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ORIGINAL Q ART.
A IteaIist Comes Down TO the Adorn-
ments of Commonplace Life.

-"
tSan Francisco Post.l
paperF' asked a rather seedy-looking man
with long hair, a SLOUGH hat, and paint on his
fingers, edging into The Posts inner sanctum
the other day. Because" continued the
young man, scowling critically at II cheap
chrome ON the wall, because l thought il
you cared TO report the progress OF u real
o-sthettc art culture ON this coest, you might
send your art critic around TO my studio to
take some notes"
Might, chr said the editor.
Yes, sir, For instance, there's a mann
moth winter storm Landscape I've just finished
Tor Mr.. Mudd, the bonanza king. It's called
"A Hail Storm IN the Adirondack and a
visitor who sat near it the other day caughta
sore throat in less than fifteen minutes. The
Illusion Is 10 perfect, you understand. Why,
mad To put on the finishing touches with my
ulster and arctic overshoes on"
Don't say
Fact, SIR; and then there's a little animal
gem l did for Governor Gerkins the other
day-portrait OF his Scotch terrier, Snap.
The morning 1t was done a cat got into the
studio, and the minute 1t saw the pictureit
went through the window like n ten-inch
shell. And the oldest thing about it was
that when ! next looked at the canvas the
dogs hair was standing up all along his back
IKE Il ~poreupine. Now, how do you account
Tor thntf
Dunno
III Just beat me. When the governor ex-
ahihhe" the work ne insisted on my painting
on posi- with the dog chained tolt Said he
uihnt Know what might happen"
oood seheme! growied the editor.
wasn't IL, thought But my best bold,
However, water views You know MI
ueorge bromley, ana now abstracted he Is
Sonn1'lhies. wen ne dropped IN one morning
ahu Drought up before an eight by twelve oil
Cue 0ah Joaquin river with a boat IN the fore
BIounu, I'm blessed IL ne didnta bSentnlnd-
edly take on his coat and step clear through
u canvas Trying 70 jump INTO the boat
'hought me- go out rowing you know"
nave they carried out that )oufneyInan
WIN Vhe sinaiFpoxf SAID the editor, winking
, 1884-07-27


MY boy, what are you doing with that
cigar in your MOUTH Throw the filthy
thing away" said II clerical-looking man to a
bootblack who stood near the Globe hotel
putting II cigar. The urchin looked up at the
man with an injured ain, then, shaking his
head, said:
NAV yer don't. I'm onto that trick.
That's what the kids tell me when I'm flush
and smokin' "A two-fer, SO they can pick it up.
But when "a lad can't take a smoke without an
old chap like you wantin' him to trow II
away, then there's a case for pity" .
Reaching into his pocket, the benevolent
boy brought forth 3 cents, saying, as he held
them out to the abashed gentleman: a
Here, take them coppers and buy one fol
yerself, but don't ask me again"
The dozen or more men and boys who had
collected around the pair shouted derisively
as the minister turned and, walked away.
, 1884-07-27
JNo. r. Editor.

As the cholera is beginning to stay its
deadly ravages in France a case of the
disease is introduced in this country by
way OF New Orleans. A child belonging
to a Spanish immigrant died from what
was doubtless this horrible disease on he
way up the Mississippi on a steamboat.
Before the actual nature of the case
could reach the ears of the proper author
tiles the boat had landed at St Louis and
the Spaniard and his family embarked.
They can now nowhere be found. The
physician who examined the sick child
says it was undoubtedly a case of cholera,
but whether the disease was sporadic or
Asiatic in its character OF course he was
unable to determine.
Should the diagnosis prove correct a
better place than st. Louis to give the
germs a roofing spot could no well be
selected. At this season of the year es-
pecially certain quarters of the city
fairly reek with filth and it
seems that only by the Intervention
of a special providence are the ravages of
a deadly plague annually prevented.
A little mild sporadic cholera might
not prove harnIful to the Future Great in
the long run. With me lear of death
brought so glaringly before the eyes of
the authorities they might possibly muster
up sufficient energy to thoroughly search
into the sanitary conditions of the city
and thus avert a visitation from the
plague which would prove decimating to
the population.
, 1884-07-27

