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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION

On Wednesday Mr.. J. M. Christy, OF
this city, sold Porter Skinner, of Rock
Island, the property known as the Christy
Block, and also four building lots in
WATERWAYS addition to Moline. The sum
paid was $21 900. Mr.. Chrisly erected
the block last fall, and il is one of the fin
est buildings in the city, and Mr.. Skinner
has secured paying piece of property
Moline citizens will learn with regret, that
Mr.. Christy's fine residence on Atkinson
street is for sale, and that he is intending
to make. Rock Island his future home His
business in that city make it imperative
for him to change his residence. In Mr.
Christy's departure Moline losses one OF
her foremost citizens who is the very SOU
of enterprise and energy. Rock Island
was fortunate in being the place Mr.
Christy selected for his cracker factory,
and now is more fortunate in securing him
and his family as residents. Mr.
and Mrs. Christy have lived in
Moline for great many years
and can count their friends without mum
Der. The citizens of Moline are sorry that
business motives demand Mr. Christy's
removal to Rock Island, but, at the same
time, congratulates the residents of that
|city in securing such live, go-ahead bust
ness man.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
BUILDING NOTES.

Moline is an enterprising city, and the
numerous buildings and improvements
that are progressing all over the city is
a clear evidence that the lefty of mills" is
growing rapidly in population and resi-
dences. An ARGUS reporter took walk
around the city yesterday, and noted sew
eral buildings and additions The most
prominent of which is the residence of III.
A. Barnard j. G. Salisbury was the or
iginal contractor. The building has been
in process of construction for the past year,
and viii not be completed until early fall.
1t is situated on the top of the bluff, and
commands view of Rock Island Arsenal,
Davenport and the city of Rock Island
The foundation isiof stone and the building
of brick. The estimated cost of the man
sion when entirely completed is between
thirty five and forty thousand dollars.
John Kerns has just completed neat
cottage for himself on east Ann street.
j. w. Wan has just moved into his new
house on the bluff
Marshal Henderson is building porch
and making other improvements about his
residence.
Mr.. Tilson. of Cambridge. Is OVERLAP
ing his residence on Main street, prepare.
tory letting it 10 new tenant.
Dimock, Gould d Co. have Just com
menced the erection Of a splendid new
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
A Poor Mother.

A touching story of sheep gathering
was recently told me on good authority.
A shepherd lost his large flock on the
Scotch mountains ina fog After fruit
less search he returned to his cottage,
bidding his collie find the sheep if she
could The collie, who was near giving
birth to her young, understood his or
ders. and disappeared in the mist. not
returning for many hours. At last she
came home in miserable plight, driving
before her the last stray sheep, and car
rying in her mouth puppy Of her own!
She had of necessity left the rest of her
litter to perish on the hills, and in the
intervals of their birth the. poor beast
had performed her task and driven home
the sheep. Her last puppy only she had
contrived to save.-1he Cornhiu Maya
zine
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11

Office, fronting on Main street. 1t viii be
completed some time in August.
Mrs. Swartzenburg is building two
story house next to her residence on Bass
street This will also be for rent.
Deere 81 Co. are remodeling their office
to limited extent in the western part of
the city.
Houses are going up lively. Mrs. DR..
Gordon has tets season erected seven ten
ement houses, and Frank Sinnett has fol
lowed with five dwellings. Adam Elday
has just completed two neat cottages.
Arthur Wright has made an extensive adj
dition to his residence on Bass street, and
the houses and cottages that are springing
up on the bluff are too numerous to men
ton. Moline will do more building this
year than was done last, and that is saying
great deal.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
Mental Activity and, Digestion.

1t is an undoubted fact that mental
activity tends to hinder the digestive
process. An hour s rest after dinner will
set our wits at work again; but if that
time be passed behind n double-entry
ledger, 81 feeling of lassitude, often COM
bined with an almost resistless somno-
lence, will advise the brain-worker that
his vital energy is needed for other pur-
poses. 81 could eat with more comfort
if it wasn't for the consciousness of hav-
ing to hurry back to my draIdgery," L
heardSa poor class-teaeher say, and the
same consciousness embitters the noon
day meal Of millions of school children
and overworked clerks. With business
people, therefore, The principal meal
should be the last. &fter the days work
is done We might then hate pleasant
conversation, and four blessed hours for
digpytiorT -bcfore- retiring for. tire right.
1t is SIN f9ggos-f:.a t. rule ttnt We sfFoufd
digest eur foetl- thonoiigifly beforeAwe re-
plcrisa the stomach. On this account,
fer those wkoscaa arrange their khuics
SO fhstt the interval between i their abs
is not too long, two meals a day arc bet
Ter than [ 'llpg.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
The Good Samaritan.

