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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-27

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its main line runs from Chicago to Courcu
Bulls passing through Joliet Ottawa. La Sale.
s3eneseo, Moline. Rock Island. Davenport, West
Liberty. Iowa City. Iarengn BROOKLYN, tsrinnell,
Des Moines tthe capital OF Iowa.. Stuart. ATTAIN
tic, and Avoca with branches FROM Huresln
junction &c Peoria. Wilton Junction e Musca-
tine Washington. Fairfield. fslSon Bellzlar,
CeuEreSilie, PRINCETON TrentCss, Galatt1, Came
Washington &c Sigoarney. OskaIeosa, and Enc1-
Silie, keokuE to Farm ngton BonapaTfe. Een-
eonsport, indie pendent, Efdon. Ottr Tuwas Eddy
Vile Oslsaioasa- Pes. Monroe, md Des holnesi
Tvinterset; Atlantic TO Lewis aud Audubon; md
Avoca to Harlan. This is positively Gne only
Railroad, which owns. and operates through
zine from Chic2Eeo into the State OF Kansas.
Through Express Passenger Trains. with PUli~
man Palace Cars attached. run each - az daily
between CHICAGO ana PEORIA. KANSAS CITY,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, L1EAy ENw0RTH and ATCffI-
Son. Through cars are also run between Milweu-
Rock Island Short Line
The "Great Rock Island" is fnag1t6ceDtly
equipped. Its road bed is simply perfect. and its
track is laid with steel rails
What will please you most viii be the pleasure
of enjoying your meals while passing over the
beautiful prairies of Illinois and Iowa. in one OF
Through Express Tr.li-ez. Yon get an entire
meal as good rs is sergea any 9rst-class hotel.
for Sev enLy-nVe cents.
Approaching the fact that q majority Of che
people prefer separate apartments for dinerene
of this line wdrranting ft1, ire Pleased TO an
nounce that this Company runs Pullman EGldce
Sleeping Cars for sleeping purposes. and Palace
PULLMAN PALACE CABS are ~
COUNCIL BLUFFS KANSAS GkEXs
Tickets vita this Line known as shS
01l Ticket Agents I'm the United states
Fer information mot 0btskRsabaS a. 20
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Vice President ana Gepn Msnsgs>
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26
Properties of Miro GIycerine.

1t has sweet, aromatic, pungent
taste, and possesses the very peculiar
property of causing an extremely vio-
lent headache when placed in a small
quantity upon the tongue, or any other
portion of the skin, particularly upon
the wrist. 1t has long been employed
by homeopathic practitioners as rem
cdy in certain kinds of headaches. In
those who work much with it the ten
dency to headache is generally over
come, though not always. 1t freezes
at about forty degrees Fahrenheit, be-
coming white, half-crystallized mass,
which must be melted by the appli
cation of water at temper
dture of about 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
If perfectly pure-that is, if the wash
ing has been so complete as to remove
all traces of the acid-it can be kept
for an indefinite period of time; and,
while many cases of spontaneous de-
composition have occurred in impure
specimens, there has never been known
such an instance where the proper care
has been given to all the details of the
manufacture.
When pure nitro-glycerine is not
very sensitive to friction, or even to
moderate percussion, if a small guam
tity be placed on an anvil and struck
with hammer, that portion which is
touched eXplodes sharply, but so quick
Iy as to drive away the other particles;
if, however, it were even slightly con-
fined so that none could escape, it
would all explode or detonate. 1t must
be fired by fuse containing illuminate
of mercury (the compound used in per.
cussion caps), not being either readily
or certainly fired by gunpowder, the
shock of the latter not being sufficient
ly quick or sharp to detonate the nitro
glycerine.
If flame be applied to nitro-glycerin(
it will not explode, but burn with com
paative sluggishness. When frozen il
is difficult and uncertain of firing. II
the material be perfectly pure it forms
upon detonation volume of case!
nearly 1900 times as great as that Of
the original liquid; these gases art
also further expanded by the heat de
veloped to theoretical (though no
practical) volume 10000 times as grea
as that of the charge. Practically
speaking, the forces exerted by gun
powder and nitro-glycerine are in tn,
| proportion of one to eight---Populai
Science M0nthly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26
HEALTH HINTS.

