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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19
Jay Gould's Tomb.

A New York letter says: Jay Could
tomb is to cost eighty-fiVe Thousand dol
lars and will have room for sixteen
persons. In design this i.mortuary
chapel as the builders are proud to
call it, is miniature Greek temple of
polished granite 1t is to be twenty
feet wide, thirty feet long, and fianked
with columns. eight on each side and
four ON the ends No stone used in the
construction is to be less than six feet
square in size, and the roof stones are
to be six feet wide by fifteen feet long,
weighing several tons apiece. The
doors of the chapel are to be OF bronze,
modelled by Augustus St Gaudens,
whose bill for this service is to be
two thousand five hundred dollars. In
side the original plan was to close each
of the sixteen compartments with a
slab of polished marble to be cemented
in place. The latest intention, how
ever, is to finish the inside of the chapel
in bronze, as being more durable than
marble. Facing the door of the chapel
is to be window of stained glass, prob
ably by Lafarge, representing the
resurrection
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19

In the fail of 1875 my suferiDgs were terrible.
/ was swollen /, such proportions that feared my
limbs would burst had the best medical talent
obtainable, and at the worst stage Of my Illness,
when my husband and many friends had giFen me
up to die. the late Dr. John Woodbury. made
thorough examination Of my water, aud proRounc-
ed my Gaze neute kidney disease, bordering on
Brights disease, and accompanied by gravel, and
recommended the immediate use of Hunti Rem
edy. AT this time.Iwas suffering most terrible
pain in my back, limbs, and head. and could find
no rest day or night for weeks, and was growing
weaker daily until this kind physician ordered me
to take Hunts remedy. Before taking half of one
bottle commenced to improve. and after taking
six bottles was entirely cured. This was nearly
eight years ago. and have had no return of the
disease. l have recommended Hunts Remedy TO
others In similar cases, and it has never failed to
cure. have also used il for sick headache. and
found it a sure relief. think it the best medi-
cine made, and cheerfully recommend it to all.
Mrs. " H. STILSON,
No. l6 Tyler St, Boston, Mass
April Is, 1888, r. Y Fe +.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19
To Oueneh the Thirst.

A great many industries start afresh
and with great impulse in the spring Of
the year. One of these is the business
of preparing cooling beverages for
the summer drinker. The botfiing es-
adjustments are in operation the year
through, but in the spring preparations
are made for the summer increase The
demand for the lighter drinking mateFi-
al, if not for all, is regulated by the
weather to great extent. If the sea-
son be hot and dry the people will be i'm
the same condition. The amount of
sweetened water that issold under vari-
Gus names is simply enormous
Soda is water impregnated with car
bonie acid gas. Carbonie acid gas is
made from pulEerized marble and
vitriol. The marble is put into a re-
eeiver aud mixed with the vitriel. The
gas is thus generated, and after passing
THROUGH purifiers or through water IS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19


Statistics are needed of the Ameri-
can handwriting before any generaliza-
ton is attempted about it. Those who
are in the way of seeing specimens of it
from all parts of the country, from
clergymen. clerks, farmers, lawyers,
doctors, agents. merchants, etc.-al-
ways excepting the people who write
like the writing-master-declare that
they have no general characteristic, ex-
cept that the handwriting is spraying,
fionrishy. Uniformed, that it lacks neat
ness, compaetness, solidity. Is this
only fancy, or is the writing a sign of
superfciality and carelessness and ex-
aggeration? There is variety enough.
We certainly have not the uniformity
that in German or French writing en-
ables us to tell its nationality at a
glance. Are We mistaken in saying
that the English hand, generally speak
ing, is hand Of more culture, finish,
neatness? We signed the Declaration
very well on the whole. but we have
hardly as a people lived up to it
Charles Dsalley HiayNer, IN Harper's
Magazine. ~ 80 --
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19
RELIGIOUS, AND EDUCATIONAL.

