davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
Slight Odds.
A Little Story with Large Moral, On,
Man who Knew his own Business.

mo, my dear, said the venerable keeper of {
| country store to a timd little girl whose head
scarcely came up to the counter, mo, my dear
haven't any red flannel but we have some first
rate New Orleans molasses - Softly limiting thai
she didn't think that would answer the purpose
quite WELL the child went away in search of tbs
article she wanted
"Haye you BEFSoN, s. CAPCINE PLASTERS,'
| asked a gentleman of certain drcggist whose
name could be given were it desired. Il am trou
bled just now with touch of my old friend, the
| lumbago, and the Benson's Plaster seems to q
the spot almost as soon as it touches the skim
Not at present. replied the druggist. genially
''but we have lots of plasters just as good Their,
is Allcock's. the Capsicum and others-wont on,
| of them do just as wells'
MY dear sir, retorted the gentleman, with
slight show of temper. Il say nothing agains
| those articles, but am business man, and al
| ways ask for precisely what want, and for moth
| ing else. may enlighten you, however, when
say that sometime ago for another disease,
| which the Capcino has since cured me, 1 tried al
| those you mention, with no appreciate benefit
They are inefficient, every one of them, the mean
est act of the proprietors of some of them bein:
| this: that they make plesters with similar sound
ing names to deceive the unwary into believing
| they are the same thing Experience taught IN,
the difference. I'll 60 to the next man in your line
| Good day"
Be on your guard against limitations. Tte gen
uine has the word CNPCINE cut clearly in tn
middle of the plaster All others are impostions
| Seabury & johnson, Chemists, New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17

would be great folly to take $50, 900, 900 d
year off whisky and keep it ON homesteads
and farms. Meanwhile before leaving the
subject, it may be wen to offer word upon
one or two points of objection urged against
the principle of distribution.
Certain western papers make loud COM
plants that the proposition involves the tax
alton of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky,
where the whisky is principally distilled, for
the benefit of other states. In other words,
they maintain that the distlllers pay the
tax. We suppose, by parity of reasoning,
these same western journals will admit
that the importers of New York, Boston,
Philadelphia and Baltimore pay the bulk of
the 5000 900 of customs. One position is Just
as sound-rather is not so absurd-as the
other An intelligent boy of 10 years
knows that the consumer of whisky pays the
tax, as the consumer of imported goods pays
the duty. New York pays a far heavier
whisky tax than any of the states engaged
in distilling
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
PUT UNDER RESTRAINT.
Fhc Milwaukee Youthful IncendIar.
les sent UP Indefinitely.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 17.-The four
young firebugs, Joseph Moffatt, Charles F.
Willard, Ernie L. Finch, and Benjamin F.
West all IA years of age, were
lrraigned in the municipal court,
charged with firing an clubhouse ATTACHED to
the Fourth ward school building in September
last. Willard, Finch and Moffatt iRlmedi-
ately pleaded guilty, and were sentenced by
Judge Mallory to the Industrial school for
boys until discharged by law. West entered
a plea of not guilty, and will be tried at
the January term of court. He
was subsequently released upon 81, 600
bail. The convicted lads, according to their
own voluntary confessions, are the authors
Of about ten incendiary fires which occurred
in this city within the past three months, and
all are sons of well-known and respectable
citizens, one an extensive marble dealer and
another leading grocerymau. Young West
is the son of Gen H F. West who during
the war effected daring escape from
Libby prison. The affair created the greatest
excitement, and during the arraignment the
courtroom was crowded, the spectators
squaling in number those in attendance
upon the famous Shelter trial for the burn
ing of the Newhall house
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

