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, 1888-03-23
Living ON Volcanic Isles.

BONN Islands, discovered and settled
by the Japanese $50 years ago, and de-
serted by them fifty years later, are sit
uatcd between the 2jth and 9th dogs.
of north latitude, and east longitude
about 40 degs. 90 minis. There are
more than forty islands, large and small.
st. John, being the only one inhabitable,
boasts about fifty people of double ma
tiOnality, governed by no law except the
precarilIs one of every man for him
self, and the devil for us ALL" While
peace generally prevails, grievances are
not infrequently wiped out in blood-the
ASSASSIN having nothing to fear unless
the victim has a friend to avenge him.
This group is a volcanic formation,
and the scenery is wonderful. High
mountains, whose heads disappear among
the clouds, deep valleys worn into fan
tastic shapes by the heavy rains of jan
uary and February, perpendicular bluffs
and level plains. smooth gravel beaches
and bold rocky shores, form a contrast
so wild and picturesque, so terribly en-
chanting, that one expects some great
and instantaneous change, some wonder
full phenomenon, a falling of these fright
full precipices, n rising of the fruitful
plains-a grand mingling of the whole
for you cannot throw off the idea that
the laws of gravitation are at fault, and
that n crash may be expected at any mo-
ment. Pure springs of crystal water far
up among the cliffs send down leaping
brooks and rivulets, which, rushing
through some volcanic rupture in noun
tains, are scattered in finest spray, but
gathering again, ripple on their rocky
COURSE, seeming to smile as they glide
more smoothly among the cabbage trees,
watering the loholla, mulberry and
banana, spreading over the pebbly beach
and mingling with the waters of the har-
Dor. And such a harbor, landlocked
with perfect ''holding ground from ten
to thirty fathoms below the surface. A
hundred ships would ''swing clear with
their fright bower" a cables length
ahead.
Green turtles are taken by thousands,
and form the principal flesh food, al
though wild hogs are found among the
hills in large droves, and deer are plenty.
Twenty kinds of fish are caught along
the reefs and shores. Onions are raised
in large quantities, sweet potatoes and
yamsa are cultivated to some extent, all
of which are exchanged with passing YES
sells for Spanish dollars, and the dollars
hoarGed-for what?-Kennebec Journal.
, 1888-03-23

Physicians have been for years looking
for something that will quickly remove
traces of a black eye. Put an oyster on
ii, and tie raw beef on it, is the usual
advice, as common as it is useless.
When the blood once becomes extrava-
sated nothing can be done but to let
nature do the work, although bathing
with warm water will assist the process.
| have, however, found that when the
injury is fresh, and before the blood has
had a chance to coagulate, that n strong
infusion of tea made of cayenne pepper
and applied with a brush to the point
that threatens discoloration, will keep
the blood in circulation and prevent the
black eye from forming .-Physi,ian in
Globe Democrat.
, 1888-03-23

Like a painter who keeps an album,
where he carefully notes, under the i'm
preston of the moment, silhouettes, atti-
tudes, n foreshortening here, a movement
of arms there, l have collected, during
the last thirty years, a multitude of little
notebooks, where 1 cursorily jot my re-
marks, my thoughts, enough to remind
me of a gesture, n tone of voice, the
whole to be developed and enlarged later
in harmony with the future novel. In
Paris, on my travels, in the country, 1
have blackened these notebooks without
a thought of the labor that 1 was accu-
mulating between their pages. 1 find
there proper names which often l cannot
ring myself to alter, as 1 discover in
names a proper p~hysiognomy, the i'm
print of the people who bear them
Thirty Years of Paris"
, 1888-03-23

aries Voorhees,, son Of Senator VoOr.
is the congressional delegate from
iiingtOn territory. Although he has
: gte in tine house hc can introduce all
: hills be chooses. He has presented
& measure, at least. which shows that
l. las statesman blood in his veins. 1t
Is 2 bill TO regulate spelling by law, the
amended ortbography TO be taught in all
iasernment schools. The measure makes
Wy on the silent Sc" as in live, A."
"~Dronze.'' etc, ard advocates the
a.OptiOn Of "ake'' for ache tanker
1yr anchor and other abbreviated
forms for certain words.-New York
World.
, 1888-03-23
A Waterproof Shoe.

