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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-21
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Henry Co., Sole Proprietos. Cleveland
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-21
A Mistake.

1t happened in a rough mining town
in Colorado. There was n grand bail
at the ranch of Whisl1ey Jack. a we'll
known character in the ''di~gings,"
and the sselite'' of the district respond
ed to the call in full force. The party
was held in rickety old barn belong
ing to the host, and with few red
strips of flannel, a grotesque accumu-
lation of mountain roses, and a row OF
dripping candles, the appointments of
the place were perfect. My first part
ner in the giddy dance was the wife of
the man who killed the village post
master because he refused him letter;
she was fat. fair, and forty, and danced
with the grace of q COW. My next
partner was the daughter of this charm
ing pair, a young girl just bursting into
the loneliness of womanhood; she was
badly freckled. and sported wart on
her nose. My next partner was q
blooming grass-widow. a fresh arrival;
and then L rested. I began to COM
ment on new faces in the room. My
companion in this pleasant pastime was
heavy-bearded miner, uncouth,
roughly dressed, tobacco slobbered, and
very profane. This was our first meet
ing. and l hoped it would be the last.
There goes a hard looking case" L
whispered, as the wife of the man who
killed the postmaster sailed by. She's
bad 'un."
Vas" replied the man. .Pd hate
to have the critter step on me. What
an elegant target shsswould make for q
poor marksman!"
Yes 1 said, and turned my eyes
on tall. raw-boned creature sailing
towards us supported by a little man
with sandy whiskers and red-top boots.
'.Here comes the boss"
"HowP"
1.-The boss, say; amt she lovely
chimpanzee?"
ga whatP''
''Chimpanzeer'
He g1ared at me moment and then
reached for his revolver.
..What is chimpanzee?' he growled
fercely, his red eyes growing large.
saw that had made some mistake,
and FASTENED TO explain.
"Why-why." | stammered, backing
off. "a chimpanzee is a lovely creature
found in Africa-nothing SO gorgeously
beautiful as a chimpanzee. That is the
highest compliment lady can re-
ceive."
ssOt' and the man looked relieved.
ssYas, / think SO myself, stranger; she
is lovely chimpanzee; she's my wife. :
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-21

He came up little late, stepped in
without ringing. and striding softly in
to the par.or, dropped into all easy
chair with the careless grace of a young
man vino is accustomed to the pro-
gramme. ''By Jover' he said to the
figure sitting in dim obscurity on tho
sofa; ''by Jove! L thought was never
going to see you again. Your mother
never goes away from the house now-a-
days. does she, Minnie?" 'FWeN, not
amazingly frequently" cheerfully re-
piled the old lady from the sofa. Min
nie's away so much of her time Row l
have to stay inn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-21
A Rare Bird Of Montana.

There is found in many localities OF
Montana bird of the grouse species
known as the fool-bird or hen. It ac-
CURED It's peculiar name from its tame
ness. The sight of an eagle or hawk
will drive it to cover, while it has no
more fear of the human face and form
than a common barn-yard fowl. Its
plumage is glossy and beautifully varie-
gated. A portion of its breast is OF
spo,less white, and It's back is not I'M
ike the plumage of the malard duck
The meat is white and far superior to
that of any other fowl.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-21
TRUTH ATTESTED.
Some Important Statements Of Weu-Known
People Wholly Verified.

In order that the public may fully realize the gen
uineness of the statements well the power
and value of the article of which they speak, we
publish herewith the facsimile signatures of parties
whose sincerity is beyond question. The truth OF
these testimonials is absolute the facts they
announce be ignored.
MOLINE Ill. July IA, 1881.
Fl. II. Hl17ner d. Co., ROchester ". T.:
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Liver Cure, has been used by both my wife and my
self. She used it ION general principles, sys-
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long-standing kidney trouble, which has been the
source of much Inconvenience. and which failed TO
yield to the DOCTORS remedies any Others until
used your Safe Kidney and Liver Cure We both
unite in pronouneng it to be the best medicine we
ever used. and in recommending it to others as q
safe remedy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-21

