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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
Early Rising and Late Resting.

Tt is a mistake, says the London Ian
Get, to both rise early and take late rest.
The rising early ia good as a habit of
life. it does not mean robbing nature
of her opportunity TO recruit the ex-
hausted strength of brain and body by
prolonging sleep when that necessary
luxury is at length enjoyed. There
would appear to be some need Of re-
monstrance on this score. The fashion
of the day fayors early rising and the
manly ..tub;'' but those who rise early
have, for the most part, sat up prodigi-
ously late, and the tub is chiefly an
preciated because 1t rouses the system.
and makes it feel and feelings are very
deceptive strong and vigorous. This
is burning the candle at both ends. If
we must sit up half the night, it would
be better to sleep half the day than to
rise betimes and 60 in for arduous labor
after insufficient rest. Early rising ID
harmful without early resting.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
OUR CANDIDATES.

No better ticket was ever before pre-
sented to the voters of Rock Island than
that put in the field last evening by the
township city convention. At
Its head we find one of the squarest, most
and straightforward of our
business men. one whose word is as good
as his bond, Mr.. j. z. Mott who as alder
man long ago won the sincere respect of
even his political opponents by mis- sterling
honesty and his incorporating hostility
to jobbery IN every form. The general
enthusiasm with which mention of his
candidature is received would seem Il
assure his election by a flattering majority.
As mayor of Rock Island Mr.. Mott woulc
take great personal pride in the honest
conscientious and faithful Performance,
of every duty devolving upon him.
For city clerk We have an excell-
ent candidate in the person o
Mr.. w. H. Atwood. at attorney o
| acknowledged ability, who would per
form the work in connection with tn
Office for which he is named with abilit
and serupnlous fidelity.
1t hardly seems necessary 10 tell on
readers what manner of man our candi
date for city attorney is. Mr.. NJ. NJ. Cor
bett. Possessing an extensive acquaint
ance and widespread popularity be i i
SO known to possess the qualifications
abundance which are irnperatively neede
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

as far west as Mitchell. ID. T. The II :3t
morning train from Chicago via Milwau-
kee viii make the same connections al
McGregor. thus giving choice of routes
and two daily trains to Iowa and Dakote
points, with sleeper from McGregor and
Prairie DIN CHEN to Algona.
A meeting of the freight representatives
of the east bound roads was held at Com
missioner Mooress Office Saturday. to con-
slider the charges made last week that the
fording shippers better facilities for OBJ
tanning certified weights. AS the letter
of Commissioner Brainard was directed
individually TO the different roads. it was
decided that each road write its own
answer.
The ARGUS has improved facilities for
doing job work of all kinds. 1t employs
none but the best of workmen, while its
material is of the latest style and is being
constantly added to. Its stock of fancy
stationery is large and varied; its supply
of all kinds of commercial stock is prsc-
tically unlimited, and its prices are rea-
sonable The best of work guaranteed.
If
Thenext entertainment thus far booked
for Harper'a theatre is Haverley's Min
strels. April 81.
Mr.. John F. McKibben, the collector
that is to be. is thorough going business
man, universally popular, and a man who
by reason of his excellent reputation viii
not only poll his entire party vote but
will receive the votes of people of other
political affiliations who desire q system
attic administration of the office
The steamer Keokuk of the st. Louis
and st. Paul line. arrived from below at
4:2O p. m TO day. the first boat of the
season.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

This afternoon John Meyer. a farmer
living in this county, whose postoffice ad'
dress is Hillsdale. was brought before
Judge Adams upon the allegation of in
sanity. Sheriff Reticker impaneled the
following jury: DIR. Willard A Paul
foreman; Darwin c. Pavey, Charles
Bloom. George w. Henry, William H.
Eggleston, j. n. Huntoon. The testi-
mony of Mr.. Meyers wife, two sons. son
in-law and neighbor was taken and the
jury rendered a verdict of insanity
partly hereditary. and Meyer will go to
jacksonville
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
AwRoNG IMPRESSION.

