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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15
This Many Things int Which Paper is
Mada

A tall man, with sharp features and
thoughtful air. sat in small study and
gazad gravely at brown object that
lay at his feet.
The reporter raised it with some diff
Guilty. 1t was of very close fiber, and
so highly polished that it resembles rose
wood Its inventor tapped it with his
nail, and said:
1T doesn't look much like paper,
does it?'
1t seems more like iron. Is it posi-
BILE it is made OF paper?'
"Oh, yes; almost anything can now
be made of paper A paper ball can be
rendered 50 solid that nothing will ia
dent it but diamond tool. Car-wbeel,
are now made of paper Its strength is
astonishing. You can suspend 339 lbs.
from Bank of England note and twill
not part. Bath-tubs, pots, plates,
knives, forks, cooking stoves, printing
presses, steam engines and chlmneys
are made OF paper nowadays, and there
is absolutely no limit to the uses tc
which it may be put.
Have paper cross-ties ever been
used?"
Not yet. The cross-tie is my inven.
ton"
'How did you happen to think of it?'
well, | didn't happen to think of it
exactly. | started out deliberately tt
invent substitute for the wooden cross
tie or sleeper, and kept steadily at il
until | was successful thought of pa
per. There are scores of mills in thu
country where paper, straw, prairie
grass. and other fibrous substances arr
converted into straw boards. The pro
cess is simple The straw is reduced tt
a pulp and run out into boards. Thest
straw boards are sold all over the coun
try as substitutes for wood. My inven-
ton utilizes straw board. The cross-ti'
is constructed of sheets or layers OF pa
per or straw board, laid one upon an
other, cemented and compressed int
molds. 1t makes a perfect cross tie. |
is practically water and fire proof, as i
is manufactured under 500 degrees 0
heat. ATMOSPHERIC changes have no ct
feet on it, 1t can be made as cheap a
wood at the present time, and will las
at least twenty-five years. "-NeW YorI
| SIM
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15
Ignorance of Msxicaus as to Common Mat

There are some peculiar qualities of
the Mexican mind which will, for
while, stand in the way of quick progress.
Thus, very few of them will buy their
railroad ticket until the train is in full
view Of the station, and, until a short
time ago, preferred paying their cash to
the conductor. They have an .incom-
prehensible itching to defer any enter
prise, or even trivial work, until the
morrow Where these defects of their
disposition and training are understood,
and patience and management are exer-
cised, fair service can be got ont of
them. As eXemplifS ing how little Mex
leans know of the rights of common
carriers, the other dav, when Gen Diaz
stopped here, the company, as a cour-
tesy, rendered the municipality the use
of their cars for the Generals party.
Thereupon the city authorities under
took to let everybody have a free ride,
and. until Il e matter was legally eX-
plaincl to them threatened trouble to
the railway people. These mistakes of
the MeXicans in their dealing with our
people spring not so much from de-
sire to annoy rs from Ignorance. Mod
tc~eg (HcG.) Correspondence.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15
A WONDERFUL DREAM.
An Incident in Real Life Discounts Fiction.


