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The Portland daily press., 1882-12-11

Tone up the system by the use of Ayers
Sarsaparilla. 1t will make you feel like new
person. Thousands have found health and re-
lief from suffering by the use of this great
blood purifier when all other means failed.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-11

Alvin Clark & Sons are again making 'the
largest telescope in the world" 1t win go to
Russia. The largest telescope is getting to be
as numerous as the Oldest masoD.-Lowell
Courier.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-11
TO LET
To Let.
HOUSE TU LET.

SUITE of rooms unfinished. or one furnished
room. Enquire at 106 STATE STREET.
deco d6ts
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-11

Mrs. Langtry's horrible photographs pique
curiosity to see what sort of beauty was tie
foundation of SO much ugliness.-
American.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-11

The Gaulois says that Queen Victoria regu-
larry consu Its the spirit of the late Prince Con-
sort. It's faithful husband who attends lee
lures after he is dead. Louisville Coul Or
journal.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-11

Fortify feeble lungs against winter blasts
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
The Portland daily press., 1882-12-11

On Lincoln Street, W00dfords, a house
containing nine finished rooms, heated
by furnace. Rent, $50 per month. En-.
quire OF LII PERKINS,
4S9 Congress street.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
w. A. MEEsE. FITS CAREER.

Yesterday morning w. A. Meese, of this
city, was taken to Joliet, where, unless he
is pardoned, he will spend the next five
years at hard labor. Fogr years ago w A.
Meese was as promising a young man as
Moline ever produced. Willing to do any
body favor, he had friends without mum
Der among all classes. He formed habits
of extravaganza and fast living and these
faults are the main attributes of his down
fall. The public are well acquainted with
the circumstances and details of his flight
of his coming back and of his epleadine
guilty. He could not stand the feeling OF
being hunted. He did not gamble mol
drink; he did not know how to play cards
in any way. Living beyond his means was
the cause, and the only one, of his dis
grace.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
A Violin from Wood That Grew Before
Noah.

Henri p. Cain, violinist of some note
in Indiana, has recently come into pos
session of a violin made of wood that
grew before the flood. Some forty years
ago workmen engaged in digging mill
race through the farm owned by Daniel
B. Dulia, discovered at a depth of six
or eight feet beneath the surface the
trunk of a tree in a good state of preser-
vation. Biologists say that the wood is
many thousand years old. Recently the
wood was taken to A. B. Clark, who
was engaged in repairing Cremona
that was captured in the siege of Mexico.
Clark made models of the old Cremona,
and in the course of three months had
given the finishing touches to the new
violin. The belly was of the old antedi-
luvian wood; and the back and neck OF
wavy maple, cut in Pennsylvania fifty
wears ago, and RATED down the Ohio to
Cincinnati, and carried on to Dayton fo1
an old cabinet maker, who was never
able to use it. The figure of the old in
strurnent was followed exactly, and when
the new one was finished, it was an ex-
act fac-simile of those built by Stradi-
varius. When the bow was drawn across
it the two connoisselirs went into costa
cies of delight. The glue was barely set,
and the varnish was sill green, but there
was an absence of the thick, raw quality
that marks new violin.-Rsclsaao1sd
lind. Palladium.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
Caught in His Own Tran.

Henry Sullivan lives, as many other
miners do, entirely alone, in little log
cabin at the headef Buckeye gulch, says
the Leadville Chronicle. Among the
tools and articles In his humble place of
abode was a large steel trap, such as is
used in catching bears and heavy game.
Its shape. when open, was oval, but
when the spring was touched two sets
of cruel teeth sprang together, closing
on whatever happened to be in range,
be it man or beast The trap had not
been used for a long time. and stood
open in corner of the place. Lately it
occurred to Sullivan that the trap might
do some damage in that condition, and
accordingly he pulled it out to the mid
die of the floor to close it up In its
long period of disuse the springs had be-
come rusty and the working portion of
it stuck together, refusing to operate.
Sullivan iabored with it for quite
time, and then becoming angry, picked
up Ratchet and began hammering at
it. Still the jaws refused to shut and
without thinking of the consequences he
thrust his foot against the lever and
struck it again. d
At that instant there was a crash, and
the teeth sprang shut, pinning him just
above the ankle. The springs were of
the most powerful make, and there was
no unlocking them when they had once
caught Sullivan, in his agony, felt his
very bones crack under the death-like
grip, and half tainted as he sank to the
floor Then, nerving himself for des-
perate effort. he wrenched at the stout
iron with both hands, but without Ioos-
ening it the fraction OF an inch. Hall
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
A Cure for Dysnensia.

