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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-26
A pretty bua rather sad romance comes

A pretty but rather sad romance comes
from Coalton. Pa. William Craig, aged
30, and Mary Barker, IS, wtr9 to
have been married on Christmas day,
1868. Mary was coquettish and William
was jealous. Mary danced fiirtingly with
a lot of young fellows at a ball. Viii
liam objected and she told him fatty that
she would dance with whom and as often
as she pleased Then he bade her good
by for twenty years, and she told him to
go and good luck to him. He disappear
ed from his fathers farm, but she made
light of the loss of him and said he could
not stay away twenty hours. Days, weeks
months and years passed and she waited
sorr0wing, but still he did not come She
waited staunch and true, and settled
down gracefully into old maidenhood.
She was done with dancing, but still look
ed hopefully for the laDse of twenty
years. The other day bronzed and
bearded man came to the door of her
fathers house and knocked Mary came
to the threshold and let the stranger in.
He said: William Craig has come back
after twenty years, according to promise "
She said: Mary Barker is waiting, and
they met. He had been in the war and
in the West and in Nebraska he became
the owner of a big tract of land and
picked up a snug fortune. He had said
"goodby" for twenty years and he stuck
it out. She thought it a foolish thing to
die of broken heart, and she lived it out.
They were married on Christmas, OF
course, but the twenty years loss of life
can never be recovered, and they will
often think what a pair of fools they were
| to throw the best of the world away.
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III. M. STURGEON

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
IL Office Buford's Block Rock Island.
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The National tribune., 1883-03-22
Doing an Immense Business.
Monmouth IN. ~ Inquirer 7

While a recent visit to Washington we made
very pleasant call at the Office of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, journal published in the interests OF
the Grand Army of the Republic, and of securing
adequate pensions for the soldiers of the Re-
public. The proprietor was just putting in new
presses and material looking to enlargement of
the paper. TIE TRIBUNE has since been greatly
enlarged and improved. The business of the
establishments seemed immense, and We're
deeply interested when shown the method
of handling the immense mail lists of the pa
per, running over every State and Territory,
and we do not know but over every town and
county in the States and Territories. Those who
have been reading THE TRIBUNE need not be told
OF Its good qualities Those who are not familiar
with its excellent reading should send for sample
copies. The paper costs only one dollar per
annum. Any subscription sent to the Office of the
Inquirer will receive prompt attention.
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GEORGE Il. LEMON.
ATT0RNEY-AT-LAW,
Office 6i5 Fifteenth ST., Citizens National Bark,)
p O. DRAWER 325. WASHINGTON, d. G.
ESTABLISHED 1868.

Pensions.-If wounded, injured, have contracted
any disease however slight the disability apply at
iEeirs.-widows minor children dependent mothers.
fathers and minor brothers and sisters in the order
War OF l12.-AIl surviving officers and soldiers of
this war; whether in the Military or Naval service of
skrs for a less period ana The Tiog az
such VINO nave not REMARKED entitled to pension
OF eight dollars month of loyalty is no
required in these claims.
Increase of Pensisns.-Pension laws are more lib
f S nov man I1rbaeTIy and many are nov entitled
1851 shall make no charges for my SeTtees in claims
Tor increase OF pension where disability alleged
| unless successful IN procuring the increase
restoration 10 Pension RslI-PenSioners who
nave beeM uniustly dropped from the pension roll
~Rose names nave been stricken therefrom by
oil failure TO draw their pension for period of three
years or by reason of reenlistment may their
Ptnslois renewed oy corresponding with this House
Deserton nom one regiment vessel and enlistment
IN another Is not bar 10 pension in cases where
Ice OF tue United States and III the line OF duty
Asi;d agraItsSuryivors of all wars from 1870
nundTed and sixty acres Of land if net already received
Soldiers OF the lae var net entitled Land
assignments perfected Correspondence invited
Prisoners of "ar.-Ration money promptly COL
Euriough Rations.-Amounts due collected with
0gt lnaeGesry delay Such claims cannot be collected
Horses Lest in Service.-Clairns Of this character
have been enormously rejected Correspondence in such
cases Is respectfully invited.
Beunty and Pay.-CoIlections promptly made
,freperty Taken by the Array in States not in
EhSurrectIoH.-Caims of this character viii receive
Special attention provided they were fled before
paIy lSSo If nos tiled prior to that date they are
barred bv statute OF limitation
In addition 20 the above prosecute Military and
Naval Claims OF every description procure Patents
trade Marks, Copyrights attend 10 business before the
General Land Office Bureaus OF the Interior
Department and all the Departments ofthe Government
We invite correspondence from all interested assuring
them OF the utmost pronpttude energy and thorough
ness in ell matters Entrusted TO our hands
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THE STOCK MARKET.
Review of the Week In Wall Street and Closin
Prices.