Zone of the most remarkable occur
rences | ever heard of was related to me
this morning. remarked State street
broker Yesterday Il have heard of
good many wonderful dreams. but this
has some features about il which border
on the marvellous. =
what is the stoty?n qucried another
broker. whose business was apparently
dull enough to allow plenty of time TO
study the miraculous, since he had al
most forgotten how 10 buy and sell.
well, replied the first speaker, Il
was told to-day by leading City Hall
official, whose trustworthiness is I'M
doubted, that daughter of the late
Harvey Jewell (who was SO we'll and
favorably known in Boston in legal and
business circles, and was a brother OF
the late Marshall JewelD had recently
very queer and unusual experience,
and one calculated to make deep i'm
preston upon the strongest mind.
Some weeks ago she had a dream in
which she distinctly saw an undertaken
drive up to her residence with hearse.
He was a peculiar looking man. His
queerly shaped nose, which looked as
if it had been broken and was twisted
to one side, gave his countenance an ex-
preston which would have made iden-
LITIGATION easy and certain. He came
directly towards her, and, as he said:
Are you all ready? she suddenly
awoke
''Ihe dream seemed a peculiar one,
but did not attract very much attention
in the household until, few days or a
week later, it was repeated with exact
~ the same characteristics, down to
the Are you all ready?' and the awak-
ening.
"And now comes the strangest part OF
the story. Some little time afterwards
the young lady was visiting in Cincin-
natl, and went to an apartment hotel to
call upon friend. She stepped into
an elevator with others, and was startled
to hear: Are you all ready? from the
man in charge. She was still more
startled on looking around and behold
ing the exact picture of the man of the
dream, even to the misshapen nose. 1t
made such an impressionupon her mind
that she requested to be let out of the
elevator at the first landing. She step
ped out, and the other occupants went
out at the next landing, and the man re-
manned, The elevator machinery gave
out; suddenly the car went up, and
| then down, and the man was instantly
killed.
you have all heard of the warnings
of dreams. All can say is this is the
| first well-authenticated case have ever
known, and if it does not border on
the supernatural | do not know what
does. TWAS a good way to restore ones
peace of mind, but a most remarkable
sequel"
Send it to the Globe, y said q listener,
''it may bring out many somewhat sim
liar cases from among the thousands
who read that popular paper, - Boston
Globe.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15

The Boston Herald is responsible for
the following description of the way a
woman wields hammer:
She wants to hang a picture on the
wall. She gets nail, hammer, and
tall chair to stand upon, and calmly
surveys the situation.
Then she measures distance and
scratches a spot, always an inch too
high or too low, and paepares for ac-
ton.
She takes the nail in the left hand and
the hammer in the right, and gently
taps. like the drum accompaniment of a
musical box.
Then she lays herself out for big
blow, raises her arm and strikes, and
yells like captured Comanche maiden
ON the boundless prairie.
She goes about the rest of the morn
ing with her thumb done up in a bread
poultice. Yet she never learns from ex-
perience.
The next time she wants to drive a
nail in anything she will hit it exactly
in the same place.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15
Army Officers Testimony

Captain Joseph L. Hayden, residing at No. 9s4
Fourth street, South. Boston. Mass, formerly
captain in the army, now with the Walworth
Manufacturing Company, South Boston, writes,
April 2s, 1889; ''While living in Cambridgeport
my wife was afflicted with terrible pains in her
back and sides, accompanied with great weak
ness and loss OF appetite She tried many So
called remedies without avail, growing rapidly
worse, when her attention was called to Hunt s
Remedy She purchased bottle from Lowells
drug store. in Cambridgeport, and after taking
the first dose she began to feel easier. she conld
sleep WELL and after continuing its use Il short
time the severe pains in her back and side en-
tirely disappeared, and she is well woman.
Many of our relatives and friends have used
HINTS Remedy with the most gratifying results
have recommended ii many times, and as many
times heard the same story. HINTS Remedy is
all that is claimed for it, and real blessing 10 all
afflicted with kidney or Ever trouble
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15
MADE A NEW MAN OF HIM.

Mr.. c. o. Wheeler, No % Austin street, Cam
bridgeport Mass, makes the following remarka-
Bile statement On Aprila q, 1888, he writes as fol
lows Il have been troubled with kidney disesse
for nearly twenty years. Have suffered at times
with terrible pains in my back and limbs nsed
many medicines but found nothing reached my
case until took Hunts Remedy. | purchased a
bottle of A. P. Gibson, go fremont street, Bos-
ton, and before l had used this one bottle found
relief, and continuing its use my pains and weak
ness all disappeared, and l feel like new man.
with new life and vigor Hunts Remedy did
wonders for me, and hsye no hesitancy in rec
ommending Il to all afflicted with kidney or liver
diseases, as / am positive that by is use they will
fald immediate relief. You may use this letter IL
any way you choose, 50 thai the people may know
of assure medicine for the cure of all diseases OF
kidneys and liver
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15
Making those Things We Strike at and
non't Hit,


