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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-03
Mexican sEailwsy-

WASHINGTON CITY, March 2-Informa-
ton received here indicates that Washington,
New York and the whole country, in fact,
will, within thirty days be in direct and
quick railroad communication with the
City of Mexico TIE two railroads
which have been building within the
past two years are to be com
pleted, it is said, this month The Mexican
National Railroad company, whose line runs
from Laredo, at the Texas border, to the
City of Mexico, and the Mexican Central
company, which is building from point
opposite Ell Paso Tex, TO the City Of
Mexico, are promised to have their line COM
pleted AMI trains running by the date
mentioned. Few people realize the fact that
over two thousand miles of railway nave been
actually built in Mexico by American capital
within the last two years The Mexican
Central companyis liHe has over one thousand
miles completed, and the Mexican National
has 700 more Huntingtons line the Mexi-
can International which runs from Eagle
Pass, Tex, solthwesterly to the City of Mex
leo, has been completed for a distance
of $50 miles. The Sonora railway,
which runs from Benson, on the Southern
Pacific road, to Guaymas, on the Gulf of
California, has been completed a distance of
2TO miles. On Gen. Grants road, the Mexi-
can Southern, about one hundred miles
have been completed ready for the rails
Ex-senator Windows, the Texas Topolo-
bampo & Pacific road, which is to cross
northern Mexico from Topolobampo on the
Gulf of California to Eagle Pass, Tex, 75O
miles, has not yet been begun
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-23

,-ox Con Silver Eigin Watch sis 1 s-oI Coin Sfls~r Eigtn Watch. f5 co Patent si.H~n~c. Colo Filled, . e
 Ei;tcr Sr, agtsit sr Waithzn. if preferred
 Sen; C. . D. sith pfixilsg- Of etau1inA- ,ton. Part Of noa-y must Aceosap any order. to secure eHpr-ss eh@rgrs. Money refunded [ watch is snAAiaf4ctory.
 Rubber Stamps. Satary and Society Seals made 10 order xre delivered ss hours notice
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-23
He Reversed.
San Francesca ost,

As an adjunct of hotel m this city, which shall be nameless. for the reason that everybody knows |, perfectly well, Is run a poker game the equal oi which for unlimited heavy betting prob ably cannot be found in the county In d little nook back of the billiard rooms nightly meet all the local veterans ot the game. few of whom are no, millionaires or better. IL would make the eyes of a member of the now immortal Thompson Street Poker llb stand out like pegs in a halraek ,o behold ten or htteen thousand dollars in notes piled up on its table. A IS the case nearly every cvcn- ing.
 The other day. one of the heaviest players Al this room, an eN-scna;or. pointed out a dspper looking young man on the stree; and said to | friend. with d sad sigh
 "Theie goes the biggest fabbef on record
 Who IS he =
 Hes a commercial drummer from New York. He was fntIodu, ed to Us iel- lows abou, month ago and played poker three weeks running.
 He won. eh -
 No. he lost lon see. the great at m poker IS ,o learn ,o sikc up your oppo- ncnt's play and ,o read his iacitl eApie>- .lon This fellow didn't seem to play very well. and finally VIC go, on ,o ,hc fact that every tune he was biunlng he'd smile and look confident, whl ( whenever he held ,hrees or better he q sigh and look frightened, jast to coax US to bet, you see"
 old dodge, that
 Exactly but lis,en. Alter we had dropped 10 his ways. we went for him heavy and won two or three hundred dol lars ev9ry night for Il week and more. The other night we waited until he seemed unusually eNul,ant. and we wen; for him all round Every tune "c raised him he'd dig up more com, somehow and finally he pu, d cheek for elgh, thousand dollars on ,op of the pile. We noticed that he tried desperately to force smile and look happy, 90 we all called him. There was thlr,ysix thousand and odd on the table. had three A es myself
 And then =
 And then the internal pirate showed down four kings. He had just reversed on us. that was all
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-23
HER PHOTOGRAPH.

