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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02

that city. The scribe wanted Mr.. Wilde
to authoritatively define what he meant
ibvMesfii fetfcfsfi M Z haye zdeziHed it
about 200 times since last, night, J, an
swered Wilde, with a patient smile,
81 but am here to diffuse beauty and [
have no objection to saying that esthetic-
ism is the attempt to color the common
place, temake beauty stand ont wherever
it is. There is subtle relation between
beauty and everything, the correlation
of one sense of beauty with another, that
is not seen or felt except by, by-wen,
by persons who have studied the mat
ter All those coarse-grained people
who cannot make a hearty meal of a
glass of water with a lily floating in it,
will be glad to know that estheticism is
no worse, and is not likely to produce a
breed of "cranks - with sanguinary
tendencies. seA8 e7sf-rug~9
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02
Lieut.. Schwatka says that one OF

Lieut. Schwatka says that one OF
their Esquimaux guides invented the
most Internal traps for the wolves eyse;
devised. He covered two keen blades
with blood and set them in the ice In
licking them the wolves would cut theii
tongues, but the cold would prevent
their feeling it. Allured by the taste o.
blood, they would continue sicing THEN
tongues until they bied to death or died
from the mutilation. The other trap
consisted of long strips of whalebone
rolled together, bound with sinew and
hidden in frozen meat, which, aftel
passing into the animals stomach,
would thaw. release the whalebone, and
kill the wolves.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02
Riches.

A consoling thought for those who, in
respect to wealth, are in light marching
order is the following utterance from
Lord Bacon
Icannot call riches better than the
baggage of virtue; the-Roman world is
better i1npedtmentn. For as the bag
gage is to an army so is riches to vir-
tue it cannot be spared nor left be-
hind, bat it hindereth the march-yea,
and tie care of it sometimes loseth or
distusI .,sii the victory.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02
4 San Francisco Judge on Lawyers

''Oh, Judge" exclaimed one weeping
son-in-law, my heart is breaking with
the disgrace. What'll l do?''
I'm sure I don't know" replied his
Honor. what do you want to dog''
"Can see lawyer, Judge?n
~ on can. In fact you can't see any
thing else bat lawyers if you look around
the City Hall. The town is full of 'em,
and" muttered his Honor as he pat on
his hat, 1.-THE potato ranches of the coun-
try have fair supply of them at $40 a
month and find their own spades -
San Francisco Chronicle,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02
RAILROADS.
Rock Island & Peoria
ERAILW "A ".
SHORTEST ROUTE TO THE
EAST AND sou TIL.

Trainsleave Rock Islsnd.x
$50 m Way Freight.
$40 g. Fast Express
1:30 D m Mail and Express.
8:50 IS Through Freight and Accommodation.
Trains arrive at Rock Island.
2:3O m Through Freight and Accommodation
12:45 p m Mail and Express.
$40 - Fast Express.
430 1" Way Freight.
The FAST EXPRESS leaving Rock Island at s &c
m arrives at Peoria IL :20p N, at Springfield 42s
m, at Decatur 400 m, jacksonville 100 N
Alton 1920 p m, st Louis S:15 m, and Terre Haate
l1:55 m. THE SAME Day. Making this the best
and QUICKEST route 20 all points southeast.
The go p. m. train makes close connection al
Gava with q @ for points west ;arraying a.
Galesburg at 4:25 m at Burlington $40 p m; al
Keokuk 10 rs pm: and at Quincy 1905 N.
Arriving at Peoria q $3.50 p n: making close con
nections with B g w and p ~ Wfor no1snap.
oils connecting there with all fast trains Tor east
and south. A 80 @
WFAST TIME. SURE CONNECTIONS, and
rates as low as by any other route.
- j. " MAHONKY,
Gen Ticket Ag't.
sThe $3.50 m Accommodation leaves every day
except Sunday. 49,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02
The Moon, said the Royal Astronomer

The Moon, said the Royal Astronomer
of ireland, Sir Rupert S. Ball, in re-
cent lecture, is increasing the length of
tile days. The change win be very
gradual but is inevitable. in Other
words, the day is destined, in the very
remote future, to become as long as fif-
ty-seven of our days. The epoch viii
assuredly come. if the universe lasts
long enough" We do not remember to
have mes with this precise prediction
before. The prospcct. of a 14OO-hon
day is novel to us.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02

Reads heavy Inca
PE the Company Iath"
l ~ lG any
IMPROVEMENTS, .
It's
Gt Ia
LsanaDI Sae for
BseCa h~h hasa
asureR dgr
hhoncedd yheTn b,tb be al
q. O. a. H. cARrENrER, n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02

Some men are inconsistent creatures.
They win get up in the middle of the
nigls and throw their boots at dog be-
cause he is bowling at the moon, and
the next night pay five dollars seat to
hear Italian opera
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02

A debating society has tackled the
question, rs it worse to think you're al
the top when there is one stair more,
than to think there il one stair more
when you have reached the topP''
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02

The question as TO who shall be
Speaker of the House has to be settled
after every marriage.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02
The Plumbers COMPENSATION.

