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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-16
It is a mistake, says the London Lance,

1t is a mistake, says the London Lancet,
to both rise early and take no rest The
rising early is good as habit of life. if it
does not mean robbing nature of her OPP
portunity to recruit the exhausted strength
of brain and body, by prolonging sleep
when that necessary luxury is at length
enjoyed. There would appear to be some
need of remonstrance on this score. The
fashion of the day favors early rising and
the manly tub" those whs rise early have
for the most part sat up prodigiously late,
and the tub is chiefly appreciated because
it rouses the system, and makes it feel
and feelings are deceptive-strong and
vigorous. This is burning the candle at
both ends. If we must sit up half the
night, it would be better to sleep half the
day than to rise betimes and go in for ar
duous labor after insufficient rest. Early
rising is harmful without early resting,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-16

Some of our esteemed contemporaries
have given themselves the trouble of de-
nouncing, with an ardent indignation
which presupposes shocked surprise, the
action of Assistant Postmaster-G General
Hatton in pressing all the postmasters of
the United States, and all the congressman
who desire to apply to their deestricks a
fertllizing mulch of postoff1ces. into his
service as canvassers for the very poor
paper which he published at Washington.
They seem to forget the great truth con-
tanned in the homely proyerb which cen
sures as folly the expectation of anything
from pig but grunt. A small politician
and country publisher in state over
whelmingly republican, there was nothing
whatever in the record or the associations
of Mr.. Frank Hatton to induce the belief
that he would be anything but what he has
proved-one of the impudent, stupid
and pic ayune corruptionists of the last
drear mood of party in and of It's iniqui-
ties.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-16
It will be kept from him as long as pos

1t will be kept from him as long as pos
sible
Christina Hagan a servant reported
missing, is safe This makes ninety six
known to be saved out of the 1T. Fifty
one bodies have so far been recovered,
twenty eight of which are burned beyond
recognition, leaving thirty still missing
1t is not known, but is supposed, that the
register is in the safe, which will be reach
ed by the diggers to-day; also that the
court in the centre will be reached, where
probably the most bodies will be found.
Excavations reached the west wall to-day,
where five bodies were found in heap
under the location of the servants quar-
ters A correct estimate as to the loss OF
life is impossible to form until the books
can be got at. The above estimate, giving
fifty-one dead and thirty missed, making
probably total loss of life of eighty-cne,
is thought to be as nearly correct as pos
sible by all parties.
The afternoon papers made the follow
ing exaggerated statement: Taken to
morgue, IS; received from the ruins, 81
since died, 8; dead not taken to morgue,
5; total, so This does not include the
fragments of bodies found. About forty
people reported missing are yet unaccount-
ed for, which swells the list to ninety. 1t
is almost sure that over one hundred peo
pie lost their lives by. the calamity. No
official investigation will be had into the
origin and causes lea ding to the disaater
until the termination of the work at the
ruins. The bodies will all remain at the
temporary morgue until that time, unless
positive identifcations are made. In such
cases the bodies will be given to friends.
A. Keller, manager of the Western
TIL hn
following statement: A careful inquiry
of those who witnessend the burning of
the Newhall, from the commencement,
develops the fact that the telegraph
wires offered no obstruction to the saw
ing of life, but that, on the contrary, three
or -four lives were saved by jumping upon
the wire, thereby breaking the force of
the fall 1t was reported that Allen John
son and wife could have been saved if the
wires had not INSTRUCTED the raising of
ladders; whereas the highest ladder the de-
partment had was raised inside the wires,
but was not long enough to reach the
window, and the inmates had to jump to
the sidewalk and were killed. There
were two fire escape ladders fastened to
the house; one on the Michigan and one
on the Broadway side, passing by the hall
windows of every story, and only three or
four lives were saved by them. Every
avenue of escape was apparently forgotten
in the panic. Some parties jumped
through the skylight of the adjoining
building and were seriously injured, while
he fire escape was within three feet of
hem. The reports telegraphed that the
wires were responsible for the loss of life
originated in the brains of few excited
who knew nothing of the
acts and cared less.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent. ]