know the photographer pinned
 A i,ftie white card on the screen, when he'd wrapped up bis head in cloth And focused his picture machine; And as he turned back to the char, m equally certain that he Said. Won | you look right at this card '' Net she seems to be looking at me. And after arranging her chin,
 And twisting and turning her head. And adjusting the folds of her dress, am sure the photographer said .. Now please for a moment sit still And smile till you hear me count three, AS he whisked oil the cameras cap; Yet she seems 10 be smiling on me. presume that she thought 1t d bore, And that she was quite Ill al ease, saw little black specks in her eyes, And fc!, temptation to sneexe; That she wondered how long II would take And what sort of a picture 'twouid be. And vet. when look at the face,
 She seems 10 be thinking of me. And when the brief seconds were passed. And the artist had sad ., That Is all - presume. as she rose from the char. She on,y said When shall call = But the message that W ats on these lips, That milling, halt-parted. see, Is IS sweet and far ts her face.
 And t seems to be waiting 'or me.
 -ltIifet leyse3 fs If.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-23

ing probably the 6rst ard last time they would ever enjoy a polish.
 My room is in the front part of the house and looks out on a large park 6lled with orange trees. 1, vas a singular sight for a nogtherner to look upon green boughs loaded with yellow fruit. gardens filled with tropical plants and shrubbery, flowers of peculiar variety in full bloom, and then to remember that it was mid winter. The orange trees. as have al- ready remarked, were heavy with fruit. and. though within easy reach of the ground. no one seemed inclined to pick the clusters. I tried to imagine such trees growing in Louisburg square or on Commonwealth avenue, and 1 then pic tured the troops of riotous small boys that would depredate them in a single night. Proud and exultant horticulfurists who, by constant care and attention, raise Tn their expensive conservatories a poor diminutive orange, an inch in di- ameter, should see the luscious fruit tha, grows neglected in the streets. and IS ig- nored by even the little colored gamins.
 And so 1t is that travellers visiting lack sonville for the first time, with the mem oiN ei tue uCAQ-auu-dliAC toNHs oi Ncpt- gIa and the Carolinas before them. arc astonished to ind beautiful city. trans acting large amount of business both local and with other states. and an amount of activity that IS certainly sur prlslng. Of course the origin of Jackson ville's presen, prosperity was its favorable features tor winter health resort, h. valids. afflicted with almos, any disease to whose delicate constitutions the chill ing winds and changing temperature oi the northern states were too severe sought this spot where winter IS unknown. where flowers bloom in never ending summer and there regained ther shattered health. The invalids were soon accompanied by persons of wealth. who found equal pleas ure in this delightful climate, until II has become as much the fashion to go to Florida in winter as It IS to visit the beach or the mountains Tn summer. Northern capital was not long in discovering this new field, and the result has been psla. tal hotels, palace cars. steamboat lines. a population of 5 GOO and large and well-established trade. So much for the city and its business, roth ot which are growing. and will, fear, eventually rather crowd the tourist.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-23

speakE is not . great writer. There is 70 reAson in the nature of things why this should be %, but. admitting it, Mir. Black was . signal exception to the rule. Indeed, it is almost impossible to decide whether he was the greater speaker or the greater writer.
 A rhesorician withou, superior-the best phrase maker l ever heard-he used the English language after the style of Shake speare and for clear in- vective he equalled anything contained in the justly famous article of Macaulay on Barere a logician. when he stated his case. it was more than half argued; a statesman. moulded in the form and style and educated in the school of Mir. Jesfer- son, he was essentially democratic. He revelled and luxuriated in the work of investigating and discusssax the delicate questions connected with our intricate. singular. and wise frame of government, and we never failed to be entertained and enlightened by him in this labor, though we might no, agree with him Tn his views.
 This wonderful man. with this singular combination of gifts came from the hum
 
