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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20
ILLINOIS.
STAN DING coMMr4 TEES.


SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 19'-The standing
committees were announced to-day: The
chairmen are as follows:
Judiciary. Hunt, of Edger; judicial
department, Clark, of Coles; railroads,
Condee, of Cook; warehouse, Mason, of
Cook; finance, Sunderland, of Stephenson;
chairman, Rev Needles, of Washington
appropriation, Seerdst, of Iroquois; eg-
penses of the general assembly Ainsworth,
of Rock Island; municipalities, White, of
Cook; insurance, Evans of Kane; cor
porations, Condee, of Cook; banks and
banking, Rice, of Ogle; state charitable
institutions. Fifer, of Mclean; penal and
reformatory Institutions, Bergren. of
Knox; public buildings and grounds, Kirk,
Of Clark; public schools and instruction,
Terrence, of Livingston; canals and rivers,
Ray, of Grumpy; agriculture, Rogers, of
Mason; horticulture, Tubbs, of Warren;
mines and mining, Thorne, of Monroe;
labor and manufactures, Huges, of Cook;
counties and township organizations,
Norris of Pope: fees and salaries, Hogan,
of Pulaski; chairman of printing Camp
bell, of Cook; military affairs, Clough, of
Cook. roads, highways and bridges,
Fletcher, of Hancock; federal relations,
Adams. of Cook; elections, Wright, of
Champaign; state library. :SnydeT, of
Whiteside; miscellaneous, Manner Of Cook.
The house adjourned till p m Mon
day.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20
Mischief Made by a Clock.

In certain jewelers. store window
on Merrimac street is clock that for
twenty years has been depended upon
to r gtlate the rising of the sun and the
going down of the same. SO accurately
has it registered the flight of time.
Thousands have set their watches by it,
and many more have regularly depend
ed upon it to reetify their judgment as
to the probability of their catching
train or getting down to work on time.
The other day, however, the ancient
time-piece stopped, short, at $50 D. m,
aud the next morning was the innocent
cause of good deal of wasted energy.
1t was fun to watch the clerk, who was
due at the store on or before 7:30, look
at that clock as he came by about 7:15
and then break into dead gallop for
his destination. Then came two Bos-
ton clerks, who must take that 1920
train, and who supposed they had
plenty of time. One look at that dial.
and they threw away their cigarettes
and bumped themselves in a frantic
scramble for the depot. So for half an
hour the circus procession continued to
pass. until it was SO late that the old
clock showed the lie on its very face.
Confidence has rot yet been restored.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20

A statistical summary of the mercan
tile failures in the United States and Can
ada is given in the latest report by
Bradstreet. In the United States there
were 1874, failures, of which 1893 oc-
CURED in New England, 1,752 in the
middle states, /, 522 in the southern states,
2, $40 in the western states, 639 in the Pa
cific states, and 118 in the territories.
The total of failures in the United States
last year was 8, 929 In 1880 it was A. $50
and 1879 it was 6,652 In Canada there
were 643 failures in 1882 and 2,075 in
1879.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20
RAILROAD WRECK.
TWO PASSENGER TRAINS ATTEMPT TO CROSS
ONE POINT AT THE SAME
TIME.
F.eeport Daily Bnlle.in


