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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13

the drums had died @ways Then she
turned away and vagNelyg scanned the.
mounds that rose about her. ciutching
still tighter the faded bunch Of dande-
fi5ns and grass fIl.tt her chubby hands
held. An Did man came ny and gently
patted her curly head as he spoke her
name, but she only shlana back still fur
ther, and when he told passing
sfrancef That the little ono father had
died on shipboarsl ard been buried at
sea, there was only a tear-drop in the
little childis eye to tel that she heard or
knew the story. When they were gone,
she. moved ON further to d neglected,
empty lot, and kneeing down. she piled
up a. mound of earth, whispering as she
patted it and smoothed it with her club
by hands,
| ssThis won't be so awf.illy big as the
others guess, bat maybesit viii be big
pa is buried here" Carefully she trim
med The sides with the grass she phlck-
ed, murmuring on:st'And maybe it win
grow so 1T will be like the rest in two or
three years, and then maybe papa viii
sometimes come back, and
But she paused as though it suddenly
dawned upon her young mind that he
rested beneath the waves, and teardrops
that sprung TO. her eyes moistened the
little bunch of dandelions that she plant
ed among the grass on the mound she
had reared. a. =
When the sexton passed that way at
night, as be went to close the gates, he
found the little one fast asleep, with her
head pillowed on the mound.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
A Wonderful Sang-Writer.

The wonderful song, '.The Erl King"
was composed by Franz Schubert in less
than an hour. A friend left him one
day reading Goethe's poem for the first
time, and returning shortly, found the
song finished.
Another OF Schubert's famous songs,
''The Serenade," was composed one af-
ternoon in noisy German beer cellar,
amid the noise of squalling children, the
chatter OF mugs and dishes. He drew
some slaves ON the back of bill of fare
and thus the tone-poem was produced.
One day Schubert left one of his new
songs with his friend Vogl. the singer,
who found it too high He had it trans
posed and fortnight after sang it for
Schubert. The composer remarked
REALLY, that Lied is not so bad; who
composed itP''
Schubert was a master of counter
point and harmony at the age of four
teen. He died when only thirty-one and
left behind him nearly one thousand
compositions, six hundred of which were
songs. List has called him the most
poetic musician that ever lived. e.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
Richards Beneyolence.

Richard was given ten cents by his
kind aunt to pat into the contribution
box. Now Richard was a very thought
full lad. He was very fond of lozenges,
and on his way to church it occurred to
him that perhaps some of the boys in
heather lands might also be fond of loz-
enges. AS he neared the apothecary
shop the thought grew upon him, and
when he had reached the shop door he
had concluded that it would be selfish
in one having his advantages for aequir-
ing lozenges not to use them for the
benefit of the lozengeless boysi in lands
where apothecary shops do not abound.
So he entered and purchased two rolls
of lozenges, and then proceeded on his
way to church. When the box came
around, Richard put two lozenges into
it for the poor heather lads. Not only
did he thus make these zbenighted child
rem happy, but he alse had all the loz-
enges he wanted to eat during church
time, and money enough left to buy
more. Few boys would have thought of
the PARKWAY heather lads. If they had
all the lozenges they wanted themselves,
they would not have cared if the sons of
heathendom never got so much as a taste
of candy.-Boston Transcript. .
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
When the Borrower is Happy.

Your true borrower is never happy
unless he is allowed to bind himself le-
gaIly to repay the money, and will joy
fully sign any number of promissory
notes or give you 81 bill of sale of the
rubbish he calls his furniture. sYou
have my /. o. W., he urges solemnly
and conclusively. Once upon time a
French deputy was returned to the
Chambers on the strength of promise
to procure for his native town bridge,
a park, and a grant of public money
wherewith to keep it up. But the time
passed, the Assembly was dissolved, and
the deputy had to seek reelection; but
neither bridge nor park, nor grant had
been conceded. He knew not what to
say on the subject when he had to face
the electors; but in moment OF happy
inspiration he spoke thus: 'tMessieurs
and fellow-citizcns; with regard to your
bridge and park, what said to you two
years ago / now repeat in the most sol
emn and public manner. A promise
with me is sacred thing; and what !
promised you before ] promise you still. y
And the peasants said to each other.
''See, he is an honest man; we shall do
well to vote for him; what he says he
sticks to; he does not back out of his
promises
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
TT Was the 0atn