A woman los years old was converted
and Joined the church in Whitfield county,
Ga.
London Bible societies have gwen
away 1859, go copies Of the scriptures this
year
The Unitarians Of Boston are build
ing $50 go hall as UNCONVENTIONAL hea i
quarters
A grand-niece of Kosciusko is en-
ployed IN olla Of The government departments
at WaahingtoL
The opera season of four weeks cost
New York upward of $3.50, 900 of which Patti
got about 10 per cent
President David NJ. Howell, of The
First Matt nal hank, of Cassogolis Gl;ch. IS
dead, aged Is years.
The son Of Secretary Ere nghuy sen
is to marry Hiss Alics Coats, the ,au g'ireI OF
the manufacturer Of Coats thread,
The taldard theatre in New York
TOOK fir ane,Y4s il rains in an hour. Tie
| origin Of Jae :i.e canno. be determined Ea.
loss is place at $4,000,
The river boat Josie Harvey, loaded
with Co Il IS OF cotton al cotton sae .
burned ii ten miles below Memphis Ia9
steamer was valued at $4,000.
A riot occurred in the Blue Mountain
tunnel near Newburg, Pa, between negro
and Italian workmen, during which four Of
the former were shot, one fatally
Since the departure for England
three weeks ago of A. Sheldon, partner ia tie
Blue Springs Qowal Milling company, the
firm have discovered a shortage Of 525 500,
but are reticent in talking about the matter.
Rechounet, head of the political de-
pertinent of the Swiss federal council, in a
speech at a military banquet at BerHe Friday
night, said war clouds were gathering, and
its outbreak may be soon expected. He ad
vised his hearers to be prepared to defend
Switzerland
{ Minister Lowell is hampered il petit
f, tion;ng for O'DoDnen because of EnglGnd's
refusal, in the case of DR.. LamsoA, to grant
Communication Of the sentence. The British
home secretary declines to interfere, claiming
that there is no reasonable ground To warrant
a stay of execution.
Representatives of American capital
ISIS cOulGiIS'l N I5u Oh lIeOiAfti IulGf, al
Ottawa, Ont, touching better pro iuction OF
iron manufactures, and rcqu, sted that Q
bonus be paid on pig and bar made, to equat
lie the cost OF pro iUclion and selling proGts
Sir Laongrl PROMISE to give the matter hi.
| attention.
| Edward Rough, stage carpenter,
in revenge for beng discharged, attempted
to burn the Casino theatre at New York. *
placed combustibles in an unfinished upper
| box, with a candle near, which he lighted 8.
the curtain was rung for the last act of ''lht
Beggar Student" The Waterman fo.tu
nately discovered the ire-plant
At the election for delegates to thC
Louisiana Democratic convention, at New
Orleans, riot occurred at the Seventh ware
polling booth between the adherentS of Gov
McEnery and. Gen. Ogden. Reviewers wer,
used wilh deadly effect, three men being
killed and about score wounded. Among
the dead is Capt. Michael j. Fortier, of In
famous gun detachment which CAPTURE
militia drill prizes in many cities.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
Can't FRONT by His Own Wrong.

DEs MONIES, Iowa, Dec. lin the Iowa
supreme court, the case.of Steayens VS.. The
Illinois Central Reilroad company, the de
cision of the court below was reversedi
Stsavens was the station agent Of the rail-
road company, and received and paid over to
company what, under the Granger law, were
overchaEgeS. He brought action against
the company to recover the amount Of
such overcharges. The court below
held that, as agent Of the company, he was
not estopped from a recovery. The SUI
preme court says he is equally guilty of a
violation of the law, and this court will
make no distinction in order to relieve a
law-breaker from the consequences of his
acts, and will not inquire whether the act
was done by an agent or as an individual
The public good does not require that a
breaker should receive benefit from his
own offense. Steavens, under that law, was
guilty of a miStlemeanur
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
THE MAIDSTONE FAILED.
Strange ana pitiahIe Plight Of an
Illinois Farmers little SON,

TEERE HAUTE, Ind, Dec IA farmer
named Elridge, living near Paris, Ill, brought
his 9-year-old son here to have applied the
famous Taylor maidstone, the boy having
shown many symptoms of hyirophobia. A
week ago the boy refused to cross small
stream, and at sight of the water ran about
in circle. In day or two he refused to
drinI, water, and could not sit at table if
a glass Of water could be seen. Being ques-
toned he said he was bitten August IS, and
showed a scar on his knee. For three days
past be hes been having from five to
ten spasms each day, crawling on his
hands ana knees, barking and growing like
a Do, AND resisting physical control with
miraculous strength A pat on the head and
a command to lie still, as one would speak
TO a dog, would, however, instantly quiet
him The stone was applied, but after
two hours it having failed to adhere and
draw away any virus, the father took his
boy home
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
The Tonau;n Affair.

