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The Owosso times., 1881-10-28
A Letter Carriers Secrets.

can Ex-Lettsr Carrier" contributes
the following to the PostOfiice Bulletin:
Yes, I've had scores of episodes if
could think of them, and been the re-
cipient of secrets, time and again, that
no other person would be intrusted
with. .Fka MENHa gk NNEH
One man used to beg me every day,
"FOr Gods sake don't let my wife get
hold Of any of my letters" and at the
same time the wife was equally solic-
itOus that her husband should not get
hold of her correspondence. They are
playing the same game yet, perhaps.
Another married woman, who was
engaged in clandestine correspond
ence, suspected that her husband was
engaged in the esalne business, and used
to work all kinds of devices to get pos
session of his letters. She would in
struct. me If any letters came for him
from Philadelphia to quietly give them
to hereuuT The letters came regularly, but
she never got hold of them, through
me, at least. .....i =. -. =.
Another lady, who was living apart
from her husband and corresponding
with a man in the old country, used to
keep q supply of stamped envelopes in
NY hands. When / received q letter
for her bearing foreign post mark
would enclose it in one of the envel-
Opes, and have IL postmarked at Gin
cinnati, BY this means her friends
were completely misled. After getting
divorce, for which she was then pray
ing, she married her correspondent, and
is now doubtless living happy, con-
tented life. sr. rsTa f'-,7s,
One young lady used to meet me
every Friday evening at certain street
corner, and receive letter from a for
bidden correspondent and at the same
time would hand me a letter to be
mailed to him. Her family were under
the impression that they had her move
ments completely under a watchful
eye. As the young lady was of age
did not consider it any part Of my
sworn duty to expose her. Every let
ter carrier could relate just such expe-
riences il he would. & IA -.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28

CUT His WIFE's THRoAT.-A man
living in Boston filled himself with
whiskey. He came home and cut his
wife's throat. Asa 81 sNA
MURDER AND SUICIDE. An old man
living in Philadelphia. while drunk
murdered his wife and then drew a ra-
zor across his own throat.
SHATTERED His INTELLECT.-Afe few
days ago a very respectable looking
young man was taken into the Gregory
street police station, Jersey City, under
the influence of liquor. He suffered
from a raging fever in the blood, and
was watched over by the police sur
geOn. The next morning he was CON-
pletely shattered in intellect. His mind
was gone.
DROWNED WHILE DRUNK.--A farm
er and his friend living at Rotterdam,
N. ", went I'm lark In Schenectady.
They visited various saloons, and i'm
bibed so freely of intOxicants that both
were inebriated in the evening, when
they started to return home. The farm
er drove recklessly, and when near
Sweeney's Hotel he reined his horses
up to the brink of the steep bank, down
which all plunged into the Erie canal.
His friend was rescued but the farmer
was entangled in the wreck and drown
ed, as were also both horses.
FRIaHTFUL WORK OF RUM.-A man
living in Keokuk, Ia, had been drink
ing hard for several days, and was last
seen Monday week. His employer be-
ing in great need of his services, went
to his house, and finding it closed, and
noticing a sickening odor about the
place, notified the police. An officer
was detailed to accompany them, and
upon reaching the house the kitchen
door was forced open and the mans
body was found lying upon the floor, a
putrid mass of decomposed humanity.
The head had been blown completely
off, an Old-fashioned musket having
been used, which had evidently been
placed In his mouth and been discharg-
ed. Whiskey was the cause.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28

