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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

The religious Journals are discussing
an incident of the educational convention
at Ocean Grove There were no speakers
listened to with more pleasure than Bishop
Campbell, Prof. Price, and Dr. Tanner,
all negroes They were told that except
so far as they had friends of their own
color to receive them, there was no place
where they could be entertained as gen
tlemen. They might have rooms at a
hotel, but must not eat with the white
guests in the public dining room. The
leading landlord in this Methodist resort
WAS willing to entertain the Indian student
band from Carlisle, but wonld not think
of finding room for negroes.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
We should Help One An
other.

Mr. Norman Hunt, of No. 100 Chestnut street
Springfield, Mass, writes April TO- 1888, saying:
Having the affection caused by kidney and
liver diseases, AMI after enduring the aches
pains, weakness, snd depression incident thereto
until body and soul were nearly distracted
sought for relief ard a cure from my troubles
and was told by friend who had been cured b. il
himself, that the best and only sure cure was
Hunts Remedy, and upon his recommendation
l commenced taking il, and the first few doses
improved my condition in very marked manner
and continuance of its use has justified all tina
my friends claimed for it,-that it was a sure ant
permanent cure for alt diseases of the kidneys ant
liver. Several of my friends in Springfield hay,
used it with the most gratifying results, and
feel ii my duty well as pleasure to me to rec
ommend Hunts Remedy in the highest POSSIBLE
terms -
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
PRETTY WAITER GIRLS.
Women Employed in Hasheries
From the Chicagn Herald.


Women in large cities like Chicago have
to earn and dollars cents in variety of
ways. One of the most prevalent, but Ger
tainly not the most remuner alive, is to
become waitress This requires neither
an ontflt nor any previous training. Wo-
men have natural aptitude to
serve as ministerin angels to man
in his bodily ailments and needs
and so it happens that, when a
woman really cares to be good waitress,
she can do it great deal better than her
male competitor could by his most studied
effort by long years of practice and
Jealous attention. Any average Chicago
maiden may don an unassuming dress
tie pert apron around her slender waist,
and begin TO assume the waitress funct-
ions at moments notice-that is, if
she wills it. Surprising she does; sup
posing she is obliged to earn her own
bread, OF she desires to complement her
small parental allowance of pocket money
in this manner, all she has to do is tC
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

The Noltaic Belt Co., Marshall Mich.
will send DIR. Dyes Celebrated Electro
Noltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on
trial for thirty days to men young or old,
who are afflicted with nervous debility,
lost vitality, and kindred troubles,
guaranteeing speedy and complete rcstora-
ton of health and manly vigor. Address
as above.-N B. No risk is incurred, as
thirty days trial is allowed
dec 30 d-w1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
A VEXED CLERGYMAN

Even the patience of job would become
exhausted were he preacher and endeav
oring to interest his audience while they
were keeping up an incessant coughing
making it impossible for him to be heard
Yet, how very easy can all this be avoided
by simply using DIR Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds
Trial Bottles Toe. at HartZ & BahnSen's
Drug Store
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
Dsb rah Lea,

