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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-12
Marriage Licenses.

WdEFIaKe LECbHstbs
Charley Pelletre and Josephine Oar
ling.
John Griggy and Mary Paulus.
John T. O'Donnell and Julia N
Fuller.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-12

Now the bashful young man. who. afraid
The question to pop. has delayed.
Will be heard oft to sigh,
When the dear one is nigh,
As delicate hint to the maid.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-12
MARRIED

ODoNNELL-FULLER january lth. ls3, by
Rev. Andrew Wilson. at his residence. john
+. o'Donh ell. OF Pittsburg, Pa, and Mrs Julia
VI. Fuller. of Ravenue.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-12

100 PER PROFIT and SAMPLES FRFE
1OOCEHT to men and canVassers for DR..
scotts Genuine Electric Belts, Brushes,
Sc Lrdy Agents wanted for Electric Corsets.
Quick sales Write at once for terms. Dr.
scott. S4S B'way, n. Y
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-01-12

Angie Henderson, formerly of Kent,
who has occupied rooms in Mechanics
block for several weeks past, was ar
rested Wednesday night last week,
on the charge of keeping a house of
prostitution; Kittie Gester, of Cleve.
land, for residing in, and w. G.. Rider,
residence unknown, for visiting same,
The Henderson woman was fined $25
and costs and sentenced to so days in
the Z" Works" The other woman got
a like sentence to the brush factory,
but the man was allowed to pay fine
of $5 and costs and depart.
, 1888-09-14

AS a general rule a tiger will endeavor
to avoid an encounter with a line of ele-
plants; on rare occasions it will await
their approach, and charge home when
1ithin a few PAGES, but on still rarer oc-
casions 1t will advance to the attack from
some distance, mouth open, lips curling
upward, ears down, tail ON end, every
hair on its body and head bristling with
fury.
Whoever has had the fortune to wit
ness such a charge will never forget the
magnificent sight, nor the terrific sounds
which accompanied the onward bounds
of the enraged monster, filling the air
around, and drowning the voices of all
other living creatures in its awful depth
and volume.
A large tiger viewed under such cir
cumstances, when his head and body are
greatly swelled out, and his appearance
rendered most terrific by the brfstling of
his hair, is a very different creature from
the ~listless, flat sided beast of menageries
and geological gardens-Edward d.
Baker.
, 1888-09-14

The school treats are one of the nice
ways rich people in England take to
spend their money. ALI the teacher and
scholars in a London parish school are
invited to the country seat of the giver
of the treat, and every effort is made to
render the holiday a pleasant and men,
orable one for the children. 1 was en-
gagged to assist in entertaining nearly a
thousand boys and girls at a school treat
given by Col. North, the South Ameri-
can. He had a special train, and the
children came in the care of their teach
ers and were accompanied by the curate
of the parish. A generous lunch was
provided, and it was nice to see the
hostess and a bevy of pretty young
women, with big white housekeeping
aprons on, busily employed in spreading
butter, making sandwiches or cutting up
big masses of wholesome cake.
The affair lasted from 10 a. m. to 8 D.
m. There were all sorts of games and
the never to be omitted Punch and Judy
show. Air balloons were sent up and
every child received a toy of some sort.
The country band supplied music, and it
was great fun to see the importance of
the bandmaster as he fused about with
an air of great Importance. Her lady
ship, the hostess, was treated like a
queen by him and everybody else. Some
time during the afternoon all the
children were grouped for a photograph,
and then they marched off for tea in a
big tent. The curate said grace and the
good things soon disappeared. I found
these children very easy to amuse, and
they invariably laughed in the right
place, which canno always be said of
older people.-New York Herald Inter
view.
, 1888-09-14
Newspaper Enterprise in China.

