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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1883-01-09
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Joseph Koelble,
15 Rast Third Street. New York City.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-27
Telearaplic Matter.

Our latest correspondence, May Is, 1883, brings
to us the narrative of Henry B. Ingram the gem
eral superintendent of the District Messenger Co.
of New Haven, Conn. Mr.. Ingram says: ''For
many months had been screly troubled with a
week and tired feeling across The loins almost in
variaby accompani, d with headache. / had no.
ticed also that at stated periods following these
pains my urine wonld be highly colores. and have
heavy brick-colored sediment when allowed 10
stand in the vessel. / could not work, and I was
discouraged TO an alarming degree. Nothing
helped me | was prescribed for by some of the
best physicians in New York city, where was 10
Gated at that time but derived no benefit OF relief
When almost ready to give up in despair an &C
quaintance said to me, Il want you to try Hunts
Remedy" | did so, and hardy twenty-four honls
had elapsed before obtained relief, and in three
weeks time all the aforesaid ailments had disap-
peared, and l improved steadily, and was infused
with new life, so that ! could resume my business
again, which is one that subjects me to strains OF
all kinds, which are likely TO effect the kidneys
namely: Erecting telegraph aud telephone lines
Hunts Remedy now occupies the most honored
place in my cabinet of medicines. / would nC1
be without it. and cheerfully and heartily rec
emmend it to all who are troubled with disease
Of the liver, kidneys, or urinary organs 1t nevc1
fails to cure"
80 Centre Street.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-27
Making Gold Rinps.

Gold rings are made from bars nine
or fifteen inches long A bar fifteen
inches long, about two inches wide and
three-sixteenths of inch thick, was
worth $1,000. 1t would make 800 four
heavyweight rings. A,dOzen processes
and twenty minutes of time are required
to change the bar into merchantable
rings. A pair of shears cuts the bar in
to strips. By the turn of wheel, one,
two or three times, the guillotine-like
blade of the shears chops the bar into
slices one, two or three-sixteenths OF an
inch wide. A rolling machine presses
out the strips and makes them fiat or
grooved. Each strip is then put under
the blow-pipe and anneared. The oxide
of copper comes to the surface and is
put into pickle of sulphurie acid, the
bit of gold is stamped with its quality
and the name of the maker, and is put
through machine that bends it TO the
shape Of ring. the same machine max
ing a ring of any size. The ends are
soldered with an alloy of inferior fine
ness to the quality of the ring Many
people imagine that rings are run in a
mold because they can't see where they
are soldered. The ring spins through
the turning lathes, is rounded and pared
and polished. first with tripoli and then
with steel filings and rouge. They are
now ready for the market and matri-
mony.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-27
OhiTls, their Causes and Coassopencsg.

Catarrhs should receive careful CON
sideration, instead of the neglect which
they generally meet with until they
have fastened on the part affected SO
much as TO excite the attention, and per-
haps alarm of the sufferer. Here, how
ever. we propose to say Il few words
about the causes of chills. A person in
good health, with fair play, easily re-
sists cold. But when the health hags Il
little, and liberties are taken with The
stomach or the nervous system, chill
is easily taken, and according to the
weak spot of the individual. assumes
the form of a cold, or pneumonia. or, it
may be, jaundiee OF all causes OF
cold probably fatigue is one of the
most efficient. A jaded man coming
home at night from long days work,
q growing youth losing two hours sleep
over evening parties two or three times
q week, ora Young lady heavily doing
the season" young children at tth9 fes-
tive season overfed and with short al
lowance of sleep, are common instances
able to chin taking; very hot rooms,
SOIt CUalTS, 1eaIncE Deus, creates Il SGIl-
sitiveness that leads to catarrhs. 1t is
not, after all, the "cold, that is SO
much to be feared as the antecedent
conditions that give the attack chance
Of doing harm. Seme of the worst
colds happen to those who do not
leave their house or even their bed, and
those who are most invulnerable are Of
ten those who are most exposed to the
changes of temperature, and who, by
good sleep, cold bathing, and regular
habits preserve the tone of their ncr-
vous system and circulation. Probably
many ciills are contracted at night OF
at the fag end of the day, when tired
people get the equilibrium of their cir.
culation disturbed BY either overheated
sitting rooms or under heated bed rooms
and beds. This is especially the case
with elderly people In such cases the
mischief is not always done instantane-
ously, or in single night. 1t often
takes place insidiohsly, extending over
days and even weeks. 1t thus appears
that taking cold'' is not by any means
simple result OF lower temperature,
but depends largely on personal condi
tions and habits, affecting especially the
nervous and muscular energy of the
body.-LaRcct
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-27
The Many Things int0 Which Paper is
Made,

