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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
BY ALPHONS0.

1t the stories which still come from
Madrid are reliable, Spain has a Don
Juan for king, and the Escurial is likely
to become, in spite of the frowns and
protests of its virtueus German mistress
an extensive seraglio of Spanish
beauties Most dreadful doings are
whispered The king, it is said, ha!
suddenly developed light and merry
making disposition, which has astonlshed
his grave and reverend courtiers and
grieved and disguised the queen. Like
the kings in comic operas, he is up to all
sorts of pranks with the pretty girl Al
night he is seen secretly leaving his castle
and scaling the garden wall like an
operate hero, to enjoy an hour or two OF
stolen pleasure with some rustic beauty
or with some charming favorite of the
theatre or. the circus. Toward daylight
he stealthily returns, seeks his downy bed
and wonders what he shall tell the queen
in the morning when she asks what kept
him out so late. Stories at the comt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
INCREASE OF STATURE ar NIGHT

The daily variation in human stature
has been made matter of practical
study by DR., Merkel, the result being, as
he finds, that the height of an individual
after nights rest in bed is two inches
greater than it is in the evening, meas
ured standing; that is, the gradual
diminution in height, caused by the
yielding of the pantar arc hes and of the
intervertebral discs, and sudden
diminutiOn when the individual rises, this
occurring at the articulations of the
lower extremitiCs. The sink ng at the ankle
is one-third of an inch, one-twelfth to
one-eight of an inch at the knee, and two
fifths of an inch at the hip the shortening
at the knee being due, probably, to the
elasticity of the cartillages, which would
easily involve the extent of variation
named
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
Being Kind to a Stranger.


Among the passengers in a parlor car
on the Lake Shore road the other day
was handsome woman, whose husband
shared the seat with her and who would
have been picked out as quiet, absent
minded man. The seat opposite was
occupied by flashily dressed young man
with a lady killing twist to his mustache,
and he was considerably surprised when
the husband handed him daily paper
with the remark
Have glance at the news. Plenty of
excitement around the country,
observe
The young man was busy with the
paper for half an hour, and then the
husband offered him popular magazine.
This entertained him for an hourr and he
had scarcely closed the book when the
good man reached over with;
Have a cigar. These are prime
Havanas, and l know you will enjoy
one
The young man accepted with thanks
and naturally made his way to the
smokingcar, where he put in nearly
another hour, but without the others
company When he returned he was
greeted with;
Perhaps you'd like to look at the
latest novel? Very entertaining,
assure Won"
He read until weary, and upon being
offered another cigar replied that he was
to leave the train at the reXt station,
and added:
Il want to thank you again for your
many courtesies,'
"Oh, don't mention it.
you never saw me before?'
Never"
Don't know my nameT"
No"
Then tell me why you were so very
courteous to an entire stranger"
Young man. | will explain In time :
past when loafer sat and stared at my
wife as a steady job got up at the end
of an hour and broke his neck. This
made me much trouble and expense, and
l changed my programme l now carry
books and cigars to bride them Had
you been going hundred miles further
should have offered you a drink OF
brandy new puzzle, two more dailies
and another cigar, and my wife
would h ave secured quite a rest"
"SirlI-
ooh all right-all right, 1t was
cheaper than throwing you out of Tho
window and I hope you'll get up to the
hotel safely. Good day ,sir-good day -
glad to have met you|
And that young man with the lady
killing mustache, and crockeryc0lored
eyes and hair on an even keel
picked up his grip and walked out with
out being caertainwhether he had beer
mashed in collision or pulVerized unde
a landrollcr.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

An eastern.republican paper prefaces an
article on ''The Election of 1885, with
the statement that "this year is the calm
before the storm" We are inclined to
suspect the paper referred to will be little
disposed to characterize this as calm
year when 1t receives the election returns.
Ohio and Iowa are apt to make all good
republicans think the storm ahead of its
date. However, they are right enough il
counting on big blow in 1884. Looking
back at the elections of 1888, they may bt
inclined to call it calm year, but unit
the events of 1884 give them the basis Of
comparison, they will hardly be able t.
believe it could be more stormy than the.
will find it this fall,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