Consul Hughes sends home from
Shanghai some interesting notes on news
paper enterprise in China. In addition
TO religious and illustrated periodicals
there are two daily newspapers-the Shen
Pao and HUI Pao-published in Chinese
at Shanghai. The Shen Pao has a daily
circulation averaging 10, 900 to 10, o00
copies. During the Franco-Ch Chinese war,
its articles being written by patriotic
Chinese to suit the popular taste, the cir
,culation increased to 10, 600 copies daily.
Cheap as the paper is Qess than a half
penny, it is often sold after perusal.
sometimes changing hands more than
once during the day, and it is then
bought by Chinese postofice employees,
who send it to the interior where steam
ers cannot reach. The circulation of
the HUI Pao is also stated to be consider
able, especially in this province. Both
these newspapers, although owned by
foreigners, are, we are assured, bona
fde organs of educated Chinese public
opinion. In International questions they
do not always take the foreign side, but
their influence, Mr.. Hughes tells us, is
on the whole exerted in favor of progress
and civilization.-London News.
, 1888-09-14
Never Give Up.

II you suffer with asthma, bronchitis,
or any other disease OF the throat or
lungs, nothing can surprise you more
than the rapid improvement that will
follow the use of Santa Able. Ifyou are
troubled with catarrh and have tried other
medicines, you will be unable to express
your amazement at the marvellous and in
'~stantaneous curative powers of California
Cat-R-Cure These remedies, are not Sc
FRET compounds, but natural productions
pf California. Sold at 81 a package;
three for $3.50 and guaranteed by DR.. W.
, 1888-09-14
p1ayrrounds for The poor.

4Says DR.. Weir Mitchell in his book,
Doctor and PATIENT: srWhen I see
,oung girls sweating from a good row or
the tennis field, l know that it is pre-
ventive medicine. Iwish 1 saw how to
widen these useful habits 30 as to give
Like chances to the poor, and 1 trust the
time will come when the mechanic and
the laborer shall insist on public play
grounds as the right of his little ones.
l wonder that the rich who endow col
ieges do not even think Of creating play
grounds. New York Tribune.
, 1888-09-14
Tie Roberts Hardware Eau Denver, Colorado,

NO. 81. A. No. 354-PROPOSALS
IN For Army Supplies, Headquarters
Department OF the Platte, Office of Chief
Commlssary of Subsistence, Omaha,
Neb., Aug. 90, lSSS.-Sealed proposals
in triplicate, subject to the usual condi-
tions. will be received at this Office until
II o'clock, M, central standard time, and
at the Office of the commissary of subsis-
tence at Cheyenne Depot, Wyo,, and the
ofhces OF the acting commissaries of SUBJ
s%istence: at Forts Sidney. Neb.; Douglas,
Utah; Niobrara, Neb.; Robinson, Nob.,
and Mckinney, Wyo., until IL o'clock,
a.. m. mountain standard time, on Mon
day. the Oath day of September, 1888, at
which time and places they will be opened
in the presence of bidders, for the fur
nishing and delivery of -four for issue as a
component of the ration. The right is
reserved to reject any and all bids. Blank
proposals, and specifications showing in
detail the quantities required, and giving
full information as to conditions Of con-
tracts, will be furnished on application to
any of the above mentioned offices. J.
W. BARRIGER, Maj. and G. s., U. S.
A., Chief G. S.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14
DOCK LEE IN LONDON.