A good story is told of an Orange Co.
boy who drives a milk route in New
York city. Itseems he hadone wealthy
customer that he. served early by lifting
barred basement window and pouring
the milk into pail with long spout.
One morning when he was late, IN push
ing the pail back to close the window
he upset it. the pail falling into the
room, and the milk spilling all over the
floor. He was in trouble. He had no
time to calf the girl and wait for her to
appear He started on his route, expect
ing to lose that customer surely. But
while serving his next customer he saw
b cat in the area way. An inspiration
seized the ~miikmaH. The aBilkman
seized the cat. :. He thrust her between
the bars into the room where the spilled
milk lay, and drove on. Later in the
day he returned to the house, as request
edfto do by note in the pail in the
morning asking him to ..leave tickets. =
The servant girl came running ont, say
ing. 20, johnny, we must have four
quarts of milk. A nasty cat got
in the honsesand spilled all the milk You
left. Just look at the carpet! The mis-
tress was awfully mad. l thought I
should lose my place The milkman
looked his s4sIai1kest arilazen1ert. and
sympathizingly counted out his tickets
and measured out the milkzssaying Ac-
cidents would happen sometimes The
customer was saved
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13

ton into these pipes turns the liquid
pure ammonia into vapor, and the sud-
deR expansion makes the pipes intense
ly cold. Now, above these hundreds of
vertical pipes are innGmerabie little
fountain jets throwing spray all over
the pipes, the spray freezing gradually.
forming an icicle of pure ice around
each pipe. The gas next goes into TO-
900 feet of absorbing pipe, and. being
cooled by water running on the pipes,
it is met by water forced into the pipes.
and thus converted back into aqua am
monia, which goes into big boiler and
is used over again-there is no waste,
the same ammonia being used and re-
absorbed any number of times. The
water used for the spray is drawn from
well Is feet deep on the premises, and
the large blocks of ice (which are loos-
and chopped off by negroes, who stand
upon pulley staging with their feet
wrapped up in thick swabs of cotton
clear, and entirely free from any odor or
Objectionable taste.
After the pipes have been stripped
about five weeks are required for new
lot of the requisite thickness to form.
But of course the pipes are never all
stripped at the same time, the ice being
in all stages of formation. The factory
has capacity of thirty-five tons per
day, but twenty tons keep pace with the
demand, and it isn't stored, but cut ev-
cry day as it is delivered, and sells at
from SO to $12 per ton. As we picked
our way among the cleaning and UNI
even pillars, with the water dripping
and splashing down upon us, and the
only light coming in through the small
est of windows at the top, it seemed as
if we were in some underground ice
cave. The whole building and its APP
paratus would cause strangers to Won
der what in the world it was designed
for
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13

When Talleyrand's friend Narbonne.
the minister who had incurred the king S
displeasure, was once walking arm-in-
arm with him, and reciting verses, Tai
leyrand, suddenly perceiving, at a short
distance from them, man who was
yawning, interrupted his friend, saying:
ssNarbonne, not SO loud;" and he point
ed to the yawniug man. Relating one
day some infamous trait in the charac-
ter of one of bis colleagues, his hearers
interrupted him, exclaiming:
1.-THE man who could commit an act
of that kind is capable of assassinat-
sAssassinating? no." said Talleyrand,
calmly; 'poisoninga yes"
Being asked on a certain occasion to
define his notion of an agreeable man,
the Bishop of Autun replied, "A man
who agrees with me.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13

at his trade as moulder for Deere q Co.
ever since. Fol-. the past two years Mr..
Griffin has been troubled with asthma, SO
much so that he has only been able to
keep at his work part of the time, He
has been confined to his bed for the last
few days with pneumonia and that disease
was the direct cause of his death Mr.
Griffin was sixty EIGHT years of age. He
leaves wife and three sons to mourn his
death. He a man whom every one
thought well of, steady, Industrious and
kind hearted. He was a man among men,
and he had scores of friends.
The funeral will take place at the Meth
edist church on Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock. The remains win be inferred in
Riverside.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
An Important Measure.
The Attempt to Repair the Ruin of American
Forests

