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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-05
NORTFXWE@T.

" EST.
Trains leave Rock Island as follows: Day Ex-
press at :55 m, arriving at Racine $50 N, and
Milwaukee 6:I5 p M; Night Express at 10:30 m,
arriving at Racine 900 m, and Milwaukee 9:l5
western Railroad for Morrison, Sterling and Dixon
At Freeport with Illinois Central Railroad for Du-
buque, Lacrosse, and all points North. At Beloit
with the Madison Division of the Chicago Il North
western Railway for Madison. Al Clinton June-
ton with the Western Division of the Chicago q
Northwestern Railway for GAINESVILLE, Oshkosh and
Green Bay. At Western Union junction with the
cRgo and all Hastern points At Milwaukee with
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway for
Waukesha, GAINESVILLE, Madison. Watertown, Por
tage City, Kilbourn, Lacrosse. Oshkosh, Minneap-
oils and St. Paul. Also with the Wisconsin Central
Railroad for Plymouth, Green Bay, Menasha, Ste
vens' Point and Ashland, And with the Milwaukee
Lake Shore & Western Railroad for Sheboygan,
Manitowoc, New London and Clintonville.
West bound trains leave Milwaukee 81 7:15 a m,
and 6;16 p m, making close connections for all
points in the West and Southwest
This is the only line running through
Day Coaches and Sleeping Cars between
Milwaukee and Rock Island.
Passengers wishing to take the sleeper leaving
Rock Island at 10 80 m can do so any time after
rpm. Passengers for Dubuque can th1s secure a
rest from p IN until 100 m,
Be sure that your tickets read via Western Union
Railroad.
Tickets on sale at all principal ticket offices
D. A. oLIN, FRED WILD,
Gent Supt., Genl Ticket Ag't,
Racine, Wisconsin
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wysrrsx UNION RAILROAD.

FOR RACINE q MILWAUKEE.
LNAvH ARRIVE
IA. r1nrs,. and Mail S:b5AN 6:05PM
Si9bt Exprese ,....... 10!3C N 5:55 AN
Tha night express leaving Rock Island every
Sunday night at 10 05 connects with the train arr
vingi in Chicago early Monday morning. No lay
over checks given on through tickets from Rock
siand to Chicago. Through tickets only, good on
thistTaIn.
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Why Our Imports Increase

The excess of exports of merchandise
over the imports during the month Of
April show a large decrease, amounting
to about one-half, as compared with the
same period of last year. Genera! MIN
mo, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, re-
CARDS this large increase in our imports
as healthy sign, from the fact that the
character Of our purchases come under
the head of useful articles. These are
principally manufactured articles. and cot.
ton goods, besides great deal of raw ma.
terial. The imports OF articles of luxury
do not show any very perceptible increase.
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sooy ISLAND & MERCER CO., R,R.

Leave Rock Island at 900 g. m, II 80 m, and $40
pm. Arriving at Gable at II 10 a m, so m,
and sos p m.
leave Cable at $3.50 q m, 1915 p II. and 3:15 m,
Arriving at Rock Island at 8:l5 q. M, a:30 p m.
and 80 p m.
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c., 3, & Q, 3. E.
socx ISLAND = PEORIA RAILWAY.

SHORTEST ROUTE TO 7HR EAST AND SOUTH.
LEAys ARRIVE.
6:45 N Way Freight. 2:3O m F'ht & Accom'on
S M ESsI En,s aS9 m Fsa ana ET Express
$50 " F'ht 6 Accom'n 4:45 Way Ere CHIT.
The 80 p m train makes close connection at
Galva with G & Q for points west: arriving at
Galesburg at 500 p m; at Burlington 7:15 p N; at
KeOkuk 9:25 p m; and at Quincy 9 40 p IN also
making close connection at Peor with l B q w
and T P Il W roads for all points east and south.
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RAILROADS.
Rock Island & Peoria
RAILW Az.
SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE
E a ST A N D SOU I'll