Speaking on the subject of annexa-
ton ut Winnipeg. Manitoba, Lord Lorne
said that Canada wishes to be the friend
of the United States, and not their Toe.
..She reioices, he added. in her big
brothers strength and status; but Is
not anxious to nourish it by Offering
up her own body in order that It may
afford him. when overhungry, that hap
mr. festival he is in the habit OF calling
q .sor,are meal.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-21
LYDIA PsNgHAEgsss
VEGETABLE COMPOUND,
The Positive Cure
For all Female Complaints.

This preparation, itS name signifies consists Of
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when its use Is continued cases in hmm
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In fact it hes proved to be tho great.
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1t cures Boatiny, Headaches Eervons Frostration
General Debility Sleepessness Depression AID In,ii
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For kidney Complaints of either sex this compound
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-21

A new book on Word Building" was
probably written BY man who struck
clothes-line while splitting wood in
the back yard. Very few aggravations
will make man build words more rap
idly, but some of them possess too much
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-21
MOffat9s Life Pills,
ard
Phoenix Birrers.

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MOffat's Life Pills
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Moffat's Life Pills % cents box.
Noffat's Ph@nix Bitters Sf.00 q bottle
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-21

feet and Reliable We wiz send T. elt,erea Jee to
any address on receipt of One Dollar. The lSess
Weather Indicator in the World. just inc
thing for CHRISTMAS PRESENT. Agents veilteo
everywhere. Send for circular BerCTe Of t0f2
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-21
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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-19
A ROYAL Welded Life

Francis Joseph, of Austria, was really
in love, or fancied he was, and for time
his union proved a sufficiently happy one.
The Empress had been accustomed to i'm
bibe daily glass of Bavarian beer at her
dinner To this the Court officers at
Vienna objected, and her right to her ma
tional beverage was only secured by the
interposition of her husband. But the
Emperor's heart was too large for single
affection, and the Empress had temper
of her own. 1t is said she once horse
whipped gentleman on the grand stair
case of the Imperial Palace. Smartlng
with his wounds, the chastised one rushed
into the presence of the Emperor and de-
manded redress. His Majesty shrugged
his shoulders, and bestowed upon him the
Order of the Iron Crown, fifth. class.
whercat Vienna laughed all the more.
By and by the august couple entered on
that arrangement which lin ecclesiastical
matters. be it UNDERSTOOD is so dear to
the intellect Of Dean Stanley.-they
agreed to differ, and have remained ex-
celient friends ever since. The Empress
still eherishes with tenderness the mem
DRY OF the early spring of her married
life. Among her treasures is a ieweled
casket of the rarest workmanship, which
holds little bouquet of edelweiss, given
her by the Emperor during the period of
their betrothal
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-19
Squire Bray's COurtship.

Squire Bray, of Caswell, North Caro-
lima, was hunting another wife. But his
son Bob, wild blade, knocked him all
out of it, In the capacious breast pocket
of the 'Squire's great-coat, reposed pint
ticker, well filled, that he only proposed
using on his way back from seeing the
widow Brown. Now just before he
started Bob slipped the ticker out and
put in its place small alarm clock, care
fully wound up and set for II p. m. The
Squire had sat the fire out and was well
on with his overcoat, holding the widows
hand at the door and putting in his
sweetest ticks for the last eyes, your
first husband, my dear, was one of my
dearest friends, and we will visit him and
my lost Hannah's graves; won't we, my
lover ''Ah, yes; for where was there a
sweeter woman than your Hannah?' the
widow asked. GA good woman; she was
good enough, but there is living one
that is just as sweet" said the Squire,
and he was drawing her to him for kiss
when whiz-ziz-zizzer-wh izz- hizzer-ting,
whir-r-r-r-r, ting! bangl the clock went
off inside of him. ooh, lawd!" screamed
the widow, che is shooting to pieces! 1t
is Hannah's old pianny a playing inside
of himl" ssShe said she would haunt mel
She alters told me so!'' cried the Squire,
running in stoop for his horse, with
both hands pressed to his breast and the
clock still striking, ting, ting. BE rode
like the old Nick was after him, and he
never knew the racket until he felt for
lis ticker and pulled out the little clock
that Bob had bought at auction. The
widow believes to this day that the old
man issa walking volcano.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-19
Married women's Slavery.