 profession. to serve his country, his "A e He more than paid tha, deb, which Lord Bacon said every man owes to hls pre- fession. and while that was SO well sd- vaneed by him. his people and his country are rlcher for his having livcd. He was kind and genial, simple and un- pretending 10 all, atfeo,lona,e to the last degree to hIs family, and he saw they wanted not for ,hls worlds goods Hav- ing filled his e,iele so iu', of good deeds and useful acts. with honors thick upon him. in ripe old age. who could better die than thls great iuusconsul,. Since nature settles ali things by death. whci, better could he pay this inveitable eN- action: Full of years and with all tha, labor and intellect we'll directed could bes,ow. and with a pure devotional ae- acknowledgement of II all 10 the Good Glver thereof, lie lief, us for his other home. May that home be as bright and as happy as his life here was successful
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-23
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-23
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-02-23
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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-14
MIDDLEBURY, March 10, 1884.

PENSION CLANS ALLOWED.
The following pension claims were
recently allowed in which Mr.. Can
ard, of Washington, d. c., is the at
torney of record and M. c. Camp
bell is their agent and does the work:
Joseph Robertson, of Rush, re-
ceived a draft last week OF eight hun
dred and fifty dollars and of four
dollars per month thereafter; Julia
A. Hunt, of Owosso, a widow, re-
ceived this week pension certificate,
dating to the death Of her husband
at eight dollars per month; also James
Wilcox, Of Duplain, Clinton Co.,
Mich, received check for sixteen
hundred dollars on Monday of last
week and eight dollars per month
thereafter; Andrew Bealey, Duplain,
received check for eight hundred
and fifty dollars on last Thursday
and four dollars per month thereafter;
and more to follow. M. e.. Camp
bell is putting in his noble work all ir
these counties.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-14
An Extraordinary Offre
to wanting employment.

We want Live, Energetic and Capable
Agents in every county in the United States
and Canada. to sell a patent article of great.
merit, ON ITS MERITS. An article having
large sale, paying over loo per cent. profit,
having no competition, and on which the
agent is protected in the exclusive sale by a
deed given for each and every county he may
secure from us. With all these advantages
to our agents, and the fact that it is an article
that can be sold to every houseowncr, u
might not be necessary TO make an "ExTRA.
ORDINARY OFFER" to secure good agents a,
once, but we have concluded to make it to
show, not only our confidence in the merits
Of our invention, but in its STABILITY by any
agent that will handle it with energy Our
agents now at work are making from $f5o
to 5000 month clear, and this fact makes It
safe for us to make our offer to all who are
out of employment. Any agent who will
give our business thirty days trial and fail
to GEAR at least $Ioo in this time, ABOVE ALL
EXPENSES can return all goods unsold to us
and we will refund the money paid for them
Any agent OF General Agent who would
like ten or more counties and work them
through sub.agents for ninety days, and fail
to clear at least $3.50 ABOVE ALL EXPENSES.
can return all unsold and get their money
back. No other employer OF agents ever
dared to make such offers, nor would we il
We did not know that we have agents now
making more than double the amoun: we
guaranteed, and but two sales day would
give profit of over SI25 month, and tha.
one Of our agents took eighteen orders in ono
day. Our large descriptive circulars explain
our offer fully, and these we wish to send
to every one out Of employment who will
send us three one cent stamps for postage
Send at once and secure the agency In time
for the boom, and go to work on the terms
named in our extraordinary offer. We
would like to have the address of all the
agents, sewing machine solicitors and car.
penters in the country, and ask any readers
Of this paper who reads this offer. Address
at once, or you win loose the best. chance
ever offered to those out OF employment &
mike money.
RENNER MANUFACTURING Co.,
] I61 Smithheld ST., Pittsburg, Pa.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-14
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.

