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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-04
curc,eO. MILWAUKEE 6 ST. PAUL.

RACINE AND SOUTH WESTERN DIVISION
pac;ra and Milwaukee s:25 "a. m., and
u15 ?. NJ n,h,,ore winona. st. Paul ana Minneap-
oils. 6:S a. M Portville. Calmas, Sioux City
Ls a4 yankton. II rs P. M :.
I've from Racine and Milwaukee. 70 p H. anu
~. ~ + from 1 Minneapolis, St Pau, Wjnona and Dn
baque. 10 :u9 D. m sioux civ. Portvflle and Nc
Eroror 80 a m ~, =,;e,t,4 +rs,ns
TT5gah sleeping cars are run on an nlghL tr1s.
S Tiaht Express leaving kock Is1an9 ~ eyeay uir
sgbT nj II Is p. m, connects with the IAN or ar
Gay M ~, chicago carly Monday morning no Jay
checks given through tickets from ROCK .b liz
sc5 n Chicago Through tickets only gooo OH 'iS
t~an
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Striking Head Lines

Are used to call attention the fact that this is
advertisements of the CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE, u
ST. PAUL RAILWAY
Its EIeHT Trunk Lines traverse the best portions
of Northern Illinois, wIscoxsIN. MrNNEsoTA DA-
KoRA and Iowa.
Located directly its lines the cities of Chi
cago, Milwaukee La Crosse, Wiuona, st. Paul,
Minneapolis. Madison. Prairie du Chen. Mason
City Sioux City Yankton, Albert Lea. Aberdeen,
Dubuque. Rock Island, Cedar Rapids and Council
Bluffs. web innumerable other principal bust
ness centres and favorite resorts, and passengers
going West. North South or East able use the
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL RAuwAR to the
best advantage.
Ticket offices everywhere supplied withMyps
and Time Tables which detail the merits Of the line
and agents stand ready FURNISH information. and
sell tickets at cheapest rates over me Chicago, NIL
waukee & St Paul Railway
s S MERRILL. A. Y. H. CARPENTER.
General Manager. GEN Pass. s. Tkt Agt
j. r. CLARK, GEO. H. HEAFFoRD
Genl. cupt. Asst Gen Puss. Agt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-04

Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar
charms away cough, cold, or influenza
without any bad effect
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute.
Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic imparts
strength to body and mind, No either. OF
druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-04

Is III Wv EElN FL ~ AGA1S w
Dining Cars for eating PURPOSES only 0ns 9fHs
SALOON where you can enjoy your - havana
TT all hours OF the Gay.
Magnificent Iron Bridges span the MississipPi
and Missouri rivers at ell points crossed by this
line ard transfers are avoided at Council Blunss
Kansas City. Lcavenworth, and AtchssoE, cons
nec6ions being made in Union pepots.-,a ~,
THIS CHEAT THROUGH LINE ARE As
At cHicAdo. with all dlversing. lines for the
East and South.
A. WAsHiNGToS HEIGHTS. with p, C. q So
ALA SALE. with III. Cent. r. r.
At Peoria, with r p. & j.; P. d. & T.: !. d. d
w; III. Mid; and r. p. u W. kds.
At ROCK ISLAND, with q" milwaukee & HocE
Island Short Line" and Rock isId u PEG: Kos.
At DAvENPORr, with the Davenport Division
At u EST LIBERTY with the b.. c. r. MRS.
At GRiNNELI. with Central Iowa X r.
At DIES MONIES, With ID. NJ g. z. ID, X. II.
As EoUNcTL BIUFFs. with Union Pacific r. H.
At OMAHA, with Il. IL No. r. X. X. in Nebl
AtCOLUABSIS JUNCTI0N.vIth B..C. X q ~ nE !
A. 0TTUawA. with Central Iowa H. H. We
Al KEoKUK, with Toll, PEG. y WAR wab., INN
Louis & Pac.. and st. l., Keo. q NV. Il. Rds.
A. CAMERON. with H st. j. II. X.
ATe Ne ma Wlt 9th 4 ne oPsk sds santa FS
Al LEAyENAYoRTH, with Kan Fac" ana NAT
Al kANsAs CITY. with all lines for the WEES
and Southwest.
n sbrouph to PEORIA. DIES aGOxNE@
ATCEEKSebN, and 14EAVEE WORTH.
- Great KescsS Asland Route," are SOLD DE
aT home siches sfaee, address.
IL. ST. JOHN
Gem Ticket An6 Fass 81 It.,
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c,,,c,eo. BURLINGTON L QUINCY.

