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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
Gambetta's Power to do Battle With
Words

The speech November, 1870 was
but just over an hour long. | have al
WAYS been disposed to think it the
greatest single effort of oratory l ever
heard. Five years have passed and the
impression is hardly less vivid in my
mind than it was the next day, though
/ am only too well aware that the diff
Guilty of conveying il TO others is vastly
greater with the lapse of time. The
broad outlines one can still reproduce;
the more delicate lights and shades of
that strangely picturesque scene are
hardly to be caught. / asked Gam
BETA friends, who had heard him of
ten, il he had ever made a greater
speech Never. was the uniform an
swer. He was then SO years old, and his
oratory answered exactly and fully TO
that maxim of the great orator of
Greece, who demanded first. second and
third as the condition of successful
speaking energy. But | don't con-
ceive that any of us at that moment
thought of Gambetta as an orator. No
critical attitude could be taken or kept
until afterWard. 1t is not meteorologi-
cal observations that yon care about al
the hight of a hurricane in mid-Atlantic.
The consummate art, the finish of die
biOIl. the dTguIl4eIihtifc Weight, Tue per
lection of delivery and methodof speech
became impressive to You after the
speech was. done. But at the moment
it was the tremendous sincerity. earnest
ness and force of the man which
absorbed everything else. 1t was not a
debate, it was a battle and this man
was leading the legfons of France, his
life in his hand, and the life of the Re
public bound upwith his. That crowded
and brilliant assembly. these benches
where sat the Deputies of the Republic,
those galleries where the beauty and
ehiyalry of France. her youngest lowell
ness and her oldest nobility, were gath
ered-over all these passed the spell OF
that resistless. eloquence and far more
resistless force of character. and of that
all-surrendering devotion which, during
that hour, inspired orator and audience
alike. - Geo. ". SnaalIeg iaa Neae York
Tribune
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
Why Stoves Are Used in Cars.

The railway men continue to heat
their ears with stoves and to light them
with kerosene lamps, because the public
is at ordinary times perfectly satisfied
with stoves and lamps, SAYS the New
York Times Mr.. Vanderbilt once tried
the experiment of lighting his ears with
candles, but the travelling public abused
him for his alleged parsimony, and de-
manded to have the kerosene lamps put
back. OF course, when a carload of
passengers has been roasted by an up
set stove, the railway companies are
violently abused for heating their cars
with stoves, but month after the trag-
edy is over the public is again perfectly
satisfied with the stoves. A coal-stove
heats car to that unbearable degree of
heat that the travelling American citizen
demands. No other method of heating
would satisfy him, for without the sight
ora red-hot steve he could not be com
WINGED thatshe was comfortably warm.
Were the stoves to be taken out, and
the ears to be heated either with steam
from the loeomotivesor with hot water.
the majority OF passengers would
grumble. They would insist that they
We're not warm enough. and that the
company was too parsifnonious to pro-
vide its cars with stoves. OF course, in
time, even the grumblers would become
convinced that they could be comforta-
bic without soaring their eyeballs by
gazing on red-hot stove, but the re-
moval of the stoves would at first be a
very unpopular measure. The railway
companies, know this, and they natr1r-
ally continue TO heat their cars with
stoves. They are far too intelligent to
confound temporary outcry made by
the press just after the occurrence of
railway accident with the real wishes-of
American railway travellers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
THE COAL TRADES CENTER.
Some of the Great Producing Mines in the
Lehigh Anthracite Region.

