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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01

The New York Graphic gives currency
to the report that the fair Lily Langtry is
to be married to Mr. Freddie Gebhardt
Just as soon as a legal divorce can be OBJ
tanned on the ground of abandonment on
the part of her husband Mr.. Langtry
The Graphic says; "A Graphic reporter
handed her the slip containing the latest
report affecting her most private and
social interests. When she read it sht
smiled as only few women can smile and
returned the slip but she would not say
whether the report was true or not. II
is said that Mr. Gebhardts income is
something like $4,000 year, and that
Mrs. Langtry's private fortune IS about
$50, a nice little sum to begin house
keeping with
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01

The surgical operation for the removal
OF a cancer in the mouth, recently per
formed upon Congressman D. Kelley
of Philadelphia, was a severe one. The
right side of his face was cut open from
the corner of his mouth to the base OF
his ear. Six doctors were in attendance
upon him during the operation, which
Tested two hours, he being under the
influence of ether all the time. He Is
now doing well, and will probably he
able to sail for Europe on Saturday next
as he some time ago arranged to do.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01
woruon missionaries,

RALEIGH, n. c., May Sl.-Mormon mis-
sionaries are again at work in the western
part of the state, They have induced large
numbers Of women to join their church The
ceremony of baptising the new converts wa,
attended by the most horrible orgies Al
that was previously known of the abomina
tions of M0rmonism was expressed by the
scenes that took place on this occasion The
Mormous will probably he driven out of the
>.ate. Public Indignation is so great thai
iynChiug is feared
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01

A single farmer in Tennessee has l4o
acres of strawberries, and is known as
"the strawberry king" His name IS j.
NJ. samuels: and he used to live in Chi
cago. One day last week he had 595
people picking for him, and shipped
10000 quarts. There are enormous
profits in berry culture but great deal of
,;ck
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01
Don't Believe in Gould.

They were talking in the smoking car
about the way Jay Gould had gobbled
up lines of railroad, and one of the gen.
tlemen finally said:
''I'll tell you, he's the loveliest, keen
est railroad man in America to-day"
II don't believe it," was the blunt re-
ply from a man who had been smoking
clay pipe. and keeping very still. Il
live in Wisconsin, do, and over three
years ago blazed out a railroad thir-
teen miles long, from my house to Squar'
Turner's saw-mill, and though have
written to Gould three different times,
offering to sell my claim dog cheap, he
won't even answer my lettersn
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01

An electrician Of Germantown, Pa,
has most perfect burglar-proof show
case. The metal frame is SO highly
charged that when the burglar touches
it he receives shock that fells him
like an OK. The current can be made
strong enough to kill.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01
New Medical Code In New York.

New YORK, May 3l.-The New York
Medical society has adopted the new code of
medical ethics without dissenting voice in
perfect accord with the State Medical society.
which grants to the physician, by its code,
entire freedom in the matter of consultation
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01

Alexander H. Stephens the last govern
or of Georgia, could not walk Henry
d. Mcdaniel, the present governor Is a
very mad stammerer and cannot Tx.
Bat, like Stephens he Is man OF great
ability.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01
PLAYING WITH FIRE


CoNsrA TNoPLE, May 81. Hon Alphol5c
Taft United States minister to Austria
Hungary, and Eugene Schuyler, United
States minister to Greece, Servia and Ron
mania, were presented To the sultan yesterday
by Gen Wallace, United States minister to
Turkey
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01
.AIISIRAMIAN MAILS

WELLINGTON, May 81 The government Of
New Zealand has agreed, in conjunction with
the government of New South Wales, to rt
new for two years the contract for carryns
the mails between San Francisco and Austria
liza and New Zealand Should the United
States, however, refuse to contribute sub
sitiy, the contract is 10 be terminated at the
cad of the first wear
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01

George H. Corliss, of Rhode Island, il
building the engines for the first cotton
mills to be erected in China.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01
THE RIOT AZ RoSIOFF.

LONDON, May 3l.-The outbreak against
the Jews, which occurred at Rostoff, Rus
sia on the 22d, on account of the murder of
a Russian by Jewish publican, was quelled
the same night, after 100 houses belonging to
the Jews had been destroyed. Fifteen of the
rioters were killed bY the trOops.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01
Friday June 1, 1883.
ILLIGJfG

~. POTTER. EDITOR AND PunlrsHsp.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-01
WIT AND HUM0R.

