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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-26
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Trainsleave Rock Island.
$50 q IN Way Freight.
$3.50 G. Fast Express.
80 D m Mail and Express.
$3.50 Z" Through Freight and Accommodation.
Trains arrive at sock Islaad.
2:30 m Through Freight and Accommodation
1913 N Mail and Express.
GAO Is Fast Express.
4:30 IS Way Freight.
Tho FAsr ExPR SIS leaving Rock island at 80
m arrives at Peoria 20 m, at Springfield 4:zo
D m. at Decatur 400 p M Jacksonville 7.OQ ? "a,
Alton z 30 d M st Louis S:15 10. and Terre Hause
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and ourcKzsT route Co all pointsgouthesst-
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Galva with B q q for points west .arT'Ylng a. =.
Galesburg ct 426 m; at ton g 81 hl' at
Keokuk 1925 p M. and at quincy 1905 M
Arriving at Psera At se ag fIoTs oo,,-
oils connecting there with all fast trains for east
and south. -
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rates as low dc by any other route.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-26

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-26

AnInlinois girl found that she must
seither give up her lover or her gum,
and after one day spent in reflection she
pressed his hand good-by, and said she
would ALWAYS be q sister to him.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
Labor and Money.

For those of us that are employers of
labor, how can we bear togive man less
money than he can live decently on, less
leisure than his decency and self-respect
demand? Or those Of us who are work
men, how can we bear to fail in the con-
tract we have undertaken, or to make it
necessary for a foreman to go up and,
down spying out mean tricks and eva
sions? Or we, the shop .keepers-can we
endure to lie about our wares that we
may shuttle off our losses on some one
elses shoulders? Or we, the public
how can we bear to pay price for a
piece of goods which will help to trouble
one man, to ruin another, and starve
third? Or still more, I think, how can
we enjoy something which has been a
pain and grief for the maker to make?
I say all classes are to blame in this mat
ter, but also say that the remedy lies
with the handicraftsmen, who are not ig-
rorant of these things like the public,
and who have no call to be greedy and
isolated like the manufacturers or mid
dlemen; the duty and honor of educating
the public lies with them, and they have
in them the seeds of order and organize
tion which makes that duty the easier
Lectures by William Morris.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
Pare Wafer for Cows.

It has been known for a long time that
milk left standing in a room whore
patients are sick becomes permeated with
the subtle poison of the disease. Con-
taeion has also been spread through
milk by reason of persons recovering
from sickness attending to the labors of
the diary. The kind @. grass or fodder
on which the cows feed also gives Pc
culiar flavor and quality to their milk.
In addition to these facts, it has recently
been demonstrated that the most start
ling consequences may ensue from the
animals drinking stagnant water. Pro-
fessor Law, of Cornell university has
examined with microscope milk of an
unusual ropy appearance, and found it
full of those fungi or vegetable organ
isms that abound in stagnant water. On
inquiry he found that the COWS from
which it came had only stagnant water
to drink, and further investigation re-
vealed the fact that the blood of the ami
mails teemed with these fungi, and the
cows were in feverish, unhealthy con-
dition. The warning which this discov-
cry ought to convey is very simple. 1t
is the duty of dairymen to see that their
cattle have eupply of pure, sweet
water. They use such great quantity
of water that judicious concern for the
health of the community should induce
them to employ none but the very clean
est.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
Crushef.

A short time since couple of young
fellows entered car of Delaware rail-
road train, and tried to turn one of the
seats before sitting down. The seat was
locked, but the fellows didn't mind that,
and one of them took out his knife to
to pick the lock.
While he was at work, an elderly gen.
tleman seated behind them quietly re-
monstrated:
''That's all right, old man." re.
turned one of them. "We know
what We are about, SO keep your clothes
on
'sDon't you know that you are liable
to prosecution for that?" continued the
old man, mildly. "It's the same as
burglary, in the eyes of the law. IF
you want the seat turned, ask the con-
ductor, and he will do it for YOU"
''You talk as though you knew good
DEAL" said one of the young fellows.
looking us with a sarcastic smile. Chow
long have you been in the railroad, busi
ness?"
"Abont 20 years." returned the old
gentleman, gently.
The fellow looked little saucily sur
prised as he asked: '.And pray, what po-
sition do you hold now?"
II am president of the road, returned
Mr.. Hinckley; s'and if you disobey any
further rules of the road / shall call
upon the officers to arrest you"
The young fellows took rear car while
the passengers smiled
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
Healthfu.ness Of Lemons.