Forests
The very necessities of their situation
have aroused the people of some of our
Western States to action. In Kansas,
Nebraska and other States liberal pre-
miuns have been offered for the encour-
agement of tree planting, and already
| IN many portions of the prairie region q
perceptible change has taken place, and
the eye no longer wanders over great
| spaces without sight of shrub or tree.
Minnesota has her Forestry Association,
and its Secretary reports that between
seven and ten millions of trees were
planted in that State during the wear
1877, of which more than half million
were planted in single day, s.Arbor
Day., as it is called, or tree planting
day, the first day of May having been
liked as the day, and every owner of land
invited to devote the day especially to
the planting of trees. Efforts have been
made in other states which are similarly
situated in respect to supply of forest
trees. The great railway companies,
whose roads stretch across the treeless
pfairies, have become in some instances
large planters of trees, feeling the need
of them, both as screens from the Rocky
Mountains and as 3 source of supply for
the ties which are constantly needing
renewal.
Tree planters manuals are published
and distributed freely, with view to
aid those who would plant by giving
them the experience already obtained in
regard to the most profitable trees to
plant and the best method of planting.
Thus in some places there is already
quite movement in the right direction.
In the reports of planting the figures
make an imposing aggregate. But a
liberal discount needs to be made for the
probable failure of large percentage
of the trees planted. And even with the
most generous estimate in regard to the
work of planting, what is accomplished
as yet is but fraction of what needs to
be done. 1t is but the feeble beginning
of a vast work. The talk is of millions
of trees planted. This sounds well. But
"a good many trees can stand upon an
acre, and the latest estimates put the
annual decrease of our forest area at T.
600, 600 acres. So that Minnesota, with
all her ardor in this work. has only plant
ed one tree for every acre of trees des-
troyed. An area equal to the State of
Maryland is every year swept clean of
ITS trees. This is large section to be
taken yearly out of our forest resources.
With all that we are yet doing in the
way of tree planting. the balance is large
ly against us. With all the interest and
energy manifested by the young West
on this subject, stimulated by her most
pressing need, we are only planting one
acre while thirty-five are laid bare by
AK and by fire. And we must consider
also that the work of destruction goes
on at an increasing rate from year to
year as our population and our indus
tries increase, and that the trees which
are felled are the product, on the aver
age, of more than century's growth,
while those we plant must grew during
century before they can fill their place.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13

The term devil, y applied to an APP
prentice or Grand boy in q printers of
flee, is thought By some to have its or
ioin in Tire iil-natale of authors who con-
] sidered themselves persecuted by con-
tinual calls for copy and anathemat-
lied the poor little messenger by way of
revenge. Modern refinement IS wear
ing out the term, and now it is probably
oftener heard outside the printing Office
than in it. rs
An exchange speaks an appreciative
word for the boys who carry such an
uncanny title.
There is no.class of boys for whom we
have q more profound respect than we'll
behaved printers devils. They know
something and are more practical, which
is more than ven can say of ailsclasses
of boys. In that respect, we place the
boys who work i'll a printing office head
and shoulders above most boys.
Did you evershear ef4Benjamin Frank
limp Ben was once asprinter's devil He
was also one of the signers of the Dec
faration of Independence. Hannibal
Hamlin, Vice President under Lincoln,
was once printers poor devil. Schuyl-
er Colfax, who has been Speaker of the
House of Representative for years, was
nothing but devil in printing-of-
flee, at one time. Horace Greeley, who
was one of the first journalists on this
continent, andsan ex-Congressman. was
a printers devil Ex-senator Simon
Cameron; of Pennsylvania, was devil
Thurlow Weed, one of the wealthiest
and most influential men in New York,
the editor of the Commercial advertiser,
was penniless devil in printing-of-
fee. Ex-senator Ross of Kansas conf
menced his successful career as q print
er's devil. Two-thirds of the editors of
the United States were once printers
devils.
Permit us to tell you that the men
who once did duty as. printers devils
have done more to advance the interests
and sustain the good name of America
than any other class. Home Conapdas-
Ton. -. z - - - q
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
Advice to Young Men.

