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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-10

DOUBLE TRACK. THE MOST IMPROVED EQUIp.
MEM AND TIE FASTEST TINE CONSISTENT
WITH ABSOLUTE SAFETY
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NETWORK AND PHILADELPHIA
NEWBORN AND LONG BRANCH r. R.

Stationsin New-YOrk : ST.. and DesbrOsses-st.
central II. r. OF NJ j.. foot Lberty-st-
For South Amboy, via O. r. Of " J.. 3. Sl5 a NJ l;41,
nj via Penn r. r. g. u M sunday, 3 a. m;
A. D. m Via Penn r. r. o a M II m $50 D. m. sue.
day. a.
sea Grit Point Pleasant &c, via O. r. r. Of n J, 3 sl5A
m las L. 6p via Penn. r. r., A. IL m, 800, D. "a.
Sundays mot stopping at Ocean Grove or Asoury PArk'
IL.
Nj, $40 a. m. las p. N.
pm. For Keygort 3; SD ll55 a M lt5 l;t5 8 N.
il. p. BALDWIN. ]. R, WOOD, J. I. RANDoLPH,
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TROY B0ATS-CITIZENS' LINE.-New
a steamers SARATOGA and CITY OF TROY leave Pier
NO n ~ M root OF ChstOpherst daily except Saturday a6
r. % connecting with morning trains Tor all points North
SUNDAY steamer touches at Albany.
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~ To Bostnn Worcester Nashua Portland and the East

IDOPILAR NHUKE LINE
FOR PROVIDENCE, BOSTON AND THE EAST
ALL RAIL FROM GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT
Three Express trains daily Sundays excepted % Boston AZ
NJ 2p. parlor attached. aud 10 m with plls
sleeping cars sundays at 10 D. m with palace seepas
l.. w.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-10
JAMES r. OSGOOD & CO., Publishers,
oil fremont Street, Boston, Mass.

AN IMPORTANT WORK BY GIBBON, the
N Historian.
HISTORY OF CHRSTIANITY
Comprising all that relates to the Progress OF me Chstan
OF the Decline and Fan OF the RO
man Empire and VINDICATON OF some passages in the
18Th and 18th chapters by Edward GbbOn With life of the
author preface and notes by the editor including VarOrum
notes by Guizot, Wenck, Milman and others ~ $500
This contains Gibbons Theological wfluncs sepat'
ate from his Historical Miscellaneous works. IL shows
when where Christianity originated; who were ITS
founders and the character sentiments manners
condition the primitive Christians Handsome lZmo
pm. Cloth. With engfavings 81 PuOshed Dy FEIEt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-10
EHIGH YALLEY RAILROAD.-Passengei

trains leave deDOs sndt and Desbrosses ts
al 1920 a. m $40 for East0n, Bethlehem, Allen
town Reading Mauch Chunk Wkesbarre T0wanda, W4yer
w. Ithaca Geneva Lyons Buffalo and the West. Pullman
through coaches daily. Local trains at $40 m foe
FasOn Bethlehem ana COpay. . .
Trains leaving az !: 20 and $40 connect for Ill
points and Hazelton coal regions SUNDAY trAi
local for Mauch Chunk, S,l5 m. Leave Maucb Chunk AZ
r. IN -. - ,,,,.-.A -, c.-.,.- a. 80.
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ERIE RAILWAY, now known as the NEW

II YORK, LAKE ERIE AND WESTERN RAILRoA
Arrangements OF trains from Chambers street Depot -.
ga m.-Cncnnau and Chicago Day Express DraWlT
room Coaches 10 Buffalo aud suspension Bridge.
6p 10. (Daty)-Fast st Louis Express arriving az Bln
at connecting with fast trains 10 the West anu sou
west. Pullmans best Drawtng.ro0m Sleeping coaches
Buffalo, Connects ar Turner's for Newburgh e,..,
p. IN. (Daiy)-Pacihc Express for the West oleepl
Coaches through to Buffalo. Niagara Falls, Ctnclhnsu
Chicago without change Hotel coaches through 10 Chca
7.l5n m Irnter nj rliy for ha Vast
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rLNlItN Lt4ND =. -. iI1AI y - I14A4AI 1I''7'
" NORTH GERMAN LLOYD
STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN NEW;fokh'
NURNBERG.... sat May IL DONAU. saturday. Nav ~
ELBE. Wednesday. Nav l6 FULDA. " ednescay May -
RATES OF PASS 40 from NETWORK TO SOUTHLAND
TON, HAYRE or BREMEN. ~ n,o
FIRST CABIN........ 500 SECOND CABIN .......SOO
STEERAGE $50 49,,
tickets Prepaid Seerage Certih
Gates S2l Steamers sail from Pier between second ana
inH"''''' 'i0OoA'"' oELRIcHs & CO.. Bowling Green
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FALL RIVER LINE,
Il for
ROSTON AMI East