When people feel the need of an acid /.
if they would let vinegar alone, and use
lemons or sour apples, they would feel
just as well satisfied, and receive no in
jury. And suggestion may not come
amiss as to good plan when lemons are
cheap in the market. A person should,
in those times, purchase several dozen at
once, and prepare them for use in the
warm, week days of spring and summer,
when acids of lemons and ripe fruits are
so grateful and useful. Press your hand
on the lemon and roll it back and forth
briskly on the table to make it squeeze
more easily; then press the juice into a
bowl or tumbler-never into tin; strain
out all the seeds as they give bad taste.
Remove all the pulp from the peel and
boil in water-a pint for dozen pulps
to extract the acid. A few minutes
boiling is enough; then strain the water
with tue juice of the lemons; put pound
of white sugar to pint of the juice; boil
ten minutes, bottle it, and your lemon
ade is ready for use. Put tablespoon
full or two Of this lemon syrup in . glass
Of water and you have cooling. health
full drink.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
Preachers and Horseflesh.

Brother Talmage was very severe on
the pool sellers and book makers, but
not more so than Brother Buford, and he
showed familiarity with the different
forms of betting which caused some OF
his hearers to open their eyes. In clos.
ing his sermon he demanded that the au-
thorities of Brooklyn and New York
should put stop to gambling On the
race course. The sermon has been
widely read since it was delivered, and
the suggestion has been made that
Brother Buford and Brother Ta1mage
strike hands and together stump the
country. It would be sort of cross
match, jolly fat and very lean, bur for
all that very strong team. Should any
thing arise during the lecture tour to ex-
cite virtuous Indignation and call for
honest swearing, we are confident that
Brother Buford would be equal to the
occasion, because his education in that
line has not been neglected. And should
Brother Buford grow lnkewarm in the
cause, and feel like falling from grace,
Brother Talmage could speedily avert
the calamity by hammering into him
some of his own surplus faith and enthu-
siasm.
A few days ago, in one of the down.
town restaurants, a breezy-faced man
called in cheerful tones from one table to
another:
Robert Bonner, you are very mean
man. very mean man."
"How so?" exclaimed the gentleman
addressed, looking up from his tender
Ioin steak with an expression of sur
prise.
Because" said the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, ''you have never invited me up
to your farm to look at your stud of fine
horses"
"But have never asked my own pas
tor, DR.. John Hall, to go there"
"Well, what of that? Dr. Hall knows
nothing about the horse, except what he
has read in the Bible. while I do claim
to have some knowledge of the points of
a well bred and fast trotter."
Brother Beecher is more eloquent than
either Brother Talmage or Brother Bu-
ford, but he is not more ardent in the
cause. With three such distinguished
men laboring to the same end, why
should not the turf be reformed?-[ Turf,
Field and Farm.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
The Pr lner.
N. Who is this?

Question. Who is this?
Answer. This is the Am erican boy.
@. What does he wish to do for a
living?
A. He wants to be bank clerk, or a
broker, or doctor, or lawyer, or get
place in the custom house or postoffice
or go into the army or become min
lister.
@. What is the ambition of the coun-
try and village American boy?
A. To go to the city and get situa-
tion.
Q. For how much pay?
A. For So a week the first year. and,
perhaps. if he is smart, all he can make
otherwise.
@. How are many American boys in
both village and city brought up?
A. They go to school until they are
seventeen or eighteen years of age, and
then hang around home or street corners
until they get married.
@. And then?
A. And then there is a row, and the
old folks of the first part manage to pro-
vide in some way for the young folks OF
the second part, and both parties drag
out sort of unpleasant existence.
@. What is our american young man s
idea OF living?
A. Life for h:dlsis no life at all unless
he can have his spring, summer, fall and
winter suits of clothing, changes his
necktie with every fashion, endure the
| miseries and want of mi-fashionable
boarding house, and spend what is left
of his salary at the end of the month in
taking young woman to the theater
| with carriage and fashionable restaurant
| supper at the end of the performance
| N. Y. Graphic.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
A Victim of Iaebriety.