Trains leave Rock Island.
Gas q m Way Freight.
9:15 Fast Express.
2:25 RI Mail and Express.
$50 Through Freight and Accommodation.
Trains arrive at Rock Island.
2:30 m Through Freight and Accommodation.
30 m Mail and Express.
$3.50 g Fast Express.
4:45 " Way Freight.
The FAST EXPRESS leaving Rock Island at 30
q m arrives at Peoria 05 m, at Springfield 4:25
m, at Decatur 100 p m, Jacksonville z 100 p m,
Alton 20 m, st Louis 8:15 p m, and Terre Haute
II :55 p m, THE SAME DAY. Making this the best
and QUICKEST route to all points southeast.
The 80 p. m. train makes close connection al
Galva with 8 @ for points west ;arrIving al
Galesburg at 800 m at Burlington rs p N al
Keokuk 9:25 m; and at Quincy $40 p m.
Arriving at Peoria at 80 p m. making close con-
nections with / b & w and T P & W for Indianap
Oils connecting there with all fast trains for east
and south.
WFAST TIME. SURE CONNECTIONS, and
rates as low as by any other route.
R. r. CABLE, Gen'l Supt,
j. V. MAHoNEY,
Gen'l Ticket Ag't.
*The 6030 p N Accommodation leaves every day
except Sunday.
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AND CATARRH

Dr.. 3. ". BEADS Celebrated Asthma Belief
Is undoubtedly the best remedy for ASTHMA AND
CATARRH yet discovered also sure cure for COLDS
AND CoUGHs. Relief is guaranteed or purchase |
price refunded Samples sent free to any who may
desire. The medicine is put up in two sized pack
and 800 Those RENTING retail price viii have |
the medicine promptly folwsrded by return Eiall.
Address A. ETHRIDGE. /
Manufacturer and Proprietor, Rome, N. z.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-05
PROF. HARRIS RADICAL CURE
FOR SPBRMATORRHCA,
SEMINAL PASTELLE


+ - Valuable Discovery
!. s: 9. C. e.
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| ss<s7 Tod, Nal i've Remedy for the speedy
| Ft&fSlzzS 1900 '' and permanent Cure Of
| 49, Seminal Emissions &
! ~ Impotency ~ the cay
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---------- Application the pns.
epA Seat Of the Disease acting bv Aeorptiou and T,r
ing its specific influence on the Seminal Vescles Esc-
ulatory Ducts, Prostate Gland and Urethra Tue Use
q Iae remedy IS attended with pain Hcoayepsncs and
Goes not interfere with ordinary r-ui., Of life il
quickly dissolved and absorbed, Procuen-
diate soothing and restorative effect upon All
nervous organizations wreckeS
stopping the drain ou the system restoring The mind
health and sound memory, removing the Diuness Of
sign, Nervous Debility, Confusion Of Ideas, Aver
sion 70 Soce ETC., etc. and the appearance Of pre1a
turS ola age asuaIy accompanying thS trouble and esof
ing perfect Sexual Vigor where has dormant Ter
years. IhH mode OF treatment has stood the test in geF
revere cases. ana Is now prom uhc success. Drugs arc
zoo much prescribe in tie trUabc and maHY bsl
witness TO- Eth bur 4 lie / any pems1sEt good. Bls
Nonsense a. this Preparation. Practical ob3eTyat tras
Us TO poSlhVcl guarantee that Il viii xiv satisfaction
During the eight years hat it has been gencr us have
thousands of testimonials 10 its value conee
BY the MedcF| Profs sson TO be the rational E
discovered q reaching and curing this very prevalent trouble
that well known 20 be the untod misery
and upon whom GUacs prey with their nostCni a1a
Dig feeS The Remedy is put hoIes Of sizes
NO. !, tenough TO last month"; So; No q (sutceH
eject permanent cure, unless In cass s. NO
tasting over rec months viii stop emissions and restore
sgor in the cases) ST. Sent BIZ mail sealed in Plaza
wrappers. Full DIRECTIONS for using viii accom-
pany EACH BOX.
~ Illustration, Which will convince the most ske!ffs.
81 that they be restored perfect n7aEhOot and
fitted for the du.ies Of fe il afeo'si
Assent Sealed for stamp 10 any Sold ONLY b. ibyG
HARRIS REMEDY CO. INF G. CHEMISTS
Market and 9Th SITS. ST,LouIS, NO.
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PRESCRIPTION FRF'F';ii''

