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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-06

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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-12-06

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
A Gentlamanly Tootnad.

j. B. Mcmillan, the principal wit
ness for the prosecution thus details the
robbery of the stage running between
Del Norte and Alamosa by III. M. Bur-
ton the alleged robber.
"There were eight men and.one wom-
an inside the coach, and four men be-
sides the driver on top. was among
the latter, sitting beside the driver. It
was about midnight, I should think,
and about twenty miles from Del Norte,
when we were halted. It was very
dark, and we were just turning bend
in the road when the word came to
halt. There was only one man visible,
to the left and about ten feet ahead of
the coach. The robber was standing
behind a piece of canvas stretched
alongside the road, and had revolver
pointed directly at myself and the driv
er. He told us calmly to deliver our
selves and he would not harm US, but
that if we made bad break he would
shoot. I was on the side next to the
robber, and I Immediately got down
from my seat followed by the driver.
After we got down the robber came
from behind the canvas and placed
over our heads a cloth cap, which came
down to our shoulders and completely
blinded us. He then ordered US 10
stand still, and himself went to the
stage door and ordered the occupants
to come out, one at a time, and take
their positions in line alongside the
driver and myself.
''He told the passengers not to make
any unnecessary movements, as they
were all covered by the guns of his
men in concealment, and their lives
were in jeopardy. After the passen-,
gers were all in line, he put caps simil-
ar to mine over their faces, tied their
hands behind their backs, and then pro-
ceeded TO rifle their pockets. He took
nothing but money. Everything else
he would replace just where he got it
from. | do not know how much money
he got. From me he got about $40.
Which he took from my pocketbook, re-
placing the pocketbook after taking
The money out. He had light burn
ing in front of the canvas, behind
which was a reflector, which shed the
rays directly in our faces. He occu-
pied about fifteen minutes in the search.
He then ordered us to kneel, which we
did, all in row and he proceeded to
rifle the mail-bags. The woman, at his
bidding, held the light for him while
he did this. He opened only two sacks.
/ believe. He kept us kneeling about
half an hour. He kept talking all the
time, using good language. In fact,
during the whole time of the robbery
he was very gentlemanly.
He had soft mellow voice. He
was not nervous or quick, but did the
work in businesslike manner. He was
a man nearly six feet in hight, smooth
face. had heavy light mustache, and
would way perhaps 165 pounds. He
had on dark hat and coat, and was
not disguised in any way. After he
had robbed the mail he skipped off in
to the darkness. When we found he
had left, we removed our caps, united
each others hands, picked up the REM
nants of the mail-bags and the mail,
and proceeded on to Alamosa. 1t is
my opinion now that he did the work
alone, and that his comrades being in
the bushes was all hoax. ''-De'acer
ReDnblicnI
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
The Bagdad Date Mark.

Bagdad, says medical journal, is
noted for a curious and mysterious mall
ady, which effects every body in the
city, whether he be citizen or stranger.
1t is a sore called a s'date mark" be-
cause after it has healed it leaves an
indelible mark, about the size and shape
of date. 1t generally makes its APP
pearance upon the face, lasts a year.
and then disappears. The cheek of
nearly every man and woman IN Bag
dad shows the inevitable mark. Some
times it settles upon the nose, and then
the Disagreement is great; sometimes
on the eyelid, when blindness is the re-
suit. Strangers are attacked even
after a brief residence !; but forum ateiy,
if they are adults, the sore is more apt
TO come on the arm. In every case
the attack runs its course for one year.
No treatment, no ointment, nor medi-
cine, it As said, has the slightest effect
upon IL. Once the sore appearing, the
suffer er knows what to expect. and may
as well resign himself to his fate The
Ara.bs say that every one who goes to
Be.gdad must get the ''date mark )" or,
II he does not get it while in the city,
ne will be followed by it-have 1t sooner
or later he must. DIR. Thorn. OF the
American Mission, states that he has
examined the ulcer microscopicaHy,
and found it to be composed OF fun
goid growth but nothing that he had
ever tried had proved remedial.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10