A well-dressed woman wearing ex-
pensive diamonds was arrested yesterday
morning at Broadway and Houston street
for into xication. Her behavior attracted
a crowd. In the Jefferson Market Po-
lice Court she gave her name Mrs. Eliza
Tulosa. Justice Ford remanded her to
the care of the matron of the prison.
The Herald reporter saw her after she
had rested few hours, but he could
not obtain coherent story from her, as
she was nervous, excited and evidently
still suffering from drink. What was
cleaned from her in the course of a pro-
rracted interview was that her husband
resided in Paris. She lived at the New
York Hotel for several months, and was
compelled to leave there last October
with an unpaid board bill amounting to
$500. She went to Tuckerton, New Jer-
Monday. Sine called at the New York
ferred her to the ST. Denis. At the lat
ter house they informed her that the
rooms were all taken. She says she did
denied drinking anything. and did not
At the New York hotel it was learned
that she first engaged rooms there in
August last, having been highly recon
mended by people presumably friends of
her husband. She was looked upon as
highly educated, cultured but some
what eccentric lady. A few days after
she came to the hotel she began indulg-
ing heavily in stimulants, drinking
everything from lager beer to cham
pagne. Protracted dissipation weakened
her so that the greater portion of her
time was spent in bed, and as it was
known that she carried diamonds and
jewelry of great value about her, the
house detective, d. j. Larkins, was in
structed to keep special watch over her.
For few weeks she received install
ments from her husband, as was sup
posed, and she paid her bills regularly
In September these allowances ceased.
In October, when she left the hotel to go
to Tnckerton, she deposited ample Sc
curity for an unpaid board bill of $500.
This security has not yet been redeemed.
She. called at the hotel one Monday
night and asked for room, but she was
so intoxicated that the clerk could not,
in justice to the reputation of the house,
assign her one. He referred her to an
other hotel. It is said that Mrs. Tulosa
has neither relatives nor friends in this
city. and that during her stay at the ho
tel she had not single caller. Deetect-
i've Larkins will take her to her home in
Tuckerton IN. Y. Herald.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
A Novel In . Paragraph.

A number of years ago some miners in
Wales, in exploring an old pit that had
long been closed, found the body of a
young man dressed in a fashion long out
of date. The peculiar action of the air
of the mine was such as to preserve the
body so perfectly that it appeared asleep
rather than dead. The miners were
puzzled at the circumstance. No one in
the district had been missed within their
recollection and at last it was resolved to
bring the oldest inhabitant-an old lady
long past her 80th year, who had lived
single in the village all her life. On be-
ing taken into the presence of the body
a very strange scene occurred. The old
lady fell upon the corpse and kissed it
and addressed itby every term of en-.
dearment spoken in byegone generations.
He was her old love and she waited for
him during her long life. She knew he
had not forsaken her. The old lady and
young man had been betrothed so years
before. The lover had disappeared mys-
terously and she had kept her faith dur
ing the long interval. The miners re-
moved the old lady to her house and
that night her faithful spirit rejoined
that of her long lost lover Washing
ton Republican.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
" Won Grand Contradiction. ''

A French gentleman recently from
Paris was invited by one of our popular
citizens to indulge in the American
custom at the Exchange" Not knowing
our "colloquial American" we'll enough
to call for mixed drink, it was sug-
gested to take brandy punch" which
he did. The next morning he called
alone at the bar, and being asked by the
polite young man who concocts cocktails
what he would have. and having forgot
ten the name of the drink of yesterday,
he replied: ST will take Won contra-dic
ton, what you call it? wis very much
lemon for make him sour, very much
soogare for make him sweet, plenty Of
brandy for make him strong, aud great
deal of wasser for make bim weak. .
.'Oh, yes; know" returned the bar
keeper; you want punch" ?" "Yeez,
sat ees eet; Won ponch." It is needless
TO say that the. grand contradiction
has loom d up since then as q more pop
ular drink than ever.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
Made His Mouth Water.

