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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24
fjrsaa i'm a Pistol Wad.

- Ali NJ e@ md lastl f1fsR nave sa8reeu IN
iaranainE with signa1 ahnnathc zt'.tnith
AT sol tlsc,. 70 batray tho eaalss whose
bad ge and uniform one wears. fs moral
baseness, and IN time Of war crime
that may. be fatal to a whole lind. Pa
triotic women played no small part IN
the detection of secret treason during
the Revoiution, and instanees of the
same agency were not wanting during
the Civil War The following, related
by Benjamin f. Taylor. illustrates the
ingenuity of deceit-and shows how the
ingenuity of discovery may more than
match il:
A Union officer was suspected Of dis
LOYALTY. A young lady at his boarding
house. with whom he became coDsid6ra-
bly smitten and spent all the time he
could away from his regiment natural
w knew most OF his movements. and
she was advised to watch him
Not unfrequently he would ride out
of town into the country. be absent
three or four hours, and return The
Young lady could not account for these
excursions. about which he preserved
an air of mystery when spoken to.
One day, however, she SAW him load
his large old-fashioned pistol prepare
tory to his usual ride, She thought ne
put In an uncommon charge. and the
thought struck her.
ssTf Lieut. F. is upto mischief II 10
done during these trips into the eoun-
try =.
So when be came TO bid her good-py
sha continued to kcsp him in converse
zion ran from one thing 70 another
Nth questions and small talk, COM
,,Ia;nad of dullness, and finally, laying
her hand on his pistol, wished he would
teach tea her some day how to shoot-it
must be fine thing TO know a1iu ~
exciting. a4,er
while still holding the pistol she saIa
she felt thirsty, and asked him II ne
would favor her by getting her = sia'ss
Of lemonade.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24
The Southern Pig.

One ought to sec what the ground
work of all this pork business is. A
wild hog down South is a wonderful
creation to Northerner. who is accus-
toned to see hogs so fat that they can
hardly walk. Well. don't know as
they can walk here, but they can run.
See one broadside to, and you would
think it weighed two hundred and fifty
pounds; and let it turn about head on,
and it looks like o strip of sheet iron
stood upon the edge. Nearly all the
live ones Saw were black, and about as
thin as board; but when it came to an
Initiating space, could see how they
were made so thin. The air offers no
more resistance to them than a tub of
lard does to a cheese knife. 1 saw one
run along by the side of the railroad
track, keeping up with the train for
about n quarter of mile, when he sud-
denly thought he would show us how he
could run when he was so inclined, and,
gathering himself up, he darted along
by the car, overlook the tender, gained
a lap on the engine. and crossed the
track ahead of 1t, and ran into the
woods. If he had kept that gait until
we had got into Washington, he would
have been halfway through Alaska.
Probably next to the earrier-pigeon, the
Southern wild hog is the fastest bird in
the world.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24
About American Pirates

They had two methods of work One
was TO patrol the sea I'm the track of YES
sells bound to and from Europe and
Brazil or Spanish America, and seize
them. Very often tho crews were Wills
ing. or were compelled. to Join the
pirates; but sometimes all were killed or
carried into slavery. Merchant ships,
therefore, all went heavily armed In
those waters, and many were the bloody
battles fought
This work, however, employed only
portion of the buccaneers, and was too
uncertain q means of wealth to suit
then. They would, therefore, equip n
great feet, enlist men under certain
strict rules as to sharing the spoils, and
sail away to pillage some coast There
was hardly an island in the West Indies
from which, in this way, they did not
extort immense sums of money under
threat of destruction of the people. The
mainland also suffered from the ma
rauders. Great cities, like Cartagena in
Venezuela, Panama on the Isthmus.
Merida In Yucatan- and Havana, Cuba,
were attacked by armies of buccaneers
numbering tens OF thousands of men.
Sometimes their Notifications held good
and the enemy was beaten back, but
sooner or later all these cities, and 9TH
ers, smaller, were captured, burned or
partially burned. and robbed of every
thing valuable that they contained.
..Why did the citizens not hide their
wealth?'' They did; but the buccan-
GERS put to the most dreadful tortures
men, women. children. slaves-every-
body-until they would tell where their
money and jewels were buried. 1t Is
sickening to read of the crimes and suf-
fering committed by the wickedest of
men. For years and years they were
the terror OF the whole Caribbean region.
Nor did their enormous riches do them
n particle of good, for they wasted it all
the moment they got home, In wild
rioting. SO that the spoils earned by
months of hardship and exposure. and
wounds and danger of death. would be
spent in week of carousng Before
the end of the century, however, the
combined naval forces of all the nations
interested In the commerce of the new
world broke the power of the buccan-
GERS, and their depredations ceased.
Their story is one of the widest. most
romantic, but most terrible pictures in
the history of the world. June Wsde
Atcake.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24
NATU aE,s TKIUMFE.
Prazssr,s Root Buffers.

