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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01
Something New.

On Monday, saws the Dublin, Ga.
Post, young Mr.. Watson stepped into
drug store, and asked for chlorate of
potash to use on the mouth of his
brother, who, he said, was salivated.
How did il happen?" we asked,
thinking it n good time TO point moral
that would put cheek on popular mis-
apprehension abont calomel and cold
| water.
co. said he, ''he took caiomel, and,
without thinking, put his hands into
cold water, and it salivated him."
1.-The cold water had nothing to do
with it. . we told him, and asked if his
brother had eaten any fish.
Yes" he replied, she ate heartily of
fish after taking the calomel. and | sup
vate him."
.'No. the fish had no more to do with
it than the cold water
What then?"
at was the large quantity of salt
Chloride of sedium) on the fish, COM
bining chemically with the ealomel
Chloride of mercury and forming BIZ
chloride of mercury Corrosive subli-
matel. This corrosive su Ultimate formed
In the laboratory of the stomach is what
did the mischief. When you take calo-
mel avoid salt and salty food as you
would the most deadly poison. When
sick people eat salty food they are apt
to drink water freely, and if salivated
they lay the blame on the water. The
only wonder about it is that SO many
escape with life. And for the reason
that ali who take salt and calomel in
the stomach together are not killed out
right, some scientific men ARE doubtful
as TO the foregoing theory"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01
POLITICAL POINTS.

Senator-elect Bowen, Of Colorado. is 4S,
and Senator elect Tabor is 80.
General Henderson, Nebraska's new
United States senator, is 45 and growing
man.
Walter #. Poole, member of congress
elect from the First North Carolina dis
trict, is dangerously i'll.
The New Hampshire legislature. which
will meet in May, will have a United
States senator to elect in the place of Mr.
Rollins.
The Ohio senate has adopted the Kinney
resolution for constitutional amendment
giving the legislature absolute power over
the liquor traffic.
In his inaugural message Governor Ire
landseef Texas. favors the appointments of
railroad commission, and also counsels
state Interference for better telegraph
facilities.
The Massac 1ll.) journal says: "Illi-
nois is getting as prolific of great men as
Ohio. General Logan. Governor Cullom
andCharlie Farwell. republicans, and Nor
rison, Springer, Palmer and Trumbull,
Democrats. are all spoken of as available
Presidential candidates for the two parties
in 1884"
In the Ohio house of representatives yes
terday, Mr. Miller. of Mercer county, who
was on the verge of delirium tremens,
created a sensation by threatening Speaker
Hodge with violence. The inebriate was
sent to prison und his seat will be declared
vacant. He has been intoxicated all this
year
Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, is
evidently man of sense. He has dropped
the use of the title His Excellency," and
desires to be called simply the governor
His private secretary carried nomination
to the senate the other day and announced
"a communication from the governor :"
This announcement caused so much sur
prise that the secretary had to explain.
Elk Lieutenant Governor Tabor, of Col
orado, elected to the short term as United
States senator, will hold hisseat only about
four weeks.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01
ThnrlnW Weeds Memory.

A correspondent asked Thurlow Weed
how he accounted for his wonderful
memory, and if he had ever done any,
thing to strengthen it. He replied: Il
had to adopt regular method, and
bit on one that was very effective. /
will tell you about It for the benefit
of other young men. i got married in
1918, when / was working in Albany as
a journeyman printer. In few months
/ went into business, establishing a
newspaper for myself, and some of my
friends thought | was cut out for a pol
itician' -that is, L probably impressed
my views strongly on those about me.
But | sa'v at once a fatal weakness.
My memory WIS sieve. l could re-
member nothing. Dates, names, APP
p0lntments, faces-every thing escaped
me. / said to my wife, Catherine, /
shall never make successful politician,
for / cannot remember, ana that is
prime necessity of politicians. A poll
tician who sees man once should re-
member him forever My wife told
me that / must train my memory So
when / came home that night sat
down alone and spent fifteen minutes
trying silently to recall the events of
the day. / could remember little at
first; now / remember that / could not
then remember what j had for break
fast. Finally found / could recall
more. Events came back to me more
infinitely and more accurately.
After a fortnight or so of this. Cath
crime said, Why don't you tell it to meP
Il would be interesting, and my interest
IN it would stimulate YOU Then / be-
gan q habit of oral confession, as it
We're. which followed for almost fifty
years. Every night. the last thing be-
fore retiring. i told my wife every thing
that could recall that had happened
TO me or about me during the day.
generally recalled the very dishes had
had for breakfast. dinner and tea; the
people / had seen, and what they had
said; the editorials j had written. and
an abstract of them; the letters / had
sent and received, and the very Ian
guage used as near as possible; when
had walked or ridden--syery thing. I'm
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01
pkEss on NEW YORK swEI.I.s.

