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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-17
Nothing Succeeds like Success.

Proud to realize the steady increase of business
to positive evidence of the perfect satisfaction goods
give to all who paonize 1t desire to offer to the pub
lie selection of PURE TEAS Adulteraed exhausted
we do not will not handle Never did sell Coees with
such confidence at the present time and cool by
patent process neither using polish shrink
age therefore Coees do become tough but always
their full aroma
ngWihu dontf
purchase u
The Bain's Tea and Coffee Company, New York City.
20 Rock Island Branch 1910 Second
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-17
TRADE.
t3ock island Market.
WHOLESALE GROCERIES.

CORRECTED DAILY Fr HENRY DARTS Sons.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-17
Fires.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. Is.
The fire at Casey, H., last night de-
stroyed eleven business houses and several
offices, causing loss of about $50, 900, not
withstanding some of the losers saved part of
thair stock
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10
A c,RoumrocuroRY WAY
or violating the Law with Reference
to the Giving of GIFTS.

A few evenings agoa CRITIC reporter accl-
dentally heard some young gentlemen discuss.
Ing, dllatlng upon some elegant presents that
had been given TO tho head OF their division
In one of the Departments by tho clerks and
employees OF that division. Being animated by
the exhilarating effects OF one or two OF Drivers
Tom and Jerrys the quartet talked freely, all
unminGful of tho fact that there was "a choild
amang em takin' notes, and that faith he'd
Observing that one OF the quartet was
somewhat piqued over what had occurred,
THE CRITIC man concluded to bide his time
and apply his pump to that individual and
see what he could lnd out. Meeting the young
gentleman the next evening, and having re-
memberod the pane of the head OF the dlvi-
sion who had Ion the subject OF the previous
animated discussion, THE CRITIC man only
had TO take hold of the thread and pull 1t
gently to call forth the following facts;
In a certain division of one of the Depart
ments Of the Government the clerks and en-
ployes Of that division contributed money
with which to buy their chief and his wife a
handsome Christmas present. and In order to
ovade section 1884 of the Revised Statutes,
the presents were given to the wife OF the
chief of their division, which consisted In part
OF an elegant solid silver set costing tho neat
little sum of $3.50. But not content with this
very elegant present, which was intended as
an evidence of the high regard In which the
aforesaid clerks held their chief, and which
they attempted to bestow upon him In whip
he-devilaround-the-st sort Of way, they
accompanied 1t with 500 in cash money,
which was TO be used In purchasing an eles
giant watch and chain for the aforesaid chief.
II necessary THE CRITIC could furnish both
the name OF the fortunate reclpiento of these
magnificent presents and the Department he
adorns, but, believing II entirely unnecessary,
will be content with producing for the careful
perusal OF that gentleman and his generous
donors the following section of the Revised
Statutes of the United States.
"Sec. 1884. No oi1lcer, clerk or employe in
the United States Government employ shall at
any time SOLICIT contributions from other off,
GERS, clerks or employees in the Government
service for q gift or present to those In supe-
rior of1lcial position; nor shall any such on-
cals or clerical superiors receive any gift or
present offered or presented TO them as con-
tribution from persons In Government employ
receiving less salary than themselves; nor
as gift or present to any official superior
Every person who violates this section shall be
summarily discharged from tho Government
employ"
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10
For Protection of Animals.

Judge Arthur Macarthur presided last even
ing at the annual meeting of the S. p. G. A.
which was held in their rooms at the LIE
Droit Building. The annual reports of the
secretary, treasurer and agent were pre-
sented. 1t appears from the secretary's re-
port that 141 members have Joined the society
during the past year, and that 1t now has a
per member. The report is made at length,
embracing Information OF the varied action
taken during the year, street.car statistics,
and as TO the proposed consolidation with the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chill
dren, under the name of the Humane Society.
1t appears from the treaSurers report that
the society is on sound financial basis, there
remaining the sum of S93.39 in Its treasury
on the first instant. The statement Of receipts
and expenditures shows that annual member
ship fees were received amounting to $2S1,
and one life membership fee OF $20 the do
nations were $203.75 1nes collected, 1889:
net proceeds of operate entertainment June
8, $131. SO; net proceeds OF lecture at LIE Lroit
Park, SSO60. These Items, with SLIGO cash
on hand at the beginning of the year and Go
cents of postage, swelled the receipts to
S1,05S.36.
The expenditures were: Salary and compen-
sation 10 agents, $T24,50; collecting fines and
fees, $3.50; expense of meetings, SIG; jan
itor, $3.50; prizes TO public-school pupils,
S42; rewards TO police officers, SO; printing,
advertising and postage, $11590. Tho In
debtedness of $S9.75 on january 1, 1882, has
been paid on.
The report Of the agent shows that 81 cases
were brought in court, of which 81 were by
the society and 30 by the police force. In
these cases there were Ga convictions. This
represents but small part of the agents
work In examining reported cases, giving
warnings, reprimands and making inyestiga'
tions.
The election of officers was postponed until
the Doth instant.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10
LoutsIann Lottery Drawing,

