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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09
A Rich Girls Bridal Chamber.

A gorgeous bridal chamber has just
been completed for the reception of a
bride who has never known the want of
money. and by whom one hundred dol
lars is spent with as little thought as
many people would tender a ten-cent
piece. The walls are covered with heavy
white satin, tufted with gold buttons.
and mirrors are interjected here anG
there. The ceiling is painted in the mos
artistic manner and the curtains are o.
white silk. embroidered ia gold and ricf
celerings in floral designs. The curtains
are mounted on gilt poles, and, wher
drawn back. disclose lace drop curtains
that cost six hundred dollars window.
The portieres are of white silk plush,
with dado embroidery matching the cur
tains. The furniture is treated with the
same material as the curtains, and what
little of the framework is To be seen is
found to be heavily gilded.-Brooh;tyra
Eadle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09
Cake Baking.

When cakes are made without yeast
or eggs, soda and powder being the sub
stitntes, they require quick baking in a
moderately hot oven. and should be
drawn directly they are done or they get
dry and tasteless. For a plain cake
made with one pound of flour, ETC., the
time to be allowed in baking would be
from forty to fifty minutes, at the out
side not more than one hour Yeast
cakes take longer, say from ten to ff-
teen minutes, and will bear being left in
the oven rather over the time without
much injury. Very rich cakes, in which
butter and eggs predominant, take, of
course, very much longer time to cook,
pound cake taking from an hour and a
half or two hours, and bride cake three
and half. On no account should an
oven be too hot when the cake is put in
that is, hot enough to brown at once;
if so, in five minutes the whole outside
will be burned and the interior viii
stand little chance of being cooked. The
old plan of feeling the handle of tho
oven door to test the heat is not always
successful; if at the end of that time it
is of a rich light brown the cake may be
put in, but if burned the heat must first
be lesssened.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09
The Majesty of the Law.

There is Justice of the Peace out in
Crosby County. Week before last he
found a man guilty of shooting a bull
that did not belong to him, and fined him
$75.
why, Jedge,'' said the doomed man,
81 haven't got no $75, / can't pay no
such fine
1.-The State of Texas puts me in this
office to find a way to make men pay
their fines. You will cut cedar poles UNI
til you have cut enough to satisfy the
majesty of the law" replied the JUS
tice.
s.But, Jedge, what use has the State
of Texas got for cedar poles?'
'sThe State of Texas hasn't got no use
for cedar poles. It's this court who
needs them cedar poles to build fence.
I'll take the poles and settle with the
State OF Texas for them"
And the poor devil is cutting cedar
poles for the State of Texas now.-Ie1-
| as Sittisaqs.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09
A MONEY STARR

Mr.. j. c. Stars transaction with the
Inter Ocean is thus told by the Chicago
Tribune:
The last story on the subject told to a
Tribune reporter yesterday, with much
fullness of detail, is about as follow:
Late in 1880, the Inter Ocean Company
being hard up borrowed $a5, 900 from G.
B. Farwell. pledging certain amount of
stock therefor. When the time for pay
ment came, Mr.. Farwell wanted his mon
ey. He was not satisfied with the invest
ment, and could neither let his $25, 900
stay there nor put in any more for the sake
of improving the property. So after some
efforts, the $25, 900 needed to repay Mr.
Farwell was obtained from Mr. Starr, of
Moline, paper mill man. The loan was
for short time, and soon became due.
Mr.. Starr, it is stated, was so greatly in
terested in the fate of his money that he
spent nearly all of his time while in Chi
cago land he was here good deaD at the
Inter Ocean office. The presence of a cred
itor in the house is never agreeable; and it
was therefore only natural, so the story
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09
The Sarcas lie Girl.