From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. D. @. jan 10. 1888.
The question whether we are to have any
forward step in the direction of tariff re-
form and tax reduction by the present
congress is still an open one. but the
chances are decidedly against it. In spite
of all the confident talk and promises of
the ways and means committee early in
the session things at this stage look little
senate committee on finance differs very
materially from that of the ways and
means committee, and both are at variance
with the recommendations of the tariff
commission, which all three fail to con
form to the ideas either of free traders or
protectfonists, and more of them appear
entirely satisfactory to those who believe
in moderate ana progressive measures of
revenue reform. When to the existing
muddle are added to amendments of the
house to the ways and means committee
BILL and the general confusion of ideas
which will be created by the attempt to
reconcile the provisions of both measures,
it needs more than ordinary faith in con-
gressional industry and discretion to ex-
pect any result whatever from such chaotic
materials. 1t is interesting to occasionally
happen around the east side of the house
wing in view of the ways and means COM
mittee room. One can tell to nicely
what the committee is doing by the class
of visitors. One day the barbed wire
makers are on hand in force, buttonholing
members as they pass in and out; another
day the steel rail lobby monopolizes most
of the space; then the jute butt
fellows show up, and they are fol
lowed in turn by the distilIers
and their hired men. The tin men the
sugar refiners, the Standard oil company
lobby, the plate glass manufacturers, the
tobacco men, and representatives of every
other industry take their turn, and they
are always on the alert. The buttonholes
of the poor tortured members have suffer
ed terribly from the strain Recently
the shipbuilders have joined the throng
and pervaded the entire south end of the
building.
It appears that the surprise and satisfac-
ton with which many advocates of tariff
reform greeted the report of the tariff com
mission was premature. Further and
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-16

The legislature of South Carolina is
about to pass bin creating railway
commission, which will place the railways
under very stringent regulations. The bin
provides for the appointment of three
commissioners, who will have the power
to fix the charges for freight and passen-
ger traffic and to make rules and regula-
lions for the government of the railroads
They are also given power to investigate
the books of the different companies and
to compel them to obey the orders of the
commission. The bill has passed both
branches of the legislature, but there are
some slight differences between the two
houses to be compromised The measure
is probably the most stringent one of its
character passed by any state Legislature,
and predictions are that it will fail when
put to practical test.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-16

spring, the Youngest an infant in arms,
the eldest looking little more than an
infant. they were the subjects of the
greatest interest and many were the
questions asked the happy mother. es-
peciaily by the feminine portion of those
in The depot awaiting the arrival of the
train. The children were all healthy
and robust, and the father and mother
might be described as the same. The
mother stated that her little ones had
known no sickness more than the ordi-
nary complaints incident TO childhood.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-16
ON THIRTY DAYS, TRIAL.

The Voltaic Belt Co. Marshall Mich,
will send Dr. 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
tality, 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 % DIV Tyr.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12
How Uncle Rnbe Pronounced It.

Two young colored gentlemen from
Beaublen Street were engaged in an ami
mated discussion over the correct pro-
nunciation of a French word the other
day, and could not agree, SO one ofthem
proposed way to settle the matter
Les prefer # to Uncle Rube,n he
said, and they started up Jefferson Az
snue forthwith to find the old man. He
was saving wood in the backyard of a.
prominent citizen, and not to waste time
was singing while he worked: l5ks l3s
THE head must bow and the back will have to
Wherever the darkey may go; IL 4.
few mo- days and the troubles all will
'.How de do-how de doP'' he said, as
he saw the two young men and left off
singing. ''Trubble in de church agin?''
he asked. suspiciously.
''Noah!' said the foremost "YOu
see, Uncle Rube, i was speakin 10 my
friend heah of taking a suet of rooms on
Croghan Avenue and-e 't
IN says, sab, that suet is not der
zactly propah. hez left miah pernon.
cion dixenary to home, but calls it
s'oeet wild barrow tone on the last
syllabub; ez youah is the referee wilTyou
please to dispress youah opinyon.p ''a
"Yep, said Uncle Rube, shutting one
eye and taking a comprehensive glance
of the two youths with the other. .fYou
is boff leetle off on the perambulatin5o oh
dat word, when you gets rite deown to
lihin in dem, Gawge, an eatin free. squat
meals day in dem, yew will fine dey is
a sl0ent OBJ rooms. [ kin tole you dat
widout emmy probnodsense dick shintery,
what sum eber,n and the old man re-
surned bis saving and singing ''Mi Ole
Kaintuckee h-o-a-m goo-d-n-i-t-e. .''-4De9
trOit Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12
A Humbugging Monkey.

