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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23
The Walkinr Harsa.


The country would reap incalculable
benefit if the walk of its ordinary horses
could be accelerated single mile per
hour beyond what is now general. 1t
would put millions of dollars extra into
the national pockets very year. We
might have horses which would walk
five miles an hour just as naturally and
easily as three 10 three and n half, and
rarely four, as is now the rale. All the
farm aud mucE of the country road and
town street homework is done at walk.
1t costs no more to feed a smart street
walker than it does slow, iogy one, and
frequently not so much. Now, let any
one calculate the profit and advantage
of using the former in preference to the
latter. Let the farmer see how much
more land per day he can get plowed
and narrowed; how many more loads of
hay, straw, grain and vegetables he can
take to market: and how much more
rapidly he is able to accomplish all his
other work, and he will have little pa
thence in keeping Il slow-walking horse
any longer twill be the same with the
eXpressman, and teamStcr. and the truck
man.
Belllounder, got by the celebrated i'm
ported trot;ing horse of his name, out
of Lady Airport, was not only fast trot-
ter, but had natural easy walk of five
miles per hour. He was kept by our
family several Years, and nearly all his
stock, out of quite common mares, PROV
ed excellent walkers. This shows how
easily and rapidly an increasedfast-walk-
ing stock may be bred by farmers, if
they will only take due pains to select
the stations to which they may hereafter
nick their mares. A fast-walking horse
commands considerable higher price
with those who care for the pace than .
slow walker. and such buyers are con
stantly on the increase now and that
day will come by and by when slow
walker will hardly get bid. The
fastest walk that | have yet seen ex-
actly timed and placed on record, was
that of the English horse Slove. He
made, without extra effort, 5. 60 miles per
hour. All agricultural societies should
give good premiums to fast walking
horses, the highest price to be awarded
to the one which walk five miles per
hour; the second TO four and one-half
miles; the third to four miles The last
should be least time for which to award
a prize, and all breeds should be allow
ed to competc-N y Tribune.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23

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tino tirn5 "f tia t" ,'i,,' w., .,.,nd;n
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the solicitor for fhe hIrn ,i.,l. tim
The clerk called ont the man. and an
old man with an hc.r,t facn and y snil
of blue i.an clotbe- rote IN in his nlaca
and the solicitor ,s,.nd tha fnIIowino
,.ustomqry 1uastiao-.
.,Hsya ,-n, wan, h.,i,.~ saan tLo
crime committed ornayin.r heard any Of
the evidence delivered under oath.
formed or exi,rnssaJ an oninian rs "a
the cuilt or the inno,.n,a If the nrison.
or af the bar .
..Nn sir
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23
JOHN KELLY AND THE OLD TICKET.

ST. Louis Republicans: Mr.. NJ K Nc
Grath, secretary of state, has received the
following letter from Mr.. John Kelly,
chief of the Tammany organization of
New York:
''23 PARK Row, New YORK, Aug. IA.
my DEAR SIR have to acknowledge
the receipt of yours of the Sd inst, on
which you have pasted two paragraphs
relating to the coming presidential can
vass Permit me to thank you for your
invaluable kindness and disposition to
assist me when you had the power to do
so.
''In my opinion we should not be too
decided in our opinions relative TO the
presidential canvass; we should nominate
those who are most available and most
popular with the people and whose rec
Ords can stand the test of investigation.
If the old ticket should be nominated it
is the question for us to decide on our
best judgment whether we could succeed
or not. So far as right is concerned, men
ought to act on their convictions of right
and blot out the disgraceful record that
our opponents made against us in 1877
in the congress of the United States.
You may have noticed that there have
been published here in eastern papers
articles which have read Historical
Justice This probably means that the
old ticket should be nominated. Should
1t be nominated it will be supported with
as much vigor and effort as that made in
1875 by us. Hoping that you are well, l
am very truly yours,
John KELLY"
We do not, perhaps, place as much
stress as some others do upon the import
ance of Mr.. Kelly's individual views
reativel to the availability of presidential
candidates. There is, however, no doubt
that his opposition to Tilden at Cincin-
cinnati, following his antagonism to the
regular democratic ticket at the New
York state election preceding, deferred
thousands from pushing the nomination
of Tilden in 1880 as vigorously as they
otherwise would have done Since then
New York has been carried by the
democracy by majority over the -repub-
Icans of nearly 100000 Time, too, has
assauged the differences between the
warning factions of the city democracy
and taught the value of harmony. The
meaning of Mr.. Kelly's present position
is, probably, that at the approaching
democratic state convention Tammany will
be admitted on the same terms as other
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23