Local makes close connection Monm at A1p n,
for point t3 Council Bluffs aud points west; al
6a n.as foT Quincy Hannibal, st. Joe and points
IN south-west.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-04

IS IA LINN
Its main line runs from Chicago TO Council
GeneSeo. Moline Rock Island, Davenport, West
liberty l~rs5 CITY, EI1ra1go brooklyn. tElnnGii,
Des hIG!Res ttie capEsaf IF Iowa. stuart. ATTAIN"
bic and AF0ca with branches FROM t3iiFeESn
junction TO Peoria wilton junction TO M5Isea'
fint Washington. FafF seld. El6on, ReiknaT,
Cent? eviIe FTi1eeLoTa, Trenton t2allati1. GANG
washington 20 sigoarney, oskaIoosa. and Knox
eiiIe; E2oknk 10 Far4tnSton, bonaparter BEN
ionsporf, independent, Eidon, Otttsmwe, Eddy
Vile. <HsksfoGaa. Eeila. Monroe, and Des Mofness
STinterset; Atlantic 70 Lewis and Audubon; and
AvOca Harlan. Ifs9s IS positively tile sfiiy
Railroad, which owns, and operates q through
line from Chicago into the state OF KANSAS, =.
Through Express Passenger Trains, with Pull
man Palace Cars attached. are run each -ay dally
between CHICAGO and PEORIA. KANSAS CITY,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IEAvENWORTH ard ATcH1~
SON. Through cars are also run between Miiwau.
kee anf Kansas City. via the milwaukee, ana
frIt-s tsreat Rock Island" - Inagatdceatly
equipped ats goad bed IS simply perfect. and its
track is laid with steel rails
What will please you most will be the pleasure
of enjoying yGur meals. while passing over the
beautif pfatries OF Illinois ana Iowa. in one or
our magnificent Dining Cars that accompany all
Through Express Trains. You get an entire
meal good as ~ served In any 0rst-cIass motel,
forEeveDty-five cents.
AppreciStiIig the fact that majority OF she
rGirposea land the immense passenger business
Of fz4s inc 7aTra1tinR it, we are pleased 70 an
noHnee that this Company runs E@u1t1adn Ed5ace
Steering Cars for sleeping purposes ano Edtdce
PULLMAN TeREACE CA are ~
COZ RGEEs BLUFFS. KANSAS CITY
Tickets VIA this Lime, known as the
Gil Ticket Agents Sn this United states
For information mot ant1A0@b1e az ~
-. e. CABLE,
Wee President apd Gena &A1sEse
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-01
How Maine Lumbermen Live.

An interesting souvenir comes from
the lumber woods of the north in the
form of communication written very
lengthy on fine sheet of birch bark
and incased in an envelope composed of
the same material. The letter is dated
Mattamiscontis, No. 2, range Z, about
fifteen miles from any settlement. in q
lumber camp where Mr.. John McGreg-
or has a crew of men engaged in cut
ting spool wood for his factory. The
writer gives some idea of how men live
in logging camp: ''Our camp is built
of rough logs of poplar laid up on the
sides about four feet and running up to
a pitch in the center of about ten feet.
The roof is covered with cedar splints
four feet long and laid the same as
shingles, making very good covering,
though not very tight The floor is
made of poles laid on the ground We
have two stoves, one a large heater,
three feet long, and the other cooking
stove. For sleeping apartments we
have berth made the length of the
camp, which is 1871 feet, and accommo-
dates fourteen men. In front of this
and on q range with the stove is the
deacon seat of the same length as the
camp. Our living consists of pork and
beans, bread and cookies, gingerbread
and old-fashioned doughnuts. dried ap-
pies. beef, Goldfish, mackerel, tea, and
molasses. For breakfast we have pork
and beans hot from the oven, with GIN
gerbread, cookies. and tea. For din
ner, which is eaten in the woods, we
have beans, doughnuts, and bread, with
tea, and occasionally beef. For supper
we have Goldfish or mackerel and pota-
toes, with fried pork. We get any
amount of fresh perch and pickerel
close by the camp, in Mattamiscontis
lake. Fish forms prominent item in
our Diet Bangor (Me.) Wing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-01
Atlantic MONTHLY.