A few minutes before four o'clock this
morning there was an accident where the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad
crosses the Chicago and Northwestern
track, just south of the bridge of the for
mer railroad in the southwestern part of
the city, that might have been mnch worse
than it actually was. The Northwestern
train in charge of conductor Redfearn,
and engineer Pat Ryan. due in Freeport at
3:25 a. m, was about twenty minutes late.
1t had come up to within short distance
of the crossing and stopped. Seeing moth
ing in the way engineer Ryan put on steam
and started his train ahead. Just as he
had passed over the st. Paul track with his
engine the st. Paul passenger train, in
charge of Conductor Thos. Fuller and en-
gineer Peter Carroll, due in Freeport at 355
a. m. came along and dashed into his
train, the st. Paul engine striking the rear
end of the baggage and express Cur,
knocking it off the track and battering it
pretty badly. The st. Paul engine caught
on to the Northwestern train, was turned
around, dragged along rod or so and
left standing along side of the Northwest
ern track. The front of the engine was
broken and battered somewhat, but not
very sc riously. The front of the coach,
which was behind the baggage car, was
also q little bruised, besides having the
steps and platform broken. The baggage
and express car, the coach and front trucks
Of the Northwestern sleeper were knock
ed off the track but were put on
again this morning. No one was
very seriously injured. Brakeman Frank
Ellis stood on the platform of the
coach and was getting ready to jump. but
the jar threw him off before he was ready,
bruising his left ley somewhat. MIR. G. IL.
Fargo, express messenger on the North
western was thrown about ten feet inside
his Car and bruised somewhat on one knee
and shoulder. Some of the Northwestern
passengers saw what was coming and
jumped off. Mr.. Baldwin. Familiarity called
Shorty was baggageman IN the North
western, but he was not hurt. Roadmas-
ter Tracy said that the st. Paul train
stopped before attempting to go over the
CT ossIng. but tue engineer could not see
anything in the way, he went on again.
some of the passengers and Others on the
Northwestern train say, however, that the
ST Paul train did not stop at all. The st.
Paul track was cleared without much
trouble but the Northwestern track was
blocked until about noon.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20

The New York Tribune says that oppo-
nents of the use of spirits and tobacco in
any form as well as students of political
economy will find food for argument in
the statistics laid before the senate by the
secretary of the treasury. There are now
10000, 600 gallons of distilled spirits in
the hands of dealers in this country, on
which $22, 500. 900 in taxes have been paid;
and over 10000 600 pounds of tobacco,
about 100000, cigars and cigarettes.
Therefore, if in the interests OF internal
revenue reform a bill should be passed re-
funding the taxes already paid on this
unsold stock, the government would have
to pay back about $50. 000. 900. Senators
and representatives who feel very tender
toward dealers in these wares ought to
reflect over this item.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20
There have been some m arked improv,

There have been some IN arked improve
ments of late in the manufacture of wooden
goods and worsteds The manufacture of
worsted cloths for mems wear in the
United States dates back only about fif-
teen years, and the first manufacture of
these goods had to import their yarns from
France. Yarns or fabrics composed of
wool which has been combed Sc that its
fibres lie straight and parallel to each other
are called "worsted." in contradistinction
from wooden goods, in which latter the
object is often to have the flores put to-
gether as irregularly as possible in order
that they may be .'fulled" into an indis-
tinguishable mass in the cloth. Originally
worsted could only be made of long wool
and the custom consequently arose of
separating the fleece. into two classes of
"combing" and clothing" wool. But the
worsted machinery has been improved and
much shorter weols can now be used than
formerly Wool three inches in length is
now readily made into worsted yarns In the
United States, while the French, by using
cheaper labor, are able to make worsteds
of two-inch wool. In England the work
sf .ssrdiMg and spinning most frequently
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20

1t is pity that ST. Petersburg boy of
thirteen is not destined to live long enough
to complete his education and make his
mark in the world. He has just been con-
victed of killing his father by hammering
the old mans head with Ratchet while he
was asleep. The boy confessed that he did
it, and although he knew it was wrong, it
could not be helped. In his evidence he
stated that he did the deed because his
father wouldn't send him to school and fit
him for brilliant career. He would Meth
CT let him continue his studies nor read
books, and so, he said, he resolved to get
rid of such rough. uucultIred father. That
is an exceptionally bright boy. and it seems
pity that he cannot live to become a great
man and realize his dream of knowledge
and power, as a certain other little boy did
who had a Ratchet, and some words with
his father.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20

New Zealand is overrun with rabbits.
Their multiplication is so enormous as to
cause serious alarm among The New Zeal
anders. They kill trees and eat the crops
and lay waste vegetation generally. Unless
something is done there is danger that
New Zealand viii have to be returned to
the cannibals to fight it out with the rab-
bits. So an experiment is to be tried.
Mongooses are death to rabbits. and the
colonial government has sent to India for
two hundred pairs of mongooses to be turn
ed loose in New Zealand. They are now
being caught and Gagged for shipment, and
since the matter has gone so far the colo
nists begin to fear that after the mongooses
have done the work of determination they
may prove worse enemies than the rab-
bits and not 50 good to eat either That
would be out of tue frying pan into the
fire
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20
How to Fall Gracefully When Skating.