White buffalos are not very common;
and the superstitious Indians regard
them as .'uncanny,n and not royal
ike the white elephant of Siam. A
writer in the american Naturalist
says: The CoFnanches believe it very
dangerous to see white buffalo. In
1863, / saw young Comanche who
had seen a waite buffalo, return to his
camp almost dead with fear. He was
taken into his tent, the medicine men
were sent for, and they smoked him
and kept up lamentations over him day
and night for a week. When he came
ont he believed he had had very mar
row escape from death.
In 1869, q white buffalo was killed by
q white man on the north fork of the
Red River, l. T., and the hide presented
10 General Grierson. He desired to
have 1t dressed to preserve it, but failed
to get any indian TO undertake the task
for long time. At last he prevailed
on a Conan Iche chief named Horse
back TO have the operation performed.
Horseback selected one of his squaWs,
had the medicine men, of his band
90 through various ceremonies oyer
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
On tha Surface.

French politeness is only surface
deep. Nothing is more orderly or good
natured than the world and his wife
when on pleasure bent. But if any
thing goes wrong the whole fabric of
politeness and good nature tumbles
like plaster from a cracked surface.
Whimsically enough, the most combat
i've person in melee in France is the
gentle angel of mantle wife. Her
shrill voice interpfeads in short order,
no matter what the dispute, and even
the police themselves-the most inso-
lent. arbitrary and ignorant set of un-
bridled malefactors in Christendom-
are often cowed by a petticoat clamor
where the most boisterous of men fail.
The Frenchwoman's tongue is q ter
rible weapon, and she well knows its
power.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
A Simnla Method.

We do all we can to arrest the pro-
gress of contagious diseases. We
quarantine vessel when it imports to
this free country a few cases of chol-
era, and we build hospital on an
island for those who have breathed too
freely the balmy breezes which blow
from the Alpine range of dirt which
our beloved Street Commissioners have
built in our thoroughfares. With all
the advantages of our civilization,
however, we have no means of staying
the progress of an epidemic equal to
the method of the simple minded ro-
quoise Indian. When he becomes con-
WINGED that he has the smallpox he re-
tires to 3 secluded spot in the forest
with his dog, and if in a few days he is
not better he shoots the dog and then
kills himself.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
Hou Earu IT, Ia IN Die.

eff I had strength to hold pen,
would write how easy and delightful it
is to de-" were the last words of the
celebrated surgeon, VIM. Hunter; and
Louis XIV. is recorded as saying, with
his last breath, 81 thought dying had
been more difficult"
That the painlessness of death is ow-
ing to some benumbing influence acting
on the sensoTy nerves may be inferred
from the fact that untoward external
surroundings trouble the dying.
Z. On the day that Lord Collingwood
breathed his last the Mediterranean was
tumultuous those elements which had
been the scene of his past glories rose
and fell in swelling undulations and
seemed as if rocking him to sleep. Capt
Thomas ventured to ask If he was dis
turbed by the tossing of the ship. ''No,
Thomas.e he answered. II am now in
a state that nothing can disturb me
more-I am dying, and / am sure it
must be consolatory to you and all that
love me TO see how comfortably / am
coming to my end" In the Quarterly
Recaesc there is related an instance of
q criminal who escaped death from
hanging by the breaking of the rope.
Henry ". of France sent his physician
TO examine MIN. VINO FepOEted latb sll-
ter moments suffering the man saw
an appearance like fire, across which
appeared most beautiful avenue OF
trees When pardon was mentioned
the prisoner coolly replied that ii was
not worth asking for. Those who have
been near death from drowning. and
afterward restored to consciousness,
assert that the dying suffer but little
pain.
Capt. Marryatt states that his sensa-
tions at one time when nearly drowned
were rather pleasant than otherwise.
.sThe first struggle for life once over.
the water closing around me assumed
the appearance of waving green helcs.
- 1t is not feeling of pain, but
seems like sinking down, overpowered
by sleep. in the long, soft grass OF the
cool meadow
Now, this is precisely the condition
presented in death from disease 1n-
sensibility comes on, the mind loses
consciousness of external objects, and
death rapidly and placidly ensues from
asphyxia-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10

Twinkle, twinkle, little star" the
nursery rhyme so familiar to every
body, has been revised by a committee
of eminent scholars, with the following
result:
Shine with irregular iaternitted light, sparkle
at intervals, dimnutive luminous heav-
emily body;
How conjecture with surprise, not unmixed
with uncertainty, what you are,
Located, apparently, at such a remote dis
lance from and at a height so vastly
superior TO this earth, the planet we in-
habit,
Similar Ia general appearance and refractory
powers to the precious primitive octahe-
dron crystal of pure carbon, set In the
aerial region surrounding the earth.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
OarelesEness az LADY Sbonners.


