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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26
Ure9ie Uharaot 3ristic7.

Outwardly the Creoles OF the Delta
had become graceful. well-kuit race.
in full Feeping with the freedom of their
surroundings. Their complexion lack
ed color, but ibwas free from the sal
lowness of the Indies. There was
much larger proportion of blondes among
| them than IS commonlysup Gen
orally their hair was of a chestnut, or
but little deeper tint, except that in the
city Spanish tincture now and then
| asserted itself in black hair and eyes.
The women were fair, symmetrical,
with pleasing features, lively, express
sive eyes. well-rounded throats, and
superb hair; yivacious, decorous, ex-
ceedingly tasteful in dress. adjoining
themselves with superior effect in drap-
cries of muslin enriched with embroid-
cries and much garniture of lace, but
with more moderate displayof Jewels,
which indicateda community of limited
wealth. They were much superior to
the men in quickness of wit, and excel
led them in amiability and in many
other good qualities. The more pro-
nounced faults of the men were general
~ those moral provincialisms which
travellers recount with undue impa-
tience. They are said to have been
coarse, boastful. vain; and they were,
also deficient in energy and application,
without we'll directed ambition, unskill-
full in Observation-Disclosures through
negligence only-and totally wanting
in that community feeling which begets
the study of reciprocal rights and OBJ
legations, and reveals the individuals
advantage in the promotion of the COM
mon interest. Hence, the Creoles were
fonder of pleasant fictions regarding the
salubrity, beauty, good order, and adj
vantages of their town, than of meas
ures to justify their assumptions. With
African slavery they were. of course,
licentisus, and they were always ready
for the dueling- ground; yet it need not
seem surprising that a people SO beset
by evil influences from every direction
were generally unconscious of repre-
hensible state of affairs, and preserved
their self-respect and proud belief in
their moral excellence. Easily inflam-
ed, they were as easily discouraged,
thrown into confusion, and overpower-
ed, and they expended the best of their
energies in trivial pleasures, especially
the masque and the dance; yet they
were kind parents, affectionate wives.
tractable children, and enthusiastic pa
triots. George ". Cable. in Century. |
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26
A Grammatic j Pot.

Amos paralyzed his te:cler at the
grammar school the other tilv and gave
him pointer that had never before pen
etrated his repository Of educational
knick- Enacks.
Says the teacher:
Amos, what part of speech is the
word book?''
Amos Book Is & common noun,
third person. singular number, mascu-
line gender, nom -
Teacher = Masculine gender, you
young idiot, what do yoa r1can?''
Amos-''I mean that fms book I'm
speaking of is Of the masculine gen
der
Teacher-a What book is that?''
Amos-''Ii's f.l mn hook"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26
A Woman Talks.

People may cat sttNcfuine, true
women don t, All the stuff with refer
encc 10 tight lacinu and kindred APP
pliances. that ladies are alleged TO
use. To beauiifv~their form. are falsely
described and malciouslS ridiculed
This is the spirit of the age. want to
be saved from such an AGE,
''Ther say. do these womanlv tradu-
GERS of women, that eyebrows are colored
and pinched and painted say it is
false. If they choose to select demi-
mondanes for average women, and de
scribe their habits, garments and falsi-
ties rs those of an everyday woman. the
world is as foolish as the pen painters
are knavish and | am satisfied But
the world don't believe them. believe
me. Not much Beauty is power, wo-
men know it. and seek To be as beauti-
full as possible. Some false means are
taken to improve the real. Art has
reached such perfection that it inn
proves on nature. But such hideous
art as these newspaper women describe
would show its hideousness.
Beauty enhanced by fair means is
fair beauty. After all. whose benefit is
this very beauty for? Meni We have
only them Ia please. They take care
to fight each step by winch we seek to
become independent actors in the world
They don't succeed at all times, but
they make an honest effort. I'm an av-
erage woman. Am / tightly lacedP''
The reporter said he didn know in such
an innocent way as to-caase the quick
glance of suspicion that was east at him
to become calm.
The fair speaker answered the aues-
ton. No. I'm not, women are not as
rule, the latter qrIalify ingly. ''Some
women may he, but not even n small
part of the SEX. Women cannot battle
but they are written mp. | believe that
is what you call ii? Our perfumes are
ridiculei. Let them be Flesh brush
es. nail-claaners and glycerine are ali
held up rs the articles with which q wo-
man is to deceive poor mankind and
ruin him. It's all hosh. A woman
may have a slight mustache. She pulls
it out or DESTROYS it. Good for her.
Men use the razor to get one. Each
sex thus follows its own natural road.
What decoratcs enc distorts the other
Appliances, made bY human ingenuity,
makes things even. Good for human in
genuity say |. And now let me tell You
soaething. am going TO battle. use
perfumes and giycerine, destroy hairs
that grow on my lip, if they grow. and
use every lawful means to make myself
presentable to humanity, especially mas
culinc humanity CleUela7ad LedtteT.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26