Rock ISLAND. March 81, 1883.
To the Editor OF the Argus
The following item appears in the
Union this morning:
Think of man of Major Connolly )
high standing in the community getting
just one vote for mayor in democratic
convention. after he aad been formally
named"
The above item is calculated to do Mr.
Connolly and his friends great injustice
Mr.. Connelly's friends have urged him to
accept the nomination for mayor aud
none urged his nomination more strongly
than did the present nominee for thai
Office. but he positively aud persistently
refused TO allow his name to go before
the convention and his friends so under
stood it and acted accordingly.
A DRLEaATE.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
New York March q

CHICAGO. March IT
LIVE STOCK.
HoGs-Receipts 5000: light, 6 75az 80:
mixed. packing Z 0O31 IS; heaxy packing and
shipping. q 4oaD7 90. e. &
GA ITLE-Receipts 1000; weak; 10dl5c lower;
exports 6500T 30; good to choice shipping . 90d
go; common to fair, 60@6 25; butcher-, , 7sGt
%; stoesers and feeders, 3 2e693 p
GRAIN.
WHEAT-Lnwer; regular l 05 March; 1 aIis
April; 09A May; 10h June.
CORN-LowUr; 541s bid cash; 81 p NJ trch 5lis
April; 56l4 May; SOS June; 81 July.
OAfS-Lower: 404 cash; 39JS March; &c.,
April: 43 May; 42sl June
RYE-5SI<.
BARLEY.-75
WHlSKEY-I II.
FLAX SEED Is
PORK-Lower; SIs 90 March; S1s O1aS'8 Gjlg
April: SIS 17h May; SiS 32M June; SIS AZ July.
LARD-Lower; Sll 05 March; S1l 10 April :
July.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
rHRsE ARE snIdn RAcTs

The best blood purifier and system re.
ulator ever placed within the reach OF
suffering humanity, truly is Electric Bit
ters. Inactivity of the Liver. Biliousness
Jaundice. Constipation, Weak Kidneys,
or any disease of the urinary organs. OF
who ever requires an appetizer. tonic OF
mild stimulant, will always find Electric
Bitters the best and only certain cure
known. They act surely and quickly,
every bottle guaranteed to give entile
fifty cents bottle by Hartz & Rahnaen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
An Artists Model Who Had Seen Life

An artist of my acquaintance was
searching for a model in the streets of
New York Crossing Union Square he
saw the very type of face he required.
The owner of the face was seated on
one of the benches in an attitude of
cheerful expectancy. The artist accost-
cd the old man and asked him il he
would pose He readily consented,
went to the studio at the appointed
time, was employed, gave satisfaction.
and became a sort of retainer at the
studio. His massive white head and
sfge white beard met with favor in
aesthetic circles. BY degrees, items of
his personal history came to light. He
had been a gold-digger in California in
the early days of the mining excite
ment. He claimed to have experienced
fifteen shipwrecks in the capacity of a
sea-captain. Left an orphan at an
early age, he had been educated by a
physician, and had acquired some
knowledge of medicine. Fate threw
him among the Indians of the far West,
presumably on his way from the gold
diggings, and he became medicine
man. He was learned in natural phil
osophy and possessed a mineralogical
cabinet and also a collection of roots,
each twisted by nature into the shape
of one of the letters of the alphabet.
He painted shells skillfully, and had an
ambition to go around the world in a
canoe. This remarkable person also
wrote poetry and was a Yankee. 1t
needed only a master-brush to make
this same representative Yankee as
classical as MiIlet peasant = Charlotte
adams ta the Ce,staIry.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
NOTICE.

Iwould respectfully solicit the tax pay
ers of Rock Island to pay their taxes to
me at their earliest convenience, as will
soon be required TO make settlement with
the county collector. Parties against
whom back personal taxes are entered on
the collectors book are requested to make
payment of same at once. or they win be
proceeded against according to law Office
under Harper House. in telegraph office
FRAZER WILSON,
dwtf Town Collector,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
A Thermometer oncewas Observed in

A Thermometer oncewas Observed in
a State of Excessive Agitation. Why,
my FRIEND impaired the Eight-tay
clock, why are you 50 PerturbedP"
Because, replied the Thermometer,
II apprehend that am no Longer Ca
pable of performing my Functions. At
the present Moment am Registering
forty Degrees above Zero, when / should
be Several degrees Below ''Oh, no,
l guess Not, said the Eight-day Clock.
.sYes, / am Confident of it, persisted
the Thermometer, ''for from my Posi-
ton in this Window just Overheard a
be Cold Day when such Phenomenon
occurs
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
He Had Some Change.