water. UsEl.r a.
Glass can be drawn into threads so
fine that 1000 would be required to
make up the breadth of an inch.
DIR. X. Won Fritsch, of Halle, says
that the cause of earthquakes dees not
exist further down from the surface of
the earth than ten or fourteen miles.
Ninety per cent. of all the rain which
falls upon the land from April to Oct.
is evapoI ated. Only about ten per
cent. Rnds It's way into drains laid three
or four feet below the surface.
The superiority of electricity over
steam convincingly demonstrated:
"Yes, sir, we have entered upon an era
of electricity, and steam will be done
away with forever replaced every
where by the electrical machine
"How are they run-those electrical
machines? l don't ever remember see
ing one." "By steam power"
Pure silver weighs 5.237 ounces To
each cubic inch. Should its density bt
less. the silver may be supposed to con
tain copper; if greater, lead may bt
present.
The quantity of water in wheat ani
flour is greater in cold countries thar
in warm. In England it Is from four
teen to seventeen per cent, in the
United States from twelve TO fourteen
in Africa from nine TO eleven.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28
CHAPTER Nv.
He fell from above
To fall In love.

Rebecca Jane Jones bathed the
nose of the stranded stranger with re-
lentless assiduity. His lips quivered,
his eyes opened a cross-fre on the
bangs that fringed the beautifully cor
rugated forehead of his preserver.
Then he closed his eyes again, and re-
marked, in stage whisper:
"'Tis she !"
Rebecca Jane Jones plunged the
arnica into his eyes i'm the excess of
her maidenly agitation. This had the
remarkable effect of opening them
again. t3 #.
This time the stranger grew more
communicative. He not only said,
"Tis she," but he threw in the addi-
tional observation, "'Tis she whose
image has haunted me since that hap
py day when in unison we ate the
peanuts"
He got no further. At the mention
of the seductive fruit, Rebecca Jane
Jones shrieked, in calliopic distinct,
ness:
"PeanutS " s.-.s ...-.....r......H.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28
WHAT I LIVE FOR.

I live for those who love me,
Whose hearts are kind and true;
For the heaven that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too;
For all human ties that bind me,
For the task by God assigned me,
For tho bright hopes left behind me,
And the good that I can do.
I live to learn their story,
Who've suffered Tor my. sake?
To emulate their glory,
And follow In their wake;
Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages,
The noble OF all ages.
Whose deeds crown history's pages,
And times great volume make.
live to hold communion
With al that ID divine;
To feel there ID q union
'Twixt Natures heart and mine;
To profit By affection,
Reap truth from fields Of fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction,
And fulfill each grand design.
l live to hail that season,
By gifted minds foretold,
When man shall live BY reason,
And not alone by gold;
When man to man united,
The whole world shall be lighted
As Eden was Of old.
I live for those who love me,
For those who know me true;
For the heaven that smiles above me,
And awaits my spirit too;
For the cause that lacks assistance.
For the wrong that needs resistance
And the good that can do. IL
- 50 .f g. Lina9us Banks.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28

Then you are Elinor Staines,' slowly,
and heiress of Redwood. Yes, L un-
derstand now. Cousin-you are my
cousin, you know, in some degree or
other-it is the finest property in the
county. 1 congratulate you upon your
success. 1 wish you every happiness.
Happinessp fairly sobbing; 'oh,
Geoffrey, don't want to take it away
from your
Then somehow, she was crying on
his shoulder and he found his arm 60
ing round her unrepulsed. If he could
forgive her, she murmured incoherent-
ly. And then Geoffrey Staines knew
that she had learned to love her enemy.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28
CHAPTER III
A maiden fair to see.-O d Plan.

A maiden fair to see.-O d Play.
Rebecca Jane Jones, the maiden
daughter of old Jones, the horse-car
driver, had seen the catastrophe. That
is what she called it, though old Jones,
who sat smoking his L. d., said the
feller was only takin' header. But
pardon the depression. Rebecca Jane
Jones had seen the catastrophe. 1t
was but forty-four brief years since
Rebecca Jane Jones first saw the light
of day, and, as she had put in full time
ever since, it is unnecessary to say that
she was no infant. Rutsh was young
still, and her unsophisticated heart
went out to the hapless stranger. and
then she went out herself. She lifted
his head in her lap, and bathed his
nasal appendage with the hem of her
garment stepped in the healing liquid
Of the arnica bottle.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28
CHAPTER ii.
VI CHAPTEK II.
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall;
HumptY Dumpty had q great fall.--M. Coz