1O,454 drew the first capital prize of $50, 900;
whole sold In odessa, La Fayette County, No.
No. 1856 drew second capital prize OF s25,000;
was sold In New Orleans and Chicago. No.
S6,401 drew the third capital prize of $4,000;
was sold in New York. No. 22,2S5 drew
$4,000; was sold In Omaha and Memphis. No.
7O,755 drew $4,000; was sold in Washington,
d. O., and Tltusville, Pa. No. 23,260 drew
$1,000; was sold In New York. No. 23,633
3o,95O drew $2, 600; was sold In Chicago and
New Orleans. No. 7S,616 drew $4,000; was
sold In Boston. No. 93,672 drew $4,000; was
sold in st. Louis and Potosi, Mo.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10
Treasurer POLK Captured.

The New Orleans Picapule'S San Antonio
special says Marsh II. Polk, the abscondlng
Treasurer of Tennessee, was captured Monday
afternoon near Webb Station, eighteen miles
from Rio Grande. The capture was made by
Oflcer Joe Sheely. Polk had obtained q horse,
having left the cars at Webb Station with a
view OF reaching Mexico at an isolated point
above Laredo. After the capture OGlcer Sheely
at once telegraphed Governor Hawkins, oil
Tennessee, and then placed his prisoner on
the train and conveyed him to Laredo, where
he was put in Jail. Polk was travelling In dis
regarded as very stupid, indicating that he
had no knowledge OF the telegraphic facilities
OF the country nor OF the character OF the Dor
dar ofIlaara
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.

THE MODEL FAST.
AEp TgE THE HasT oNLY ( Nb LINE EET BETWEEN Eyv
via Washington.
DOUBLE TRAcKi JANNEx CoUpLEni
Schedule to take effect Sunday, Nov. 12, 1882.
A. NJ. LEAVE WASHINGTON.
4.o5-GHIcAeo. .oINcTNNATI ANDsT. LOUIS F,sx
EE1piREss E1pis a Sleeping cars to Cincinnati, ST.
5.oo-Baltimore, ElIIcot City and Way Stations.
o.oo-Baltimore. Annapolis and Way. tP,ed.
mont; strasburg. Winchester. Haaerstown
.r and Way via Relav.l
elo-Polnt of Rocks and Way Stations.
eLo-PHILADELPMIA.N NEW YORK and RosIoA
EXPRESS. Parlor cars TO New York.
B.4o-STAUNToN and VALLEY EXPRESS, fCon-
hecIs x Gota LOT hagers'own and at Point OF Rocks
to.oo-Baltmore. Hyattsville and Laurel Ex-
press. Stops at Beltsville. Annapolis Juno
ton. Jess9ps and Dorseys. On Sunday
lO.OO-BALTIMoRE ExPREsB Stops at Hyatts.
vile and LAUREL
tiol6-PITTsBURea. CHICAGO. CrNc1NSArr,
IoUIsvILLE and st. LOUIS ExPBEss,
Sleeping cars to Cincinnati and Chicago.
ia.1o-Baltimore. Ellicot City. Annapolis and Way
Stationn.
tl;2b-on sunday Only, for Baltimore and Way.
t2.2o-BALTIMoRE EXPRESS.
t3.36-BALTIMoRE EXPRESS.
fs~.oo-,BALTI%oRE. ~ PHILADELPHIA and NEW
s.so-Baitmore and Way Stations winchester, I,
Frederick. Hsgerstown and Way, via Re.
<.so-BAIT1MoRE. HxATTsvILLE AND LAUREL
EXPRESS. Frederick via Relay. Stops ~
Annapolis Junction.
t4.4o-Batimore. Annapolis and Way Stations.
t4.46-Point of Rocks. Frederick BRgerstown ,
Winchester and Way Stations. ION Sunday
to Point of Rocks and Wav Stations onlyd
t6.4b-BALTIMoRE ExPREss. MIartnsburg and
Way. via Relay. Stops OF Hvattsville and
e.o6-POint OF Rocks and Way Stations
h.oo-Baltmore and Way Stations.
s7.3O-BALTIMoRE EXPRESS.
tH.4O-PITTSBURGH, CLEVELAND and DETROIT
EXPRESS. Sleeping Cars to Pittsburgh.
10 e.4o-PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK anu BOSTON
EXPRESS. Sleeping cars TO New YOrk.
tG.bb-CHICA6o, CINCINNATI, and ST. LOUIS
EXPRESS: Sleeping cars to Cincinnati. st.
Louis and Chicago.
u.ao-Baltmore and Way Stations.
tDaily. 1sunday only. Other trains daily ex.
oeRi Xii iy rainSy nom washington stop at Relay Sta.
ton.
Ohio Ticket Ofices Washington Station, and 6IS
and 1851 Penna avenue. cor. OF 14th street, where
received at any point In the city,
VIM. CLEniENTS, Q. X. LORD,
Master of Transportation. Gen. Passenger Agt.
BALTIMORE. BALTIMORE.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10
RAILROADS.
RAILROADS.
PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE,
TO THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST.


