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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14

The death of Wagner removes the most
rugged. uncompromising, original and power
full art character born in this century. This
great master was, perhaps, the most myriad
minded whom Music has ever produced Not
ONLY was he a musician, but he left his mark
on the poetical, political and philosophical
literature of Germany. He was most deep
thinking philosopher of the modern school
represented by Schoppenhauer. AS politician
he was revolutionary in his theories and
methods. If he. did not see the full fruihOn
of his labors, Wagner at least did a great
and lasting work. He lived to see his theories
leaven the whole lump of European music. The
school which will follow him (Of which he was
the whole while he lived) will not be made
up of imitators, but of original workers after
his ideas. The direct influence which he ex-
erted has been wide-reaching enough to af-
feet all the German writers of music, the best
of the modern Frenchmen, and some of the
young Italians. 1t reached a man so old as
Verdi and enabled him to make his last opera
the best Full of crotchets always scatbing, and
frequently unfair in his criticism OF the com
posers whose operas stood in the way of an APP
probation Ofhis creations, Wagner, nevertheless,
had high and unfeigned admiration for
those elements IN art which all admit to be
admirable. His conceptions of the sanctity of
the arts and the possibility of their harmoni-
GUS union were rooted in profound apprecia-
ton of the antique.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
TEN PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Fopr1cy.-Richard Wagner died in Venice yes
terday. 80 The members of the French Ministry
have resigned - There was violent scene In
the french Chamber OF Deputies yesterday whlle
Waddingtons bill was under consideration. -
The crop prospects in England and ON tine contl-
nent are said TO be gloomy. - Prince Napoleon
visited the ex-Empress Eugene yesterday &C
Archbishop McCabe is better. 60 Further ev-
dence was taken at the Cimbria inquiry.
CoNGREss.-In the Senate yesterday joint reso
lution was passed to admit, free of duty, monu-
ment to General Washington. Resolutions Of the
New jersey Legislature demonstrating against the
transfer to the Navy Department of the Life Saw
inc Service were presented. Consideration of the
sngar and wool schedules of the Revenue Tariff
bill was completed. 80 In the House the River
and Harbor bill was reported from the Committee
ON Commerce The Senate bill passed grant
ing the right of way to the ST. Louis and San Fran
cisco Railway Company through the Fort Smith
Military Reservation The metal schedule OF the
Tariff bill was nearly finished
DOMEsTIC.-The floods in the Ohio valley have
been most disastrous; in Louisville dam protect
ing the lowlands broke and twenty blocks Of the
city were submerged. it is feared with loss of life
In Cincinnati the destruction is also great rail-
way depot fell and many persons are said to have
been drowned. The devastation extends to all the
cities towns and villages in the valley of the river
g. Georgias sesqui-centennlal celebration
closed yesterday in Savannah. - Two children
of John Sheffield, of Madison. Wis, were burned to
death in his house, which had been set on fire.
CITY AND SUBURBAN-Ex-GOvernor Morgan was
very low at an early hour this morning. -
fire in Canal-st yesterday caused damage to the
amount of 100000. 60 The exhibition OF the
New-York Fancers' Club was opened. - The
examination of the alleged jury fxers took place.
m. il1afG his mn ~
To many charitable institutions - The Bar AS
ISOLATION heard report on the Penal Code. -
A gambling placein Filth-ave. was broken up. -
Gold value of the lega-teDder silver dollar t4l2l2
gransl, 1892 cents. 60 Stocks opened weak and
declined, and closed unsettled at some recoveries.
The Manufacturers local observations indi-
cate fair weather. with slight change in the tenn
perature Temperature yesterday Highest. 32' F.;
lowest 25o; average. 277s0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
No opsTACIETO REPUBLICAN HARMONY.
~ Er0,n The Iticd herald (ReD.)