Postmaster Palmer presents the follow
ing report for June of mail matter deliv-
cred and collected at the Chicago Office:
Carriers employed, $50, delivery trips
daily, TAO; collection trips daily, 576;
registered letters delivered, 26,630; mail
letters delivered, 3,444, 054; mail postal
cards delivered, S55, ia; local letters de-
livered, 906, 0S1; local postal cards deliv-
cred, 500, SIT; newspapers, etc, delivered,
1,252 ,789; letters returned to the Office,
1859; letters collected, 3, 727, 604; postal
cards collected, 1,112,2S4; newspapers,
ETC., collected, 7,41S. Total postage
on local matter delivered through the
boxes, general delivery, and by carrier,
$26,015.S1. Sale of postage stamps
postage due stamps, newspaper and peri
odical stamps, postal cards, stamped en-
velOpes and newspaper wrappers, fol-
June, $161, 891.90; for fiscal year ended
June 80, 1882, $1,744, 29421; for fisca
year ended June 3d. 1883, 1854, 975 ,044
increase, 5000, S4123. The amount o
domestic money orders issued was $50,
OS717, and amount paid out ON domestir
money orders was $500 624.27. Th'
amount of foreign money orders ISSUED
was $50, 32s .92, and the amount paid GU
on like orders was S0,792.46 The post
masters deposits were $G41, 45S, anG
1852, 900 was RENTED to New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
should BE- more letter.carrlers n


should be more letter-car11ers in ee,uaa. =
the great cities, The railway postal
clerks should be better paid and the force
ought to be increased As it now stands the
men are worked down in a few years, and
this fact, in addition TO the continual risk
they run of bodily injury, ought to entitle
them to a better compensation. AS it is, the
effect of this new departure viii be to reduce
by one-third the chief source of revenue
which the department has and it is
impossible to estimate what the deficit
may be, because the amount of letter
writing is an unknown quantity. The advo-
Gates of the measure say that it was never
intended that the department should make
money, but it was created for the conven-
fence and use of the people, Now claim
that this reduction viii not benefit the mas
ses of the people at all. The great majority
Of people do so little writing that they will
not feel the difference. The real gamers will
be the large concerns with an enormous bust
aess correspondence. With these people
postage stamps are quite an item, and the
very class who can afford to pay will effect
quite a saving under the operation of this
iaw
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
No Use for Them.
Concerning Certain Relics of the Past-Dogs
that Have Had Their Dav.


George Stephenson's Rocket" and the mag
nifcent locomotives of to-day, are built upon the
same general principle, yet the machine with
which the great engineer astonished his age, is in
teresting now only as an illustration of the begin
ming of the invention. There were pasters with
holes in them long before BENSoN'S CAPCINE
POROUS PLASTER surprised both the public and
the physicians; and the triumph of the Capcine
is founded upon the partial successes or the utteI
failures of its predecessors Everything of value
in the old porous plaster is retained in the Cap
cine; but at this point all comparison ends, and
contrast begins. For example;
Capcine is quick and sure.
The old plasters lacked the power TO do more
than to impart light, Temporary relief in casei
easy of treatment; the Capcine penetrates th'
| system and permanently cures the troubles fe
which it is recommended
The old plasters depended for any good results
they might attain, upon an accident of their max
ers aid the naked faith of their wearers; tn,
Benson's reaches its ends by means of the scien
tifc combination of the rare medicinal ingredi
ents which it contains
| In brief the old plasters like sterhenson's dis
cardet engine are switched off the track Will,
the Persons goes on its way winning colder
opinions from all sorts of people
Yet in this very fact lies the leading danger t.
|
entifc remedy. Hypocrisy is the tribute vic
pays to virtue Imitation is the concession fail
ure makes to success. Benson's Plasters ar
paroded in name and style
Beware of swindles. The genuine have tn
word CAPCINE cut in the center Price IS cents
Seabury & Johnson, Chemists, New York
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

agree that instead of being satisfied with
court beauties he seeks the charmers of
the most questionable quarters, and the
queen weeps and court society affects to
be terribly scandalize9 at the whole of
these proceedings OF course all of this is
very dreadful A monarch, although
young, should preserve some show OF
correctness of conduct; but the ccnsure
which might otherwise be visited upon
Alfonso will be tempered by the reflection
that during his entire kingship he has
been deprived of mothers care-the
care of the virtuous Queen Isabella,
who would have trained him by example
and precept in principles is ern and
virtuons enough for the queen who
shares his throne.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