New York Letter in Atlantic Constitution
The white melton evercoat that was the
rage among men of fashion a year or so
ago has given way to the coachman's coat,
and If you did not know of this new fash
ion you would think that the e.cabbies'
were out on a parade. These coats are
long WASTED and long tailed, and the
pockets have large flaps, and the buttons
are plentiful and large. The tighter the
fit the more fashionable To tall thin
men they are very becoming but short.
fat man squeezed into them looks ridicu-
lous The shirt collar of the period is
standing, and meets or just laps over st
the ends. The neclztie is narrow, and the
Derby hat high-crowned and aat-rimmed
One is really puzzled to know which q
man of fashion looks the most like. a
coachman or 8 clergyman.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

California last year packed GOO, 600 cases
of canned fruits. The business has grown
so fast and the use of canned fruits has
become so general that, under the compe.
perienced a drop and the item of canned
goods has become staple to be marketed
on narrow margins like -four and sugar
Orchard owners have made as high as
81 900 an acre for raw fruits when the
packing trade was one-tenth of what it
now is, but that day has gone by. Cali
fornia put up nearly 100000 pounds of
tomatoes alone last year. The salmon
packing Of the-Pacific coast was 1,065, 900
cases.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

In some parts of Northwestern Iowa
farmers are using hay for fuel. How this
is done is thus described by correspon-
dent at Sibley:
| was at the home of one of the best
farmers in our county, q few days since.
and noticed that the only fuel the family
were using was hay--eoarse prairie or
slough grass. twisted into skeins or twists
about as large as an ordinary stick of
stovewood. / made some inquiry as to
utility of hay as an article of fuel, and was
told by this gentleman that he he'd lived in
this country about nine years and had
never bought ton of coal nor cord of
wood in all that time, bpk had used hay
for heating purposes as well as for cook
ing, and had never had any difficulty in
providing himself with an abundant sup
ply of fuel He showed me the process of
twisting the hay into skeins and preparing
it for use, and informed me that enough
could be prepared in ha.f-hour to last
his family three or four days. The amount
of heat generated by this kind of fuel, and,
of course, the amount used, depends large
ly upon the tightness and solidity of the
twist. and he informed me that in the
coolest weather he seldom used more than
seventy five pounds per day.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01
THE ALABAMA EEALcArInr