In EFFECT OCT. I, 1882,
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON, from station
corner of Sixth and B Streets
rs follows:
For Pfttsburg and the West, Chicago Limited
Express of Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars
at $3.50 a. m. daily Fast line $3.50 q, m. daily,
with sleeping cars from Harrisburg, to Cincin,
natl. Western Express 1880 p M daily, with
Palace cars to Pittsburg Mail Express,
$50 p. m. daily for Pittsburg and the West.
BALTIMORE q POTOMAC RAILROAD.
For Erie, Canandaigua, Rochester, Buffalo. Mag
ara, at $50 daily except Saturday, with Palace
car from Washington to Canandalyua.
For Williamsport, Lock Haven and Elmira at
$50 q. m. daily except Sunday.
For New York and the East, 800 n. m 1870 q. m, +,
L3o, 40, 9;5O and 1920 P. m. On Sunday, Ar,
$3.50, and 1920 p. m. Limited Express OF Pull
man Parlor Cars, .. 80 a. daily, except Sunday,
For Philadelphia, 500 O. M, 1880 a. m. 13O 40
$50 and 1920 p m. On Sunday at 420, $50
and 1920 D. m. Limited ExpreHo, $50 a. m,
daily, except Sunday, - "
For Baltimore, GAO. 800. e.30. 1890 g. m and Iso,
40, 440, $40. 1880, $50 and 1920 p. m. On Sun.
day, s.o0 $50 s M. 42O, $40, 7.s6. $50 and 1929
D. m.
Tickets and Information at the Office, north.
east corner Of Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue, and at the station where orders can ke
hotels and residences
CHAS. Il. PUGH. General Manager.
]. r. WOOD. General Passenger Agent
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10
uAIdernev Dairy Wagons.n

Fresh AIderney Butter, churned every MORN
ing and delivered In ~ ID "Ward" prints, Doc.
per fb. Also, cottage cheese, buttermilk aud
sweet milk, &c. per at. Cream 16r. per pint.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10

Stocks and Bonds bought and sold at the New
York Stock Exchange for Is commission, and
carried on margin when desired.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10
HEALTH rs WEALTH.
Dr.. BELLS NERVE AND

Brain Treatment. A specific for Hys-
terra, Dizziness Convulslens. Nervous Headache.
Mental Depression. in either sex, also, loss OF
memory, Spermatorrh@a, Impotency, Involun-
tary Emissions, Premature Old Age, caused by
overexertion, seli-abuse, or over-indulgenoe.
which leads TO misery, decay and death. One box
will cure recent cases. Each box contains one
months treatment. One Dollar hox, or six
boxes for five dollars sent by mail prepaid, on
receipt of price. We guarantee SIX boxes to cure
any case. With each order received by US for six
boxes, accompanied with five dollars, we Will
send the purchaser written guarantee to re-
turn the money If the treatment does not effect
cure.
M. j. CARLILE S1 CO..
DRUGGISTS, SOLE AGENTS,
81 g. 81 Water St., Brooklyn, NJ. Y.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10
News Notes.

Five persons were killed by the explosion
of blast furnace at Bethlehem, Pa, yester-
day.
John Scuff, of Brooklyn, N. Y, saloon
keeper, was stabbed yesterday and probably
fatally wounded by John Redding, with whom
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10
WpArIENcEn AT LINcoLN nALL.