@sAS SAsAS - = SAf
For the speedy cure Of seminal west.
lost manhood, and all disorders brong,h6,,, =
by excesses, exposures, or indiscrss,,;;s..oih
Most druggists have the Ingredients po.
phlets-" Marriage and Celibacy."s snoa an
"Chronic Diseases" So pages, "ESsF3rTs e.
Spermatorrh@a, Impotencv, &c. as ~, OR
8 cents each. We cure all forms Of r. dpages,
ital malformations at moderate chargooa s'A'
ST. LOUIS CURATIVE INSTiTIirr
6l9 st. Charles St, ST. ICGtIs VI,
Chartered by the State of Misson2rTJ ny !,
afford radieai' SPEEDY, scientific and posiiSs
ances, and the best surgical and -n"R i1fl.
skill. Medicines sent everywhere. A1'o'Vt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-05

Passengers carried on Freight trains as follows:
EAST Bpm WEST. ~ ~ IN
GEO. NJ. LOOSELY, Agent, Rock IsIsno'
A KIMRAII E. ST. JOHN,
Gen'l Sup't. Gen. L 'kt q FaHs' Agt'
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Thursday, June 8, 1879.

TWAS RESOLVED THAT IF THERE WAS
TO BE AN AUCTION OF THE CHIEF MAaIs-
TRACY OF MY COUNTRY WOULD NOT BE
AMONG THE BIDDERS. u President Samuel
j. TSlden.
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MAssAsorT HOUSE.

NJ & (. 8. CHAPLIN, SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
The M8ssasoit House, near the Railroad Stations,
was established in 1913. 1t has been twice en-
!arged making it three times its original size and
thoroughly remodeled and refnrnished. The large
airy sleeping rooms, furnished with hot and cold
water, are eXcelled by none in the country. Spec
ial attention paid to ventilation aud all sanitary
improvements. The proprietors arc determined
that the world wide reputation of the Massasoit
shall be maintained in all respects.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-05

cEMn TO F. G. RICH & CO., Portland, Maine
SEWU for best Agency Business in the World.
I'm ON nut Pyoa
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E7Xaz y lis

We will pay Agents salary OF 500 per month
end eypeIscS, allow large commission, to sell our
new and wonderful Inventions. ~ lOhat say.
Sample free. Address Sc Co.. MARSHALL Mich.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-05

N77 Month and expenses guaranteed to Ag'ts
d. Outfit free. SHAW q Co. Augusta, Maine
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-05

R%1U1 A YEAR s. expenses to ag'ts. Outfit
- 4 free. Address P. o. VICkERY,
Augusta Maine.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-05

