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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-04
CLOCKS.


Clocks were a timely and striking IN
vention, commonly used to prevent llS
sun from getting ahead OF its reconl
and to provide people with an oPPol
tunity 10 wonder how far wrong Ils'
are.
The facial expression (like some men
invariably betrays the internal conSuuE
ton, and any disturbance depicts i's'l
very plainly. A clock never traves
the square; it always goes round Sl-
singular though it may seem, clocKsL'
generally trusted. and yet they coAE
ually go on ''tick." i.
They are also an exception to tne I y.
of busy hands being out Of mischief ~ ~
although no one viii dispute that Us
clocks hands are busy, yet they ca1
raise more trouble between q rsllfoS.
train and q man than any thing else y,
invented. Railroad clocks are alWs!'
kept wrong, as this prevents the stsnoI
master from explaining the dlneFsH"
between the trains and the time.
Clocks are very selfish. If they Coz
have a good time anywhere they
and they go everywhere, they will e'S
every UOu1 ncdt OueAn W nav
time, too. Clocks are well enougl
their places, but just let them get @ g,n
oncei When a clock begins 70 w.
down, and you are afraid of losingaI ].
Just turn the key on it to prevent ~ y = N
cape. This treatment usually Wina 49,
the movements of the clockfor the 'iiD0
and that most effectually- .L =
Some clocks are connected WI" n,,,
noise which is to all appearance, e. 9nI me
ly innocent of any connection wiz. ..,np
time of the clock. At least the S''o -s5.
to regulate it by the time has been p
ticaliy abandoned as hopeless.
a Good Likeness. ..Sa
A man started in the livery ;a~
business recently, and the first ! .uI 2sr
did was to have a big sign paihitFJb r ito
resenting himself holding muie st ~
bride. rs that a good Likeness q aYe
he asked of an admiring tlenu. ,gbo
It is q perfect picture of you Dp bar SIy
the fellow holding you by The O'
TEXAS SttLings.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-04
MONEY TO LOAN

On good farm lands, at : per cent.
commission. QUINCY MCNEIL
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-10-04
MOLINE DEPARTMENT.

E. L. EASTMAN, Reporter
Headquarters, one door West of Reimers
Cigar Store.
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TO BE CONTINUED.

TIE USE OF ToBACCO.-It is rather singu-
lar that Americans are the only civilized peo-
ple who habitually chew tobacco, although
sailors of nearly every nation are addicted to
it's mastication. 1t is singular too, that we.
probably, employ tobacco in other ways less
than other countries. Snutfiing is rather rare
here, common us it is in Europe, especially
on the continent. We do not smoke any
more than, if as much as, the English and
the French, Italians, notably the Germans,
Dutch and Spaniards, exceed us in smoking.
But as tobacco eaters we occupy the field
alone, having, it is to be regretted, Il monopo-
ly of one of the most unwholesOme and OBJ
noxious of practices. The rational mastica-
tion and expectoration are known over the
world. and do ample service in all conceptions
and caricatures of Brother Jonathan. To see
landsman chewing towaccO anywhere abroad
is to know him for an American, native or
adopted. Perhaps we stick to the worst of
three customs because tobacco is to so large
an extent an American plant. Europe knew
nothing of it until the discovery by Columbus
of the Western world. The sailors he sent
ashore at Cuba found the natives smoking,
and seeing them emit smoke from their mouth
and nostrils, imagined them to be Oh fire. All
the natives from the northwest coast to Pata-
gonia used tobacco, and to chew it is one OF
our inalienable and aboriginal rights.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-23