Il there any tangible and lnsurmountaDle oD.
t me restoration OF unity TO the Republican paltyt
there any Inevitable why the two factions lato
Witch IL has arrayed itself IN the great central states
which control the politics Of the nation should moi eoa
lesce bury their differences and boone as 1ne palV
ovoi Clearly there il such nsurmOuntaoie redson
Tie whole question therefore resolves isc1 lIto Que Oh
desire Thr Republican party would never lay become
honeycombed with factlsn, as II now 49, Tue W
eneh faction had been the unity OF tie party. W eolss,
il is a selfevdont proposition that ~ e ns'J DC
ouCaly united again until II becomes . "a Va N ,.
Iacn 70 attain tue old unity The existence O suoh ~
am eau only be demonstrated by mutual anu
nnai so6earanoe There is perhaps as nlcn neea ios
these s ON the side there lie on tne other au
the admission OF such need Is Obviously me mrs. eoa
ton of n rest red unity IN RepuOleanlsn ~
means clash ana COLLISION OF Iactlohs IN guy
nrSt National Convention, tne trumph o. one poftoh %
~ 80 90 humiliation OF another portion, aud tue IN
defeat of botn portions at the polls OF lco4 az
To what will happen the party AFTER that IL IS
- a,t"nnt t spcculate, since IL Is catastrophe WHICH
NAV Vel be avoided. rne main point Is that IL IL 10 ~
avoided tne time approaching when steps TO Iha'e"'
cauuot be delayed with safety
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
NOT A DESIRABLE CONFIDENCE.
49,, IN, SDrftladeId Republican (fno.D

Tho ESQ men whose confidence Governor
pr,lr avs Warden Earle has lost not men whoss
confidence mo / men would esteem rich possession
~ ch,ef crimes for which they arr serving sentences
ae % foiows For breaking and entering with Intent
70 sira 24i; common notorious tIleyes' 20 for
robbery AZ; for burglary, ~ ior a ~ Tor assaaIt
WITH intent TO rape 30; for a.sant wlia men W ~
Htr a for mansau ghter, "a for murder d.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
A suPERFLUOUs BILL.
- 49,. naaf DTIn 4

bill is before the tennessee a,eScs o
d. or connty ofCa, to accept free pass on any
d ,ooS There are railroads IN tne s0dn VA no
'an viii ride ever unless onigea 10, OF "eh paul " w
ni" INT IN 40 arc not excepted IN the Dill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
CONCERNING THE BUTLERIzED CITY GOVERN
MENT OF BOSTON.
T1s Yosfo

We have supported no such view, ana noS
M snch view ftue view that the Butler eA-Repnnlr1
MAYOR having been elected IS Democrat Is voa" anl
,urn ont all Republicans IN the city goVernGhvSs' NH
I'VE the spos over the ButieTitesl, and olnns 70
nsned In our columns justines any such =
position We 10 hold, however, that inc po,s Mayd
his city who permitted Mr. Palmer 10 pecono
have no right TO complain now that he Is eohuuos
himsef as lhoroug paced artisan Demo .n
He was elected in that character, ana ts H., mn al
every Republican paper ia the city heiu nm w
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14
PUBLIC OPINION.
TWO HUMBUG PROMISES.

FTon TIC SYTdcVSo IVu'HUI VI'eII 49, =
Where was Wigginss stormf-Ihe BHgato
Carrier Abseut-Keep,ng company win tnat osler
Svm,uC promise. Democratic reform pretensions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14

We commend Mr.. Robert P. Porter's letter
on the decline of the worsted-stufis trade at
Bradford, England, to the New England manu-
facturers who are just embarking in this
particular branch of business. 1t is a curious
illustration of the migration of an English
industry to the continent. Yet the French
actually bought their machinery in England
and by higher pay induced the English skilled
operatives to instruct their workmen. This is,
one of those instances in which a trade has
been lost by England through lack of fore
sight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14

The late Mr.. Samuel Willets has distributed
through his will large sums in behalf of char
ity and education. Swarthmore College,
Quaker institution, near Philadelphia, receives
500, 900. Many charitable institutions in this
city are also generously remembered. The
publication of this will probably will surprise
most of the testator's acquaintance. Mr.. Will
lets was leading member of the Society of
Friends in this city, and was known to have a
large fortune; but he was not generally sup
posed to be nearly 80 rich as his lavish be-
quests now show him to have been. That was
one of the advantages perhaps, of being q
Quaker.
The rejection of the Anti Orleauist bill by the
French Senate has been followed by the resig-
nation of what was left Of the Duclefc Minis
try. If the relation between these two events
be that of canss and effect, o new precedent has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-14

declined. and closed unsettled at some recoveries.
The WEATHER TRIBUNE local observations indi-
cate fair weather, with slight change IN the tenn
perature. Temperature yesterday Highest. 320 F.;
Lowest go average, 277so.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11
Where Birds Eat the Dead,

