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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
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AGhinese bride is a valslable piece Of
stuff, Judging by the caresthatis taken OF
her after she has been purchased and
shipped to her owner. A prosperous
Chinaman of Bouldin island bought a
daughter of Sonora George, and she
was started off in state into matrimonial
captivity. The party was detained thirty
days on the way to Stockton, during
which time the bride remained with her
head wrapped up in Chinese silks, which
prevented her from seeing any one, and
of course no one could see her. At Stock
ton she rode alone in carriage to the
steamer while boys with lighted tapers
occupied second carriage. and Chinese
women filed athird hack No men were
permitted to be near She was. escorted
aboard the boat by the party, and had no
opportunity TO stray or be stolen. She
h ad never seen her husband to be, and
would be married to him before her face
could be uncovered, according to Mongo-
liar regulation. This is literally going
it blind" into the bonds of wedlock
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
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THOMAS JEFFERSON.
The Exponent of Democratic Princi
Piles H0nored Last EFening.
The Democrats Have Jubilant Time
At the IrOquOis Banquet.

CHICAGO ILL.,, April 13.-The Iroauois
Club, the leading political social organiza-
ton of the democratic party of this city
gave banquet at the Palmer House to-
night on the anniversary of the birth of
Thomas Jefferson, whose memory was
eulogiZed by all the speakers of the even
ing. The occasion was made notable by
the presenceat the board, of gentlemen of
national repute. some of whom are fore
most in the counsels of the party. In
addition to the speakers of the occasion
there were present from abroad exGov.
Sterling, of Morton, Nebraska; John G.
Black, of Illinois; Congressman Singleton,
Townshend and Sparks, of Illinois; Con-
gresham Murphy, of Iowa, and Hon. j.
&. Jenkins, of Wisconsin Senator Thos
F. Bayard, of Delaware was the first
speaker and responded to the toast, ''Our
Country who. after paying a splendid
compliment to Chicago. and the resources
of the nation said SIS
SENATOR RAYARD's SPEECH,
''And can we be mistaken in the pres
ent Indications so manifest and abundant
that we are soon to witness, in the cleo
ton of 1884. a splendid proof of popular
wisdom and power to redress grievances,
reform unwise policies, rebuke corruption,
and purify and strengthen popular
institutions by driving out of the temple
of our liberties the mereenary and ma
chine politicians who have betrayed the
popular trust, and disgraced and degrad-
ed the administration of our government.
Never in human history was the creation
of material wealth so easy and SO marvel
ously abundant, nor consolidation, under
forms of Incorporation, creating vast
units of power which result in monopo-
lies, and absorb and overthrow individual
and independent rivalries. Herein are
dangers it will behoove US to gravely
contemplate and consider what forces
shall be summoned to counteract their
influence. The great question which
attends this creation of wealth is, what
will you do with it? Are we to be content
with making this land of ours one great
wealth factory? Is that to be the all and
the end OF it all? Are,we to travel over
the same lowlands of luxury. effeminacy,
corruption and decay as the nations and
| governments that have risen and fallen
before us on the plains of history? Proper
regulation of the two opposing forces.
centrifugal and. centrifetal, maintain
| equalization. And for the last twenty
years the latter force has been exercised,
and the former weakened by disuse.
Capitalization of power and action is
obviously the result of the invention az
steam and telegraphy, and the safety of
our popular institutions demands the de.
Capitalization of the distribution of power
and its exercise for local self government
by those whose daily lives and interests
are to be affected by it. Home rule oil
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

Chief Clerk Butler, of the Philadelphia
Building Inspectors office, possesses dog
which gives promise of becoming a thor
oughly depraved member of the canine
community He is a brown pup, nine
months old is a cross between a New
foundland and spaniel, and at this early
stage of his career has become addicted
to the use of tobacco and drink. Ever
since he was mewling puppy. Rover
0he dissipa:ed dogs name is Rover has
evineed a strong liking for. tobacco, and
will worry and frey if he is in the compa-
ny ofany one with d eigaruntil he gets
possession of the coveted weed, even
going so far as to make high leaps in the
air after it if it il held alOft If light ed
cigar is tossed to him he will worry it as
he would a rat until he succeeds in put
ting 1t out and then proceed to chew it up
with all the gusto shown by the ordinary
moral dog in masticating a bit of raw
beef. He will indulge in loose tobacco
such as is-f found in cigarettes, but prefers
cigar stnmps.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