We have never experienced the mis-
cries of dyspepsia, but those who have
s.gone through the mill'' tell US the diff
ferent stages of the ailment are far from
being enjoyable. Of course, for that, as
for every other disease, there are one
hundred and one remedies, more or less
effective. We copy from an exchange
the following cure, which is said to be
infallible, and, rs it is very simple, those
who are afflicted may be glad to try it:
On the first day, take from the time of
rising, once an hour. one tablespoonful
of skim milk, emitting it one hour be-
fore and one hour after dinner. For
dinner, rare roast beef-all the patient
desires sand half cup of clear coffee;
nothing else. After dinner resume TAX
ing the tablespoonful of milk once every
hour for the rest of the day. On the
second day let the dose of milk be two
teaspoonfuls, the other details remain
ing the same. On the third day take
three teaspoonfuls of milk, and after
that a little bread may be crumbled III
if desired This diet should be continu-
ed fifteen days, at the end of which
time the worst case of dyspepsia will be
cured--so it is said. Don't take our
word for it, however.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24

people have ever listened to as fine de,
livery in this city, The lecture was a
beautiful and interesting one, and en-
braced numerous good points. He drew
word portraits of Conkling, Cough, Lin
coin, and other noted men. He held up
all the beautiful traits in their characters as
they appeared to him, in a most sublime
and wonderful manner of speech and por-
trayal He concluded his most splendid
lecture with vivid description of the life
and death of Garfield, and during his de
livery of it the audience seemed carried
away with the force and grandeur with
which he pictured the final acts of the life
of the second martyr president,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
A Strange Combat.

There is saloon in Eighth avenue,
the proprietor of which is often present
ed by admiring friends with specimens
of natural history, says the Wilmington
Gazette. Not long ago the saloon-keep-
er was given a handsome game cock.
The next day he was sent an enormous
rat that had been caught in neighbor-
ing stable. At the time there was no
dog on the premises, and the cats would
not 60 near the rat. The neighborhood
was Secured for dog of sufficient cour-
age to attack the rat, which had been
placed in cage, but no such dog could
be found. 1t was then noticed that the
game cock had been industriously pick
ing at the bar of the rats cage. Then
the owner of the saloon tied a string
tightly about the rats tail and let him
out Of the cage. The game cock and
the rat flew at each other at the same
moment; the game cock struck the rat
once in the ribs and once on the head
and the rat was dead.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
BURGLARY.

There has been more thieving going on
in Moline for the past six months than
there has been in long time. Sunday
night an attempt was made to break into
Mapes & Cos grocery store, but was not
successful. Monday night another at
tempt was made upon D. o. Reds hard
ware store, which proved successful in one
way, and decidedly failure in another 1t
seems that the burglar or burglars broke a
pane of glass in the second story of the
building in the alley, making their way
through the tin shop. They came down
stairs into the main store, took a revolver
and went out through the back door.
Nothing else was taken. The supposition
is that some boy or man who wanted re-
volver took this means to procure it. No
arrests have been made.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
nWild nats.n