A tall man, with sharp features and q
thoughtful air, sat in a small study and
gazed gravely at a brown object that
Law at his feet
The reporter raised it with some diff
Guilty. 1t was of very close fiber, and
so highly polished that it resembles rose,
wood, Its inventor tapped it with his
nail, and said:
at doesn't look much like paper,
does it?''
at seems more like iron. Is it posi-
bic it is made of paper?"
ooh, yes; almost anything can now
be made of paper. A paper ball can be
rendered so solid that nothing will in
dent it but diamond tool. Car-wheel.
are now made of paper. Its strength is
astonishing. You can suspend 339 lbs.
from Bank of England note and it viii
not part. Bath-tubs, pots, plates,
knives, FORKS, cooking stoves, printing
presses, steam engines and chimneys
are made of paper nowadays, and there
is absolutely no limit to the uses to
which it may be put.
"Have paper cross-ties ever been
used?n
"Not yet, The cross-tie is my inven-
ton"
"How did you happen to think Of it?''
"Well, / didn't happen to think of it,
exactly. l started out deliberately tC
invent substitute for the wooden cross
tie or sleeper, and kept steadily ut il
until | was successful. ! thought of pa
per. There are scores of mills in The
country where paper, straw, prairie
grass, and other fibrous substances are
converted into straw boards. The pro
cess is simple. The straw is reduced tc
apulp and run out into boards. These
straw boards are sold all over the coun
try as substitutes for wood. My inven-
ton utilizes straw board. The cross-tit
is constructed of sheets or layers of pa
per or straw board, laid one upon an.
other, cemented and compressed int
molds. 1t makes a perfect cross tie. L
is practically water and fire proof, as i
is manufactured under 500 degrees O
heat. Atmospheric changes have no eff
feet on it. 1t can be made as cheap q!
wood at the present time, and will las
at least twenty-five years. '-Ne,o Yorb
Sun.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-27
Dathobovs Hall.

An Englishman, now contributing
reeollections of Dickens to the New
York Tribune, thus refers to veritable
Dotheboys Hall;
The mention OF 'Smike' brings to
my mind fact which, by the way, |
shall never forget that |, the writer,
was at school at Dotheboys Hall. At
least, l have always believed so. close
was the resemblance between my school
and Dickens description. And l think
| was indebted to Nicholas Nickleby'
for my release, for l can well remember
to this day on my return home seeing
the green-covered monthly parts of that
work lying on the drawing room table.
Dickens located his school in Yorkshire;
mine was in Westmoreland, the adioin-
ing county, and only few miles from
the<border, | Twas eight years of age
when | was sent down alone by mail
coach, consigned TO a doctor in the town
of Appleby, who was to transfer me to
the school. l arrived at night. and put
up at the principal inn, and | can re-
member the landlady, a bright-faced,
buxom woman, taking me down into
the kitchen, and giving me alarge bowl
of milk, with cream on the top, and a
huge slice of gingerbread, for my sup
per. | sat upon a stool and ate it. l
have never since partaken of such an
exquisite repast, the memory of il
haunts me even now.
ARRIVED at school, which was kept
by Mr. Twycross, my dandy boots
were taken away and | was provided
with coarse pair of sabots with wooden
soles. found that all the boys wore
those things, which cost one shilling
sterling per pair. At this school we
were chiefly fed on great dobs of heavy
salt-beef, which smelled bad, and hid
eoIs dishes ofsemi-liquid blood pudding.
If we could not eat this revolving stuff
at dinner, it was put by for the rebel
lious stomach's supper, and if not con-
sumed then it was served up for break
fast next day, and so on till it was eat
en-. On Saturday night large tub OF
scalding water and bran was brought
into the school room, and in this the
whole school washed their feet, and of
ten have heard the smaller boys howl
ing with pain as their feet were forced
into the boiling mass by the bigger boys,
while the master stood by with his cane
to enforce obedience. The only supply
of water for the boys came from a large
barrel which received the rainfall from
the roof. This often got low and pu-
trid, and yet have seen the boys hang
ing into this barrel almost by their toes,
head downward, trying to reach it with
their mouths. The rod was ALWAYS 90
ing, and the howl of pain continuous.
Yet they were very particular about
their religious exercises, and many a
time | have nearly tainted kneeling on 8
hard form through long prayers, and the
singing of morning and evening hymns. -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-27
Curiosities of tho Dead-Lstter Office.