Issign reads. ~
M s,,1fs g1bf,l',', jg1 below
The type Fighter: the proof reader
Hartford Daily Times. If yours does
he's a jewel. Raise his. salary and
chain him up nights.
~.My little Lily. which ~do~ye love
best,-mamma or this big bag of can
dy?,} Il love best mamma, who gives
me-thebig bag Of candy. "
The Reno (Nev.) Gazette says there
is in its office pet crow that chews to-
baeeo. A ease of qUid pro- cfO,0, as it
were.-Ltfe.
Now that we are all familiar with the
new 'tentsheda strawberry red,' will
some genius gfte us the mashed blue
berry bluep"
When a man lies, . remarks an ex-
change, 1.-the devil laughs When a
woman lies the devil hasn't time to
laugh. He's too busy putting up some
other woman to catch her in it,
ABoung lady applying for situation
as p teacher in Spencer County, Ken
lucky, in reply to a question, said: i
amt much of N ardthmetieker, but -am
an elegant grammarest
Miss Marian, of Germany, is IL years
old. 8 feet inches high. and weighs
$50 pounds. What mother-in-1aw
that girl will make when she gains ex-
perience.
Here is a terrible innovation. Girls
in an Iowa college are taught to cook
If this goes on the time VIII come when
q manageable woman will actually
know how to keep house.
~ x-<D,, 49, Joo~Ds1 ~.l-ol
an old gentleman of pretty girl with
whom he CHANGED to be sitting in rail
road carriage Mo- said she; but I've
sued fellow for breach of promise.
The reason why woman cannot sue
ceed as we'll as men in the walks of life
is because when she is on the walks ono
hand is unually employed in holding up
the dress.
A young man in love has as much pa
tience as a eat, and that's saying a good
deal when we remember that cat will
set upon the backyard fence and sing
Marian for six weeks at time when
he feels lonely.
once said Artemas Ward, ..they sell
such poor liquor there. The Boston
Globe thinks that Artemas was from
Maine, and knew what he was talking
about
.sGentleman, a toast. Fill your
glasses. May the rich sparkle of the
wine, the delicate flavor BE con-
tinued in our necks, suggested one of
the guests, and the toast was imbibed
slowly.
..Can any of you children tell me
why Adam fell?'' said Mr.. Dusenbary.
as he was addressing the children in
the Sunday school. Banana peeli''
yelled little Willie Jobbs as he slid
quickly out of the back door.
The skeleton Of an enormous animal
has been found in Wyoming territory
The jaw measures eleven feet In length.
The original occupant.of the homes was
probably sort OF geological congress
man.
Brethren, lend us your ears Mrs.
Lille Devereaux Blake says that some
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

In noting the commencement of
strikes in several places in the country
the New York Heard, after remarkine
that the workmen understand very vel
that employers rarely increase wages un-
less asked to do SO, says
1t ought to be impossible, however, un-
less the intelligence of the working classe:
has been decreased within few years
for they are to be any more senseles.
strikes like some that in other years hav,
reduced thousands of families to uttel
misery. Some strikes that seem Idiots
are bound to occur. for many manufac-
turers who want their works to lie idle un
iii they can get more capital, or to i'm
prove their machinery, or wait until sur
plus stock is exhausted, provoke a strik
as the preferable excuse for shutting
down, and they always can find som
crafty fellow to excite their men int
stopping work
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