Il have no patience with girls who
do not fall gracefully"
She was finely-deyeloped girl IN a
natty skating costume, who had gone
through her apprenticeship to the roll
ers, and could do anything from a
backward figure eight to heel-and-
toe grapevine and she knew it,
There is no necessity for awkward
falls, even when one is just beginning.
[ never made them, and | know from
experience that if girl will only exer-
else proper care she can always avoid
an unseemly performance.
what is the proper caper when one
finds it necessary to dropP'' he asked.
s.Why, just accept the inevitable, and
LET yourself go, tall quietly and easily.
and all is WELL"
She had hardly spoken the works.
when beginners feet shot from under
him and struck her heels. There was
some wild gyration, chaos of arms
and legs that throbbed wildly on the
atmosphere, and then heap of mingled
anatomy and furbe!ows lay on the floor.
He got up and Strengthened the kinK
out of the small of his back, and as he
helped her to arise. he said;
Yours is a beautiful and practical
theory
They do not now speak.-st. Paul
Pioneer
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20

Little Edith scores a point my
mothers awful fickle,' said little Edith to
Mrs. Smith. who was making call
When she saw you coming up the street
she said: There's that horrid Mis- Smith;
hope she isn't coming here, and min
ute after she told you she was real glad to
see you. Mother says I'm tickle, but /
guess don't change my mind as quick as
that. Boston Transcript
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20

Many an injured workman's life has
been lost through his frightened COM
rades' inability to perform a simple
operation. An Ambulance Association
in Glasgow has begun useful work by
establishing courses of plain lectures for
operatives, showing what ought TO be
done at once with bleeding artery, a
burned limb, hsslf-drowned BODY. etc.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20

The loss in consequence of fire in the
United States and Canada during Deem
Der is estimated at SIC, 100000. The
total losses from fire during the year just
closed are placed al SIC, 100000 OF this
81, 1863, 59S was in New York city, 2. 169,
100 in Philadelphia, and 81 100000 in
Chicago
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20
There's Nothing Like Them

Ell. III. Warner & Co: ssrs-I suffered
years with weak kidneys, billiousness and
constipation. Your Safe Kidney and Liv
er Cure and Safe Pills relieved all these
troubles; indeed there's nothing like them
MARTW F. RGnHLEY
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20
saturdas January 20. 1853

If Mayor Edison, of New York has
suecumbed to John Kelly, as the news
papers of the state say he has, he should
at oncebe politically garroted,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20

OFFIcERs:-S. W WRBaLocB, President: JoHN
coon, Fiee President; z. 4. HEMEEwA1. Cazhisr
bRUsTEEs:-S ". Wheeiocs Porter skinner G
y Lobdell. Nelsou chester X Caudee c 2
GrGntz A. :. Wright, 6. r, H~mnway. Jof1
Good, J. n. Ehristy G. Il Stoddard.
- The only chNs;ered Savings Rank III Rock
iriauH Cannty Hug2dwy
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-20
Interest allowed on 1sposits at the rate Of
per Gent. per Annun.
Deposits received in amounts OF 81
and Upwards.

SECURITY AND ADVANTAGES
The private property of the Trustees irresponsible
the depositors. The officers are prohibited from
borrowing any of its moneys. Minors and ghsrrigd
women protected by speeiallsw
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-04-20
How to Raise Calves.