The Atlantic Monthly for 1888 will contain, I'm
addition to its usual variety of Serial and
Short Stories, Essays, Sketches, Poetry and
Criticism, the following specially attractive
features:
Oliver Wendell Holmes, author of 1.-The
AutOcrat Of the Break fast Table," etc, whose
inimitable series of 'Breakfast-Table" pa-
pcrs, poems, and essays has been 80 conspicli-
Gus and delightful feature of the magazine,
will write frequently and exclusively for The
Atlantic
Henry wadsworth Longfeliow left Gem
pleted dramatic poem entitled "Michael
Angelo" which he was more than ten years
i'm writing. The first installment Of the
poem, which Is I'm three parts, will appear In
the January number.
Nathaniel Hawthorne left among his manu-.
scripts the plan and sketches of a novel
which will appear I'm The Atlantic under the
title 'The Ancestral FoOtstep: Outlines of an
English Romance" Tho first portion ap.
pears In the December number, with an intro
duction by Mr.. Geo. p. I.athrop. 1t will be
continued In the earlier number of 1883.
Mr.. Henry james, .Jr.. author Of ''The POr.
trait of II Lady" will contribute to the first
volume Of the year Daisy Miller: A Come
div, "a dramafization by Mr.. James Of hi
story Daisy Miller" which has had so great
u popularity Ia England and America. New
characters and situations and incidents arc
introduced; the entire story is re-cast and re-
and yet the features which made the story
as originally told, so attractive are all re-
tanned. Mr.. james Will also write for Tn.
Atlantic some critical and literary papers
such NJ the readers Of the magazine have
heretofore found so admirable.
Mr.. w. ID. Howells, author OF ''Their Wed
ing Journey" etc., whose stories and ESSAYS
have so cften delighted the readers OF III,
Atlantic. will from time to time send to the
magazine frsm Europe sketches of travel
character, and literature.
Mr.. Charles Dudley Warner, author of an,
Winter an the Nilc," "My Summer I'm a Gar.
den, "Iilacklog Studies" ETC., promises sew
eral papers for the coming year.
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.,
BOSTON
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-01
Bloomin' Prosperity.

A few days since, says the Evansville,
Ind, argus, drummer for one OF our
wholesale houses WAS travelling in a
buggy along country road in Arkan-
sas, when he came upon tall, roughly
dressed man sitting upon fence whit
Ting. With sociable ''good-morning,"
the traveller drew up his horse and
asked:
''ls that your field of corn over
there?"
"Wal, 1 calkilate I'll freeze onto a
right smart sheer of it. I'm wOrkin' the
piece on sheers."
"Looks like fine crop"
'.Damfit don't"
IL presume you are figuring on great
prosperity in the future, such immense
crops surely indicating plenty for all. !"
prosperity Stranger, that hain't no
name fur the cyclone that's a-goin' to
hit this settlement atween the eyes this
season. A tornado mought come jist
now an land every burned bit O. grain
in the country over in Tennessee, and
yit the smiles o contentment never shift
Off'n our faces!'
"Some unexpected good luck has be-
fallen YOU" the tourist replied.
'That's the play to t-y ty. We're
a gittin' our slice o. the millennium
away ahead o. the advertised date.
Fust, Of lack Bolton up an died last
month, an thar hasn't been ear O.
corn or side O bacon missed in the
community since VIC tumbled the dirt
on top o. him; then Wash Tompkins,
the boss OF sledge player, got sent to
States prison fur horse stealin', thus
givin' us poorer plyers show fur our
pile; then Snaky, the saloon-keeper up
at the forks O. the road, dropped down
to ten cents drink for whiskey, an
said he'd take corn same as cash; then
my OF woman run off with Yankee
SEWN machine peddler, an my darter
Sal got religion an joined Mt. Zion
Church; an If bloomin' prosperity amt
Arranging over the neighborhood I'm
a gilt-edged liar from the Red River
swamps. Got any sweet tobacker about
youP'
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turning away that the tears she knew

turning away that the tears she knew
were coming could fall unseen.
"Oh," said Mrs. Hopgood. 'fll take
them all" And she snapped them up
so eagerly that it almost looked as il
she were afraid Jessie would change
her mind about the price.
But Jessie was only intent on getting
away us fast as possible. and dropping
the bits of silver Mrs. Hopgood handed
her into peck basket, she set off, and
would not lot herself think until she
reached home all in flutter.
"Did you make your fortune?" asked
Aurelia,
''Or meet your fateP" enquircd Hor-
tense.
'.How much sugar did you getp" ask
ed Daisy, eagerly. "Fve secured up
the preserving-kettle and gathered the
plums. so can 60 to work preserving
them"
And then Jessie for the first time
thought of the sugar, and remembered
too well what she was to get for the
plums.
She told her story brayely and then
ran quickly away
.'Jast sgiacla murmured Hortense;
81 said sd.~ p,aap
Luck, indeedp' retorted Aurelia;
''it's her folly, and, as usual the fault
of that villainous Ernest Gray"
Jessie was sitting upon the front step
in the shadows, weeping despairingly,
when no other parsonage than Ernest
Gray himself appeared suddenly before
her, and captured her tear-stained
hands without so much rs asking her
consent.
jessie" he said. ..my sweet, brave,
little Jessie, as long and desperately as
/ have loved you, never loved you as
/ do to-day. You quite shattered my
heart down there, at Cousin Emily's,
to-day, with your brave though not sue
cessful attempt ut business, and could
not resist the temptation to follow you
and tell you so. My love, / could not
save your fortune. Will you accept
miner"
"Ah, Ernest" sighed Jessie, "why
don't you ask me to accept you? Do
you suppose think of your fortune?"
mo, l don'tr' he said, sitting down
beside her; "but suppose Miss Aurelia
does. She hates me like a Turk. but
maybe she won't now. She and the
rest shall come and live with us, and
Wen have lots of fun.
The three sisters were overwhelmed
at the turn affairs had taken.
"And sO," observed Daisy, Jessie
did make her fortune and meet her
fate"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-12-01
Hotel Rules.