The iron is received from the rolling
mills in sheets from three inches to
twelve inches wide, and from three feet
to nine feet in length, the thickness va
rying, according TO the kind of work
into which it is TO be made, from one
eighth to one-thirtv-second Of an inch.
These sheets are all cut in about thirty
inch pieces, and by immersion in acid
cleaned off the hard outside flinty scale.
They are then chopped into strips of a
width corresponding to the length ofthe
nail or tack required. Surprising the
tack to be cut is an eight-ounce carpet
tack. the strip uf iron, as chopped and
ready for the machine, would be almost
eleven-sixteenths of an inch wide and
thirty inches long This piece is placed
firmly in the feeding apparatus, and by
this arrangement carried between the
knives of the machine.
At each revolution of the balance
wheel the knives cut off small piece
from the end of this plate. The piece
cut off is pointed at one end, and square
for forming the head at the other, 1t is
then carried between two dies by the
action of the knives, and the dies, COM
inc together, form the body of the tack
under the head. Enough of the iron
projects beyond the face of the dies to
form the head. and while held firmly by
them: lever strikes this projecting
piece into round head. This, as we
have said before, is all done during one
revolution of the wheel, and the knives,
as soon as the tack drops from the
machine. are ready to cut off another
piece.
These machines are run at the rate o.
about $50 revolutions per minute. The
shoe nail machines. for cutting headles;
shoe nails, are run at about 500 revolu
tions per minute, and cut from three t.
five nails at each revolution. Mechdrai
cal Engineer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15

The oyster growers on the coast of
France have discovered that oyster shells
which are thrown back into the sea pro-
duee thirty to forty fold in two years.
The theory is that the young oysters at
tach themselves to the old shells in
preference to any other object on the
bel of the sea.
A Boston milliner earns 81, 500 year
and her husband stays at home and
keeps house. That's the kind of wife
to have and by the way, that's the kind
of husband to have, when you want
such one.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15

One of the most prosperous grocers
in neighboring village is church
deacon. A member of the congregation
who was asked if the deacon was much
of a praying man, said:
Yes, he prays agood DEAL but some
times he prays harder than he does at
others, and during his periods Of maxi
mum devotion / always find that the
articles purchase at his store are short
weight.
The instance is valuable as showing
the value of a sensitive conscience in
the grocery business.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15

1915. ........ Il,3lh 0 81 Total. tl436l0 Is 8
In dollars, S19i044-S
When had finished taking the copy
he said: Il fancy few, if any, members
Of the English bar could show such a
record.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15

The man who found the oyercoat that
Governor Cleveland lost on the day OF
the bridge opening and returned it to
its owner says:
1T was thick coat, too heavy to car
ry upon my arm conveniently, so lput it
on and wore it. didn't mind the heat
although it very soon grew uncomfort-
ably warm; but when two or three New
York aldermen greeted me with How
air ye, Guv ner; wud ye moind takin' a
drink wild us?' felt as if / wanted to
crawl into some coal hole and stay there
until nightfall. '
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15

A writer for one of the weekly con-
temporaries says that Herbert Spencer
might be described as thin dilution OF
Emerson" People who had the pleas
ure of seeing Mr. Emerson, especially
during the last days of his life, will be
panied to learn from this description
that Mr. Spencer has reached a degree
of attenuation which would make Sarah
Bernhardt look fat beside him.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15

The Kentucky military institute, neal
Frankfort, KY, has los cadets. the
largest number since the war.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15

A Wisconsin farmer who heard that a
cyclone was approaching thoughtfully
concealed his wife behind woodpile,
where she was easily pulverized by the
falling logs. There are many ways in
which man can avoid the trouble and
expense of a divorce suit, if he will only
set himself to'thinking them up.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15
Folly Shots.