Hazleton is the center of coal trade in
/ the Lehigh region, the mines of which
produced last year and shipped to mar
ket $500, 900 ions of anthracite. against
| 5,039, 948 TONS in 1881. Many of the old
collieries fhaf were considered to have
been worked out years ago have been
! reopened and are at present producing
more coal than ever. The recent de-
velopnent of new coal lands west of
Hazleton are attracting much attention
among miners and operators. Some
sixty blocks of miners houses, a store,
school-house, and the Lehigh Valley
station, make up what Is know as Black
Ridge, so called from ridge of high
land in the vicinity. About a quarter
of a mile west of the station is the
breaker slope and shops of the com
pany. The breaker, which is perfect
model of the best in the Lehigh union,
has "A capacity to ship $50, 900 tons per
annum. 1t is conveniently located be-
tween the north and south basins, SO
that the coal can be taken from both
without difficulty. The main opening
is upon the south basin of the Monmouth
vein, which is found here divided into
three splits, or seams, of excellent coal.
The slope is sunk to the basin on the
bottom seam at a pitch of go degrees,
and the coal from the top and middle
seams is all taken to the bottom of the
slope by means of self-acting planes.
The upper seam is twenty feetthick, the
middle from fourteen TO eighteen, and.
the bottom eight feet. The foreman.
William +. Jones, formerly of Shamo-
kin, prides himself on having the best
ventilated mine in the region. The com-s
pany have over thousand acres of
land, and have long run ON the veins.
new slope is going down on the bot
tom split of the north basin, about three
hundred yards west of the breaker. The
basin at this point is about thirteen
hundred yards wide between the out
crops, and shows a thickness of eight
feet on the bottom split, the middle
twelve, and the top thirteen feet at the
outcrop, and the thickness of the vein is
expected to increase as the slope nears
the basin. The Wharton vein has also
been opened on the north side seven feet
thick. and as the basin extends east and
west on the property for distance of
about Two miles, the company expect it
to yield a vast amount of coal. The
Buck mountain vein, which was found
two miles from the breaker, near the
eastern end of the property. is in good
condition, and about seven feet thick.
The work of sinking the new slope will
be pushed vigorously. Ptfladelphia
Press
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
PROPOSALS OF MARRIAGE.
Many Curious Facts Regarding the Various
Customs in Different Countries.

You will find no end of curious things
written about the marriage proposals,
| says writer in Demorest' 5 Monthly, il
| You search for that purpose. For in
stance-that eccentric classical eharac-
acter,. who goes into the kitchen of a
| neighbor some morning and, finding the
object of his regard at the wash-tub,
proposes blnntly then and there. In
stead OF emptying its contents upon him
she as bluntly accepts his proposal
There is the bashful suppliant who turns
down some leaf about passage usual
~ a sacred one-which tells his story
for him, and the answer is returned in
similar fashion. There is the proposal
at ball or dinner by a slip of paper
sent across the room or table, and there
is the one in which the reply is asked in
the form of some specified and under
stood signal. In some book that have
read. an English gentleman who had
several eligible daughters wondered, af-
ter waiting SOME years for some such
event. why no one of them, not even the
prettiest, got q proposal. When he in
yestigatcd the matter thoroughly he
found that the failure arose from an
architectural blunder The rooms of
his house We're 50 connected together by
series OF open doors and spacious mir
rors that the question could not be put
without exposing il to almost as much
speealarity as it would obtain on a pub
lie thoroughfare.
. 1t IS quite common for very young Ia
dies TO say that their first serious inter-
est in any young gentleman is aroused
by his previous interest in them-con-
Tossing, in other words. that they have
no original feeling in the matter. They
would not, probably, like to say, what
amounts to about the same thing, that
one gentleman is as likeable or as agree
able to them as another, though they
must constantly act as if it were SO, IN
til some particular gentleman breaks
the spell and gives them permission to
say otherwise. But, what if The right
eous one should never break the spell as
often happens? Or what, if neither the
right one nor the wreng one does, and
no opportunity ever comes? As the sys-
tenn is now arranged this is not at all a
rare circumstance, nor is the lady less
worthy, necessarily, than her different
~ favored sisters. She may even be
quietly, or may be deficient simply in
that peculiar art of fascinating, which
even silence cannot prevent from Icing
powerful
One OF the worst features of this I'M
mitigated silence, which is imposed up
on one sex alone is the insincerity and
hypocrisy which it not only inculcates,
but places a premium upon. Nothing
irritateS a woman so much as to- have
any ground given for a suggestion that
she has gone a step out OF her way to
secure gentleman 5 interest or atten
ton She would rather be won by a
peasant than move the least bit aegres-
sivcly to win prince. Her natural
feelings are smothered and suppressed
and she accepts the 'artitice which she
must put on, as if it were both reasona-
BILE and natural
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
Senator David Davis.

