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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-06

A TTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. =
II Office in Masonic Temple block, over Rock Is
land National Bank, Rock Island, Ill.
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A Pair Of Old Turtle Doves.

That age is no barrier to the tender
passion, and that two hearts, no matter
how tough and callous. can be made to
flutter and respond to each others ec-
static beatings when pierced by one of
Cupid's arrows, has often been exem-
plified. But it is not often that persons
so far advanced in the journey OF life
that they are in the eighties, and who
stand on the verge of the grave. be-
come so ''spooney" on each other that
naught but hymen can make their de-
scent to the tomb one elysium of bliss.
There is, however, genuine case in
the town of Vassalboro, where two will
shortly wed who are octogenarians.
The happy pair are in an excellent
state of preservation, the lady with an
eye sparkling hike Promethean fire, and
the old fellow as sprightly as boy of
fifteen They are highly respectable
people, and both are well of in this
worlds goods The lady is a prom
inent member of the Society of Friends.
They are like pair of turtle doves,
and appear TO be as delighted In each
others presence as when, in their
Younger years. they just experienced
the thrills of love. Their intention of
marriage. when announced few DAYS
ago, created quite a sensation in the
taid and venerable town. and, when il
was discussed at the village store, it
could scarcely be credited on account
Of the great age of the contracting par
es. but. when the town clerk attested
TO the fact, that settled it. The aged
couple in their matrimonial alliance
have the wishes of all who know
them that they may live long and pros
per."-AEgvs:a Me- Cor, Boston Her.
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POliteness in Arkansas.


Let me relate an incident. / suppose
that Arkansas is about as dangerous .
place us Texas for bully 10 go to, but
from personal observation at both
points think Arkansas is little safer
place for gentleman,thans Cincinnati.
The general urbant. of the people rs
tonished me more than anything else.
This is what propose toillustrate. We
stopped at one station, and Travelled
about forty miles by Stage. On our re-
turn the stage large Spring wagor
without top-was bonded with aInen.
They were ofdiSerens types One had
bottle of whisky. One was a minis
ter. We came TO a creek where party
had stopped to water their horses.
There were two women and a little girl.
apparently very pooEl They wore sun
bonnets and faded calico dresses The
horse was poor. and tie vehicle was as
shabby and rough an old specimen as }
ever met with One of the women had
unhitched the horse and led him back
10 the water, and had Just turned To
come up the bank as we fe1ched the
level after crossing. .e5
Our driver stopped. A well-dressed
man hoped out of the Stage, and with
bow offered his assistance. He led
the old horse up to the vehicle--I don't
know what else to call it-hitched him
in, assisted the woman TO her seat, and
then, rs she heartily thanked him, he
politely bowed her good-day, lifting his
hat clear off his head. In a moment
he was in the stage again, and on we
went. After my experience in the
~ 4 "a l. Al. IL. f.
sport, and that the men would have
lots of fun about the affair. But ! soon
found that it was all in earnest. All re-
garded it as matter of course. For
from that moment 10 the end of the
journey not one man uttered one sylla-
BILE about it. Not sneering remark
was made, no joke or pun, no remark
of any kind-not one single word! 1
had to confess to myself that / never
saw more politeness than this. x Cor.
ToIo01o Rl0Hp
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The Skin.

The skin is one of the great emunctory
or excreting organs of the body, anC
shares very largely with the lungs anc
kidneys the Office of removing the super.
fious waste from the system. Thus the
skin removes by exhalation somewhere
about two pints of liquid daily, the kid.
neys about the same amount and the
lungs not much over one-half or two
thirds as much. 1t can therefore be
readily understood how a "check o.
perspiraiion acts disadvantageously
by throwing extra work upon other or.
gans- These three great agents fol-
eliminating or removing the water from
the system act in harmony and inter.
change in their duty more or less. Thus
in cold weather, when the skin perspires
less, the kidneys are more active ano
their secretion, as also that of the lungs,
is more profuse; hence the great danger
of their becoming infamed during this
season, and in summer, when the per-
spiration may be profuse, it is a COM
mon observation to find the urine more
scanty. These vicarious or interchang-
ing action of these organs is frequently
taken advantage of in medicine, as
when, in such maladies as Bright's dis
ease of the kidneys, the quantity of their
secretion is diminished, We cause the
skin to act profusely and remove the
water which threatens dropsy and en-
dangers life. In like manner. in GER
tain diseases of the skin we find great
advantage from giving remedies which
increase the secretion. from the kidneys.
Also in pneumonia, where the power
for work of the lungs is seriously in-
paired, we keep the skin in good action
by poultices, warmth, ipecac, ETC.
Manufacturer and Builder.
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Too Many Subjects in Our Schools.