When. plaFwrights treat the deception
otwomen by.1overs who wed them under
the false pretense of riches, they gener-
ally make it appear that the vanity of
the girl was properly punished. or have
the man turn out to he made of capital
stuff for husband after all There Is
the case of The Lady of Lyons" But
affairs of this kind do not always termin
ate so happily in real life. and the moral
is more pointed. Twelve or thirteen
years ago Miss Patience Chichester lived
well provided in Halifax. There she was
wooed by dashing. captivating North
Carolinian. who represented himself to be
a rich planter. She married him against
the wishes of her parents. and went with
him to North Carolina His mansion
proved to he old aud decayed and his
about putting things to rights. but her
husband made life burden to her by his
caronsals and Wild life. She approached
him and he rescnteds Shedeclared she
wouifieave him, and he put a negro With
blood hounds to guard her. Twice she
was interrupted in fight. At last, after
eleven years. she escaped with her chill
dren and returned. to her old home. Her
parents weresdead and her Brothers emf
Grated. Hears sore sue began wander
ing life. The other day she appeared in
Brooklyn and told her story. The au-
thorities offered to give her tickets back
to her husband She declared she would
rather die than go back. So her romance
has ended in the Brooklyn poor house.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

A writer who makes woman the sub
ject of his thoughts by day and of his
dreams at night. makes public his conclu-
sion that a good looking woman seldom,
if ever displays her foot in public The
next time he says, you see lady exhib
iting rather generously her ankles look
into her face and you will recognize that
nature has not been kind to her there
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
The Only Time.

Were you ever broken up in taking
great risks?'' was asked of the man who
claimed to have had 1850. 900 in pork at
one time.
Yes, once, and only once he an
swered, ''and that. too, was only a $25,
900 risk
rs that SOP Give us the particu-
lars"
well. it was along about the time
the war broke ont. Ny mother-in-law
lived up in Albany at that time, and I
had $25, 900 insurance on her life One
day, about four o'clock in the after
noon, / got a dispatch from my wife
reading: She can't live over an hour.
Gentlemen, from that hour until mid
night | suffered as | never expect to
again.
Afraid she would die, ehP''
No, sir. | was afraid she wouldn't
and wanted that money to put into
army beef - Tall Street Datlg Nesps.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

NewsFork is a great nutloving COM
muhity, and has developed especial fond
ness for the peanut. That city is the
center of the trade, and during the pre-
sent season has received the bulk of L.
600, 900 bushels from Virginia, $4,000
bushels from Tennessee, and 100, 900 car
loads from North Carolina New York
is also conspicuous for it's windiness.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

A prominent republican journal wailing
over the election of the democratic ticket
in Michigan last week by majorities ranging
from four to ten thousand, confesses that it
was republican defeat outright, and says;
1T is rather staggering to think of Mich
gan going among the doubtful states in
1884, but that there is something more
than possibility of that nobody can now
doubt Alasl Alasl
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

The name of foolscap, as applied to.
paper, is said to have originated in this
way: During the protectorate, Cromwell
had all government paper stamped with a
liberty cap. After the restoration Charles
IL one day asked for some paper in order
to write letter When it was brouoht
he noticed the stamp and asked what it
meant. On being told he said: Take
it away, none of your fools cap for me ;
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
onr araa. sanrna of Wealth.

There were in the United States in
1880, zoos, 907 farms, embracing 2S4,-
III ,042 acres of improved land Sup
pose there should be equal TO zone acre
more" planted in corn TO each farm,
the result would be at forty bushels TO
the=acre, 160, 900, 900 bushels These
figures serve to show what farmers are,
b. a little extra effort, capable of ac-
eompfishing.
This country is great in resources and
varied in climate, and few facts from
the census show that we have not over
rated the agricultural interests in their
relations to the wealth and industry of
the nation. Here are the iinures:
Number OF farms ....,.... 4,nFs, 9o7
Improved land aS4, I'll A.
Value %. farms & 40 1.fs, 09; II 6
Value Of implements 4Gi, at @ 5
Value al lave Stbck ....-..... l., 300, II 4.1as9
Value OF farm products. 81 40, "a
There. are millionaires in cities and
rich merchants and manufacturers, but
the great wealth, and that which does
not shift much and is reliable, lies in
our farms. and these, as we have al
ready said are the basis of all industries.
1t is business, too, that is not likely to
be oyerdone, aud never had farmers 3
better prospect ahead or greater induce
ments to plant one acre more, than in
this year, 1855 Cincinnati Commercial
G0zp{fo
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