Did You ever see man about three
O'Clock in the morning hunting for the
keyhole on his front doorp 1t is a most
exhilarating sight, says the Detroit
Chat. The other night I was slowly
walking home, putting a fragrant che
root, when heard an awful rumpus on
the front steps of a house near by.
stopped and looked over, and there was
a well-known alderman busily engaged
in grand hunt for the front-door key
hole First he would balance on his
toes, and then he would balance on his
heels, and then he would run his head
into the door. and knock his plug hat
down over his eyes. Then he would
groan-a and such a groan-despair fails
to describe-it. / stood behind tree aud
laughed; / roared, ard never had 50
much fun in week. The little steel
night-key would travel all over the door,
from the transom to the step, rattle
against the knob and hinges, and 60
anywhere except in the key-hole. Final
" he gave it up. and sat down on the
steps to mediate. In a few minutes he
fell asleep, lost his balance, and fell
headlong down stairs, creating a tre-
mendous racket, and bawling profane
language loud enough to be heard out in
Utah. | ran across the street at the risk
of being recognized by dozen night
capped heads that adorned neighboring
windows listening to the matinee, and
picked ''his honor" up, opened the door
for him, and let him drop into the arms
of his wife, who greeted me with, $50
you are the villain who gets - drunk
every night-O! but III have my re-
venger' 1 went home, and wondered
where was ahead by playing the good
Samaritan
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
Some Terrible Pms.

Punning, says the New Orleans Ped
yatsae, would not be so bad were it not so
infectious Puns leave germs which lie
in idle minds until they fructify and bear
a balefni crop of more puns. The other
day some of us got to talking about that
witty old eynic, Dean Swift, when one
of the company took advantage of the
opening and gave us this .jess de mot of
his
s.Why," asked the dean, sis it right,
by the ler talioais, to pick an artist
pocketpn
: 1t was given up, of course, and the
answer was-"Because he has pict-
ures.''
A silence fell round about the table
until, one by one, we all saw it. Then
one thoughtful man Observed
at was impossible to give the answer
because the dean had eontrived to re-
serve the answer to himself. / could
not, for instance, say that it is right for
me to pick an artists pocket because he
has picked yours"
+ Here is another conuhdrum, founded
upon pun, which only the propounder
can solve. An old man and a young
one were standing by meadow.
why" asked the young man, els
this clover older than you?"
ut is not" replied the other.
1T is, though returned the young
man, because it is pasturage."
Thereupon an distracted looking per-
son, who had not followed the line of
remark, and who had not understood
the illustration, startled US all with this
irrelevant inquiry
why can not pantomimist tickle
nine Esquimauxp Give it up Why, it s
because he can gesticulate."
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
Whr the Mem Don't Dance.

A general wall goes npaat the search
~ of the male element at Washington
parties. which opens up a vast subject
the customs Of society which drive men
ont. of it. The German has disorgan-
lied everything. Aman may 90 to, a
ball to amtlse himself, but whenit comes
to amusing himself according TO the di-
rections Of a ballet master, called 1.-THE
Header - it is altogether a different thing.
He must dance whether he feels ike il
or not; he must 4'take outT those who
have taken him ont. and taken him in
by so doing. He must be always on the
alert; there is. none of that fascinating
softness of repose, that sweet forgetful-
ness which is the subtle charm of dane
ing. We hayegot the german, but we
have given up dancing. No wonder
that men had rather be chopped to
pieces than go into society where the
german prevails. and a grim and solid
phalanx of mammas lines the walls to
see that no man dances twice with the
girl he wants to. T
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11

thrown upon the Ere. even grain and
food. His house is burned. the camp
moved, and his name is never mentioned
again. His account is closed; there is
no inheritance; no shoes to wait for.
The horses of the deceased are killed
and eaten by the funeral guests. The
Yumas never eat chickens or eggs,
though they raise poultry for sale;
neither will they touch pork or mutton.
The mourning does not necessarily take
place during the burning of the body,
though that is preferred when practica-
Bile. Runners are sent out to summon
friends and relatives, and it is not until
all are good and ready that the pent-up
feelings of the bereft find vent in howl,
lasting twenty-four hours, or more, ac-
cording to the position or sex of the de-
ceased and the supply of horse meat.
Females are not violently mourned.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
Al Canton TO Smokers.