According to the correspondent of
the Cleveland Herald Senator David
Davis is an example of the easy going
states man. He never delivers q long
speech, and if he delivers one at all it is
short and read from manuscript. 1t is
often amusing to watch him as he pre-
sides over the Senate. That great bodies
move more slowly than small ones is q
universal rule, and is no exception In
this case. When the Senator walks it
is simple waddle. He talks slowly.
A day or two ago bill was upon its
passage. but the count of the vote show
ed an absence of the necessary quo
rum. ''The Chair wants some more
votes" said he, good-humoredly, after
a moment or two, while the Senate was
awaiting the announcement of the vote.
The Senators in the cloak-room We're
drummed up, and the necessary quo
rum obtained. He enjoys cigar as well
as any other statesman, and sometimes
after disposing of Hayana in the cloak
room he comes out and, selecting a va
cant chair next TO the central aisle,
draws one nearer from the other side.
upon which to rest his weary feet. And
thus, as much at ease as man can well
be in that position, he blocks up the
aisle. But Judge Davis is universally
respected The many good deeds of
charity and little acts of kindness he
does to his fellow man in need are not
always told. More than one poor lad
has felt the hand of the kind old man
out to advice and good cheer
which he heard The world sthe gamer
for the life OF David Davis.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27


Its main line runs from Chicago 20. Con1s,1i
ksilffS. passing through Joliet, Gttawn, Ia ecHe,
Seneseo. Moline. Rock Island, Davenport. West
Liberty iowa City. MaFengo, Brooklyn. Gri1uei,
tie and Avoca; with branches from BdreaIl
Junction TO Peoria: Wilton Junction 70 Musca'
tine Washington. Fairfield. El6on. Belknas3.
Ssnt5eTile Erinesto-; t,Ee5.Soa Gallatia Game
Washington 20 Sigcarney, Oskaloesa. md KECx-
vile, 9Oks.k to Pennington, Borapartc Ben
touspoTt, independent EidOn. otty-Inwa, Eddy
Vile TUSCALOOSA. peiia Monroe and Des MOiffes;
SSintcrset; Atlantic u Lewis ana Auouboni and
Avoca 10 Harlan This Is positively the only
Eailroad, which owns. ara operutes through
Ane from tshIcaEo ito the state OF kansas. .
Through Express Passenger Trains, with PULL
nan Palace Gers ftached, run each --ay daily
between CHICAGO ana PEORIA. KANSAS CITY.
goUaCIL DLTTFFs, LEAy E-Ss*OItrH and NICHE
HoN. Through cars are alsorin between MIlwau-
Ice anf Kansas City Via the milwaukee and
ssocs 1SiaDd Short Line
The Great Rock Island" r. n1aPnineentiy
equipped. Its road BED = Simply per1ect' ana its
track IS laid with steel rails.
What VIII please yoa most viii DO tho pleasure
OF enjoying your meals. while passing over the
beautiful prairies OF Illinois aEd Iowa. in one OF
Through Express Trains. You get an entire
Tor Seventy-five cents
Approaching the fact that majority OF che
purposes Gand the immense passenger business
OF this line warranttng III. We are Pleased 10 an
nounce tbat this Company runs Pullman fSdtdcs
Sleeping Cars fur sleeping purposes. and Palaces
COUEClEs BLDFFS. KAN1AS CITY
Tickets VIA this Line, known tho
all ticket Agents In aho United States
For EziE0rnantfen not o5taAnnbla 1T 80
y. II. CABLE.
Vice PFeehispf and 9eG0 &snsESs
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

