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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
a Cpre for sIeeplessness.

There is form of wakefulness which is
a somewhat frequent experience with per
sons engaged in active work, especially
of the brain. A man who has been
busily engaged during the day in his usual
avocation, retires let us say, at about ten
or eleven O'Clock, feeling quite sleepy.
After period of slumber, perhaps of
two or three hours. he finds himself wide
awake at about two clock in the morn
ing. There is nothing particularly burd-
ensome on his mind; no mental anxieties
perplex. no physical pains disturb him.
His only annoyance is the consciousness
that hard days work is before him, aid
that his busy brain ought to be at rcs..
After tossing about for an hour or more
in vain attempts to court sleep. he drops
off toward morning into disturbed and
broken sIumbeT, and rises at the usual
hour with sense of having been defraud-
ed by nature of one of his rights. So
long as this is a rare or occasional exper-
fence it need not attract attention.
When, however, it becomes habitual,
when sleep is regularly broken by periods
of wakefulness, more or less prolonged,
and especially when these periods come to
be accompanied by anxieties and worry
ing, the symptom is more grave. 1t may
betoken serious impairment of the nervous
system if allowed TO continue.
What may be done by the person him
self, on awakening in the night, in order
again to induce sleep2 The expedients
| at oar disposal, it must be admitted, are
exceedingly variable in their efficacy, but
most of them are worth trying. A sense
1 of drowsiness is sometimes easily induced
by getting up and standing by the bed
side until one feels almost chilly, and the
bed is cold Another expedient is to
wash the head, neck and upper part of
body in cold water-a lower temperature
of the skin inducing probably more
active circulation of the blood to the sur
face and away from the nervous centers.
! have found Bit of dry bread thorough
~ masticated and eaten at this time to act
almost like a charm in some cases by
drawing blood from brain to stomach,
and thus securing sleep. Anything
Which serves to detract attention from
; ones self and sure findings may occasion
ally avali-such as saying the alphabet,
counting ones respirations, repeating the
multiplication table, and a multitude of
} similar expedients, An ancient monkish
} receipt for wakefulness was to sscount
your beads" 1t is good advice vet.
There are no better aids to repose than q
good conscience and mind at peace
Loacs Of Life.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
Freeman S Case
An Effort Go secure the Release OF the |
Pocasset NzonomanIac On a Legal |
TechRfRaf5tV. ~ /


An Effort 60 secure the Release of the
Poeasset Ngononaaniac ON q Legal
TeehnfeaIity. "a
i BOSTON, Mass, May 4.-Charles f..
Tabor, Freeman's' counsel in the Pocass et
tragedy, yesterday filed petition in the su
preme judicial court for a writ Of habeas
corpus to release his client from custody.
claiming that he is unlawfully re-
strained of his liberty The princi-
pal grounds which this application
Is to be based are that sE'reemal at the timeeof
committing the act was insane, and also under
the public statutes which provide that every
person held in prison upon an Indictment
shall, if he requiresit be tried at the next
term of the court after the expiration of six
months from the time he was imprisoned, or
shall be bailed upon his own recognizance,
-anless it appears to the satisfaction of the
court that the witnesses on behalf of the gov
ernmenHhave been enticedorkept away, or are
detained and prevented from attending
the court by sickness or some inevitable
accident Freeman has been in jail about four
years He was indicted at the October, 1879,
term of the superior court for Barnstable
county, and was not tried, on the grounds of
insanity. His counsel claims that at the recent
hearing tho evidence showed that Freeman has
been sane for the. last eight or nine months,
and should have had the benefit Of trial un-
der the act above quoted aud tflathis deten-
ton in jail is now slnlnwfu and Illegal Mr..
Taberfeels confident that sooner or later he
will be able to set his client Mt liberty
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
The News in Brief.