From the Manchester Mirror and Farmer.
I'll wish to raise a calf dropped in
winter, l let it lie with the COW one or
two days and let it suck as much, and as
often, as it pleases, unless the cows I'D
der is caked. l then milk all l can be-
fore the calf sucks. After the first two
days l take the calf away and let it &C to
its mother only twice a day until a week
or ten days old; then let him go without
one feed, SO as to be pretty hungry;
then put my fingers in the warm milk
time bearing his nose down into the warm
milk, in the pail, and so soon as he gets
we'll sucking, slip the finger from the
mouth and let the calf drink, if he will,
a few swallows; if lot repeat the opera
ton, W or three times, until he gets a
good taste of the milk; then leave him
until the next feeding time, and then
try him i'll the same way, and if he will
not drink, let him go until he will, Few
will go beyond the third time trying. 1
seldom have one which will not drink
some the second time. When they get
so they will drink. it is a good plan not
to give d full mess for two or three DAYS,
but let them be rather hungry, at each
ulne OF leeulng, until they get
the habit Of drinking we'll
formed. AS soon as this is
done. place a trough or dish with some
meal in i. in such a situation that thew
cannot turn it over. Nail it up against
the side Of the stall or pen in which the
calf is kept, but convenient to get at, and
let him eat all he will, which will not be
very much. Place a little hay so he can
get it, either rowen or early cut herds
grass is best. The best meal for ayoung
calf is a mixture of oats and corn, ground
in the cob, two bushels of the former, to
ne of the latter. At four weeks old,
skinned milk slightly warmed, may be
substituted for new milk, but COR a while
should not be allowed to stand until it
gets very sour. After eight weeks, they
may be fed and will do we'll, if given a
fair allowance of meal upon milk that is
ever so old and our
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-04-20
Connubial TribuIations.

Why is there SO much connubial trib,l-
lation in the world? Many reasons
might be stated. Dean Swift says the
reason why so few marriages are happy
is because young ladies spend their time
in making nets, not in making cages.
But it is manifestly absurd and unfair to
saddle all the blame upon the wives in
this way. George Eliot tells us that mar
rage must be a relation either of sym
pathy or of conquest; and it is undoubt-
eddy true that much of the matrimonial
discord that exists arises from the mu-
tual struggle for supremacy. They 90 to
church and say 81 will )" and then, per
haps, on the way home one or the other
says II WON'T" and that beginsit. Some
one has said that conjugal affections
largely depends on mutual conf
dence. A friend of ours quoted the SEN
timent TIE other day in the smoking
room, and added that he made it a rule
to tell his wife everything that had hap
pened, and i'll this way they avoided any
misunderstanding. well, SIR re-
marked another gentleman present, not
to be outdone in generosity, "yon are
not SO open and frank as 7 am, for I tell
my wife a good many things that never
happen, "Oh!!" exclaimed a third, 81
an under no necessity to keep my wife
informed regarding my affairs. She can
find out five times as much as I know
myself without the least trouble"
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-04-20
Care for Home Toilets.

There are some women, too many, who
dress at home in such a style that they
are always ashamed to be seen by any
body but home folks. If a knock at the
front door is heard, they run and hide,
or wait till they have ''primped up" be-
fore opening it. In their creed any
thing is good enough for home-folks; all
nice things-nice clothes, food, dainties
must be saved for company. Any old
calico or wooden dress is good enough to
do homework in, any old WORKOUT shoes
good enough to wear roun.l the house.
AS a natural result Of this theory, the
parlor is always shut up save on great
occasions, the sitting-room ID rarely
used, and tile family life passes en- tirely
in the kitchen. 1t is no unusual thing
for who hold theories and
carry. them out in practice, to find
no time to comb their hair till
after the dinner work is done, and go
the day. This is perhaps the same with
farmers wives more than with any 9th
er class of work-people. The mechanics
wife has got her breakfast and told her
husband goodbye for the rest of the
day by 6 O'Clock in the morning, but at
that hour the farmers wife sees no open
ing place for hours to come. Milk.
cream, butter, chickens, pigs, calves,
children, hired help, keep her hands
and her thoughts busy, too busy to
think of how she looks while at her
work. But how she looks is continually
impressed on her children, her husband,
her servants, if she has them, and this
impression often results IN the going of
her sons to cities and into trade or me-
chanics rather than staying on the farm.
1t results in a preference on her daugh-
ter's part for professional men and me.
chanics rather than farmers for their
husbands. Nothing is more natural.
To antidote this unfortunate re.
suit, a pretty and tasteful home toilet
will be found very efficient. Calico of
fair quality can ba purchased at s cents
a yard, and witha clean calico dress on
and a nice calico apron the housewife
may be always dressed up while at her
work. If she unvaryingly combs her
hair before engaging in any morning
task, her hair will be in order for the
day, and a lesson of value will be set her
entire household. A bit of edging in her
neck may take the place of a collar, if
the collar is too much trouble; and neat
ly attired in fresh calico and whole shoes
she need not run and hide if there
comesa knock at the door. The farmers
wife who is careful of her own appear
ance while at her work will have a bet
ter opportunity for and more influence
in persuading her husband to look no
worse than he need to while at his work
than she who cares for none of these
things. It is sensible and wise to dress
according to ones work. but there is
surely no reason in the shabby appear
ance seen in so many OF our farmers
while at their work. A reasonable
attention to externals fortifies one'sse self
respect and certainly does not lessen
the respect of others,
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-04-20
An incompetent Boy.
the Wall Street Dolly News.