hut, Jack Cole, the boatswain, while laboring
under alteration Of mind, got up and started
out to walk to New York to see his wife.
The thermometer was 60 degrees below zero.
It required all of Lieutenant Danenhower's
persuasive powers to induce him to come back
into the hut
At Yakoutsk, Lieutenant Danenhower says
he found man who understood French, and
was taken to the Governor who treated him
with great kindness and consideration. He
detailed lieutenant with instructions to give
the wants of the party special attention. They
were quartered at small hotel, conducted on
the American plan. Lieutenant Danenhower
speaks of his stay in Yakoutsk as having been
exceedingly pleasant and comfortable under
the circumstances. On December oath, the
Governor sent an officer to Lieutenant Danen
hover to ask him at what time the Christmas
festivities usually began in America, and when
informed that + was usual to begin on Christ
mas eve, he sent his sleigh for the party to
come to his residence for supper and to spend
the evening.
In speaking of the terrible voyage of thepar-
ty, Lieutenant Danenhower says they had to
travel 700 miles over the ice from the ship to
the mouth Of the Lena. They landed in shoal
water and were compelled to wade two miles
to land. They were forced to travel 100 miles
further before they reached shelter, and he
says he was up five days and four nights with
out sleep or rest. He mentions the fact that
out of the thirty-three composing the crew and
officers of the Jeanette, only thirteen are
known to be living, and one is known to be
dead, gE.r
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or burning the thumb can obliterate it's fea-
lures. Sometimes a CHASTITY proof of guilt is
furnished. A murderer, red-handed with his
crime, may touch his fingers end upon white
wall, and so leave in the color of his guilt a
photograph on the accusing wall. His sigma
ture is left, just as Enthusiastically as if he had
signed the bond of his iniquity; and thus great
crimes have been brought to light, and deeds
of blood made to tell their own story.
But this individuality in the skin Of the tip
of the thumb, strongly marked as it is, yet ad-
mits of strong family likeness. Brothers and
sisters who will take impressions of their
thumbs will find resemblances among each
other that they will not find when comparing
them with the thumbs of strangers. Even
thus minutely does that strange thing, family
likeness, descend. What wonder is it that
faces look alike, voices sound alike; how can
it seem strange that members of the same fam
lily should have dispositions and similarities of
temper, of mental aptitudes and hereditary
diseases, when such minor peculiarities as the
texture at the end Of the thumb, and it's ranges
of hills, should also have family resemblances
in the midst of their indefinite diversities?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-23
THE DIGGER INDIANS.

When California was first invaded by the
crowd of gold diggers in 1849, beyond the few
thousands who had collected round the Span
ish missions in Lower California, and were in
a state of the most abject subsection to their
priests, there must have roamed over the wide
region more than one hundred thousand In
dians, living in state of freedom and Of ma
ture as complete as the elk, antelope or sage
rabbit, which furnished their then by no means
precarious livelihood. A headdress of feath-
ers with scanty coat of paint on his face,
was the full dress of brave, while fringe of
bark or grass suspended from her waist fur
nished a complete wardrobe for his squaw.
To this day the males 60 naked during the
summer, if living at a distance from the
whites. The men have no boards, this being
plucked out by the squaw as soon asit appears.
They all wear ornaments in their ears-or, at
least, they did. The children had theirs bored
at an early age larger and larger pieces of stick
being inserted, until the aperature was capable
of taking in Ole of the largest bones of pell-
cans wing-fve or six inches long, carved in
rude style, and decorated at the end with
crimson feathers, which is worn permanently.
The back hair of the man is fastened up in
net and made fast by pin of wood pushed
through both hair and net, the large end being
ornamented with crimson feathers, obtained
from the head of the woodpecker, and some
times with the tail feathers of an eagle. The
women, before the advent of the whitess wore
no hair nets or ornaments. Before being cor
rupted by the rude gold-diggers and lumber
men, they were not a bad kind of people. The
men were treacherous, but harmless enough,
unless ill-treated, and the girls frank and even
confiding but then the men always were ILL
treated, and the children could scarcely be ex-
pected to be very confding toa pale-face, when
from infancy he was the bugbear used to
frighten them into submission to the maternal
will The boy has a bow and arrow put into
his hands as soon as he can use them, while
the girls learn to weave blankets and make
bread of acorns. They are much more famil-
lar with tile points of the compass than their
neighbors northward. If a ball or an arrow
is lost the one who saw it fall will say ITO
the east a little north now three steps north
east" and so on. Even in the darkest night
an Indian will fetch water from the spring, by
following the direction of a companion who
had been there previously "Three hundred
steps east and twenty north"
They are excellent trackers OF game, ana
say it is impossible to mistake white mans
foot, even bare, for it is deformed by the pres
sure of boots and shoes, while the Indians
foot is so formed that he can hold arrows with
his toes while making them. They wander
about from place to place, as the attractions OF
game may incline, and hence are acquainted
with wide range of country
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THE OLD STORY.