Alcohol introduced into the blood
changes it's constituent elements and
also impairs the integrity of the blood
vessels.
Wheat, made into bread, puddings,
etc, will make more muscle twice
over, pound for pound, than fat meat
of any kind.
Sudden deaths do not come from
heart disease, one case in twenty, but
from congestion of the lungs or brain,
OF from apoplexy. More die from con-
gestion of the lungs than of the brain,
and more of congestion Of the brain
than from apoplexy.
A severe cold can be soonest cured
by remaining within doors, in warn
room and near the fire, until all sigI.s
of it have disappeared. Then care
should be taken to prevent relapse
by having the feet warmly clad, and
the whole body, and particularly the
chest and the back of the neck, well
protected when going out.
Ringworm is not an animal but u
vegetable parasite that can best bo
destroyed by the use of boracic acid,
or of citrine ointment-the latter
being an of1icinal preparation kept by
all druggists. The citrine ointment is
a caustic preparation that must he
applied with extreme care, and not
left carelessly around the house.-Dr.
Foote's Health MOnthIy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26
WISE WORDS.

If you wish to remove avarice you
must remove its mother, luxury.
The sweetest thing on earth is a little
Child when it has learned to know and
love.
Conversation eflriches the under
standing, but solitude IS the school OF
genius. >.
He who lives to benefit himseH
confers on the world benefit when
he dies.
Brain is the impeNing force Of the
world, and thought is the symbol Of
progress.
Genius at first is little more
than great capacity for receiving
discipline.
There are more fools than sages and
among the sages there is more folly
than wisdom.
Educationis is the only interest worthy
the deep, controlling authority of the
thoughtful man.
A woman's dress Is like the envelope
of letter the cover is frequently an
index to the contents.
The trouble and worry and wear and
tear that comes from hating people
makes hating Improbable.
To the generous mind the heaviest
debt is that of gratitude when it is
not in our power to repay 1t,
lie that wrestles with us strengthens
odr nerves and sharpens our skill.
Our antagonist is our helper.
The best portion of good mans
life is his little nameless, unremem-
bered acts Of kindness and of love.
Every real and searching effort at
self-improvement is of itself lesson
of profound humility. For we cannot
move step without learning and feel
ing the waywardness. the weakness,
the vacillation of our movements, or
without desiring to be set on the rock
that is higher than ourselves.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

A cuff on the wrist is worth two on
the ear.
In point of real value the hen over
lays all domestic fowls.
Misery loves company, and so does
q marriageable young lady.
A well-conducted husband, like a
welI-cCnducted candle, never goes out
at night,
Latin is dead language, and that is
why doctors use it for writing out
their prescriptions.
A popular writer, speaking OF the
ocean telegraph, wonders whether the
news transmitted through the salt
water will be fresh.
1t is said ninety millions of postage
stamps are annually sold in THIS coun-
try. and all of them have to be licked
before they will do their duty.
Arthur to Raoul-"Well, did you
kill many partridges 2" Not one, but
still 1 am very well satisfied with my
self. L came much nearer than last
year !"
A mother who fondly put the query
to her young son, What would YOU
do without a mother, Tom?" was
dumbfounded with the reply: "Do as l
like, ma"
"Some scoundrel tucked a plugged
haif-dollar off on me-" Cant you
pass it ?" asked his friend. "Well,
don't know" he said, "but you bet 1
shall try"
Professor Sharpless has published q
new and popular work on astronomy.
1t will fill long felt want in those
cities where banana peel is thick on
tn esidcwalk.
Some philosopher has observed that
"To be good conversationalist, one
must needs be good listener" This
is especially true if the conversation is
to be by telephone.
"Do you buy your music by the
roll?" inquired a young lady OF the
deacon's daughter. "Oh, no." she re-
piled. 81 always wait until Sunday,
and then l get it by the choir
About the most discouraging thing
that can happen to a man is to be
doing the handsome thing in keeping
ahead of a cross bull, and find, on
reaching the fence, that it is OF barbed
wire.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26
How the Emperor of Brazil Rides.