The educated Russian bears still remain al
the Dime Museum, and there are numerous
other living curiosities. The stage perform
ance Is very fine.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10

Tonight the members OF the Apollo Cleo
Club and the Potomac Boat Club Will be the
guests Of Mr.. Curtis at the rink, and q most
enjoyable programme has been arranged. on
Saturdaynight Mr.. Curtis Will entertain the
Capital Bicycle Club and the journalists pres
ent in the city. Among the attractions will be
fancy riding by Rex Smith,
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10
NEW THEATRE COMTQUE,
NEW DINE MUSEUM.

new ballet, new olio, new burlesque,
and throng of beautiful women are the at.
fractions at the Comique this week. There
will be matinees tomorrow and Friday.
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10

The owners of the Kirby Hall, which ran
down and sank the City of Brussels, have
lodged a claim for $4,000 damages, and the
owners OF the City Of Brussels claim e160,000
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10

John B. Manning (Dem.) was elected
Mayor of Buffalo, MY, receiving L ,036 votes,
to 1921 for Robert II. Hefferd, Republican.
The vote was some 5000 less than in 1881,
Nybap Novor nlavalnpd xuaa al
The Evening critic., 1883-01-10

FADELE-Y 81 BRO.
4y2-24 Eighth Street, bet. d and N. W.
Oloae Carriages for Weddings, Calls and Hecop
lions. Boarding and Livery Stables.
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were considered infallible by the old
est inhabitants.
How prayerfully and tearfully frost
was looked for: it was de.ayed till
the over-wrought people seemed in
despair. At last one November morn
ing the strained eyes of the watchers
discerned Il white coating upon the
streets of the city and the hedges in
the country. A ray of light CLEANED
through the darkness, and the few
survivors had time to contemplate the
ruin that had been wrought
Which suffered most. those who re-
mained, or those who returned to find
their homes deSolated, was question
not easily answered. Familiar faces
that had been brig lat with life and hope
that had hidden them cheerilv God
speed on their journey, had vanished
to return no more. The heroic father
who would not desert his city in her
hour of need but had sent his family to
a place of safety, was often missed
when the family gathered again around
the family hearth-stone, having died at
his post of duty, without the tender
ministries of wife and children, great
er hero than the soldier who falls on
the battlefield.
TO set the city in order, to restore
the governmental routine, to retain the
trade and confidence of surrounding
cities, were Herculean tasks; but stu
pendOus rs they were, the citizens
shouldered the burden. and sought to
repair the shattered finances of the
long suffering city.
Christmas and New Year passed
gloOmily; the winter was one of mourn
ing:
''The air was fun of farewells TO the diving,
And MORNINGS for the dead
The neart of Rachel for her children crying,
Would not bv comforted.n
Every one felt bowed down by the
terrible calamity that had overwhelmed
them. The next summer was to see q
repetition of the same scenes; not of
such magnitude, it is true. fer the
material on which the dread monster
feasted was sessbly diminished.
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their aim to the position of the bird at
the very moment they hear the report
of their gun. Also, estimations of dis
tanccs in the air beside small and
quickly moving object are very unre-
liable, and often when the sportsman
thinks he has fred only one foot ahead
OF bird he has really held ahead three
feet. Let some one suspend horizontal
ly IN the air an unfamiliar object that
must be distant from fence rails and
other things whose dimensions YOU
know, and then guess its length. You
Will, after few trials, be satisfied that
the estimation of actual lengths at
thirty yards is very loose guess. work.
"A beginner " no. out of three shots,
can bring one Bob White to bag, need
not be discouraged or ashamed; with
sufficient practice, he may one day kill
one out of two birds fired at. The
sportsman who does not select his
shots (and no man really sportsman
can do thaO, but takes his chances in
the open and in covert on all birds
which offer probability of success to
his skill, and who, the season through,
brings to his bag three out of five birds
fired at, is an accomplished sportsman.
If he can make three successful shots
out OF four, he is Il phenominal marks
man"
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Bob White Shooting.