| THE Towers of Silence" are five in
number and stand within an Enclosure
measuring about eighty thousand square
| yards. There are also within the in
| closure a house of prayer for persons
| attending funeral, a temple in which
the sacred fire is kept always burning
and from which its rays, escaping
through apertures in the wall, fall upon
the towers, and well laid out and well
care: for garden. In the garden is an
excellent model of tower, which is ex-
planned TO visitors by the attendants
The corpse of deceased Parsee, cloth
ed Ia white, is carried up the hill on an
open bier covered with white cloth; the
male relatives and friends, all clothed in
white, following in pairs, each pair hold
ing a handkerchief between them. Some
prayers having been said in the rest
house, the bier is again taken up and
the body conveyed to one of the towers.
These towers are round, massive-looking
buildings, with white plastered walls, the
circumference of the largest of them be-
ing 276 feet and the hight of the wall
twenty-five feet. At distance of three
feet from the ground there is door in
the wall, through which the corpse-bear-
ers push the body, and then. entering
themselves, place it in its appointed
place. The interior of each tower, which
is open to the sky, is covered, at hight
of twenty-five feet from the ground, with
a circular floating, which slopes down
wards on all sides to the center. and con-
tains numerous open grooves or RECEIPT
acles for dead bodies
The outer ring of this flooring is set
apart for the bodies of men, second
ring for those of women and third or
for those of children. At regu-
lar distances, radiating channels inter
sect these rings. The body having been
deposited in its place, the bearers retire,
and Immediately swarm of yultures,
which birds of prey may always be seen
sitting in dozens on the tops of the walls,
swoop down and strip the body of every
particle of flesh in less than two hours.
After a few days. the corpse-bearers re-
turn, and, collecting the bones, which
are then perfectly dried, place them in
the central well. forty-five feet wide,
where they remain to be decomposed by
The air aud the rain. The moisture runs
off into the ground through filters of
and sand, and leaves nothing |
Of the human body in the inside OF the |
tower but the dry, crumbllng bones.
Bombay Correspondence Psstadetphta
Press.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11
CIRCUIT COURT.
The Grand Jury Report the Jail
Good ConditiOn---Court News.

Before the grand jurors concluded theil
labors on Thursday, they made a thorough
inspection of the jail and premises, and
found than Sheriff Reticker had done his
duty
To the Honorable Circuit Court, County 81
Rock Island, Nay Term 4. d.. 1853.
The grand jury respectfully report that
in pursuance of their duty as presented
by the statute, they have visited the
county Jail and find that the same is kept
in very good condition, that the prisoners
are well treated, and that they do not
find that any of the provisions of the act
and iailers have been violated or neg
lected.
ANDREW DONALDSON, Foreman.
The court record is as follows:
CIVIL CAUSES.
10-Assumpsit Louis e Hastings
Herman E. Dick, rule "a plead by Mon
day Of fourth week.
Appeal by defendant: L. III. Thomas V
Geo. w. West, ct al; motion for rule on
defendant to supply appeal bond.
Case; Adolph Boyson Dahms s.
Holland, rule on plaintiff to give addi-
tional security by Monday of fourth week.
IN cHANcERy.
10-Chancery: Lizzie TAFT A. An
derson, appearance by Guyer & Kinnaird
withdrawn. Alexander Lamont Thos.
Robinson, ct al; default as to adult de-
PENDANTS and reference to master.
Petition by change of name. Petition
heard and granted In re John p Beng
ston. In re Gustaf A johnson In re
Jonas johnson. In re Andrew NJ Law
aan
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11
The "BULL DOG"
is COMING
Geo. w. D. HARRIS,
Real Estate
Insurance Agency.
FOR SALE.


terms
Fine corner lot 6oxI50 for residence or business
purposes.
Small lot on Goth street for $3.50 90
Nice residence dry cellar, shrubbery trees barn
lot 66x34o, choice neighborhood, cheap on reason
able terms
House of ten rooms and bath ROOM hot ana cold
water, fine barn, corner lot. S0x137 nice location
terms easy.
A good house rooms nicely located. on 18Th
street.
Five rooms and bath room, lot 6oxI5O. within
blocks of postofice.
Nice residence on the bluff
Large dwelling and grounds, well located for
boarding house, saloon or summer garden in lower
part of city.
Nice brick residence with fine grounds and ont
buildings, outside city limits, on street car line
Eighty feet front with two good buildings, next
To & teI q passenger depot, on Moline avenue
fine location for boardeTs, restaurant, saloon mes
market or any kind of business.
81 600 win buy fine bnsinesss corner lot. Six
100 with dwelling and barn. on 9TH avenue.
$1,000 will bay good house and an OF land
on Milan street railway.
$3.50 will take "a good house 6 rooms with barn
in Greenbush; terms easy.
5000 will buy house and lot well located.
$3.50 takes an acre OF ground with house barn
fruit, etc, on the bluff.
8 Acres the bluff with new house, barn etc
all kinds OF frnit; cheap, ON easy terms
&400 takes house and lot on 5th street
WIN sell, exchange rent saloon and dwelling.
well located for business.
VIII exchange for good CITY property 30 gcrez
improved and 20 acres unmproved ia Rock Island
county, and go acres in Iowa
INSURE your property with Geo. w. y, HAIR
RIS; Standard, Reliable Companies Represented,
No. 1920 SECOND AVENUE.
apl9-dly Under Harper House
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11
How a Delaware Boy Had Fun.