Simon Ferguson, an illiterate negro
miner at the Campbell Creek mines, West
Virginia, told Mrs. Williams that she
was possessed of devils and that he was
the only man in the country chat conld
cast them out As she had been 'dauncy"
for some time she believed him. He then
prescribed pokeroot, smartweed, and iron
weed, to which he added grasshOppers,
angleworms, grub worms, flies and other
insects This being mixed was placed in
quart bottle, set in hot water, and
STEPPED for some time The quantity
taken was wineglassful every four hours.
She was to have teaspoonful of tobacco
snuff blown up her nose with pipe three
times day, while her diet was to be
nothing but raw salt mackerel fresh from
the brine and unwashed. She took sew
eral doses of the mixture, which stirred
the devils up to such an pxteGt mat she
had to send for another doctor to settle
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23

A young lady brought suit for dam
ages recently in the Lord Mayors Court
London, for the shock to her system
caused by the tossing of a ship between
Boulogne and Folkstone. The jury, how
ever. refused to give the damages. Ships
between England and France have a
disagreeable habit of tossing, and if
steamship companies were obliged to pay
damages whenever a sensitive woman be-
lieves that she is too much tossed for her
money, the companies would have ahard
life, and no profit to speak of. In this
particular case, an accident had caused the
Queen of the Orwell to lie at anchor out
side Boulogne harbor for seven hours.
But the accident was due to flaw in the
piston.rod, which no human power could
have discovered or prevented. 1t is evil
dent, therefore, that the young lady has a
very good case against the piston rod
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23
In the economy of a well-regulat,d

In the economy of well-regulattd
family nothing is allowed to go to waste.
The Spanish government acting on this
principle, has issued proclamation
which says that: "All articles in the
shape of wine, groceries and provisions,
which upon examination and analysis are
proven to be injurious TO the health, will
be confiscated forthwith and distributed
TO the different charities This reminds
the Burlington Gazette of a certain Sun
day school festival committee, which
upon finding that the oysters they had
provided were bad, ordered them to be
sent to the Home of the Fnendless
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23


The people of the United States have
Persistontly Rugged the notion that the
Panama ship canal, connecting the At
la:tic and Pacific oceans, projected by
NJ. De Lesspps, will never be built, and
that after he has squandered some mil
lions of money in getting ready to aban,
don the undertaking, American capital
and enterprise will pull themselves to-
gether and leisuraly construct ship
canal of our own, n the Nicaraguan
route, over which the United States will
have exclusive jurisdiction. The man
ner in which the isthmus project is pro-
crossing is calculated to impress Amer
leans with the tardy conviction that they
have been deluding themselves. NJ De
Lesseps is certainly not man who
makes failures, or is disheartened by
enormous difficulties, or neglects to
count the cost of the enterprises he I'M
dertakes. His American agent, Cap
tain Nathan Appleton, of Boston, who
has just returned from a trip to Panama,
comes back full of enthusiasm over the
progress and prospects of the work that
has been steadily advancing there for
the last two years. He found between
5000 and 5000 men at work at different
points along the forty miles of the canal,
and the company paying out half mil
lion francs u week in wages. Thus far
the work done has been largely prelim-
inary-the building of docks, shops, hos
pitfalls, houses, machinery, etc. But a
vast deal of dredging has also been done
at both ends of the route; and enormous
dredging implements, both of Ielropean
and American manufacture. are hard at
work, while others have been contract
ed for and are arriving rapidly. The
principal work of excavation yet under
taken is at Mt. Culebra, the highest
point on the isthmus, about 800 feet
above the level of the sea, and some fif-
teen miles from Panama. The contract
for removing 100000 cubic feet from
the summit of the hill has been awarded
to Albert Millet, an American citizen of
French parentage, and upon this work
he now has some ten excavators en-
gagged. built expressly for the purpose
in the United States. Captain Apple
ton, after looking the ground over thor
oughly, came to the conclusion that the
building of the canal is not such an
enormously difficult job as is generally
supposed, and is confident that it will
be completed aud in operation before
the end of the present century.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23