Persons who are engaged in raising
Trees for fuel will do we'll to test the
merits of the common or black alden
which grows 50 plentiful1y in all the
more northern of the eastern states, as
well as in Michigan and some other OF
the western states 1t is true that the
trees are not large, but they possess
many merits They will grow on land
too wet to be of much value for othel
purposes. They can be planted to ex-
eellent advantage on the shores of lakes
and ponds, on the bank of streams, and
ON marshy land that will produce moth
Ing but coarse grass and PUSHES. The
chief demand for wood for fuel in the
west is for feeding cooking stoves and
for starting fires. The wood of the al
der supplies this want admirably. It
burns readily and produces very hot
fire 1t makes the best charcoal, OF any
wood that is easily grown. The trunks,
which are rarely very large, can be cut
down with one stroke of the ak, and, by
resting them on a log or block, can be
divided into pieces OF suitable length
for a stove by the use of an AK. No
splitting will be required. The pieces
will dry quickly and the bark burns
readily. A piece of ground planted to.
alders will continue to yield crops OF
wood for all time. Sprouts will spring
up from the roots as soon as the old
trunks are cut away. In some portions
of New England the alders have been
cut from pieces of ground twenty times
since the country was settled. The
smaller trunks make excellent bean
poles, and the branches or tops can be
for supporting pea-vines. The
alder ID very hard and The seed
is easily obtained.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
The Persian WAY.

A certain Persian city having exhaust
ed all its funds, and knowing of no way
to raise more, the Mayor laid the case
before the Governor of the Province.
Have you doubled the taxes?n
I'VE have.
Have you borrowed from the rich?'
Every dollar that they viii lend. =
Have you issued bonds?'
I'VE have, but no one will buy them
at any price. =
Have you stolen all the school
moneysPa
Months ago, illustrious Ruler,
s.Pawned the city scalp
Yea, verify
.sMortgaged the City Hall?"
..Yea, five times over.
1t is indeed serious case, = unused
the Governor, as he scratched his ear.
The only way out of 1t Is to go home
and announce an era of REFORM
r
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
TIE DAILY Argus.
Within The Sanctuary.

Oh, soft and low and fun the organ tones
Blend With the sacred stiffness of the hour
to1elng an INVOCATION from each heart.
And bringing HeaYen SO near to human need
Thitt, h;iflowc1 by the Fathers answering love
Their echoes breathe a beaediction calm
Now reyercfty putting OF the shoes
" " Wofiaitless from weary. toil-worn feet.
TN sacred ground we st;tIld sublued we yield
Ourselves as to the loving guidance of friend,
responsive to the spirits gentle Come"
StraightwaS a wondrous peace fills all our soul
Ana ailxiohs. wearying Care shrinks back
assumes the pigmy's stature as we rise
From the low level of our basar selves
Straight to the Fathers heart; at length we feel
Uuf cropping spirits thrilled with sudden Joy,
And know the living presence Of the Lord.
IA faptHrous eager haste we follow on,
Up. up the mount where Faith sereneiy smiles
Til on the summit we would fam behold
The glory of re Presence
Eagerly
With vision h cen, gained on these nights alone,
Were heaven ana earth, the human and
Iii VIM.
Mans yearniner and the Makers matchless love,
Unite for human weal-we look adown
The long, dim vista of the ages past,
And loi the halo of its own pure light
fseN eals Unemployment and vari.forIned,
Now beamiRg bright, with no uncertain ray
a star OF hope athwart the midnight age
OF dark despair; and now, refreshing, pure,
IL sparkics forth, II fountain to the soul
Athifst upon the desert plains of sin;
Or, Falling on the faxnished realm of thought
Enervate with an idle, sensuous creed,
Is maana, from Omniscient fdtlneSS sent;
Now, wonderingly, world OF life inert
Ihr0bS into s0ntient being, YitaliZed
BY Truths resistless. tender broodiEg breath
Oh, miracle OF mercy, that our eyes,
Blind from our birth, should open to behold
The glores of Il world Invisible
And clear, distinct above the din OF earth
a new-fDund sense discern harmoniesl
Oh, voice SO strangely sweet Il am the TruUhP'
On, joy ineffabie! Who hath seen Me
Hath seen the Father also Lord of Life,
We praise Thy tender mercy for the boon.
oh, sweet and clear and full the organ tones
blend with the holy hush, the sacred calm,
Voicing benediction of each soul,
And raising earthly aims until they glow
With the near radiance OF Gods design:
While ferVid, calm and clear their echoes ring
ZEAL
An invocation to the throne of God
Mrs. Fl. w Powers
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
Administrators Notice.