The Rev. Mr.. Redman, pastor in
charge of the M f. Church of this place,
some days ago called at a house in
town and offered to pray with the fam
lily. Through door in an adjoining
room the preacher observed a stout boy
belonging to the family with an old
chicken hen under his arm On being
urged by the head of the family to re
lease the hen and join in the deyotions
the undevout lad showed no signs of
obedience, but stood stock still with the
old hen under his youthful arm while
the family, lead by the pastor, knelt in
prayer When the devout members of
the family responded hearty amen
the attentive boy would pinch the old
hen, whereupon the tortured fowl would
utter a mournful cry, to the great amuse-
ment of tire boy 1t is hardly necessary
to say that the prayer was IA short one
and unmixed with the faith that re-
moves mountains. SetSsec (Dei.) Jour
nal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are You disturbed at night and broken
OF your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth? If so,
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. Its value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers.
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom-
acn and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. and
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
tenn Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Svrur
TOT Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste. and Is the prescription of one OF
the oldest and best female physicians and
nurses in the United States, and is fol-
sale by all druggists throughout tbs
world. Price % cents per bottle
feb-28-m-w-s- m 1-y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11
A Printers "reminiscences Of Artsinu
Ward

Every now and then / read an ane
dote of Artemus Ward, and they nearly
All point the same way-fo bis fOndness
for practical foxes. 1t fact, it seems te
be a popular opinion that all humorist
spend or have spent most OF their time
concocting and executing these alleged
pleasantries For one, / am inclined te
doubt these stories My acquaintance
with the great Ward, and the impress
sion formed of him by it, makes it seen
impossible that he could do anything te
give another pain, even in the way OF :
joke.
In 1858, l was working "at case" OIL
the PldindeGIer, Cleveland, Ohio. Chas
F. Browne was then the local reporter
of that paper, and was just beginning
to gain national reputation by having
his productions copied by the papers all
over the country. / had the honor
and / consider it a great honor to thit
day, though | thought little of it then
to set up many of the ''goaks," as h.
called them, fresh from his pen, that
afterwards made him famous wherever
the Eng lish language was spoken.
The Pldindedler was a small evening"
paper of Democratic proclivities, EN-
ploying, | think, only six hands, and.
us Is INC case III LHOSJ SlIl1S1A OI1IGCo, DhS
editorial staff and the mechanical force
were on quite intimate terms, at least in
the office. Artemus was then working
for the munificent salary of ten dollars
per week. and type-setters received q
cents per thousand He was always in
good humor, and very seldom kicked
even when the intelligent composition
mangled his witticisms past recogni
ton | have often seen him come into
the composing room with proof, take
the galley, and correct mistakes, with
the remark, perhaps, that 1T is too fun
ny; l must fix it. "
He was great favorite, and every.
body in Cleveland knew him not few
by his nose. Now in all the anecdotes
| have read of Artemus Ward (and /
never allow one to escape me) that
great index to a mans character, the
nose, has never appeared. To illustrate
the hugeness of that organ possessed
by him, L will relate couple of incl
dents:
A fashionable halter in Cleveland Offer
ed as a prize fine silk ''stove-pipe"
hat to the man who had the largest
nose. Artemus got the hat and wore it.
Ward invited the printers in the office
to little supper one evening. OF
some punch, and all in the party par
took quite freely. Strange thing if they
didn't. you might think. | remember
one of the toasts was: The Nose of
Artemus may its shadow never grow
less" In great good humor he arose
and replied ut length, making us cry
with laughter.
This nose was of the extreme Yelling
ton type, and L never saw but one to
equal i'll mean in dimensions-and it |
belonged to tramp printer named |
Williams. He was called ''Ham-Nose"
~ H. Parks in Teas Siftings.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11
REAL ESTATE.