Tia Seamy Side of Existence in the Eng
llsh MetropOIis--SOciaI Isolation.
n e universal dislocation of the social life
of East London manifests itself in the docks
not only by the absence of all ties between
employer, foremen and men, but in the COM
plete severance Of the different grades of la
Dor, and, among the more respectable of the
working class, in the isolation of the indi-
vidual family. The 'permanentn man of
the docks ranks in the social scale below the
skilled mechanic or artisan. With wage
usually from twenty to twenty-five shillings
week and an average family, he exists
above the line Of poverty, though in times
of domestic trouble he frequently sinks be-
low it. He is perforce respectable and his
life must needs be monotonous. His work
requires little skill or intelligence; the one
absolute condition is regular and constant at
tendance all the year through He has even
vested interest in regularity, the dock COM
pany acting as benefit society in sickness
and death, an interest which he forfeits if he
is discharged for neglect of work
By the irregular hands the permanent man
is looked upon as an inferior foreman, and
dlsllked as such, or despised as a drudge
de, in his turn, resents the popular charac-
terization of dock laborers as the "scum of
the earth" As a rule the permanent men do
not live in the immediate neighborhood of the
docks. They are scattered far and wide in
Forest Gate, Hackney, Upton and other out
lying districts, the regularity of their wage
enabling them to live in a small house rented
at the same figure as one room in Central
London. And if the temptation of cheap
food and employment for the wifo and
children induces man to inhabit St Georges
in the east or Limehouse, he will be found in
Peabody" or some strictly regulated
model dwelling. Ho will tell you: 81 make
point of not mixing with any one" and per-
haps he will sorrowfully complain "when
the women gets thick together there's always
row." 1t is the direful result of the whole
sale desertion Of these districts by the better
classes that respectability means social isola-
ton with its enfeebling and disheartening
effect.
In common with all other workinrmen
with moderate but regular income the
permanent dock lsborer is made by his wife.
II she be tidy woman and good manager,
decently versed in tho rare arts Of cooking
and sewing, the lamily life is independent,
even comfortable, and the children NAV fol-
low in the fathers footsteps or rise to better
things If she be a gossip and a bungler-
worse still, II drunkarl-the family sinks to
the low level of the cast London street, and
tho childrt "e probably added to tho mum
Der of tN0- ho gain their livelihood by
irregular ind by irregular mems THE
Nineteenth ~
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

what coward that Mayor Smith il,
said Jones to Robinson" "why, the very
sight of gunpowder would make him i'll
How did he ever manage to become an
officer in the army2" Don't say auy~
thing against Smith" answered Robin
son, "he once saved my life" Saved
your lifet Nonsense, impossible! What
do you meanl' i mean that l was IN
the first stages of consumption: | was
losing strength and vitality every day
with the terrible disease, when Smith ad'
visei me to take DR.. Piorce's Golden
Medical Discovery. | had tried all kinds
of medicines without success, and my
physician had given me no hope; yet
here am. as well as ever a man was, and
owe my life to Smith and to the won
derful remedy he recommended
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14
Concert Audiences Are Quiet.

Those whose inclination or business takes
them to many Of the musical entertainments
in this city note the great difference in the
characters of the audiences at operas and
concerts, 1t is very rarely the case that tho
concert goer is disturbed by inattention on
the part Of his neighbors, as he is at opera,
This is doubtless due in great degree to the
stern discipline of Theodore Thomas, who in
the past exercised his power over his audi
ences as well as over his musicians. 1t has
come to be quite the fashion nowadays for
younger musicians to pause between the
movements of the piece they are playing in
order to permit some interesting conversation
to be concluded before they begin their per-
formance again. When such pause is made
everybody in the house knows what it means,
unless it be the offending takers. As 10 whole
concert audiences are quiet and attentive, if
not appreciative.-New York Sun.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14
Wives of Old MarbIehead,