In what respect is the condition of
many married woman better than a
slave? She works hard year after year,
and has roof over her head, and she is
provided with food; so is the slave. She
must beg her master for little pittanee
with which to buy the clothing for her
self and children. The slave master
looks after such wants of his chattel with
out their asking. She has no freedom or
independence; she dare not buy single
article at the store until she gets the CON
sent of the tyrant whom the civil law has
made her husband. She can have no will
about even household affairs that her
master disapproves of; she is slave both
in mind and body during his life, and at
his death, if she survives him, She can
not, under the unjust and tyranical laws
OF nearly all the countries of the world.
sell the property which she has helped to
accumulate, nor control her own children
without employing lawyer and getting
special permit from the court.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-19
Arab Plain Speaking.
Temple Bari

Plain speaking was, and still is, a con-
spicuous trait in the Arab character, al
though few, perhaps, would carry it to
the extent which Bedouin is related to
have done with the Caliph Hisham, the
son of Add ell Mehk. One day the latter
was chasing a gazelle which happened to
pass by the hut of an Arab who was pas
turing his focks. clio, young mann'
cried Hisham, 'shere is some work for
you. Bring me yonder gazelle.' The
Arab turned his head contemporary,
and said, GA great deal you know about
manners. You look at me scornfully,
speak to me disdainfully, talk like a
tyrant and act like an ass" ''Confound
you, replied the Caliph, edo you know
me?" 81 know this much, that you are
very lll-bred, for you began talking to
me without saluting me first" econ
found you,'' replied the other, 81 am
Hisham, the son of Add ell Melik" "May
good luck miss you, and may your grave
be forgotten" answered the Arab. "The
more you talk the more you lose your
dignity" At this juncture the soldiers
and attendants came up, and the Caliph,
grown furious, ordered them to secure
the young man this was at once done,
and Hisham babe him prepare for instant
death. The!Arab only laughed, and said,
eff Allah means to prolong my life, your
words, little or big, can do me no harm"
els it come to this" struck in the Lord
Chamberlain, ''that miserable Arab
like you should presume to handy words
with the Commander of the Faithful"
"May evil overtake you,'' said the incor-
rigible young man, shave you not read
that the Most High has said, AT the last
day every man shall argue for his own
SOUL And if God may be argued with,
who is Hisham that he is not even to be
spoken to-" At sign from the Caliph
the executioner approached, but just as
he was about to cut off the young mans
head the latter burst out laughing, The
monarch, whose curiosity was piqued,
staid the execution and asked what there
was to laugh at, when the other repeated
some opposite and apologize verses, and
was, of course, pardoned. The answer,
of the young man when Hisham asked
him if he knew who he was, reminds US
of an anecdote which is related of a sentry
at Woolwich dockyard on certain i'm
portant occasion when the public were
vigorously excluded. A gentleman in
plain clothes was about to pass the gate
when the sentinel barred his approach
and said he had orders to let no one in.
ssBut am Admiral Mundy," expostulat-
ed the other. 81 can't help it," replied
the faithful sentry, eff you are Admiral
Tuesday week"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-19
GuizOt i'm Private Life.