The sarcastic girl is. in the language
OF the negro eloeutionist and orator.
growing more prevalent every day.
She is a trifiing more insufferable than
her gigghng, gushing, romance loving
sister, whom. however, she always con-
templates with plying contempt. not
entirely free from disguised scorn.
She has not the ability to distinguish
between impudence and satire, and it is
an easy task to convince her that i'll
bred rudeness of speech is the perfection
of irony, and thatto say spiteful and I'M
pleasant things to every body she meets
is sure to win her a reputation of being
sarcastic.
She eagerly cultivates her fancied tall
ent, never allowing an opportunity to
exercise it to pass unimproyed, and she
generally succeeds in making herself
heartily disliked by those who are un-
fortunate enough to be numbered among
her acquaintance.
The family think her brilliant when
everyone else pronounces her insulting.
The habit of being sarcastic grows
parents conceive her to be prodigy, So
ciety avoids her as pest. AS she grows
older she becomes dissatisfied with her
loneliness.
Then, too, she hears whispers thatshe
has been pronounced sshatefuf' by the
people who once told Der she was bril-
liant
III she marries, her husband soon tires
OF her society, and, in common with the
rest of the world, avoids her as much as
he can and seems to envy those who are
more fortunately circumstanced in this
respect. She feels this, and it only
makes her more spiteful and disagreea-
BILE. Her children feel no sweet compan-
ionship in herpresence; their natural af-
lection for her is quenched by her I'M
happy disposition, and they early learn
to withhold their respect. Her life is as
miserable as it can well be, and when
she dies she passes away almost, if not
entirely, unregretted. warning to the
sarcastic girl, if she should but discover
it and profit by the lesson.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09
A Michigan Liar.

sLets see, they raise some wheat in
Minnesota, don't they?'' asked Scho-
harie granger of Michigander-
Raise wheatl Who raises wheat?
No, sir; decidedly no, sir. 1t raises itself.
Why, if we undertook to cultivate wheat
in that State it would run us out. There
wouldn't be any place to put our house"
''But I've been told that grasshoppers
take good deal of it."
''Of course they do. If they didn't /
don't know what we would do. The
cussed stuff would run all over the State
and drive us out-choke US up. These
grasshoppers are God-send, only there
amt half enough of them"
us that wheat nice and plump?''
plump! Why, don't know what
you call plump wheat, but there are
seventeen in our family. including ten
servants, and when we want bread we
just go out and fetch in a kernel of wheat
and bake it.
..Do you ever soak it in water first?'
ssOh, no; that wouldn't do. 1t would
swell little and then we couldn't get it
in our range oven-o
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09
The Supreme Judges sticklers for Co.'S

tune.
1t is now in order to tell stories of the
old fashioned etiquette preserved in the
Supreme Court of the United States
Not long ago = Kansas lawyer named
Lynn was presented 10y Senator Plumb
and duly admitted to practice. He was
a tall, angular individual, who slonched
into the courtroom without collar or
necktic.s Tie next day he had to argue
a ease, and consultation was held by
the justices rs 10 whether he should be
allowed to address the court without a
collar. The Justices did not ike to
submit TO such neglect of the decencies
OF legal life, and yet they hesitated to
rebuke the uncouth Western advocate,
lest. they should seen~to be sticklers for
appearances rather than realities. Fin
aily the partner of the Kansas counselor
was summoned to the clerk s office and
there the question WAS submitted to him
by subordinate of the court: ''Why
does your partner refrain from wearing
a collar or tie? Is it from any religious
feeling? Has he taken any vow that
compels him to assume such a peculiar
attitude toward society,"" 1t was also
explained to the partner that the SUI
preme Court was extremely doubtful of
the propriety of permitting Lynn, or
Allen County, to appear in the case un-
til he had, at least, corrected the details
of his garb. The partner explained;
Lynn had throat trouble and could
not wear q collar. In careless uncon-
Germ about the pother in regard to his
looks, the Western man began his argu-
ment His high, white forehead was
surmounted by q peak of dark hair that
curled backward. His sharp nose, hear
Wy lips and pointed, brown goatee, stood
out in bold relief upon a countenance
tanned by years of exposure to prairie
winds and sun. His shirt was open at
the throat, showing red flannel UNDER
shirt At the wrists the red flannel ap-
peared again in place of cuffs. The
argument was clear. shrewd and able;
but the manner of its delivery was as
uncouth and peculiar as the makeup of
Che speaker lie stood with his hands
in his pockets al times and then he
would bound ut The Justices, swapping
his bony fingers in their faces as if they
were SO many jurymen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09

waikiki deliberately TO a seat, CHANGING
neithe. to right nor left upon the ruin
which he wrought The lady boarders
surveyed with critical and astonished
eyes this Invader of their rights, and as
they reluctantly recognized the genuine
cesh of his jewels the knives and forks
dropped from their nerveless fingers and
one BY one they fled the scene. At last
accounts they were holding a caucus i'm
parlor A and discussed in strictly I'M
parliamentary language a resolution to
the effect that this diamond business is
getting to be oyerdone.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09

PILESllI
PILEsn
A snva Cure Found atELast. Noaone Need
isufer.