| MONTGOMERY. Ala, january 31.-State
| Treasurer Vincent is 5 feet 10 inches
high, very neat in dress, has brown hair
and beard, and the beard full and long,
with u mustache; he has very bad teeth,
| and scar on the forehead
The Governor sent to the legislature
the following message:
To the senate and house of representa-
tives: 1t becomes my painful and MORT
| sied duty TO inform you that Isaac II.
Vincent, the treasurer of this state is short
In his accounts and has left the city.
This fact was made known by Vincent in
the following note to a. .. Crawford a
clerk in his Office, dated the Goth instant
which was received by Crawford on the
afternoon of the Both instant, and was
communicated to me at $50 D. M Of that
day.
STATE OF ALABAMA, TREASURY DEPART
BfENT, MONTGOMERY, Jan. 30, 1888 Dear
Crawford: / find, this evening, that nv
money is not here; neither has it been paid
over to the Importers aid Traders Bank,
as promised. I.leave for New York to
straighten the whole matter. / have. per
haps. waited too long, and viii be censur-
ed, but have no idea of running away.
| wish you would assist the committee.
and, after the balance is ascertained, then
Fred Wolfe, New York If anything
happens me. wish to state, emphaticaIIy
and positively, that being behind in my
cash is my own fault, and that you have
nothing to do with it. Your friend.
(Signed1 j. Ell. VINCENT
The amount of Vincent's defalcation
can only be ascertained after a careful ex-
animation of the treasurers books and a
careful count of the money in the treasury,
but a hurried and partial investigation in
dicates that is more than 100000 1t is
not known by what train or in what di
rection Vincent left Montgomery Means
have been adopted to intercept and detain
him if possible. 1t is believed that the
state is largely secured against ultimate
loss. The two houses of the Legislature
will have communications delivered them
from time to time or any further informa,
ton that comes into my hands
(Signed) E. A O'NEAI,
Governor
Large sums of money sent to Fred.
Wolfe. it is supposed for dealing in cotton
have been traced up; and Vincent dealt
also, it is supposed, with other cotton
houses.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01
According to the london Times drur

According to the London Times, drunken
ness is alarmingly on the increase in
Switzerland since the substitution of free
trade in drink for the old system. The
present arrangement went into effect in
1874, and during the subsequent eight
years the number of public houses" has
increased 90 per cent, while the popu-
lation has only increased 6 per cent. With
the increase of drunkenness has also come
an increase of crime, which is quite with
out parallel in the history of that country.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

An account is given in English jour-
mails of the performance of a locomotive
on the Great Northern Railroad, which
recently carried the Duke OF Edinburgh
from Leeds to London, 1863 miles, in
Ehree hours, or at the rate of sixty-twa
miles per hour. This speed has fire.
auently been equalled and sometimes
surpassed for short distances. The en-
CINE had driving wheels eight feet in
diameter, or two feet larger than the
wheels of American engines.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

The frequency with which explosions
have occurred in powder mills in this coun-
try of late is said to result from careless
ness. People who are in the habit of
handling giant powder. such as was manu-
featured at the mill which exploded the
other day in California, will insist that
nothing but carelessness can cause such
an explosion. They declare that it is s
safe to handle as cordwood if ordinary pre-
cautions are observed That under the usual
conditions it is much safer than common
gunpowder is probably true, yet it is this
very quality of.only exploding by the in
lection of spark or flash of fire which
probably does more than anything else to
make men careless in handling it. Thus it
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

Secretary Teller, of the interior depart
ment, has written to pensioner. "Soldier
are not entitled to land unless they go on
the track, and settle upon it and i'm
prove and cultivate it." The pensioner
complained that he had sent money to q
firm in Washington that offered to locate
and sell 160 acres of land for soldiers un-
der the Soldiers Homestead law
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

Judge Bleckley. of the Supreme Cour
of Georgia, having resigned, read th
following verses on the conclusion c
his last opinion. The verses may b
found in 81 Ga, p. 452:
Rest for my hand, and brow, and breast,
For fingers, heart, and bFaini
Rest in pcacei A long release
From labor and from pain:
Pain of doubt, fatigue, despair
Pain of darkness everywhere.
And seeking light in vain.
Peace and rest! Are they the best
For mortais here below?
Is soft repose from work and woes
A bliss for men to know?
Bliss Oft time is bliss of TOLL
No bliss but this, from sun and soil,
Does God permit 10 grow.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

short, that had come within my knowl-
edge. found could say my lessons
better and better every year, and i'm
stead of growing irksome, it got to be
pleasure to run the events of the day@in
review. am indebted TO this discipline
for memory of somewhat unusual te-
nacity, and [ recommend the practice
to all who expect TO have much to do
with influencing men"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01
How Women Can Become Graceful.