PARIS, Dec. lit Is stated that, owing
to the revolution In Hue and the death OF
King Hiephema, the government has ordered
Admiral Courbett to remain upon the de
fensive until further reinforced. An uneasy
feeling is again apparent here, owing
to the silence of the government in
regard to affairs in the east
The bourse is agitated and prices are droop
ing. At the sitting of the senate commit
tee on the Tonquin credits bill, st. Waller
declared that when he was ambassador al
Berlin, Bismarck sounded him concerning
Tonquin, wishing to know if France had
abandoned its rights there, with view to the
possible establishment of a German colony
in that country.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
ABOUT THE WOMEN.
Lillian Spencer's Husband Animal
verts on His Mother-in-Law
Defending Mrs. Christiancy---Two
Loving Elopcrs---soMe Remarks
About Miss ChamberIain--Try
ing TO Keep Sober.

PrrTsDURG, Dec 17-Mr Clayburg, nus
hard OF the actress Lillian Spencer, VINO mas
sr,I for divorce on the ground OF cruelty,
gni who also asks police protection TO pre-
,.rit her husband kidnapping their little giri,
has been seen by reporter, With his hand
frequently pressed against bis heart, or on
one leo before the mirror, Mr.. Ciayburg
said. "If | said much l would be &C
cuseI Of desire to gain the sympathy of
the rnhlir. If | said little it would
be charged to cowardice am a man, and
can bear this trouble alone; my wife needs
an the sympathy. She is coerced by her
mother. If could only see her for five min
ut5s she would tell you with her own lips that
all the charges against me are false. Our life
las been one OF continuous honeymoon. We
have always loved each other devotedly, and
our intercourse has been of the most pleas
amt character She would tell you, If she
could. how often l have gone on the stage
and told her that if she did not stop acting III
t3aa intense manner | would ring
down the curtain. She would tell You
teo. how on rainy nights l would take off
NV own coat to shelter her. | have not one
Esr! word to say against her. She is the
t.s. ADD dearest little woman in the world,
ard am her slave and will always continue
t. be. But | viii make such a defense to
Ills proceeding that let the result bo what it
,aaT, my Child will never have it cast up p
hog that her father was unkindto her mother.
There was no occasion to have guard at the
hose. Our chill il tco tender to be
ru.a.yel from It's mothers care, and will
maize no attempt to take it from her.
l-.lhar will l do any thing at present.
n am well enough | will
90 to New York. l will re
turn in few days. and will then max
nay DEFENSE have not much money, but
VIII 81 nj every cent of money am worth
to get myself right before the public, and re-
move rif wife from my mothers influence.
Th.y }aA better save their money and buy
te.ta s. tji it.n
The }s-r sentence was delivered in an ex-
ccadm " venomous manner, and was in
ton led as n reflection on the profession of
Mr.. CIR hHrg's father, who was dentist.
0nai' Us expressions Of sympathy for Mrs.
Ia; bur. and condemnation for her husband
are heard
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
To Preserve the Health
Use the Magneton Appliance Co.'S
MAGNETIC LUNG PROTECTOR
pRjGE ONLY 6