"A alre cure for the Blind, Bleeding.
Ttcniag and liberated Piles has been
discovered by DIR. Williams ian Indian
remestyl, called DIR. Williams Indian
Olntnent A single box has cured
the worst chronic cases of Is and 80
years standing. No one need suffer
five minutes after applying this won
dcrfut soothing medicine. Lotions,
Instruments and Electuaries do more
harm than good. Williams Ointment
aDsorbs the tumors, allays the intense
Itching particularly at night after
getting warm in bed). acts as a poul-
thee; gives instant and painless relief.
and is prepared only for Piles, itching
o: the private parts, and nothing else.
Read what the Hon. j. NJ, Coffin
berry, of Cleveland. says about DIR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment: I
have used scores of pile cures and it
affords me pleasure to say that have
never found anything which gave such
immediate and permanent relief as DR.,
Williams Indian Pile Ointment.
For sale by all druggists. or mailed
on receipt of price 81 90.
s. f. Henry & Co.. Props,
Cleveland, Ohio
For sale by McCabe & Wheaton. Rock Island.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09
PROMPT Returns.

Bridget volunteered to settle the mat
ter. and taking large basket her mis-
tress had lately purchased, filled it with
the cats that had become obnoxious and
sailed forth without further explanation.
She soon returned and declared: 'sAr-
rah, ma am, sure an I've got rid o.
them cats. -
But where's my basket?' asked the
worthy dame.
Sure it's dropped down an alley.
eats an all"
The cats all returned nearly as soon
as Bridget, but the basket was lost to
Mrs. Mulgubbin's and her heirs for
ever.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09
Newer Finished.

Victor Hugo is reported as having
said to a friend only a few weeks ago:
81 have more to dothan / have done. 1t
might be thought that age weakens the
intellect; my intellect, on the contrary,
seems to grow stronger, and does not
rest. 1t seems to me that as l advance
my horizon grows wider; and so shall
pass away without having finished my
task / should require several lives still
to write all that my mind conceives; l
shall never finish. / am resigned on that
point
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09

A recent decision in a London court,
though doubtless sound in law, is caleu-
lated to interrupt the convenient custom
which has long existed in the watch
trade of lending watches to customers
while their own are undergoing repairs.
The handspring of watch thus loaned
was broken before it was returned. The
tradesman naturally demanded pay
ment for the injury done, and refused to
give up the repaired watch until his
claim had been satisfied, whereupon he
was summoned in the City of London
Court. The Commissioner held that the
matchmaker in such case has no claim
unless he can prove that the watch was
wilfully damaged, which is obviously
impossible.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09

goes, that Mr.. Nixon should become an
noyed and vexed beyond measure at the
continued pressure of Mr.. Starr. 1t became
necessary TO raise the money to pay him
off at any cost, and then it was that Col.
Gil Pierce came upon the scene, and
the contract which was given yesterday
was made. As will be remembered, the
first payment was $25, 900. With that Mr..
Starr was paid That burden was taken
off of Mr.. Nixon's mind and peace was Sc
cured for the time being.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09

Judge Jere Black recently said: lido
not doubt that the President is the con-
slant subject of matrimonial overtures
from all quarters, some of them most
automatically presented When l was
associated with President Buchanan as
a Cabinet officer from his own State, /
was continually solicited to be the me-
dunn of these delicate approaches and
pl.onositions.o
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09

The town of Wayne, in Kennebec
county. Me-, the birth place of Annie
Louise Cary, is described as picturesque
little village situated at the northern ex-
tremity of the Androscoggin lake.
Viewed from the adjacent heights, the
village, with its surroundings, is q scene
of surprising beauty.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09
Rock Island & Peoria
RAILW Az.
SHORTEST ROUTE TO THk
FAST A . sou r Fl