The opening illustrated paper in the
August Century is a sportsman's paper
on bob White, the Game Bird of
America" by Professor Alfred Nj.
Mayer Of the Stevens Institute of Tech
nology. OF the difficulty of bagging
Bob White he says: ''To become sue
cessful shot at Bob White, the sports
man should bear in mind that Bob im-
mediately after he has sprung, flies
with velocity which probably exceeds
that of any other bird; and also that
unless fairly hit, he can carry OFF a
large number of pellets. When covey
springs, ii rises at a considerable angle
with the ground. Hence, in shooting
at bird in flushed cevey, the sports
man of unsteady nerve and sluggish
muscles is apt to understood, the bird
rising with such velocity that by the
time the gunner has brought his gun
into position the bird has passed above
his line of sight. AS n rule, ! think
that about one second generally elapses
between the instant of springing of the
bird and the moment OF fire. This in
terval gives the bird time to gain a
moderately horizontal line of flight,
and allows the sportsman TO get fair
aim.
SIN shooting at an incoming bird,
let him be out Of sight and Just below
the rib OF your gun at the moment of
firing. AT a bird going overhead, wait
till be has passed we'll over; then shoot
under him. At straightaway shots hold
a little high, SO that you Just catch
glimpse of the bird over your barrels.
"In shooting at cross shots, it should
be understood that the velocity OF an
ounce OF No. s shot driven wiki three
drams of powder is near to 9C0 feet per
second. In that second Bob White,
if under full headway, will 90 IS feet,
II we estimate the velocity of his aight
so low as only a mile minute. II he
is flying directly across your line of
sight and thirty yards OFF, the shot will
take One-tenth of n second to reach that
distance, and in one-tenth of a second
the bird has gone over eight and eight
tenths feet. So, if we should fire a
snapshot directly at a sying bird
thirty yards distant, the center of the
cloud of shot would fall about nine
feet behind him, and he would pass by
unscathed. TO kill him clean, you
must hold nine feet ahead of him. To
some sportsmen, nine feet may seem a
great distance to hold ahead on q
cross-hying bird thirty yards away,
but not to those who have noticed at
tentively the relations of the line Of
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How Much Protitp

An exchange, referring TO the eek
traordinary product to which some
COWS have been forced by high feeding,
and the high prices given for such COWS
and their progeny" asks the question:
'ls 1T all prolit?" and then proceeds to
say; One thing has been overlooked
we think in this business of forcing
COWS, and that is the quality of the
butter made from their milk. The only
profit that can be derived from dairy
COWS is from the milk or butter. This
is the whole and single purpose of the
COW, aside from her calves. To be
profitable, butter must be of excellent
quality. And heretofore Jersey butter
has been remarkable for its high char
acter in every respect. Now, il is quite
certain that the forced product of a
high fed Jersey cow is of remarkably
poor quality, often approaching in tex
ture and flavor the peculiar greasincss
and tastelessness of tallow. The best
Jersey butter used to have a peculiar,
delicious aromatic flavor of its own and
was rather soft in texture in the sum-
mer, on account of the low proportion
of stoarne in it. Since it has become
the fashion to stimulate the product by
liberal meal feeding, there is no doubt
the quality has deteriorated and has
lost its fine flavor. This IS true i'm dai-
rieS where the COWS arc not, strictly
speaking, forced, but are fed high;
where the forcing system, called test
ing is practiced, the quality is 80 in
terior as to be classed as positively bad ;
ut least so far as our own experience
has gone, both in our own dairy and in
others, this result is constant. 1t is so
inevitable, that while for market pur-
poseSbutter is made in our own dairy
by rather liberal meal feeding (that is,
10 ib. daily, yet for the family use the
best COW in the herd is fed upon grass,
with only NJ. of fine corn meal to give
some necessary solidity to the butter.
No doubt this change in the quality of
the butter is the result of the physio.
logical peculiarities Of the COW, through
which, when the actual milk organs
have reached their extreme limit of
capacity for producing fat in the milk,
the fat in the food which would other
wise be deposited in the tissues of the
blood is carried to the udder and there
discharged into the milk, just as other
extrsneous matters with which the
blood may be overloaded are discharged
there and got rid of. 1t is unnecessary
to say that this sort of fat is not butter.
but merely tallow which would other
wise be deposited upon tho intestines
and over the kidneys in any othVr ami.
NAL but a rich-milkfng cow.
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lie Didn't see 1t.

Texas Sftings.
did you see that big meteoric dis
play last night?' asked Gus De Smith
of Gilhooly.
"When did it come OfiP"
about nine O'Clock. Didn't you
see it?"
mo, of course | didn't. | live out in
the subuI bs of Austin, AMI never get a
chance to see anything that is going on
after dark in the business portion Of
he city.
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country

The meanost man we have heard OF thi
season is the fellow who telegraphed his
sympathy TO a friend, who had lost every
thing in speculation, and made him pay for
tho nesssge.-The Drummer.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-08-13

A century plant at the Soldiers home,
Dayton, o., is preparing to bloom. The stalk
has run up more than twenty feet In the last
few weeks.