The late Peter Cooper. left an estate
valued at $4,000. 900 beqheathed to the
Cooper Union and 100000 in special
requests. is to be divided between his
son. ex-Mayor Edward Cooper, and his
daughter. the wife of Congressman
Abram s.. Hewitt, of New York. 3
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

The wives of some of the most premi-
nent men of Condersport, Pa, have
formed . society in opposition to the
Masonic order They have determined
to hold their meetings on the same even
ings as the Masons. at as late an hour,
and will endeavor to reach home in the
same state of set 7em-upsativeness as their
lords and masters.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

The present base ball reason promises
to arouse enthusiasm among all lovers OF
the game Instead of the interest dying
out, as prophesied, it seems to have taken
a new lease of life, and to have received a
fresh impetus.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

The statistics of trade in New Orleans
for the first three months of the year in
dictate that the years business will be the
best ever experienced The old city
seems to have entered very earnestly into
a new and letter life. And she hopes the
Hennepin canal will never be built and
that in course of time the great lakes will
dry IN 20
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

Five of the seventy-six United States
senators are of foreign birth. These are
Fair. Sewell and Jones, of Florida, who
were born in Ireland; Jones, of Nevada,
who halls FROM England, and Beck. who
first' saw light in Scotland:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

The weather will soon he so warm That
people in the country. can't burn their
children by locking them in the house and
going off to church. Some other simple
plan will have 10 be invented,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

The opinion among intelligent farmers
e that this will be a good corn year, and
the prospect is that largely increased
acreage will be devoted to this crop this
wear, especially in the great Illinois corn
bpJt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
Chancerv Notice
STATE OF ILLINOIS, l.
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.

Rock ISLAND GoUNTf
In the Circuit Court. to the May Term. 1888.
Sarah L. Crosby vs.. VIM. W. Crosby, in Chan
Gerry.
Affidavit of the non residence Of VIM. w Crosby
the above named defendant having been fled i'm the
Clerk Office Of the Circuit Court Of said county no.
tee Is therefore hereby given to the said non.
dent defendant that the complainant ed her bill of
complaint IN said Court the Chaneery side there
OF, on the 2ist day of March 1888, and that
tnerenpon a summons issued out of said Court
wherein said suit is pending returnabie on the
hrst Monday in the month of May next, as Is by
law required. Now, nnless you, the said nonresi-
dent defendant above named, shall personally be
and appear before said Circuit Court, ON the frst
day of the next term thereof to be holden at the
Court House ia Rock lsland, in and for the said
county, ON the first Monday in May next and
plead. answer dcmur to the said eomDlainanf's
bill of complaint. the same and the matters and
things therein charged and stated win be taken
as confessed. and decree entered against Won
according to the prayer of said bill
Rock Island. Illinois, March 2lst 1888
LEVI +. HARRISON. Clerk.
M. NJ. CoRBETT, CoInpts Sol. mch-22-d4w
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

A little boy who sat beside man who
had been eating Limburger cheese, turned
to his mother and exclaimed Mamma,
how I wish was deaf and dumb in my
nose
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

The highest sum realized by George
Eliot for any one of her lat err works was
SIS, 600, while the lowest she received
was $4,000. Walter Scott Obtained
only 50, 500 for "Waverly"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

Another crank has appeared in ENG
land, who has written d book to show
that Bacon wrote Shakespeare PLAYS
He forgets that the savings found in
Bacon which appear in Shakespeare MAY
have been cribbed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
The official canvas of the

The official canvass of the recent Mich
igan state election was begun yesterday.
From returns neari " complete it is rem
dered certain that the fusion nominees for
Judges of the supreme courts and Re
gents of the University are all elected.
One Judge, Sherwood, is not likely to
have over 1000 majority The other
majorities range from 1900 to 5000.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

There are ten ex-Gcyernors now IN the
Senate; namely, Anthony, Brown Col
on,tt Coke. Cullom Garland, Groome,
HAMPTON. Harris and Hawley-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
M1soHIEvous LEGISLATION.