Estate of Frederick R0dIOf, deceased.
The undersigned, having been appointed Admin.
istrator, with the Will annexed of the estate OF
Frederick RadoH late of the county of Rock Is
land State of illinois, deceased, hereby gives no
tice that he will appear before the county court
Of Rock Island county, III the office Of the Clerk
uf said Court, in the city Of Rock Island, at the
April term, the Third Monday in April next
al which time all persons having claims against
said estate notified and requested to attend
for the purpose of having the adjusted
All persons indebted to said estate are requested
10 make immediate payment to the undersigned.
Dated THIS list day OF March, A. D., 1885.
JOHN r. HASS. Administrator
l.ch 2-.iMs6sv With the viii nexed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
Striking Head Lines

Are used to call attention the fact that this is an
advertisement of the CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE
&, ST. PAUL RAILWAY.
Its EIGHT Trank Lines traverse the best Por-
lions of Northern Illinois, WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA,
DAKOTA and Iowa.
Located directly OH its lines are the cities OF Chi
cago, Milwaukee, La Crosse, Winona, ST. Paul,
Minneapolis Madison, Prairie dn Chen Mason
City, Sioux city, Yanktou, Albert Lea, Aberdeen,
Dnbuqne, Rock island Cedar Rapids and Council
Bluffs as well as innumer,ble other principal bust
ness centres and favorite resorts, and passengers
going West, North. Sonth or East able to use
the CHICAGO. MILwAUKeE & ST. PAM RAILWAY to
the best advantage
Ticket offices everywhere supplied with
maps and Time Tables which detail the merits of
the line and agents stand ready to furnish hfor
nation, and sell tickets at cheapest rates over the
Chicago, Milwaukee Y St Paul Railway.
=. s MERRILL. A. V. II. CARPENTER,
General Manager. Gen. Pass Il Tiki ct.
j. TtCLARK GEO II. HEAFFORD,
Isenl Supt- Asst Gen. Pass Agt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND 9 PACIFIC r. Y.