The most disappointed person in the
Union is Mrs Myra Clark Gaines, who,
after years of litigation, secured 5 verdict
of 100000 against the city of New Or.
leans, onlyto witness payment postponed
for another long three years, until the
verdict can be reviewed in the supreme
court of the United States. An iudivid-
ual's chances against corporation wiles
are often subject to Disappointment
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

The latest reliable estimate on the
wheat crop for the following states is
Ohio $4,000, 900 bushels; Indiana 2S,000,
600; Illinois 2O.000,O00; Michigan %,
100000; New York 100000; Kansas
5000, 900; Nebraska 16, 600, 900; Missouri
100000; Wisconsin 100000; Iowa
10000, 600; Dakota IS, OO0O 900; Minnesota
81, 600, 900.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
Chicago Knights Tempiars.

CHICAGO, July 6-one hundred and TWEEN
ty-six Knights and ladies of Apollo Com
mandery, No. /, Knights Templar, have al
ready enrolled their names and secured their
tickets for the contemplated European voy-
age of that body.
The pilgrims depart from Chicago next
Thursday, at $50 p. m, by Wagner sleepers,
via. the Michigan Central railroad, and ar
rive at the Grand Central depot, New York
cit the following Saturday at I a. m, for
breakfast at Grand Union hotel. Thence the
ladies will be escorted to the steamer, and al
a convenient hour the knights win march to
the dock of the Anchor life and embark The
City of Rome win sail at II o'clock, and ar
rive at Queenstown Sunday, the ed inst
Elaborate arrangements are being made by
Palestine Corsmandery, No. Is, knights
Templar, of New York, for the reception and
entertainment of the visitors while in that
city
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
Mrs Rnsh,s Father.

ather Of Mrs Bush, who lately has achieved
UGH notoriety at Milwaukee in connection
With Gen. Grants son-in-law, Mr.. Sartoris,
IS a clerk in the war department. He is
realty depressed over the stories afloat con-
erning his daughter. He supposed, until the
ecent expose, that she was in Paris pursuing
Ter art studies. No one was more surprised
han he was when she turned up in Chicago
With a husband 1t is reported that he is try
Washington.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

The editor of Huper's Weekly says that
Judge Hoadley has begun his campaign
in Ohio loosely" Well, the judge has
certainly plenty of reason to be good
hGmored over the prospect and can afford
to be ocular However, we will conf
dentlally inform Mr.. Curtis that Judge
Hoadley and the people of Ohio are
unitedly resolved that the republicans
shall see no joke in the campaign when il
is over, and that viii even things up.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
Goodwin smith on Pauper Emigra.

TORONTO, July COZ pauper emigration
Goodwin Smith says: Nobody wishes to
close a land of hope against those who des-
pair of hope in the old world. So long as
che emigrant comes of his own accord, all is
well; he is then selected by nature, and is
cure to bring with him the necessary apti-
tudes and the proper equipments; it is proba-
BILE that the market wants him as well as he
she market we may look on him with conf
Hence as a valuable addition to our communi-
BY But these guarantees cease to exist when
governments, with their hands full of public
money, steamship companies land compa-
MES, colonization companies, and artificial
agencies of all kinds are vying with each
other in the volume of emigration which they
ran produce, with less regard to the quality
of the people selected, for whom the same
fees'and the same passage money must be
paid, whether they are first-rate husbandmen
or the refuse of British warehouses and
slumsn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

A story is going the rounds to the effect
that Vermont mans brains have dried
up, and every time he moves his head
they rattle like dry peas in pod. He is
probably one of those old hard headed
Yankees, who has been voting the repub-
lican ticket for twenty years.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
CIeveIand's Railroad Prospects.