The latest idea in the direction of
waterproof footwear is q shoe made with
a stout calfskin vamp, seamless, under
lying which is a vamp of thin rubber,
and between it and the lining, which is
of stout canva The bottom of the shoe
has a rubber interlining between the
outer and inner soles, and thus the shoe is
about as near waterproof as aleather shoe
can be. 1t is said TO wear well and pre-
serve its waterproof qualities for an in
definite period.-Chicago Times.
, 1888-03-23

These jingals are brass guns, about
two feet long, like a cannon in shape,
and are carried by the Burman on his
shoulder. When he wants to fire a shot
he gets n forked stick and a few stones,
and placing the barrel in the fork he
takes aim by inserting stones under the
butt of it. Having SO charged it, he
picks up the jingal and runs off to an
other place, SO it is very hard to know
where he is.-Nevile Morris.in.New York
Star.
, 1888-03-23
" MoM

Nc <NO>> would enjoy your dinner
.JSN and arc prevented by Dys-
pepsia, use Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets.
They are a positive cure for Dyspepsia, In
digestion, Flatulency and Constipation.
We guarantee them. 20 and 90 cents
DIR. w. N. Hunt. 49,
, 1888-03-23

Afiicts nearly every one in the spring.
The system having become accustomed to
the bracing air of winter, is weakened By
tho 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 expels all
impurities from the blood. Try it this
BeasOn.
, 1888-03-23

A Georgia farmer, who lives neal
Kenesaw mountain, with a small branch
running through his farm, which you
could dam up with n couple of spades of
dirt, has the following sign stuck up:
Hunting positively forbidden ON this
place, but you can fish as much as you
please. - Chicago Times.
, 1888-03-23

Why do the boys leave the farm2''
" a writer in an agricultural Journal.
\ II. dear brother, there are. several
J. M One is because the boy is not
6 n old at his birth. Then, if there
i hoe On the farm weighing fourteen
O res, bright as nickel plate and sharp
4 razor, and another hoe weighing
s vwhat less han a breaking pillow,
" an edge on it like a hammer, and a
sal e with the bark on for a handle,
III red man takes one and the boy gets
III other, and every man in America
k IS which is the other. Did you ever
s ID with such n hoe in your hands
a. down in a corn row on some air
j. still. hot summer day, twenty acres
0. s.5ru blades and tassels willing about
yp.t. standing fourteen inches higher than
ynfIr head, shutting out every last trace
a.. bTcathable air, and then hear n locust
de- in the edge of the timber strike up
h . long. strident. monotonous call to
II q it ten times hotter? And all this
u a cool creek not a mile away, loiter-
il LI deep, silent pools in shady places
III woods, or breaking into merry
d. ug ripples over the pebbles2 And
D. deep holes, the fish just lying
"a waiting iUr Il DoN: Wen, then,
- now why some boys leave the farm.
81. boys can be kept on the farm and
Hnr.a to stay there all their lives. You
d. a long spike through a boys alb
q a and through n live oak tree, and
q IA or bolt on the other side, and then
OF the toy legs and break his back,
q he will stay on the farm. Yes, there
. ONE other ways we know, but this
j. only infallible method.-Burdette
awkeye.
, 1888-03-23

IN AEo~1c Blood Elixir is the only
tNSSSN . Blood Remedy guaran-
teed 1t is a positive cure for Ulcers, Erup-
tons OF Syphilitic Poisoning. 1t puriies the
whole system, and parishes all Rheumatic
and Neuralgia pains. We guarantee it.
DR.. W. n. Hunt.
, 1888-03-23

Peculiar in medicinal merit and won
dertul cures-Hood's S~arsaparilla, Now
is the time to take 1t, for now it will do
the most good.
, 1888-03-23

The largest stock of finel brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice Hqueurs and superfine
at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
streets.
, 1888-03-23
Dr.. Vagaer&Cp.
sFEC1AI1srs