There can be no question that the So
ciety in which Guizot moved possessed a
far higher culture, that it was in all rem
spects more reputable, and in one moraE
ly purer, than that which came into pow
er after his fall 1t was no band of Be-
hemians, adventures, boon companions
and gamblers, like that which in conse-
quence of the February revolution and
the coup d'etat, ssfloated, scum-like, up
permost." The persons who composed
it we're, almost without an exception,
men of regular lives and well-ordered
households; and the egotism, the ambi-
ton, the greed, often also the vulgar love
of material enjoyment, which lay hidden
under the smooth exterior of this middle
class morality awakened no disgust in a
man who never inquired into the Utmost
nature of things as long as they rendered
it easy for him to remain upon the sur
face. 1t was enough for him that the
surface was respectable. Guizot, entire
ly man of convention, insisted as
strongly on respect for special as for re-
ligious prejudices. A girl who had the
effrontery to fallin love without the pre-
v1ous permission of papa and mamma
would have seemed az contemplate to
him as a man who took the liberty of
being religious, without belonging to a
church. In fact, he was always ready
with his depreciation and contempt
There are persons, like Voltaire, for in
stance, who, in theory, view mankind
with scorn, but in their feelings and ac-
lions are always the friends of men, and
for whom misfortune which the suffer
er has brought upon himself does not seem
less worthy of pity than one which has
upon him by no fault of his own. From
Guizot one seldom, if ever, hears the
voice of compassion, whereas sentence
of moral condemnation seems to cost him
nothing The words of Christ to the
woman taken in adultery, and still more
those which He spoke to Mary Magdalene,
do not seem to have stood in his Bible
The Contemporary Review.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-19

as ink, but right in one spot, in mid air
before them was the summit of the spire
with the lightning playing around it and
shining like the sun. Directly the great
iron cross, together with the ball at its
foot, fell to the ground with crash, and
was shivered to pieces. But the darkest
hour comes just before the dawn. The
glow above gradually subsidized and died
out, the people grew less fearful. and
went back to their homes, the real night
came on and when next morning dawned,
everything was bright and clear, and the
world was as natural as before. The
phenomenon was noticed in greater or
less degree from Quebec to Kingston, and
far into the states, but Montreal seemed
its center. 1t has never yet been ex-
plained.n ana.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-19
A French Newspaper.

GParis Tor. London Telegraph
Imagine, if you can, an English news
paper office being converted into fenc-
ing saloon, and if you are able to stretch
your fancy thus far you will neverthe-
less fail to form any idea of the scene
presented last night in the house of the
Rue Drouot, built for the printing and
publishing of LIE Figaro. 1t was an
nounced short time ago that certain
Baron di San Malato, the most redoubt-
able swordsman of Italy, and who had &C
quired notoriety as fast man about
Florence, intended to exhibit his prowress
in Paris The Figaro accordingly offered
to him the hospitality of the house, fol
the purpose of giving private assault OF
arms, to which an exceedingly small
number OF. invitations were issued, these
being restricted to the best swordsmen of
the metropolis and the best writers on
the paper. The publishing Office is of it
self worth visit, and it is especially in
teresting to English journalists by reason
of its being utterly unlike any establish
ment of the kind In Britain. 1t consists
of large and lofty hall open to the roof,
and surrounded by a gallery running
round the first floor, Similar to that which
is to be seen in many an English country
house The walls are adorned with adj
mirably printed frescoes, depicting cpl
sodes Of the plays of Beaumarchais, of
which Figaro IS the hero, and the poly
chromatic ornamentation is gorgeous in
the extreme. Rich panoplies of arms are
fixed against the walls of the ante rooms,
and on the stair-cases are big vases con-
tanning handsome plants. The decora-
ton of the central hall is completed by
pictures of the royal personages who
have been guests of the staff of the Fig
arc, the Prince of Wales occupying the
place of honor in the middle A low
platform was put down along the center
eff this hall, and here the Baron di San
Maloto pitted himself against M. Merig-
nae, the first Professor of Paris. The
Italian appeared with foil of peculiar
description, the handle of which he held
between the first and second finger, and
he wore boots, which are here never
doomed in the fencing but are re-
served for duelling purposes. He exhibit
ed extraordinary suppleness in his move
ments, and assumed attitudes which be
on the stage, would he dangerous 'upon
the ground" 1t was amusing to contrast