| think it viii be found that only
graceful women ever take to cigarette
smoking; that is. to any extent. OF
course, no one thinks of Spanish ladies
otherwise than as the embodiment of
grace, and, as everybody knows, they
are great smokers. Russian ladies, too,
as far as my experience goes, are ex-
ceedingly graceful and elegant in APP
pearance, and with them cigarette smok-
ing is almost universal. 1t is only nee
essary to mention the fair women of
the Orient Baltimore DAY.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

John e. Kenna, of West Virginia, who
has been elected to the United States SEN
ate in place of the present senator, Henry
G. Davis, is only IS years of age. He
served in the Confederate army as pri
vate, and left it, 18 years of age. poor,
obscure, and uneducated. He settled in
Wheeling, and by great and self-denying
efforts acquired an education and became a
lawyer. When 30 years of age he was
elected to congress
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

1t looks as if it were about time to stop
the coinage Of the silver dollar. The sec
rotary of the treasury says there are now
IN the vaults of the government about
$500 tons of silver, of the normal value of
$4,000, 900, and of this ninetyfour mil
lions are silver dollars. coined under the
compulsory coinage act.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01
Judge Jere Black fell a short

Judge Jere Black fell a short time ago
and fractured his right arm in several
places. Being an old man, the physicians
say that'he will probably never recover the
use of it. A surprising fact is that he has
learned to write with great facility and
rapidity with his left hand, and still con-
ducts his own correspondence.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

The proprietor of one Albany hotel has
placed in every room in his honse knotted
rope long enough to reach the ground and
fastened one end of it to staple in the
floor. Now if transient guests do not steal
them for substitutes for trunk straps, oc-
cupants of the rooms will have one means
of reliance in case of suddenly spreading
fire
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

Mistress Ito new cook Now, Sarah. If
you IRE strictly honest sand economicaIin
your marketing, will give you few
extra dollars per month. New cook
Thank you, ma am. viii think ever 1t
and let you know In the evening.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

compelled to build eight additional vaults
in its treasury and sub treasury buildings,
at cost of Sf05. 598, to hold its aecumu-
lations of silver, which are not needed, and
never will be- And if the coinage contin-
ues more vaults will be needed immedi-
ately
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

A guest at hotel at Norwich, Conn.,.
who had arranged about his mirror
photographs of q number of actresses,
was outraged to find that in his absence
the chambermaid had thrown them out
of the window She said she did it in the
interest of morality.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

If, as is proposed, the Iowa prohibition
lists shall permit their cause 10 be made the
tail of General Weaver's gresnback kite.
they might az well hang up their harps on
the willow tree ct once. Greenbackery,
like the simeon of the desert, kills WHAT
ever it touches
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01

During the past year sixty-three wom-
en- were received at the Inebriates' Home
at Fort Hamilton, N. Z, some of whom
are members of first-ciass families.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-01
rhursaa, February !. 1883.

The tariff is still the daily burden of the
proceedings ia congress. and narrow sell
ishness continues to take precedence over
public policy.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-20
PATrIsON'S POSITION.

Explanations From the Governors Friehcs
Harrisburg Dispatch 10 Hccor'.
Some of Governor PattisOns S friends
feel called upon to deny some OF the
rumors that have been afloat regarding
him and those near him during the past
week. AS sample story, they instance
that in which it is represented that he
snubbed reception committee at the
aepot on his arrival here and
refused tho tender of a carriage. SO
far from doing this, the governor and
party looked for carriages when they
got out of the cars, but there were mono,
and Mr.. Pattison and his gentlemen
friends walked, while the ladies were
crowded into one of the old fashioned ON
nibuses and hauled to the executive
mansion. There was no snubbiDg OF .
committee. Another instance was his
refusal of an escort from the Americus
club. In defense of this it is urged that
Governor PattisOn had already, IN quiet
way. refused an escort from the state
fencibles, and it would have been gratu
itOus insult to the national guard to
accept a civilian escort after refusing the
offer of the crack military organization OF
the state.
A gentleman close to The governor was
asked how the governor regarded the at
tacks made upon him by certain news
papers because of his appointment of Hen,
Lewis G.. Cassidy. as attorney general.
"He doesn't care snap of his finger foi
the attacks" said the gentleman. " He
never said he would not appoint Mr.. Cas-
sidy attorney general. | have been close
to him for months, and mover heard even
hint to that effect"
Having failed in their attacks on the
governor, his enemies are now turning
their attention to ridiculing Rev. Mr..
Everett, his private secretary, aI!eEin"
that in presenting communication t" the
Senate the latter said "I have message
in writing from the governor" The ir-
reverent critics forget to state that Mr..
Everett added "Ofthe commonwealth
A very proper proceeding, and it may be
said that the governor does not take any
stock i'm the title of Ills Excellcrcy."
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-20
Aancaster .gntelligenrer.
SATURDAY Evening JAN. 20. 1888,
HE FLIGHT OF TIME.