SHJ ANS"S' IL.
Last fall o Baltimore hardware dealer,
who had a bill against a blacksmith in an
adjacent village, sent it out by his col
lector for payment. Upon arriving in
the village the collector found the shop,
but not the smith. and after a long hunt
discovered him on his own doorstep, ell
bows on his knees and chin on his hands.
Il bays no pills." replied the smith,
as the account was handed him.
"Why, what's the matter, MI. Coon?"
"Vhell, der matter ish dot ! hat failed
in peesness and 1 doan pay nobody"
Failed? Have you actually failed"
81 haf."
"Well, you'll have to pay me in full
Just the same. Under the laws of the
stale no man can fail unless he locks his
doors, and as | passed the shop yours
were wide open"
"Dunder und bitten! dot vhas the
c~arelessness of my poy Show! How
much is dot pill? | pays him queek und
ms down und nails oop DEF doors my
self! Dunderl but dot poy meier makes
a Yankee, if he lifts here a tousand
years!"
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-04-20
Preserving Mink for Future Use.

Milk is SO necessary an article in most
families that it ought to be preserved for
use when none can be obtained. This
may be done by any housekeeper with
a little care. Place over a moderate fire
in a tin pan or a nice iron kettle; let it
slowly evaporate till it becomes of the
consistency OF thin cream, then put in
clean cans or bottles, seal up and keep
in a cool place where it will not freeze.
When wanted for use dilute with water.
Sal-soda dissolved in water is good to
sweeten can or bottles after they are
rinsed out. 1t is also good for rinsing
churns, jars and other things,
Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-04-20
TAKING
An Example for Public Men-How
John Quincy Adams Did.

An Example for Public Men-How
John Quincy Adams Did.
From the New York Tribune.
The subject Of exercise by the Chief
Magistrate makes timely the personal
confession Of John Quincy Adams on this
subject. He was aswimmer. Two days
after he entered his eightieth year he
recorded: II rose this morning with the
dawn, and, drawn by an irresistible i'm
pulse, walked over the lower Tiber
bridge to my old bathing spot on
the margin of the Potomac
probably behind the Naval
Observatory Hill at what is called
Braddock's Rock. "And there, under
the shelter of a nigh bluff yet remaining,
I bathed and swan from five to ten
minutes, came out, dressed mysel: and
walked home. AS I went down the
hill to the edge of the water I found
three young men, neither of whom |
knew, already in the river, and heard
one of them say: There is John Quincy
Adams They had their clothes at one
of my old standard rocks, but without
noticing or disturbing them | found an
other rock a few rods higher toward the
Potomac bridge whore l left my clothes.
The tide was low and the time not con-
venient for entering the river. but i sue
ceeded in obtaining the bath fos which l
painted. The time consumed was as in
former days, about one hour and q half
half an hour going to the river, half an
hour to battle swim and dress and haitian
hourssto return. The thermometer was at
eighty-fonr." The next day but one he
records: Third bath and swim in the
Potomac at 5 o'clock this morning, thre-
mometer seventy-four, and a brisk
breeze, 30 that when l came out 1 shiv-
cred while dressing at my old rock, but
warmed in walking home, and suffered
nc after inconvenience" This indie
fatigable swimmer also used q horse
hair strap and mitten daily in body bath
ing for three years. One day he took a
walk with the celebrated DR.. Parkham
tthe mar murdered by Wcbster?) in
Bottom Just after fierce e. luton, and
fell in q p~aralytic stroke.