The Owosso TINES, in a double
loaded column and quarter article,
brings out the name of Hon. Harri-
son H. Wheeler, of Ludington, for
Attornev General; but we suspect
that the people of Mason county
have not been consulted, and if we
are not mistaken, they will fail to
second the nomination "by large
majority."-The Lansing Telegram.
Bro. Telegram you are mistaken.
Mason county WILL SECOND the nom-
ination "by large majority" If THE
TIMES is correctly informed, and we
think we are. - i1
The Howard City Record says :
eff Grand Rapids must furnish the
candidate on the Republican ticket
for Attorney General, why not take
Hon. M. c. Burch, one of the best
known men in Michigan and good
attorney. Campbell may be good
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-14
DEACON E. COOK

On Wednesday last death came in
to our midst and claimed one Of the
oldest pioneers of our county. Dea.
con E. Cook died At the home of his
son, E. ]. Cook, at the age of IS.
The deceased was native of Rhode
Island; his boyhood was spent in
New York. Early in life he pur-
chased farm in Oakland county, of
this State, which by his own energy
and labor he converted into a beauti-
full place. At the age of sc he moved
to this county and purchased a tim
bered farm. Tireless effort and ex-
ceeding perseverance soon made this
one of the most beautiful and pro-
ductive farms in the county. Quite
early, before any one else had thought
of such an enterprise, he purchased
expensive cattle Of the Shorthorn
breed, and thus inaugurated a move
ment, which has resulted in great
good to the county. Deacon Cook
showed to the surrounding farmers
that good stock and generous feed
ing was very profitable.
Deacon Cook was twice married,
and bothh unions were most happy
The second wife died nine years ago.
Seven children are left, four of whom
live in or near this city, one at Ian
sing, one at Kansas and one in Gallo
iornia.
Deacon f. Cook experienced re-
ligion and joined Baptist church in
Oakland county at the age of 80. He
was at once made deacon, which
position he honored till death. His
religion was practical matter. The
bible was his guide, and Christ his
hope. His life of thorough integrity,
entire purity, and real christian use
fulness, manifested its fruit in a fixed
hope which glorified his last days.
He felt sure, TO use his own last words,
that he was going home.
In physical vigor, sturling honesty,
idomitable will, and earnest christian
experience, Deacon Cook was one
among many.
In all matters of temperance-even
to the use of tobacco-he was always
an advocate of total abstinance. He
always took great interest in schools
Was greatly interested in politics
and all social questions; and made
his religion the guide in all
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-14
HAZELTON.
HAzELToN, March I2, 1884.


Last evening an oyster supper was
given by the ladies of this place for
religious purposes.
The winter terms Of our schools
have nearly all closed, and the school
MAINS are enjoying rest,
Alf Lender has hired out to a con.
tractor and builder, Mr.. Hovey.
A new store at Ratville, Damn and
Damn, from Canada, are the proprie.
tors.
Ratville claims to do more bust
ness than any other place in the
county, that is, according to its size,
Cor.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-14

man, but it looks to me a little pre-
vious for man to move into place
as large as Grand Rapids and then
Immediately push himself forward
for State Office" Of one thing the
Record may rest assured, the puta-
tive father of the infamous slander
law that disgraces the Statutes of the
State Of Michigan, can never be the
Attorney General, unless he can be
elected over the heads Of the united
press of the State.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-14
REPUBLICAN CAUCUS.

To the Republicans of the town
ship of Middlebury:
You are hereby notified that there
will be Republican Caucus held at
the Town Hall in said township, on
Friday the 4th day of April, 1884, at
one o'clock p. M, for the purpose OF
nominating candidates for township
officers for the ensuing year, to be
supported at the next annual town
ship meeting. And also for the pur
pose of transacting any other bust.
ness which may properly come before
said meeting. 1t is desired that ev-
cry Republican IN the township who
appreciates The importance of a full
caucus, and the continued success of
the Grand Old Republican Party will
be present.
BY order Of Committee.
L. KINNEY,
Chairman of Committee.
MIDDLEBURY, March 10, 1884.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-14
Very Remarkable Recovery

Mich, writes: 'My wife has been almost
helpless for five years,so helpless that she
could not turn over in bed alone. She used
two bottles of Electric Bitters, and is SO
much improved, that she is able now to do
her own work."
Electric Bitters will do all that is claimed
for them, Hundreds Of testimonials attest,
their great curative powers. Only fifty cents
bottle at OSBORN Bros.
The editor of THE TIMES was in Grand
Rapids for few hours on Saturday last.
Business there seemed lively.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-14
CORRESPONDENCE.
LAINGSBURG.
LAINGsBURG, March IL, 1884.