Special to The National Tribune
New YORK, March 90" Fluctuations small
and transactions smaller is about the only de-
scription that can be given of to-days market
Both Bulls and Bears have apparently quit
operations and even the traders have ceased
their daily turns. The Bull party, however,
hold the market very stubbornly, encouraging
themselves with the hope that prices will be
much better when money becomes easier. The
chief interest to-day was centered in the money
market, which, if anything, was little more
stringent than usual, stocks loaning as high as
12G Il per cent and the rates for money being
all the way from IL TO Is per cent. At present
there is no sign of any abatement in the rates.
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
FOREIGN MARKETS

LIVERPOOL, Mar. 20 Cotton - Receipts to-day
bales American Msrket shows moderate de ''f inquiry,
s 11-l6d. Cotton to arrive opened very dull and
closed barely steady. March and April delivery Up
lands at 6Ss6id.: April andMay 40-6i5 Al cid NAV
aud June 4S645 4464d5 4364d: June and July 1864
G95 f7-65 4G-6d.; July and August 5O6f5 51-6fd.
August and September 8 54-e4M 5 49-6id September
and October 51-64d.; November and December
44-6id. Taow ASS. per cwt for prime city. Refined
Petroleum I'd. per gallon
The National tribune., 1883-03-22
OUR COMMERCIAL REPORT.
State Of the Markets at Leading Trade Centres East
and West.

NEW YORK. Mar 20.-Cotton Lice lower closing quie
good choice s. ao07. Wheat spot
opened sdAc. higher for futures advance lost and de-
clined 1sn1s4c. closing firm ut &c above the lowest
moderate export and active speoulation TO red Ger
tihcates at 81 i9ls@t 1917 March 81 1901 1871 April
81 1s5sGaf 00k May q 21l11 2aaz Rye is dull and nom
1nal Corn 1EDl7fc lower and unsettled, closing firm
with an active business in futures; steamer 6667c
No mixed in Elevator s.1ktGss1sc. Southern yellow
6sS0s76c., March 57e3c April 6715d7016C., Nav GS15G
9o5c. Oats 4zSc. lower and unsettled; mixed Western
4atS511zc and white do. 5edJec. spot
lower for futures closing firm March 81 1N07 &C. April
S5S7 90 May 81 1907 so. Refined Sugars duh and I'M
changed Petroleum frmer 7C171Sc. crude.
SIC for refined, 81 06 for United TaloW il firm at SAC
for prime city. Pork dull and weak mess at SO GOA
SPOT SIS S1e March, s1s 90 April ss6119 Is
May Lard A06 points lower and unsettled: prime steam
at 81 6Odll 60 spot s1l 541l 50 March. II 521l 5S
Aprii. 81 5ssl1 60 May Freights to Liverpool are
steady; Cotton per steamer S-16d and Wheat ed
CHICAGO Mar 29Wheat active but unsettled: regular
at 81 efin e+e March, 81 odsNo1 04ss April 81 099e
GasS May, 81 0asS1 09s June No. Spring at 81 04l@
GA. Corn active but unsettled at 54lk@a5G1Sc. cash
64sSc April 5sz6lE5sc. May. Oats opened active but
closed dull and lower at Ace cash. 39sc April 427FI
dull and nominal at s. 2es Pork quiet and lower;
as 1olS Is cash. SIS 2O1s 22k April, SIS 37lafs 20
MAY Lard onened higher but closed lower ut Ell $50
Bulk Meats in fair demand Shoulders at 81 65 short rib
$40 TO- and short clear $40 Whisky steady
AZ the closing call Wheat fraction lower for and
higher for late options Corn nOminally unchanged.
Oats generally fraction lower Lard
frmer.
The National tribune., 1883-03-22

Bradstreefs Journal reports 233 failures in the
United States the past week: 25 more than in
the preceding week, and SO more than in CORE
spending week of 1882
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CATTLE MApRrrs

NEW YORK, Mar. 20.- Beeves- Receipts 5000 head
Market dull and closed heavy at decline of &c PEI
ID ali grades except for strictly prime and
Steers; extremes s7 20 per 100 lbs live weight fol
common 20 strictly prime, with extra and fancy
Steers at 81 5oa7 rs. Sheep and Lambs Receipts
5000 head. Market dull and lower for common tC
medium grades, but steady for prime extremes foi
Sheep sc p per 100 is With export Sheep at 81 soa
100 lbs.
CHICAGO, Mar. 9o.-Hogs- Receipts $500, and ship
me 400 market active End SC higher; mixed
Cattle-Receipts $500, and shipments 900; demand
good for exports at g So ether eq s s, so and
eTs 2 7G5 20 and sockers and feeders at S. 1904 S.
Sbeep-ilecepts 1000. shipments zoo: market fairly
active and steady goood TO choice shipping IS 5OG6
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
A PAPER FOR THE MILLION.
800 PER YEAR.