can be excused for answering once that
am perfectly contented and happy except
when tenderfeet comes around.
Not more than one "tenderfeet" in ten
acts as though he had been well brought
up They think they have found place
where manners and good breeding are
unnecessary, and as they are not natural
gifts to them, but purely assumed. they
fall off easily when out of sight of their
fine friends. When they tire playing the
role of gentlemen they should go among
savages. If this catches the eye of any
"tehderfeet' who are in our cattle COM
try or who contemplate coming here, |
hope they will remember that gentlemen
show respect to ladies' wherever they
meet them
A COWBOYS WIFE.
BENKLENIEMAN, Ncb., July 20.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23

democratic organizations, and that there
will be no occasion for boiling If then
the united democracy conclude to present
Mr. Tildens name to the national conven-
ton, Mr.. Kelly and Tammany will support
it with the vigor and effort displayed in
1876. This is patriotic and satisfactory.
The cold ticket" continues to boom
throughout the country, There appears
as yet no concentration on any other
than those of Tilden and Hendricks.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23
A MARKET Womln Gets Mixed up With q
Foreman Orders.

A new brick building is being erected
on Main Street and recently a double
eyed, banged haired woman with bas-
ket of eggs on one arm and can OF but
ter in her hand, stopped before the boss
of construction and said:
Want to buy any eggs9'
You will have to give her about
three ten-penuieS more, said the boss
directing q workman.
GIVE who some tenpennies?' asked
the woman, setting down her butter.
"Say, Jim, come around here with
your AK and hit her in the head. y
"Oh, you're agoin' to have me hit in
the head, p" said the woman putting down
her eggs. well, when you want me
hit in the head, just you commence a
hittin' I'm"
"Hoist her up; hoist her up. Hurry
up, she Il burst in two, yelled the boss,
as Il large timber commenced splitting
The boss, now that the affair is over
and his nerves in healthful state, says
he knows it was the old woman who hit
him. but at the time he thought the
building had caved in, and for the sal
AIRY Of Senator he wouldn't undertake
to again convince thu. woman he was
talking to the workman instead of her.
SAT- LAKE Tribune.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23

Treasury officials state in Washington
that there is no cause TO fear that the
recent troubles among stock brokers will
lead to any difficulty with The national
banks of the country. The impression
which prevails, that these banks hold
large blocks of stocks, the value of which
are depreciating daily, is not borne out
by the facts The comptroller of the
currency states that there is not at pres
ent the least foundation that panic in
volving the national banking interest is
imminent
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23
f'allg 81 a.