A Young man is allowed by the strict
est moralist an intermediate time IN
which to SOW his wild oats; but who
ever admitted the same necessity in the
case of girlsP We say that man should
have his amusements his clubs, cigars.
horse races, fiirtstions, and Equorings;
but supposing cur women and girls
come-to us reeking of tobaecop Suppos-
inc they addicted themselves openly to
taking nips OF grog and absinthe when
their spirits were low? Surprising they
sat down to quiet rubbers of whist or
ecarte, gambling away their household
Just to while off dull hours? We demand
so much of excellence of our women
that the worst of them are still better
than the average man. i have known
some women who We're social o1Itcasts,
and who. In point of heart, conduct and
general moral rectitude, might have
furnished stuffIor the making of every
upright gentlemen indeed. They have
fallen. It is true; but what a fearful
penalty they have paid for that fall,
while, by comparison. the kindred penal
ties of men are so slight III a young
man gets mixed up in some disgraeeful
enhancement, breaks heart and throws
q young girl upon the streets after hay
ing ruined her life. people say OF him,
conpassionately, by-and-by: He was
SO Young when he did it. and now he has
turned over new Leaf bat if an mex
perienced girl, mere child of sixteen or
seventeen. comes to harm through q
moments weakness, born of too much
love and over-contieence in her betrayer,
who ever thinks of pleading her youth
as nm excused Who ever urges seriously
that q girl has turned over new leafp
Who urges upon her the necessity of do
insr 80
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24

the crank in the sentences quoted from
his note book. Indeed, if the Fourth
Path, novel by MacLean,n there re-
fe1red to, is his own work. he may be
set down as crank unhesitatingly. The
cranks all take naturally to the discus
sion of large problems, religious, social
or political, with occasional excursions
into poetry and fiction. THERE'S a good
deal of likeness between the American
and the English cranks, but English gin
has bad effect on the tribe, and this
MacLean seems to have been duller
and shabbier sort of fellow than Gui-
teau, with closer resemblance to the
common tramp. There is no evidence
of the long generalization that was char
acteristic of Guiteau, and the imitation
is altogether SO clumsy as to suggest a
doubt whether the man really was in
earnest. It viii be safe thing, how
ever, to put him out of the way of in
dulging in his sseeeentricity'' in this
fashion. The world is growing rather
tired of the crank with revolver.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
DECORATION nay.

There was a netting of the executive
committee appointed to make arrangements
for Decoration day, in the parlors of the
Moline National bank, ID. O. Reid was
chosen chairman. Committees were APP
pointed to procure band, ice water, and
printing, and call was made upon the
financial committee for $50. The exercises
at the stand wiz be very short. There
viii not be any Grafton, quartette will
sing Old Hundred and the audience will
sing, Marching Through Georgia, and Hail
Colnmbia. There will be a prayer, then a
dirge played by the band, during the de,
coration of the graves Ogden's band of
Moline, will furnish the music for the
Moline delegation.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
Naming Children.

1t is becoming popular in San Fran
cisco to call boys who are named after
their fathers by some foreign equivalent,
For instance, of Stephen, '.Etienne;" for
John, the Russian .'Ivan;' Ralph be-
comes ''Raoul." This may be an inn
provementon the sobriquets big John,
Little John,'' 'sOld George" and
young George" so often screamed
through the house in moments when it
is necessary to distinguish quickly be-
tween persons bearing the same name;
but it, however, implies lack of Anglo
Saxon independence, to introduce the
names of other languages into houses
where English is the mother tongue.
Fashion now considers nicknames vul-
gar. Girls are being subjected to esthet-
ic experiments in the matter of names.
Gladys, Alcimir, Ottalie, Lois, Reba,
Valerie, are among the latest fashions,
and many stately, half-forgotten femin-
ines; Edwina, Cyrene, Jacqueline, Dor
othea, Theodore and Vida feminine of
DAVID are being revived; besides other
eccentric names hunted up by people
who care more for singularity than eu-
phony OF these crudities none seem
more abominable than Mariyah, the Mos
lem Turkish form of the Christian name
of Mary. The custom of giving girls
middle baptismal name is now thing
of the past. Fashionable mothers ex.
pect that all their daughters, as soon
as they are through school, will choose o
new final name and take the family sur
name as middle name. A good story
is being told of theswife of one of the
aristocratic lizard family of Boston,
lady who boasts in her own right of q
great deal of blue blood. She was anx-
ious that her children should have the
distinguished names of families with
which she was connected, and decided
to name her daughter Anna Gwathmey.
after an aunt contemporaneous with
some neutrality-suspicious., Some of
her friends demonstrated that Anne IL
card was an awkward combination, but
with no effect. After the christening
the lady was delighted in her daughters
high-sounding name, until one morning
silver mug arrived covered with re-
pousse work, except small plate in the
center. on which was Inscribed in crowd
ed letters, "A. G. lizard. San Fran
cisco Arg0nG7tt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
The Game of RHYMES.