care for him who has borne the battle and for his
widow and orphans. ABRAHAM LINCOLN
.. The validity of the United
authorized by law including debts incurred for uavnenk
OF pensions and bOuntes for services in sn1preesg
tnsurrection rebellion shall
4, ART. Al CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
conslt 1t the abest paper devoted 20 the interests
of the sold1 published
mend it 70 comrades Of the Orderh
PAUL VANDERvOORT
CoHI1sGSCssy- CHEZ, c.. a. e.
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PROSPECTUS FOR 1888.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE during Incoming
year viii be a better paper than
PREMIUMS.
Books.

As an indneemsn TO the friends and readers Of TIE
NkTIoSAL TRIBUNE clubs for
subscribers have concluded 70 offer The following
valuable premiums:
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Address METROPOLITAN PTRLTSNING co.
25e broadway, New York City, N. Y.
WHAT THEY GAY OF us.

Point, ", Metropolitan Publishing
Company Cents in receipt premium watch
was much surprised to know that could good
wortE the price Lieut. E. s. Fsrrow U. Army Murfrees-
bore, Tenn, Sept 50, 1882. Gents: Watch arrived
All right in time keeping qualities. W Sparks
St PnHi @in' Seps H. Premium received, aud nice
,s9 Received premium last night Well satisfied. karhs
Goodae South Gardiner. aze Dec. %, 's2. Received
watch end PAPER ike them much offered watch don't
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IN order to advertise HOUSE AND HOME, and secure
Subscribers promptly we have decided to make the following
Pnse and b offer each and sTEy r?ade. h.
Of England aud Switzerland TO purchase from Of
their respective countries all the gold silver watches which
have been upredeemo simply the the gold silver
cases The works than sold to celebrated watch firm who
have made speciality OF this business The places
In the hands of skliul who
good coalition possible These works every variety
movement OF them being fine and perfect nekespers,
al, haads9mey ased ne k0re guresdsed ss sHfire s
less than the first cost ofthe material
On receipt of = &c., The subscription Price
Home and 90 extra TO pay for packing postage and register
ing we Will send House and oR.e for year 59 numbers
end OF these watches, address in tia United
States Watches mailed the day watches
were purchased specially to with House aud Home ard
Will BE furnished only to Subscribers hs5 publication In CIDER
to introduce at make this unususl which could mob
DO made were not for the c that bought the watches at
quarter cost OF manufacture.
On receipt OF 30 viii send end elegant
waea-chsn, with Whistle Charm and Dog Call Attach
nlens-iust the thing for hunters and sporting men.
MONEY RETURNED IF NOT AS DESCRIBED.
The National tribune., 1883-03-22

Ex-Governor William Sprague was nomi-
mated for Governor of Rhode Island, by the
Democratic State Convention which met at
Providence last Tuesday
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LIST OF THE BATTLES
OF The WAR OR TIE REHELIIllN. with

dateS complied nom Inc ocial records Of the oces
OF the AcjuJaut- General and Surgeon General and
adopted oy the Pension Bureau, Second AUDITOR
Third Auditor and Second Comptroller of the Treas
ury Department 1t makes volume Of nearly
hundred pages and contains in addition 10 ths in
formation already mentioned, the number of killed.
wounded and missing IN each battle bsth sides,
total number Of enlisrments ana casualties ehr0n0l-
Ogy of all American wars, including thar with
Mexico. and list OF Presidents and Vice Presidents
OF the United States. from Washington down. Wa
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made of all United States Patents of the class
inventions and you VIII be advised whether not
Patent can be obtained.
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ROSTER OF ALL r EGESlENTAL SURGEONS
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for pension for il cannot fail be OF the
assistance in the proving of their claims But two
thousand copies in all of this werk have ever been
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The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-12
For the BLACK RANGE by W. b. d.
Shadows.

stand to day In the golden western glow,
The mountain rose blooms sweetly at my
feet;
across my cheek the soft winds gently blow,
The pine bows making music low and
sweet.
But far away those sad, sweet, tender eyes
That looked in mine IL few short months
ago
:. ee not the hopeless shade that darkly broods
And fills my life with bitter, bitter woe.
And will these shadows never nee away?
Can yonth give back her hopes and sunny
dreams?
Through all my coming years will shadows
gray
Dim all the glory of lifes cheering beamsY
Will her rich love come back when Time Shall
trace
His shadows on my now unwrinkled brow?
Or shall never. never look into her face
Whose every feature haupts my dream life
now?
How strange, how pa, sing strange that one
short year
Has drilted us so far, so far apart.
Can in all the dreary years to come
Keep fresh the flowers of faith within my
heart?
Through long, dark hours fraught with grief
and pain
| l sit and watch outside the golden gate.
Those sunny hours win never come again
In silence and bitterness wait.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-12
The Self f-Cocking Revolver.