There Is case in Rochester, N. Y.
court which involves religious question.
man is sick, nigh on to death, as he
thinks, A Catholic priest comes to see
him TO administer the last rites of the
church to the living The wife and
daughter bar the door of their house
against the priest, telling him the sick
man does not want to see him. TIL e
priest goes and swears out a warrant
against the women for obstructine him in
the exercise of his spiritual calling. which
the law of New York saws is mis-
demeanor. The women go into court
and swear that the sick man had renoun.
ced Catholicism twenty years ago, and
they also swere thata Catholic should
never set foot inside of their house The
court appoints committee of physicians,
and lawyers, and detectives to visit the
house and examine into the mental condi.
ton and wishes of the sick man He is
sane enough to tell them that he wants a
Protestant minister to come and see him,
ana no other. The committee reports to
the court, which thereupon adiourns to
consider, and will render a decision if the
man doesn't die first.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth2 II so,
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. It's value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately Depend upon it mothers
there is no mistake about it.. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy TO the whole sys-
tenn Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
Tor Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste and is the prescription of one of
the oldest and best female physicians and
nurses IN the United States, and is for
sale by all druggists throughout the
world Price % cents per bottle.
feb-2S- m-w-s m 1-y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26
Boston is now cultivating the Pluto.

Boston is now cultivating the Plutes.
She has thrown her aesthetic arms about
other redeemed creatures of primitive
barbarism, but to gather into her good
graces a Plnte seems like touching the
extreme Of culture. However, the fact
thatthe present consideration is prin-
cess may make some difference. 1t is, in
fact, Mrs Sarah Winnemucea Hopkins,
the Indian princess, who has learned
how TO lecture She has just appeared
before the Woman's Club and been roy
ally received: Really, Boston is getting
into very good condition for future lem
-iency to that part of the world that has
sucked its smattering of knowledge from
less profound sources than the WILL
Drowned bean and the unctuous slice of
pork.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26

1t seems that the wire companies in
New York are not aVerse to taking down
their poles and laying their wires under
ground, as the public demand; on the
contrary, they are ready and anxious to
make the change as soon as it shall be
found that the underground wires can be
made effectively serviceable There are
twenty one companies in that city own
ing electric wires of various kinds, and
they have signified to the council their
readiness to comply with the public de
mand, provided it can be safely done.
The difficulty in the way is the interior
ence OF currents with one another when
the Transmitting wires are contiguous.
strong currents are required for electric
lights, weaker ones for telepraph-
lc messages, and still weaker ones
Tor telephonic messages; and it is found
that when wires are laid alongside the
strong currents interrupt the weaker ones
ana break the communication. The com
panies therefore ask that they be not
forced by law to make the change. which
lhey themselves are anxious to make,
until the neutrality-suspicious. they are now
conducting shall discover some method
by which the difficulty can be obviated.
when that shall have been done they
propose to lay under the streets com
mon conduit, through which all their
wires will pass, and remove the poles
forever
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26