The game of Rhymes is commend
ed by the New York Mail as being very
amusing if those who play it exercise
ingenuity. One of the company thinks
of word rhyning with another word
which he mentions. The aim of the
party is to guess what the word thought
of can be. The rule is that no one should
give "a name to what they guess. but de-
scribe it instead, and each of the COM
pany in turn is entitled to a question.
Suppose the word thought of is bag"
rhyming with tag" then the question
would be put as follows:
'.Is it necessary part of booaaceP'
mo, it is not a tag
els it the name of horseP'
mo, it is not a nag"
lis it the name of a jekerPe
No, it is not wag.''
lis it the name of an elegant horned
animal?''
'.No, it is not stag"
sis it the Stars and Stripesp''
mo, it is not a flag"
'.Is it good to go to the mill withP"
Eyes, it is bag
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
The Disappointed valentine-sesker.

Tie day before St. Valentines day, a
man went into the Austin book store
and said he would like to look at some
valentines. He was shown to the coun-
tel. and told to plake his selections.
..Have YOU got a picture of a man
with red wart on his nose, and mouth
like he had been born trying to say
gum muei.age?' I"
Tue clerk shook his head and said he
had almost any other style of beauty,
and showed him pictures of almost every
other type.
The would-be customer shook his
head sadly, and said none of them
would suit.
'.It's just my hard luck to have a
brother-in-law with one nose on top of
another and mouth with a rim like q
wagon tire, so that couldn't get val
entine TO fit him. believe he was made
that way on purpose. to annoy me- and
he strolled out signing as if his heart
would break. This is a world of disap-
pointments.- Ields Siftinqs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
His Weak Snat.

young man who prides himself on
his witticisms, and who, unfortunately
happens to be addicted to drink once in
a while. recently became acquainted
with a young lady at a friends house.
Hoping to show his wit, he graciously
inquired
s.Miss-. how do you like Mr..
WrightP''
..Mr. Wright What Mr.. Wright"
unused the young lady.
..Why. the man who always does
right, he replied, with shipper.
.sOh, yes, see! and you, SIR" she
added quickly, chow do you like Mr..
Hal1P"
Hall? What Hall do you mean?"
.|Why, alco-Hall," she said.
The Young man has since reformed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
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Ohio.
For sale by McCabe g. Wheaton. Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24

A contemporary asks: How shall
womer carry their purses to Illustrate
the tllleyesP'' Why, carry them empty.
Nothing illustrates thief more than to
snatch woman's purse, after following
her half mile and then find that it con-
tains nothing but a receipt for spiced
peaches and faded photograph OF her
grandmother.
The first steamship for the American
Quick Transit Line is being built at
Nyack, N. Y. She is to be known as
the Meteor, and is to be mastless and
what is termed .sturtle-back' steamer.
Nothing is to be above the dome deck
except the smoke-staeks, pilot house and
signal staff. She win be built OF wood,
as she is intended pr1ncipaIlyas an ex-
pertinent, and may suggest some inn
pT0Fements.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
A Much Mysti6ed Young Man