| They say that down ut brave old Marble
| head every third woman is widow Here
| among fisher folk the same Is true And so
| the going and coming, and going and never
| coming, have woven a warp and woof of
| smiles and tears here, which have mellowed
and softencd thousands of human hearts in a
way you can quickly see and feel Your fish
| erman who comes, and the wifo sweetheart
| or child, that is here to greet him, are DER
tender for it all. The old city is used to ID
and does not mind it. 1t is tho way its toll
ers of the sea have Sand so if you ever walk
her streets and see hulk of fellow hold
ing happy woman rs he would clutch a
| fife rail or a capstan head in a heavy storm.
| you will know he is simply ''malling FAST
with tho strong hawser of an honest love to
tho very anchorage of his life, utterly un-
conscious of your, or anybOdy's sense of the
proprieties And this tenderness, too, is all
comprising There are many trusts and
funds for the widow and fatherless, end
these men give generously to them. The
light and darkness of it all come piteously to
cognizance even in the fshermans gayest
hours ashore.
On every week day night the whole year
through, when the seaport is stirred by the
arrival of fleets with their ''faresn or car
goes of fish, there is ''fisher1nan's bal, ,nand
often many These are never for individual
profit, but invariably for the benefit of
women whose hearts are breaking. For
those who are merry making had comrades
whose lives went out in a shrieking storm
where noreaster swept some craft from its
fastenings upon the Banks, or a dory was
beaten into the seething sea- This year
alone II fishing craft were lost and 127 fisher
men were swept into eternity. The havoc
goes on from year to year until one can hardly
hear aught in the whistling winds and hoarse
voices upon the breakers alongshore but the
piercing cries of drowning fishermen and
heart sickening dirges for the dead. Edgar
l.. Wakeman in New York Mail and Ex-
press
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

For the relief and cure Of the intlam'
nation and congestion called a "cold in
the head" there is more potency in Ely's
Cream Balm than in anything else it is
has for years past been making brilliant
success as 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, 1888-02-14

We will pay the above reward for any
case of liver complaint, dyspepsia, sick
headache. indigestion, constipation or
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 80
sugar coated pills, 25c. For sale by all
druggists. Beware of counterfeits and
limitations. The genuine manufactured
only by John c. West s. Co., 862 w.
Madison ST.. Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

Nearly ell diseases originate from in
action of the liver, and this is especially
the case with chills and fever intermit.
tent fevers and malarial diseases. TIC
save doctors bills and ward disease, take
Simmons Liver regulator, medicine
that increases in popularity each year,
and has become the most popular and
best endorsed medicine in the market for
the cure of liver or bowel Diseases
Dubuque, Iowa.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14
Nervous Depilitated Men.

You are allowed free trial Of THIRTY
days of the use of DR.. Dyes Celebrated
Voltaic Belt with Electric Suspensory
Appliances, for the speedy relief and Fer:
manent cure of Nervous Debility, loss OF
Vitality and Manhood, and all kindred
troubles. Also, for many other diseases:
Complete restoration to health, vigor and
manhood guaranteed. No risk is incurredi
Illustrated pamphlet, with full informa-
tiOn, terms, ETC., mailed free by address,
ing Voltsic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.
deod & W.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14
THE GRAVES OF THE FLOWERS.

The woods are full Of tiny graves,
The sweet graves OF the flowers,
That sprang ia every sheltered nook,
Amid the spring time hours.
The buttercup lies on the slope
Where first the sunlight fell;
The violet sleeps beside the rill,
The daisy in the dell
Upon no stone Is carved the name
OF Aprils children fair;
They perished when the sky was bright
And gentle was the air
To the soft kisses of the breeze
They held half trembling, up,
Full many small transparent urn
And honey laden cup.
And when the roses budded out,
In summers balmy hours.
No little mound was made to tell
Where slept the gentle flowers
Those oarly tlOwets-they seem 10 me
Like little children sweet,
Who smile moment on our path,
Then perish at our feet.
Louise Chtwood.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

Volapuk, the so called universal language,
is said to have seventy societies, ten periodi-
Gals, literature of ninety-six books and lOO,-
600 disciples. II its supporters are willing to
conline It's sphere to commercial intercourse,
very we'll; but ono cannot imagine machine
made language conveying delicate shades OF
meaning OF having the grace and strength OF
our al! sufficient EaglisA. Opinion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

Ex- Governor horriweather, of Ken
tu ky. who succeeded Henry Clay in the
United States senate, is prosecuting a
claim against the government for $1,000,
which he claims for balance of salary due
him as governor of New Mexico thirty
wears ago.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

The average salary of the ministers OF
the Southern Presbyterian church last
year was only $552, and the average con-
tributions per member for ministerial
support only $4.08 In West Virginia
the average salary was S443.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