N NV -IIAN IN, MDNIUEN, IAKIFUKI
~ SPRINGFIELD. HoLYoKE MONTREAL and INT,
mediate points. Steamers leave Pier No 25 r. r. al H.
and II D. Sundays exCepted); connecting with trains
NEW.HANEN for MEKlDEN, HARTFORD, SPRIN
broadway, ". Y, and COurt-st, Brooklyn. Excursion
New. nav en- and return 81 90
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-10

III W w
FOOT RECTOR-ST,
Commencing April ~. 1888:
For Highlands seabright Monmouth Beach and Long
Branch. 6. 1915 a M, D. m sunday, 10 a. m.
For Atlantic Highlands, @. 1915 a. m. p. M
For Ocean Grove Asbury Park, Sea Grit &c. 1915
Leave Lberty.st, S:l5 i45. D. ~, for Lake
wood, Manchester. Toms River Barnegat 90.
las D. for Atlantic CITY. Vineland BrdgetOn, sc.
ll;45 M, p. m. for stations TO seabrtgnL
S.l5 q. m. "A d. for statlOns % Sandy HOOK.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

A young widow who came TO Lisbon
took pre- emption claim to 100 acres.
proved up and got title TO her land.
then took another claim under the home
stead law of 100 acres more. on which
she is now living; and as the possessor of
$50 acres of the richest soil on God foot
stool. she is. of course. considered worth
having, and several bachelors i'm the VIE
unity are glaring at each other with fire in
their eyes and hatred In their hearts to-
ward their rivals.
In Lisbon not few servant girls have
taken up claims and intend to cultivate
them by contract; probably any one of
them could realize from $500 to $3.50 for
her land. One young lady. who il
clerking in enc of the stores in town, is
the possessor of number of town lots.
in addition to several quarter sections of
land. The land is worth probably $25 an
acre, but she came into possession of it
by taking advantage of the presumption,
homestead, and tree claim laws. Her
town lots were bought when prices were
low, from the proceeds of her salary
and have now advanced to nearly ten
times the price she paid for them. An
other young lady who took up pre-
emption claim last fall has the satisfact-
ion of knowing that railroad survey has
since been made across it, audit is not
at all improbable that she may yet be
come the owner of town site worth
from $50. 900 to 100000. 1t is very
poor town site that is not worth the for
mer sum, $50 lots at $500 each making
that amount; quarter section OF land
will make about 600 ordinary town lots,
ALLOW ing for streets and avenues. - lisbon
D. r. .Star
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

the seneine would ovt rtaie the bullet and
fiatferlM against tie s.nokestack Did
yoaaever see passenger train Jump right
over ffcighffrain when both were ia mo-
tlons' asked the loughnut man, as he
filed his empty coffee cup up with milk
.sOh, what are you giving ns?s said the
engineer, as he ioosened the leather belt
around his greasy overalls and looked at
the man with disgust.
We'll, you don't have to believe ii if
yon don't want TO- but pledge you my
word our train jumped right over freight
train ahead of us. We came up to it CD a
straight track and our engineer signal d
to the freight engineer TO slow up a little,
and The conductor told us to keep our
seats We had seen the freight train
ahead on a curve, and wondered why our
train did not stop When the conductor
told us to keep our seats asked him what
was the matter, and he said we We're GO
ing to jump freight. and if we moved
around We would jar the cars so they
wouldn't be liable to hit the track ahead
w zen we ca ne down. just then | could
feel the train go into the air, and hear the
wheels turn withou. any track under
them. and in less than ten seconds we be-
gan TO descend, and | could hear the
wheels on the track again, and / looked
back and the freight engineer was waving
his hat at us. Why, there was no more
jar than there is in this room now OF
course they wouldn't attempt to jump a
freight train on curve or in a tunnel, ;"
and the man scratched a match on his
pants and lit cigar stump he had been
keeping.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
The Princess Smoking,