The anthropoid apes are somewhat
tacit'lrn race, but a chimpanzee's s MUIR
muir OF affection is very expressive, and
quite different from his grunt of discon.
tent. A sick orang-outang sheds tears,
means piteously or cries ike a petted
child; but such symptoms are rather de-
eeptlye, for the orang, as well as the
chimpanzee, is great mimic, not of
men only, but of passions and .patho-
logical conditions. Two years ago l
took temporary charge of a young CHM
panzee who was awaiting shipment to
the Pacific coast. His former landlord
seemed to have indulged him in a pen
chant for rummaging boxes and Golfers,
for whenever attempted to circumscribe
the limits of that pastime my boarder
tried to bring down the house, meta
phorically and literally, by throwing
himself upon the Roor and tugging vio-
lently at the curtains and .bell-ropes. If
that failed to soften my heart, Pansy
became sick. With groans and sobs he
would lie down in corner, preparing
to shed the mortal coil and adjusting the
pathos of the closing scene to the degree.
OF obstinacy. One day he had set his
AS@A' NPOA OAPiOLlAS VIC letJoI u6I)dIJ-
ment of my chest of drawers, and after
driving him off several times, / locked
the door and pocketed the key
Pansy did not suspect the full meaning
of my act till he had pulled at the knobs
and squinted through the key-hole. but,
when he realized the truth, life ceased
to be worth living; he collapsed at once,
and had hardly strength enough left to
drag himself to the stove. There he lay,
bemeaning bis untimely fate, and
/ stretching his legs as if the rigor morris
had already overcome his lower extrem-
tiles. Ten minutes later his supper was
brought in, and | directed the bov 10
leave the basket behind the stove, in full
sight ofmy guest. But PansY's eyes as
sumed faroff expression; earth had
lost its charm; the inhuinanity of man to-
man had made him sick of this vale of
tears. Meaning to try him, accom-
panied the boy to the staircase, and the
victim of my cruelty gave me parting
look of intense reproach as | left the
room. But, stealing back on tiptoe, we
managed to come upon him unawares,
and Pansy looked rather sheepish when
We caught him in the act of enjoying an
excellent meal DR.. OSWALD, in Popular
Science Monthly ''s6sA st 7ig@ ~
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12
/. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