A plumber went forth to plumb
To a kingly palace by the way,
And when his half-day's work was done
Presented his bill without delay,
The king brought forth his bags of gold,
His diamonds and his jeweled crown,
The plumber gave credit for them
And took a mortgage on the throne.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-02

About as many newspapers are print
ed in the English tongue IS there are IN
all other tongues combined.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-04
TIle Ohio Resurms.

The total vote in Ohio this year
was G32, $50 total vote last year,
62l ,225 increase, 1851.
The Republican vote this year was
297 1850; vote last year, 3l2,735 de
crease, 1876
The Democratic vote last year was
2SS, 426; this year, 316, S74; increase
2S,44S.
The ProhibiJioAist vote this year
was l2,202; last year, 1857; de-
crease, 1895.
The Greenback vote this year was
5,5l5; last year, 1880 decrease, 9S5.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-04
Here is Penn ylvania Pride
for Won.

We are truly delighted with the
disappointment Of the Philadel-
phia shop &eepers over their iu-
visible profits FROM the 81 Gem
tennial celebration. There has
been 20 rhyme or reason in the
whole performance, and il has not
b ca OF any more benefit TO the
visitors than TO the shop-keepers,
for whose benefit il wa5 GOT up.
There has been uOtUing worthy 90
see or hear The Centennial cele-
bratiOn was grand and beneficial.
utHI 18th. n 30t FIRST Wa' r.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-04

IT is seldom that the press is
called upon to chronicle a sadder
tragedy than that in New York
Tuesday, when a woman, educa-
ted, refined and with happy sur
roundings, killed her three chill
dren and then committed suicide.
Insanity doubtless prompted the
crime, but it's depth must have
been something terrible to thus
annihilate the wondrous affection
associated with motherhood.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-04
A Close Call for Gould.

A Rochester SPECIAL of October
80. says: "Jay Gould and his
party stopped here This morning,
on their return from the West
Mr.. Gould, on aIighjing from his
specia! car at the new depot, step
ped on a side track i'm front Of a
moving locomotive, and would
have been run over but for the
Outcries of those standing near
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-04
HOME INTERESTS.

Reader, are you at work, en-
deavoring to do something by
which you and your home may be
benefited? If 50, you are doing
duty that in the end will bring
you a satisfied conscience If,
however, you are laying plans for
high or low official position, and
can be satisfied with empty honors
of office, you are not a citizen de
serving of honor Vote for no
man who has not sufficient public
spirit either to organize, aid or
work for enterprises that will en-
large the industrial and conse-
quently money making, business
expanding improvements at your
own home. It sounds well to be
called Honorable, or General, or
Major, but when you can wrap
man up in his commission, and
pay as a member of Congress or a
public scavenger, and he lives and
moves only for that, he don't
amount to much more than an or
binary blood-sucking leech.
You sell dry goods-you want
the people to patronize you. You
sell groceries, notions, drugs, to-
bacco-you want customers to
purchase. You make boots and
shoes, or clothes, or sell and mend
watches, or nail shoes on a horses
hoof, you want patronage-the
more people there are employed,
the more money there is in eircu-
lation. Why don't you get down
to work, and make things move so
as to get this increase One-half
the labor and earnestness expend-
ed by a bevy of candidates in a
political campaign, if placed in
inaugurating industrial improve
ments and developing home re
sources, would make muscle, head
and heart happier, and sweet pros
perity would gladden. every mans
home, willing to share in the labor
that alone can bring such reward
When your wheel gets in the
mud, you must take your coat off,
put your shoulder thereto, and
make it go. Just SO with large
enterprises It takes hard work
to establish any business-it takes
Just as hard, no harder, to estab-
fish large industrial improvements.
Combine your forces--let the mer
chant, the mechanic, the laborer,
and the professional man, aye,
even the politician and the organs,
unite their strength Of head and
hands and move in this matter Of
home interests with a fair share Of
the energy and push that they
display in routine efforts, and Mar
tinsburg, with the advantages sur
rounding her, will be made the
queen city of the Cumberland and
Shenandoah Valleys.
Great battles are won by men
going to the front and staying
there. A city s progress and stand
ing in the business relations of the
world is a daily testimonial of the
strength and character Of the men
who make it their homes. Can
we not exhibit better manhood
in this respect in the future, than
we can possibly claim for ourselves
to-day
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-04