And in the Silent Land his shade contest
That she, of all the seven, loved him best
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08
Pie in New York.

large pie manufacturer in New
York says his firms present rate of con-
sumption OF !our alone is G,S50 pounds
daily, representing at Il rough estimate
$4,000 pies. Tho daily receipts are
about $1,000. The firm employs $50
persons, and the weekly wages bill
amounts TO 80, 800.
"To whom do you sell?" was asked.
"To bakeries, restaurants, hotels and
lattcrly to large number Of private
families. We keep siXty-siX horses
constantly going, and our constituency
covers New York City, Brooklyn, Jer-
sey City, Williamsburg. Statcn Island,
Mount Vernon and Bergen Point.
'Doyou notice any periodical change
in the public taste for pics?"
Yes. At this season we are run on
largely for mince pies, p"mplin and ap-
pie The Saturday preceding Christmas
we used ten tons of mincc, aid made it
all ourselves Into this mincc we
poured the contents OF fifty casks OF
vino and one hundred barrels of bran-
dy. You look surprised, but this IS q
fact.
I'm addition to this we are now con-
suming daily six hogshcads OF the best
New Orleans sugar, six ticrceS OF fire
dried lard, $50 pounds to the ticrce.
We do not use any steam -dr:"d lard at
all. as it loses its sweetness. Then we
consume forty barrels OF green apples.
ten barrels Of eggs and four of currants
a day.
In the fruit season our daily con,
sumption averages one hundred barrels
OF buckle crrcs and forty crates Of
blackbcrr;cs. You sec that pile OF cases
there? Well, they contain ten thousand
eases of apples, specially put mp for our
use, averaging twelve gallon cans in q
case. These are for use in April, May
and June"
"Docs the pumpkin pic hold its own
rs formcrly5"
mo This good old 'inStituton,' as
I may term it, seems to bc going out OF
fashion. Pumpkin pic is now eaten
mostly by elderly folks. Among the
younger ones cocoanut and custard i.
taking its place. -JOHjYl4I
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08
Bruder Unit SchWester.

A touching scene was witnessed ou tn
steamboat dock this morning on the ar,
rival of the City of Hartford. A man,
short in stature, and about forty years
old, had been waiting on the dock fG"
9ength OF time to meet his emigrant sis
ter, who was to arrive by the boat.
When nearly oil Of the passengers had
disappeared from the vessel he approach-
ed the patrolman on duty there and told
MIN he guessed his sister did not come
EEon the steamer. A short investigation,
however, discovered little, old German
woman carting her baggage from the
vessels deck to the wharf Noticing
the resemblance between tho man and
woman the patrolman limited TO him that
the German woman must be his sister.
Striding up in front of her he said in his
own language "Bist du lneine Schwes
teri" to which she in turn asked him .
|''We heissen sieP" 70 this question he
gave his name in response. The look of
Joy on the little woman's face was won.
lderful. Spreading open her arms she
took step towards him saying: "Du
Ibist mein bruder," and followed up the
exclamation with kiss on each Of his
checks. Then standing off short dis
tance she took survey of him, noted his
good clothing and general good appear
ance, and then sank down on her bundles
and, holding his hands in her rugged
palms, mingled her tears with exclnma
Itions of Joy. Brother and sister had not
met Tor so years. Y San.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08
Grated Teeth,

1ransplanting sound teeth from tho
Jaws OF healthy persons who could spare
Ihern 10 those who needed them has been
practlced by advanced dentists for some
time. The modus operandi was as fol-
lows: The individual with the SUPER
1uouS sound tooth and he with the de-
cayeo molar were mated together and
tne lreShly drawn good tooth immedi-
ately placed in the cavity made by ex.
IracClng tho other. But it often hap
Peheo 10 be necessary to remove q sound
IooIn from patient ut u time when no
person or whom the dentist had anv
knowledge needed just such q one. it
would therefore be lost, for only "livinpn
teeth could be made to grow in q stranoe
mouth, and they died very soon after
being torn from their parent runs,
Teeth are ''living" SO long as the mem.
branc covering the roots has any vi
tality. 1t has been problem of great
interest to dentists throughout America
to devise some means by which the
sound extracted teeth could be kept
alive indefinitely, until it should be
needed, and to a San Francisco dentist
belongs the honor of solving the prob
lem. DR.. w. j. Younger, Of this CITY,
says the Call, has been conducting a
series of experiments, which have re-
suited in the discovery of n means OF
preserving the lite of the extracted
tooth. 1t is nothing more or less than
"grafting" it as soon rs it is drawn, upon
the engorged comb of healthy rooster,
and leaving it there properly secured
until it is wanted. Then it is cut away,
the cock beng placed under the influ-
ence OF chloroform, washed, and every
thing removed down to the membrane,
and placed in the freshly made cavity
where it is needed. A representative Of
the cal! was permitted yesterday to OK
anime the mouth of n gentleman in
which there was q tooth that had been
planted there a week or so before, and
winch was apparently as firm rs those
winch had always been thoro. 1t had
been kept alive on a cocks comb for
ten days, and had been taken from the
mouth OF young lady, whose looks
were benefited by the removal.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08
FACTS AND FIGURES.