Twas weeping, sad and weary,
And the night was, dark and dreary
Endless seeming to my child heart,
Longing for the morning light,
Pain and woe full sore wore DER me,
And the shaded lamp before me
Seemed to mock my bitter yearning,
Long ago, one winter night.
Till nv mothers soft caressing
Fell upon me like blessing,
AS she told of One who suffered
Bitter throes on Calvary;
Till hushed my sobs and crying,
On her gentle bosom lying,
While she told me of the Saviour
And His death upon the tree.
Told me DER and DER the story
OF the Christ child and His glory,
OF the shepherds wondrous vision
And the star of promise bright;
OF the humble shed and manager
Grading the holy stranger;
OF the angels, praises singing,
Long ago, one winter night.
Stiller grew my hearts quick beating
As she told me of the meeting
At the tomb, one Sabbath morning,
OF the angels fair and bright.
Then, at last, the story ended,
Up to God prayer assembled
All, it all comes back so plainly
To my fevered brain tonight.
As upon my couch languish,'
Soothingly upon my anguish,
Like star that breaks from the darkness,
Or a ray of morning light,
Comes the thought of that sweet story
Of the Christ child and his glory,
That was told to hush my wailing,
Long ago one winter night.
All! my burden seemeth lighter.
And the darkness groweth brighter;
Pain and grief no longer o'er me
Their dark wings of sorrow cast;
Christ, nv king, forever reigneth,
And my soul no more complaineth;
Christ has raised the veil Of shadows
From my weary heart at last.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-23

THE JEANETTE SURvIvoRs.-Mr. W. w.
Danenhower, of Washington, has lately re-
ceived two letters from his son, Lieutenant
Danenhower, of the Jeanette Arctic explor-
ing expedition. The first one is dated at Bu-
lun, mouth of the Lena, November 9, 1851.
December H. The trip up the river from Bu-
lun to Yakoutsk occupied thirty-six days, and
was made on sledges with dogs, reindeer and
horses. Lieutenant Danenhower describes the
journey as one full of severe hardships. There
were stations at intervals on the way, con-
structed of logs. lie describes the last one Of
these, seventeen miles from Yakoutsk, the
best one of the lot, as small log building with
cow-shed attached. 1t was composed of one
room, in which were about twenty persons
when the party arrived. In the centre was the
body of horse that had been killed for food
and brought into the room to thaw out. Dur
ing the night that the party stopped at this
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NoTE-It is deemed advisable, for the sake
of comparison, to give the following extract
from Sec. 3, of the Act construed by the Court,
to wit: "That hereafter n soines,
fruits prepared ,uah spirituous liquors, bi1ters, on
other beverages of aphich spiritaUus liquors form
an ingredient, n shall only be sold un-
der the same terms as Intoxicating liquors."
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PAeANIN1's KINDNESS cold Christ
mas day poor blind man was playing on a.vi-
olin and trying to earn crust in one of the
London streets, but somehow his tunes lacked
the power to bring him any pence. There
stood the blind man, cold and hungry, alone in
his misery. Two gentlemen were passing and
stopped opposite the player, conversing a few
minutes One of them approached the player,
and gently patting his back, said won't the tn
ply, ''they won't open their windows, it is too
cold" Well, lend me your fiddle, and l will
see whether they will open for me-" The
speaker took the violin and played tune, the
like of which was never before heard, and
likely never to be heard again in street. The
windows opened as if by magic, and money
was thrown out of them plentifully. The
charmer, having accomplished his purpose,
gathered up the money, and, handing it to the
blind player, said; ''There, you can go home
now YOU have sufficient money to keep you
for one day at least" 1t was Paganini !
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PLEA FOR PLAIN ENGLISH.