The Iowa Republican state conven-
tion will be held at Des MONIES, june p next
Ten thousand people attended the
Grand Armys Concert OF War Songs at Bos-
ton.
Kerr, the absconding clerk of Pres
ton, Kean & Co, of Chicago, has been captured
at Lima, Peru.
Mrs Myra Clark Gaines secured an
other Judgment against the city of New Orleans,
for 81. 925, 667.
The Grand Trunk railways receipts
for 1882 exceeded those for the previous year
by l47 per cent
The Republican state convention of
Pennsylvania has been called to meet at Har
risburg July H.
Freemason's hall, in London, with its
valuable regalia, paintings and portraits, was
consumed by fire.
The steamer Africa is supposed to
have foundered She left New York March -
for Leith and Hamburg
Five million worth of stock of the
Chicago Elevated railroad has been subscribed
for, and the company is ready to begin build
ing.
Near Gowan, Mich, train struck a
wagon containing one man and three women.
bfleil all ne DOIfSS were SnOChiI1slH
mangled.
The league ball games resulted:
Chicago 10: Detroit, l. New York, 10; Boston,
@ Providence, a; Philadelphia O. Cleveland
3; Buffalo, l.
Orrin F. Smith, the New England
paper manufacturers agent at New York, has
fled, defrauding the mills out of between $l5,-
900 aud S50,O0
For the two days ended at noon
Thursday, Louisville shipped 1,0G9 957 pounds
of manufactured tobacco, There is great
tivity in the trade.
Joseph Bork; a former city treasurer
of Buffalo, N Y, and convicted of missppro-
priation of $500, 600. was sentenced to five
years in the penitentary.
John Ross, of Monmouth college,.
representative of Illinois in the interstate ora
torical contest held at Minneapolis Mimi. was
awarded the first prize.
Gas exploded in sewer at Peterbor-
ough, Eng, seriously damaging street and
many houses The explosion was first thought
to be the work of dynamiters.
Council for defense in the star-route
trial decided that at the conclusion of Colonel
Bliss address the defense should submit the
case without further argument
The lfexican government has con-
tracted with French firm for improving Vera
work Ii TO be finished IN twelve wears.
While the miners were ascending the
Vale mine, at New Glasgow, N. s., the rope
broke, and the cars were hurled down the shaft
killing four men and two boys and injuring
many others. some fatally
The meeting of iron manufacturers
and representatives of the Amalgamated as
sociation at PittsbIrg resulted in q rupture
and great strike Is imminent A gloomy
feeling over the result pervades the city.
George William Curtis was elected
president of the New York Civil Service Re-
form association. The meeting congratulated
itself on the successful prosecution of Gen.
Curtis and the failure of HubbeIl's assess
ment plan
The steamer Grappler, running be
tween Puget Sound and Alaska, burned Sun
day night and sixty lives are reported lost The
victims were mostly Cinnamon, who became
uncontl ollable when the fire broke out and, |
H.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
Sninnn l.fcPn aeS.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, May 4.-The
saloons in the city are still closed, with no
prospect of opening The keepers have asked
the council to grant the privilege to sell
whisky, in which case they would take licenses.
This wonld be violation of the state law and
was not considered by the council. The saloons
have entered into a compact not to take ont
licenses, hoping to brighten the council by loss
of rrevenue but the mayor and council aru
firm, and the probabilities are limited mum
Der of saloons sill pay the 81 ,eoDhcence and
open up.
KEoKuK, Iowa, May 3.-The Keoknk
saloon license is $500 in advance, and mex,
year $500 as provided by the amended charter
Thirty-nine out of seventy six saloons took ont
license to-day, a few being prosecuted for sell
ing without license
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05

Dubuque 7 lines: One thing IS eeridln,
if they 0he repuBficans) elect the. .neSt
president they have got to carry several
southern states, and the sooner they bend
their energies in this direction the better
it will be for the party. This is equiva
lent to say that the Times has given up all
hope of carrying the election in "a. The
southern states will be found enrolled on
the side of the Democracy. Tllden and
Palmer viii sweep the north, ana the re
publican leaders acknowledge So much
from the manner in which they are crop
ing and Topping around
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05

The resolution of the Philadelphia
convention protesting against the Amer
lean government allowing Irish poor
who are sent here by the English govern
ment to land issexciting some opposition
among Irish American citizens as it
should. One of these said to a Chicago
Inter Ocean representative on Saturday
last: They were nice resolutions for
those fellows to adopt. A little more
than quarter of a century ago the
fathers of these lip patriots. might have
been seen in Castle Garden with all their
earthly goods tied up in a bundle not
larger than a foot Ian And yet these
fellows would have cur government deny
now to the Irish poor the privileges which
were granted to their fathers, namely,
freedom to pursue riches and happiness
in this countrys"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
THE PITH OF IT.
A Dublin Review of the Situation as
to thsaConspirators.
Tiae Governments Fso ley One OF In
direction and Its Object to
Catch Parnell.