A package of cigarettes was placed
before the Princess Louise, and, with
that ease that comes from practice, she
Lit one and pulled as even volume of
smoke from her sweet lips as ever came
from the mouth of Spanish student
She smoked cigarette after cigarette,
and talked and laughed like young
schoolgirl on lark The Princess Ii
remarkably beautiful, her eountenanee
glowing in every feature with the stamp
OF royalty. She resembles strikingly
the pictures of Queen Victoria in her
early womanhood. She has the Prince
Albert nose and eyes, however. Her
skin glows with changing tints OF
pinky Wilderness. and when she laughs
the whole face becomes suffused with o.
healthful bloom. and the large eyes
sparkle with bewitehing mirthfulneas.
Her eyes are slightly darker than hazel.
and match her hair which appeared TO
be abundant. At the back twas thrown
into soft entwining brafds and gathered
into a net, while from the crown of the
head it fell in loose puffs on her white.
queenly face. A dark brown satin bow
served the purpose OF a. diadem. Hor
mouth Is small and the lips dark car
mine, and dimpled chin adds to the
already abundant charms of her face
Louisville Coxrier-JoatgaGl.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
TIE beirut OF A NOSE.

The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune says; One of those
things happened at the National Theatcr
the other night which most newspapers
are too dignified to mentipn, but which
everybody likes to talk about 1t was
during the last act of 'M8ther and Son, ;"
and Janauschek. with one other person.
was holding the stage. 1t was situa
ton of some suspense, and the house was
perfectly still. There was pause. too,
in the dialogue. so that.on the stage also
there happened to be complete stiffness.
Just at that moment q man in the par
quette blew his nose. It was not vic :
lent, savage, blast, but long. sonorous,
luxurious blow, such as the horns that
marched around Jericho might have
given on the seventh round, in the serene
confidence that the walls would come
down promptly. The effect was irresis-
tibly ludicreus. The audience. in their
respect for the actors and their interest
in the play, struggled bravely to preserve
good demeanor, but it was of no use.
4 wave of half suppressed laughter ran
over the house, and many who succeeded
in keeping silence fairly shook. On the
stage the situation was still worse. Even
Janausehek2s tragic gravity was disturbed
Her face twitched again and again in the
effort to control herself. and she was
glad. to use the handkerchief she lrekily
hadsin her hand to cover her confusion.
Fora moment 1t looked as if an emotion
al scene would be dissolved in a broad
laugh, but the actors struggled on with
the dialogue and after few minutes
the play resumed its hold on the audience
For the man, or rather the nose, it was
successful debut.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
PRIDE THAT HAD A FALL.

Those persons who enjoy seeing hau-
ghty spirit suffer fall should have been
on board one of the sleeping-cars attach
ed to through train from Chicago TO
Boston short time ago. Among its
passengers were middle aged man and
woman from the remote West, who had
evidently come upon sudden riches, and
were devoting all their energies to ad-
vertising the fact. They were gorgeous
~ dressed: the woman sported any guam
tfty of diamonds, and no occasion for
informing the other passengers of the
wealth and position of their family was
suffered to pass unimproyed. They had
with them plug of boy about IA years
old. One morning after the parents had
dressed themselves they discovered that
their hopeful son was still slumbering,
and the mother set to work to arouse him
Repeated calls failing to have any effect,
she finally had recourse to thumps and
digs in his ribs, whereupon the boy,
evidently dreaming that he was at home
and being stirred up to perform some ac-
custonied duty, bawled out: You let
me alone, and go feed the hogs yoarselfl"
A Joyous smile enlivened the features of
the rest of the travellers, Boston Journal.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

Prof. Palmer. the English scholar VINO
was murdered by the Arabs during the
Egyptian campaign, is described as q man
of great learning, who had Travelled all
through Egypt and Sy, "a, spoke the ish.
.o,aoc af The Bedot a like a native ana
had \ ceuntenance that easily enaDiea ann
to pass for one of them. correspoha-
emf of the Boston Herald writes that the
orofessor's GRAND at the time OF his death
was to try and detach the Bedoulns east
of the canal from the cause OF Arabi ana
eplist them as soldiers under the British
standard. He had made one trip into
the desert. and from what he learned re-
ported that for Els, 900 he could secure
40. 900 soldiers. He had probably
been misled for the express purpose
of getting him to bring the money
for it has since been asccrtained that there
are not more than 5000 3edouins In all
the region he proposed to draw upon Al
all events, when he returned to the desert
with Lieuts. Charrington and Gill, carry
ing E2o, 900 in money and goods Tor the
sheiks. he was betrayed, captured and
robbed, but not at first otherwise mai
treated. Next day, however, the Arabs
having quarreled about the division OF
the booty and being also divided as to
what should be done with the prisoner
settled the question by taking the unlucky
captiyes into ravine and shooting them
down in cold blood. During his trip
Prof. Palmer had taken the ha'iie VI
Abadallah Effendi, and as he was travel
ing in disguise under an assumed name
for the purpose of securing recruits IN an
enemg's country. his fate is not 10 De
wondered at.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
SURFING AN EDITOR ]