We offer no apology for devoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class OF
diseases, believing that no condition of human
ity is too wretched to merit the ympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be-
long as many are innocent sufferers, and that
tne PhySiclah VINO ueNotes himself
70 reviewing tne aInlcteu ana saving
MEN from worse man death; Is no less a
than the surgeon or physician wholly close ap-
fession. And, fortunately for humanity The day
is dawning when the false phiIanthrophy that
the Iepers under the Jewish law to die uncared
, 1888-03-23

Gen. Longstrcet devotes himself en-
tirely TO grape culture on his pretty little
estate at Gainesville, Ga.
, 1888-03-23

Courtesy OF HYo. Ercffves- Xii
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27

To cure any case With each order received by
us for six boxes, accompanied with S5, We will
send the purchaser written guarantee TO re-
fund the money il the treatment does not affect n
cure. Guarantees issucd only by Marshall u
Fisher, Harper house drug store, soc agents,
Rock Island III,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27
Death a Wslcome Release.

Must it not be to those who endure life
long bodily sufrering2 From childhood
to old age many persons are tormented
with rheumatism and neuralgia. Ordin'
arily medication and topical remedies are
of Slight, and always of temporary eiii-
cacy. To escape the extreme tortures OF
these agouizing complaints, they should
be annihilated at the outset with HostetN
ters Stomach Bitters. which expels from
the system the acrid impurities that be-
get them. The evidence as to its eli
cacy as blood depurent in this particu
lar is very ample. and strongly CONCUR
rent and convincing. In violent forms
of these diseases the nerves are terribly
racked. A wineglassfu or two of the
Bitters before the hour of retiring u.s.
ually brings respite from pain, and en- :
ablcs the sufferer to secure much needed
rcpose. For kidney troubles, malaral
complaints indigestion, liver complaint
and constipation, the Bitters is likewise
beneficial
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27

Are you disturbed nj night and broker
of your rest by a sick child suffering anC
crying with pain of cutting teeth? If so,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tcething. Its value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer inn
mediately. Depend upon it mothers,
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery diarrhoea, regulates the stom'
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn. Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one of
The oldest and best female nurses and ply
sicians in the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price 25 cents per bottle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27

Ribbons printed IN jardiniere patterns
to match the designs on bengalines,
China silks, and challes come among
millinery novelties.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27

Aumonieres. or aims bsgs, and carved
ivory rosaries are beautiful gifts for the
Easter season.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27
NOTICE.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, L.
COUNTY OF Rock ISLAND,
In the Circuit Court of Rock Island county, May
term, A d., lSSS-Divorce.
Rose Sherrer vs.. james d sherer--In chsncery.
AFFIDAVIT of the uon-residence Of James ID. She
Tar, the defendant above named, having been fled
tn the office of the clerk OF said circuit court of
Rock Island county. notice is hereby given 10 the
said non resident defendant, that the complain
ant has filed her bill of complaint in said court on
the chsncery side thereof, on the 2lst day of
March, A ID. 1885 and that a summons thereupon
issued out of said court against said defendant.
Ieturnable on the first Monday Of May A. d. l-ss,
rs il by law required, and that said bill is still
pending in said court and undetermined
Now, therefore, unless you, the said james D .
Sherrer, shall personally be and appear before
said circuit court Of Rock Island county. on The
first day of the eyt term thereof, to behJlden at
the court house in the city Of Rock Island in said
county, on this first Monday of May, A D. ISoS,
and plead answer, or denur TO the SAID com
plainant's bill Of complaint, the same, and the
matte rs and things therein charged and stated.
will be taken as confessed and decree entered
against you according to the prayer of said bill
mar 21-4w K. II. BOWMAN, Jr., Clerk
NJ NJ c lRBETT. CCmDlt's Sol
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27

The best on earth can truly be said of
Griggs Glycerine Salve, which is a sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises,
scalds, burns wounds and all other sores
viii positively cure piles, letter and ali
skin eruption. Try this wonder healer.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refund
ell, Opiv 81 cents. Sold bv DRUGGISTS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27
Gothan,'s Hebrew CIubmen.