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall;
Humpty Dumpty had great fall.--M. Goose.
The riders meditation had evidently
awakened an unworked heart-pang.
With a sudden start he accelerated his
speed. A pebble was in his pathway.
He needed it not. 1t was struck amid
ships by the wheel. In an instant his
nose had kissed the dust. There he
lay, bleeding like a butcher shop, his
olfactory apparatus flattened into prai-
rie-like fiatness, and his clothing en-
swathed in the comminuted real estate
that piled the roadway. His trusty
bicycle lay beside him, mutely asking
to be excused for the trick it had
played upon its master. Bicycler and
bicycle lay motionless, and at the
mercy of the bugs and beetles that
crawled whithersoever they would
over their prostrate forms.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28
WHEEL AND WOMEN.
lls9 -LA-s-
, CHAPTER I.

UeB -L-e-
CHAPTER 1.
ROuude about the wheele dOthe goe,
ROunde about goes life also.-Chaaosirs
The sun was sinking in the west, ac-
cording to the established custom of
that luminary at the close of the day,
in the town of Quiddlequaddle, when a
solitary bicycle might have been seen
careering along the road. The rider, a
young man of some fifty summers, not
to mention the other seasons, seemed
lost in thought. His feet pressed the
treadles mechanically, and his hand
rested lightly on the steering gear. He
rocked not whether he wandered. Per-
chance he was thinking of some fair
one, who in some distant day was won
sit by his side and look into the
dreamy depths of his strabismal orbs
while crunching the peanuts which his
wealth had purchased. %, love, love!
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28
Travelling Stones.

Accounts of the famous travelling
stones of Australia are doubtless famil-
lar to many readers. Similar curiosi-
ties have recently been found in Ne
vada, which are described as almost
perfectly round, the majority of them
as large as walnut, and of an irony
nature. When distributed about the
floor, table, or other level surface, with
in two or three feet of each other, they
Immediately begin travelling toward
common centre, and lie there huddled
up in bunch, like a lot of eggs in a
nest. A single stone, removed to a
distance Of three feet, upon being re-
leased, at once started off with wonder
full and somewhat comical celebrity, to
join his fellows; taken away four or
five feet, it remained motionless. These
stones are found in, region that is
comparatively level, and which is moth
ing but bare rock Scattered over this
barren region are little basins from
few feet to a rod in diameter, and it is
in the bottom of these that the rolling
stones are found. The cause of their
rolling together is doubtless to be found
in the material of which they are COM
posed, which appears to be lodestone or
magnetic iron ore.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28
Scientific, Curious and Useful.

Gold is nineteen. mercury thirteen,
and lead eleven times heavier than
water. Ns.ltt - -.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28
NO DRUNKARDs THERE.

There Is beautiful land, we are told,
with rivers or silver and streets OF gold.
bright are the beings whose shining feet
wander along each quiet street;
Sweet Is the music that fills the air
No druukards are there
No garret is there, where the weary walt,
Where the room Is cold and the hours are late
NO pale faced wife with looks OF fear,
Listens for steps she breads to hear;
Hearts are freed from pain and care
No drinks are sold there.
All the day long In that beautiful land
The clear waters ripple DER beds Of sand;
And down on the edge of the waters brink
Those white. robed beings wander, nor shrink.
Fer no vino Ii there.
Father, look down from Thy throne, pray;
Hasten, oh hasten the glorious day,
Help to work as q temperance band
To drive the demon from the land,
Teach us to say, we will dry every tear
Which drink makes flow here.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28
CHAPTER v.
Bob up serenely from below;
She is the gal you want, you know.