iAiLnAiith SourhllutlbH.l
Whenever you SIC Il man with a host OF
friends his popularity j., nine times out OF
ten, explained by the statement that he pos
sesses personal magnetism, This phrasa may
he misunderstood II does not mean that u
man is charged with n snperabundance OF
electricity, which affects all who come in con.
tact with him. Personal magnetism IA one OF
the simplest things in nature. The wide
awake, progressive, manly man., with
IA big, warm heart in active sym
patty Sith all that concerns his
telluwmen, naturally draws around him n cir
Gle Of admiring friends. j Is not in human
nature 10 stand aloof from such a man, Such
men are the leaders in every circle. and moth
ing can resist their influence. People re.
grit their utter want OF magnetism will not
have far t. go to find 1t, IL their hearts are all
right The mapi taing is to show a genuine
sympathetic interest In eysTy human being
around us. The man who can do this vim
and leads. II he cannot do 1t he repelB hh
fellgsmsn, and iileft standing alone.
, 1884-07-27
OMITTED PARAGRAPHS.

Dear Blaine: Your letter at hand.
We cannot accept your apology. - IuciH-
Adti Enquirer.
We never knew Mr.. Blaine as the
special friend of the Irish race.-Neio
York World.
Mr.. Logan forgets to tell how he earned
his BOG medal by fighting Blaine in SO
Philadelphia Times.
Grover Cleveland seems to be Il very
discouraging subject for the campaign liar
10 tackle. Chicago Times.
Logan may be the saddest when he
sings, but he certainly is funniest when
he writes--Phizadephia Times.
Grover Cleveland wears a No! 10 col
lar, the regulation size of a Mormon
bishop Omaha Republican.
A subscriber asks: is there any living
creature whose skin is impervious 10 .
rife bullet?'' Yes, Leadyille bed-bugs.-
Dsnuer TiDies.
Mr.. Cleveland may be easily distin-
guished from the Republican nominee.
He wears no plumes and is not tattooed-
Chicago Times.
Another woman whom George WASH
ington kissed has just died. That kiss il
getting 10 be about as fatal as the cholera.
burlington Fhee Pres.
The patronizing way Logan takes the
other republics under the wing Of fhe
, 1884-07-27

cincinnati Times-Star.l
''Do women make us good operators as
msnfn | inquired OF u Western Union Of
lCer.
Quite as good, - was the reply; that is,
when they attend to business. Some OF them
are occasionally "A little lax, hut the men are,
too, for that matter
How about their payf'
well the pay is not as large as that re-
ceived by the men. Many OF our local offices
were ut the start attended to by young
women who took u commission on their returns
ns pay. Now, however, we have them all
under salary. Out Of town we have hundreds,
| was going to say, of offices in the care of
female operators. They are small offices, at
places where II man would not stay. For in
stance, at II village OF n couple OF score of
houses we could not afford to keep an opera
tor ut a city salary. But by paying
some young girl wi lives there
s25 or $50 II month, which IL more
than she could earn in such a
place at much harder labor, we are able to
keep the line open to furnish facilities which
the residents find frequent need of. The same
remarks apply to many branch Offices here
and in other cities where business is light, but
there is still u demand for local service. II ii
was not for our women operators these places
would not be supplied with Geographic service
ut all"
Don't these telegraph operators in mall
towns have II great deal Of unoccupied time
on their handsf'
Yes, sometimes they go for hours together
without having a message to send or receive.
Some Of them spend their time In reading,
Others In sewing, and one young lady actually
studied and learned French. while another |
know is digging away at German. In coun-
try places, where men are employed AS oper-
ators, they frequently unite that with some
other occupation. Some OF them even keep a
store, or act as agent for the express com
panies. The country operator has II very
pleasant time Of 1t, and when anything big
happens, like Il hanging or u murder, and
there il lots Of work to be done. men 4rs
always sent from the city to help him OUT
, 1884-07-27