DETROIT, March 26.-An important
libel suit was begun here to-day in the
superior court. Prof. Donald Mclean,
of the medical department of the state
University, sues James Z. Scripps, editor
of the Egening Meas of that city, for
$50 600 damages, for publishing from a
Canadian paper an article asserting that
the professor committed adultery with a
female patient from Tilsonburg, Ont,
who went to Ann Arbor for medical
treatment, and was placed in his care.
The defense plead justification and pro
pose to prove4he facts. The case is of
great interest and Importance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
THE NEWPORT SASH.

A very stylish accessory for plain velvet
dresses is the Newport Slsh," which is
brocaded in Oriental conceits, the figures
in the same slor as the ground. This
Newport sash is two yards and sever
eighths long and comes in two widths,
one eight and the other fifteen inches wide.
fripged about all its edges, the fringe
being secured by narrow selvage. sc
that it does not ravel. The sash can be
worn as a corsage scarf, and when knotted
or tied into bow the fringe causes il
to present soft. and feathery appear
ance.
The narrow Newport sashes are very
pretty for children and young ladies as
sashes or as shoulder scarfs, with the bow
tied under the arm or upon the shoulder.
Ladies wear these widths tied about the
throat, with a large bow either in front
or at the side, or they can be formed into
a large loop bow, giving ornamental
finish to the hip folds of diagonal skirt
drapery.
The wide and narrow sashes come in
all the delicate evening tints. neutral col
ors and the dark rich, fashionable hues of
the new silks, satins and velvets. sam
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
He FORGOT.

Yesterday afternoon man who want
ed TO see the occupant of an Office on
Woodward avenue climbed four pairs
OF stairs to discover that the person was
out and the door locked. He had de-
seconded to the street again when an
acquaintance asked:
Been up to see Blankpn
Yes,
WAS he imp
mo. -
Blank IS very particular sort Of
man, and hope you shut the door. Z
..I-I-hanged If haven't forgotten
whether did or not,
And he climbed up again to the head
OF the third fight before he felt anything
esF5ke him.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
A MOTHER KILLED BY SUDDEN JOY.

Joy is said sometimes to kill outright,
though such cases are extremely rare. a
perfectly authentic and quite recent i'm
stance of such an occurrence may be
worth recording. A certain MIN. Laro-
che. who kept little MERGERS shop in
the Rue Oberkampf, in Paris, had son
who, when his turn came for CONSUMPTION
unfortunately drew bad number and
had to- 60 as marine to Saigon, where
he remained several months. He was
transferred to Guadeloupe; but the letter
In winch he announced the fact to his
mother never reached her
She continued writing to- Saigon; and,
as her letters received no reply, she fell
into state OF profound despair, and con-
ciuded that her son was dead. Last
Monday evening however the young man
having leave to return to France, unex-
pectedly presented himself in his mothers
shop and threw himself into his mothers
arms. The poor woman stupeffed at his
sudden apparition uttered a cry Of loy.
when all al once she reeled and fell dead
to the hoer.--St. James Gazette
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
OF INTEREST TO LADIES.