i sitarose yan, have hcat ii om
dudes, Miss Ciarah9 ohseryelsa New
Iork well to jacksonville girl
"Oa. yes" she mustered, ..tbey are
becoming very popnial in Florida We
t.+e them for alligator bait
There IS said to he quite a remark
able exodus Of American travellers to
Bermuda this season. The intelligence
viii hardly occasion ahy surprise. The
announcement Of heE' shipments OF
American bonded whisky to Bermuda
was made public some time ago
A Boston man who had his nose
smashed over his face during a personal
unpleaSahtness in n Chicago bar-room
was told by the doctor that ii was a sim,
pie case OF molecular disintegration
"1hanil you, he said; Il feel better
already that sounds 50 much like home. "
One night about a fortnight ago there
was row in a drinking saloon near the
State House at Albany A stranger pass
inc at the time asked policeman the
OCCASION OF the disturbance
oh, nothing in particular, said the
cop; the Legislature is holding an
evening session
A gentleman, recently returned from
California, who was relating the result
OF his observations out there, stated
that Chinese laundrymeh used sticks in
cleaning clothes.
That's it" exclaimed an Irishman
present, they take shtick to the
clothes and schare the dhirt out az thin.
A Massachusetts editor, having been
aiing for some time, was finally per-
suaded to summon a physician. The
doctor made careful examination and
then questioned the invalid closely with
the view OF ascertaining whether any
cause of mental anxiety OF excitement
existed Having reached a conclusion
as to the actual origin of the difficulty,
I he told the sufferer that he didn't think
medicine would do him any good,
You don't think the case a danger
GUS one do you?' asked the patient with
an expression of no little alarm.
Troublesome, but not dangerous, ="
said the doctor You viii get we'll
soon as Governor Butler dies or resigns.
A young lady in Washington, the
daughter of a would be candidate for
the Presidency, having fallen in love
with a Treasury clerk. declared her pur-
pose of marrying him Notwithstanding
the fact that his salary was but 81 200 a
Il
saying:
"One Thousand dollars a yearis small
capital to expect much comfort from. )"
She replied snappishly:
"Ikuow Z smaller capital that sup
ports much bigger expectations, and af-
ter the next National Convention you'll
think so too The old man said moth
ing until he had got tout of thereon and
then he muttered: If you want to spoil
a good woman teach her politics.
A recent Spring poem managed to find
It's way into print through the favor Of
the publishing department becaAse tn
poet happened to be an advertising
patron Of the paper. In one Of the
stanZas the author thus alluded TO the
object of his heart 5 affection:
| Il love to watch the frolc
| OF the dhnplas on her cheek"
The editor had his revenge when, in
consequence Of a mistake Of the printer.
the lines as published read:
! y love 10 watch the trolic
! OF the pjElrles ON her check"
There is a kind providence that always
prevents the business department of a
newspaper from gcttingth the bulge on the
editorial top-hghts.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23
We should Help One An
0fhpr

Mr. Norman Hunt, of No. 169 Chestnut street,
Springfield, Mass, writes April 10, 1888, saying:
Having the afiiiction caused by kidney and
liver diseases, AMI after enduring the aches,
pains, weakness, snd depression incident thereto
until body and soul were nearly distracted, l
sought for relief and a cure from my troubles
and was told by friend who had been cured by it
himself, that the best and only sure cure was
Hunts Remedy, and upon his recommendation
l commenced taking it, and the first few doses
improved my condition in a very marked manner,
and continuance of its use has justified all that
nay friends claimed for it,--that it was a sure and
permanent cure for all diseases of the kidneys and
liver Several of my friends in Springfield have
used it with the most gratifying results, and |
feel il my duty as well pleasure to me TO rec
ommend Hunts Remedy in the highest possible
terms 50
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23
Manufacturer Testimony

Mr. II. W. PayIe. manufacturer of harness sad
dlery, Trunks, yalises, etc, No Az Main street,
Springfield, Mass, writes us under date of April
10, 1888
Gentlemen,-"I have used Hunts Remedy the
best medicine for diseases of the kidneys, liver
bladder, and urinary organs, and have received
great benefit to my health from its use, and find
thatit will do just what is claimed for it; it will
cure psease and restore health therefore pro
nounce il the best medicine that l have ever
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23
jCK ISLAND. .:.....-. ILLINOIS

Miss Chamberlain, of Cleveland, who is
figuring in London as a beauty, is de
scribed by Eliza Wethersby, who hap
pened to meet her in a gathering of the
Prince of Wales set, as about as pretty as
10 per cent. of all American girls. She
haI rather captivating way about her,
paints abominably, and has a bewitching
voina
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23

A Traveller in Montana. while suffer
ing from the cold at % degrees below
zero. offered to bet 300 that no human
being living could ascend the Big Hole
Mountain, /, 200 feet high, without any
other clothing than pair OF boots, and
return alive. A native accepted the bet,
put up the money, and started, being
absolutely naked above the tops of his
rubber boots. He carried whisky bot.
tie in the left hand and a twig of long
leGved pine inthe other. A rousing APP
plause of the crowd of spectators greet
ed the hero when he reached the top.
He did not stop long, but returned on
the jump His face was red-hot from
the whisky, his back by scourging him.
self with the pine twig, and the uneoy-
cred parts of his legs were blue with
chilliness.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23