The Hebrew clubmen of New York city
are as distinct in their club life from Ameri-
eau or English clubmen as New England
Yankees from rambling Sioux. The mem
bors of the Harmonic, the Progress and the
Metropolitan, the three great Hebrew clubs,
seldom dine at the club house, never sleep
there and do not have their mail addressed
to the club. They are home bodies until 8
O'clock, when they stroll around TO the club,
TAKE hand at poker, pinochle or euchre, and
are back home again somewhere near mid
night. In some of the other big clubs at that
hour many of the members are planning how
to spend the evening. New York Sun
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27

You are allowed free trial of THIRTY
days of the use of DIR. Dyes Celebrated
Voltaic Belt with Electric Suspensory
Appliances, for the speedy ro;ief and Per
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
msnhood guaranteed No risk is incurredi
Illustrated pamphlet, with full informa-
ton terms, etc. mailed free by address,
ing Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich.
decd 81 ".
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27
General Tis-Up

of all the means of public conveyance in
a large city, even for few hours, during
a strike of the employees, means general
parayzing OF trade and industry for the
time being, and is attended with an enor-
nous aggregate loss to the community.
How much more serious to the individual
is the general tie-up of his system, known
as constipation, and due to the strike of
the most important organs for more
prudent treatment and better care. II
too long neglected II torpid or sluggish
liver will produce serious forms of kidney
and liver diseases, malarial trouble and
chronic dyspepsia. DR.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Purgative Pellets are a preventive
and cure of these disorders. They are
prompt, sure and effective, pleasant to
take, and positively harmless.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27
Phosphates in almost unlimited quan"
titles have been found in Florida


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 ~
sugar coated pills, 25c. For sale by all
druggists. Beware of counterfeits and
limitations The genuine manufactured
only by John G, West Il Co.. S62 w.
Madison St. Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27

The average length or life is on the in
crease. The science of medicine has made
great progress; many diseases are now
controlled that were formerly thought in,
durable The greatest discovery is Dr..
Bigelow's Cure, which cures consump>
tion 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, 1888-03-27

A useless waste-one that will not be
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27
July i.dw
Health is Wealth !

DR. E. G Vests Nerve and Brain treatment, a
guaranteed specific for hystera, dizziness, con
vu1sions. fits, nervous neuralgia, hcaiache, ner-
vous prostratou caused by the use Of alcohol or
tobacco, wakefulnrsa 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
cxcrtion of the brain, self abuse over indul-
gcnCe. Each box contains one months treatment.
81 a box, or six boxes for So, sent by mail prepaid
,n pt tpfyR
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-27
Syrup of Figs

Is natures own true laxative. 1t is the
most easily taken, and the most effective
remedy known to cleanse the system
when bilious or costive; to dispel head
aches, colds and fevers; to cure habitual
indigestion, piles. etc.
only by the California Fig
Syrup Company. San Francisco, Ca.
Hartz g. Bahnsen, agents, Rock Island,
Ill
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-26
BISMARCK BEFORE THE REIcHsrAG.