We are told that the new nickel coins
are to be an Improvement in weight and
symmetry and inscription and design
over those now in use. We are pleased
to hear it. At present the pious legend,
..In God We Trust" is put upon some
of our coins, not upon others. On look
ing over some change in our pocket, we
notice that it does not appear on any OF
the one-cent coins, that it is on the two
cent coin minted 1867, and that it is on
the nickel minted in 1869. 1t does not
appear upon any of the .greenbackss
within sight at this moment. -Neto Kork
Sun.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
ELECTION NOTICE.


Notice is hereby given that on IueSoay, tle
third day of April 1885, in the city OF hoGK IssnH
the usual voting places, an election VIII NC nS'
for the following officers, 10 wit;
CITY OFFICERS:
One Mayor for two years
One City Clerk for two years.
one City Attorney for two years.
One Treasurer for two years.
One Alderman In the First ward for two years
One Alderman In the Second ward for TWO years-
One Alderman in the Third ward for Two years.
One Alderman in the Fourth ward for two years
One Alderman in the FIT h ward for two years.
One Alderman in the Sixth ward for two years
One Alderman in the Seventh ward Tor Two years
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS:
One Supervisor for one year
Four Assistant Supervisors for one year
One Assessor for one We T.
One Collector for one year.
Which election will be opened at eight O'Clock
In the morning, and continue open nntli seven
O'Clock of the afternoon of that day
Dated this 10Th day or March, 1881
ROBERT KOEHLER,
m13dtd City aud Town Clerk.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

would not recognize him. The poor
thing run the machine as long as he had
oil, but that soon gave out.
Tom Nelson Garden City rough, at
tempted to pulverize poor Ssede en-
Wells street yesterday. But Officer Will
iiams cooled his ardor by locking him
nn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
DECLINES.

To the Rditor of the Argus.
Having been nominated without my
wish or consent, announce TO the voters
of this city that respectfully decline the
nomination of assistant supervisor.
C. ENGEL.
Rock Island, March 81. 1888
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
Chancery Notice.
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.


Rock ISLAND COUNTY.
In the Circuit Court TO the May Term, 1889
Sarah L. Crosby VIM. W. Crosby. in Chan
Gerry.
Affidavit of the nonresidence of VIM. ". Crosby
the above named defendant, having been fled in the
Clerk Office of the Circuit Court of said county,
tce is therefore hereby given TO the said non-res
dent defendant that the complainant filed her bill of
complaint Ia said Conrt, ON the Chancery side there
of, on the 2fst day of March 1884, and that
therenpon summons issued out of said Court
wherein said suit Is now pending returnabc on the
first Monday in the month Of May next, is by
law required. Now, unless you, the said nOn-res
dent defendant above named, shall personally be
and appear before said Circuit Court the first
day OF the next term thereof 10 be holden at the
Court House in Rock Island in and for the said
county, the first Monday in May next, and
plead, answer or demur TO the said complainant :
bill of complaint, the same and, the matters ami
things therein charged and stated will he taken
as confessed and decree entered against yon
according to the pray er of said bill.
Rock Island, Illinois, March 2Ist 1858.
LEVI II. HARRISON. CLERK.
NJ NJ CoRBETT, Compt's Sol mch'%S-d4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
Milwaukee Market.

MINIATURES, March p
WHEAT-Irregular and unsettled; No2I O5M
cash U5A March; O41s April l 09sk May: / IoL5
June, No 3, SO. No4. rs,
CORN-Easier; 551s.
OATS-Dull and lower; 40.
RYE Declining; 81.
BARLEY-Tame: 52h
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
NOTICE OF MEETING.