Ii you are weak, or ianguidy us
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If your flesh is flabby and your com
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III you live in a malarial district, rs,
Frazer's Bitter's
Ii worn down with the care OF chill
dren, use Frazer's Bisters.
If you hsye got the blues, use Fraz
.er's Bitters.
If you kept late hours and lived con
trary to the laws OF health, use traz
er's Root Bitters.
If you need toning up, take Frazer's
Root Bitters.
If you have abused instead of used
natures gifts, use Frazer's Bittcrs
If you feel old before your time, use
Frazer's Bitters.
Ifiife has become a burden and you
have gloomy forbodings, use Frazer 4
Bitters.
If your hands tremble and yo, eyes
have grown dim, Frazer's Root Dit
tiers will make you feel young. again
Sold by all druggists everywhere at
the low price $1.00 per bottle f. 8.
Henry Co., Sole Proprietos, Cleveland
Ohio.
For sale by McCabe 8 wheaton. Rock leland.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24
De Oireus or Heaben,

After the circus had opened to the
public yesterday gray-haired coiored
brother, who held the hand of n boy of Ia
as both stood gazing at the tent, shook
his head in solemn manner and OBJ
served:
ats no use to cry bout it. sonny.
kase we am not gwine in dar no how. "
.But want ter whined tho boy.
..In course you does. All chip en of
your aige run to evil an wickedness, an
dey mus be sot down by dose wild ex-
peerience"
..You used to CO." urged the boy.
s4Sartin did, but what was de re-
suItP / had sich load on my consci-
'ence dat couldn't sleep nights. cum
powerful nigh bein' a lost man, an in
dem days de price of admishun was on
ly a quarter, too"
Cant we both git In for fifty centsP ''
Il 'speck we might, but to-morrcr
you'd be bilin' oiSer wild wickedness an
I'd be back-slipper from de church.
Hush up, now, kase | hain't got but
thirty cents an dar' am no show fur
crawlin' under de canvas!''
The boy still continued to cry, and
the old man pulled him behind wagon
and continued:
Henry Clay Scott, which had you
rather do-go inter de circus an den
take dc awfullest lickin' boy cher got,
or have glass of dat red lemonade an
go to Heaben when you die? Befo' you
decide let me explain dat mean a lick
in which will take cherry inch of de hide
off, an also mean one OF dem big glass
es of lemonade. In addishun, would
observe dat circus am gwine on in
Heaben all de time, an de price of adj
mishun am simply nominal Now, sab,
what do you say?n
The boy took the lemonade, but he
drank it with tears in his eyes.-De-
tr0it Free Press
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24
A Snre Thing.

Said the gilded youth: ''Yes, IT'S a
mighty nice thing to be engaged to sew
en- or eight girls, If you call on one,
and she isn't at home, yon can go and
see another. and if you find any other
fellow present, why, he's got to give
way to you. Get into trouble. breach
of-promise suits, etc? o, no. When a
girl begins to get troublesome, turn saw
agely on her and say: 'Perfidious wom-
an, / know ALL Denials and explana-
tions are uselessi / break our engage
menti' That settles it You can be dead
sure she has been flirting with some fell
low, and she'll think you've discovered
it, and either give the real facts of her
proceedings away, trying to explain. or
else say nothing and let yon go. It's
dead sure thing every time. y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24
last Words