No SLeayes Rock Island, :55 m; Peoria
NOs y 7:25 p m Daily Pekin, 1855 p m /;
Bloomington, $40 m; Farmer City, 10 :38 p m
Champaign, II :35 pm; Danviile, 1:15 a m; Craw.
louisville, 2:47 IN. Arrives INDIANAPOLIS. 4:1O
a m; CINCINNATI, s:15 m; LOUISVILLE, x 20 m
Nashville, 30 D M; DAYTON, $50 q N Columbus,
II 20 ? m; Wheeling 6:15 m PITTsBURG, :35
p m; BALTIMORE, 7:45 a IN; WASHINGTON, g. 10
m; PHILADELPHIA, 7:40 m NEW YORK, 10:
35 m; Cleveland, 2:40 m; Buffalo, 05 pm;
Albany, $40 IN; Boston, 2:40 pm
az REcLINIFa CHAIR sLERPISG Cars, with State
Rooms, are run on No from Peoria to Indian
apol1s
Close connections made by Nos. 4 and at Dan
vile, reaching Terre Haute, Vncenies and Evans-
vile, Lafayette, Logansport, Fl Wayne TOLEDO and
Detroit in advance of Other lines
The /: B. q w. is the shortest through line,
and reaches ell Eastern cities on as quick time as
It's competitors, without excessive speed and with
the advantage Of the FINEST OUTFIT OF THRoURe
CARS IN THE WEST.
Address the General Agent, and gget a copy Of
our NEW MAPFoLDER, giving full Information
HOW TO REACH THE EAST AND SOUTH
j J FLEsCHER, GenH Agent,
Peoria, Ills
JOHN W BROWN, Gen'l Pass & Ticket Ag't
INDIANAPoLIs, IND
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OF lines inserted week
HQVGT IISpIllGilL in 800 newspapers for $40.
Send Zoe. for 100 page pamphlet G. p. RoWELL
81 CO., New York.
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East and South !
TAKE THE

Nn G1Leaves Champaign, G 100 a m Danville,
AZ Ve & 7:35 m; Charlottesville, 9:15 m
Arrives INDIANAPOLIS, II 200 In; CINCINNATI, 4 05
p m; DAYTON, $40 p m; LOUISVILLE, AS pm.
BY A Leaves Peoria 9:05 m: Bloomington
N u 4 1900 m; Farmer City, 1900 noon !:
Champaign, II $50 ~; DsnviIle, $3.50 pm; Craw-
4 05 pm Arrives at INDIANAPOLIS. 40
p m; CINCINNATI, 1000 p N LOUISVILLE, II 100
p M: NASHVILLE 30 m; Columbus, Il so IN /;
Wheeling, ll:25 m; PITTsBURG, 80 IN; BALTI-
MORE. Z :;35 p m: WASHINGTON, 8 80; p m: PHIL
7:20 pm; NEW YORK, '1C:15 pm;
Cleveland. 7:10 m Buffalo, 10 p II Albany 49,
45 q M. But ONE NIGHT out to principal Eastern
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Facts Worth Knowing.

Sound travels at the rate of 1142 feet pei
second in the air, 4960 in the water, II, ,OOC
IN cast iron, II, 900 in steel, is, 600 in glass,
and from 1885 to 1900 in wood. Mercury
freezes at 3S degrees Fahrenheit and be-
comes solid mass, malleable under The
hammer. The greatest hight at which
visible clouds ever exist does not exceed
ten miles. Air is about SIG times lighter
than common water. The pressure of the
atmosphere upon every square foot of the
earth amounts TO AGO pounds. An ordi-
nary-sized man, supposing his surface to be
fourteen square feet, sustains the enormous
pressure of 30,340 ponnds. Heat rarifies
air to such an extent that it can be made
to occupy $500 times the space it did before
The violence of the expansion OF water
when freezing IS sufficient to cleave globe
OF copper of such thickness as to require a
force of %, 600 pounds to produce like effect.
During the conversion of ice into water,
140 degrees of heat are absorbed. Water,
when converted into steam, increases in
bulk 8,000 times. One hundred pounds of
I II 5gtL,Ft' tsI
Dead Sea water contains 46 pounds of salt.
The mean actual depth of rain that falls &C
the equator is SO inches. Assuming the
temperature at the interior of the earth to
increase uniformly at the rate of cne degree
for every 45 feet, at the depth Of 60 miles
the degree of heat would be sufficient to
fuse all known substances. The explosive
force OF close confined gunpowder is six
and half tons to the square inch. The
greatest artificial cold ever produced is 91
degrees Fahrenheit. Water obstructs one
half of the perpendicular rays of the sun
in II feet and three-fourths in "a feet, and
less than one-thousandth part reaches the
depth Of 200 feet; hence the bottom of deep
water is in total darkness. ys1a as, ss; g5,
-
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The Very Best.