Those Nee faye r.. i Poe's 'Annabel Lee"
w:d ugf,ls'ci Il he following parody, as eSquis-
lite in k.jI a5 was the original OF that gifted
genius, Whose lamp was so soon extinguiShed:l
Ills q, 1,n OK 50 of years ago
SOnrwt ere in the west coHn, re",
Tina ; nee little Cir i!.'ei. MS We iioosers know,
B,' lie ujinc Ut ID 'B9r3h Lee;
His sister WAS loved by Edgar Poe,
But DtDurhh,by me.
Now was green and she was green,
a p Suinnnr 'GuaSh mlgiil he,
Ana Va loved rs warmly as other ioiks,
and av Deborah Lee,
W.lh Il love, that The lasses of HoOesierdom
Coveted her and me
Rtt somehow it happened a long ago,
lE the Il lleiSh west cnuntre2,
Tint hi }ia,ca morning gave the shakes
IL nv ,tc"ugiiul Deborah lac;
And li.c grim steam doctor (curSc him, came,
AMI b3Ev away from me,
The ioct@r aud 'icuth-old partners they
In the Hgurish west ,'Juntree.
The angels wanted her up III heaven,
tait they never asked for mel.
and gi.pl is the reason, rather guess,
In the a4uei>h West caunuree,
That he cold March wind and the doctor and
death
Took on ms Deborah Lee.
M beautiful Deborah Lee,
f.: IA tIc warm sunshine and the opening
Uj,NtT,
And took her away from me.
Our hove was as e'rOng rs a six horse team,
Or the love Of folks Older than we,
Ana possibly wiser than we,
But dcatH with tie aid OF the doctor and steam,
Was rather too MANY for me;
He closed the peppers and sllenced the breath
Of my sweetheart Deborah Lee;
And her form lies cold in the prairie mold,
silent and e1il-ah, me!
The foot OF tie hunter shall press her grave,
And the prairic's sweet wild flowers,
In their odorous beauty around ii wave.
Through all the sunny hours;
The still bright Summer hours;
And the birds shall sing in the tufted grass,
And the nectar laden bee,
With his dreary hum on his gauze wings pass
She wakes no more 10 me;
All! never more to me!
tn ugh the wild birds sing and the wild flow
erS spring,
She wakes no more to me
Yet oft, in the hush of the dim, still night,
A vision Of beauty | see,
Gliding SOFT to my bedSide-a phantom or light
Dear beautiful Deborah Lee
My bride that was to be,
And wake TO mourn That the doctor and dealt
And the cold March wind should stop the breath
or nv darling Deborah Lee
Adorable Deborah Lee,
! That the angels should want her up in heaven
Before theT wanted me!
san Francisco News Letter.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

Friday was the siXty-ninth anniversary
of the battle of Bladensburg, fought Au-
gust "a, 1914, between the Americans and
British, the latter gaining the victory.
Bladensburg is near the city of Washing
ington, and the defeat of the Americans
opened the way to the national capital,
which was defenseless, and on that night
the city was sacked and the Capitol and
other buildings burned by the enemy,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

on earth has en@ulfed many a trumpery
tooth wash paste and powder, since
| SOZODONT was introduced to public
notice. but that standard article still re-
tains its place in general estimation and
wakes in popularity as the years wane.
People, whose teeth have been saved by
it, speak gratefully in its behalf, and
professional endorsements of it multiply
! fast.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

Miss Fortescue has retired from the
London stage She has been known only
to the public as fairy, one of Gilbert "
Sullivan's plump aud pleasing beauties at
the Savoy, she who is first to kiss Iolanthe
when released from her home among the
frogs. Aristocratic society is exercised,
for she is to become my lady" as the
wife of the young Niscount Garmoyle
eldest son of Earl Cairns. Herreal namC
is Finney.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

Mr.. Moody has been compelled by the
scandal mongers to publish a card denying
recent falsehoods about his relations with
Mr.. Sankey He says they have had nc
falling out as reported, but as long as
their lives are spared will continue to-
gether in the work they both love and
enjoy so much. The story that Mr.. San
key uses his influence for the benefit OF
an organ manufactory he pronounces a
vicious falsehOOd.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
TuFsF ARR soLID FACTS

The best blood purifier and system re
ulator ever placed within the reach of
suffering humanity, truly is Electric Bit
tiers Inactivity of the Liver, Biliousness
Jaundice, Constipation, Weak Kidneys,
or any disease of the urinary organs, OF
who ever requires an appetizer tonic OF
mild stimulant, will always find Electric
Bitters the best and only certain cure
known They act surely and quickly
every bottle guaranteed TO give entirt
satisfaction or money refunded Sold al
fifty cents bottle by Hartz & Bahnsen
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

Death comes in stranger forms than
usual, it would seem, in this year OF re
markable casualties. The other day two
men were smothered by the Overturning
of a load of hay and now the telegraph
reports that farmer and his team were
slung to death by swarm of honey bees
that met him on country road
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The greatest medical wonder of the world
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, can
GERS, piles, chilblains, corns, letter, chap
ped hands, and all skin eruptions, guaran-
teed to cure in every instance, or money
refunded % cents per box. For sale by
HartZ & Rahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

Il had EN- all, said rubicund happy
faced gentleman. IAN what2" asked his
friend why all the symptoms of
malaria, viz lame back, aching joints,
sleeplessness, indigestion. dizzy fits, cold
extremities, rush of blood to the head,
constant fatigue no appetite, pains in the
breast after eating, night sweats, alter
nate chills and feverS, etc, etc, but
Broacn' Iron Batters cured me and | re-
commend it as being the only perfect
tonic made"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
Plantation Philosophy.