The dangers which menace smokers
are not confined, as it seems, to the del
eterious effects of taking foul vapor into
the lungs and throat. There are inciden-
tai perils against which it is only an act
of Kindness to warn the lovers of pipes
and cigar-holders. King James /. and
others who have since his day continued
to blow their counterblasts against the
use of the weed will, perhaps, object to
such philanthropy as misplaced, and
would prefer TO see the tobacco maniacs
perish in their vice. 1t is to be feared,
however, that pipes have too firmly es-
tablished their home among US to be ex-
terminated by any such warnings, and
that, as smoking win inevitably be prac-
ticed in the world, the right thing to do
now is TO remove from it the chief risks
OF serious injury it involves.
paragraph in the Paris papers tells
as that a young man in that city was in
the habit of cleaning out the stem and
mouth-piece of his pipe with common
knitting needle. which he neglected to
wipe and purify after each of these ap-
piications. One day, on hastily picking
up the instrument, its point ran into his
finger, and the. result of the wound,
which was at first neglected, is that he
win lose his arm, and may be considered
lucky If even by this means he can save
his life. The hand and arm swelled
gradually, owing to the poisonous effects
of the nicotine, until two days after the
accident occurred he found it necessary
to go to a surgeon. Remedies were APP
piled, but with no effect and numerous
Assesses began to form upon the hand
and wrist. The case may be added to
rSfh
even the smallest injection of nicotine is
capable of producing the gravest injury.
Smokers are hardly as fully aware of
this fact as they should be, nor as care
fnl in avoiding the contact of the nico-
tinous deposit always to be found in
pipes. Although the particular species
of accident that has just occurred in
Paris is hardly likely to repeat itself
often, it might very easily happen to a
man to have cracked or chapped lips,
upon which the moisture that exudes
from foul pipe might run and commu-
nicate poison calculated to cause the
worst results.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
A Dog Saves a House.

Samuel .Lockhart. West a Vincent,
Penn, is the owner Of a remarkably in
teliigent black dog-Shep. On Sunday
Mornings girl living with the family
came down stairs early and built fire
in a stove. which blazed up SO rapidly
that the chimney into which the stove
pipe ran was set on FIRE and quickly en-
dangered the house. The girl had gone
yout, leaving Shep lying near the Chin
ney, and be-, taking in the situation at
once. ran upa stairs to the room of his
mistress isT1ttcommenced barking loud
IL to attract her attentions and she, ex-
pecting something; was wreng, came
down promptly. and succeeded in extin-
gushing the flames IN time to save the
house from destruction. s29s
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11

Mrs. Fox tells III her journals this
pleasant story abont Florence Nightin-
gale, the eminent nurse, who has done
SO nltlcsa for the ameiioration of human
suffering:
Warrington Smyth aud Sir Henry de
la Beche dfncd at her fathers, andPlor-
ence Nightingale ssttetween Them. She
began drawing Sir Henry out ON geole-
gy, and charmed linn by the boldpess
and breadth Of her views, which were
not common then. She accidental pro-
ceeded into reeienss of Latin aud Greek,
and then our geologist had to get out
of it.
She was fresh from Egypt, and began
talking With W Sms tf about the in
scriptions, etc, where he thought he
could do pretty we'll; but when she be-
gan quoting Lepsius, which she had been
studyirg ii lie original, he was in the
same case as Sir Horny.
When the ladies' left the room the lat
ter said to him, "A capital young lady,
that. il she hadn't SO floored me with
her Latin and Greekr'
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
The Ynma Indians.