Cap. ain Mann, at Manville, Fla,
has given ten acres of fifty-dollar an
acre land to minister to locate there,
and proposes to have church every Sab
bath N'
The trustees of the Williams Col
lege have increased the salaries of the
regular professors $500 each. and that
of the President $500. making it
"a, 900. i+.
For every male teacher in the com.
mon schools of New York City there
are fourteen female teachers. About
200 men to $500 women-that is the
proportion. IN T. Tribune.
The man who has given 81, 900, 900
to establish new university in Wis
consin proves to be Charles l.. Colby. a
son of Gardner Colby, who endowed
the college that bears his name at
Waterville, Me. Chicago Journal.
Four new houses have been erected
for Mr.. Moody farm and school home
for boys at Mortified, Mass, each de-
signed to hold twenty boys, SO that
eighty can be accommodated in place
of the forty now there. Boston Trans
cript ...
AT Johns Hopkins University the
final examinations of the year are con-
Quoted by gentlemen not connected with
the University and not acquainted with
the students. This makes an examine
ton severe test; but the plan is said to
work wel.-N, I. Examiner. g..
The Mississippi Baptist State Con-
vention, recently in session at Crystal
Springs, was attended by over three
hundred delegates. With the exception
of Recording Secretary all of the old Of
ficers We're reelected Two Thousand
one hundred dollars was subscribed for
the Mississippi College and $1,000 for
mission work Caieago Standard.
Dress making has been introduced
into elementary schools in France. The
Government provides means for the in
struction of teachers. all expenses being
betrayed for them, while they have in
Paris a twenty-days' course of lessons
in cutting and fitting. Not merely are
the pupils thus enabled to wear better
dresses, but they are taught economy in
material. m + San. ..
--From March to August the mis-
sionaries of the American Sunday
School Union in the Northwest estab-
lished SAT new Sanday-schools-- 2-5
month--and brought 1,302 teachers
and 1892 scholars into them. They
also aided 429 old schools--S5 As per
month-which contain 1906 teachers
and 1873 scholars. tits claimed that
Southern Dakota nearly doubled the
number of its Sunday-schools last year.
and writer in the Saaday- School
Times sa}s the Sunday-Sehool Union
was the chief agency in securing this
increase.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19

ready 70 be charged into any kind of
sweetened water A bottling machine
fills q bottle second with the help
Of one operator. Over the bottling
table are the reservoirs containing
sirups, connected with the bottling
machine. The carbonic acid gas,
mingled. with water, is let in, the strip
faucet is opened and in the space of a
second a bottle of ginger ale, sarsa-
paril1a, pop or other mixture is ready
for market
The discevefy.of ginger ale gavea re-
freshingt drink to millions 1t is sup
posed that more would be sold if the
name ''alea was not given to it. As it
is nothing more than water sweetened
with ginger sirup and charged with
carbonie acid gas, it has no very marked
intoxicating or even stimulating quail
ties. 1t is the great summer drink
harmless, pleasant, refreshing and
healthful. The item of bottles is an
important one The bottles cost
more than the ale Every bottle
requires washing, of course, every
time it is emptied. For this pur-
rose machine has been invented and
put in operation to take the place Of
hand labor This machine washes sixty
bottles per minute. and does it as well
as the most careful hand. The saving
in labor is great Besides the city CON
sumption the sea-shore trade will soon
begin again. At the summer resorts
the chief diversion of many is drinking
Why not? The salt air produces thirst
-Providenee fR. /. journal.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19

notes. II Johnny has secured IS quar-
ter and Billy has only succeeded in OBJ
tanning a iodine, the money is aggre-
gated and several trips are made to the
saloon and beer is purchased, until
finally, overcome, they sink to sleep on
the soft side Of a bale of hay. Some OF
the more esthetic Of the gang, however,
occasionally change their lodgings
that is, if they are fortunate enough to
have surplus half-dime. On the
water front there are numI err of .'all-
night saloons. which are the resorts
of the bunkers when 8 in funds By
spending five cents for a glass of beer
they are allowed to spend the night in
the saloon and slumber in a chair.
Most of them, though, prefer to get
their beer in can and sleep on the
hay -SaK Francisco Chronicle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19
San Francisco sHay. Bunkers. :"