| had seen him frequently on Wash
ington avenue, fair-haired, laughing,
handsome boy. Within five years he
grew to manhood, and L often thought
of him as the idol of his parents manly,
brave and true. The other day / saw
his fathers tottering form walking
slowly MP State street hill. He looked
haggard and worn, as though some
great trouble had come upon him. /
saw his sisters blanched face and down
cast eyes, and knew that great ca
lamity had befallen the family. I asked
mutual friend the reason.
The son, he said. mournfully, and
gulped down sob.
'.How sad / said unto myself. Ha
SO young and full of promise, to be car
ried away No wonder his people are
crushed with grief, and then, in a SYM
pathetic tone. enquired:
when did he die?N
..Diep'' quoth my friend, in tone OF
inquiry and sad surprise. '.DieP'' he
repeated. Hes not dead; worse than
that; he's become dude
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26


Itmakes good deal of difference who
follows the hearse England is decently
shocked because of the territorial greed
of France and feels very much cut up
that variable government to organize a
colonial empire in North Africa Bnt the
matter Of acquisition takes quite another
flavor when it comes in the shape of
Englands grab for New Guinea or Papua
This gem of the sea is regarded as sur
passingly rich mineral field, and it has
heretofore been looked upon. in the light
of commercial pre- emption, as the prop
erty of the Dutch and Portuguese, and
England can advance no sort of Teasona-
BILE claim to it. But her Australian rep
resentatives are making desperate effort
to seize the valuable island, and would
no doubt make away with it were there
not disposition on the part of the rad
icals to oppose the measure. There is
another migratory element to the enter
prise, the fierce and warIike spirit of the
PapGans who would not quietly submit
to being swallowed up as tributaries to
such power of suction as the British
government. Before England wastes too
much strength in Juggling at the mote in
the political eye of France it had better
get rid of the beam in its own optical
structure.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26

England's wealthiest baronet is said
to be Sir John Ramsden, of Ryram,
Yorkshire. His rent-roll is computed
at S850,000 a year. He owns almost
the whole of Huddertield, the great
manufacturing center. The little bit he
doesn't own was very Naboth's Vine
yard to his father, who, according to
popular tradition, once offered to its
Quaker owner to cover it with sover-
eigns if he would sell it. '.Edoewise,
friend RamsdenP" quoth the Quaker;
lin that case it is thine; otherwise all
Huddersfield must still belong to thee
and me. ".Edgewise" was rather
more than the baronet could swallow.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26

1t is no use to run off TO Saratoga or
Long Branch forest up. A successful
merchant of indianapolis says that when
he is tired and wants rest he doesn't go
off on tour and spend money, but just
takes his advertisement out of the paper.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26
Getting Even.

On Lake Shore train coming into
Detroit the other day was newly mar.
ried couple. the bride appearing to be
about p years old, and the groom be-
ing dapper little chap year or two
younger. A lady who came aboard at
Wyandotte took seat just ahead, and
after few minutes she heard the pair
criticising her bonnet and cloak and gen
eral style. Without showing the least
resentment her countenance she turned
around in her seat and said:
MADAM. viii you have your son
close the window behind youP's
The son closed his mouth instead
and the madam didn't giggle again
for sixteen miles.
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26

The democrats having used Rook'.
some of their papers are engaged N scor-
ing him for his treachery to his party, Ii
serves Rock right. No one has any use
for traitor The ARGUS Is pleased to
know that Rock is dyed -the-wool
republican.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26
Bucklen's Arnioa. Sa1ve.