A terrapin cook, colored man, at the
Maryland club, Baltimore, is paid 81 zoo
a year.
The eye is sometimes called the window
of the soul, consequently a black eye
must be a stained Window PHILADELPHIA
Chronicle Herald.
1t is truly said by writer in the Houq
that modistes and caterers object to clan
destine marriage, because it hurts their
trade
Mrs Gladstone has no knack at dres
sing. She usually wears a rusty black
silk, shapeless boots, and gloves en- suite.
She saves money for the poor.
A handsome pin-cushion which can be
used is made of satin, with spray of
flowers embroidered in silk. Around the
edge put heavy pleating of the satin.
Feminine attention is attracted to the
new fruit dresses which have just been
introduced. They are profusely figured
with pears and other fruit, single and in
clusters, and are exceedingly pretty.
Something new in doylies is of queer
Turkish material dull red in color and
with novel embroidery on the edge They
are called Turkish because they have moth
A girl in this city was recently arrested
for being disguised as an old woman. IF
all the old women who appear in the dis
guise of girls were arrested the jails would
have the appearance of sar1ine boxes
Nsao York Queen.
Strange remarked Mrs. Brown II
have rung at Mrs. Smiths door three
times this week. and T didn't succeed In
raising any one. / guess the family is out
of town. Possibly, replied Mrs.
Jones; but Mrs. Smith was telling me
just now that she could tell your ring
among thousand. = Boston Transcript.
At a recent fancy dress ball at sydney,
Au5tralia, the wife of an editor appeared
as the Press. Her dress was made of
several copies of her husbands paper
printed in colored inks on white satin.
The fortunate editors subscription. list
has perceptibly increased since this sl.rewd
bit of advertising
a bit of news of a somewhat romantic
character is given by the French papers,
stating that the worknen now engaged
in removing the ruins of the Tulleries
Palace have received the Older to
search carefully among the debris for q
casket of Jewels which once belonged
to Marie Antoinette. and which was last
known TO be in the possession of King
Louis Philippe.
A carved satin wood bedstead on ex-
hibitien in Paris. ordered by an Indian
prince. has large plates of repousse silver;
the four corners are statues of Greek.
Italian, French, and Spanish girls. with
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
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RATHER RAPID TRAVELLING.
From peckss SIM.


Half dozen railroad men were stand
ing by the Union depot lunch counter the
other night, waiting for train, drinking
coffee and telling stories about their ex
periences in railroading. An engineer
was making camel tracks In half pie.
and between swallows was entertaining
the boys about fast run he made one
day between Milwaukee and Lacrosse,
when the ''old man" was in hurry to
get up there to see about the bridge that
was being built there. AS he was de-
scribfng bow the engine and the two cars
fairly blistered the rails between Portage
and Camp Douglas, q frightened looking
man stepped up and asked for a cup al
coffee aud somesdoughnuts and while he
was soaking doughzfat In the eDffee, he
said they didn't know anything about fast
running until they had been on the Penn
sylvania road. The men asked him what
he knew about fast running, and he
turned out some coffee In q saucer. blew
on ID to cool It, swallowed II and said:
Wei / just got here from the East,
and / have witnessed railroading that
knocks the socks of anything that ever
was We sta It'd out of Jersey City one
night o'clock, and up this side OF Paia-
delphia was wreck ahead of us, and we
side tracked for six hours and when the
track was clear we started. Well, sir, we
flew, fairly few. We didn't realize In the
car that we were going fast. by any jar,
for il was just as smooth as pair OF
skates on ice, but II . man went on the
platform he could not breathe. The
niger started 10 bring q lunch from the
hotel car into the car I was In, and while
he crossed the platform the coffee froze as
stiff as ice cream and man ate ii with
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27
S-~~~------~-----------r----
A MINISTER wrTH HALF A SHIRT.

One sultry Sunday minister was thun-
dering away at his drowsy congregation
the majority of which would go to sleep
in spite of all his efforts At last he
shouted: Wake up here! There is a
man preaching to you who has only half
shirt on his back" 1t woke them
tremendously. The next day delegation
of ladies visited the parsonage and pres
ented the preacher with package con
tanning some very nice shirts. saying
that it was shame that he should be re-
duced TO half shirt to his back. He
replied, after accepting the shirts with
thanks. that he was not literally reduced
to a half shirt, although he wore only a
half on his back; he wore the other half
in front of him.--Ronae ". p Sentinel
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-27

movable eyes, and with gold snake brace
lets twisted around the wrists0f the hands
which hold the fans they are supposed to
be waving over the dreamer. while the
mattress is a music-box. playing airs
from Foanod when any enc lies down on
IL.
An embroidery mania has seized on the
canton of Thurgan, in Switzerland. Owing
to the recent demand for the work, every
one in the canton who can gafherenough
money together invests in embroidery
looms. Shepherds leave their fiocks,
peasants their ploWs, landlords their
taverns. and farm hands their horses to
adopt the one branch of trade, while
numerous. companies are formed, and
every one expects TO make a fortune by
einbroidering