A correspondent writes to the Nor.
ristown Herald: Hark DO you hear
that racket? Clear the track Get
out of the way there! Here coLes a
calvacade that won't stop for any
thing. Don't stop to look until you
have lodged into the shelter of door
way, but when you are safe you will
sce-frst, half dozen horse guards
with drawn sabers flashing in the sun;
then a couple of mounted chamber
lains; then an old black coach drawn
by six brass-mounted mules (harness
brass mounted), ridden by postillions,
two gaudy footmen standing at the
back of the "trap;" inside the carriage
sits q white-haired, white-bearded,
handsome man in military costume,
his kindly face beaming on the
startled people who had so hastily
taken shelter. When the coach and
the company Of cavalry following il
have passed with all the speed that
mules, and yellow mules at that, are
capable of, draw sigh of relief. /
have seen this turnout almost every
day since have been in Rio, but you
will probably have to be informed that
it was his majesty Dom Pedro H.,
constitutional emperor and perpetual
defender of Brazil" who has just
passed. Although Dom Pedro is
rather more prOgressive-minded than
most of his cOuntrymen, he still re
tains an affected display of pomp and
power which he does not really
possess.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26
A Great discovery of Oysters.

A Mr.. Olsen has published paper
in England from which it appears that
vast oyster beds have been discovered
in the North Sea fisheries. Two hun
dred miles of oyster beds, thirty to
seventy miles wide-that is to say,
10000 acres of splendid oysters within
easy distance of the British coasts a
discovery to which all of those of
Stanley and Livingstone sink into in
significance. One curious feature
about it is that the oysters lie at n
depth of twenty-one fathoms, thus
disposing summarily of the prevalent
idea that oysters can only be raised
successfully in shallow water. The
man who inyents a new dish, accord
ing to some, the man who plants tree
according to the Mahommedans, de-
serves well of mankind; but what is
the reward of a man who discovers
10000 acres of oysters2 The oysters
thus opened up to comm rec are said
to surpass in flavor all that are so far
known to epicures. We shall soon be
able to keep our oysters at home. We
sent no less than 100000 worth last
year to England alone. They ought
soon to become cheaper here.-Boston
| Times.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26
A Pathetic Poem.

Marc Cook ("Van Dyke Brown'), the
young poet who died in Utica, N. Y, recently,
of consumption. left one or two poems
touching his sickness and the prospect OF his
early death, which are very pathetic, Here
ls one with sigh in every line:
AWAITING THE END.
Never again to know
Health's warming, radiant glow
Never again to feel the pulse's quickened
beat,
The sihevs plant as steel, tempered in
action's noat
The sweat of honest toll, bringing its respite
sweet;
But day and night, night and day,
To mark the body's slow decay,
Andknow that Death scores one in the game
lin sunshine and shadow all the same),
Every day, every day
Never again to dream
OF all that may be, or seem,
In the sunlit future hid from the eager eye
of youth:
Never to raise the lid of the precious casket
of truth;
Never 10 hope to delve in the field of thought,
forsooth;
But day and night, night and day,
To watch the hours waste away,
Still in the world and still not of it
Still learning more and moro to love it
Every day, every day!
Never again to stand
In the thick of the battle grand
In the Cooled battle of life the goodliest
battle of all,
Where noble it were in the strife, manfully
fighting to fall
Never in actions ranks to answer tho busle
call
But day and night, night and day,
To passivcly sit and watch the fray,
With skeleton specter always nigh
Oh, worse than thousand times to die
Every day, every day! "
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26
A Dangerous Headland.

Cape Race, the scene Of many marine
disasters, is near the southeastern ex-
tremity of Newfoundland, latitude
forty-six degrees thirty-nine minutes
north, longitude fifty-three degrees
fonr minutes. 1t is lofty and pre-
cipitous headland, extending into the
Atlantic from the southernmost point
of the division of that island called
Ferryland. 1t forms a prominent
point for navigators in the North At
lantic, lying near the ordinary route
of vessels between the eastern ports of
the United States and England, and
being the last point of American land
sighted or passed in the eastern pass
age. 1t is point very dangerous to
ships sailing in foggy weather between
the United States and Europe. On it
is a revolving light 18O feet above the
sea. 1t was established by the British
government, and is sustained by tax
upon all ships from or to Great
Britain, to or from Canada and the
northeastern part of the United
States
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26
A Poets Appeal for a Bliud Man.