Il bless the Lord: said Sir Harry
Vane, before his execution on Tower
Hill, that / have not deserted the
righteous cause for which | suffer-
When Sir Walter Raleigh was laid on
the block, he was told by the execution
er to lie with his head toward the east.
mo matter how the head lies," was his
reply, 80 that the heart be right"
Once when a great marshal was about
10 die, those about his bedside spoke to
him of his victories, and the number of
colors which he had taken from the en-
envy.
"Ah,n said the old warrior, show lit
tie avail all the actions which you call
'gloriousn All these are not worth one
single cup of cold water given for the
love of God.n
my dear" said Sir Walter Scott to
his son, on his death-bsd, s'be a good
man; be virtuous. be religious, be a good
man. Nothing else can give you COM
fort when you come to lie here"
Live well!'' said the dying Samuel
johnson.
Mahmoud, the Ghiznevide, the first
Mohammedan conqueror of India, when
he felt himself dying, caused all his
treasures of gold and Jewels to. be dis
played before him. When he surveyed
them, he wept like child.
ALAS" said he, what dangers, what
fatigues of body and mind, have en-
dured for the sake of acquiring those
treasures. and what cares in preserving
them! And now I am about to die and
leave themr'
Thus the poor Manchester manufac-
turer, who had accumulated an immense
fortune, had pile of new sovereigns
brought to him and laid upon the COW
erlet of his bed.
He gloated over and fondled them,
Toasted his eyes upon them, filled his
hands with them, and let them fall In
stream upon each other, thus making
music in his ear. When he died he was
no richer than the beggar at his door.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24
In. WV. HURST,
Fire and Life
INSUR ANCE,

INSURANCE.
RKPREsRNTs THB FOLLOWING COMPA-
NIEs:
Insurance Company Of North
America
North British and Mercantile.
London Assurance
Lancashire
Pennsylvania.
Springfield of Massachusetts,
Queen
Commercial Union.
Glen's Falls.
Buffalo German.
Manufacturers of Boston.
New York Alliance.
Mechanics and Traders.
LA Confiance.
Mutual Benefit Life.
Office over the Rock Island
National Bank.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24
Motheral anothersll Motherallr

Are you disturbed at night and bro
ken of your rest by sick child suffering
and crying with the excrueiating pain
of cutting teethP If SO go at once and
get bottle of Mrs. Winsiow's Aooth-
ing Syrup. 1t will relieve the poor
little sufferer Immediately epead
apon it; there is no mistake about it..
There is not a mother on earth who
has ever used it, who will not tell You
at once that it will regulate the bowels.
and give rest to the mother, and relief
and health to the child operating ike
magic. 1t is perfectly safo to use III all
cases, and pleasant TO tbs taste and is
the prescr f the oldest
asld bestf .and nurses
IN the U....e,. s..,. sold every
whore. % cents a bottle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24

lhe officer went for tile drink, and
the instant the door closed behind him
she drew the charge from the pistol flor
she knew enough of pistols to do this)
and substituted another
She was not a minute too soon, for
back he came, took the pistol and rode
away.
No sooner had he gone than she ex-
amined the charge, and 1t proved to be
plans and details of the army's forces
and movements snugly rolled together.
The mischief soas in the pistol.
She reported the matter to the prop
er military authorities, and on his re-
turn to the city the treacherous officer
was seized and placed under guard.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24
p1LEsr erLEsil PrLEslii
= asso~ Cure gouno atsLast. NO One Heed


E1LEEf PILEE9! PILES I Il
q as-ss~ Cure gouno at.nast NO One Need
sasa : HuRse
Aaale care for the. Blind. Bleediua
Etcning and liberated Piles has been
discovered by DIR. Williams ian Indian
remedy. called DR.. Williams Indian
Ointment. A single box has cured
the worst chronic cases of IS and so
years standing. No one need suffer
five minutes after applying this won
der1ni soothing inedfcine. Lotions.
Instruments and EsiectIarics do more
harm than good Williams Ointment
abs0rbs the tumors, allays the intense
Itching particularly at night after
getting warm in bed). acts as a poui-
tice; gives Instant and painless relief
and is prepared only for Piles, itching
o: tfle private parts, and nothing 4eIs6.
Read what the Hon. j. M. Coffin
berry, of Cleveland, says about Dr.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment: III
have used scores OF pile cures. and IL
afords me pleasure to say that | have
never found anything which gave SUCH
Immediate and permanent relief as DIR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment.
For sale by ali druggists, or mailed
on receipt of price 81 90.
s. L. Henry Il Co. Props,
Cleveland, Ohio
Fer sale by McCsbe & Wheaton. Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24
About Carving.

Oscar Wilde says that the Swiss boys
do some fine carving on the front porch
of their houses, and wonders why Amer
lean boys are not ms ingenious. Ii 0s-
car had ever Witnessed the larruping of
mn American boy for carving his desk at
school he wouldn't wonder why they
didn't go right home and carve the
porch Steal6eR Republican.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24
uoal Mining With Lime.

