of Man upon the
wall, and a few religious pictures.
A monks food consists of one meal day.
This is pushed in by sliding grating in the
cloister wall, SO that he never sees the person
who brings it. 1t is made up of soup, fish
and vegetables on ordinary days, and on Fri
days and during Lent of simple bread and
water, though this prison fare was, in stricter
times, the rule for three days ip each week
The silent fathers are now allowed the great
luxury of fire in cold weather, though that
is worldly concession to modern ideas of
comfort The severity of the old fireless rule
may be imagined when it is remembered that
the monastery is over 1000 feet up and is
buried IN snow great portion of the year.
There is a pathetic story Of father belong
ing to the other great Carthusian house in
sunny Calabria who, when elected to the
highest Carthusian dignity of prior of the
parent monastery, willingly came, but came
knowing for certain that the severity of
the climate would speedily kill him. 1t was
a call from the Lord, not to better living.
He obeyed it, and in "a few months lay down
n 1in
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-16

UNI I UDNVINB
has our " stampin red on front of wrapper.
j. II. ZELIN & Co, Philadelphia, Pa
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-07-24

A BATTERY that RECONSIDERATION.
fsts Meet To-day.

EsKs Meet &O~0hf.
n Letter to EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del. July 24.-Even political
fmctionalism has TO take a back seat in
the state capital now. Base ball is the
thing Ia Dover. and Dover has club that
can play. George S. Hodson and William
McGee OF Philadelphia. are the battery and
the manager, directors and large number
OF base hall enthusiasts gathered last even
eng in the academy grounds to see the new
battery handle the home boys. Their work
was emlnently satisfactory, and as result
she new grounds are TO be put In order i'm
mediately. Manager J. d. Deaue ia open
to challenges from any club in the
state
The infant OF Rev. Thos. e. Terry died
yesterday morning Of commissions.
Camden Camp Meeting is being better
attended as 1t nears its close which win
occur Thursday night or Friday morning.
Penrose Camp opens to-day.
Ex-Lieutenant Colonel A. r. Boyle Of
che National Guard viii take in the surf at
Rehoboth this week. The colonel ia one OF
Dover's most successful jewellers, aud Is
deservedly popular. BE speaks with
military pride OF the success OF the annual
sneampment.
The State Prohibition Convention will
meet this afternoon 10 Court House hall.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-07-24

into the different professions brings another
half to tho great American mind, and this
has already shown itself in patents Here
toforo tho majority OF patents filed by
women have been for articles used ia house
keeping or for dress or toilet. Many Of tho
five thousand patent washing machines wore
invented by women and not a few Of the
hundreds OF patent churns como from them.
There was patent clothes basket invented
by woman in 1888, and at this time a Mis-
souri, girl received patent for dish washer.
There is a case in the model room OF tbe
patent Office devoted to bastles. These are
OF all shapes, sizes and materials, and their
inventors are, in many cases, Of she other sex.
An Indiana girl has a patent for a dress
elevator, and Sophronia y. Dodge, Of Iowa,
has invented patent apparatus for raising
dough-
Patent corsets and stays are numerous, and
one OF these contrivanccs is mid to be
quite an improvement in this article Of I'M
derwoar. The waist is so made that the
grain OF the muslin runs crosswaYs in the
middle Of the back, and thus, 1t is claimed,
furnishes a shoulder brace, and is conse-
quently moro healthful Dress making pat
ents by women are numerous. There is a
dress cutting system patented by Missouri
girl which is in general use, and a California
woman has recently patented an adjustable
buttonhole, which can be sewed on 10 any
garment, and which ladies say is OF value.
A Washington woman has invented a patent
ice pitcher, and Sarah Mahan, Of Cleveland,
has patent lap board Laura Hitchcock
has lately invented a skirt and stocking sus-
pender, and in this the weight Of the skirt
falls upon tho shoulder instead Of the waist,
and there is no danger Of stocking coming
down by the breaking OF garter. There
are several varieties Of patent bosom pads.
Mrs Georgiana Briggs has a patent spring
seat for cars, and many OF the patent medi.
cines Of tho country are invented by women.
There are on Gle in the patent Office salves
and nostrums FOR colias and burns and you
win find patented recepis for taking %
warts, pimples and freckies.
| A great many applications have been lately
made by women for mechanical inventions
1 A number have invented sowing machines
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-07-24
The summary:
NOTES.