IN, NO fire can warn, de chill oh deo+h
be troubles we hab in de bacinnin' ob
life in ole are is looked back to as life :
pleasures.
Poverty will give whar riches will re-
fuse. Dis Is one reason why de pc Is
pc an why de rich is rich.
D..-.
De ,'e men men sPeherIale% On , ue my tlS >,
FlicS op ''eatil "lleh ia am e''ei io'''
o"t TIC NY SterleN 90 NE
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

The states holding October elections
are Iowa and Ohio and those holding
elections IN November are Massachusetts
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Nlr= inia, Miss
is.ipri and Minnesota.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
An Eye to Business.

o. Grotjan, the druggist is always
wide awake to business and spare no pains
to secure tie best of every article in hi'
line. He has secured the agency foI
Kemps Balsam for Consumption, Coughs
Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis and all atfec-
tons of the throat and lungs Sold on /
positive guarantee. Price soc and $1.00
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
Tues lay August 2s, 1883.

A Washington correspondent has ii
that Colonel George B. Corkhill, United
States district attorney at Washington,
who is a widower. is soon to be married
to Clara Louise Kellogg, who is aged 40
and worth a quarter of million dollars
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
Ha may Well be Joyful.

TOPEKA. Kans., May IL, 1881.
Fl. II. WARNER & Co.: Sirs-After 10
years of unmitigated suffering from chro-
ME kidney disease / finally found joyful
restoration to health in your Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure. D. B. OWENS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28
Boston & ALBANY r. II

Albert Holt, Esq, paymaster, B ston & Albany
Railroad, at Springfield, Mass, writes April %
1893: II have used Hunts Remedy, and my ex
perience with it has been such that l can cheer
fully say that l am satisfied that it will do just
what it promises to do, if used according 10 the
directions "
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

Ranavalomanjaka, queen of MAZDA.
gascar, is said to spend half an hour Oh
an hour regularly every morning in
prayer and reading the bible.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

Try bottle of Stilwells Specific if
troubled with kidney or liver disease.
The symptoms are, baekache, loss of
memory, loss of appetite or sleep, OIL
worst of all, loss of vital energy. You
will secure relief and add your name to
the hundreds cured by this wonderful
medicine. Price Shopper bottle. Manu-
featured by
THE STILWELL MEDICINE co.
Monmouth, III.
Stilwelps Specific Pills cure constipa
ton Price 25 cents. For sale by al
druggists.
m4v-O-- dUdU
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

De downfall ob a hyPocrite is eber
enjoyed by all hypocritos demselves-
eff da doan blong ter de same church
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

lee cullnd gen leman is cuts. He call>
himself nigger, but when de white
folks says dat he is niger, he gets
mighty mad.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

Poverty will give whar riches will re-
fuse. Dis1s one reason why de po' is
20 an why de rich is rich.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

De wise men Spekerlatcs on de mys-
terics oh death when la amt eben foun
out de mysteries OBJ life.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

Ice cannot cool dc revenge OBJ hate,
an no fire can warm de chill oh death.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-28

Those Me- isye r.. i Poe's 'Annabel Lee"
Apr, q Il he following parody, as exquis-
tie in /. ii as was the original OF that gifted
genius, whose lamp was 50 SooH eXtinguished:l
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
The Servant Girl Problem.