"Tell me-" said she, "under the dis
figurement of that mashed nose dwell
est the face Of Horatio Fitzgomery
Brownp"
The battered bicycler allowed that
such was the true state of the case.
80, Horatio" sighed Rebecca Jane.
Then she collapsed into fainting fit.
1t was now Horatio's turn to WELD
the arnica bottle. He did this with
such lover-like Hberality that Rebecca
Jane came 10 in one second and three
quarters. tu 14
go, Horatiop she remarked, "your
image has been presentin this heart
indicating the locality = "for these
long, long years-that is to say"-her
womanly instinct reasserting itself
"quite a little time, you know"
Then he said something. 90
Then she said something. esll
Then they both said something.
Then it was all fixed.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28
CHAPTER vi.
Beef steak pie and fat oppossums,
Marriage bells and orange blossoms.

Beef steak pie ana fat OppOesums,
Marriage bells and orange blossoms.
1t seemed that the day after Horatio
Fitzgomery Brown parted with Re
becca Jane Jones on the occasion of
the peanut eating match, aforesaid,
he bought himself q bicycle and began
practicing. He broke his leg at the
first lesson, and was unable to call upon
his dearest Rebecca Jane without be-
ing carried to her. Nobody offering to
take him, he went not. His absence
vexed Rebecca Jane, and she began
gallivanting with another fellow. She
carried her gallivanting and her Co
gallivanter beneath the window of
Horatio. Now he was maddened.
Both were miffed. To drown his
grief, Horatio, as soon as his leg had
assumed its normal condition, gave his
days and his nights to the bicycle.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28

Plaster made with river water sets
sooner than that made with spring
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28

1t is with diseases of the mind as
with diseases of the body; we are half
dead before we understand our dis
order, and half-cured when we do
Cotton.
A Pittsburgh butcher is successfully
conducting hog farm on a large scale,
Just outside the city limits, his method
being to gather slops from hotels, res
taurants, ETC., thus making the expense
of feeding comparatively light.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28

HUMAN BARBARITY takes various
forms, marked only by the effort to dis
cover some new mode by which it can be
exercised with greater diabolism. The
act of certain Tunisian Arabs, a few
days ago, in attacking those employed
about railroad station, seizing some
fifteen OF twenty, tying them, and then
flinging them alive into burning
mass Of railroad ties, which had been
gathered and creased for the purpose
is one of the most fendish horrors on
record There can be no sympathy for
such O people, whatever may be the
punishment awaiting them by French
arms, which are now penetrating In
the worst sections of Tunis.
The Owosso times., 1881-10-28

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-01

IF you are weak. OR lauguid, use
Frazer's Bitters.
If your flesh is habby aud your COM
plexion salIaw. use Frazier's bitters.
If you live in maIarial district use
Frazier's Bittsrs.
If worn down with The care of children.
use Frazier's Ritter's.
II you have got the blues, use Frazier
Bitters,
IF you kept late hours and lived con
trarv TO the laws of health. use Frazier
Rnot Bitter's
IF you need toning up, take Frazier
Root Bitters.
IF YOU have abused instead OF usee
natures gifts, use Frazer's Bitters.
If you feel old bafore your time. us'
Frazier's Bitters.
II life has beeoms o burdea aud yo1
have gloony sorboags. use Frazier
Bitters.
IF your hands tremble and your eye
have grown dim. Frasier's Boot Bitter
will make you feel young again. Sol
hv all druggists everywhere at the lo'
price 81 90 per bottle. L 5 Henry 20
Sole Propristors, cleveland, o.
For sale by McCabe & Wheaton,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-01