Yesterday a lady stepped into bird store
on Kearney street to purchases parrot fol
household pet. Having critically ex.
amined the collection, she turned to the
proprietor, and, without otherwise desig.
mating her selection, simply said: tgsa =
II will take Honesty" l- 8 a1s : i2e3 5a
BEG your pardon. ma'am," said the
dealer, Switch one is it you said you will
take?'' zsgf =..!g II.
F. 81 said will take Honesty. Please have
him sent round to 2s5 Geary street,
"Honesty?" repeated the puzzled dealer,
| "And which is Honesty ~ aaj5zs9sae-L -
"Why, that one, of course" said the
sslf-possessed customer, pointing to by far
the fairest bird of the fock., s.95a..fs 81,
; San right, ma'am," said the ornithologi-
cal trader, and as he was making the neces-
sary change he timidly ventured to ask: .7
Sand may'I inquire, ma'am, why you
call it Honesty ?'' azz7a sas zs5Eu ifa5
'@ "Certainly, answered the customer,
with heavenly smile; ''that parrot is
Honesty because Honesty is the best Poll
see. - ..ta.5 sal z1s aeg.ersars.es
The dealer was struck with congestive
chill and gave the lady half-dollar short
of her changes. r. Chrontcls. Il. ...s,
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counterfsitsrs' Roost.
Yankee Fork Herald.

Two or three weeks ago party of men
from Bonanza discovered in an old cabiI
on Loon creek what musJ once have beer
an extensive counterfeiting establishment
In room beneath thu floor were crueibles
moulds, metal and everything necessary foI
successfully carrying on the manufacture
Of counterfeit coin. They brought in with
them naoulds made of two square pieces OF
copper. fitting very neatly, for casting half
dollars. This seems to have been new
one they were preparing, the others hav-
ing, apparently, become too much worn to
be of further use. A considerable quanti-
ty of white metal was also found and
brought away.
Ih the ruins of one of the cabins destroy
ed by the Indians last winter was found a
quantity of composition metal very closely
resembling gold dust, and was no doubt
bogus dust manufactured by some inge-
nious Celestial. The half dollar establish
ment had the appearance of having been
rnn in the interest of the Caucasian, as the
works did not Indicate that order of Mon
golian science and mechanism peculiar to
the heather. The metal is the standard
brand SO popular with counterfeiters for
the last half century. Walter Shannon
made an analysis of IL and it was found to
contain ansimony, block tin, lead, ground
glass and nickel. s7
A more secluded place to carry on the
business OF coanterfe1ting could not be
found than on Loon creek, and how many
tons of bogus dellars, half dollars and
quarters are afloat in the channel of COM
merce and trade that first saw the light in
Loon creek canon may never be known.
Probably the Indians knew their business
last winter when they cleaned up the town
and laid low the inhabitants.
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4 e.
the oeiie OF Saratoga during the present
season 10 hiss Mamie Barrow, OF st. DO
sspu, mo- % ~ .,sP % 5aafat 4
Mrs. Lincoln says that Charles SumDer
made matrimonial proposals to her not
long after her husbands death. g IL
Do you keep any Hamburg edgings"
Not If we can sell it, !" was the pert re-
1 ply OF, the clerk. He kept some that day,
All the axes and bucksaws found in
Pompeii are of light make, as If construct
cd for woman's use. Those cid ancients
knew their little business.
The death is announced at her house near
Chateau Renault, of Madame Loreau, the
indefatigable. translator into French of
Dickens, Mayne Reid, Livingstone, Stanley
7 and other popular English authors. 71 "S
Garibaldl's daughter. a girl OF twelve
years of age, while taking a sea bath saved
q young mans life who could not swim and
who got in beyond his depth. She caught
him as he was sinking and brought him
safe to land. 4..., ,''-''1-'
Ronnets with feather crowoa ara d;sn,av-
adj in the sbowroons os paris n;l,;rars
Considering that the style has heretofors
been feathers with bonnet crowns. Dame
Fashion has made o rightabout we were
hardly prepared for. -'-' q.
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aud charming as Japsn.,,. t.,n - .-'..
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alr6adv raOistarAG az voters i'm AffueatiOnaI
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sagacity. Of The G'rsui
Sacramento Bee.