am no educationalist. and NAV be
accused of speaking about what l am
ignorant of if L suggest that too many
things are taught at the same time, and
too much time IS taken for the whole
process. Think of an undeveloped
brain getting up book-knowledge on
ten different sub Gets all the same day,
and this going on day after day for
years. 1t is altogether contrary to the
principles of a sound psychology to i'm.
aglne that any sort of mental process
worthy of the name of thinking, can
take place in that brain while that is
going on. The natural tendency of q
good brain ut that age to be inquisi-
tive and receptive is glutt d to more
than safety. The natural process OF
building up fabric of mental complete.
ness by having each new fact and OBJ
servation looked at in different ways,
and having it suggest other facts anc
ideas, and then settle down as part OF
the regular furniture of the mind. car
not possibly go on where new facts are
shoveled in by the hundred day by day.
The effect of this is bad on bows,
but Is worse on girls, because
1t is more alien to Their mental
constitution. The effect on them OF
this unnatural process is TO exhaust the
nervous power at the tine, and to leave
the brain afterward filed with useless
things that are soon forgotten and pass
away; as Goethe said about profession.
al men: they labor under great disad.
vantage in not being allowed TO be ig.
norant of what is to them useless. The
vital energies and nervous power that
had thus been thrown away should have
gone toward feminine equipment of s
healthy. well developed body, mind
built up and stored with knowledge that
had relation to its own nature and to
the wants Of its future life. affection:
not attenuated by scholastic routine,
and a cheerfulncss that is only compat.
ible with good health. The examining
up OF the dry facts of those many sub
jects Is in most cases a WEAKNESS and
pain, while the INTEL gent study of one
third of them. selected ON account OF
their fitness to the mental constitution
of the learner, or her probable require.
ments in future life. might be a pleas
ure and lasting prolit.-T. S. ClOuS.
ton, IL d., tIs fOpHtdr Science MONTHLY.
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TOloachi and Its Effects.

"Toloachi," says Fannie b. Ward, in
letter from Mexico, "grows every
where in Mexico, but more thrifty in
the tropical lowlands of the terra
caliente. 1t is harmless looking
plant, much resembling Northern milk
weed, and quite too dangerously con-
venicnt in land where suspicion rules
and jealousy amounts to madness. Ii
does not kill, but acts Immediately upon
the brain. producing first violent insan-
ity and then hopeless idiocy. 1t is
whispered that poor Carlotta had hardly
landed at Vera Cruz, on her sorrowful
mission to this country, before some Of
it was administered to her, and her de-
plorable fate is cited as one among
many instances. OF all the dangers in
Mexico this is one of the most appall-
ing. Any political enemy, or jealous
rival, or offended servant, may thus re-
venge himself in more fiendish man
ner than with the stiletto and without
fear of detection; few drops of this
tasteless white fluid, mixed with milk
or other food, does its diabolical work
with memorable certainty, and can only
be detected by It's gradual results
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it seems odd to think of anything being
the matter with him, doesn't il? asked
him why he was going, and he said be-
cause there was a ghost at Mallabarr
Court. and after consulting the most ac-
complished magicians as to how to get
rid of IL, they all agreed with him that
paint and paper would be the best
means of exercising it. so be is going
saws. but he did not seem TO know much
about it. Then inquired where he was
going, but he said be didn't know-he
was going on what the Germans called
a journey into the blue, and that
meant a journey To no one knew where,
the traveller himself least of all. i never
knew John to talk in that way before,
and to 90 away before the hunting is
over. too. He is NJ L. II. in these parts,
so my father is going to act as deputy
till he comes back"
That was quite enough for Margaret.
"Going abroad" She could well
imagine what the words meant to John
Mallabarr, and with how dreary ring
they sounded in his ears. Perhaps,
had il occurred to Maliabarr to make a
second expedition to Beckbridge Alb
oey; perhaps, had he dropped unawares
upon Margaret, as she sat ut that mo-
ment coming Rupert's letter with wet
eyes, her heart full of rue and pity-a
word then, a soul-to-soul glance, might
have settled things diflerently-have
altered the whole coarse of his life and
hers. But. as it happened, he was at
that very moment at n London railway
terminus booking himself and his dou
to Paris, with the vague idea that from
that city you could go out all over the
world, when you had decided to what
quarter of the said world to direct
your steps; and. that, should YOU not
feel disposed for active travelling, it
was place provided with more and
merrier means of killing time ard
drowning sorrow than any other in TIE
world. .t'+. OK.
rro BE CONTINUED
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Tro BE CONTINUED