At last there appears possipiiiIy tnat
the terrible loss Of life which annually
occurs la these isles through mining nc
cidents win soon be sensibly reduced.
At the present. meeting of the Iron and
Steel Institute Mr.. Mosiey read long
and instructive paper on pew method
Of winning coal The principal feature
Is that cartridges containing lime In
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-06-24

A mile of railroad track day. ac-
cording to the actual experience OF Mr..
w. M. johnson. of Temple, Bell conn-
ty. Tex, incurs an expense OF S292. 50.
Efghty-fiv per cent. OF all the COM
mitments 10 the Boston House of Indus
try during the past year were for drunk
eness, and one-fourth of the number
were women.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-06
DISTRICT COURTS.

E9yITY coURIroJgsTICE wYLIE-Johnson VS..
HodgLIn sale ratified finally and cause referred to
auditor. Bresnahan vs. Molienry; petition Of
guardian ad lltem denied Reed Post commits
sion to get answer Of infant defendant ordered 70
issue. Stamp vs., Balock trustee directed Ia sell
stock deposited IN court Masonic Mutual Relief
Association VS.. McAuley hearing in general term
In rs instance ordered. Stewart vs. Lord testimony
ordered taken In twenty-five days. Jones vs. Jones
divorce granted decree TO be prepared. Hooper VS.,
Fnunce testimony ordered taken In ninety DAYS,
Sample vs.. sample: diyOrce.grantod decree 10 he
prepared. Adjourned I'LL to-day ut hnlfpast ten a.
N. Assignments for to-day Calendar Nos. 10 TO- H.
p ~ and all other cases undspOsed of
COURT IN GENERAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES O. mr.
TER AMI JusTfcrs HAGNER AND JAMEs-JOhn Jay
Knox, commissioner, VS.. John V. w. Vandenbnrgh;
decree granted. same Henry s. Crawford IT al i;
decree granted. Same vs. Same; appeal taken TO
United States Supreme Court John McEligOt VS..
The District OF Columbia; submitted. Keyser re-
ceiyer vs.; Hatch Dismissal aside and case con.
tlnued till next term OF court. John A. Schneider q
Son VS.. sarah Garland. argued aud submitted John
W. Thompson w. Alexander X. shepherd; hearing
commenced. Adjourned till ten o. IN. to day. AS
sgnments for loday-Nos. 3d. 49, 50, o., lOO 0i, l02
lO5, 1905, and no.
CIRcuIT CouRT-JUsTIcE MAcARTHUR.-Gord
vs. Lockwood verdict for Planiln for fislS5 and In
teTest rom June 20. 1872 Hayden Day ct AL. de-
fault set aside Ramsdell vs.. District OF Columbia
on trial. buckley a Marbury VS.. fcwks; motion for
new trial Adjourned tll to-day, At ten q M, As
sgnmens for tO-dayCalendar Nos Az 49,, 3lI, a7T,
3S5, lOl, do2 al, COL, Sl2 S5. 33I, s9s and 400.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-06
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.

The following business was transacted Thursday
IN the supreme Court of the United States:
On motion of Mr. O. p Culver, w. r. Culver, esq.,
Of Chicago Illinois was admitted 10 practice.
On motion of Mr.. George Harding, Henry w.
tlce.
MIR. Socitor-General Phillips presented to the Court
Hon Benjamin Harris Brewster, Attorney General of
the United States. aud bis commission, which
dered 10 be entered on the minutes of the court
No 20l. William i. Patton, collector, &c, plaintiff
In error, VS. William Holman ct nj. On motion of
MIR. SollcOr-Genernl Phillips, dismissed.
NO. llS). Joseph Enright, appellant, VS.. Harvey w
Rice. on motion of Mr.. NJ, A. Wheaton, docketed
and dismissed, with costs.
No: l92 John L. Head, plaintiff In error. vs.. Har-
yey w. Rice. Argument continued by Mt. NJ. a.
Wheaton for defendant In error, and concluded by
Mr, George Harding for plaintiff in error.
No. l0L The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
Railway Company. The cases were passed to be
heard amer No. 1T.
No 100 Christian worley ct ALL appellants. VS. The
LOker Tobacco Company ct al. Argument COM
menced by MT II. H. Parkinson for appellants.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-06
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS.

