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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06

LONDON, Feb. 5.-The Mark Lane Er-
press. reviewing the grain trade of the
past week says: Owing to the scarcity of
sound dry samples native wheat has been
sGlsarer, most of the provincial markets
showing an advance of shilling. The
price of -four have been firmly maintained
despite the small demand. Barley has ad-
vanced inAprice ;sother articles unchanged.
Trade IN foreign wheat has been very back
ward. Flour. slow, but values steady,
Notwithstanding the unprecedented amount
on passage on spot. The supply of maize
is very small with prices a little higher.
Oats, dull, weaker; other articles unchang-
ed. Cargoes off the coast stronger and in
active demand There was fifteen fresh
arrivals and nine sales, twelve withdrawn,
and four remain, consisting of two of No.
2 red winter and two of No. ! California.
About twenty-four cargoes are due this
week. The sales of English wheat the
past week were 59.901 quarters at 4os Cd.
per quarter, against 50,080 quarters at 46s
Id for the corresponding period last week
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06

The proposition to raise the saloon Ii
censes to $104 has again been defeated in
the Chicago common council. The first
time it was defeated by the low license
aldermen. Upon reconsidering the matter
the saloon men came to the conclusion
that in view of the prevailing agitation for
a uniform state law fixing fthe minimum
license in large cities at $500 the modest
increase proposed would be the best thing
that could happen to them. In the mean
time the anti-saloonists began to see things
in the-same light and consequently exper
fenced change of heart. When the
measure came up a second time seven of
them who had previously voted in its favor
changed their votes to the negative. The
ordinance " as accordingly defeated by
two majority.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06

It is now alleged that the rings seen
on the section of a tree are no certain
Indication of the age of the tree. 1t is
the same with the rings on girls fing-
ers--though when her digits are gars
nislned with half-a-dozen, the inference
is, that. although she may be 30 years
old, she lacks the sense of the average
girl in her teens.
The following explains the difference
between ..luck" and ''ehance" You
take girl out to the theater and dis
cover that you haven't a cent in your
pocket. You are. of course, compelled
to invite her to an oyster saloon after
the performance. She refuses for some
reason; that's luck but the chance
is million to one that she will accept.
A Chatham street merchant is strict
in regard to the personal appearance of
his clerks wearing amustache and when
one of them applied to him for permits
sion to raise mustache- dat vas all
right" he replied; won shoot raise so
much viskers as you please, so long you
don't wear 'em in the store during pish-
ness hours.
Among the professional "reminiscences
of Daniel O'Conneu. when at the Irish
bar, was the following unique instance
of clients gratitude. He had obtain
ed an acquittal, and the fellow in the
ecstacy of his JOY exclaimed, :'Och,
counselor I've no way here to show
your honor my gratitude, but wish 1
saw you knocked down in my own par
ish, and maybe l wouldn't bring a fac
ton to the rescue.
A report comes from London that
there is change in the fashion in dogs.
Young ladies who have been wearing
English pugs to match their complex
ion, trimmed with plastrons and things,
or the Italian greyhound or KingCharles
spaniel, cut entrain with iabot and polo
naise, will regret TO learn that they have
gone out of fashion. ,nd they might as
well be given to the poor, or sold to the
old rag-man. The new style of dog is
the fluffy white Pomeranian, with nose
in point applique and shirred ears, or
the Maltese terrier, with silk jacket
and velvet lingerie-of something that
way.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
LIVING ON FIFTH AVENUE.

Now, tell me- said l to my Knicker-
booker friend. what was the size of that
LOTT" only % by 100 feet, merely such
lot as many plain family has in this
and every other city" what are the
taxes on that lot now?' said I. They
cannot be less than $1,000 a year. The
man who gave S135, 900 for the lot has
erected upon it house. which with his
furniture has cost him at least 100000
The interest thereon on the investments
is about $4,000 year. Add taxes,
S.. 900, and it comes along to nearly $50
900; and then it win cost that man to live.
on a scale commensurate with his house,
$25, 600 year, making $45, 900, yes. $780,
600, my friend, for the privilege of living
at corner of Fifth avenue "-Neae York
Tribune
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
PRACTICAL ECONOMY.