BETWEEN THE EAST Il THE WEST
DieinQ Gers for eating purposes only. Qneothe
/ great fea tBre Of our Palace Cars 10 q SMOKING
! SAis9fRsSn where. you can enjoy your Havana
Magnificent Iron Bridges span tho Mississippi
and mi souri, rivers at all points crossed By this
| Inc ard transfers are avoided az Council Bluna.
necklons hetn9 made in Union Eepota.
THE PRINCIPAL II. X. dIJNNfr TONS or
tbs CHEAT THROUGH LINE ARE A.
At CHICAGO with all divereins tines for toe
r:At EgdLfwe9p. v4th tho L. g. kSt s. aadP.
AZ WASHINGTON EETeHTs. with p. c. 4 So
AZ la SALE, with Ill Cent. n. r. - -
e.. f ~ Ma: i ana / " h II D. H. l. BA
AZ ROCK ISLAND. with "Aiiiwnukee q RccG
island Short Line" and Rock Islid 4 PEG. ISds.
AZ LAY e y, Ehi'DlsE With the Davenport division
At WEST LIBETITY, with theB. C. r. NR@
At GRINNELL.. with Central Iowa r. Z.
~ Dt,s MoIHEs. with ID. Al, q n. y. H. n.
At COUNCIL BLuRFs with Union Pacific n. ~.
Al OMAHA, with Ii. q Aio. r. X. r. in NebD
httoLuhbUSJ with Be. X. 4 n. RE
q. a. VTIhUNvA. With Central IoHhR. RI W.
IA kEQKuK, with Toll, Peos a War; Wab. IN
Louis q Pac-. and 81. L.. feo. q NV. h. Has
4: CAMERON with II. Sc. J. H. r.
Atei, NebA A.. 1s ~ At nc IoPSka ~ santA Fo
AZ litE4A,v1ENwoRrH. with Kan. Pac4 and Kart
AtEAssAs CITY. with all lines for the WEES
!. sl.sousA 20 EsEORrA. DEa MONIES.
a1zyS -. ~ ana LIZA
- T Gas1eek AsiRna 8OutesI arc sold -
IS EOIRS tiekes ossee, address.
esU7 z4ehst and PaaSGEE, q;
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

Another crank has appeared in Eng
land, who has written book to show
that Bacon wrote Shakespeare plays
He forgets that the sayings found il
Bacon which appear in Shakespeare maj
have been crihhed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
rnICAao. RuRIINaToN 4 QUINCY.
CefCaG,l. MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL.

Trains o. 4 s. 9 and 10 are Maquoketa Branch
Trans 3 and A. Accommodation for Oxford JUNO
ion: | and 2 Passenger, for Celmar.
& h. w. HOLMES, Agent
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

Two brothers in Georgia were mar
ried on the same day, have each six
children. and the combined ages Of the
children is the same.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
ROCK ISLAND 4 PEORIA RAILWAY.
lsHoRrrsr Rours no TnE Esq ANn wEsrl

at CIalva with the c. b Il O., for points west; ar
irving at Galesburg at % p. m. Burlington GAO
also making close connection at Peoria with L. ID
u W, ana T. P & W. roads for all points east
and south.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-09
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"THE SOLDIERS GRAVE"
BY H. Il. CHAMBERS.

4 pleasant vale. between two hills,
Beneath " summers sky,
Anil near the bank Of little rlll
Meandnring slowly by,
A mound of earth = the grass grown green,
A headboard old and gray.
Raised by some comrades hand to mark
The spot where a soldier lay.
looked around with awe-struck eye,
And thought Of battles fought,
Of conflicts raging fierce and long,
And victories dearly bought;
IF bold and brilliant charges made,
Fen gazed on the mound,
AT last he is at rest," Thought l,
Beneath this spot Of ground.
Upon the board, in letters rude,
This epitaph read:
A Louisiana soldier lies
Here numbered with the dead,
He fought with Stonewall and his men,
Than he-none were more brave;
His soul is free--his body rests
Within this quiet grave.
I could but stand beside the mound
III reverie to pause,
"Thc same sad tale -retold," thought |,
| "A martyr to the cause
Some loved ones In thai distant homo
Have looked for him i'll vain;
His form lies mid Virginia's hills,
He'll ue'er return agaln'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1883-05-09
"A FATHER was advising his very

A FATHER was advising his very
small son, not long ago, against the
sin of selfishness, that he must new
err hesitate to grant favors and be
generally obliging wherever he could.
The boy listened, then said: ~ would
like to do everything you tell me,
father; but there's fellow at school
Just like what you've described says
he's an obliging fellow, but nobody,
not even the teacher, treats him as
if he was any account. Now l don't
want people to take me for no-ac-
count fellow!' That boy had him
upon conudrum that puzzles many
an. older philosopher through life.
III Boston Transcript.