LAINGsBURG, March II, 1884.
At the village election yesterday
the following named officers we're
elected: President, William Parker;
Trustees, l.. ID. Frain, G. Whitney,
]. Kibbard; Clerk, ]. Benson; Treas
urer, John H. Rohrabacher; Assessor.
John West; Commissioner, Asa Sweet;
Constable, John Sweet. All elected
on the Greenback ,ickey, except
Whitney and Benson. The old
Greenback ship is sinking. Pulver
is getting nervous. ZIscA.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-07-25
Electric Light Hugs,

Bugologists can have considerable
enjoyment in sacramento in making
collections of the huge bugs or beetles
that are attracted by the electric lights
every evening. In some localities they
fall upon the sidewalk in such numbers
that ladies' find it disagreeable to pass
by, and men occasionally discover then
to he as slippery as o piece OF orange
peel. As they are about two inches
long, when one flies into q persons
face, or endeavors to 60 on an explor
ing expedition down the back OF his
neck, the sensation is not the most
pleasant imaginable.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-07-25

THEODORE ROOSEVELT, who made
such Il splendid record in the New
York Assembly this spring, viii sup.
port Blaine. In recent interview he
said, ~ intend 10 vote the Republi-
can presidential ticket. A man can
not act both without and within the
party: he can do either, but he canno,
possibly do both. went in with my
eyes open to do what | could within
the party. did my best TO get beaten,
and propose to stand by the result.
IL is impossible 10 combine the func-
tons Of a guerilla chief with those OF q
colonel of the regular urmy; one has a
greater independence Of action. the
ether is able to make what action he
does take vastly more effective. In
certain contingencies, the one can dc
fiore good than the other, but there ID
no one in accepting a commission and
then trying to play the game out on q
lone hand. During the entire canvass
for the nomination Mr.. Blaine received
but two checks. One was ut the
Utica convention; the other was the
Powell Clayton incident. ! had a
hand in both, and ] could have had u
hand In neither had not those Repub
licans. who at Utica elected me ut tn,
head of the New York State delega
ton, supposed that ! would in goot
faith support the man who was fairl,
nominated. went as regular dele
gate TO that convention, and ] intent
10 abide by the outcome of that con.
vention."
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-07-25
a Diamond .Doablet"
New York Sun.l

IL is reported as Q fact that an expert
diamond dealer purchased Q remark
ably fine diamond for 81 900, and after
ward discovered that it was made of
two diamonds artfully Joined with
Canadian balsam, and the fraud was
only discovered by testing the diamond
by ray Of sunlight sent through the
camera. While the beam of light would
pass straight and clear through other
diamonds that were perfect single
stones. it was stopped by the foreign
material joining the compound stone.
while that test would undoubtedly
be conclusive scientific demonstration
of such o fraud" q diamond expert
said, 1t would not be required by any
one who had the right to claim expert
knowledge of precious stones. The
joining Of stones by means Of Cansla
balsam is not new thing. You have
fine rose diamond Of good color, but
shallow. Well, you back il with an
other to give it depth, and il the job is
neatly done it will be difficult for most
persons TO zee that il is not o single
stone, but any expert would detect it at
q glance. All that is necessary is TO
look right down into the heart Of
the diamond. Then If You wish to
give scientific demonstration to another
person, the camera may be brought into
play, but it is not necessary. Any one
protesting to be an expert who could be
swindled out of $4,000 on Q 'doublet'
deserves to lose money.
~Doublets are more frequent among
colored stones than in diamonds. Here
are some sapphires and rubies that it
takes keen eye to recognize as built
up. They are in part genuine stones
and in part crystal, joined, as diamonds
often are, with Canada balsam. Some
times they are put together by another
process that will stand heat, which the
balsam cementing will not.