New YORK, July 6.-'Gath" says: Mr..
Devereux, the Cleveland railroad magnate,
told me last night that the original plan of
the Lake Shore railroad contemplated stem
line to the east from Cleveland, to Pittsburg
and Baltimore. The narrow policy of Penn
sylvania state forbade the scheme to be exc
cuted till now 1t will now certainly be
achieved though the exact route is not deter
mined Cleveland will thus become the
great railroad centre ON the way to Chicago.
Mr.. Devereux says that railroad business in
the United States increases thirty per cent. a
year, and that local business is nowhere more
formidable than between the coke regions of
the Monongahela and Cleveland, and that
the Pennsylvania railroads through business
is only one-thirteenth Of the WHOLE
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

New YORK, July 6.-The business failures
throughout the country during the past seven
days, as reported to R. g. Dun & Co mer-
camille agerey, number 1870, which is consid-
erably below the average of the past ten
weeks There have been but few important
failures anywhere and none in New York to
specially note New England states had 10;
western, 80; middle, IS; southern, "a: the
Pacific states and territories, Is; New York
eity. :. and Canada. l6
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

The Minnesota democrats meet in con-
.vention, August I'd. If they act wisely
Minnesota can be carried for the demo
Gratis, as there is great dissatisfaction with
the Republican nominees.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
THE MORMON QUESTION.
Tiews Of GOv. Ramsey, Chairman Of
the Utah Commission Importance
of the Next Election.


ST PAUL, Mimi, July Gov. Ramsey,
lead of the Utah commission, who has just
pturned from Salt Lake, said to correspond
mt in speaking of the work of the commits
ION: .'The election to be held Aug. 6 is
eally the test of the whole matter. The cleo
lion last November of delegate to congress
1idn't touch the hearts of the people, nor es-
peeially awaken their interest, but the
August polling is for members Of the legis-
lature, probate judges, sheriffs, etc,
officers which come directly home to
local interests. Section 9 of the Ed
munds bill, as you will see by reading it, de
fines the duties of the commission of which
nm chairman, and in two places by its word
ing evidently contemplates legislative enact
ments, which, if passed and carried into
effect, would render the commission needless.
The question is: win the legislature pass
such laws-win they prohibit polygamists
from voting, from sitting upon juries in cases
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
Tevas Rnrria

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July ia Mrs. Chris
tian, Of this place, is said to have confessed
to poisoning seven men during her life for the
purpose of obtaining property in their posses
sion. One of her victims is said to be a Mr..
llston, of Chicago, whom she poisoned on q
ranch near Laredo la November, 1881.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

1t will be sad news to many to learn
that Nine. Litta is beyond recovery.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

John Cronc, negro, was hung In inc
iail yard at Houston, Texas, Friday, for
committing an outrage on white woman.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

The duel reported between Knox, edi-
tor of the Terds SiftingS, and the New
York sculptor is looked upon as hoax,
and as means of advertising the SJtings
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

The st Joseph Gazette rejoices over the
shooting of Editor Elan, of Richmond,
and says: Now for the little weasel
Malone"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

The attorney general rules that the
shipment of whisky to Bermuda, with a
view to evade duty payments, is not an
expectation within the view of the law.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

From all over the country comes &C
counts of deaths caused by the lively
little toy pistol
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
Receive the MISUNDERSTANDING
for fadian Lands. Items Of Inter

WASHINGTON, July 6.-The president has
returned from New York and gone directly
to the Soldiers home where Secretary Lin
coin and Gen Crook were in consultation
with him concerning the disposition to be
made of the captured ADacheS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
"FyPORTFD" WHISKY.