OulIOSlLIoS Vi t4tu DStbt-ICLS1i OlAlOos
One of the rooms of the Post-Oiiice
Department building, Washington, las
recently been transformed into mu-
scum for the exhibition of curiosities
that have accumulated in the Dead-Let-
ter Office. The articles exhibited num-
erseveral thousand, and embrace every
thing imaginable, from 4 postage stamp
of the Confederate States TO snakes and
horned toads. A correspondent of the
EUenimg Post has been rummaging
around in this department, and he finds
that among the relics is a record of all
the valuable letters during the early
days of the postal service in the colo
MES of North America. This record is, in
the handwriting of Benjamin Franklin,
and shows that during a period of eleven
years only 365 letters containing valu-
ables were sent to the Dead-Letter Of
fee. The records of the Department
to-day exhibit at a glance the enor-
nous difference between the postal SER
vice of the present and of the early days
of the country's history.
The number of letters received at the
Dead-Letter Office during the last year
was 4, 207, 496, or more than Is, 600 each
working day. OF this vast number,
nearly 10000 contained money to the
aggregate value Of upward of $4,000;
$4,000 contained checks, drafts, money
orders, and other papers to the total
value of about $1,000, 900; while ST.
600 had Enclosures of postage stamps
This vast amount of mail matterwas sent
to the Dead-Letter Office because three
! fourths of the addresses could not be
found; one-eighth were addressed to
guests in hotels who had departed with
out leaving addresses; nearly 100000
were insuilieiently prepaid. and as many
more were either enormously or i'm
properly addressed. Eleven thousand
bore no suPerscription whatever.
Wherever practicable, letters are for
warded to the parties addressed, if they
can be reached in any manner If they
contain yaluables and the sender is
known, they are returned; otherwise
the valuables arc sold and the proceeds
| deposited in the United States Treasury.
If letter-writers would excersice an or
binary amount of care, the majority of
the work of the Dead-Letter Division
would be dispensed with, and all the
trouble and annoyance by mail would
be avoided. But the business of this
branch of the Post-Office Department
increases from wear to year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-27
Fun in tn. C,o,,ntrv.

rive take the following anecdotes
from |. N. Ford's article, entitled 1.-The
Fresh-Air Fund, in ST. Nicholas for
June. There is something almost pa
thetic in the ignorance of these little
city waits in regard to the simplest facts
of nature.
The boys naturally took 80 the water
like so many Newfoundland puppies
Wherever there were brooks and quiet
pools they were to be seen, at any hour
of the day, fishing, swimming, andwad-
ing. One bright-eyed little sportsman,
who had provided himself with two for
midable bean-shooters, gravely asked
his host if the woods back of The barn
were ''gamy."
The boys were always saying queer
things, which convulsed the jolly farm
ers with laughter. who watered these
plants last night?" asked little fellow
at Guilford, catching n glimpse of dew
On the grass. MY eye! what big lem
ons!' was an exclamation called cut
by squashes in the garden. 81 say! who
owns all the robins round here?" was
another amusing question. At Old
all bttCiIlH COtliu HOl ItpICoo iAlS
establishment when he saw man dig
ging potatoes in the field. Haven't
you any barrels in your CELLAR" he
asked, contemptuously. why do you
keep EN- slowed away in the ground
| that wav?"
One hale maiden near Essex was not
distressed when she found that she had
40 playmates in the house. She had
her doll, and that was company enough.
She chose sheltered corner of the front
yard as her nursery, and every morning
went out to sing her dolly 10 sleep, her
| tavorite lullaby being popular relig-
| ious hymn. Across the road lived
country lad of her own age, who at once
began to annoy her by repeating her
music in a high key, with numer-
,us variations. For two days she
paid no heed to her troublesome
neighbor On the third. her blood
was reused. She propped up her
doll against post of the fence, marched
across the road with flashing eyes, and
cuffed her audience of one boy about the
ears. ''Now, just see here" she ex-
claimed. II came here for two weeks
fun, and mean to have iti'' The boy
fed riotously, and the moral effect Of
the demonstration was marked. The
sturdy little maiden was suffered to
have her fun in peace and quiet until it
was time for her to return TO the city.
The pathos of neglected childhood
softened many a heart. There was the
motherly little maiden who, accus-
toned to looking after her agile broth
er, discovered on the second day that
he had shed button, and sedately pro-
duced from the depths of her pocket a
large pill-box labeled, For Johnny.
Take one every hour The hourly
dose was only button, which she pro
ceeded to sew ON his jacket
What do you think Heaven will be
| like?' asked teacher in one of the city
mission schools during the autumn.
''Oh, know! known' exclaimed a
little girl. 1T will be like the countryr'
Perhaps she had seemed thankless and
Indifferent while she was there, but the
country remained in her mind, blessed
and restful thought.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-27