The ''hay-bunker" is class of vaga-
bond peculiar to San Francisco. Like
the big fruits of California, he is
specially of the climate Several hun
dred of this species can be found each
night on the wharves, from which fact
they derive their appellation They
toll not, neither do they spin, and when
not sleeping off the effects of a debauch
on cheap beer or the stale beverage
drawn from kegs outside of the water
front saloons, they can be found at the
back door of some dwelling, begging
crust from the servant. or on the street
soliciting some citizen for a two-bit
piece. Taken as whole they are a
queer lot They come from all classes
of society and among them one will find
the highly educated but degenerate son
of some aristocratic clergyman 'chum-
ming it with an ex-conyict, while
second son of some English .'lord'' will
smoke the same pipe, share crust and
drink stale beer out of the same can
with gutter-snipe from the Five Points
in New York Caste is thrown aside
and the .'bunkersn are all on an equal
footing
While they are outside the pale of
society, and, to certain extent, out
side the reach of our laws, they are
governed by an unwritten code of
their own. Their code recognizes theft
as legitimate, and none of the gang
hesitates. when opportunity presents
itself. to 'liftaa any available and port
able article. At the same time one of
their rules or laws is that no smoking
is to be done among the hay. Oe-
casionally this regulation is violated
and a fire on the wharf is the result
The offender is, however, soon traced
and expelled from the gang He is no
longer allowed to sleep among the hay
bales, and, in fact. if he ventures TO
sneak in and is discovered, the fellows
treat him to bath by throwing him in
the bay and dncking him well. after
which the victim is hauled out and or
dered to depart under pain of repeti-
ton Of the punishment. This rule of
the bunkers is good one for the own
ers of the hay and the insurance COM
panies. as the Migrants are SO thick on
the wharf that in ease of fire break
ing out it is speedily discovered and ex-
tinguished by them. 1t would not do
for them to allow fire to spread, as
they would be deprived Of their
lodgings and have to seek the lee side
of some lumber-pile, which is far less
comfortable than a berth between two
bales of hay-
The stray quarters which the hay
bunkers collect in their trips up town
are notspent for beds. as the misguided
citizen who responds TO their call for
aid supposes, but are invested in malt
beverages. The bunker does not go in
to saloon and pay five cents glass
for the liquid, but he gets a lage-sized
can and buys ten cents worth and thus
obtains about six glasses, whereas he
would only get Two in the saloon, They
work in peirs and meet at adesignated
rendezvous in the evening and compare
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19
CHAPTER III.
AFTER TtFF FfONrYAa00@


Three months had elapsed since the
midnight interview in Horace Mar
graves chambers-three months, and
the Opera House was opened for the
season, and three new tenors, and two
sopranos, and basso- baritone had ap-
peared under the classic proscenium OF
Her Majesty's Theater; the novel of the
season had been circulated by Nude;
Rotten Row was gay with amazonian
equestrians and base life-guardsmen,
with long amber whiskers, as yet un-
trameled by red tape; moss roses were
selling on the dusty payements of the
West End streets; and Covent Garden
was all a-bloom with artistically zar-
ranged bouquets of rich tropical flowers,
gorgeous in color and delicious in per-
fume; London. in short, was in the fuIl
food-tide of the season, when Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Dalton returned from their
honeymoon visit to the Cumberland lake
district, and took up their abode in the
small house in Hartford street. fur.
nished By Ellinor before her marriage.
Hers has been a short ,courtship; all
the sweet uncertainties, the doubts, the
dreams, the fears, the hope, which
make up the poetical prologueto love
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19
WIDE AWAKE lnRnanrRs.