The fact that the "opening gun" at
Clarinda was touched off by singing
Home Sweet Home" calls to the mem
Dry of the Mt. Pleasant Free Press thest
lines from Pollok, describing the hypo
critic.
His virtues being oyerdone, his face
Too grave, his prayers too long his charities
Too pompously attended, and his speech
Ia..ded too frequently and out Of time
With serious phrasolOgy were rents
That his garments opened in spite Of him
Through which the well accustomed eye couldsee
The rottenness OF his heart.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23

Orange wine, manufactured at st.
Augustine, Fla, is now being shipped
North in large quantities, and COM
mands remunerative figures.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23
Boston G. ALBANY r. e

Albert Holt, Esq ,'paymaster, b ston y Albany
Railroad, al Springfield, Mass, whites April %,
1888: 81 have used Hunts Remedy, and my ex-
perence with it has been such that l can chee,-
fully say THAI | am satisfied that it will do just
what it promises to do, if used according to the
directions :"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-23

A recent Spring poem managed to find
It's way into print through the favor Of
the publishing department becaHse tn
poet happened to be an advertising
patron OF the paper. In one Of the
stanzas the author thus alluded to the
object of his hearts affection:
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-10-02
BARGAINS OFFERED


New rock house, with 10 rooms, on two largo
lots; good well and cistern. VIII sell cheap.
ROCK he use Of rooms, fronting east, No. 100
Avenue @, offered for few days at a bargain.
Ten.room rock house on two large lots,
beautiful shade trees and shrubbery, corner OF
King William aud Turner streets. win sell
cheap.
Nice cottage, well built, fronting east on
Milan square, No. 1905, offered for less than
present cost.
Rock house on Alamo street. Ten rooms
stables and carriage room. Lot 90 by go feet.
HARD rock house, with 10 rooms, elegant
home, one block from Alamo plaza and post
Office.
Two story commodous house of 10 rooms,
large cistern, stables &c. ON four large lots, at
great bargain ON san Pedro avenue.
seven room cottage ON San Pedro avenue,
Nice new cottage, elegantly finished,
rooms, one block from San Pedro avenue,
$500.
Six room cottage on Camden street, $1,000.
Improved farms, DAIRY farms, ranch proper
ties with live stock, large bodies Of land In
Texas and Mexico.
Six nice cottages in Ward (, price $1,000 TO
S3OOO paying II To - per cent. rental.
Three vacant lois corner of Lavalla and
Leona streets, west and opposite the chapel,
for Sl,2OO.
Ten acres of land fronting south on street
car line, the line beginning ut officers quarters
running west across Alamo ditch. Apply to
j. W. BRADLEY,
S-ldti i0D Houston street.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-10-02

Experience Is the only guide treated with
respectby mortals."
The question is often asked Why II, when
you hear many business men complain
ing OF dun times, look blue Rnd wear n long
face ana never seem satisfied, when, ON the
mammoth store of l.. WOlfsOn, on Main plaza,
lac will meet you with pleasant good morn
ing, and you are mt once made 10 feel "a IL you
had met man who would deal fairly and give
you full value for your money. WoltsOn never
Hrumbes about duh times, aud, more than all,
ne Is persistent advertiser, and believes u let
what he has for sale, and does not believe In
letting goods remain ON his shelves, and II
always willing 10 divide profits with his
ndvertises what he has for sale and Is never
lust out" His fair dealing, low prices and
persistent advertising Is the key to this secret,
made known. g.H.tf
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-10-02

ST. LOUIS, September 29,-The grand Jury
OF the Criminal court have made report in
which they state that ring exists in the city
formed by gamblers and lottery men and
notorious individuals who have used threats to
corrupt police officials. They also report that
some OF the police commissioners had eiven
blank designations, which were made use of
by the ring. The jury further declare that
Governor Crittenden has the power and il is
his duty to investigate the matter. They also
returned two indictments against Warren F.
meChesney, conspicuous member of the
alleged rlng-one for bribery and one for
forgery