In Dundas street dry goods store
three ladies were purchasing goods side
by side. One Of them hung her UNI
brella by the handle on the edge of the
counter and went to another part of
the establishment. One of those who
stin remained laid her purse on the
counter, and while making her pur-
chases it was accidentally showed into
the folds of the upturned umbrella
When the clerk tore off his check and
the lady reached for her pocket-book it
was gone. She had just laid it on the
counter, and of course the lady who
stood beside her must have taken it.
Nothing could be clearer. In the ex-
element which followed the first men,
toned lady took possession of her UNI
brella and walked out of the store, to-
tally ignorant of what was within it.
A policeman was called, and amid
much indignation and grief on one side
and clustering on the other the limo
cent woman was conducted up stairs
and searched. OF course the purse
was not found, and she was allowed to
60. Now for the sensational part of
the story. The umbrella was taken
over to a hotel, thrown into buggy,
taken home, and laid away. A few
days later the house was burned down,
but the umbrella, among other things,
was saved. A few weeks passed, and
then one day it was hoisted and out
fell the missing purse. The lady re-
membered the incident in the store,
and on her next visit to the city brought
back the money and had it restored to
the owner. In the period which inter-
vened the woman who had been wrong
fully accused had visited the store, daily
for the purpose of ascertaining wheth-
er anything had turned up to prove
her innocence. The story is vouched
for on the best of authority, and is lit
orally true.-Lossooe Free Press.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
A Story for Young Writers.

Franklin's famous story gives an ex-
ce1ient hint to young writer's, as Illus
trative of the value of breyity. A
young man, on commencing business,
proposed to paint over his shop win
dow, John Thompson, halter, makes
and sells hats for ready money! to
which was added the sign of a hat.
One friend suggested that as he made
and sold hats. the word chatter" was
unnecessary. It was therefore struck
out and the sign remained, 'John
Thompson makes and sells hats for
ready money" Another friend adj
vised him to omit the phrase '.for ready
money! as there would occur occa-
sions for selling on credit; and so the
sign read: John Thompson makes
and sells hats 1t was then limited
that the buyer did not care who made
it, and that the sign would be better if
it read ''John Thompson sells hats"
But another amputation was in the
store still, for critic pointed out the
uselessness of the phrase 'tsells hats"
for, he said, ''no one would suppose
that the hats were to be given away
for nothing Thus at last this aspir-
ing tradesman commenced business,
like many worthy successors, under
the modest sign ''John Thompson"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10

her TO preserve her life, and then placed
her in teepee some distance from his
camp, where the hide was taken to her
by q soldier. and brought away by him
when dressed. No other Indian would
look at the hide, much less touch it.
Her food was left at some distance
from her teepee. and when the robe
was dressed medicine ceremonies
were held over her before she was al
lowed to rejoin the camp. Itwitted
Horseback about the fear Of the robe,
calling his attention to the fact that no
harm befell any of the white men who
handled the robe, but what was ssbad
medicine for q Comanche might be
good medicine for a white man, and
rsce ces'sa. He proposed to take no
risks in the matter.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10

There is no reason why sorghum can
not be worked in conjunction with sug-
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out any change, SO that the experiment
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continuing to grow until the appear
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
THINGS one would rather have left.

Things one would rather have iefs
urlsaid Hostess What, leaving al
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Mr.. Miyers (who goes in for the cour-
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ssThat, madam. is entirely my fault
exit gracefully, but remembers as he
goes down stairs that he meant to say
s.rnisfortune, not ssfault.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
THE REGULATOR

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
The Symptoms Of Liver
Complaint

are uneasiness and pain In
the side-sometimes the
pain is in the shoulder and
Is mistaken for rheuma-
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les alternating with lax;
pain and dull, heavy sem
of memory, accompanied
having left undone some
We been done; often com
debility and low spirits.
Sometimes many OF the
above symptoms attend
the disease and at other
times very few of them,
but the liver is generally
The organ most involved.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-10-10
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