Messrs Hartz & Bahnsen are always
alive TO their business, and spare no pains
to secure the best ofevery article in their
line. They have secured the agency for
the celebrated DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption. The only certain cure
known for Consumption, Coughs, Colds,
Horseness, Asthma, Hay Fever, Bronchi-
tbs, or any affection of the Throat and
Lungs. Sold on positive guarantee
Trial Bottles free. Regular size $f,00.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19
a WeIl-Known Man,

Hunts Remedy having been recommended to
nleforiiFer and kidney complaints, purchased
some at the Peoples Drug Store and used it in
my family, and found it to be very valuable
medicine, and gladly recommend it highly to my
friends, knowingit to be beneficial 10 ttosefroab-
led with kidney or liver diseases
Respectfully yours,
ELISHA NOYSR,
April IA, 1875 63 G St, So. Boston, Mass
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19

The latest theatrical advertising
dodge is for one partner in theater 10
get out an Injunction against another,
have the whole case reported, and then
calmly announce that the matter has
been am cably arranged. This little
game has Just been played in New
Yor n. I, San
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19

Mr.. Frank Juno, 800 Wood street;
Chicago I'll, says: I used Browns Iron
Bitters and foundit excellent for heart
burn and Indigestion
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19

fyou suffer with Sick Headache, Con-
stipation, Sour Stomach, or Bilious at
lacks. Emory's Little Cathartic Pills will
relieve you.-15 cents
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19

Mr.! o. Z. Waller, 5s7 Centre ave.
Chicago, ILL.,. says Browns Iron Bitters
relieved me Of indigestion. Nothing equals
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19
A La t Manufactures.

lhave used Hunts Remedy for the kidney com
plant, and, having been fully restored to health
by its use, can testify to its value
Daily recommend it to some one of my friends
all of whom know have been benefited by its
use Gratefully,
GEO. P, cox.
Maiden, Macs, April g, 1883.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19
New Advertisements.

'nl}oRGES- No publicity; residents of any State
DDesertion, Non-Support. Advice and applica-
tion for stamp. w. II. LEE, Atty, $50 B'wy n. Y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-19

Maiden, Mass. April q, 1888,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-01-11
For Rent

A SMALL FINELY IMPROVED RED
N RIVER PLANTATION six and a half
miles above Shreveport. in Bossier parish, on
the main river road Contains 80 acres in
cultivation, under good fence; has splendid
new dwelling house with six rooms, kitchen,
cistern, etc, all completes has new gin house
and press; would rent house without land or
with only 5, 10 or 20 acres if desired. Splendid
location for physician. also offer for rent
my Blacksmith shop and tools ut Shady Grove
A good workman, either white or black, would
do we'll there, and would get all of my planta-
ton work. No shop nearer than seven miles.
Apply Immediately to
8. J. ZEIGLER,
Shreveport, La, or Shady Grove, La
January ii, 1888. feb
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quarter, section Is, and west half ofsouthwest
quarter section DC, township 81, range ~; 100
acres, more or less.
One-half of east half of northeast quarter,
section 9, southwest quarter of southwest
quarter, section Is, east half of northwest
quarter, section l6 east half of southeast quar-
ter, section is, all northeast quarter, section
Ii, north half of southeast quarter, section ~,
south half section 81, township 81, range ID;
700 acres, more or less.
Southwest quarter of northwest quarter,
section g. aud One-haIf of east half of south
east quarter, section II, and west half of north
east quarter of section ~, and west half of
northeast quarter of northwest quarter, sec
ton y, all of south last quarter of southwest
quarter, section 30, and half of southwest
quarter, section 81, township y, range IL; 100
acres more or less.
West half of northeast quarter and half of
north half of northeast quarter and southeast
quarter, section z, west half of southwest
quarter, section 20, southwest quarter ofnOrth-
west quarter, section %, northeast quarter of
southeast quarter, section 81, east half of
northeast quarter, section "a, northwest quar-
ter of northeast quarter, section %, and half
of south west quarter of northeast quarter and
southeast quarter of section %, and west half
of southwest quarter, section 80, township p
range b. 440 acres, more or less.
Half of southwest fractional quarter, section
3, township %, range Id; One-fOnrth part south
west quarter of southwest quarter, section 81 /,
township l8, range IL; south half of southeast
quarter, northeast quarter of southwest quar-
ter, east half of northwest quarter, section Sc,
township 10, range 3D. 10 and IS 100 acres.
Half of northeast quarter of northwest
quarter, and southeast quarter of section Is.
and south half of section ID southwest quarter
and southwest quarter of southeast quarter of
section 10, township IT, range l2; 300 acres.
Terms of Sale-On credit of IL months for
WhafeVar il will hiring. credit nnrehaRerA re.
quired to execute IL months bond with APP
proved personal secu ity, with mortgage aud
vendors lien retained and bearing 8per cent.
per annum interest from day of sale.
r. E. WYCHE,
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auetionneer.
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Land Office at Natchiroches, La,