Trains leave Rock Island
500 m Way Freight.
S:4S g Fast Express
1:40 m Mail and Express.
$50 Through Freight and Accommodation
Trains arrive at Rock Island
$50 m Through Freight and Accommodation
1a:45 pm Mail and Express.
$40 :" Fast Express
400 I" Way Freight.
The FAST EXPRESS leaving Rock Island at 80
M arrives at Peoria II 10 m, at Springfield rs
u, at Decatur 400 p m, Jacksonville 100 p m.
lton Z 20 p m, st Louis a:15 m, and Terre Haute
1855 m, THE SAME DAY. Making this the best
nd QUICKEST route 20 all points southeast.
The 80 p. m. train makes close connection NJ
Talva with C q @ for points west :srr,ying at
at 4:25 p IN; at Burlington @: 40 m ST
y.eokuk 1928 pm; and at Quincy 1905 m.
Arriving At Peoria al $3.50 m. making cloee con-
cctions with B q w and T P i Wfor Indisnap-
lis connecting there with all fast trains for east
nd south
tsg- FAST TIME SURE CONNECTIONS. sud
lies as low as by any other route.
r. r. CABLE, Gen1 Supt,
J. v. MAHONEY,
Gent Ticket Ag't
1.-The & 80 p m Accommo dation leaves every day
kept sunday
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09

PedestrianisIn, as means of public
amusement seems to have walked to its
grave.
There is nothing so blind as preiudice;
it win not reason, or permit others to dc
90.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-09
Tricky neuieas in Gambling,

One of the newest tools Is the poker
ring, an ingenious little eontrivanee for
marking the cards while playing, in q
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-18
CHINA NEW YEARS.
The Fantastic and G~rOtesque Cere-
monies i'm the Joss House.

@0@
The Cinnamon of Eureka are having a
huge noisy time. Their religion, going
further back into the past than our history
knows anything about, is being put for
ward now in all its queerness and oriental
form. Their "Joss House." from our
standpoint, is a weird and fantastic wor-
ship place. A visit to this little building
will amuse and entertain any thoughtful
person. Yet, possibly, if we did not know
that these people were expected to do
strange and fantastic things, if we did not
know they we're Chinese, we might not be
greatly surprised. Go and see the Mongo-
lians-only the richly dressed and high
toned ines take part-at their devotions.
They come in, u at a time, uncover, go
through extravagant genufieetions, burn
offerings Of all sorts of strange paper and
incense. When each devotee has played
out his role, he rises and goes aside,
whereupon he is received by the atten-
dants about the altar Of Joss" con-
graduated, and offered q box Of genuine
Chinese cigars to select from, or else is in
vited to take a sip of tea. The spread of
their homemade CONNECTION, cakes, can
dies and nuts, and the grotesque figures Of
birds made in imitation Of those native to
China, and garnished in high fantastic
style, will pay the spectator to go and look
at. All this paraphernalia has a history
and a religious meaning. What it all, or
any OF it means, we plead our ignorance
of. We can only guess at il by its analogy
in some of its forms to the ceremonies of
some Christian sects.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-18
OUR SODA DEPOSITS.
Compared fn value and Extent
with Those of wyoming.

NUMh p8Feu In vAlue anu GAttns
with Those of wyoming.
The Philadelphia Mining Review says
Soda, which is now imported at a cost OF
from $50 to S55, can be taken from the
soda lakes Of Wyoming and placed in the
Eastern markets at a cost not exceeding
$25 per ton. The Wyoming soda is chemi-
cally purer than the imported, and the
method and rate of supply indicate practi-
cal inexhaustibility. Means are now be-
ing taken to secure easy access to these de-
posits, and when these are perfected our
import totals will permanently lose an an
nual item Of from Sc. 600, 900 to 81, 000, 900. ="
Upon which the Virginia Enterprise COM
ments as follows "In Nevada crys-
talized soda can be dug up as ice is dug
from a pond, except in the case OF soda no
one knows how far it is to the bottom Of
the pond. Out near Ragtown there is an
inexhaustible supply Of pure soda extend
ing down to an unknown depth. On the
surface Of the ground are two or three feet
of sand, but below this lies the soda, look
ing like q solid mass of ice. 1t was this
soda that gave rise in the early days
when the emigrants were crossing the
plains-to the stories that in places on the
plains there was to be found, under a few
inches Of sand, a solid mass of ice. The
soda as dug up from the plain in sheets
from two to three inches in thickness
really does look more like ice than does
any natural mineral formation"
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-18
THE PRIZE ING
What TaIniage Thinks of the Noble
Art Of Punching.