They are priceless to LADIES, GENTLEMEN and
CHILDREN with WEAK LUNGS; no case of PEEU
MONA or GROUP il ever known where these gar
ments are worn. They also prevent and cure
HEART DIFFICULTIES, COLDS, RHEUMATISM, NEU-
RALGIA, THROAT TROUBLES, DIPTHERIA, CATARRH,
and all KIDNEY DISEASES. VIII wear any service
for three years Are worn over he under-cloth
ing
1t is needless to describe the
Oh ANN symptoms Of this nauseous dis
ease that Is sappng the life and strength of only
too many OF the fairest and best of both sexes.
Labor, study and research in America Europe
and Eastern lands, have resulted in the Magnetic
Lung Protector atfording cure for Catarrh. d REM
edy which contains no DRUGGING of the system,
and with the continuous stream of Magnetism per
meating through the afflicted organs must restore
them to healthy action. We place our price for
this appliance at less than one-twentieth of the
price asked by others for remedies upon which
you take all the chances and we ESPECIALLY IN
viTE the patronage of the many persons who have
tried drngging their stomachs without effect.
NOW TO OBTAIN G Fh 10 y aRPl dPnss
and ask for them If they have not got them.
write TO the proprietors, enclosing the price, in
letter at our risk, and they viii be sent to You
once by mail, post paid
Send stamp for the New Departure in Medical
Treatment WITHOUT MEDICINE with thousands
OF testimonials
THE MAGNETON APPLIANCE CO.,
2lS State Street, Chicago, III.
NoTE.-Send one dollar in postage stamps OF
currency (inletter at risk with size of shoe
| usually worn. and try a pair of our Magnetic In
soles, and be convinced of the power residing in
our Magnetic Appliances. Positively no COLI feet
| Where they are eooTp, or money refunded.
sept -27-dw1Y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
THE GIRLS CAN'T COME IN.
Philadelphia Judge Refuses &
Woman Admission to His Bar.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. T.-Common pleas
court No. has refused the application for
admission TO practice of Mrs. Carrie B. Kilgore
wife of Damon G. Kilgore Mrs. Kilgore had
previously been admitted to practice in the or
phans' conrt Judge Hare said the uniform
rule and practice of the courts of Pennsyl-
yania was against the admission of woman
lawyers, and he was not disposed to take
upon himself the responsibility of introducing
the innovation He considered there
we're special objections to the admis-
sion of married women under the
existing laws of the state, which per-
mitted them to carry on UNPUBLISHED
the most glaring frauds. If the legislature
passed an act admitting them to the bar, he
apprehended the statute would be accom-
panied by provision that they should be
liable to the same extent as men. He did not
attach any Importance to the certificate of
the Orphans court, because each court was
the sole judge of its own rule.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
Ntood ,Em ON ,yiIh a lann.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 1.-Two con-
stables attempted to arrest an old man named
John Carmen, for vagrancy in the town of
Oak Creek He is a bachelor, and resides alone
in an old log house, which he barricaded and
strongly defended with firearms.
He refused to be arrested, and
defied the whole town and announced himself
to be well supplied with fuel and provisions
for winter siege. The warrant was turned
over to Sheriff Bently by Justice Bodden, of
Oak Creek, and Deputy Tegtmeyer was sent
to make the arrest Carmen served three
years in the army, and his friends say he is
worth about 5000
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
WHO PAYS THE TAX.
"Gath" Makes Some Criticisms ON
Western Logic.

New YORK, Dec. 17.-"Gath" says: ''The
question raised by Mr.. Blaine in regard to the
distribution of the amount derived from the
whisky tax belongs to the future. So long
as the whisky tax is needed by the national
government, the question of its trans,
fer is not practically before the people. 1t is
only when the question of its repeal is
reached that the issue raised by Mr.. Blaine
comes to the front. Indeed this appears by
the text of his letter to be his own under
standing. He fixes the time at that point
when we can no longer apply the surplus to
the payment Of the national debt, and have
no use for the tax in the national treasury
The question is not between the national
and state governments as to which shall have
the whisky tax, but between giving the tax
to the states or repeating it altogether. On
that point there will bea great deal to be said
when it is reached. Mr.. Blaine feels sure it
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
The Eire Reenr1i

ST. LOUIS, Dec. IA fire in the main
street of Calondelet, the southern suburb of
this city, destroyed B. Lowenstein's clothing
store The loss is $l7, 600, insured for S13. 600.
Tie building was damaged Sl,200; fully in
sured.
WINoNA, Mimi, Dec. 1.-THE Winona &
st. Peter railroad elevator was burned at
noon. The fire spread to the freight house of
the Diamond Joe dock and Boynton's beer
warehouse, which are now burning.
ALEXANDRIA, Dec. l7.-The greater part
of the temporary buildings erected in the
great square after the bombardment by the
British fleet have been burned
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17

CLEVELAND, Dec IA rather romantic
marriage has just taken place i'll Montville,
Gcauga county. William Sober and Amanda
Allen have been married again the second
time. They have now both been married
three times Amanda, the bride, in the first
place, quite a number of years ago married
man named Allen; they had several children
and after living together a few years she got
divorced from him and married man named
Sober She obtained divorce from him and
again married a man named Sprague, from
whom she obtained divorce soon after, and
now she has again married her second bus
hand Sober
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
The ssirnificnnne nrHt

CHICAGO, Dec. LA reporter asked Emery
A. Storrs if he thought the holding of the
National Republican convention in Chicago
was in the interest of any particular candidate.
No. said he, there is nosignifcance in
it SO far as candidates are concerned. The
action taken by the committee to control the
building themselves shows that they don't
mean to have any outside influence. operating
upon the convention, and that they propose
it shall be run by the delegates Not par
ticle of significance attaches to location this
tiy,a
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
E.iN..l.- N.lt.l 2 ssuI,ct iu Hia Rrain,