BY the way, Ballard Smith tells a
story of North Carolina wedding. 1t
runs this way. 1t was in the Carol ma
backwoods, country couple and couL-
try parson. Though Baptist the min
ister wore an old surplice When he
had finished the ceremony he said
AN them ans who God hath join
ed"
"StOp that, pal son. said the groom.
Don't say them 'uns, say these 'uns."
"J0hn," said the parson, 81 tech you
at school, and say them 'uns."
"These 'unsw shouted the groom,
drawing his pistol.
The parson, seeing the movement,
fired through his surplice, and the
groum dropped dead, winging the par
son as he went down. These was a
lively fusilade of perhaps thirty shots.
When the smoke cleared away half
dozen men were on the floor. The bride,
peeping over the pulpit to which she
had fled for refuge, gazed mournfully
on the scene and said:
Then self-cockin' pistols IS a play
in'-With nv OroSpecksw
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-12
Proverbs For These Days.

Look not upon the horse race and
monkey not with the pool seller, for it
is not wise to bet unless you can win.
Try not to guy the stranger who So
journeth in thy land and seemeth meek
and sad, for of such are three-card
monte men made.
a wise woman will not light the fire
with kerosene, but will invite the serv-
ant girl to whom she owes three months
wages to do the same,
II man smites thee on the right
cheek, turn also to him the left cheek.
and peradventure thou canst with great
ease plant a kick that will cause him
to become discouraged and repent of
his folly.
The young man who drinketh too CO.
piously of firewater and trIeth to "run
a town" will surely come to grief when
in the fullness of time he hath everlast-
ingly hammered the stubborn lime
stone.
Experience is a high-grade school
course thorough, tuition free-but Incl
dental expenses enormous.
The foolish man sayeth to himself:
II Will blow in the muzzle of this empty
gun" and the wise coroner will say in
his report: Accidentally blowed to the
! hereafter"
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-12
NO. 40.

litical conventions. Slices of tar roof
ing on toast should be fed gradually,
and the patient set out on the front
stoop over night. If he is able to look
at brass horn IN the morning throw
him into barrel of hot tar and cover
him with block of granite weighing
nine tons. If he survives, apply coat
of feathers and ship on to Barnum as
one of the feathered musicians of the
great west.
For earache go to your best girl and
have it pulled.
Bilious collie is often mistaken for
intoXication. Ii too late for stomach
pump use "A Babcock fire extinguisher
and put the patient out.
! MelanchOla is often cured with stew
ed oysters, bottle of Pommery Sec
and matinee tickets.
For love at first sight administer
laughing gas and pound with club
For sleeplessness or insomnia read
London Punch or any of the Philadel-
phia newspapers. For unusual drowsi-
ness, a pitcher of ice water suddenly
poured down the back of the neck has
been found eificacious. ..
Avoid drafts. If sight draft is
about to be presented to you for pay
ment, take trip out of doors via the
back stairway to look at the sun spots.
For severe cases of smallpox avoid
tight lacing and tie yellow flag to the
door knob. Do not mingle too freely
in society, as your presence might pro-
duce embarrassment and excite re-
mark.-Dick Steele.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-12

whose circulations are almost entirely
within their own counties take no in
teSest in the reduction. They prefer
that the postage should remain, for il
is slight protection to them against
the larger institutions.
The editor of the BLACK RANGE
went over to Albuquerque short time
ago and the boys set it up for him a
couple of times. He then went home
and put it in his paper that the town
had hundred and twenty-five saloons.
1T was case of duplex vision.-Lin-
coin County Leader. Inasmuch as the
Leader seems to be posted on the sub
ject of Albuquerque saloons maybe he
can give the correct number. The pro-
liability is however, that the White Oaks
citizen being more of a drinker than a
sampler only sees the one bar nearest
the depot when he visits the metropo-
lis.
Yellowstone Park, by recent bill
reported from the committee on terri
tories has had its area extended until it
occupies 6,654 square miles. All the
land within the limits Of the park will
be withdrawn from settlement and set
apart as public park or pleasure ground
for the people of the United. Present
trespassers will be removed and fur
ther trespasslng prevented. Troops Will
be used If necessary. Fish is only to
be taken by hook and line, and the kill
ing of game is prohibited. The secre-
tary of the interior has the power IL
lease the ground in parcels for hotels
and store houses but no one is ever tC
have the exclusive privilege of the
place.