The best on earth can truly be said Of
Grlggs Glycerine Salve, which is sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises,
scalds, burns wounds and all other sores
viii positively cure piles, letter and all
akin eruption. Try this wonder healer.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refund
ed. Only 25 cents. Sold bv druggists
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

To the taste, more acceptable to the
stomach, and more truly beneficial in its
action, the famous California liquid fruit
remedy, Syrup of Figs, is rapidly SUPER
seding all Others. Try it. One bottle
will prove its merit. Hartz & Bahnsen,
Agents,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

without cOurage-cOurage of the
heart-no one can be truly great, " says a
philosopher. II this be true. so long as
there are mice in the world it shuts out
women.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

At Halifax recently a perfectly formed
egg shell and all, about the size of a
robins egg, was found in the yolk OF a
hens egg.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

"Did the wedding go off smoothly"
"About as smoothly as such affairs al
ways go off The only hitch that oC-
Cured was when the pair stood up to be
united"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14
Health is Wealth !

DR. L. Vests Jerve and Brain treatment, a
guaranteed specific for hysteria dizziness, con
yulsions, ht-, nervous neuralgia, heaiachc, ner-
vous prOstratiOn caused by the use of alcohol or
tobacco, wakefnlnsss. mental depression soften
ing of the brain resulting in insanity and leading
to misery. de ay and death, premature old age,
barrenness, loss Of power in either sex, invoun
tary losses and spermAtorrhoea caused by over
exertion OF the brain, self abuse over indul-
gence. Each box contains one months 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, 1888-02-14

Fleming, of Hartwell. Ga. recently. He
accidentally set his ak on it and broke its
back. White squirrels are rarely seen.
They are entirely white with pink eyes.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14
DYSPEPSIA.

as that misery experience when we snd'
diahoiical arrangement cali d a stomach
The stomach il the rescrv Dir from which
every fibre and tissue must be nuurished'
and auytrouble withiti- soon felt through
ont the whole system, Among Golcn
dyspcptcs no two Will have the sam re-,
d1,6innnt sympt9ms. Dyspcptlcs Of active
mental mower and bilious temperament
are nublpct to SIcK HEADACHE; thuSe'
feshy and phlegmptic have CoNsTi a ION
while the thin and nervous are abandoned
TO gloomy foreoodiugs. some uyspe Itlvs
are wonderfully iorgct'uli others nave
great irrltability OF temper.
Whatever form dyspepsia may take, one
,bint, Il crrtnin. THE UNDERLYING
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14
DUFFY'S FORMULA
A Certain Cure for the First
Stages of CONSUMPTION.

Its main ingredients are raw beef and
Duffy's Pure Malt Whisky, and it stimu-
lates the energies and builds up the tissues
as no other scientific discovery has ever
done.
Il am Presbyterian clergyman and a
doctor of divinity. but am not afraid to
recommend Duffy's Malt Whisky and
Duffy's Formula as the purest and most
efficient preparations as medicine l
know of and my experience is large
one. REV. B. MTILs.
Meade Centre. Kan.
Duffy's Formula is for sale by all drug
gists and dealers. Price 81 per bottle.
THE DUFFY MALT WHISKY Co,
Rochester, n. Y.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

hOSFbhDS AGlu fhONfhAIf
IMPROVES NUTRITION
DR.. A. Trau, Philadelphia. says: at
promotes digestion and improves general
nutrition of the nervous system.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

To cure any case. With each order received by
US for six boxes, accompanied with s., we will
send tn purchaser our written guarantee to re-
fund the money il the treatment does not affect
cure. Guarantees issued only by Marshall q
Fisher, Harper house drug store, soc agents,
Rock Island, III.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

Queen Victoria has been photographed
smiling. The photographer brought the
pleased expression on her face by prom
Using her the pictures at half price.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-02-14

a4lFOR CaECKS in hours. cgTes in, 3
A9IME EN Pa. and 1885 I'd ave. Rock Island.