Land Office at Natchiroehes La,
December 5th, 1882.
Notice is hereby given that the following
IN named settler has filed notice of his in
tention to make final proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made before
the Honorable Judge, or in his absence, before
the Clerk of the District Court, at Bellevue,
La, on 18th January, 1888, viz: Homestead
Entry No. l348-J. B. Lynn-for the southwest
quarter of northeast quarter; southeast quar-
ter of northwest quarter, northeast quarter of
southwest quarter of section Sc, township %
North, range 10 West Louisiana Meridian
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of,
said land, viz j. E. Holloway, of Red Land
20, E d. Windsor, of Red Land P o.; b. F.
Lynn, of Red Land p o.; j. H. Harrington, of
Red Land p. o.
L. DUPLEX, Register.
December 4, 1882 liam IL
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u Even if your means are small
there is always margin of waste
which little forethought and lit
tie economy can save for some one
else. There is no joy like the joy of
giving, and the charity of the mar
rowest purse could be enlarged by
system and forethought.
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Notice is hereby given that will lease to
~ highest bidder, for year 1883. at Bellevue,
on Monday, January %, 1888, within legal
hours for sales, the "Buek Hall" and "Cou-
shatta" Plantations belonging to succession of
S. w. Vance, deceased. Terms-notes with
solvent security payable January ], 1884.
s. Z. VANCE. Executrix &c
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~ Keep it in mind that Mr..
julius A. Jacobs, of Shreveport, has
d Iull and complete stock of dry
goods on hand, and wishes to call
'ne attention of the citizens of Bos.
ser to this fact, and invite them to
cal on Fim and examine his stock,
and satisfy themselves that his store
Is the place to buy. He has all the
ia'est styles, from the cheapest to
The very best.
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Rocky Mount, I
Homestead Entry No. I332.
Land Office at Natchitoches, La

Land Office at Natchitoches, La, 2
November 25th, 1882.
Notice is hereby given that the following
IN named settler has filed notice of his in
tention to make final proof in support of his
claim before the Honorable Judge, and in his
absence before the Clerk of District Court at
Bellevue, La, Monday, the 18th day of Janu.
uary, 1888, and secure final entry thereof at
the expiration of thirty days from the date of
this notice, viz: Homestead Entry No. 1882
jerome b. Swindle-for the north half of north
east quarter of section %, township % North,
range II, Louisiana Meridian, and names the
following as his witnesses, viz: w. b. Boggs,
of Red Land o; j. B. Crawford, of Red Land
Pc; j. j. Swindle, of Red Land P o; and R. E
Wyche, of Bellevue p. 0.
L. DUPLEX, Register.
December Ia. 1880 ian II
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Notice.

I hereby revoke all mandates and powers of
n attorney, either of special or general
character, heretofore given by me, to any per-
son, or persons, in Bossier parish, La All
persons are warned against making any con-
tracts or transactions affecting. in any man.
n not Ivy Rropersy ~ sara parish MIN any one
quently to this notice.
MARY III. BIXLER
January IL 1888 Dts