American eagle is too jolly nice for any
hing.-PhAadelphjid Times,
The Greedy expedition was a sail upon
a summer sea compared 10 the journey
Messrs. Blaine and Logan are entering
upon. ~ Cincinnati Eaquire,.
Perhaps the most important feature of
the Independent movement is the strength
exhibited by its promoters in what are re-
garded as the decisive voting centres of
the Union. Brooklyn Eagle.
What wud Oh want wild II bicycle?"
said the ancient Irishman to the boys who
had been chatting him, "Bedad, Old as
soon walk afoot as ride afoot !'-LoiceH
Citizen.
, 1884-07-27

lChicaRo Tunes
Wild sunfiowers now cover Mount David
son, Nevada, almost from base to summit
The mountain presents the appearance OF
being draped in a yellow mantle. Although
ths snntiowers are more or less numerous
every s~easoD-tLere being a few everywhere
the old settlers say that every third year
Is the big one for them--is sunfowsr year.
1t is probable that the unusual amount OF
rain this season has much to do with the
great abundance and yigor OF wild flowers of
every variety.
An English clergyman, waxing sarcastic in
the pulpit over the enormities OF the age, ex-
claimed: And these things, my brethren,
arp dope ~ the so-called nineteenth eentufyl'
~onida,' says OF one Of her Esroipes, that
when she smiled, her smile was sqft and
sudden, Ike the smile Of one who hears fall
udip~7 in the heart pnspoken-"
, 1884-07-27

IT may be unbeanbly hot in Cheyenne
at times and the wind may swirl about
the dust and sand in binding clouds, but
the patriotic citizen bears these drawbacks
with composure as he points with pride to
the capacious water ways.
, 1884-07-27

IT is a rather noticeable fact that no
member Of the City Council is ever seen
lettering about the City Park. The desc
late sight would prove too distressing to
his nerves.
, 1884-07-27

lr Is rumored hat Mr.. Conkling in
tends to spend the remainder of the
Summer in Europe. He will probably
work for the Republican ticket across the
wafer
, 1884-07-27
'rhs ostrsss Clerk.


Men used TO plain business language otter
like To add Il few flowers To their speech, espe
cially before the softer ssx, Yesterday ]
heard Il very correct clerk say ~ lady
Madam, the wish, | fear. is farther frln III
thought
, 1884-07-27

The weather is 50 hot in Maine that
Mr.. Blaine never gocs out until after
dark nowadays, ior fear of catching a
sunstroke.
, 1884-07-27

Mr.. CLEvELAND's letter will soon add
~piqnancy to campaign comment.
, 1884-07-27

SECRETARY CHANDLER is maintaining
n discreet silence since he received his
stroke of paralysis from Mr.. Hendricks.
, 1884-07-27

Craig, Davis & Co. can show you d
large line Of wall paper.
, 1884-07-27

You can buy HaViaRd's fine French
China in any quantities ct Craig, Davis
j Co.'S.
, 1884-07-27

A long felt want filed at last. 1t has a
neat and useful index. Get one. For
sale at Rhodes x Troxells.
, 1884-07-27

Joker.
, 1884-07-27

Have jnst received at their musical EN-
gorium, 3l2 Ferguson street, a complete
line Of elegant pianos and oEgaps, Martin
and Bruno guitars, and Dobson banjos,
which they are selling at surprisingly low
figures and on very easy terms. Give
them . call 5000 end make a selection.
MRs. D. N. KISa, Manager.
, 1884-07-27

Mason,s self sealing fruit Jars and jeil,
cups ut Craig, Davis 4 Co. 8.
, 1884-07-27
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, 1884-07-27

Those of our subscribers out OF cheyenne
VINO get the LKADKR by mall should see that
they are paid in advance, as ali subscriptions
not so paid are liable to be discontinued
, 1884-07-27

Courtesy of Hyo. Archive
, 1884-07-27

The %patronizing way Logan takes the
ether republics under the wing Of fhe
, 1884-07-27

Ensered at The PoSfocice, Cheyenne. WVo-
ming, or fermentation through he mails IA
second sidss waiter.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28
BLONDES AND BRUNETTEs.