Oh on Pemherlon's lines, and near
the spot where he surrendered Vicks-
burg to GraRt, came to II spot on the
highway where the road narrowed to
about ten feet, and just here was faded
old mule titched to a wagon loaded
with a quarter Of cord Of wood. The
mule was up to his knees in mud and
the wagon WAS stalled Refining my
horse of to tie left | took a circuit
through the thick woods and suddenly
came upon a colorcd man seated on a
log and half asleep.
What are you doing here?" / asked.
''Waitin' y was his prompt reply.
"For WHAT"
Say, boss, did you turn in from de
roadP''
Yes.
''Saw big mud-hole ont dar l reck-
on?"
Il did. -
"Saw an ole rat Guild mewl stuck
fast in de mnd?"
.'Yes."
"Well, sab. dat Establishment b'longs
to dis individual -
Then why on earth don't you get the
wagon out and move on to town."
''Bekase de ole mewl won't pull, an
hekase lie done tired of liftin'. But
it's all right, boss, | isn't worried"
just then we heard the sound Of
wheels coming up, and a team, with
two men in the carriage, had TO halt.
They called ':Nigger!' three or foui
times, and the man on the log winked
to me to keep quiet. Receiving no re.
spouse, they got down. and while one
played the whip over the old beast, the
other lifted ON the wheel and the Wagon
was. rushed out ON solid ground so that
the carriage could pass. When it was
out of hearing the negro started for the
road in leisurely manner. and chuck
led over his shoulder:
Oats what was waitin' fur-yaw
yaw! Tell You what. boss, dar's muffin
like maxim de white folks take hold an
nelp boost dis eand of de kentry up {
few feetl Whoa, dar, Napoleon! Now
you walk on wild dat waginr-M. Quad
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-27
American Women Of Letters.