Dublin, May 4. Speculation is rife
here as 10 the reason for the sudden action of
the authorities in submitting to the grand jury
at this late day bill of willfu1 murder a aainst
Walsh, lyman and Sheridan Whether the
crown has secured any further evidence again {
these men is not known. 1t is rumored the
action is the result of correspondence with the
United States government 1t is well known
that some time ago the British government was
moving in the direction of Sheridan's extradi-
ton Such was reported here and in London.
Some ex element was also caused in New York
at the probability of Sheridan's extradition be-
ing demanded by the crown. Nothing, how
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05

Railroad Accidents

CHICAGO, May during the first
three months of the current year there were
49I railroad accidents, which resulted in the
killing of 129 persons and injuring 522. accord
ing to Railway Gazette statistics. This Is a
monthly average of 165 accidents, 43 killed
and n injured during thu first quarter of
1888, which has been an unusual bad season
for accidents: vet. for the number, the death
results have not been proporhonally large
The average has been less than four deaths TO
each accident, and in the greater portion OF
them no serious injuries have occurred to any
person The unusually long and hard winter
resulted in the placing of many obstacles IN
the way of the running of trains during its
4ir.Irnl
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05

CHICAGO, May 4.-The Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne & Chicago shops at Fort Wayne
have just turned out new locomotive of the
class q, which is one of five to be constructed
for use on this road. The engine is monster
that makes no professions to beauty, but is a
huge piece of machinery for good work 1t is
pounds, has four drivers each side, pony
trucksin front, the cylinders being 20x26 inches
1t takes the first train out to- day over tho Fort
Wayne road, hauling sixty carloads of freight
witt which it is expected to walk OF rs readily
as an ordinary engine does with twenty five
loaded cars The other four of the series were
be put into the service
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05

contaos 81 Mexico, and the territories Of Ali4
zonasa and New Mexico. From this point tire
Sierra Madre range of mountains extends Ia a
mountains the hostiies are supposed TO he
making their way Owing to their Familiarity
with the mountain Businesses, the task of dis
covering and dislodging the Indians will be at
tended with difficulty and uncertainty.
After comforting with General Sherman, Sec
Rotary Lincoln decided that it is unnecessary at
present to telegraph any further instructions to
General Crook
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
Cincinnati Dramatic Festival.

CINCINNATI, May A. Othello" was
given last night as the fifth performance of Il q
dramatic festival, with Mccullough in the title,
role, Barrett as Iago, Clara Morris as Emilio
and Mary Anderson as Desdemona The
audience was nearly as large as ON the openin;!
night, but the weather was warm and the
crowded hall was uncomfortable. The acting
was Just about " hat might be expected. Bar
rett's ideal Iago was never better presented, anf
Mccullough scored the greatest success OF
the week Miss Anderson was excel
lent as Desdenona But the creates
acting tonight twas by Clara Morris.
While modest and not over acting hei
part: che was intense, and made most pro,
found impression She began her theatrical
career in Cincinnati, and her reception ass
night was the more cordial on that account,
though it could not well have been other than
enthusiastic The flowers last night ware
plentiful, both to Miss Morris and Miss Anaer,
son. They have been conspicuous feature all
the week The recalls were at the end OF eaeh
act, and the plaudits were enthusiastic Tho
scenery was the best of the week-next t
aJulius Ciesar'--and worked much smootifef
than at any time heretofore. The festival
seems to grow in popular favor.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05

SAVANNAH, May AIRS. Harriet
Beecher Stowe is ON her way home from Flor
ida. She expresses the opinion that the south
will in the noxt ten years make rapid progress
in all internal developments looking to the
gradual building up OF places now lying idle
for want of energy and capital better class
of Immigrants will soon seek the fertile fields
of the south, and it is only a question of time
Before twill be s~arnnng with manufactures
and industrial pursuits equal to Manchester,
Eng or LYONS France
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
Guarding Against y eiiow Fever.