Uncle Ike was one day riding a mule
and had little negro boy behind him.
Tell you what, ING Ike, 'possum
mighty good thing" said the boy.
''Yas, tbs, said Uncle Ike, as the mule
struck brisk trot.
Specially when you got lots O.
gravy wild him."
Uncle Ike was silent, but seemed rest
less.
"An' when you get tsome roasted 'taters
to sop in the gravy" said the boy.
Uncle Ike used his switch with ner.
vous energy, and the mule increased its
speed to gallop.
.Yes, Ung Ike, when de 'possnm's
right brown an de gravy dreniu' ont
an"
"You shet your mouf, you little fool!
Yoa'll make dis mule run off an kill us
boat. - Little Rock Gazette.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29

IT took two doctors several hours to
get billiardcue out of the mouth of an
experimenting young man in New Jer-
sey. Considering how abnormaily unim-
proved the average New Jerseyman's &
conversation is, it is hard to see why
they wasted so much time.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1882-07-29
Notice.

Notice Is hereby given, to whom nay concern that
sbs undersigned has been awarded the contract for
keeping tho poj.las county Pauper- fsFtne period Of
two years All persons in need Of Assstsncs rom aid
county, must FIRST lneure certificate to that effect
Il one o the following named persons, who are author
izel ard viii for those such
W L Buften, Rossbnrg E. 1. Kellogg, Gakandi Mrs
Brown cooking G'ass Dr.. ScroEgs Is authorized TO
ri lsh medical aid To All psrsons IN need Of the same
Nto have becp deca ii janpsrs OF Douglas county.
WM. B. CLARKE, Snpt. of Poor
knsEsuRa. Or. Feb. Is. 1850
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-25
WHITEW AsHE

| Mr.. John Sherman was whitewashed
that is to limited extent, but the calso-
mining was not perfect and some of it did
not stick. There seems TO be a diversity
of opinion throughout the country as to
the efficacy of the investigation. So fair a
journal at the Springfield Republican says;
Mr. Sherman has proved himself great
financier but he suffered his great reputa-
ton to be draggled with these burrs of
scandal when he placed the collection of
his rents in the hands of an official subor-
dinate, and in other respects made him his
private chore boy in business and politics.
Mr.. Sherman ought to have known better,
and it is good enough for him that he is
now obliged to defend his character from
the charge of purloining for his private
use few hundred dollars worth of gov
geraniums and bouquets, carriage
repairs. whitewash mops, and other vulgar
sundries.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-25


This is the way the Cleveland Herald
makes amends for its abuse of the Stall
warts:
William Brown, OF Kentucky, the fellow
who wrote the shameless attack on Garfield
in the Washington Post, is SO eminently
fitted for membership in the 1906 brass
medal crowd" that he ought to be elected
to an honorary membership, and given the
brass medal that could not be handed to
one of the eOld Guard, because of his be-
ing so closely "old guarded in the Pennsyl
vania Penitentiary.
One would think that the Stalwarts were
hated worse by the Herald than the demo
Gratis, and that they deserve from itless con-
sideration. And yet the stalwarts are re-
publicans, and the Herald claims to be a
republican paper. Is itf-Iater Ocean.
One would judge from the above that
one could not be republican unless he
was stalwart. Inasmuch, however, as
the stalwarts can be best distinguished as
the men who desire office perhaps the inter
Ocean is right.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-25
OUR NOMINATIONS.