A wealthy man from the old German com
try of Pennsylvania said to me yesterday
''You would not think that in our region it is
hard to get domestic servants, where we have
SO many strong, farm-raised native girls to
whom work is the chief education. Yet it is
true, and l attribute it to the radical change
money has effected to the real injury of the
well-to-do people; for of what use is our
money if we cannot get reliable cooks, nurses
and maids? Not many years ago we raised
the best household servants in the country,
and there were plenty of them at easy wages
Then we were not so pulled up with money and
our girls had pleasant relation with the fam
lily and when their work was done would come
upstairs and hear what was being talked
about. Now, since some of us have become
rich, they are no longer invited upstairs and
must sit in the kitchen, and as they are social
animals they will have their company. They
say, they don't care anything about US. We
owe them nothing And,H said nv friend,
sit is rapidly coming down to a sort of eight
or ten hour law among servants. They will
get your breakfast at a certain hour and stay
with you till evening, and then they are going
up in the village to have recreation. The fact
is, said my acquaintance, chat they are
Americans like ourselves, and if we want to
draw the line on them they mean to draw it
on US. There are disadvantages about divid-
ing our republican people into two classes. ("
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
He II ext Ainder Gone.
Detroit Free Press.

lDeIOlb free HreSS.
He had just got his oyster shop opered to
the public the other day when in came a man
who asked:
SCOT any raws."
Eyes, sir"
"Serve 'em On the half sheuF'
owe do.'
Extra larger
I'VE nave some of the largest oysters lever
saw"
The price was asked and given, and, as it
seemed to be satisfactory, the man ordered
dozen, adding:
I've got slight contraction of the muscles
OF the throat, and sometimes choke If any
thing happens to me, run me to the door
where can get the air, and then rush for
drink of water'
The caterer promised to observe the eau
ton, but it was only when the twelfth and
last oyster way taken in between two rows of
teeth, which stood out like ten-penny nails
that anything happened. Then the eater sud
denly raised one leg, his eyes bulged out, and
he began to skip around like goat lodging
club. The choke had come. The caterer
seized him by the arm and ushered him to the
door, and then hurried to the rear end of the
restaurant for glass of water. When he re-
turned with it, half expecting to see the Gus
toner lying on the floor in the agonies of suf-
location, no one was in sight. The man was
not IN the door, nor at the door, nor around
the door. He was two blocks away, and the
twelfth oyster had gone down to keep the
company of the other eleven.
Just exactly another such thing won't hap
pen in that place again.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
@ Dog Kennel CLUB Races.

MEMPHIS, Dec. 5.-The rain last night at
Grand Junction, Tenn, which continued
till noon to-day, delayed the field trials OF
the National American Kennel club until
this afternoon. The running dogs, how
ever, were, in some respects, the finest ever
witnessed in this Or any other country.
The days running resulted as follows:
In the third es London beat Carrie;
J. Gath beat Nellie B.; Sue beat Dan. In
the fourth series, Gath beat London;
Sue A. beat Gath, and Sue
having won was put down for the
last brace TO decide the first prize. The
contest between them was not finished,
but will be concluded tomorrow. On
points of speed they are about equal; also
in general points Sue has the two flushed
scores against her and one to her Credit
Gath has one point to his credit and Gle
point against. The contest will depend
upon their work. The Derby will beg in
tomorrow, at the conclusion of tho oil
aged stakes, with twenty-oae entries
among which are the best young settlers
and pointers IN the country.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
SOME VERY OLD PEOPLES

Chester Childs died at Ludlowvilie, N.
Y, ct So.
Mrs. Mary shaughnessy died in Erie,
Pa, aged 100.
Alexander Willis, of La Crosse, Ga,
lied recently, aged 113.
Louis Triplatt AID his wife, of LIZ Belle,
No. are each SO years OF age.
John Van Patten and his wife, Marguer-
te, of Schenectady, are each so years OF
age.
Solomon Eversull, of Hamilton County,
Connecticut, has just celebrated MS 1OOth
birthday.
Robert W. knight, the Oldest citizen of
Portland, Ne, died on Sunday, aged 50
years.
After living to The age OF 80 Mathew
arnold. of Colchester, N Y, committed
suicide.
Arthur Connolly died recently in Lock
port, N. Y, at the age of SO years and IL
months.
The centenary birthday of Mrs. Anna
NJ. Greene was celebrated st Newport Oh
the 10th inst.
Mrs. Jerusha Stowell, of Peru, Mass, is
So years of age. Recently she fell and
fractured her hip.
Mrs. Jane McCurry was baptized on her
Tooth birthday, at Buzzards't Roost, Whit
field county, Ga.
Clement Cato, off Rome, Ga, who Is 1O4
years old, walkedi -four miles on Wednes-
day to pay his taxes.
The Oldest graduate of Yale college is
the Rev. DR.. Leonard Wilmington, of Ros-
ton, who is 81 years of age.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
ALL ABOUND TIE GLOBE.