ssThe Origin. Use and Abuse of the English
Language, was the subject of an interesting
lecture delivered by Edward A. Freeman, the
historian, recently at Haverford college. He
told how the history of our tongue did not begin
in Britain, but away back in the old land from
which England was settled-the land border
ing the ocean from Flanders to Schieswig;
that, strictly speaking, the English is not
a mixed tongue; that there was no time when
the Saxon language was cast aside and the
English took its place; and that it was Eng
Esh right through, although changed, as other
languages have changed.
He spoke at considerable length on the man.
ner in which foreign words got into our Ian
suage and displaced good English words with
out cause. He said that Americans have re-
tained many good English words which in
England have been turned out, although as to
Others we had best left them alone. The
word ''fall'' season Of the year, was an Eng
lish word in use in America, but which had
been displaced in England by the Latin word
'autumn,' and he told how an Englishman
complained in letter to an English newspaper
of the American use Of this word, supposing
that it had been invented since the Declara-
tion of Independence. Each country has
kept words which the other has lost.
Mr.. Freeman believed that any thought
worth the thinking aDouI can De put Iortn
clearly in English, without the use of any
foreign help or the use of strange, out-of-the7
way words, the jargon of diplomacy, etc. This
kind Of talk is used by cunning people, who
want to conceal what they think, and by silly
people, because they think it sounds fine. The
speaker said that he was looking over file OF
Benjamin Franklin's newspaper, the other
day, and he noticed how he told his story, in
a straightforward, witty, taking way, with
none of that forced humor and tall talk of
which we have so much at present on both
sides of the ocean. He Saw no use in do
nate'' and "locate," and thought "begin''
much better than commence, - ''inaugurate"
and initiate
To illustrate, he said he once wrote with
good deal of care this sentence '''The time
had now come when the man who had done
all this good to his native land was to undo
it with his own hand.'' There was only one
foreign word, native" in the sentence; he
might have used ''father" land, but this was
the other extreme. For the sentence ''the
time had now ,ome, &C.," he advised them
not to say ''the period had now arrived when
the individual v no had conferred, &C."
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articles of established names and character. :"
The judgment of this Court is that the judg-
melrt of the Circuit Court be affirmed.
We concur. w. D. SIMPSON, G. J.
HENRY MCIvER, A. j.
Filed, March 4, 1882.
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LOOK AT YOUR TnUMBs.-If anybody will
look carefully at the end of his thumb, he will
find that the surface is ridged with little
thread-ike ranges of hills, wound round and
round in tiny spirals. If he will take mag
nifying glass and examine them closely. lie will
find that there is good deal of individuality
in the way in which these are arranged NO
two thumbs in all the world are exactly alike.
The miniature mountain ranges are as fixed
and decided as the Alps or the Sierras, the ge-
ography of the thumb as unmistakabe. Now
tie Chinese have made use of this fact for es-
tablishing rogue's gallery. Whenever
criminal is examined by the law, an impression
is taken of his thumb. Smeared with a little
iamp-black, partially wiped and then pressed
down On a piece of paper, al engraving OF the
thumb is made, and kept in the police records:
1t serves just the same purpose Which is served
by our photographing our burglars and pick
pockets. The accused can be identified with
great certainty. Nothing short of mutilating
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-01-24
A Sorehead.
/ From Louisville Commercial, iitl,.,

From Louisville Commercial, 1Ithi
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Jan. 18th, 1882
Please allow me to say to the Union
men, soldiers Of Kentucky, and par.
ticularly 10 that very respectable por.
ton OF them who belong to the Dem
ocraiic party, ana have voted for the
nominees OF that party since the wer,
that l think the time has arrived in
the history of Kentucky politics tina,
we should rise up and assert our prin.
ciples, our rights, and our individual
manhood.
The unholy alliance which was per.
feoted at Frankfort yesterday, result
ing In the complete overthrow OF
Kentncky's first aud best Union SOL
der, Col. Frank Wolford, the Marion
of the Federal army, is a defiant aud
haunting blow to the loyal Democrats
of our State that we cannot submit
to. We have quietly borne these an
nually.recurring indignities for sew.
enteen long years, until the forbear.
ance has ceased to be a virtue.
Our duty is plain; let the standard
of revolt be raised and the loyal
Democracy aud soldier come to the
front, as they did for four years in
Kentucky during this war.
| cannot and will not support the
nominee OF the Frankfort Conven.
tion for Clerk of tho Court of Ap.
peals. Let an organization of the
Union Democrats.in every county in
the State be Immediately perfected
and candidates of our party be placed
before the people for every Office.
Respectfully,
JOHN ii. MoIlENRY.
Greensboro, Ky.
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INVENTORS