| NAV remind you that perhaps every
one of us, and almost every one of our
neighbors, has a favorIte or pet economy OF
his own. which usually serves to interest
and often to amuse his fellow men. Thus
many of US, perhaps, are accustomed to
save up paper and string; others are on the
watch to prevent waste OF fuel, OF water,
of gas or other light, and of many other
things to numerous to mention. Some OF
these instances, indeed, are historical and
famous. The poet Pope wrote the rough
copy of his Iliad on backs of letters and
other stray odds and ends, by which says
DIR. johnson, in six years he saved perhaps
six shillings The great Duke of Marlboro
was once visited in his tent by foreign
nobleman who desired to receive lesson
on economy We can talk over that in
the dark said the Duke, and Immediately
blew out the candle. His guest immedi-
ately rose and took his leave, remarking
that he had learned enough for one SEES
sion. In one of Miss Terriers novels
Scotch peasant woman refused to allow
her husband to take the new medicine
ordered by the doctor, until he had finished
the DID, which was prescribed the day be
fore. But, without dwelling on such Incl
dents, let us try to formulate some general
rules which the rich and the poor may
dliAC Win
1. Never allow anything to be thrown
away or destroyed which can be made use
full to anyone.
2. Never allow expenditure to exceed
income, and never run in debt without alb
solute necessity.
3. In estimating income or expenditure
never trust to mere probabilities, but only
to experience and to facts on which you
can depend. A man who wishes to live
within his income, says Lord Bacon, must
set down his expenditures at one third or
at most one half of that income.
4. Keep in mind that there are some
things that you cannot afford, and Others
that you can, if necessary, do without.
Such are tobacco, intoxicating drinks, the
aires, etc.
s. Remember, also, that there are some
other things which you cannot afford to do
without. Such are health, good food,
good clothing, good water and fresh air,
and, above all, good conscience. You
cannot afford to leave your debts unpaid,
Or to refuse help to those who need it
when it is in your power to give it. S.
Ropes
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
THE SEASON AT HOME AND ABROAD
Baltimore Sun.

Everybody must acknowledge that this
S very unusual season at home and
abroad. In regard to the United States, it
may be described as ''yery bad weather for
acivilized country" Billiards and SHOWS
at the West; rain, snow, sleet, and ice at
the East. In the the Middle states we have
had three weeks of as disagreeable days as
have been known in any winter for years.
The rivers have risen in Austria, Hungary,
Germany and Italy from iacessant rains
and the sudden melting of the
snow, until they have. swollen into floods
and caused the loss of many lives and an
immense amount of property, to the I'M
peverishment of thousands of people In
England. las If in mockery, the winter has
been altogether different. January has
the balminess of April. The crocus and
the daffodil are in bloom. The primrose is
eut on the wayside The violets are scent
ing the air with their fragrance, and in
southern exposures the jessomime is dis
playing its yellow flowers. Buds are
swelling and bursting upon the earlier
leading trees, and it is. feared that great
damage viii be done if the temperature
falls and the spring frosts are severe.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06

DR.. Hicks, who gained some notoriety
rs the spiritual adviser of AGaiteau, hns
brought suit against the washington ssm'
and the Daily Grophsc of New Eerk fer
S35, 900 damages in each case. The
grounds for the suits are alleged libel. The
libel of the Star consists of the publication
of an interview with District Attorney
Corkhill; that of the Graphic of an article
in which it was charged that the reverend
gentleman wanted pay for the bones Of
the assassin.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
Point Ont Your Hnnse.' y

This was club dialogue and its Sc
quel: Q.-What are you smokingP a
An imported Havana. Q.-Ho~
much does it cost? "A quarter. @
How many do you smoke a dayp A.
Half dozen. Q.-How long have
you smokedp A.-Thirtv years. Adj
vice-My friend, with that amount of
money you could have bought a house
on 9Th avenue The parties quilted the
Brunswick and strolied up town. As
they came near the Windsor, the smoker
asked: Q.-You never smoke? A
Never. Sarcastic query Then point
out vour house, .Bltsic and Drama.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
TEE nEwHALL vERpTcr.