An. incident was related to us recently
by Fish Commissioner Redding concerning
the sagscity of some brook trout, from
which it would not only appear that the
little fellows possess reason but the ability
to measure distance accurately. Up at
Soda Springs Station, at the foot of Mount
Shasta, there is q little pond fed BY a fiume
that comes from the Sacramento river.
This fiume is several feet from the ground
for . considerable distance above the pond,
and crossing underneath IL at point seve-
raj hundred feet from the pond is small
nvulet running down the hills to the river.
DIT : Rsdding once put some front ID this
pond, and while on visit 20 the plsoe this
summer to see how his pets were getting
along As II intended for his special BEN
Ell, the bright little fellows went through
tine performance Of going from the pond to
Che, open fume, the sides Of which are
quite high, and when over the spot where
the stream crossed below, they would in
stantly Hop out Of the Hume into the
stream referred to and go back to the
river. which they preferred to the pond for
reasons best known to themselves. Mr.
Rsdding says the trout never fail TO fall In
the right spot. not o foot out OF the way.
He examined the ground all about the
flume and failed to find anything to indi--
cate that . single trout had leaped out at
any point except that where the stream
crossed, or that one had lost ifs life in this
kind of sport. Who can explain this ap-
parent esss of trout reasoning !
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ovER THE RrvER.
BIZ NANcY A. W. PRIEST.

Over the river they beckon to me- a5essa-
Loved ones who've crossed TO the farther side;
The CLEAN Of their snowy white robes zee ll fas
But shss yslse, ere drSwnsd u the rubbing tide
And eyes, the reflection of heavens own biue;
He crossed in the twilight, gray and cold,
And the pale mist hid him from mortal view.
We saw not the angels who met him there:
The gates Of thecity we could not see; ...-,
Over the river, over the river. r-Se-
Mybrother stands waiting to welcome mel
Over the river the boatrnan pale aa#
Canied aHether-theh household pet;
Her brown cprls waved In the gentle gale
Darling Minnie, i see her yeti 5 sr
She crossed on her bosom her dimpled hands
And fearlessly entered the phantom bark;
We watched Ii glide from the silversands .
And oil our sunshine grew strangely dark.
we Enow g gne is safe on the farther side,
Where all the ransomed and angels be t
Over the river. the mystic river, @
my childhoeds idol is waiting for me. ts.s
For none return from those quiet shores, ft 4e
Who cross with the boatman cold and pale;
We hear the dip of the golden oars
And catch CLEAN OF the snowy sail--s 81 =.
They cross the stream and are gone for aye; $50
We may not sander the yell apart - ... q
That hides from our vision the gntes OF day.
We only know that their barlzs no more o. ts ....
May sail with MS Ger life's stormy sea:
Yet somewhere, know, on the unseen shore, ~
They watch and beckon and wait for me.
And sit and think when the sunsets gold
Is Gushing river and hill and shore.
shall one day stand by the water cold
And list for the sound Of the boatman's oar;
Isnsli watch for glsam of the happing sail;
I shall paas from sight with the boatman's pale
To the better shore of the spirit land,
shall know the loved who haye gone before,
And joyfully sweet will the meeting be, 4..-
When over the river, the peaceful river.
The Angel OF Death ehail carry me,