Female clippers nowadays are princip-
ally Of the blonde type of felhininity, saws
a letter to the Troy Times; that is, more
northumberland headed, may he added
girls enter into clandestine marital con-
tracts than do ebon- locked lasses. In
consequence, the world waits some scien>
tlhc explanation of this fact. Are we to
assume that black Shared women have
more common sense and reasoning power
lhan their blonde sisters? Is light hair
The tangible evidence of light brains? Is
the gushing romantic element greater in
iatf women than in brunettes? Are the
former usually more susceptible TO male
influence and sentimental caiolery than
dark women? Has nature endowed them
with fatal wealth Of affection for man,
KIND to make up for their usual paucity
OF independence and lack of go-headative-
ness? However, to the credit of tho
blondes be il announced that fewer of
their color figure in divorce suits or won
en- rights conventions than of the brun,
cite type. And so long as the fair creat>
ures do not run away with anything
more valuable then men, what's The odds ?
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28
ADVICE To RoTuERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broker
OF Your rest by Il sick child suffering ant
crying with pain of cutting teeth? If so
send at once and get bottle of Mrs
WnSiow's Soothing Syrup for children
teethinS. Its value is incalculale
1t Will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
medlatciy. Depend upon it mothers
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ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
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TEN. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrug
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world, Price o. cents per bottle
feb 2S-m-w-S IN 1-g
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28
SHERIFFS SALE,

BY virtue Of an Execution and Fee Bill No. 5792
issued out of the clerks Office of the Circnt Court
of Rock Island county, and state of Illinois. and to
me directed. whereby am commanded to make
the amount of a certain judgment recently obtain
ed against Peter f. Morgart and Mary E.
Morgart in favor of Mary L. Hodges,
out of the lands, tenements, goods and
chattels of the said defendant, Mary E. MOrgart,
have levied upon the following property. to-wit:
The south 100 feet of lot 10 in block b. in Spencer
and Case addition TO the city of Rock Island,
county of Rock Island, state of Illinois, as the
property of Mary E. Morgart. Therefore, accord
ing to said command shall expose for sale. at
public auction all the right title and interest of the
above named Mary Il. Morgart in and to the above
described property, on Friday the 31st day of Oc-
tober 1891 at O'Clock p m, at the north door of
the court house in the city of Rock Island in the
county Of Rock Island and state of Illinois, forcash
in hand, to satisfy said execution and fec bill.
Dated 1T Rock Island, this Bird day of Oct, A.
D., 1884. JOHN NJ. RETlCkER,
Sheriff of Rock Island County, Illinois.
Oct-2-dtd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28
Another Life Saved.

J. c. Gray, of Dadevillo, Ala, writes
Us; Il have been using your DR.. VIM
Halls BaISam for the lungs and | can say
OF a truth, it is far superior to any other
lung PREPARATION in the world My mother
was confined TO her bed four weeks witt
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28
SheriH's Sale.

By virtue of an Execution and Fee Bill No 519l
issued out of the clerks office of the circuit
court of Rock Island county, and state of Illinois,
and To me directed, whereby | am commanded to
make the amount Of certain Judgment recently
obtained against Peter f. Morgart and Mary e.
Morgart in favor of Henry Kroger, out OF the
lands, tenements, goods and chattels of the said
defendant, Mary L. Morgart, have levied upon
the following property, to-wit: Lot one az and
two (2). block eighteen QS). in Spencer " Case :
addition 10 the city of Rock Island, county Of
rock Island and state of Illinois, Therefore, ac
cording to said command, shall expose for sale,
at public auction, all the right, title and interest
of the above named Mary f. Morgart in and TO the
above described properly, on Saturday the Both
day of October, 1881, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ, at the
north door of the court house in the city of Rock
Island, in the comfy OF Rock Island, and state OF
Illinois, for cash in hand, to satisfy said execution
and fee bill.
Dated at Rock Island, tins I'd day of Oct, A.
y, 1884 j. NJ. RETlCkER,
sheriff of Rock Island County, Illinois.
oct4-dtd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28
REmiNISCENCE OF 1850.
Flow Hancock Received thc News ~
the Election.