F. d. Young to c. Clendenin. lots %
"a and 25, on Milan Adamsville road;
$400.
VIM Young to same, indefinite, Milan,
section %. twp. II, 2 w; $3.50.
Leopold Dahlstrom to John Melin, s..
D. Stewards out lots, II, in Chamberlain's
add. lot 8; OIL, 300
Theodore Simmons to Burial Smell, one
acre in sec go. twp II, 3w; $265
Ellen Volk, ct al to Burial Smell, nm
divided I, out lot 3, in sec 90, twp17, 3w;
$50.
James Drury to Byron Drnry, 81, n G
and e4, Sc and nj, WI e sec "a, twp 16,
n5; %, 800.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11

What will Browns Iron Bitters cure?
1t will cure Heart Disease, Paralysis,
Dropsy, Kidney Disease. Consumption,
Dyspepsia, Rheumatism and all similar
diseases. Its wonderful curative power
is simply because it purifies and enriches
the blood, thus beginning at the founda-
ton and by building up the system. drives
out all disease. For the peculiar troubles
to which ladies are subject it is invalu-
able II is the only preparation of iron
that does not color the teeth or cause
headache.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11
NEVER GIVE UP.

If you are suffering with low and de-
pressed spirits, loss of appetite, general
debility. disordered blood, weak con-
stitutien, headache, or any disease of a
bilious nature, by all means procure a
bottle of Electric Bitters. You will be
surprised to see the rapid improvement
that will follow; you will be inspired
with new life; strength and activity will
return; pain and misery will cease, and
henceforth you will rejoice in the praise
of Electric Bltters. Sold at fifty cents a
bottle by Hartz s. Bahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11
The Bull Dog
Is COMING
Beyond the f{iver.
Away Across the Mississippi is held a Con
vincing Conversation

NAASiA5 ~oANSAsdtio4
q tell pou sir, that they one Of the neatest
| combinations ever produced, and my experience
of that of thing has been wide enough 10 emit
tie my Judgment TO some respect
''Oh, don't know, responded the first spesk
| er's friend, with little yawn though he didn't
take l4uch interest the subject, Il have never
been able TO see much difference in those things
They all pretty nearly the same size, and made
of about the same stuff"
The talk, of which the foregoing Is fragment.
took place in Gallatin, Missouri not long ago, ia
leading hysicans Of the State, who followed MP
the vein in which he had introduced it substantaii
ly IN these words
Nonsense. that is the rigmarole of boy, or
rather of man who either doesn't know or
doesn't care what he says. Those things. as ron
call them just diferent as the moon is from
green cheese. Now, hniments, lotions and ONT
ments are very good in most cases for the relief of
pain or inflammation. But, in the drst place they
are unclean. They soil the hands ana the linen.
besides being alwaye ut of reach when they are
most wanted
Well, my dear Doctor. sighed the traveller
from the North s'what would you have ? This y
a wretched world anyhow. and nothing is ever at
hand when it is wanted Yoa can't suggest any
thing-''
Yes, can, broke in the Doctor, humping
the table with his fist, 8 can suggest BENSoN's
cAPCINE POROUS PLASTER / have tried it
on my patients, and haye tried it on myself, for
an attack Of Neumouia and in all casses reliefh
followed in from three to forty-eig hours Tho
old plasters stage coaehes--the Capcine Is a
telegraphic dispatch. For instance, in cases of
Neuralgia, Muscular Rheumatism. Lumbago, re
tated action Of the Kidneys and -
Il give it mp, Doctor and in case OF need III buy
Benson's ? said the traveller pleasantly
In the center of tie genuine is CUT the word
CAFFEINE.
seabuy . johnson. Chemists, New York.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11

ANY physician who is acquainted with
properties win say that Glenn's Sulphur
Soap is reliable remedy for local skin
diseases.
Physicians prescribe Colden's Liquid
Sect Tonic for the weak, worn, and dys-
peptic. No other.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11

ssCremated'' is becoming a fayorite
word with reporters in describing fires
where there is a loss of life; bit it is
not an accurate use of the word. In
the improved furnaces now used in Gre
matories there is no contact of flesh with
fires The heat is 1000 degrees or more.
AT this temperature the body simply
withers away to pure white ash The
gases generated are burned in a separ-
ate chamber, and there is absolutely no
smoke, odor or other unpleasant attrib-
ute to offend sensibiliries The fur
naces cost from 50. $50 to 5000.