The river is filed with floating ice. Prospects
favorable for an ice blockade.
The demurrer In the case ofthe United States VS.
the city of Alexandria will be-argued on the 18th
instant
There are at present largo number of hands
employed at the ship-yard, working on the ferry
steamer City of Wnshington and the new schooner
now being built there for Captain Redmond.
The Corporation Court yesterday was engaged
with the trial of Wells. charged with counterfeit
ing. The Jury In the case of Robert Hicks charged
with burglary on Rickers store, out all night
and had not agreed at noon.
All the necessary machinery having arrived,
everything was lively at the works of the Potomac
Manufacturing Company, in this CITY, yesterday
preparatory to lighting fires in both the furnaces
there this morning, when the manufacture of iron
direct from the ore will be commenced
A number OF Good Templars from Washington
paid visit to Golden Light Lodge, OF this city,
Tuesday night. During pleasant meeting ad
dresses were delivered or Rotations made by j. j.
Mahoney, Bessie Perry, NJ. p. Caldwell, Ellen
Crosby, the Freer family, and Others of Washing
ton, as well as by q number of Alexandrians
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-06

BY Associated Press.
New York, Jan. 5.-Money loaned down from 6per
cent. per nnnum and i-3s per diem to per cent and
closed ut the latter price Exchange was steady at
ernments were quiet and. unchanged. state bonds
rather dull Railroad bonds were irregular and
unsettled on n moderate volume of business. The
share speculation opened Mt slight decline for the
general list from yesterdays closing quotations. The
transactions aggregated 400 900 shares Including Cen
trail Pacific, l0,l0G Delaware, Lackawanna and West
ern, 80 900 Denver and Rio Grande n AGO. Erie, $500
Lake Shore, $500; Louisville and Nashville, 35,7OG
Michigan Central, 1900 Memphisand Charleston, 400
New Jersey Central 1900; New York Central sD,500
Northern PACIFIC 1890 Reading, $500; 81 Paul 81,
500 Texas Pacific q ,300 Union Pacific, 1900 Wabash
Pacific 2G,S0O Western Union, 1900.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-06
a Partltion of Real E.tate A.I.ed For.

John Esputa has filed a bill against Mary
and Edward Esputa for the partition of certain
real estate The plaintiffs bill states that he
Florida, and that defendant Mary Esputa, was
formerly his wife, but was divorced from him by
the Circuit Court of the Seventh Judicial District
of Florida on August 10, 1881 that the defend
ant Edward is non compos meRtis, and has been an
inmate of the St. Elizabeth Asylum since 1869;
November. 1869, leaving widow and four chill
dren, the widow dying in 1879 In December 1877,
the two sisters OF the plaintiff conveyed all their
interest in the property to Mary Esputa. He
therefore asks that commission be appointed for
Edward Esputa, aud that partition Of the prop
erty be made.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-06
DEVLIN & CO.,

Leading New York Merchant TailOrS,
have at all times a full line of
Samples of their immense
stock of Piece Goods at their
Washington office.
They exhibit this winter
over five hundred different
styles and patterns from
which to make selections.
All goods are made up at the
New York house.
1920 f street.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-06

VIRGINIA. NEWS.

lit Is stated that Readluster paper will be
started In Norfolk on the lstOt February.
Norfolk is jealous of importing Yankee GUS
toms. Her people don't visit on New Years bay
Petersburg will never be satisfied until she has
new first. class hotel 1t is one Of the needs of tho
place.
Mr. william II. Saunders, an nged citizen of
Leesburg, died last week, In his seventy second
year.
heavy snow storm has been covering the
hills and valleys of Virginia. In Norfolk and
Lynchburg street travel is greatly impeded
resolution has been adopted by the house of
delegates closing the galleries to the public on nc
count of the prevalence OF smallpox In Richmond.
During a sudden squat OH the Chesapeake Bay
the other day another and totally unexpected
squat was heard from the colored quarters on the
steamer Tangier. Owing TO the mothers fright II
appears that colored infant had made sudden
advent upon the stormy" scenes Of life.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-06

Can be had by every lady who will use Parkers
Ginger Tonic. Regulating the internal organs and
purifying the blood, II quickly removes pimples
about IL in other column
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-06

''INDIAN UEFANIMENI,'T WANIITNUION, ID. q.
1 am anxious 10 introduce DR. Bulls Cough
Syrup among my Indians. having used Il myself
i6r several months, and think Il one OF the finest
remedies ever found. ! assure you Il is the only
thing that ever relieved me Of protraoted cough,
brought on by exposure while ON the Sioux Com
mission last year A. q. BOONE,
Agent iOr PonoRs and U. 5. Commissioners