NEW YORK, Dec. IL Charles Reimer
while playing with a small revolver at his
hous', No. IS Sumpter street, Brooklyn, on
October -, shot himself in the head The
bullet tered the right side of the sknR one
and half inches above the right ear. 1t
took a doSnward direction, passing through
the middle of the head Its whole
course, however, appeared to have been
through the cerebrum. The physicians put
him on anti-phlogistic treatment, expecting
his early death. He rallied after the nervous
shock, gradually recovered, and is now at
work as usual. The physicians traced the
course of the bail full six inches into the brain
with probe, SO that they have no doubt as
to its course The wound appears to have
healed thgOughout
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17

New YORK, Dec. IA child was born
here few days ago with a peculiar nasal
formation, resembling an elephants trunk
1t died on Wednesday of commissions,
the primary cause of death being an
inability to nurse. The parents of tho
child had previously had one similarly de-
formed, which lived but short time. Such
malformation wasa hereditary characteristic
relatives Of the family generation or two
back having possessed the same strange devel-
opment which in their cases did not prevent
them from reaching maturity.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
Not in Favor Of Reform,

WASHINGTON Cry, Dec 17.-Col. Tag.
CARTS Times, of Philadelphia. says: ''The
Civil Service Reform association is cfrculat-
ing petitions asking congress to repeal the
laws limiting the terms of yarions United
States officials, such as postmasters, col
lectors, etc, to four years. In other words,
these snobs want to establish an aristocracy
of office holders for life, as it is in England.
If this country doesn't suit these cranks, let
them emgrate to England They can be
spared from here, and the country would be
the better for their absence
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
WanfeA In Chicago.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Postofiico Inspector
Ray, of Chicago, arrested George W. Rum
be, at his office in Fulton street. Rumble is
wanted in Chicago under an Indictment for
violating the postal laws, He is charged
with having, under the name of W. T. Soule
& Co., sent circulars through the mails by
which he obtained money from his CORES
pondents on false representations. He was
held in S, 900 bail. On Rumble's Office door,
in this city. was sign reading Western
Grain and Cattle association probably OF
the same nature as the Chicago business.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
Excited N5ussaimcn.

CAIRO, Dec. THE Musselmen of Egypt
are greatly excited over the preaching of an
Armenian. An outbreak is feared.
The religious hatred of the digerent races
has been growing rapidly Of late, and may
break out in the form of bloodsbed
at any moment Fanaticism is at its
height. The Copts, descendants of
the ancient Egyptians, and stanch
adherents to crude form of Christianity,
are defiant, and popular outbreak between
them and the Mohammedans seems imminent.
The governor of Stout has warned the Egyp-
tan government of the situation, and troops
are to be dispatched to Stout as soon as any
NAV be available
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
Canadian Elections,

OTTAWA, Ons., Dec 17.-Four elections
were hel H Canada, three to fill vacancies
in the Ontario provincial Legislature and one
i'll tAn Dominion parliament. The dominion
election vas in west Middlesex, and was car.
Tia3h y Cameron, Liberal, by so majority. For
The local legislature, Hon. George W. Ross
Ltoesa., ut.nister CT education, was elected il
Hg., &tal-seX by 2l1 majority; Phelps
Liberal, was erected for West TiInoby by "
majority, aud Hanell, Conservative, fol
CardHc.L b. 50 minority.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17

Mercury and potash have made more cripple
than war, pestilence and famine combined
FOR LADIES.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17
OR.Color. But Bound TO Ravo Her.

CAIRO ILL.,, Dec 17.-'Squire Cummings, OF
this city, several days ago received letter
from Texarkana, Tex, asking whether the
Illinois laws prohibited the intermarying OF
whites and blacks. A negative answer
was returned, and white man
named Eugene E. Wilson, of Gar
land City, Ark, and mulatto woman
named Mary V. Watkins, of Texarkana
Texas, arrived here and were married by the
judge. The groom regarded Cairo as a sort
of Gretna Green. and said large number
laboring under the same erroneous impress
sion would shortly reach here from Texar
kama and peighborhoOd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-17

LONDON, Dec. l7.-The scafPolt upon
which O'Donnell will be executed is being
erected. The hangman is inside of Newgate
prison. and remains there until after the exc
cution. O'Donnell sleeps well and takes his
meals regularly. He does not occupy the cell
to which condemned persons are usually as
signed, but is placed in larger one. Two
wardens are constantly watching him.
Usually only one man is detailed for this
Seryirp