Victor Hugo, leaving the Cafe de
Paris, where he had just breakfasted,
saw on the boulevards a wretchedly
poor blind man, and in an impulse of
pity improviscd the following lines,
which he wrote on the placard hung
around the beggar's neck. Freely
translated the lines are:
"Blind, as was Homer; as Belisarius, blind,
But a weak child to guide his vision dim.
The hand which dealt him bread, In pity
kind
He'll see it not God sees it, though, for
him."
The sous of the passers-by flowed
freely after reading this touching ap.
peal to their eommiseration.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26
Tn n Sunbeam,

In sunbeam-eyelids white,
Hiding merry, sparkling eyes;
Curls half-brovn, half turned to goad-
Fast asleep the baby lies,
But little gurgling laugh
From the parted lips steal out;
What do babies, fast asleep
In sunbeam, dream aboutf
Buds and flowers,
Rainbows, showers,
Butterflies and honey-bees;
Peaches, cherries,
Apples, berries,
Brides singing in the trees.
Grass all over
Fragrant clover,
Dandelions golden bright;
Chickens peeping,
Squirrels leaping,
Bia-eyed COWS in daised meadows,
Sweet warm milk and yellow cream
OF all these, when in q sunbeam
Babies fall asleep, they dream.
--Madge Elliott, in BalCsiUin's Monthtp'
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26

"Because I, also, have the hay feverl
Loye It is clear that you and l were
made for eacli other; l0r are we not
pursued by a comii1on enemy and
unitod nv n common bond 2"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-10-26

stupefactlon, there swooped upon him
an apparition in an ivory flannel dress,
with dark green sailor hat atilt on a
bronze confusion Of curl and wave, and
a pair Of
"E Eyes Of deep, soft, lucent hue,
Eyes too expressive to be blue,
Too lovely TO be gray"
Iron County register., 1882-11-02
Arabi Pasha's Wife.

A story told of the wife of Arab
Pasha is said to accurately exhibit her
character. Driving one day on the
boulevard in Cairo, she espied two car
riaees that had stopped that their occu-
pants, English ladies, might enjoy the
scene. Instantly. at her order, her
horses were turned, and, without mo-
ment's warning, her heavy brouSham
had crashed into the nearest of the
standing carriages, and the two ladies
who we're seated within were thrown
ont. sI am Giula, the wife of Arab
Pasha,'' she said. as she was driven on,
with an air that clearly showed the con-
tempt with which the wife of a minister
of the Khedive regarded Europeans of
her own sex. Giula, the daughter OF a
Hebrew, and wondrously beautiful, is
said to have exerted powerful influ-
ence on her lord, and the story that is
told above is but one o. many which
show how bitterly she hates all that
hears the name of Christian.
Iron County register., 1882-11-02
Light and Air for Plants.

Plants will not grow without light and
will not thrive without fresh and pure
air. But some plants require less light
than others, and some will do perfectly
Well without any sunshine. A knowl-
edge of varieties, of the habits and re-
quirements of plants, is essential to the
success of the window garden. Go to
nature for this knowledge. Nature
never makes mistake. Her hints may
be trusted implicitly. Find out in what
relations to sunshine and moisture
plants grow in their native conditions.
The primrose nesting under hedges
where its leaves are sheltered from the
sun and. protected from the dew, where
its roots dip into the moisture of bitches,
tells us that we must not let our prim-
rose pots stands too fully in the sun, nor
drench the leaves, nor let the roots dry
up. The cactus growing in hot sand
plains, in climates where the rain falls
one-haIf the year and the sun shines
fiercely the other half, has a lesson on
its own leaves for those who would be
successful in the treatment of cacti.
Most of the palms grow in forest jun
giles in the tropics, and manifestly heat,
moisture, and shade are the require
ments for palms, with fbrous earth full
of decaying vegetable matter for their
roots. So with all plants; one must
know them intimately to entice them to
their best expression in the window gar
den. All plants do not need sunshine,
so, if you have no sunny windows, do
not despair of having pretty plants.
Ferns, many of the palms, tradescantia
or sswandering jew" ivies, and lycopo-
dunn do not need the sun. Fuchsias,
begonias, lily of the valley, need but
little sun, ,and many of our loveliest wild
flowers grow best when partially shad-
ed. But all plants require fresh, pure
air. Most plants thrive best in moist
air. Gas is fatal to plants. These facts
should be kept in mind. Many droop-
ing plant is crying out for air, and not
for the deluge of water that you pour
about its roots. Leaves drink, as well
as roots. And if leaves drink, they must
not only have good moist air to drink,
but they must be kept clean, so that
their mouth-pores may be able to take
it in. A growing plant needs as much
washing as growing baby. Smooth
leaved plants need more washing than
those that have rough leaves. The
rough-leaved plants have their pores
projected from the dust by little forests
of minute hairs; many of them need no
wetting, but the dust should be fire.
ouently blown from them with the bel
lows or the breath. Plants that are
growing need much more air and water
than plants that are resting. Most
Towering plants exhaust themselves in
blooming. When the last blossom has
fallen the pot may be taken from the
window and set in any out-of-the-way
corner. There it will rest for awhile.
Then it will have a period of root
growth, and by and by new shoots and
leaves will appear, which is sign that
it is ready for blooming again, and it
may be placed once more in the full
light of the window William IL. F.
Round, in Christian Union.
Iron County register., 1882-11-02
Incredible, But True.