1T is estimated that Virginia will
this year make 1000, 900 bushels of pea
nuts, Tennessee 500, 900 bushels, anG
North Carolina 1875, 900 bushels.
1t is asserted that in tho three
years ended 1850 there were no fewer
tha1 252 theatcrs destroyed by fire. or
pGrtly SO, resulting in 1870 deaths aud
about 3,400 injuries. Y. S'os.
The Paris BourSe estimates the
total stock of gold in the world in uso
rs coin or as banking reserves in one
shape or other at about 1850, 600, 900,
of which England has Gl2G, 0O0 900,
France G136, 100000, Germany G80.-
600. 200, and tho United States 992,
0O0.00
Silver veins have been found in the
Palo Pinto Mountains Of Texas. The
ore has been assayed ut III ounces to
tho ton. Negotiations arc now being
carried on with two mining companies
one Of New Mexico and tho other of
Arzona-to open up these mines. CHI
cago 1imcS.
Statistics from trustworthy sources
have been furnished the Kansas State
Horticultural Society, showing the per
cent of the apple crop in seven of tho
Western States, rs follows: Kansas,
7G per cent; Michigan. SO; Illinois, H3;
Indiana, 20; Iowa. 30; Ohio, 81; Mis-
souri,, IS.
Mr.. John Field has prepared an es-
innate from the accounts oI the COM
! pan;cs Of the quantity of Gas used in
London last year. 1t was, III round
numbers, 20, go, 100000 cubic feet.
This is equal to q bulk of one mile square
by 720 feet high. Consumers paid Sl4,-
| 655, 900 for this immense supply. K CHI
c0g0 9ridHnC.
The lumber cut in tie Scrras will
this season reach 4G, CO.. 900 feet. and
OF this probably 10, 0UO, 900 feet sold for
about SIP II thousand, footing up about
$500, 600, and the rest sold as clear lum-
! or for about S}5, making over 500,
000 more--ovcr %7N0,GOO earnings for
the nine mills that run, some Of them
only part Of the time.
-WCsson, Miss, was not long since
pine forest. 1t now has Il cotton mill
the insurance on which, with contents
is $4O0, 900. 1t gives work TO l,0O(
people, uses up 4,500 bales Of cotton
yea, has Il set OF hands nj work all dav
and ano'hcr all night, and is lighted by
electricity. 1t makes doc-Sk MS, caSsi
merrs, jeans, cottonadcs, knitting-cot
ton, scwing-th cad tOwes, etc. Wcs
son has u population Of 300.
i he lumber business of Pugc
Sound, w. r., is immense, and the dis
, tri5ution is very wide. In one day, re
Gently, vessels wcro seen loading 70
Boston, San Francisco. Valparaiso, tn
; Sandwich Islands, Vallejo. Mexico
Japan, China, France. England ant
Australia. The export in 1881 wa
about IT'S, 600, 900 feet, valued al 81,
700. 0C0. Some Of the logs arc immense
Many measure five iect in diameter
From one tree latoly cut there were
sawn TIVE logs Of thirtytwo and twenty
six and two of thirty feet, in all rs fee
in length. The top of the tree meas
ured siXty-ono inches cross.-Dctl OF
Post.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08
Thoroughly Married.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Curtis. colored
residents of Scipio, n. Y, havo occa-
s:onaI MISUNDERSTANDING which result
in complete, utter and final separation.
In y few weeks they BEGIN TO yc&rn Tor
each other, and after making mutual
concessions, make up, and, in order to
observe the proprictics, call upon Cal
vim Tracy, Esq, q friendly Justice OF
the Peace, to marry them again. In {
brief season, Misunderstanding AGAR
ar scs, complete, utter and final scpara
ton follows, ycarning. reunion and
remarriagc coming in at last, us usual
Every time Esquire Tracy performs tht
solemn ceremony, Mr.. and Mrs. Uar
vcy Curtis start Odt for homo as happy
and as Joyous as when this oXporicnct
was their first its repetition does no
dampGn the happiness of the newly 10
ncwrd par, nor does experience pre-
vent the quarrclngs and compromise!
which come in natural course. Jus
how often this performance has been re
. peatcA is not known; but it is believed
that Mr.. Tracy has remarked the couple
ut least twcntT times in the twenty
years that have Just gone past; and yc',
in all that time they have never had any
divorce except such as they had made
themselves. 1t would trouble q court
greatly ut this late day to divorce a
couple that has been so frequently and
thoroughly married, as Mr.. and Mrs.
Curtis have been, by Mr. Tracy. .--DctroH
Posi-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08
PITH AND PoTNT.