Is THE GREAT CUNNECI1aG LIMA
It's main line runs from Chicago TO CoQHclI
glus passing thr22o o 22 as pst9 n Wes:
Liberty, Iowa Csty. Magea9e, BROOKLYN GrtDslen.
Des Moinex tths capital OF Iowa., Stuart, Attain
tic. and Avoca with BRANCHES from Lurcau
tine. Washington. Fairfield Bldon, Belknap,
Cenfrevile. Princeton. Trenton, Gaithtin came
ron. Leavenworth. Atchtson. and Kansas Slsyi
Washington TO EtGouruey. oskaiooea ara 49, 49,
fonsporf Independent. Eldon ottnTnway EDDY
vile, Oskaioosa- Pella. Monroe, ana Des A99ltss;
Newton to Monroe; Dee Moines 20 indlanoi a sna
Wnterset Atlantic g. ewS eaa pa o ai
Rsilroad which owns, and operates q through
line from ChicaCo into the State of kansas
man palace Cars attached ara iran each way daily
between CHICAGO md foEoRIA. kANsAS S II9'
COUNCIL. BLUFFS. EEAyESwoRTK and AICA1-
SON Throagh cars are also run between dliHaass
kee and Kansas City. via tae 41l4WstahSe IsA
Rock Island Short Line "
T'he Great Rock Island" is n1agnilceYtly
equipped Its road bed Is simply perfsess a1o rs
track is laid with steel rails -,
Of enioyfng your meals, while passing oyer tBS
Beautiful rrairies OF Illinois and Iowa. IN one OF
our magnificent Dining Cars tnat accofnpany Ell
Through Express Trains You ges an entire
1aa1 as good as is served In any 6gSt-cless boIel.
nnreciSttna the fact that a ma5osity Of tho
rpTTposes land the immense passenger business
II this line warTanting IT.. we are pleased 20 atl-
ngunce that this CoTcp1ay runs Pullman lsdldee
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes and Fdt0ee
PULLMAN PALACE CARS are r
COgNCKL BLUFFS. RANgAs CaE1 ~,
ali Ticket A@eDts Ia the United Ste les
For Information NOT oDG4taEso&<5 sa4 y
-. e. CABLE,
Vice President end Gent EaGase<'
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-01
DR.. A, G. OLIN,

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health, disease and the physical life OF man and
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-01

Printing, Binding and Biank-Book WORK T
specialties at TIE ARGUS OFFICE: So
Mains will be spared to please ousfaEVefs
Satisfaction gucr3E.GGd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-01

OuR LIGHTNING LEs1MENT IS toaTqs
er,' I'd to the afflicted. Try it gently:
Sold hv g. speidel. Rock Island and
R;cbards & Sohrbeck. Moline.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-01
STOCK SPECULATION.

JOHN A. DonaE Il Co., Bankers and Brokers, IN
Wall Street, New York, bay stocks on reasonable
margin, and when desired. will advise when and
what to buy. Also Stock Privileges in which $2s
to 800 can be probably invested. Opportunities
for good profIs constantly occurring. Full In
formation-op application, and Weekly Report sent
free
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-01
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR

which he did, and In short time was
not only relieved but cured
Reader. If yoa are suffering with Dys-
s. peneia ar liver Disease in any form, do
NOT wait until the disease has as taken
fast hold upon you, but use the Regula-
tor when the symptoms first show
themselves. It has relieved untold
suffering siMMoNs LIVER REGU-
IS but q PURELY VEGETABLE RENE
DY that will cure when everything else
fs55sEz 8r-s = faultiess family meditine.
L,s.s..u. urrarrsnge the system. Is no
violent drastic purge, but natures own
remedy The friend Of everyone, and
will not disappoint you. q s,ngle sria
est. purest and best Family Mldieine In
the world.
il ASK the recovered dyspeptics. BIZ
ions sufferers victims of fever and
ague. the mercuriai diseased patient
how they recovered their health, cheer,
frI spirits and good appetite-they VIII
tell you by taking Simmons Liver neg
ulator. .....-.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-01

WILL IT CVlR M8 |?

Said g swhoeerwoehegone counte-
nance ana broken down. constitution
plaiIly show ed traces OF disease suf-
ferer with Nervous Dyspepsia, in
whose stomach the most delicate morsel
Law like lead Refreshing sleep and
quiet nerves were strangers TO him and 4
lie disl1aired of ever being well. - = E
We advised him 70 take
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-01

BADGES, CAPS, SWORDS, BELTS, JEWELS.
And all that relates to the Lodge Furnishing and
ReSaIia Department,
EB- Send for prices and terms.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-01
CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC r. Y.