Prince Bismarck is very fond of using
the most cOmmOn-SenSe kind of SMILES
in his speeches. There is probably a
mlstranSlatiOn of the original in the
English rendering of the above para
graph. What he said undoubtedly was:
''France and Russia are the pixies, and"
lnterrOgatlvely, 1--WE shall be the carp?"
"a fish, which everybody knows, fur
nishes dainty meal for the vOracious
pike. In Germany the carp is cult
waited in ponds to very great extent.
1t was in ancient Rome looked upon as
the symbol of fruitfulness. In fish three
pounds in weight no less than 337, 900
eggs have been found; in larger ones as
many as 100000. On the other hand the
pike is the robber of European lakes and
rivers, the ''shark of inland waters.''
1t is with such simple everyday illus
tratlOnS that Prince Bismarck loves to
interlard his great speeches and letters.
In this regard no man has made happier
hits. In 1867 he said: "Let US place
will be able to ride we'll enough"
In all his great speeches ap-
pealing for funds to carry out the mill
tary defense Of the country will be
found many phrases that,are calculated
to strike home to the heart of the Ger
man. Gan insufficient preparation for
SiClCHoC, OlICC Sultt, dUOuU
its own punishment" In 1869 he said:
ga roof is necessary to prevent inunda-
lions, and our army is necessary to pro-
tect our productivity in its whole eX-
tent. To spare the cost of taking pre-
cautions in time comes immensely eX-
penSive in the end.''
The task of taking down the princes
speeches is not an easy one. The Off
cial stenographers often trip up on his
words, as in his recsnt speech, wherein
the correction had to be made about his
reference to Russia and Bulgaria. The
incorrect version came from the unOffi-
cial accounts and the correction from
the prince himself. The stenographers
who take his words have afterwards to
write out their notes in long-hand, and
these are submitted to the chancellor.
who makes corrections before they
are published as the official ut
terances. A member of the Off
cial stenOgraphic corps of the
reichstag. in writing of Bismarck as a
speaker, says; at is not the speed with
ers' task of taking down his words an
especially difficult one, for there are
sWifter takers than he; but Prince Bis
marck speaks at a very unequal rate,
and as rule it is quickest at those very
places which are most to the point. Not
unfrequently, too, he interrupts himself
with intermediate sentences; and he
has peculiar style of his own, with
quite unexpected turns of speech; in
addition to which he often interweaves
uotations-sometimes in foreign Ian
guages-with his remarks, and occa-
SiOnally, toward the end of a sentence.
speaks SO low as to make him difficult
to to be understood at our desk, al
though it is in the immediate vicinity
of where he stands. And then the
stenographer cannot altogether get rid
of the feeling that he is working under
the pressure of the weight and i'm
portance of what he is taking down, as
we'll as under the consciousness that ne
is preserving the words of the man at
whom all Europe is looking" The
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-26
THINK ABOUT 1T NOW.

The court house commission which is
now examining the plans for the joint
county and city building submitted by
the competing architects will have
something else to consider besides the
comparative merit of the various designs
for prospective and floor plans. The
architects were instructed to provide
for the municipal Offices and judiciary
branches. This means that the munich
pal court is to be located in the magnif-
icent structure. The municipal court
in its criminal business, includes
the disposition of cases which in
tended to in what are termed
police courts. Here persons are az
raigned for vagrancy, drunkenness and
other misdemeanOrs. The worse than
folly Of having the handsome edifice
diSgraced each morning by procession
of blear-eyed buns, hideOuS Migrants
and depraVed creatures of both sexes
each as spectacle for the mOrbidly in
clined to witness is at once apparent.
II
Something should be done toward Sc
curing legislation that will separate in
a measure the criminal business of the
court. That is, while examinations
should be held, perhaps, in the spacious
court room that Is to be provided, those
eases that include only minor offenses
against morality and decency, which
are disposed of easily, should be taken
care Of on the spot, as it were. This
suggests the thought that more atten-
ton should be given to the temporary
provision for the needs of the municipal
court and the olice department with
view to future eXigencies. The
court is at present located On the sec
nf hull RI
an undertaker'S mOrgue below and
dancing academy above, a mean be-
tween two extremes, by the way. The
two court rooms, clerks office and
Judges apartments are contracted, lily
ventilated and poorly lighted. The city
council intends to eXpend about hun
dred dollars or so remodeling the rooms,
and is going to run a sort Of bridge of
signs to the central police station. When
the city offices are removed to the new
joint city and county building, place
for police headquarters will be needed.
Now, why cannot site On what is
known as the Bracket property in front
OF the police station and facing on First
avenue south be secured, and building
erected which will provide for police
headquarters on the ground floor and
a municipal court on the second
or third floor. The police business in
its several departments would then be
under one roof practically.
~
. During the last legislature there was
movement on foot to divide the civil
and criminal business in the municipal
court, and it was deemed then
that the city was not large
edOugh to warrant the creation
of the office of police judge. Now that
it is necessary soon to decide upon the
plans for the new city and county
building, it will be well to settle def
nitely what is to be done, and what is
to be asked of the next legislature.