At the risk of pulling we can hardly
refrain from the following sensible re-
marks found on the back of the Two
good House ut Canastota, conducted or
entirely new and approved principles.
These are the advantages enumerat-
ed:--
This hotel has been built and arrang-
cd for the special comfort and convent
ence of the travelling public.
On arrival, each guest will be asked
how he likes the situation; and if he
says the house ought to have been
placed nearer the depot, the location of
the house will be Immediately changed.
Corner front rooms, up only one
flight, for each guest.
Bath. gas, closet, hot and cold water,
laundry, telegraph, fire-alarm, restaur-
ant, bar-room, billiard tables, daily pa
pers, sewing-machine, grand piano
and all other modern conveniences in
every room.
Meals every minute if desired, and
consequently no second table.
Every guest will have the best seat in
the dining-hall and the best waiter.
Any guest not getting his breakfast
red-hot. or experiencing delay of six
teen seconds after giving his order for
dinner, will please mention the fact at
the Office, and the cooks and walters
will be blown from the mouth of can
non in front of the hotel at once.
In short, there is nothing Twogood
for our patrons.
The landlord will always he glad to
hear that some other hotel is 1.-THE best
house in the county,"
Large and convenient sample rooms
Baggage carried to and from the de
pot without extra charge.
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1888.
Harper's Magazine
TrS"- r-D
ILLUSTRATED

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tiahrieila Graelav.

A writer in the Washington Capital
says that Gabrielle Greeley has been
living in retirement at Chappaqua since
the death of her sister. She is said to
be beautiful, accomplished and SYM
pathetic. Her closest companion has
been Miss Chamberlain, daughter of the
late Ivory Chamberlain, of the Herald,
who IL described as the best educated
woman in New York. AZ she was her
fathers pupil and browsed at will In his
extensive library.
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Compliments.

eff owned that land of yours" sug-
gested forid gentleman bubbling over
with good advice. I'D cut it up into
building lots. sell 'em and make enough
to live easy the rest of my life." 'But
if was sure you had as much faculty
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would lend you that 81 800 you asked
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1893.
Harper's Weekly.
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One Freshman Who Cleaned Them Out.

One Freshman Who Cleaned Them Out"
A little while since four bold, bad
sophomores in q certain college in this
state went into the room of freshman,
whom they judged to be verdant. After
the sophomores had got into the room
the freshman asked them what they
wished. "Oh, we come to put you
through" was the reply. The freshman
told them that they had better not at
tempt anything, but they scornfully re-
fused to listen to advice from member
of lower class, and made q rush for
the youth whom they took to be green.
With blow he laid one of the bold
sophs upon his back. In the melee that
followed the light was overturned and
extinguished when the freshman grasp
ed chair and the sophomores were
compelled to beat a hasty and dis
astrOus retreat. The next morning the
freshman was called before the presi-
dent of the college, who inquired the
cause of the disturbances in his room
the preceding evening. The freshman
narrated the circumstances of the case
very infinitely and the president listen
ed with the gT, atest attention. When
the freshman had finished. the presi-
dent said: "And you cleaned them
outp" "Yes," was the answer. II con-
graduate you upon your success" said
the president as he took the boys hand
and gave it hearty shake.-Lewiston
Me-, Journal.
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A vexed Clergyman.

Even the patience of job would be-
come exhausted were he preacher and
ndcnvoripg to interest his audience
while they were keeping up an inces-
sant coughing, making it impossible
or bgm To bc heard. Yet how very
ms, can all this he avoided by simply
lsing DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Trial
bottles given away at J. A. Samborn.
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