"Meet me on the Bridge, Love, q
Half-Past Nine is the title of a new
song by a Brooklyn girl whose parents
retire early.
did you hear any Of Wagner's op
eras?" asked a Boston critic of Gin
cinnati lady who had recently returned
from a tour Of Europe.
Il heard them all, - she replied rath-
er languidly,
Il suppose the first time you went you
were quite overcome by the grand CON
catenation of sounds.
ooh, | didn't mind it, was the re-
spouse. I've been married twenty
years, and my husband is a fearful
snorer."
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15
ROCK ISLAND 4 PEORIA RAILWAY.
L.noNlE.r NonrE ro raE 80 - wEsrl

Inr 10 T. N Ituln makes uIOst VUhHtUtIOH
10 Gulya with the G &. ~ @. for points west; ar
irving at GHlesbUg at :25 p m; Burlington 40
o. nj. 4. Keokuk 1925 p. IN Quincy 1913 p. m. /;
hlsu making close connection at Peoria with |. B.
4 W, and I. P. Il ", roads for all points east
and south
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15

First Tramp-BiIl, have you ever read
the new book called Poverty and Pro
gress?"
Second Tramp-No; but I've heard
it's good thing, and | hope the au-
thor'll get wealthy out of it.
First Tranquility?
Second Tramp-Because then he'll
give you and me enough to live on with
out working.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15

''Porl, dealer" No; we don't believe
Prince Bismarck would make any eX-
ception in favor of American petriiied
hams. They would, of course. be free
from trichina, but you couldn't make 3
purely German metaphysical mind like
his see it.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15
BURLINGTON ROUTE"
Como EAsT ANN vIEST-

Elegant Day Coaches, Parlor Cars with Reclin
ing Chairs seats freel, Smoking Cars. with Re
solSlng Chairs, Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars and
the famous 9. d. O. Dining Cars run daily 10 and
from Chicago & Kansas City, Chicago s Council
Bluffs, Chicago & Des Moines. Chicago, St. 10
seph. Atchison & Topeka. Only through line be
hween Chicago, Lincoln g. Denver Through cars
Detween indianapolis & Council Bluffs via Peoria
All connections made in Union DEPICTS II IS
Known as the great THROUGH CAR LINE,
Finest Enuinnad Railroad Ia III,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-15

Finest Equipped OF Travel
POTTER Sd and Gn PERcEyAL
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-01
[IOcal Correspondence

CALIFORNIA, Nd, Feb. 20, 1888.
Messrs. Editors AS it has been some
weeks since last wrote you concerning our
neigkborhoOd, thought perhaps you would
furnish me small space in your columns in
which TO insert few more lines.
Bright skies and high winds are now upon
us, and it makes one suspicion that st Pat
rick Is lurking in our midst. As be paid us
such mild visit on his last yearly round, we
are almost forced 10 imagine from present pros.
poets that he intends to make up for the def
cheney this time.
Our physicians have been called into active
service in our midst since your last hearing
from one. Notwithstanding their untiring ef-
forts in behalf Of their patients, death has Wis
tied the cheerful firesides ofsOme and snatched
away loving forms upon whom were built
paradise offuture hopes; but such unmistaka-
bly, Is lite. Many who perform the most ac-
tive part in the drama Of hHmRn existence re-
main but the shortest time 10 sip the sweets
seemingly in store for them, aud we gaze
upon our loved ones as they are horne from
our presence with stare almost Of insanity.
HONeEAtee W HEOAsc kucttt Dht VI tAe steep GOul
which there is no more earthly awakening.
! read with much interest, and think a
great many others did the same, the article m
Your last papers columns pertaining 70 the
completion thus far Of our e. r. hope ere
long us trnthfalnpss will be fully denlonstra-
ted to US, not in Ph. HfOm form, but in reality,
rs we long to hear our neighborhsod rrsound
TO the joyful! notes Of the iron horses whistle.
Not until we behold and hear can we place
any confidence in having the facilities Of a z.
r. nearer 10 as than il is at present.
The Patuxent Line Of Steamers, we learn,
viii soon resume its former routes. which I
am sure will add little more life to our dur
niant vicinity. ] always hail with gladaess
anything that contributes the least 20 the en-
terpFise aud prosperity Of our neighborhood
and particularly our noted villa, California.
Latest reports from Judge Crane were IA
vorahle 70 his convalescence, and we hope ere
long be win return 20 his home and friends
fully recuperated and able TO resume the re-
spOnsibiliiies devolving upon him.
With kind solicitude ior the growth Of your
white-winged messenger, aud desirOus that It's
fight may be waited over land and sea, re-
main, yours truly, Acacia.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-01