When you are in the company of
Young ladies, beware of Stiffness. It is
true they viii sooner forgive foolishness
than ill-manners. but you viii, of course,
LEHMAN aspaa p Of great promise, who adopted
the opinion that in order to equality him
self for female society. he had only to
become as foolish as possible while in
their presence. The Young man soon
lost the favor of all whose friendship
might have operated as a restraint; but
unwilling to associate with the despica-
bic. and unable TO live in solitude. he
chose the bottle for a companion, and
made himself, and the few friends he
had, miserable.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
A Fathers Grave.

a little girl with tangled locks peep
ing from under calico hood. clad an .
dress of chintz, loitered behind as the
great dusty crowd moved out OF the
gate of Mount Adna, the other day. at
ter they had scattered flowers, and done.
honor to the dead Dreamiiy she gazed
after them, her eyes filled with q far
away look of tenderness, until the last
one had disappeared. and the rattle Of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
The Ice-Makers.

An Atlanta Correspondent Of the
Hartford Times SAYS. We have visited
tie establishment of the Georgia Ice
Company, where the manufacture Office
was certainly as interesting as anything
we have seen. On the ground floor is
q boiler fifty feet long and four and o
half feet in diameter, containing 150
feet of three and q half inch pipe. The
boiler is kept filed with nqua ammoHia.
which is separated by the steam heat
into ammoni;i-gas and water. The gas
leaving the water in the boiler, forces its
way through six-inch pipe outside the
building to the roof. four stories up.
where it passes into $4,000 feet OF coiled
pipes, in which it is converted into
liquid by cold water thrown over It in
fountain jets. This liquid passes into
5000 feet of two-inch pipe arranged IN
vertical sections thirty feet high and
three feet apart, and its sudden liberia
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
Hone Ahead.

A committee of stockholders who
waited upon superintendent of "a Cali
fornia mine, to ask why in blazes the
said mine hadn't PANIED out anything
but assessments, were graciously reeeiv-
ed invited to be seated, and the official
explained:
Gentlemen, you are all aware of the
fact that we had scarcely begun work,
when the mouth of our mine was block
ed by landslide. That put us back a
month";
They nodded their remembrance.
'FThen we had just got in shape to
take out four thousand tons of ore,
worth two thousand dollars per ton,
when the mine caved in. You recall itp''
They did.
Once more we bent ourselves to the
burden of reaping two hundred dollars
for every ten dollars invested, when the
mine was flooded by q subterranean
river
That was true also.
''Then we had just got the water out,
when we discovered that our mine was
located on another mans claim. We
had him shot to prevent trouble, and
dividend of two hundred per cent, when
ance. There were three of them, We
chased one over the range, had another
hung by the vigilance committee, and /
am happy to infornhyou that Ihaye four
men out after the other, and am expect
ing every hour to hear that he has tum-
bled off cliff: Gentlemen, there is hope
golden hope. Please come up and
drink With me; after which there will be
another assessment of ten pei. cent
a Rochester man has invented an
electrical ballot-boS for useei in societies.
The machine contains tffree-knobs. The
member who wishes to vote in favor of
a certain candidate touches a white
knob; if opposed he touches black
knob; ifindlffefent, knob between the
two. At each touch bell rings, thus
making more than one vote impossible
without detection. The machine regis
tiers the resalt of the balloting in plain
figures. ae -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
Geek Island & Peoria
RAHW Az
SHORTEST ROUTE TO TIE
EAST 4 N o SO II II Il

Trains leave Rock Island -
800 m Way Freight.
s:4S 81 Fast Express
1910 N Mail and Express
a.En " Through Freight ard Accommodation
Trains arrive at Rock Island.
$50 m Through Freight and Accommodation
Is:45 m Mail and Rxpress.
$40 " Fast Express.
400 " Way Freight
The FAST Express leaving Rock Island at s 80
arrives at Peoria 70 20 u, at Springfield :25
m, at Decatur 400 p m, Jacksonville 100 p IN.
lton 7:20 m, st Louis S:15 p m, and Terre Haute
l:55 m, THE SAME Day Making this the best
> nd QUICKEST route 20 all points southeast.
The go p. m. train makes close connection at
alva with q Q for points west CARRYING ST
rslesburs at 4:25 m: at Burlington 40 p n ST
Neokuk 1923 pm: and At Quincy 1905 N.
Arriving at Peoria at 8 30 making elost con-
ectione with r q " snd II P 8 WI or india map
lis connecting there with all fast trains for exist
nd south.
w-FAsF TIME. SURE CONNECTIONS, and
res as low as by any other route.
R. R CABLE, Cent Supt.
j. " MAHONEY,
Gent Ticket AgN
The so p N Accommodation leaves every day
Ecept Sunday.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
onITuARv.