AUSTIN, Tex, May 4.-The state
health officer nstified the council at Browns
Vile day to immediately select quarantine
officers preparatory to quarantIning against
Matamoras. Quarantine Is 10 be declared
within five DAYS unless cooperative measures
are agreed upon with the Mexican authorities
to establish an effective quarantine at BaSdad
Yellow fever is feared at any time. hence the
pfaraufions taken.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
kfen,nshfn News.

LONDON, May 4.-The steamer Haps-
burg, before reported as overdue, was spoken
on the 2Sth ult, in latitude Al. deg, AZ min.
north; longitude Ii tlegs hours west, -all we'll
and no assistance required The Hapsburg was
sailing at the rate of four Inifes an hour. A
steamer was standing by hef
New York, May A. Arrived, the Re
public from IiverpooI
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
Crook AFTER the Indians.

WASHINGTON, May 4.-.The following
dispatch from Gen Crook was received by Gen
Sherman this morning: 1906 az
SAN BEENADINo SPRINGS, A T., May B.,
To ADJUTaNT GENERAL. UNITED STATES ARMY,
WASHINGTON, ID. C.--The dispatch of the 18th
ultimo, from Gen. Sherman, received. 1t is
not my intention to violate the convention be-
tween the two governments. The great object IN
visiting Sonora and chihuahua was to arrange
for cooperation, and in case my troops follow
ed the hostiles into Mexico TO see If could not
secure a liberal Interpretation of the agreement
in regard to tine time could be allowed to re-
main there. 1t is my intention to start to NOR
row morning in pursuit of the sayages, ia ac-
cordance with the treaty.
(SignedD GEORGE CRooK,
Brigatlier General
At the date Of his dispatch Gen. Crock was
upon the border in the extreme southern cor
nar of the territory of Arizona, at the point of
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
The xyeel,s Failures.

New York, May 4.-The business
failures during the last seven days, reports TIC
the mercantile agency of Il G. Dun & 60,
number 153 as compared with 1S2 for last week
The Ne~ England states had Is, the middle -,
western AZ southern % Pacific states and Ter
rltories IL, New York city p and Canada So
total, l52 The general run of failures arr in
aignifican
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
Iowa ProhihTfiouists.

~ DIES MONIES, iowa, May 4.-The
conference of the state central committee held.
here yesterday was largely attended, md re
sultel in fixing the date Of holding the next
state seon vention on she 2Tth of june.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
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Resumed Work.

Boston, May 4--The grinding room
OF the Boston Rubber Shoe company's. factory
started Saturday 1t is expected that work will
be resumed in full next Monday in both mills,
giving employment to over two thousand
hands These mills have been shut down for
the last two months, owing to the high price of
rubber
PrrTsBURG, May 1.-The tanners
strike has completely collapsed. All the best
men have returned to woyk at the reduction,
and the places of the inferior men have been
filled by new men.
PETERSBURG, Va, May 1.-The brick
layers of this city struck for an advance to IS
per day The demand for such mechanics
here is so great that it was found necessary to
comply with the demands of the strikers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
Minister sargent On A.neriean E,es.ls

WASHINGTON, May minister Sar-
gent writes the department of state, under
date of April ID. that i'm consequence of reports
published in the continental press that an
alarming outbreak of trichiniosis, caused by
eating American pork, had occurred amongsthe
garrison at Tilsit Germany, he had instructed
the nearest consular officer to make inves-
tigation and report the facts The published
stories. were positive as to the. source
of the disease, vand asserted that
thirteen deaths had aIreay y DC 7
curred On examination 1t was found
that fourteen cases of trichinosis.h had occurred
among the soldiers in the garrison at Tilsit
They were all very slight, and all the persons
attacked have been restored TO health 1fe
meat which produced the disease not
issued to the soldiers in their garrison ratlons,
and beyond that there WAS no evidence what
ever as to it's origin. The general surgeon OF
the First army corps and the mayor of Tilsit
said it was impossible to obtain any proof as to
whether the pork was of native or foreign orr
gin All that was known WAS that the soldiera
attacked had obtained meat outside the garri
son. and probably from their relatives in the
town It's probable the meat was natlve~saw
product-so largely consumed among the
lower classes in Germany
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-05
Saturday May 5, 1888.