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Hartz s. Rahngen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26

Ben Butler Is too smart a man 10 think
that be has any chance of recovering the
democratic nomination for President in
1884. No man in the country knows
better than Ben that either New York or
Ohio. Indiana or Illinois will furnish the
next president of the United States.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26

We have strawberries, cucumbers, and
early greens in the market, and spring
blowing is at'hand, and yet the Illinois
legislature fingers at the capitol. Leaves
have their time.to fall, but the Illinois
legislature can appropriately die any time
without falling tear"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26

Some one. sent Rosa square box hiled
with sawdust and it almost scared the
life out of the Irish patriot. He would III
touch the internal machine with a ten
foot pole.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26

ADVERTISERS by addressing GEO. P. ROW
n ELL Il CO., 10 Spruce St., New York, can learn
the exact cost of any proposed line of ADVER-
Using in American Newspapers re- 100
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26

The United States admits tea and cot
Tee free OF duty. England taxes them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-26

Thirty-fivc lady doctors have just been
graduated at Philadelphia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-16
DRESSING SHEEP on 4 WAGER.

A sheep killing match took place yesterday
afternoon ut tho shooting Park, Newark between
Patrick FITZGERALD who claims the title OF Champion
Sheep Dresser OF New-York city. aud Henry OBrien,
the champion sheep dresser OF Newark The men
re matched to kill and sheep each for $3.50
n aide the sheep being supplied by Newark butcher
The contest took place IN an enclosed square IN whch
there wore two platforms with all the accessories OF the
sbeepdre,sng trade About 500 persons were present
On vitn-ss the match The conditions were that each
sh,.u should be thoroughly dressed
shortly inter oclock the two men stepped into the
enclose dressed In flannel suits and with knives ana
steel u tnelr leather belts They were followed by their
belners Butchers from New-IOrk Williamsburg,
Jersey CITY, Hoboen and Newark cheered the confess
ants Two Judges were selected for each man. The
sheen were then taken the platform, where their
throas we're cut by ths helpers AT given signal the
two dressers went 20 work. The Ncwforker was nrst
a, dress sheep which he ha on the hooks In less than
three minutes he failed TO observe some OF the re-
ouiroments OF tue match O'Bren made clean work
win bis frat animal Fitzgerald had his second sheep
on the hooks FIRST and when he hung mp MS fourth
sheep O'Brien was just beginning 10 ufess MS
mind In thirty.one minutes from the beginning OF
he match the New Yorker finished his tenth and last
sheen bur he had TO 20 the ten earcasses again ana
renve some of eGtrails. When Lac had finished ana
had his last sheep hand he hung II on the nook
two minutes aierwar losing the match and the stakes
There was considerable betting ana come OF the new
York butchers left for home with good winnings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-16
CONDITION or THE HARLEM BRIDGE.

Statements were published recently that the
bridge over the Harlem River at Third-ave was In a
condition. that end OF the draw tipped up
several inches when loaded sreetcar went upon the
other end that the pankng full OF ruts and that
many women bad been severely burt by slyers that
pierced the thin leather OF their Shoes reporter OF
THE TRIBUNE visited the OF ruin aud approaching
disaster one day LIST week The bridge was s there
the roadway Was not smooth bowling alley but no
ruts could seen. and 1t would be difficult thing for
woman to and silver the ootpath large enough TO
pierce "A shoe There was no perceptibe tipping Of one
end of the draw when heavy load upon the other
end reporter 10 the office OF the Park Board
TO find out why the bridge was not melancholy rum
asked the secretary OF the Board FOR an explanation
aud received the following reply:
The bridge Is not ruin because every spring anu
autumn thoroughly examined by order OF the Park
Commits and everything Is done ~ the way OF
repairs TO keep the structure from falling
into decay dilapdatiOn. Every fall the foot hays
are newly planked and the Park Commissioners Keep
close watch upon the street railway company which
secured permission 20 the bridge by agreeing 70
keep the plankng OF the roadway In complete repair
The draw turns small wheels and duplicates OF them
are kept ON hand Ia j. l. MOTIFS Iron Works just across
the bridge they he replaced II they Decoe
al all worn The Park Commissioners are fully aware
Of that tie bridge built for lighter tranc
which 1t now bears but as soon as the Mad
son-aye bridge IL completed the strain on the one at
Thrd-ave Will be greatly relic red. AT the last meeting
the Board the subject OF the regular autumn repairs
TO the footway discussed and the matter was re-
ferrea TO the treasurer. The bridge Is without any
DOUBT perfectly safe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-16
4 BROOKLYN Mans INVENTION.