SAYS a Fort Yuma correspondent >.
the Philadelp fiia Bulletin, / was mucl
struck, in reading recent letter in tts
BuEletf,s, describing the rlortuary Gus.
toms of the Hindoos, with their resem-
blanee to tiansespracficed by the indians
in this vicinity at the present time. In
fact, they are literally the same So
much has been said on the subject OF
the best method Of cremation of late
years, that had been Impressed with
the idea that something equivalent to
the heat Of a compound blowpipe was
necessary to consume q human corpse,
and vet / have seen three- foartiis of a
cord of wood prove sufficient in aheopen
air to completely destroy every xestige
of an adult body, and have never per-
eeived any noficuabie ofor during the
precesss gPhe bofiy sgfasrnt as soon as
possiisle after sleath.4 -Four posts are
planted, enclosing q space six feet BY
four, and Ordinary cordword, mixed
with lighter n1aterial is piled across il
to a height of twofeet.
The body is laid upon this, and rs
much more. weod piled upon u ana tiie
whole fired Everything belonging 70
the deceased, excepting live stock, y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
Don't Whine.

Don't be whining about not having q
fair chance. Throw a sensible man out
of window and he'll fall on his feet,
and ask the nearest way TO his work
The more you have to begin with the
less you will have in the end. Money
you earn yourself is much brighter than
any you get out of dead mems bags. A
scant breakfast in the morning of life
whets the appetite for feast later in the
day. He who has tasted a sour apple
will have themore relish for sweet one.
Your present want viii make future
prosperity all the sweeter. > Eighteen
pence has set up many peddler in bust
ness, and he has turned it over until he
has kept his CARRIAGE AS for the place
you aregcast in,don't find faultiwith that;
you need. not be q horse because YOU
were born in a stable. If bull tossed
a man of metal sky-high he would drop
down into a good place. A hard-work-
ing young man with his wits about him
will make money while others will do
nothing but lose it.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11

later. when he comes to sit down for !,
smoke, he may remember your piliz, and
bless it--but you are far away. The
brakeman on passenger train studies
gruffness. You can't offer him money.
nor ask him out to take y glass OF beee;
but if you want to know exactly shcsT
long you have TO wait at Hanover June
ton. aud how long It takes You to run
from there to Washington, just tender.
him two-cent,cigar His granite conn.,
tenance will instantly melt and run all
over his face. and he win feel himself
bound not only to answer, all inquiries,
but to tell you how To save two dimes in
getting your supper at the restaurant.
In fact, the influence of agtwp-cent cigar
is almost bound!ess. 1t viii stop any
citizen of any city, and make him feel
happy to answer a dozen questions. 1t
viii direct ,yon 10 the best hotels. point
out the best. sights. make street car con-
duetors talk, give you. the best seat in
the omnibus, and accomplish all that
gold and silver can do Norman Should
travel without them. I..lsss.sl
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
Arab Rail Play.

About fifteen Arab boys and men,
some of the latter with white boards
some with sabers, some with guns slung
across their shoulders, were tossing a
leather ball about as big as an orange.
One would take it, let it fall and send
it into the air with blow of his foot;
ali the others rushed TO catch it before
it fell The one who caught it repeated
the action of the first; and SO the group
of players, always following the ball,
were in constant movement from one
point to another. The curious part OF
It was that there was not word nor a
CRY nor smile among them. Oldm
and boys, all were equally intent upon
the game, as upon some necessary la
Dor, and only their painting breath and
the sound of their feet could be heard.
-Morocco: lis People and Places DE
As7licls
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
Look Before You Lean.

Almost any error inslife may be rem~
edied save an erroE in marriage. II q
man make mistake in sone thing he
can rectify it by doing right about an
other. If one mine be unproductive, or
one field barren. he can try for gold in
some fresh direction--it isepassible for
him to turn up the sods of distant acres.
and plant and reap there but TO find
you have chosen wrongly in marriage is
as when man discovers, just as the sun
is setting. that he has erred through
life There is no retrsciug either road.
there is no getting rid either of the spent
existence or Of the Lawful wife; the day
is gone, tie decision is made hey ond re-
CALI and nnh appya is he who hnds he
has taken the wrong turning.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
Roman Bows at School.