1T is said that fashionable ladies
won't go fishing this summeroaInlesAaa II
they can get @ +, silk worms p1 for bait :, =,
"A man adFertises for ooniDete1ta 7S
person to undertakes the sale of a new :
medicine, and adds that at viii be
highly lucrative to the undertaken"
An exchange says it makes woman -tssse
sick to keep q secret. He must have ks va
guessed at it, as it has never vet been nut
to practical test Wheeling Jo,tyaaE tissa
o 1t was uF-year-older who askedyrs gsln
! sPapa, have you done anything down Va ..Fs
town to-day that you think ought To
whip you for, if were as big as you
are ?'' ,1 azse esa8 Ta7 s59I at3f
"A Chicago doctor adyertises: Don't ,usF
mistake dropsy for consumption.
That's right The constant mistakiuoi} gsk
a9IFgm 9 Ras9o,, tEs@ens rem for malaria
a.Ifs just as well to be refined il 1af
your conversation. Say; Those who qs#al
indulge in terpsichorean recreation are
under obligation to remunerate the yie1 a.sT
linist.'' 's.8 Aa Rtt5
u He is the greatest artist alive, and srfa
the one. courted most by society, who -
can carelessly drop lot OF fnarking-ink @1s1
on piece of cardboard andsafter draw 3alla
ing whisp broom across it, call itaa fsfz...-
symphony of twilight, and sell it for -
$4,000. - Puck. gtSf ] a5 at4a s8Affed 1S8m
s--fIt seems to me I have seen youf =. a.
physiognomy somewhere befoEer - said q
fop to a stranger whom be met, .'but / ~ ~
cannot imagine where" Very likely,''
replied the other; Il have been the Gov s5ssg
eEnor ofaa prison for the last twenty, is,.g =
years. IN Y. Ledger.
Toto IS crying very hard s'What
is the natter?' asked oneof her fafher's 9d #
friends. 81 have lost two cents that NE
marrimE gave me. . That is not
difficult less to repair, = repliecl tfiego sE
friend; there are two cents.' An in
stant afterward Toto was CRYING harder 3lsa
thaneyer. g What are you still crying sssss6
for?1 asked the gentleman. .ss~~a.I am
crying, ls9id the artfal baby, Ybeca1seaxep
If had not lost two cents should now
have four.'' 5sah at9W aa3 ~ 1851 ait
"A youngma who had just fet1rneds1f lsls
from a seTen days vacation, being re-
quested TO carry box up stairs, replied @
that he could not because heshadnsthsHau
strength to dpit. Haven't strengthf'
said his employer; Z how IS tfAtg'1
:: Why. you see. I've been of for seven Il =,
days, and its a fact. you know that
seven daysmake one week. =" The Young 'F@
manwas given a perpetual vaeatiofIfrofn e nsa
that establishment.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12

81 could name dozens, or perhaps
hundreds, of workmen who spend a
while every year gathering rags-kind
OF half vagrants who go to it for change
and then their wives and children
work at it all the year round. There's
little to be made at it; if it wasn't so the
country would be overrun; as it is there's
the half too ma ny at it. l know a rag
picker named Russell, who was once a
wealthy bll-poster here in Chicago, and
had 10000 feet of bill-boards of his
own. Plenty of the big downtown mer-
chants knew Russell. for he used to do
the principal bill-posting in the city.
Now he's gathering rags and not worth
dollar in the world-drank it all out!
Another dealer said: g Rag gathering
is good trade for some people, you betl
know man who began gathering with
a sack, and now his wife can dress in her
silks and satins. He goes about with a
team and has got aregular route of gen.
tlemen's houses to call at, and the bags
of rags he gathers there don't go to the
junk-store, nor quarter of them, either.
He gets old clothes, dresses, shirts, Ia
dies underclothing, stockings, neckties,
ETC., and his wife cleans and fixes them
up and then they're sold to the cheap
secondhand clothing dealers. He told
me himself that he hadn't to buy thing
in the way of clothes for his family for
years back except his wife's Sunday
dresses, and showed me the shirts, neck
tie, socks, hat, etc., that he was wear
ing, all nearly as good as new, and all
got in the ragbag from gentleman's
house. That the way he has made his
money. Yes; rich folks rags knock
about some before they pull up at the
ragfactory. Chicago Tribune.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12
Strange Evidence.