Walter Taylor, of No. 60 Hicks -st Brooklyn,
claims 10 have invented a kind of motor which will
work a revolution in the present system OF operating
machinery. A TRIBUNE reporter inquired OF the In
venor the principles upon which the engine con-
strcted and requested to it, but 1t Is not yet COM
pleted and could not be Mr.. Taylor, however
produced tin coffee pot OF the ordinary shape which he
filed three fourths full OF water then putting on the lid
he placed it on In less than five minutes there
was slight explosion and the lid of the pot was seen to
rise on a column OF water which straight up from
the centre the IL danced about at the top OF this
let for short time till becoming oyerbaanced IL fell TO
the floor As the lid was out OF the way the
stream Of water rose to considerable height and
nued to rise higher the forces at work ut the bottom
of the not became more heated. 1t was hot-water
fountain The water fell back into the open mouth OF
the pot to again wing into the air with Kissing
sound. and thus the material used over and
over again IN n kind OF revolving process the only
dimnutiOn in quantity being caused by evaporation
small tin tube could he In the centre OF the pot
through which this fountain passed Its boiling currents
There" said the inventor, you have the primary
principles upon which my engine is constructed. Give
boiler that will stand loo pounds OF steam pressure
and | will throw a stream OF water foot for every
Mound or $50 feet II Is the best and simplest nrc APP
paratus the world consisting OF nothing more thh
the boiler and the central tnDe 10 when tue nose u AZ
tached"
How about the motor T.
Eoually as simple. apply AN inverted mo itiation
OF the turbine waterwheel the original Bankers mill
to top the central tube The upward force OF the
water operates shaft and belt or gearing trans
mits the motion to the machinery. Exceedingly sln-
pie you A five year old child can run H.
q Now what drives tle water out OF that tube =
"Steani"
But how does II do it L"
THAT am not ready TO explain. as my invention Is
not patented At early day hope 10 put 1t e.ore TIE
mechanical engineering the country has heard OF for
many years"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-16
MYSTICAL NOTES.

Mr. Maurice Strakosch has engaged the
neyslisr Antoine de KOntsh to appear IN Miss
Tfursby's concerts
LA Princesse des Canaries" will for some
tue yet hold tue Fifth Avenue stage When any change
kmads It will I've the first appearance OF Mile Nixan in
@Boccaccio"
"The Merry Duchess" has done well all the
weak the Standard Theatre and seems 20 be In for
uccessfa run 1t slightly condensed the cur
tam falling little earlier in the first act as suggested
In The TRIBUNE after the frst production
This evening will occur the one-hundredth
sppcert at the Casino. full military band win be
added to the usual orchestra Nine Teresa Carreno will
play works Of Lsz Rubnsien and Chopin. The orches-
kal programme will include Massenets Scenes Alsa-
cs1nes" tae scherzo from Aendelssonns " Midsummer
Nights Dream music. the "Sylvia" ballet selections
hon Carmen, the NOrdseeblder and Casino waltzes,
tfacketanz OF Meyerbcer for band and orchestra etc.
ETC.
Mr.. John A. McCaulps comic opera companies
for the coming season VIII include the aforementioned
arsistSi Cecile Fernandez, Jennie Winston, Helene
Dungeon. Emma Carson, Rose Leighton, julie de
Rsythsr HATTIE Lewis Estelle Botsford Annie Hesler
lnd Mathilde Cottrely Messrs Frederick Leslie VIII s.
Nsng, Francis Wilson. A. ii. Bell. Ellis Ryse, Jay
1ior, Charles II. Drew, Harry Standish, McDonough
snd William T. Carleton. Mr. Jesse Williams and Fro.
iseaor Joho T. Hil will be the musical directors, aud
y ID. Drew and A. W. Marlin stage managers.