Five clock IN the morning was the
hour at which they went to school, and
as the masterswere stern disciplinarians,
their cries of woe made one of the chief
nuisances of the early morning hours.
In some schoolsboth sexes were together,
although the edueationo of girlswas COM
paratively neglected. be1 In the higher
social circles girls We're taught music and
dancing, and other fashionable branches,
as nowadays. Tuition was very cheap,
less than one cent day. The boys had
holidays in March and December, and a
long vacation in the Summer, in which
TO recuperate their tagging energies. AT
fourteen they were put into high schools,
where they studied rhetoric, poetry. bellies
lettres generally. their previous efforts
having been confined to reading, writing,
and arithmetic, with Greek and Latin
grammar and verses. The younger child
rem were taught their letters and'numer-
ais b. means of small livery blocks. as
at the presssntday. The pay of teacher
was thirty dollars 4 year, about one
hundred times less than that of ballet
dsncer-a significant fact.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
MOLIN E..
FRANK HARDWOOD
Reporter.
once:-Harwood's Stable.
ITEMS IN BRIEF.


The Hon. Chas. Durham, of Geneseo-
was in the city yesterday.
Prof. Molincaur left for st. Louis We'd
nesday night.
I. Sheriff Ankrum and Marshal Miller were
in the city yesterday.
Jane Coombs, in Romeo and Juliet" at
Timms' Hall tomorrow night.
Dr. Vessel has recovered from his ILL
ness. and is now attending TO his many
/ patients. szs
Lawrence Ecklund is the individual who
has bought Chas Edwards tin shop, and
not a. Mr.. Anderson, as was reported.
The members of the MInnehaha hose
company say that they were on time first
at the fire Wednesday. Credit to whom
credit is due.
Charles Edwards intends going west and
embarking in business of some kind, posi-
bly, real estate
Harwood & Cralle received new ex-
press wagon from Mason's carriage factory
yesterday.
The j.. s.. Keator is down from the pin
cries with raft of logs for the j. S. Kea-
| tor Lumber Co
| Hen Gibbs of Henry county, was shak
ing hands with Moline friends yesterday,
and VIM. Mills, of Hillsdale, was doing
likewise. tsk ~
& Mrs. Geo. Heck and Mrs. Frank Sinett
| leave for Carthage, Missouri, this morning,
on a visit to friends and relatives. They
will be gone about three weeks.
20 1t has been limited that the Mayors an
naal address was written by the city attor-
ney, but any sensible person will not be-
lieve it..
Several ladies and gentlemen received
the ordinance of baptism at the Congrega-
tional church last Sunday. The organiza-
ton is increasing in membership.
The broom drill, which is to be given by
the young ladies of the Congregational
church, promises to be one of the richest
treats of the season.
The preparations for the library supper
are nearly completed. The ladies have
worked hard, and it now remains to be
seen whether the public will appreciate it
or not.
Josh Whitcomb" was played by the
Baysee combination last night TO a crowd
ed house Frank Cotton played ''Uncle
Josh" in an acceptable manner. The
troupe play the rest of the week at Gene
SEQ, and then disband for the season
n
| Billy" Reed was collared yesterday by
Marshal Henderson. Reed is the man who
put up watch and chain for BAIL and tho
property belonged to some one else. Reed
skipped, but was caught yesterday in q
saloon, drunk He viii Interview the Pc
lice Magistrate to-day.
The circumcision of Simon Hirsch's new
born son took place yesterday forenoon
at 10: 80, in the presence of twenty five o
thirty invited guests. The operation wa
performed by Dr. Albert, of Davenport
After the ceremony lunch was served
and wine and beer furnished in plenty
Those fortunate enough to possess invita-
tons embraced the opportunity, and ex
pressed as being well pleased with the en-
tertainment. Sociability reigned for som
| time
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-11
Masonry of a Cigar.

No wise manwill set out on journey
without providing himself with at least
fifty cheap cigars. Those which can be
bought for two cents are just as good as
those sold for dime, and the gift OF
one is rewarded with just the same
courtesy. You are IN a hurry TO change
trains and re-check baggage The check
man doesn't care two cents whether You
are left or not, and the chances are that
you would be left butfor the cigar. Edge
mp to him. drop the cigarinto lis fingers.
ask him to re-cheek You to- Indianapolis,
and You ere liked in six seconds. Hours