Coyote Bill got drunk and disorderiy
in a Dakota town, and, dreading punish
ment at the hands of the law cohciuoed
that his only safety lay in disabling the
only instice in the place. Therefore he
broke into the magistrates residence and
kicked and pounded Linn until he was IN
sensible But he was conscious 10 court
next morning, though much disfigured,
ond C,v,,te BIZ received sentence Of a
wear in prison. "a
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

If one objects to wet toast, the
edges only of the slice may be dipped
in boiling water before the toast is but
tered, and it will then be more tempt
ing and eatable than if perfectly dry
N. 7. Post.
In Judging horse he should always
be made to stand still. Defects in the
limbs or feet that would be unnoticed
while in motion will be plainly seen
by his care to rest weak or diseased
muscles when standing. - Cincinnati
Times.
Lemon Custard: Twelve eggs;
twelve cupfuls of sugar; six lemons;
one tablespoonful of -four; two tea
spoonsful Of cream. Crate and squeeze
the lemons, mix the sugar well with
them, add the well-beaten yelks, then
the flour, the cream, and last of all, the
well-beaten whites. Bake in pie-plates,
lined with rich puff paste. = Chicago
Herald.
An indianapolis Qnd. } fruit grower
says: "Last year | put twelve moles IN
my strawberry patch of five acres to
catch the grubs, and they did the work.
never had dozen plants injured dur
ing the summer, either by the grubs or
moles. I know some people do not
care for moles on their farms, but l
want them in my strawberry patch.
"A delicious pound-cake that is
made without using soda is highly rec.
commended: One pound of sugar (either
granulated or pulverized), half a pound
Of butter, eight eggs (the whites and
yelks beaten separately, ten ounces OF
flour; for flavoring, one whole nutmeg,
grated. This cake should be baked for
an hour and quarter in a moderately
hot oven. Chicago journal.
| The use of rye in the garden of an
Ohio truck grower is mentioned by the
| Farmer of that State: .'That part of the
garden that can be cleaned off in time
| is plowed and sowed with rye, and
whatever manure is ready is spread at
that time The rye makes quite growth
during the fall and winter, and when
| turned under in spring counts some
| thing as fertilizer, besides rendering
the Soil very mellow. In the sweet corn
the rye is sown at the time the corn re-
| ceives its last working. =
-Ihe g0oseDerry ana cuTranI ao
well in partial shade. In fact, if you
would have the gooseberry in greatper.
lection, get q lot of old brushwood and
cover the rows closely, so that the
plants viii have to push through, and
you viii be astonished at the growth
and healthfulness of the bushes. The
decaying wood also furnishes an excel
lent manure for them. The finest cur
rants ever grown can be had by mulch
inc with old chestnut burrs, or even
sawdust. 1t has been noted that the
grapevine thrives amazingly when il
gets into an asparagus bed. These are
generally elevated, and are thus dry,
while the rich soil necessary for aspar.
agus is also good for grapes. -A,ner'i'
can CultSUat0r.
St. Landry democrat., 1883-08-18
The Honest Maiden.

Not long ago a rich man died in Brus.
sells, leaving nearly all of his fortune to
a young woman who was entirely unac-
quainted with him. This is how it came
to pass: He was very eccentric man,
and set out like Diogenes in search OF
an honest mar. His tub was an omni-
bus, and his lantern small coin. In
the omnibus he used to take his seat
every day near the conductor, and al
ways showed himself very obliging in
passing up the money of passengers and
returning the change, but to the latter
he always managed to add franc or
half franc. Then he would watch those
to whom it came. They would count it
carefully, notice the extra coin, and in
variably slip it into their pockets. No
one had any thought of the poor con-
ductor, whose meager salary of three
francs day could i'll support such a
loss. But at last young woman passed
hers back with, ''Conductor, you have
given me half franc too much. Do
genes, delighted, followed her home,
made inquiries, and as the answers were
satisfactory, made his will in her favor,
though he never gave her warning that
her half franc was going to bring her
half million. Belgium Paper.