iHE FLIGHT OF TINE.
my days are swifler than 4 wcavcr's shut
tic.
The bell rings out the hour OF nine
An hour that waS no more Is mine;
The minutes worth SO much
Have vanished like swallows flight,
Or as the sinners dream of right,
Or like spirits touch.
L cannot call an hour my own
For, when clasp 1t, it has flown:
What riches nave then?
The little moments, ticks of time.
l sit and weave them into ryhme;
And now the clock strikes ten.
Two hours, and then the day is done:
The day SO thoughtlessly begun
And lightly spent by me,
Has stamped some mark, Or word or sign,
On this enduring heart of mine,
Which ne'er efficcd Can DE.
Those hours have passed the hands that play
Around the clock all the day
Are pointing heavenward now;
A round of perfect work is done,
Another days swift race is run;
To heaven they pay their VOW
And shall those hands upon the clock
Myown free hands and fingers mock,
And point to heaven alone?
MOL will raise mine own and pray
That that bright world OF endless day
May this days sins atone.
The days go out, the days come in
They fly and whirl like tops that spin
Gpon the kitchen floor;
Thus have they spun since Time began
Thus will they spin for boy and man,
Till Time shall be no more.
jackson, Mich, Dec. %, 1882.
IL y Russell.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-20

A H>N:HEF2'SS aI';U:T vA7,UaHi.E HEAs.
II kSTATE.-Dn SATURDAY, FEBRUARY
Il, !}S;, nE'"rn IN order of the Court ol Conn
lnoH i'lr;l, Of Lancaster county. will hc sold 1T
me Leopard !:.iCi, in the City of Lancaster,
TIE ;o!lcwiu;; rrt estate viz
No. |. !:rinS: = VaiuabC new tw.l-SiOry
BRICK bW h!LlNG HOUSE, and lot ct
ground :ttta"hc'l, situated on E:s. Orange
street, ic.Wrcn Lime street and. Shipprn
street, and numbered 80 ";o East Orange
street, in said citS. The said property fronts
on said East Orange street - feet, ~ inches
and extends i'll depth 10 Grant street. 2I5 feet.
The said house has Il brick back huiliin. az
tactcd and contains l.; rooms ..nu Il store
room. On said lot is also u substantially
built GREEN HOUSE, lSX67 feet, and other
improvements.
No. .. Being Il lot of ground, without i'm
prOvemCHtS, situated on the north side OF
Fast walnut street. near Franklin street, in
ilic City of LanCust l., containing i'll tront on
East Walnut street 81 feet. and eHtcm,ling in
depth l21 feet, TO io-t"ct wide alley the said
lot being numbered in the genera! plan of the
Chestnut street tract No. :;.I.
Sale to commences 1T O'Clock. y. m, when
the conditions will be made known by
CHAS. l. LANDS,
assignee of George q. iirnsCl and Wife.
II. SuUEEET. Auctionccr. jl7-ltdW&S
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Relief for all Oycrworked Brains.

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Price INcents. or six bottles for SO, postage
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G.. Crittentnn. OF New Inris, is wholesale
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