A mysfified youth writes to ask as to
unravel and generally deeipher remark
made to him the other night by young
lady, with whom he had repaired to a
restaurant for supper, after visiting
Wallacks theatre. 1t seems they were
demolishing some broiled frogs, and the
conversation being on the subject of fdirt-
ing, the young lady expressed herself as
follows: 81 think the way You men do
go on is perfectly outrageous. You firt
with every girl you see, and when you
have broken their hearts what do you
care for theme-why nothing. You act
exactly as the men do who catch these
poor little frogs, the hind legs is all they
care for" Now, what in heavens name,
says the young man, did she mean by
thatP How on earth should we knowP
The idea!
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
Sprinp Fashions for Men,

Pantaloons are emphatically tight and
are perfectly devoid of spring. They
must be cut short, not only because
they look better, but because it is SO de-
creed by popular demand. They are
very short over the instep, dropping to,
or little above, the heel top behind.
They are cut to sharply define the posi-
ton of the knee; this gives both the
thigh and the calf an appearance of
roundness which is considered the cor
rect thing. They are generally finished
with a small welt.
Sacks will be worn somewhat longer,
and will generally be slightly cut away
and well rounded at the bottom They
viii close high on the chest, with lapel
and collar of medium width. The backs
are cut one-third of breast in width at
bottom and are slightly curved. The
back scye is wide, placing side seam
well down. They are made quite shape
ly, but the under arm seam is general
ly omitted by fine trades. The flaps
are narrow. and the buttons are placed
near the edges.
Vests are made short and quite straight
across. the bottom. The corners are
slightly cut away. The lower button is
close to the bottom, and there are gen
orally six buttons used. A plain rolling
collar is becoming popular, but one
handsomely notched is quite correct.
The leading form. however, will be with
out collar. All vests should have two
outside breast pockets, and our fine
houses place small pocket above the
breast pocket, on the left side, for eye
glasses, if the customer wears them.
In uble-breasted frocks the tenden-
cy is to button very high or to roll, with
very narrow lapels, sharply pointed, and
with skirts which have little drapery.
The waist, as for all frocks, is short, and
the entire length is not over thirty-seven
inches for man Eve feet eight inches
high.-Americau Tailor.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24

An hon1 OF pain and terror FOL lowed, and
q new idea occurred to him. The trap
was fastened at the base with heavy
screws, bolted at either side. A wrench
lay within reach. and grasping it with
the strength of desperation he succeeded
at last in untightening the bolts. The
steel bars dropped apart, and he was
free.
1t is needless to enlarge upon his
journey of mile and halfup the gulch,
and how he was carried to this city.
His injuries are of such nature, that
he may possibly yet suffer the amputa-
ton of his foot.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24

A young friend of mine was dining
with his father few nights ago, says
the editor of London Truth. George
said the fond parent when they next met,
..you took my overcoat instead of your
own, and / regret to say found the
pockets of your coat full of cigarettes
and Matches Il discovered my mis-
take, father replied the son. directly
I got outside. for found the pockets of
the coat I had on contained chocolate
creams and three nairs of ladies' gloyes.n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
The Tceman's DOC.

A faithful Newfoundland dog spent
the night on pond in Connecticut, re-
Gently, guarding the coats of party of
ice-cutters. He refused to leave them
when called away, and in the morning
he was found at his post badly frozen.
That dog was noble philanthropist; he
probably knew that the ice-men would
seize on the fact of an axe or saw being
lost to raise the price of ice in the sum-
mer, and he averted the calamity.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
aETcHIHGs.n

Monday evening at the Methodist church
Prof. Lyman Prescoatte delivered alecture
upon the subject of Etchings by the
Wayside, ! to q large and thoroughly ap
preciative audience His effort was an
able one. Il Is doubtful whether Moline
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24
Tao Manv cranks With Revolvers.

MaeLean, the fellow who tired at
Queen Victoria, appears to be rather
commonplace type Of English yag Y; o
He is said to be eccentric and addielea
to drink, and there is suggestion OF
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-24

If you have plmples, boils, salt rheum
rough skin, etc, take 'Lindsey's Blood
Searcher." Sold by all druggists.