The London Times, and other papers in
England, think that President Arthurs
message is coloriess, and that his reference
to paupsr emigrants will cause the loss OF
the Irish vote. They are pleased with the
references &c the prosperity of the United
States.
Bank stocks at Montreal are very weak
and panicky. The Exchange bank failure
is the cause. z,aS y
In the Prussian diet resolution was in
troduced to have secret voting at elections
for members of the diet and commercial
bodies, but it was opposed by the govern
ment.
The crown prince of Germany is having
a high old time in Spain.
BLooMINGToN. Ill, Dec. The Illinois
State Union temperance convention to-
day decided to consolidate with the Ma
tional Prohibition and Home Protection
party, and suggested that the national
convention be held in Louisville, Chicago
Or Buffalo, after the holding of the Rspub-
ican and Democratic conventions.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
Etrds Cannot smell.
[Chicago Herald

lCiAOSI5O LII SilAts
A western hunter has come to the concIu.
sion that birls do not possess the sense o:
smell. His attention was at first directed tc
the subject by noticing that wild turkeys
failed to detect his whereabouts when in hid.
ing. though he was sometimes within three
feet of them. Had he made the slightes!
movement they would have observed it at
once, but the sense of smell being absent les
he contends), they were unable to discover
him. While deer hunting he has thrown
himself down wearied and quails have
hoped upon him as if he W ere log Prairie
hawks, which scour fields and prairies by
hundreds in search of prey, have often come
within few feet of chickens, hares and
mice without detecting their presence by
smell Countless experiments accordingly
led him to the conclusion that birds cannot
find food or avoid foes by the sense of smell
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
metropolitan Opera House orchestra
Montgomery Schuyler in Harper's.

montgomery Schuyler in Harper's.
Among the novelties the arrangement of
the orchestra deserves mention. It is placed.
rot in Wagner's Mystic Gulf" but in a brick
bowl sunk below the parquette and fiooretI at
level, which viii leave the musicians visible
only from the upper tiers. The sorority Of
this reservoir is expected materially to enforce
the volume of tone Another novelty is the
system Of supporting the stage. The supports
Of the stage must be readily removable so
that any point underneath may be utilized, as
it may be called for by the varying exigeu-
cies OF the drama. Ordinarily this require
ment is fulfilled by the use OF a wilderness Of
timber supports, any section of which may be
knocked away as the space it occupies Is
needed This arrangement is hardly con1pat-
ible with a fireproof building. Here a light
iron construction has been devised, contain
ing some 4, COO members, which has all the
facility of removal and reconstruction Of the
carpentry. The cellar OF the stage is thirty
feet deep from the floor, and this depth is
divided into three stories, of which any one.
or any section of all three, can be made
available at once.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-06
The Navarro Flats.

Look at the Navarro flats opposite the Gem
sral park, on Fifty-ninth street. Without be-
ing aware, exactly, of the figures, should
say BY observation that these Navarro flats
were two hundred feet deep by seven hun
dred to eight hundred feet long. Where did
you ever see house of that length. These
flats are eight stories to nine stories high
They are built Of stone and brick and iron,
in majestic architecture of sort of Gothic
Spanish character with Saracenic arches all
through. Some say they cost 81, 000. GEO.
They cost at least $?,O00,0O TIE
apartments all through them are
sold out for about as much money as a large
and costly house would bring In the next
fat to the Navarro, which is called the
''Hawthorne house." friend of mine, Mr..
William Brown, pays s., 900 year for a
floor. I went through his rooms last Sunday.
tIe has about 20 feet front By 100 feet deep.
The front rooms are library, parlor and q
wife's bedroom. Behind these are kitchen
and a servants bedroom and great pantry.
Behind the latter roous are childrens room
and two other bedrooms Inter1nediateIy
fixed are various pantries, bathrooms etc
Mr. Brown has had to paper all his rooms
and paint the ceilings.