The State Amateur Base Ball League
will hold meeting at Cd and Tatnall Sts.
on Wednesday evening, August ]. The
meeting will be rather important one 10
many respects.
The Wilmington Club at present. Is IN
poor condition. Last evening Frank hei-
ley, first bAseman, was suddenly attacked
with pleurisy, aud Is confined to his bed.
Hinkle did not play on Saturday because
OF bis little child being very Ill. On Sunday
morning II died, and HinkIs will probably
not play tomorrow. One OF the Scneu
brothers has his hands so badly bruised
that he cannot play as well as he might
Donahue was released at his own request
last Saturday night. Notwithstanding this
hard luck" the club intends TO do its bsss
In to-morrow's game.
To insure good order at the Clover
Milford game tomorrow afternoon there
will ha three police officers al the grounds.
All ths female base ball enthusiasts In
the clay are sxpestsd 30 ses the game 80
morrow aftsrnoon.
Kelley, the Glover Club catcher, Is mob q
relative of the Wilmington first baseman.
The Glover Club will be- unable 70 make
many dates for August, because as the clut
only plays for pleasure, at this time OF ths
year most Of the members will be out Of
town. The club intends to play regularly
In September.
The game at Union 80. Park tomorrow
afternoon between the Milford Club Of
Milford, Del. and the Glover Club Of thi
\ city promises to be Close contest. Boil
taQns will present their strongest players
Stecher of the Riverton Regulars Of River
ton, n. j., will pitch for the visitors, aut
Day will do the twirlinR fo
the Clover Club. The Milford team
comprises the following strong players
Lansing, c.; Stecnsr, p; Lowery, SIS.
Lank, 1b.; Herring, 2b.; Schyer, 30 WI
Hanson, L.; Archer, Off,; Satterfeld, RI
The Clover Club presents the following
prize team Kelley, O.; Day, D.; Haynes
SIS; Newell. lb; Raub. 2b.; Harris, 3b.
Armstrong, IT.: b. Cobb. @ T.; Mahoney
RI. Special arrangements are being mad
for the comfort and pleasure Of ladies, b
whom special invitation Is extended
Hacks Will leave Front and Market Sta.
Day and MccaRsrty will be the Middle
towns battery 10 the Middlstowu.Sm yrn
game.
Pierce and Bullock are doing good wor
as the Columbia battery. This club he
son most OF the games It has played.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-07-24

To the Editor OF the EVENING JOURNAL.
Now is the time to wake up and do
something. Let every suggestion made to
prevent the spread OF the disease in our
state be discussed, and the most effective
means be adopted without delay.
In report TO me from Washington by
J. B. Hamilton. n. d , supervising s. G.
NJ. h. g., dated Plant City. Fla, be says
that information was received under date
OF July 10, as follows: only about 80 per-
sons In the place who have not had fever.
Five new cas@a reported to-day. Total
population 300. Most OF the uuacclimated
Moved out. Guard around placs to pre-
vent communication.
he wrote again at Tampa, Fla, July Is;
Two cases OF yellow fever are reported,
one convalescent and the others probably
fatal There are several cases at MAnata.
On July 10 the governor OF Florida made
application to the Secretary of the Treas
ury for aid 10 the local health authorities
10 suppressing the disease. and the se.re.
Larry infoEnasd sSs governor snas sad would
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-07-24

Speaking of inventions, the work on per-
petual motion still goes on, and nearly every
day some new crank arrives at the office
with a patent which be says will accomplish
this result Not long ago a man and his son
walked from Illinois to Washington to show
perpetual motion model. They were taken
to the model case and shown a machine
which embodied the same principle but
which had failed. They were dusty and
travel worn, and the discovery that the ma
chine was a failure almost broke their hearts.
Not long ago it was claimed that perpetual
motion had been discovered in Ohio, and it
was 50 plausible that it deceived an Asso-
ciated Press reporter In that part of the
state. He telegraphed the discovery all over
the country, and the leading papers OF the
United States printed his information Many
men so crazy on perpetual motion, and many
seemingly sensible men work at it. The
father Of Judge West, the noted blind orator
who nominated Blaine at the last convention,
spent half Of his lifetime in making perpetual
motion experiments, and the relics of his
machines are scattered throughout Knox
county, Ohio.
Speaking of curious patents, there are
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-07-24

and others have received patents for many
mechanical appliances. A Boston girl has
invented an alloy which initiates silver, and
another woman has gotten out an artificial
building stone composition. A Philadelphia
maiden has patent for mounting pictures,
and a Chicago woman proposes new way
TO polish metal and glass. Sarah Sewall, of
Ohio, has a patent teeter or see saw for chill
dren. And Sarah Siegel, Of New York, has
invented step for getting into the top
berths Of a sleeping car.
Women have done much in the matter Of
new designs in the way OF wall paper and
furniture, and some OF the finest work in the
way Of wood carving, by the way, is being
done by the women OF Cincinnati. a female
doctor Of Chicago has invented an ozone
process which destroys all the germs which
cause disease IN bad water. and which does
away with tho use Of ice And a Mrs. Rood
another Illinois woman, has invented port
able house, designed for seash0re and noun
tain use. 1t is 50 made that il can be packed
up and carried away for use in the noun
tains, and the furniture is OF the folding
character like the house.