All tendencies to legislation which,
ignoring individual responsibility substi-
tnte government control in matters social
and personal, tends to weaken the powers
of the individual and by enfeebling them
by disguise lessen their agency in good
government
In this mischievous substitution of gov
ernmental power in matters social and
personal lies the object to sumptuary laws,
and to interference with the conscience in
social and religious affairs and the Inva-
sion Of the domain of private opinion and
personal liberty which seeks TO impose
penalties for ANTICIPATED acts and offenses
yet uncommitted. This point is unwise
and unjust Interference by the govern
ment is an objection to laws which under
the name of taxation-fassors cert ain classes
of occupation at the cost of others. and
abridge that freedom ofcontract and com,
mercial intercourse which the enlightened
and enlarged sense of self interest should
control. 1t is in fact, a principle of
socialism and communism.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

loeal self governmentis right and a
l1ecessity for the American citizen; and
the intent and meaning of our written
constitution and of the union and strength
of state rests upon the number of upright,
independent self-reliant, and self respect
ing individuals it contains; and under
our democratic theories of government all
invasicns of individual freedom of CON
science and action not essential for the
the preservation of individual and public
rights are unwise and unwarranted.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

Henry Ward Beecher expresses the
opin;on that the world IS slowly revolv-
ssing loward perfection.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
Saturday April IA, 1888.
ILLINOIS.

Kate Claxton. the actress, is seriously
ill with erysipelas at Muncie, Ind.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
WIT AUD HUM0R.

ABoston girl describes statue as a
bust with two legs under it.
Z Atlanta has a feInsle barber whose
sign rea ds. - g.
"a Man wants but ii ohair below, - 81
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
mar- 9O-d-tues-weon
the MOLINE SAVINGS BANK

Open daily IRON J. A. Nj. Ia ) +. Nj. AID on Tues
da1 and Saturday Evenings from to
U'ctOCk.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-29
Change OF Location for Health.

Change of location for inva'ids is an
without reference to change of climate.
AS a rule persons who have contracted
disea es while residing near the sea. re-
ceive the most marked bene tit by chang
ing their residence to q location "in-
land" and beyond the influence of the
salt air; on the contrary. people who
reside inland, when health fails. are
benefited by changing their residence
to some point near the sea. This is
most marked n d seases of the throat,
and in less degree in diseases of the
chest. But then in almost all diseases
benefit is derived from a change OF loca-
ton. whether it be a point more or less
SalubrioHs than the place of departure.
Now we be ieve that climatic changes
have ordinarily, very little to do with
it. and that the improved condition is
almost wholly due to pleasurable emo
tons excited in the mind by the new
scenes and incidents which interest it
and keep it occupied. This fact is an
illustrat on O.; the power of the mind
over the body. We see this power dis
played n every act of our lives. What
is cdtlcu - moral IOrcC Is supreme,
properly directed it would eliminate
more than hal the ills of lie. But let
the mind become chained to an idea,
and all the skill of medical men is often
powerless against it. Let a patient be
thoro ghly convinced that he is the
victim OF fatal disease. and if in due
time he is not convinced to the contra
~. he may bring the disease upon I'M
self or die from fears that--too late
have proved groundless. We would
not discourage the use of medic mes
where the employment is pla My in
Dictated; but there are thousands who
are suffering from ailments that cannot
well be defined. and which affect both
mind and body. The remedy is change.
SO! no matter where. DO! no matter
what, so long as it is worthy. In our
opinion. the great mass of semi-in Aids
simply need a thorough shaking up.
Give the immortal M nd something
better and nobler to do that to DE con-
stantly o cupied with troubles that are
imaginary.-Ha!Ps Journal of heath.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-03-29
The Popular Plan.

One can not only buy everything
from a cook-stove to q coffin on the
weekly or monthly payment plan, but a
Detroiter has applied the principle to a
still higher object. A certain young
gentleman interviewed him the other
day in regard to the hand of his daugh-
ter. and the father heard him out and
replied:
swell, if Mary is willing and shall
not object, 1 intend to give her $4,000
as dowry.''
"What noble and generous father!"
gasped the young man.
"But l shall adopt the instal!ment
plan," continued the father; ''instead
of giving her the sum in lump l shall
pay three dollars per week for sixty
four years. That will not only prevent
her from speculation and loss, but
come much easier for me. "-Detro,t
Free Press.