The rapidity with which a Texas ne
GRO can hide away a watermelon IS
wonderful, and the number of water
melons that he is able to absorb on the
shortest notice battles the numeral sys-
tenn. Not long since, when watermelons
were fashionable, an Austin gentleman
bet a friend that a hired colored boy
could eat forty-pound watermelon IN
fonr minutes. The boy was called and
told the nature of the bet. He asked
permission to retire. which was granted
On his return, he announced his readi
ness to accomplish the eclipse OF the
melon in the given time.
why did YOU go awayP'
s.I went away. boss, jess to try eft !
could make de trip. Use been practicin
on two thirty-pound melons, and l kin
put de forty-pound melon out'n SIGHT
wild a minute TO spare," and he did 1t,
but he was disappointed at not getting
a tieady contract for all day--1eras
Sit ffngs.
Iron County register., 1882-11-02

ALL ABOUT SHoE-PEG.-It is laughable to
see how little it takes to raise a crowd-or
start a story-in city street. 'Never you
mind me,'' said bent-over old man. when
asked what had happened to him. How did
he get hurt?' asked man out of breath.
'tDid the horse step on himP' queried col
ored man with spectacles on. 'Where did
the dog bite him! Did they shoot the dog: I:
Was it big doga Has he got wifea Did
they live togethers" ratified woman made
up good deal like Widow Bedott. "Come
and see the man in fit "squeaked out boot
black, as he called the rest of the brigade.
Look out, he's going to shoot!" yelled abig
man with red whiskers; and the crowd blew
away like dust when the old man slid his hand
into his pocket as if for a shooting iron. Then
he Strengthened himself and started off on his
own individual business, muttering some
thing about ''What the mischief it was to
them if he wanted to sit down and take peg
out of his shoe. .n-DetrOH Post
Iron County register., 1882-11-02
Not That Kind Of q Man.

The seventh passenger was lady.
There was an abundance of room in the
car, but as she entered an elderly man
rose up with great flourish and called
out:
"Take my seat, madam. I am not
the kind of a man to keep a seat in the
street car and oblige lady to stand
up.''
She sank down with a half-bow in
acknowledgment, and he held out his
hand for her fare with the remark:
"Some men are brutal enough to per-
init a lady to stumble to the fare-box
and back, but that isn't me-"
He took her ticket and deposited it,
and then hung to the strap and con-
tinued:
"And I know men who think that
passing a Iady's fare to the box gives
them the privilege of entering into con-
versation with her about the weather,
crops, rate of mortality, politics, and so
forth. That isn't me, however,
The speech had its due effect upon
all the passengers, including the victim,
and the man let out another link by re-
marking:
"Giving up my seat in the car to a
lady does not entitle me to offer to assist
her off the car, or ask if she is married
or single, or in any manner break down
the stern barriers of social formality,
and / know it. 1t is simply an act of
courtesy, and shall so consider it,
There was something painful in the
situation, to the other six, but relief
came by the man reaching the end of
his journey. As he was ready to get off
he looked back and said:
"I have seen men whose conceit
obliged them to lift their hats and bow
to everybody in the car before stepping
off. but that isn't me. shall step off
without any formality, and without
hoping 1 will be missed"
When the six looked back and saw
him sprawled in the dust they were glad
of it.-Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register., 1882-11-02
-rhe asthetic movement has more

The aesthetic movement has more
than once furnished theme for the
dramatist; it has now found historian.
The author of the work which processes
to set @stheticism-now, since the de-
parture of Oscar Willie, rather moribund
in London-once more on its legs is
Walter Hamilton, a young gentleman
who appears to be more "utterly utter''
than the renowned Oscar himself. He
abuses Du Maurier and Robert Buchan-
an in forcible terms, and maintains that
there is no such thing as literary or
artistic taste outside the charmed circle
of aesthetics. Mr.. Hamilton is himself
a resident in the unasthetic neighbor-
hood of Clapham, sacred to cockneys,
aud never before remarkable for deVo-
ton to fine art.