Should address EDISON BROS. Attorney. =,
Law and Patent Solicitors. Git Seventh st,eer
Washington, ID. T.. for circulars Of instr,,s.
tons. Rcasonablctcrms. Reference AMI ad.
vice sent PRE-. We attend exclusively Va
as.a business Reissucs, Intcrforencos. and
Ifatc' Marksand Caveats solicited. tjpon re-
c,lot OF model or sketch. and ,lesoripiion NJ
svs our opinion as TO patcntabiIity, free Of
charge. We refer to tho Commissioprr Of
,, aho, ,o also to Ex-commissionefs. Estn5.
"A
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-01-24
A Real Romance,

Many years ago there suddenly ap
peared in Moreheai City,,N. g., a
prepossessine young W oman calling
herself Mary Burt. she obtained
work and became afavorite with her
acquaintance. Fifteen years alter,
when all the circumstances concerning
her frs. appearance had been forgotten,
she received an offer of marriage from
one Of the well-to do residents of the
Mace.
She refused, however, and immedi-
ately- after her whole manner changed
She began moody and seemed fond Of
solitude. She finally purchased lot
OF land in the mountains, built log
cabin and lived there alone. The on
ly book she had was the Bible, which
she knew almost by heart. This sto-
ry Of her life was published recently
in the Asheville Citizen
The article was copied by a Yer
mont paper, add tiacted the notice Of
Robert t'letcber,a prominent citizen Of
that State. Fletcher soon after visit
ed Asheville, sought the editor of the
Citizen, and, together, they went to
Miss Burt's house. The hermit did
not recognize the. Veimonter, but
she soon learned that he was her old
lover. A mistake had kept them a.
part for half a century, but, when
Fletcher left Asheville few days la
ter, Mary Burt Howe, for that was the
hermit's full name, accompanied him
as his wife.
When Miss Howe and Fletcher
were young they were engaged to be
married. The Young woman fancied
her lover was attached TO another gill, |
however, and suddenly left her home
in Maine. Going TO Boston she ship
ped as stewardsss on ship bound for
Liverpool. The vessel was wrecked
On the North Carolina coast, and after
many advetnIes at SEA in an open
boat and among friendly Indians on
and, Miss Howe found her way ito |
Robert Fletcher traced |
his runaway sweetheart to the ship on
which she sailed, and hearing OF the
osS OF the vessel. always mourned her
rs dead till the North Carolina paper
gave him happy surprise.
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The Old Lady and the Tramp.

Mrs, Deacon Grover, ago 60. was
seated mending her sons stockings il
the Town of Horsehead, New York
last week, when tramp enter'd anu
asked for something to eat. The old
le,ly went to the cellar and when she
came back her gold trimmed specta.
cles were gone. She said to the tramp;
"1ou've got my specs" He denied
it, and, quietly laying down the plate
she went to a bureau, took revolver
therefrom, pointed it at the tramp aud
told him if lie didn't lay those specs OF
the table she would shoot him wher,
he stood.
The tramp took the speciacles from
his pocket and mildly laid thrm down
"Now," said she, "eat what | have
brought for you and get ont" He ate
and departed. When her son Angus
'us appeared the old lady, again TAX
ing the revolver from the bureau, said
to him.
Augustus, how do you cock ,hi.
weapon?"
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Indian Depart'mt, Washington, b. C.
/ am anxious TO introduce ID. Bulls
Cough Syrup among my Indians,
baying used II myself for several
months and think il one of the finest
remedies l eyer fonnd. assure you,
Il is the only thing that ever relieved
me of IA protrac,ed cough, brought on
by exposure while on the Sioux Com
mission last year. A. G. BOONE,
Agent for Poncas and u. 5. Com
missioner.