BETWEEN THE EAST q The HyaSI
DfTs1gts Cars for eating purposes 9plys QgeptheF
Froat feature OF our Palace Cars i9e Sf5OhstS4
"a" Mag isas IRON bridges span Tho Rssissipps
pd Missouri rivers 81 all points crossed IN tbs
kansas City. LeavenHprsh, and Atohisoo, con"
ncetions being made In Union Depots.,--1.-, ~,
THIS GHEAr THhoUGH LINZ ARE AS
AZ AcnlcIGe, with ali diversins Hnes for the
AT. at E es with the L. s. q M.s., and p.
1tW asniScToX HEIGHTS. with P. c. Z; SC.
AA At Ia SALE, with III. cspt Z. h
q ~ fH az MAJ si and T. s. II, Rdsp. I' L.
AZ ROCK ISLAND. with y MfIwaukee e Rock
| Island Short Lane" nnd Rock lsfd a Pee. Rds-
AZ DAyENP9RT, with the Davenport biYisiGo
At vSEsr LrnERTY. with che b. c. n. s. u, r. n
4 G I3 1i6IN i ms. Seb B. sog9 T.
| A. OMAHA, viii b. 8 SO. r. Il, Il: In NePn
AT COEuMBUS jUNeTIoS,wttnh -, n Q. ~ ~
| A. OTTUE1wA. with Central iowa IL Ii ; W.
st. Z fssi na i s o Pes e. & War wae St.
| Lo,sis u Pae. and st. l., keo. q NV. K Aa2s
| A.CAREFaossx with II. 81. j. L. z -. n.
s NJ qa 4s F TP?Yskh santa Fe'
| AT LEAvEaToRxi. with Kan. Fee-' aEio Ian
'9 Assk1N a CRY. with all ilaes for rho wes
and Southwest.
IN threEsgh 70 PEORIA. nEs A10LEE9s
"a Great Exoek 1si2nd Route Gro sold By
snr hoaas ficIxes oGzlee, address,
f.. ST. JOHN
Gsn1 Ticket and Pass gE 11ztl =,
K0.4l
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-12-03
GENERAL NEWS

Secretary Folger has issued coll for
s20,000,00O in extended bonds bearing 31s
per cent. interest, the date of redemption
being January 30.
II appears that General Ignatief WINS the
person whom Sankowsky intended to kill
when he fired upon General Teherevne at
st. Petersburg.
The residents OF the Canadian capital
assume that the return of the Princess
Louise with the governor general is GER
tain, and an unusual demand for houses
has arisen.
Reports from Philadelphia confirm the
impression that b. H. Brestcr is the coming
attorney general, The selection places
President Arthur unmistably in favor of
prosecuting the star route ringsters.
The tracks Of the Southern Pacific and
Texas and Pacific are to be connected this
morning at Mount Blanc, eight miles cast
of I'll Paso
Three hundred fishing boats were lost in
the recent storm off the British coast The
survivors of the light house disaster at Calf
rock have not been rescued from their peril.
Gus position,
On valuation Of $125,000 the Timct
and the Democrat Of New Orleans, will be
consolidated next week. Major Burke
holds controlling interest, thirty-fvc bus
mess men joining him in the enterprise.
II is predicted in Dublin that within a
fortnight hunting in Ireland will be entire
ly stopped, and Gl,OOOOOO sterling be di'
verted into other channels
The judicial conference of the Methodist
church, now in session at Terre Hauto, re-
fused the request of the counsel for Rev.
DR.. Thomas that his case be the next ono
called.
The promoters of the plan for supplying
New Yerk with water from lake George
caused a survey Of the route to be made,
and the engineers not only declare the
scheme feasible, but report that the dis.
tributing reservoir can be placed at Wash.
ipgton heights.
The provincial museum ut Halifax has
been mysteriously robbed of gold specimens
valued at 81 200, which were recently pur.
chased by the government and kept in an
iron box with strog locks.