The members OF the democratic city
committee and all the candidates on the
democratic ticket, are requested to meet
at NJ. nj. Corbett's office on Thursday
evening, March 80. at O'Clock sharp i
50 u j. w. WEIGH, Chairman
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Mayor.

wish TO announce that / am candldate Tor
Mayor subject the decision of my fellow citizens
at the ballot box. WILLIAM ATKINSON.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

lns comparing wood with coal as a
fuel. il is safe to assume that two and a
quarter pounds of dry wood are equal
to one pound average quality of soft
coal, and that the fuel value of the same
weight of different woods is very nearly
the same. That is to say, a pound of
hickory is worth no more as fuel than
pound of pine, assuming both to be
dry If the value be measured by
weight, it is important that the wood be
thoroughly dry, as each 10 per cent of
water or moisture will detract about IL
per cent. from its value as fuel. 1t
may be interesting in this connection
to give the weight of one cord of diff
ferent woods which are thoroughly
dry These weights are about as fol-
lows:
Hickory or hard maple, pounds 400
White oak, pounds. 4, $50
Beech, red oak, and black oak, pounds =. $3.50
Poplar, chestnut and elm, pounds. 1850
Average-of pine, pounds. .........: 900
The fuel value of these different kinds
of wood, as compared with coal, is about
as follows:
One cord hickory or hard maple equal to
One cord white oak equal TO cosl, pounds I,7I5
One cord beech red oak, or black oak equal
to coal, pounds. 4..---- :...-.-.. i,4o5
One cord poplar, chestnut, or elm equal 70
coal, pounds ...................... 1859
One cord average of pine equal to coal,
1t is supposed, of course, in both Ia
bles that all the wood had been air-dried
and the comparative values of woods
not mentioned in the table may readily
be approAimated by the reader.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

WANTED-Commerc trayelers and
local agents everywhere In the United
States, to sell sWarren's Entire Wheat
Patent Flour" the only true food flour;
covered by patents; business exclusively.
Franklin Mills Co., SO Clark street, Chi
cago, Ill. mch17-ms-5t
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For Mayor,
JAMkS q. MOTT.
For City Clerk,
WILLIAM H. ATWOOD.
For City Attorney,
MATTHEW NJ. CoRBETP.
For Treasurer,
JAMES NJ. BUFoRD.
For Supervisor,
JOHN ASTER.
For Assistant Supervisors,
PETER FARRELL, ANDREW HOT <A-s'
JOHN w. STARR, CHARLES ES1hL
For Assessor.
JOHN BARGE.
For Collector,
JOHN F. McKIBBEN
FOR ALDERMEN:
First Ward,-GUSTAY STENGkL-
Second Ward,-M 5. O'NE1L
Third Ward,-GEo. W. HENh1.
Fourth Ward. ". II. LCND1
Fifth Ward.-CHAS. j. LARklN.
Sixth Ward,-TH0MAS f. CARY.
Seventh Ward,-JOSEPH Il. KERR
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
COAL. COAL.

bushel at the new coal office on Eleventh
street. o. G. Dohlman. agent. m16d1m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
Peoria III arket.

PEORIA, March -
CORN-Lower; mixed. $50 1914
0ATS-No. 2 white, 42a42,a.
RYE-56L a57.
WHISKY IL
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-11-21
How Wooden SpOOls are Made.

The birch is first sawed into sticks
-four or five feet long and seven -eighths
of an inch to three inches square, ac-
cording to the size of the spool to be
produced. These sticks are thorough
ly seasoned. They are sawed into
short blocks, and the blocks are dried
IN a hot-air kiln. AT the time they
are sawed hole is bored through them.
One whirl of the little block against
sharp knives, shaped by pattern,
makes the spool, at the rate of one per
second. A small boy feeds the spool
machine, simply placing the blocks in
spout and throwing out the knotty
or defective stock. The machine is
automatic, but cannot do the sorting.
The spOols are revolved rapidly in
drums and polish themselves. For
some purposes they are dyed yellow,
red or black. They are made in thou
sands of shapes and sizes, When one
sees on a spool of thread 100 yards"
or 900 yards these words do not sig
nifty that the thread has been meas
ured, but that the spool has been
gauged and is supposed to contain so
much thread. When u silk or linen or
cotton firm wants spool made it
sends apattern to the spool maker.
This pattern gives the size and shape
Of the barrel and the head and bevel.
These patterns determine the amount
of thread that the spool will hold.
Mr.. Dwelley's factory turns ont 1OO,-
coo gross of spools per day, and con-
sumes $500 cOrds of birch annually.
His years spools are worth $4,000.
'rhirty-five hands are employed in the
mill. During the winter, 25O wood
choppers are sometimes employed. Mr..
Dwelley is an inventor and machin-
ist. Heinvented, designed and made
every machine in his shop.-Le,oiston
(Me.) Journal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-11-21
Jay G0uld's Library.