The attorney general holds that the expor-
tation of bonded whisky to Bermuda with a
yiewi to its reimportation, for the purpose of
evading or delaying payment of the tax, is
not an expectation within the meaning of the
law; ami that the tax due on spirits thus ex-
ported is collectable upon their return to this
country. The treasury department will be
guided by this opinion The distillers worked
hard to accomplish their ends. Green b,
Raum made an elaborate argument in behalf
of his clients
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

Mrs. Nancy Adair, Missouri woman,
while addressing prayer meeting, disio-
Gated her neck and fell dead
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

The New Hampshire legislature are
stiIl on the dead lock.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

viii cure indigestion, dyspepsia or loss
of appetite. ASK for Colden's. Of
druggists.
DYsPEPTIC, nervous people, 'out of
sorts, will cure. No other. OF
druggists
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

Nv. POTTER, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

Secretary Lincoln, accompanied by Gen
Crook, called at the department of the inte-
rior, and held long conference with Secre-
tary Teller in regard to the disposition
OF the Apache captives. AT the conclusion
of the conference, Secretary Teller Inc
formed the representative of the Associ-
ated Press that he had declined to receive
the captives on the San Carlos reservation
and be responsible for their good behavior,
but that proposition was made to turn over
to the war department police control of the
reservation and hold that department re
sponsible for the good behavior of the Indians,
leaving the agent responsible only for the
financial matters pertaining to the agency.
After discussing this proposition, it was de
cideG to leave the matter in allegiance for the
present. Another conference will be held for
the purpose Of deciding the question
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
EVANS LATE APPOINTMENTS.

The report of Collector Slack of Boston,
exonerates Revenue Agent Horton from the
charges of bribery preferred by Merchant
Carter. Horizons enemies have been trying
to induce Commissioner Evans to rescind his
appointment on the ground that he was an
unfit person for the place. Evans replied
that if any charges against Horton could be
sustained, his dismissal would at once result.
The Carter charge was brought forward, but
could not be substantiated
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

DAILY ,..-....-........ 10 Genus per Weeh
WEEKLY, in advance, 81 50 per year; if not IN
advance, 81 90 will be charged.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

LOCK IsLAsD.......:. ILLINOIS,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
University Of Virginia. !:

SUMNER Law LECTURES mine weekly, begin
12th July, 1888, and end 18th September; have
proved of signal use,-lst to students, who design
TO pursue their studies at this other law school,
I'd, TO those who propose toread privately; and 3D.
practitioners who have not had the advantage of
systematic instruction. For circular apply (P. @.
University of Va.) to John b. Minor, Prof. Com.
and Stat Law. may 25-dw1m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
HELKNAp AND GRESHAM

Ex-Secretary Belknap made an elaborate
argument before Postmaster General Gresham
in favor of the Louisiana lottery company.
a former decision of the department. was-srls-
pended pending an Investigation The decis-
ion of the supreme court sustained the COM
pany. Gresham proposes TO decide the ques-
ton on its merits; without reference to pre-
vious rulings The lottery men have brought
powerful Influences to bear on the depart
ment. This man Gresham is splendid fell
low, said friend to Belknap, as he was
leaving the department. He win be if he
decides the case as want him to-" was the
ex -sncrefaI.y,s lacnuic rnnlN
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07
DENMARK.

LONDON, July GA dispatch from Copen-
hagen says: "a prisoner named Nielsen, who
is charged with committing arson here, has
confessed that he set fire to the Victoria
docks in London, in 1881, with the view Of
obtaining plumber. The opinion heretofore
entertained regarding the origin Of the irs
was that it was the work of Fenians."
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-07

As a resultof the conference with Secretary
Teller, Chief Moses agreed to surrender the
reservation in Washington territory, and
settle with his people on the Colville reserva-
ton adjoining. Chief Tomaskat. who repre-
sents the Indians now on the Colville reserva-
ton, was present at the conference, and agreed
to receive Moses and his. people. Chief
Tomaskat requested. Secretary Teller to erect
upon the Colville reservation saw mill,
grist mill and schoolhouse, and furnish a
physician for Indians, Chief Moses gave
notice that he would expect compensation for
the REIMBURSEMENT Of the reservation 1t is
expected an agreement between the govern
ment and Chief Moses viii result in throwing
omen for settlement two million acres
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.
All check stamps forwarded for redemption
and all correspondence relating thereto should
he addressed to the commissioner of internal
roy