Mrs. Sargent, aged eighty-four, living
alone at Fort Ann, was found beaten to
death about two years ago. Large re-
wards were offered for the arrest Of the
murderer. A man named Stewart was
arrested on suspicion, but as there was
no evidence against him the case was
dropped. The STRANGE and almost in
credible revelation has now been made
that photograph of the dead woman's $
eyes disclosed upon the retina a picture
of Stewart holding a chair over her head
and just in the act of striking her. The
matter has been brought to the attention
OF the grand jury, and Stewart, who has
enlisted in the regular army, will prob
ably be re-arrested. - Troy IN. ~
Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12
$500 per Annun1.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Esra.as Hesssa
The first editions of the Gospels OF N@8
Luke and John in the Corean language
has been published by the National
Bible Society of Scotland. .-...s. .t
Professors Bowen, Lowering and
Torrey, of Harvard, all graduates in the asa
Harvard class of 1888, are rounding out
the tiftieth yearof their connection with
that college.
s--Parson Jones says he doesn't object Is Is
to his parishioners sleeping in church,
but it is discouraging to see a whole
congregation intent upon shutting their A
eyes to the truth. y ~
Rev. DR.. Judson recently preached, sssF
on behalf of the New York Baptist City
Mission. in Calvary Church. and the col-gsV
lection at the close amounted to $14,-
200, the largest ever taken for that OBJ p 2
1ect,--N. Z. Itn1es.fssi f-,sse9 ad tliW geEF
A fan made of bank notes was the
refreshing gift made to a Methodist
pastor at Newark, N, j :, the other eve-
nlng. This method of raising the wind 54H
should be adopted at all donation parties :, h,n
-Ne'0arE Register
--'.Astronomical Christians is what r
the ChristiG,s az Work calls those people
who resolxeato turn over newleaf about gs5sa.
sce RELIGION ref @ StYss ssys sae shons Naf5 sW no aF
be made thing of dates and times and
seasons.a .1tt8-t 52@H N8 gNENfl4s1
begun ernss9e ssin.t tha npa
bacco among the public school children, rif-isaz
and will direct his especial attention to
stopping the smoking of cigarettes He
is principal in one of the schools and m
has petitioned the Board of Education to
take official interest with him. = Phtta-t 1s13 81
delphiG Record
4SamuelJ. Browne, wealthy Gin
clnnatlan, who died several wears ago, 81 A
left a large part of his estateste-fanda a
Brown University ng The heirs,e to era
whom small sums were left, have sue
ceeded in breaking the will and now aA ssts
o9 ag[eenea. ana Yto po9 from the estate s
two thirds to the city Of oinoinnsti, for for issa
university purposes.
t. "A college student, whose father l74
makes him renderaan itemized account
OF his expenses, received an order for fS
nm 70 .explain how the large sum fora8 hta
.incidentals' was spent, and then can eaq 4
Judge whether you are having enough N& -
fun for your money, for r. have been.
there, you young scamp % That Is the "a
8, sort OF father the average college boYox o,,s
likes - Chscago Herald 80
President Alice T. Freeman, of gssg
Wellesley College, says that Ahe cause of =; fe
the breaking down of the girls in that
and other institutions of learning is the 3*a@
lack OF proper physical care before en-
tering. Experiences shows, she asi ahA
serts, ''that ins7 the boarding schools sgs8ss
where proper amount of exercise is
compulsory the students improve In {sB -
health but the college is notaaplaae for ;a
nva1lds, and those who 60 there with
weak constitutions and nervous prostra- Hx2ba
ton are likely to become III Girls have.
not as vigorous a physique as boys, but "a aA
they are capable of greater endurance Tara
and with proper care can sustain as
thorough a course Of mental trsirfnr ba&
wi with benefit rather than aeletrimont To- is1b
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-04-12
A Man in stays.

Mr.. Richard A. Proctor, the well
known lecturer on astronomy, once tried
the experiment of wearing corset, and
thus describes the result: "When the
subject of corset-wearing was under dis
cussion in the pages of the English
Mectanic, was struck" he saws, with
the apparent weight of evidence in favor
of tight lacing. [ was in particular
struck by the evidence Of some as to its
use In reducing corpnlence. Iwas COR
pulent / also was disposed, as l am
still, to take an interest in scientific ex-
pertinent. though@ would give this
matter fair trial. read all the in
structions, carefully followed them, and
varied the time of applying pressure
with that perfectly stiff busk' about
which correspondents were so enthusias.
tic. Twas foolish enough to try the
thing for a matter of four weeks. Then
[ laughed at myself as. a hopeless idiot,
and determined to give up the attempt to
reduce by artificial means that super
abundance of fat on which only starva-
ton and much exercise, or the air of
America. has ever had anyreal reducing
influences But / was reckoning with
out my host. AS the Chinese LADY suffers,
| am told when her feet-bindings are
taken off, and as the nat-headed baby
howls when his head-boards are re-
moved, so for while was it with nae.
found myself manifestlv better in stays.
| laughed at mgself no longer / was too
angry with myself to laugh. Iwould as
soon have condemned myself to using
crutches all the time as TO wearing
always busk. Butfor my one month
of folly | had to endure three months Of
discomfort At the end Of about that
lime was my own man again"