d TalmaSe Thinks of the Noble
Art Of Punching.
The prize fight between Ryan and Sulli-
van figured conspicuously in DR.. Tai
IMAGES lecture upon secular topics of the
week as viewed from a religious standpoint,
in the Brooklyn Tabernacle, last week. As
many of the newspapers had for two or
three days, he said, been largely occupied
with reports Of the pugilistic encounter,
the whole country had been either willing
ly or unwillingly looking on. 1t was q
shocking spectacle, but not so bad as war
on a large scale. or the two he preferred
the prize fight. 1t was q bad thing to
break one jaw, but how much worse was it
to break ten thousand jaws. Why should
not Disraeli, after he had instituted the
Zulu war, have been compelled to go forth
and fight the battles himself. instead OF
the thousands who did fght2 Why not
let nations at war nave each a champion
to do the fghtingp 1t would be a great
economy of desolated hearth stones, a
great economy of s~epulchres. He did not
advocate prize fighting. but he thought it
required courage to enter the 24-foot ring
in personal conflict. There is more expo
sure than in q contest in which Dahlgren
guns and howitzers and swamp angels are
engaged. He believed the time will ZONE
when the epics Of war will cease to be sung
over thousands Of stacked-up corpses. aud
the rolls of its drums will be replaced by
diplomacy, but if we must have physical
war he would have the men who make the
battles be the only ones to fight. AS it is.
those who get up the wars usually stay at
home and make money out Of them. In
the strife Of this week two men were the
ruffians; at Sedan two nations were the
desperadoes. The music of the stars over
Bethlehem on the first Christmas night
needs more thorough rehearsal by the
nations.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-18

superintendent Kaneen Of the Virginia
Gas Company informs the Chronicle that
the men in his employ had noticed many
striking peculiarities and changes in the
ground through the city while laying and
repairing gas pipes. On Sutton Avenue
the pipes running east and west have, In
several places. telescoped at the joints.
showing that there 10 q movement there
east aud west. In the northern part Of the
city the movement Of the ground south
east is plainly shown, not only by the pipes.
but by the condition Of buildings, some Of
which have a perceptible pitch toward the
south. In the southern part Of the city
the movement appears to be the other way.
All the time there is . slight "crawling !"
Of the ground in that city one way or the
othar
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-18
A SNAKE story.

The following we find in the Minneap-
oils Journal: "Mrs. T. G. Salisbury of
this city to-day received a letter from
Miss Cora Lee Of Butte. Montana, which
contains information of a remarkable
statement. The writer is q daughter OF
VIM. c. Lee, q former ~well-known resi-
dent OF Minneapolis. After stating that
his health is better than II has
been for some time, she says
that about a month ago since her
father was awakened from his sleep
one night by an unpleasant sensation in
his throat. Feeling in his mouth for the
cause he pulled therefrom q live snake
eight inches long and as big as his little
finger. The reptile lived for more than
an hour, and when disturbed would show
fight. Mr.. Leo thinks he took the snake
in his stomach five years ago while in the
employ OF the Government in the Yellow
stone region. Those who are acquainted
with the writer of the letter will not ques-
ton the %truthfulness Of the statement.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-18

From a gentleman in Eureka, who has
come here from Tuscarora in the last few
days, we learn that negotiations are on
foot to reopen the Grand Prize and Argenta
mines, those to whom the Grand Prize
Company is in debt to allow them to re-
sumo operations and wait for payment out
Of the proceeds Of the working. This will
be good news for that camp. and II the
arrangement 10 effected 1t will give II new
life. Some OF the mines over there show
good prospects, and it is cheering to know
that they may be yet worked for all they
are worth. The water in the Grand Prize.
since the abandonment OF the hosting
works, has not risen above the OUTLOOK
level. The labor Of cleaning out his
mine, which the Argenta joins, the latter
being worked through the former on this
account. will not be near so great AZ has
been a~pprehended.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-18

The final rehearsal Of this comedy took
place last night. We are informed that II
passed of satisfactorily. This promises a
pleasant entertainment this evening. The
comedy ia in FIVE acts, and the text is re-
plete with wit and humor, affording the
amateurs ample practice in quick repartee.
Although the piece is devoid OF anything
like a plot. 1t has a vein of love running
through 1t which yields many comical sit
nations, and finally works up a scene that
becomes exceedingly trying to the fashion
able butterflies. However, the denoue-
ment makes everybody happy. Reserved
seats can be obtained at Schneider's drug
store.