WAsHr-GToN CITY. oct. 2S.-Capt Bar
rift, o! The Sunday Herald, relates tins story
Of the manner in which ten. Han
cock received the news Of his de:rat
four years ago: Which one OF the
candidates for the presidency, we
wonder. win take his defeat as quietly as did
Gen Hancock His wife, who told the story
to the writer, says that on the night Of the
election ne went to bed ut O'Clock utterly
worr out When she begged him not to re-
tire 50 early, as there would DO some one
who would want to see him that night, he
said emphatically: Il cannot see anyone to
night, am SO tired that must go to bed at
once
So he retired and slept SO soundly that
when his wife, who stayed up to hear the
news. went to bed she didn't disturb hi1n,
nor did he awake until o'clock next morn
ing, when Mrs. Hancock, having a coughing
spell. he reused enough TO ash her if she had
heard any news. She said she had, and
added ut is a Waterloo for you.
AN right, he answered, and turning over
was soon sound asleep again
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Oct. 2S.-Mr Fen
bricks arrived here at 4;4G Sunday evening,
and was given an ovation at the railway
station and along the line of march to MI K.
X. Dunkcrson'a residence where II
was entertained while mere Al
night he addressed au enormous crowd am
the torchlight procession contained from
5000 to 5000 people according 10 various Is
Inmates, and was very brilliant in novel fo;l-
lures Mr.. Hendricks was warmly receivea
at Sullivan, Vincennes and other places eli
the route to this city.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28
Rucklen's Arnica Salye.

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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28

"The moon of Mahomet arose, and it
shall set, says Shelly; but if you will set
bottle of Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup in
some handy place you will have quick
cure for Group, coughs and colds, when
vour children are troubled with them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28

have been 4 severe. sufferer from Cat
arrh for the past fifteen years, with dis
tressing pain over my eyes. Gradually the
disease worked down upon my lungs.
After year and half ago commenced
using Ey's Cream Balm with most graf
flying results, and am today apparently
cured T. c. Warren. Rutland vi.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28

Where other remedies have failed
Athlophnr"s has been found To work like
Il charm. Jones & Bryan, of Lancaster,
Wis, sold bottle to an old and respected
citizen of that town who, having tried in
vain all kinds of medicine, was persuaded
by his wife to givcnc the specific trial.
After using only portion of one bottle
the rheumatism left his frame, and the
weary sufferer was restored to health and
Vg0r.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28
A GARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscrctions of youth, nervous weak
ness, carly decay, loss of manhood, &c.
| will send recipe that will cure you
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
vas discovered by a missionary in Soutf
America Send self addressed envelope
to the REV JosErH T. lNMAN, Station d
New York City.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28
A LAWYERS Opinion of Interest to all.

J. A. Tawney, Esq, leading attorney
of Winona, Mimi, writes: After using
if for more than three years, take great
pleasure in stating that Iregard DR.. King
New Discovery for Consumption, as the
best remedy in the world for Coughs and
Colds. 1t has never failed to cure the
most severe colds have had, and lnVari-
ably relieves the pain in my chest
Trial Bottles of this sure cure Tor al
Throat and Lung Diseases may be hac
Free at Hartz & Bahnsen's Drug Store
Large size, S1.0O.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28

There is cell in the Lcadville Jail said
to be haunted, and prisoners are put into
1t for special punishment. A superstitious
woman was thus frightened nearly out of
her wits, and has thus suffered nervous
prostration. She sues the jailcr for dam
aces
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28

\ Wisconsin farmer claims TO have dis
covered specific remedy for the ravages
of the potato hug. He plants one or two
flax seeds in every hill Of potatoes, and
says that by so DONG the bugs never
tr0yhlc the crop.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28

Isaac Hcckcr, the founder Of the Paulist
Order Of the priesthood, snow sixty years
of age. He was baker in his youth and
studied while lie kncaded dough, having
his test book nailed up over lis kncading
dough.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28

My daughter and myself, great sufferers
from Catarrh, have been cured by Ely's
Cream Balm. My sense of smell restored
and health greatly improved. &c. NJ
stanley Merchant, Ithaca, N. Y. easy
to use. Price so cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-28

DR.. Prince, a colored 'yarb' doctor OF
Warren county, Kentucky, is ninety one
years old, but local paper says he still
swings his saddle pockets over his should
cr and makes regular visits