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 5-The ceroners Jury
rendered a verdict in the investigation of
the Newhall disaster late this afternoon
They find the proprietors guilty of culpa-
bic negligence IN not employing suffi-
cient number of watchmen to guard the
house against fire and to awaken the in
mates in time to save allthe lives possible.
They find that the Newhall House was
easy of egress, devoid of intricate passages,
with the outside escapes, ladders, ETC., but
nevertheless they find the owner guilty of
negligence in not having provided more
escapes. They also find fault with the
network of the telegraph wires surround
ing the hotel.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06

The Rome correspondent of the New
York Sam, under date of January Is,
writes: Bishop Spalding, of Peoria. H.,
was received by the Pope last evening.
He had short interview with Cardinal
Jacobini, secretary of state, after his aa-
dience with the holy father. He was re-
quested to remain in Rome fortnight
longer, as the Pope wishes TO confer with
him before the appointment of high
prelate for the settlement of church affairs
in America and Canada. It is rumored
that the Pope would like to appoint an
American Cardinal to reside IN Rome and
occasionally cross the sea with orders. :
1t is deemed probable that Cardinal How
ard. Archbishop of Neocesarea, win be
appointed Papal Ablegate, and soon visit
this country. He will be invested with
absolute authority by the Pope, and will,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
Ernlntinn in Hair-Pins.

The hair-pin of to-day is no mere like
its ancestor than is the enlightened man
of science like the prineval monkey
Hair-pins have '.evoluted" out of the
eld-fashioned straight wire into various
shapes. sizes. and designs. Most of
them are enameled, They are of vary
ing length, from the gossamer forks
with corrugated limbs. used TO hold in
place puffs and curls, to the long pins
required to keep on the big hats whose
broad brims present great temptations
to the wind They are made by machin-
cry, and are so cheap that the poorest
women may enjoy the greatest variety.
What becomes of the hair-pins? They
drop on floors; they get swept up and
lost; they become bent and useless; they
disappear and are replaced, and great
factories are employed in making them.
In recent divorce case in New York
the wife put in her complaint an allega-
ton that she found strange hair-pin
on her husbands pillow.-Neao YORK
San.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
RDIsoN's ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
Boston Herald

By the way, Mr.. Edison, how is your
electric railway doing?"
''It is doing very we'll / have it run
ming from point on the Pennsylvania
railway to Metuchen, a distance of two
md a haN miles The locomotive runs at
|5he sate OF twenty-nine miles an hour,
With eAe passenger car containing forty
passengers. It is three feet six inches
guage with 16-pound rail. The weight
of the locomotive is three tons"
win locomotive of that weight have
sufficient traction to carry any weight of
train"
'It has sufficient for light trains, and
runs often. ! put it up as an experiment.
! l have also freight train which carries
thirty tons of freight and makes eight
power on the locomotive. | am now,
however, building large one of forty five
horse power. with which I expect to be
able to pull about eighteen coal cars. The
track of my road has been down several
months, and still holds it's insulation. |
made run the other day at the rate of
twelve miles an hour in the snow, and
there wassonly leakage of two and half
horse power on the whole line OF the
road
Can power be produced in this way to
run a locomotive at as small a cost as for
coal used in ordinary locomotives
Eyes. The reason is that in the boilers
of our locomotives their heating and CRATE
surface is Esnail. A focomotive in this way
is very uneconomical Yom have got to
forse it at great waste of energy, while a
stassenaFy boiler and engine at a station
can utilize more power from coal, and by
using a cheaper coal can produce power at
a greater economy, and although to turn
this power into electricity and get it on the
track there is another loss, it never reaches
that due to the want of economy in the
locomotive
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
TRhMWAY.
Henry County News