There died in this city yesterday morn
ing man whom every one in Moline has
known for the past seventeen years. g. @.
Griffin. Sen. Mr.. Griffin came to Moline
seventeen years years ago and has worked
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13

People are constantly changing their
homes from East to West and from North
to South or oice gersd, in seach of a healthy
State. If they would learn to be content
ed, and to use the celebrated Kidney Wort
when sick they would be much better off.
The whole system can be kept in healthy
state by this simple but effectual remedy.
Observer
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
Poisoned Thread.

A dressmaller admitted into the Leeds
dispensary, in England, was found to
have distinct~blae line on her gums,
with simultaneous symptoms, such as a
furred tongue, Inflammation of the lips.
and general debility-all signs pointing
to the probability of poisoning by lead.
The doctor in attendance on her for
some time failed to discover the source,
and was beginning TO think the blue
line had been caused in some other way,
when he accidently learned from a mer-
chant that sillsen thread, being sold by
weight. and not by length, is Sometimes
aduIterated with sugar of lead. He then
questioned the patient,. and she informed
him. that it had been common practice
with her, when at work, to hold silk, as
well as other kinds of thread. in her
mouth, and that sheehad done this the
more readily with the silk, inasmuch as
it often had q sweet taste. The charac-
teristic is sure Indication of the pres
ence of lead, and all thread possessing
it should either be rejected or used with
caution. Tt will be found that the silk
thread of the best makers is tasteless
whereas some inferior threads are sweet
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
Pussy and the Parrot.

Gautier, French writer, mentions q
case, rare one, in which pussy was so
taken aback as to lose her presence of
mind and seif-reliance.
The cat was accustomed to live in per-
feet intimacy with the writer, sleeping
at his feet on his bed; dreaming on the
arm of his easy-ehair while he was writ
ing; following him in his garden as he
walked up and down the long avenues;
keeping him company at meals and. as
be adds, not unfrequently intercepting
the morsel on the road between the plate
and the lips.
One fine day,ea friend setting out ON
his travels left his parrot in his charge
during his absence. The poor bird sat
disconsolate on the top of his stand,
while the cat stared at the strangesight,
and tried to gather up all the strays and
waits of natural history which she mi ght
have picked up on the roof, or in the
yard and the garden.
The writer followed her thoughts in
her large green eyes, and read there
clearly the words, 1T must be a green
chickenr'
Thereupon, pussy jumped down from
his writing-table, and assumed, in a
dark corner, the air of panther in the
Jungle, living in wait for delicate deer;
crouching fiat down, the head low, the
back stretched out at full length, the ell
bows outsand the eyes fixed immovably
on the bird.
The poor parrot had followed all her
movements with nervous anxiety; he
raised his feathers, sharpened his bill,
stretched out his claws and evidently
prepared for war.
The cat lay still, but the writer read
again in her eyes, mo doubt, though
green, the chicken must be good TO eat. F"
Suddenly her back was arched like
bow that is drawn, and with one superb
bound, she was on the perch. The par
rot, seeing the great danger, lifting up
his sharp, eager voice, and screamed
out, s.Have you breakfasted, JackP''
The voice frightened pussy out of her
wits. A trumpet sounded in her ears, a
pile of crockery breaking near her, pis-
toll fired close to her head, could not
have frightened her more terribly.
All her ideas were overthrown. Her
eyes said clearly, This is not chicken;
this is gentleman The cat cast an
anxious glance at her master, leaping
down in sheer terror and hid under the
bed, from whence no threat and no ca
ress could bring her out for the day
Ladies Treasury.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13
MOLINE.
Reporter.
uEns IN BREEr.

FRANK HARWooD, heporte
oface:-Harwood's Stable.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13

Jane Coombs her hair in the middle.
There viii be a meeting tonight o.
nar;o T.odwa
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-13

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