We do not mean to be ungallant, and
the ladies will please pardon US, but
have we any American women of let
tersp American men of letters we GER
tainly have-or have had, men worthy
to stand by the side of any but the very
chief of the MEN of letters across the
sea; but where in America can we find
q George Eliot or a Mrs. Brownings
I'm France Alone" once said George
Eliot. ''if the writings of women were
swept away. serious gap would be
made in the national history" We
know of but one American woman's
writing, which if ''swept away" would
make "a serious gap in the national
history.N That is Mrs. Stowe. Uncle
Toms Cabin" And "Uncle Toms
Cabin is not literature; it was a scenic
effect; and Mrs Stoves later writings
have not confirmed her seat in our
pantheon.
We have had our Anne Bradstreet,
our Hannah Adams. our Phillis Wheat
ley. our Mrs Sigournev, our Margaret
Fuller, our Alice and Phoebe Cary. ouI
Fanny Fern. And who were these?
OF Margaret Fuller, doubtless we shall
hear and know more. Hers is a loom
ing figure as the past reeedes. She is
in some sense, though with many diff
ferences, of course, the Poe of her sex,
riddle not yet read, victor not yet
crowned. Two lives of her are now in
preparation; her star is rising.
As for living women, there are plenty
of authors among them-writers of po-
etry, writers of novels, writer's of books
for boys and girls; but who of them will
come forward and claim the lurel above
her sisters? The woman of letters must
have some masculinity in her compost
ton; her finer metal must be streaked
with iron ore; she must carry the sledge-
hammer in her hand as well as wear
the flower at her throat. She must be
a Miriam, Deborah-prophetess as
well as poet; woman who fathoms
philosophers as we'll as fashions; who
can thunder as well as Tighten.
Our American literary women are
tender, sweet persuasive, soothing.
They write lis smooth verses in the
magazines They sing us lullabies by
the cradle They tell clever stories
Once in a while they burst out with a
battle-hymn, or catch the secret of child
hood on the point of their pens, or re-
cover the jewel of character from the
mire of conventionality. What is SAKE
Holm? Is it woman The most
meaning voice in the chorus of the hour
is from behind mask; the most bril-
liant penwoman of to-day is soured in
temper; the most passionate is morbid.
There is room on the stage for large
framed, trong-limbed, bright-eyed,
loving hearted. whole-souled. quick
handed American woman of letters.
Vassar and Wellesley, do you hear?
Or, is that sort of good thing not to
come out of these NaZareths? For her
are we 10 look toward the prairies and
the hills of the Far West? Whenever
she appears, it will doubtless be from
an unexpected quarter She will be a
surprise. Literary World.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-27
Jndra Stnrv's Clock,

Everything about the Supreme Court
of Washington is old. The clerk srooms
and the consultation rooms have oldfur.
iture. and the cases are made for books
with green cloth inside of the glass af-
ter the days of the revolution. In the
clerk rooms great round clock like a
Brobdingnagian watch hangs against
the wall, and the legend is that Judge
Story, becoming Disguised with the diff
ference of time displayed by the watch
es of his associate judges, said, Il will
fix timepiece that all shall goby, and
he straigEway ordered this from Boston.
1t was made well, and it goes to this day
as truly as it did when Aaron Burr,
Daniel Webster, and Salmon P. Chase
set their watches by il.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-27
The Indians Of Znni.

A long time ago. in the East, was the
scalp OF u great priest. This our fathers
brought with them when they came. 1t
was as full of hairs as my own head.
Eight hundred years after they came the
world was filled with water, and they
went into the mountains for safety.
They carried the scalp with them, and
each year they sacrificed a hair. More
generations ago than / could count on
all my fingers, the last hair was sacrific-
ed. Then my people thought the world
would turn over, but it didn't turn over.
In comparison to that time it was only
few days ago that the ancient Wash
ington came here and asked us to show
them the roads to the springs of the
Navajoes. We passed over the plains
and the hills covered with pines to a
canon filled with sage brush and yellow
tops and flags. 1t was little country
like bowl, and in the center was y
spring, and we called it the country of
hags-I mean cat tails Then the Am
orleans sat down. and they held a coun-
ell and built a town-Fort Defiance.
The Zunis returned, and the Americans
knew whittier they returned-here. But
| remained behind with them one sum-
mer, one winter, and summer again till
the ripening of the peaches, and then
returned, and the Americans know
whittier | returned-here Since then
the Americans have visited us and have
seen us, and have seen us here; in fact,
as long as we have known the Ameri-
cans, and as lengas the Americans have
known us, they have known that we
lived here.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-27
Town Clerk ~ Years.

The following is from Mr., otaniel eager, the
well-known and respected Town Clark of Nor
witch, Conn. Mr.. eager is 50 years old, and has
held this position Of trust for ~ years. and his
word is as good rs his bond. On May 5, 1883, he
writes as follows: '.For years | have suffered
with disease Of the kidneys and bladder, and have
no hesitancy in recommending Hunts Remedy as
a specific for these complaints. Ii has not only
been the means of relieving me Of terrible pain.
but has cured a number of my acqusintsnces.
To-day I am performing the duties of the office of
Town Clerk, which l have held for forty-two
years, which could not be able to do were | not
Remedy"