Jay Gould's library is one of the
most remarkable things about that re-
markable man. Not only does it con
tain all the standard classical works OF
history, science, finance, fiction and po'
etry, says the writer, but in certain
glass cases, well guarded with strong
wire net work outside, tones of I'M
mense value and great age, and many
an inditio princeps which would delight
the heart of a bibliophile. This room
is the one holy Of holies of the mil
lionaire, the mysterious chamber which
Bluebeard forbade even the wife OF
his bosom to enter. No person except
Mr.. Gould is allowed to touch his pre-
cious books, even his factotum, Moros-
ini avoiding that dangerous ground
With all his business cares, Mr.. Gould
is a close student, and singularly well
versed in general literature. A we'll
known New York lawyer once said OF
hin, that he was the best authority on
the law of corporations in the United
States.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-11-21

came on board from the Merchants
Exchange news boat, off Meigs'
wharf, was Miss Hudson's "intended,
a young merchant at Marysville, and
a few days after acted as best man at
a wedding that took place in the old
Bethel Ship church on Davis street, be-
tween Clay and Washington. There
Father Taylor spliced William Harding
and Mary Hudson. Twas presented
with handsome specimen, shield of
virgin gold, given me by Mr. Hording
as memento, which | lost when ship
wrecked on the brig North Bend a few
years after. There is an old story of a
young man who, when he was first
married, thought his wife so sweet he
could have eaten her, and six months
afterward wished he had. Remember
ing this, l have sometimes wondered
whether Harding would have given
me a larger specimen had not desert
ed my post to carry a life-preserver to
his sweetheart, and in lieu thereof at
tended to my business.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-11-21
How "UncIe Toms Cabin" Came to be
Published.

John j. Jewett, the original publish
er of Uncle Toms Cabin" said:
professor Stowe was in favor of
selling the manuscript for sum. I'll
tell my WIFE said he to me, that if
she Can get good black silk dress or
fifty dollars in money for the story she
had better take it,"
"Do you believe that you could have
bought the story for $50 2"
81 believe that | could have bought
it for $25.
$50 large were the orders for the
book that from the day l first began to
Print it the eight presses never stopped
for six months, day or night, and even
then there were complaints that the
volume did not appear fast enough. In
little while | was able to inform the
Professor and Mrs. Stowe their per-
centage already amounted to $4,000,
and although my contract with them
required me to give a note only, |
would pay them that sum in cash"
GLOW did they receive the informa-
tion?"
"Ihey seemed a little dazed by the
news. The sum was so vastly beyond
anything they expected or had hither-
to possessed, that it appeared to them
like great fortune When they called
at my Office | handed Professor Stowe
my check for $4,000, payable to his
order. Neither the Professor nor Mrs.
Stowe had ever before received a check
they told me, and they did not know
what to do with it or how to get the
money represented. explained to the
professor that he must indorse the
check and present it for payment. !
advised him to deposit the money in
the same bank. We went thither to-
gether. introduced him to the pres
ident and the professor opened an ac-
count. After instructing him how to
keep his check book, and so on, and
cautioning him and his wife never to
go about with more than five dollars
in their pockets, bade them good day,
and they went on their way rejoicing.
When l gave them second check for
$4,000, | found they needed no fur
ther instructions"
allow many copies of 'Uucle Tom
did you publish?
"More than 100000 sets of two vol
umes each were published the first
year. After that the demand fell off"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-11-21
Defeat.

by bitter pilgrimage ho sough' to win
Those fur dim towcs that he would roam
within.
Through paths OF peril, loud with dyin4
groans,
Down chasms of failure, white with human
bones.
Past brakes of treachery, whence the tisel
sprung,
Der swalnps of envy, where the scorpion
stung.
HIS oager feet pressed onward to attain
The luring bourp of that desired domain.
And there at last, worn fugitive of fate,
He cluched the mighty clarion at tue gate.
A moment more, and while its proud peal
rose,
The towers would rock, the portals would un-
close.
But then, even then, by some forodoom pro
found,
He dropped dead ere his lips had walked one
sound.
-Edgar Fawceh, in Harrer's .Maga:ine