The high price of soft coal in Geneseo
is due to the fact that it has to be hauled
so far in wagons. This means of trans
portation costs four cents a bushel, or
about one-third the total cost of the coal,
delivered here besides, is very uncertain.
In muddy times, and we have our share of
them, many persons are left unprovided
with coal. The high price of fuel and
the uncertainty of obtaining it, is one of
the principal drawbacks to the establish =
ing of factoris here Why could not all
these difficulties be overcome by building
a cheap tramway or railroad to the coal
fields east of here? One dummy engine,
and two or three flat cars would be able to
give Gereseo steady and bountiful sup
ply of coal, for at least three cents bush
ell less than it costs us now. The saving
in two years would pay for the track,
cars and engine, besides removing great
obstacle in the way of manufacturing en-
terDrlseS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06

Quite furry was caused in ChiCagS on
Thursday by thea report that the Union
IRON and steel company were in very
straitened circumstances Investigator
confirmed the report and also develop
ed the fact that the company has recently
executed two mortgages upon its prop
erty for the total amount of 81, 800, 900.
The officers attribute their embarrassment
to the depression in the steel rail trade
and the unreasonable demands of their
employees They claim that they are pay
ing one third higher wages than
eastern mills
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
A citizen of Des Moines. Iowa

A citizen of Des Moines, Iowa. owns a
pair of sagacious dogs. The other day
one of them raped at the door as II for
admission, but when his mistress Opened
it, instead of going into the house looked
up in great excitement and started toward
the barn, PTseessss.ng his actions until some
one followed him. When the barn was
reached it was found that the horse had
broken loose and was being closely watch
ed by one dog while the other had gone to
the house for aid.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06

The duties on lumber which it is pro-
and sawed timbers, pickets and palings; 10
cents per thousand ON laths, and IS cents
on shingles; 81 per thousand on hemlock,
wildwood, sycamore and Eastwood Ium
Der, and So on pine lumber, ETC., and there
are increased duties ON planned, tongued
and grooved, and finished lumber gener-
ally.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
s amount to a very tidy sum.

Illinois Courier: One of the greatest
evils of intemp is that it so often at
tracts the men of the largest brain and
brightest intellect If the excessive use of
liquor was confined to the narrow minded,
small headed portion of mankind the
curse would not be so terrible; but these
fellows seem to steer clear of the tempta-
ton which overeomes their more brilliant
and broad minded brothers.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
A point in etiquette recently decided a

A point in etiquette recently decided a
lawsuit in queer way. traveller on a
German railroad train attempted to eat a
lunch while on Journey While putting
piece of bologna sausage in his, mouth
the train stopped suddenly, causing his
cheek to be badly cut on the edge of his
knife. which he was using, The mansued
the company for damages, but his claim
was not sustained on the ground that it
is . breach of etiquette to eat with q
knife
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
Ages of the Worlds Rulers.

The Almanach says at Emperor
William, whose age is s.. is the oldest
of the sovereigns, and Alfonso of Spain,
who was 25 years old on his last birth
day, the Youngest. Queen Victoria is
%. the Empress Augusta II. the Queen
of Denmark IS. the Empress of Brazil
so and the ex-Empress Eugene So.
The youngest Queens in Europe are the
wife of the King of Spain. who is "a,
and the wife of the King of Servia. who
is one wear Younger.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
ON THIRTY DAYS, TRIAL.

The Voltaic Belt Co. Marshall. Mich,
will send DIR. Dyes Celebrated Electro Vol
taic Belts and Electric Appliances on trial
for thirty days to men young or old) who
are afflicted with nervous debility, lost vi
tally, and kindred troubles, guaranteeing
speedy and complete restoration of health
and manly vigor. Address as above
N. B. No risk is incurred, as thirty days
trial is allowed. dec 22-d-w VI.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06

The debts of all the counties in the state
aggregate nearly $4,000 600; of the town
ships, 100000; of the cities. villages
and towns, S25, 900, 900: of the school dis
tricts So, ,000-being total of over
s5f, 900, 900. Although our state debt
is comparatively nothing, our municipal
debts amount to q very tids sum. q
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06

When dotted lover calls his tootsey-
wootsey .'benzoic sulphanide, he is UP in
the latest scientific discoveries. and refers
to product of coal tar which is s"sweeter
than sugar, just presented to the Frank
lin Institute. of Philadelphia, by learn
ed chemist of that city But it is not a
pretty name
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06
Tuesday February 6. 1858.