An enthusiastic New Yorker who
saw the head Of Bartholdi's statue
of Liberty when in Paris, describes
it as magnificent, and expresses a
willingness TO give ten dollars to-
wards the pedestal, without which
it cannot be set up il New York
harbor He deplores the disgrace
and meanness involved IN allowing
so grand a gift to be lost.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-04
..aEore Eoork ana less HEelI.,,

senator Voorhees, thought he had
asked "a poser in a recent speech in
Indiana when he inquired My
farmer friends, what is to become Of
your great corn crop in this county
if prohibition is adopted ?" There
was a brief pause, and then an old
Democratic farmer spoke up, saying:
do | understand, Mr.. Voorhees,,
that you really want an answer to
that question 2" eyes, my friend r
said inc Senator, Strengthening him.
self to his full height, ~ am seeking
for information. " Wen, then
replied the farmer, Il will tell you
what we will do with our corn crop.
We will raise more pork aud less
he'll" The Senator had asked the
question at several meetings before
but he has omitted it since, not car
ing to listen again to the laughter
that greeted his discontinue.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-04

The antipathy between the white
and black races at the South is de-
scrbed by the Wesleyan Christian
Adc0cate of Macon, Ga, as lone of
instinct and not of preiudice;" and
The editor is against the mixing of
Juo cOlors in churches and schools.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-04

"Here is an excuse from fathprf1r
absence yesterday" said "a school
boy ut Paris, Ky, handing piece of
paper to Prof. Yeyks, "aud here is
something from g." and he shot
the teacher.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-04

Timothy O'Neil, who escaped
from IIart's Island, New York, near
~ month ago, is to be tried for
breaking prison. He dashed together
with Irvine two collins from the dead
house and aoated off with them.
His novel craft was wrecked on EX-
ecutiou Rock, but he was taken off
hy a passing vessel aud landed ia
New York.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-04

THE political fight in Massachu-
sets is a bitter, close and interesting
one. There is no doubt General
Butler has greater elements of
strength this year than ever before
and that he stands more than a
chance of election. The only hope
for the Republicans is drumming
out Of the stay at-homes the calling
up Of all their reserves in the rural
districts. Butler will go out Of Bos-
ton with a majority of from 5000 to
10000. His forces are well organ
lied, large contributions have been
made to his committee, and he has
the advantage Of vigorous cam
paign as compared with a marvel
lous apathy among the Republicans.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-04
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

Hon. Il. Boyd Faulkner handed to
us the Ne1o Era, paper published
at Hopkinsvile, Ky, containing an
account of fire that occurred there
on the evening Of the 25th of Octo-
Der, and destroyed seven squares in
the heart Of the city. Forty-hye
business houses, fifteen lawyers,
physician and dentists offices, three
livery stables, postofIice, one bank,
church, opera house, hotel, and two
printing establishments were entire
~ destroyed About one hundred
buildings were swept away, and
probably S350,000 worth Of valuable
property consumed. TIE insurance
upon the property will amount to
upwards Of 500, 900. 1t was a second
Chicago fire, and equally as destruc-
tive. Some Of the insurance was
adjusted and paid the next day, and
contracts were being made to build
up the burnt district with handsome
and more substantial buildings than
those destroyed.
We cannot imagine that such &c
struction Of property could occur
here, where we have admirable water
arrangements, and are not depen-
dent upon fire engines and cisterns
as was no doubt the case in Hop
kinsville.
The building, printing presses &c,
of the editor Of the Ne,o Era has
been swept away, yet the paper was
out in twenty. four hours, and to
show the energy, pluck and determi
nation of the editor and the good
people who have suffered with him,
we make two extracts from his lead
ing editorial;
Before the last brick had fallen
last night, we rented another Office,
and are to-day getting ready to move
another printing outfit into it."
And again
"In conclusion, Hopkinsyille has
been terribly injured, and deserves
the sympathy Of the neighbors but
she intends TO rise and come again
in renewed splend0r and power. and
does not intend to be long about it,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-10-27
P0cah0ntas, Tribe.