~sAA8@ go DS39E 49W9foUgs
Oar village correspondent supplies us This
Sesk wiih the following mentIons, for which
VIC here take oceasicn 70 thask bin, = also
foF many past favors
Dr. 4. Jssk spalding, q our Town. i the
s9FsnnAie p0ssessor q q Fire Escape. d &
very simple II is c6hsirncsion and 5 90 very
cheap that ne ore Should BE- without Ii. Il
can 3 attached 10 the bed-post and passed
through the window at night ready for uss
and ~ the morning folded Up and pBt away
in very smalispace.
Some 81 our Town men and Washington
irlsnd had . very pleasant sas they say
"Fun" up the country last week. can't say
whether any Of the madans were ont Of hu-
NOR on account Of their extended trip. but
certain Il L, one ofihs party Al least didn't
come from the direction Of home about Q
O'Clock the following morning.
The proposed dog and goose question was
nos settled accOFding 10 agreement on Friday
last, and Col. s. claimed the stakes on the
ground that his opponent lost BY falling 70
come TO time, and be vas very savage when
he found there were ''no fuuds. asserting
that be had been swindled and threatening
ito funk the whole crowd, If the thing
wasn't fixed up very shortly.
Counsellor Wilson returned from short
trip 70 Baltimore on Saturday last looking in
good plight and ready both for March Court
battles and for any little ''side issues"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-01
ADylCE TO MOTHERS.

Are yoE disturbed AZ night and broken Of
your rest By a sick child suffering and cry
ing with pain OF cutting teeth? IfsO, send
~ once and get . bottle OF Mas. w1nsGOw's
SooTHING SYRrP ron CnILDKKx TEKTaIMG. les
value Il inealrulable. IL will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend
npon IT, mothers, there Is no mistake about
u. IL cures dysentery aud diarrhoea, Tegu-
iates the stomach and bowels, cures wind
collie, softens the gums, reduces inilamma-
ton, aud gives tone and energy 70 the whole
CmLDKEx TEETHIxS Is pleasant to the taste,
and is the prescription of one Of the Oldest
and best female physicians and nurses in ihe
United States, and il for sale by sll druggists
throughout the world. Price IS cents bot
tie.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-01
The OYnier war.

The oyster war In the Sc. MAry's estuaries
Of the Potomac between the dredgers and
tongsmen is assuming proportions which
should attract at once the attention Of our
State authorities unless, indeed, they mean 20
abandon all attempts TO execute the oyster
law and remit the tongsmen to their own de-
fences. Surprising that they do not, We sug-
gest that the law officer Of the State for this
county. Mr.. Hammett, shall visit Annapolis,
lay before the Governor the actual condition
of affairs which exist in our waters and ask
for such relief AZ the Board Of Public Works
may be able 40 afford US. We are aware that
a visit like this to Annapolis on the part OF
the States Attorney is not down in the bill
OF his official du'ies, but We have much mis-
taken the man who holds that position IL ne
would hesitate a moment to put himself TO
this expense and inconvenience IL be could
serve his fellow. citizens by so doing.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-03-01

~ in iiaiIoas Magaxine for March. The
hero in The Beiis Of Australia Ar Thona-
es's great story, appears % b In peculiar
position. Heis IL the presence Of BIS lro-
spectivs father-in-law ahd, as the - ung
man does not wish 70 namFry, there Il . sformy
srene and . lauahahIs oae as the same timr
The Chief Of tie Melbourne police seems to lie
taksnx hsnd IN the rnafeer, and Is using
little coeFcion % bring nsnffaFB 10 q crisis
Nr. William ~. Themes, she nnftor, has nov
sos his eharaeses well In band, and il maxi
lag them play soras GngmlnF parts. We
think this notd is ssen superior TO ssThe
Goid-Fl1nieFs = s'The BashrmngeTs." or -
Siaver's Adventures, which are 50 well
known, and have bed such an extensive sale.
Besides "The Belle" there are mAny nice
stories aud FOcnas, ard some Ene illustrations.
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