The New York Tribune has rafting
article against the vicious system of cram
ming large masses of undigested facts into
the heads of our public school children.
a system
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06

A Pittsbnrg detective observes that
there are few fat men among the crimi-
nal classes. The lean and hungry Cas-
sius is the bad man. s.0ur most des-
perate criminals, the detective remarks
TO a reperter aare mostly small-sized
men with light complexions. I"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06

as consequence, have power to decide
finally any question of church discipline
that may be brought before him. Tae
Cardinal will also have jurisdiction over
.the provinces of Canada.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-06

Fashionable intelligence-Longd dresses
make clean crossings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-28
Is Copper Poisonous After AM

From the ST. James Gazette.
In this age Of rehabIlitatious one is hardly
surprised to find the poisons-or what were
deemed to be poisons-meeting with partisans.
NJ Gaiippe French savant, has undertaken to
clear copper from the unjust imputation under
which it has labored Of possessing toxic prop
critics. He has been experimenting since 1875
upon dogs with rdlgris-bluestone and various
salts OF copper. and he has come to the c0nclu-
sion that copper cannot cause fatal poisoning"
And on its being objected that the emetic effects
OF these substances probably saved the animals
h'es-dogs being particularly susceptible TO the
action OF enetics-he cOurageOusly proceeded
To try similar experiments on himself. having
al! his food regularly cooked in copper vessels
coated inside with yerdgris. and he feels none
the worse for it, Furthermore he has over and
over again found copperih the liver and kdneys
oil persons who have died from natural causes.
anu ms analyses OF wheat. chocolate and other
aiiinentary substances have revealed the presence
OF lnAnitesllnal quantities OF copper in their
composition. These are facts. he saws. which
should not be lost sight OF in making post NOR
tens OF persons whose death has been attributed
TO metallic poisoning, and he believes that
ignorance of them has led to more than one
sud judicial error.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-28
AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS
nUNcANsoN BROS. Auctione.rs.

III
rHEsT Ths CRY sHIr 81 Sr ysagsn55 Real ss5sN
IMPROVED. SITUATED
ON STREET NORTHWEST.
ON WASHINGTON STREET
ON II STREET NORTH,
DELAwARR AVENUE. THIRD STREET EAST.
On STREET NORTHWEST,
on NJ STREET SOUTH.
AND ON II STREET NORTHWEST
s fSs " c.S Sss q ss S SGp
ehue ct al, viii sell under decd Of trust, re -
fiji Gs5 Ri iGf 'ts T.. I'VE
p NJ. IN front OF the premises Lot No. @. with i'm
square No sis. This Lot fronts I7e feet = inch on q
street northwest opposite the new Pension buildinS
2ssloo feet al 'e''u Af0S's saon aooas
=, And on FRIDAY. the SIXTH April, a. FIVE r.
sub Of in Sis We TS S Of s INIT. S SS x..
nyton street l1e LA feet viii be sold in Ten pse-
on 81 tRpar. s iGisf' April. a. rrvrp NJ.
H. a. Is and in square se w .s 81. oil MG Sr SS
Av ci, re-, and n on on 50 s,ses! east nv,
front Of premises We viii sell Lots Nos. 81 a "
Lots Nos 81 to A inclusive aud Noe - % ss in.
on W pSfsb.Y the Fl fv igSifs apRr1. Il FIVE
square s2e with the badins The 81 10. on
stTef n9rth seween 81 and Attn streets west and Z
lot %. In square 80. 5s5 with tie improyements ON
On fRu hi Az he 10 fwr III aha APRIL FIVE,
NJ, the rear parts If lots Nos. = g. 10 aud IL in tn
ents and IMMF itlE is Tfa mp oI We
Is. in square No 81. with the improvements on II
Terms One third cash Of which q deposit, 81 sloo
on ca h pare. viii I've required al time Of sale balanoo
in notes tearing interest aud years TO h 20.
cured 10y deed If the poverty sold or all cash
at 1r9n o. vurchassr II the terms arenoi complied
sold at n, Of oeiauliing purchaser. ConveyancnG
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