-"Iime works wonders" as the
woman said when she got married aftor
q thirtsen:years' courtship.
"--Amember of the School Board said
"Well, children, you spell we'll and you
readswell, but you hain't sot still. -
Lots of people pay five per cent.
more for goods in Canada for the sake
of smuggling them over the border
Detroit Free Press.
--"rhe best conductor of electricity as
present known is silver" The best
conductor into s'society" at present
known Is gold. It used to be brains. -
NoTyisto,0n Herald.
There is o disgusting amount OF
crime in the newspapers, but the man
who has o pimple on his nose can't
blame the looking-glass for showing it,
Cincinnati Gazette.
"A New York genius has discovered
way of making leather out of banana
skins. They will thus be able to kick
the man who left them on the flag stones
TO endanger human life.
No man living walks in straights
line. The squareSt-footed walker walks
to the right or left distance of thirty
six feet in mile. In case there is
saloon on the way he may diverge as
-"Oh, yes," said the engineer, ssI had
chance to become hero by sticking
to my post when the collision came,
but when I reflected that my name
| would be spelled five hundred different
ways in the newspapers L changed my
mind and jumped"
| The prosperous hardware clerk is
known by his stove-pipe hat.-Bloo,n.
angton Eye. And the carpenter by his
claw hammer coat.--Gold Leaf. And
the lawyer by his whole suit.-- Bruce.
But the lover you must discover by his
sighs.-Eleuated Raitaoay Journal. .sA
-"What are you looking around for
so muchP" asked an Austin mother OF
her fifteen.year-old son, with whom she9
was walking: 81 am looking around on,
your account" son nv accountpn
eyes. | want to pick you out q good
looking daughter-in-law." ."-Teras Sijt-
fngs. ""
When a man Is excited he is very
apt to talk without thinking. AnAus-
tin landlord called on his tenant the
tenth time for his rent. ~ haven't got
any money!" was the response. "Well,
If you haven't got money enough to pay
your rent you ought to build yourself a
| house."
| Two rival bellies at an evening
party were seated in the conservatory
with their respective cavaliers, enjoying
their supper. The gas was turned down
somewhat, as it should be in q conserva-
tory at an evening party. "My dear
julia" said one Of the fascinating crea-
lures, chow beautiful your complexion
is--in this dim light!" ooh, thank
you," responded her rival, "and how
lovely you look-in the dark"
Let her whistlel-
What II n girl whistler
'TwOn't make your heart Dristle
Or scratch like n thistle.
whstling lasSio
Need not bo sassy,
Or vulgar, or brassy.
No psalm epistc
Has thrown tho first missile
| At women who whistle.
| It's quite as becoming
| AS singing or humminB,
Or playing or Btrumming.
BE just phlosophic,
o men, on this topic;
Not misogynistic
Nor grumpy nor mystic.
N. y. Sun.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08
Evening on the Farm.