Every school-boy, who, in spite of the
destructive antiquarians, still believes
in the story of Pocahontas and Captain
John th,sWill be interested to know
that a remnant Of her tribe, the once
powerful Pamunkees, are now living In
King William County, Virginia. mss
In recognition Of the services render
ed to the early settlers by Powhatan
and his famous daughter, Virginia has
always protected their descendants.
These now number between fifty and
5eventy-fiye persons, and are located on
a reservation Of fifteen hundred acres,
along the Paminkey River, Just oppo-.
site the famous white House." the
property of She late General Robert E.
Lee. True to the instincts and tradi-
lions of their race, they still retain the
tribal form Of government; chief aid
ed BY a council, rules them. Until five
years ago, they lived by hunting, trap
ping and fishing. But since then, the
growing scarcity of game and fish has
compelled them to find in other pursuits
the means of living.
During the civil war, they served
both Unionists and Confederates. They
aided the Confederate army in building
the Notifications at Yorktown and Rich
mond. But when McClellan's army
came along, they served it as guides,
and its vessels as pilots. Sometimes
they get into trouble with the surround
ing whites and blacks. Then, they
send a deputation to Richmond to lay
their grievances before the governor of
the state. Once a year-at Christmas
they formally acknowledge that they
are the wards Of the state by presenting
the governor with tribute of game,
fish and frlrs. 81
The late Dr.. E. A. Dalrymple, who
took deep interest in these survivors
Of a once powerful tribe, procured
specimens of their pottery, with the
intention of presenting it to the museum
of Harvard college. 1t is similar in de
sign and composition to that made by
their ancestors, FjuIreds of years ago,
and is wholly unnlze any ever made by
white men Youths COMPANION.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-10-27

A Cincinnati dispatch says that "the
election of Gen, Golf, Republican to Con
gress in the West Virginia First district is as
sured by about 800 ma or tv Iii the Sec
ond district of thet State the result is not
quite definitely settled, although the latest
returns make it almost certain that Wilson,
Democrat, is elected over Mason, Repub-
licaH, by about fl ty majority
In the United States Circuit Court at
Portland, Ore, Judge Deadly called the at
tention of the Grand Jury to the law in re-
gard to political assessment. and instructed
the Jury, if any violation of the law could be
found, that it was their duty te indict the
offenders.
Representatives. of the colored people
of Rhode Island, in convention at Newport,
discussed their alleged wrongs at the hands
of the Republican party, demanded far
apportionment of the public offices, and de-
termined to support that candid tie for office
who had most regard for their rights ard
feelings.
DIR. j. I'll Mclean, of patent-mad'-
cine fame, has been nominated for Congress
by the Republicans of St Louis, Mo.
Joseph N. Dolph was elected United
States Senator ON the forty first ballot BY the
Oregon Legislature
At the first political meeting ever
held by the Mormons, which took place at
Ogden, Utah, on the evening of Oct. 81,
Cannon denounced what he termed the at
tempt to despoil the Mormons of their CON
stitutional rights. n
The official returns Of the Ohio cleo
ton give Newman Democrat, plurality Of
1915 over Townsend, Republican, and a
majority over all of 1865
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-10-27

Nov z Missouri votes upOn an amendment
concerning the State judiciary; Nebraska
decides upon an amendment permitting
women to vote; Illinois votes on two amend
ments-one to offer her canal to the nation
al Government, and the other to vote half a
million to complete her State House; New
York considers two am nd1nents--one
making the canals free, and the other pro-
yiding for theelection OF additional SUPP eme
dud. s.; and Wisconsin determines the ques-
ton of amend ng the State constitution re-
speeding the residence and registrat on Of Yot-
ers, and the election of county officers, and
also by change which shall make the general
elections of State and county officers, except
judicial officers. biennial in the even years
after1S those Who We're chosen in SS1 to
hod over until 1885, ii the amendment is
adopted
I he members of CONGRESS- already chosen
aggregate thirty-two: Ma ne, four; Yermout,
two; Oregon, one Ohio, twenty one; Yves
irginia four. Tn er the new apportion-
ment, Maine and Vermont each lose one
member, while Ohio and West Virginia each
gain one. AS showing the importance of The
November eleetion, i, it needs to be demon
strated, the number of members o. the House
to be chosen on that d, = is 993, or peel ely
t whole number ind the old apportion-
ment The November STA es gaining by. the
readjustmert of representation are Arkan-
sas, one; California two; Geo gia. on :; Ii
{ nois, one; Iowa two; Kansas, fou Ken
lucky, one; Massachuse is, one; Michigan,
two; Minnesota, two; Mississippi, enc; Mis-
SO ri, one; Nebraska, two; New York, one;
North Carolina one; lem sylvania, one;
South Caro- ina, two; Texas, Ave; Virginia,
one; Wisconsin, one. The only November
State losing under the airport onment is New
Hampshire