The result of the democratic primarie
on last Thursday night must be such as tc
give every democrat thorough satisfaction
and to all good citizens joy. The nomi-
nees were all good ones, in most cases ex-
cellent ones, and argue well for an honest
and efficient city government if elected.
The entire ticket is one that all lovers of
good government can vote for; that they
can work for. All of the nominees are
men to whom no suspicion of connection
with rings of any kind can attach. They
are men in whom the people can trust.
The democratic party has shown by the
men it has placed in candidature that its
professions of reform were not empty ones;
The men and their record speak for them
selves; elect them and we will have a good
government.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-25

", however. that they might crowd the bulk
of the. black vote into q single district.
Michigan and Minnesota, like Mississippi,
have redistricted, and have taken even
greater pains than the southern state to
favor the continuance of the party having
the upper hand in the state. Missouri is
going to the expense and bother OF a called
session. Nebraska will elect its increase
at large; that is, it viii SO elect all its con-
gressmen, for it had but one previously.
Reduced to two, New Hampshire viii elect
these at large. The New York legislature
is in session, as is the Ohio legislature.
North Carolina viii elect its additional
member at large So viii Pennsylvania
and South Carolina. Texas has foolishly
called a special session. Vermont was
districted in advance. Virginia is being
skillfully Mahonlzed. West Virginia will
elect at large. The Wisconsin legislature
is in session. The prospect, it will be
seen, is for lots of congressman at large.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-25
-------------------------
THAT CHASE LETTER.

1t was popularity supposed that the Gar
field Chase letter was furnished to Dana
by Conkling, and that the last named indi-
vidual obtained it from his friend Mrs.
Kate Chase-Sprague. But il now appears
that this supposition was wrong. The fol:
lowing letter explains itself:
To THE PUBLTc:-Two or three Washing
ton newspapers having seen fit to make
certain statements, accusing Mrs. Kathar-
inc Chase Sprague of having furnished the
so-called Garfield Rosecrans letter" for
publication, it becomes necessary for me
to say that I gave that letter to Mr.. Dana
without the knowledge or consent of Mrs.
Sprague or of any other member of the
family of the late Chief Justice. / have
not seen Mrs Sprague since June, 1878, and
in the meantime not one word has passed
between us, directly or indirectly, touching
General Garfields letter, or upon any other
subject. General Garfield's letters to Mr..
Chase have not been out of my possession
for eight years, and | do not believe that
Mrs Sprague had any knowledge whatever
of the contents of any of them previous to
the publication of that in theSun. This state
ment will show how shamefully, false and
cruel the accusation against Mrs Sprague
is. Whatever sin or responsibility attaches
for bringing the Garfield letter into the con-
troll of Mr.. Dana attaces wholly and exclu-
siveiy to me. All accusations involving
any other person than myself-whether
man or woman, stalwart, half breed, or
alike without foundation.
J. W. SHUCKERs.
Philadelphia March goth, 1882.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-03-25
NEW coNaREssMEN.

The Chicago Times man figures it out in
this way:
"a very large number of the states in
which the apportionment act makes changes
in the whole number of the representatives
will advantage by the provision of that
act whereby additional congressman may
be elected at large. Thus Arkansas, rather
than have special session of the legisla-
ture, will elect its additional congressman
at large, and its four others in the old dis
tricts. California will elect two at large
and four by districts. In Connecticut the
Legislature is in session, and will have diff
ficulty in keeping its hands off. Georgia
viii elect one at large and nine by the old
districts. The Illinois Legislature is in SEES
sion, and may or may not redistrict, though
the chances favor non action as the easiest
means of depriving Cook county of the adj
ditienal member to which it is entitled.
Iowa has redistricted, and made very
neat republican job of it. Unless there be
revolution, there isn't the ghost of a show
of the opposition getting a single represen-
tative. Kansas will elect its four new
members at large. The Kentucky legisla-
ture is in session, and viii have as easy
a job for the democrats as Iowa had fer
the republicans. In Maine there is a re-
duction of the number of representatives,
and all four will be elected at large, where
by the result is in doubt. The Massachu- |
settslegislature is in session, and is con-
sidering gerTymander which in Missis |
sippi would be Infamous; but, of course,
there are no morals in Mississippi, though, |
in redistricting that state, the democrats
have reformed the shoe-string district, main =