There is no more real enjoyment in
this world than the winter even NJ en-
tertanmcnts and instruction on the
farm with parents surrounded by noble
sons and daughters seeking knowledge
and moral power. The larger the ami
ly the greater the variety and spirit
which can be thrown into such evening
entertainments. And near ncighbOr5
can frequently &c brought into the
circle. This amusement and en- ioymcnt
can be mingled with intellectual inn
provement But fun and frivol ty should
not be indulgcd in to the detrimcnt Of
the main object for tho
great duties and battles of life. And
while it is advisable TO have course Of
readings from the most instructive and
scientific books, care must he taken
that they arc not too prOtracted, nor OF
such II character as 10 be unintcrcsting
to any member OF the family. Tho
parents should take leading part in
these exercises and. make instruction
amusing and cheerful, SO that home TO
the children, as well as parents, will ho
the most pleasant place on earth. Chill
drcn raised by such surrounding,
and under such influences never cause
thoir parents to mourn over their con
duct, but will grow up honorable ant
useful members Of the community. hn(
this costs nothing, nor dctracts in thc
| least from the home comforts an(
pleasures.
But house which is dark anC
gloomy. ono head of the family dozin,
away the evening or absent, no on
knows where, and the other head un
easy, peeVish and Wnsociablc, the boy
will soon seek enjoyment elsewhere
probably beyond the reach Of patorna
influence, and the girls as n ncccssit
will accept the company Of young me
not suitable companions for them
There is fearful responsibility resting
on parents surrounded with buddin,
sons and daughters. 1t is enough L
awaken all Of the energies and virtue
Of the wisest men The best and mobiles
work any nian and woman can do or
earth is rearing IL family of children SC
| that they will honor their parents, con
sccntiously observe the laws of God
and bless the world with faithful serV-
ices And it is around the family altar
| that this can be easiest and most cIlect.
| lively done. And on the farm there is
no time so convenient as the winter
evenings. And this opens q field wide
enough to satisfy the ambition, or in
dulgo the desire for happiness of any
! parent or child. Make the home happy
Make it a school of instruction. Make
your children companions. and exert al
your time and energies to be able tC
lead them in all branches Of informa
ton. 1t is a noble work, the best mar
or woman can be engaged in, and i
faithfully performed your evening skie:
will be cloudless, and your sunset clear
and glorious. -IoUG State Register.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08

IT Is said the total eclipse of the sun
on the 9th of May next will last six min.
uteS' and no longer ono will pr badly
occur within the next 100 years. It will
be partly visible in many pl cns but
few will seeit in its entirety, as its path
lies almost entirely through the ocean,
touching land nowhere but at little is,
land in the South Pacific called Caroline
Island, which is out of the track of any
established commerce or travel. The
French Government has determined tc
send an expedition to that island, and il
Is probable n grand international gather
ing Of astronomers will meet there tc
take part i'll this scientific quest.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08
Not q Sulkers

The first dash black bass makes at.
tor feeling the steel, is toward his lair OF
other hiding place; failing in this his
next move is to tear himself loose Il,
constant motion and main strength, on
by breaking water and violently shaking
his head to endeavor to disfodpe The
hook in this manner. BE will aiwaya
If possible, take refuge under rock OF OF
snag ct the bottom, or go to- the weeds
and will surely succeed should the anp-
Ter lack skill, or his tackle be Insufficient
to prevent it; and once wedged beneath
a rock, log; or other obstruction, or set.
tied among weeds, he will rub out the
hook or part the line without much
trouble; and this by some anglers is or.
roneously called "sulking," But that
tho BLACK bass ever sulks in the manner
ascgihed to tho salmon, ny settling sul
Ienly on thS bottom, / p,sitigely deny.
~ s.dsgtses ASgIN, fs'',
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08

The coolest place on earth is not rs
has hitherto been believed by meteorol
o9iSta, Yakutsk, in Siberia, but Verkoy.
ansh, in the same region, lying in sixty
seven aud one-hnlf degrees north lati-
tudc, on the River Yana. It's lowest
mean winter temperature is forty eight
and six tenth degrees below zero Cen
tigradc This is the cold pole of tho
earth in Asia, the corresponding polo
in America being to the northward Of
the Parry Islands, and the line joining
these two places does not pass through
the north pole itself, which is thus in
all probability, outside the line OF great
est cold. On the other hand, the great
est heat in the tropics is not at tho
equator, but some distance north and
south. --Mc,O York Sun.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-02-08

The entire supply of white pine grow
ing i'll the United States and ready for
the ok does not to-day greatly, if at all,
exceed $4,000, 10000 feet, and this esti-
mate includes hesmall and inferior trees,
which, fow years ago, would not have
been considered worth counting. The
annual production of this lumber is not
far from 10000, 100000 feet, and the
demand is constantly and rapidly in
creasiug.