Socially money viii do very much N
America; judiciously expended / think
IL will do even more in England; in the
way of sheer purchase of social recogni-
ton it will do curiOusly little in
Australia. There was, indeed. time
there when, in social sense, the
moneyed man was regarded with actual
suspicion. And for this there were
some grounds. The original moneyed
man might have had unpleasant ante
cedents, of which time had not vet eff
faced thesmemory. Non Oiet Is not true
of HltmnlltS in Australia. although it is
safe TO predicate that with the lapse OF
years non OLeGH. But now there is a
vast number of moneyed men in
Australia, and tho means whereby their
wealth has come to them are known as
reasonably savory. They have there
fore ceased to be regarded with suspi-
cion. do not think people at home
have any idea how large fortunes are in
Australia, and how many of those large
fortunes there are. Once in South
Australia had occasion to speak of a
friend who had come from that colony
and taken up his residence in London.
! spoke of him rs a very rich man.
"Oh, no" was the answer, che is very
well off. but we don't reckon him a very
rich man" "Why." said i, 81 under
stood him to be worth quarter of a
millionr ''Well, hope he is little
better than that" said my interlocutor,
''but still we don reckon him here rs
very rich am moi going to compile a
roll of Australian miliionaires, because,
for one thing, it would take up too much
space. But this may affirm, that two
thirds of them are not in society, nor
nourish any hope of ever being admit
ted within its pale. II you find one OF
them inside il, ne has not crossed the
palisade on the golden ladder; he en-
tered by the gate in virtue of his social
attributes. If these are unsatisfactory,
you will find him outside among the
nettles; or again, it may be, far away
in the bush, man content with him.
self, and caring for none of these things.
For it must be said that in Australia
there is no universal aspiration after the
flower garden of society. But the
moneyed aspirant will not find that his
wealth gives him social prestige. There
are Australians now in England who have
entertained royalty, and whose guest
lists have filled columns of the Morning
Post, yet who. in their native land, have
never, with all their efforts, got further
than the outlying fringes of Australian
society.-Archibdtd FOr6S, tR Contempt
rary Reriew.
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BallOOning.

But for all that, ballooning remains
one of the most puzzling and the least
satisfactory of hobbies. We can SYM
pathize with mountaineering, and can
even appreciate the curious attraction
OF the Arctic Sea; but 10 make a habit
Of going about in balloons is a much
less Ineligible fancy. No considerable
advance in meteorological knowledge
seems to have been made of late years
by the aerOnauts. The air currents have
proved. as might have been expected, to
be incalculab!e. The cloud forms have
been found TO be exceedingly fine; and
this also might have been expected. The
excitement OF an ever-present danger
must count for something; the Esnowl-
edge that wrong Use of the valve or a
wrong handling Of the ballast might de-
stroy you may well be found stimulat-
ing. But beside this it is difficult to
see that much has been added 10
knowledge by means of balloons since
the days of their infancy We are no
nearer the solution of tho problem OF
aerial navigation. We have learned NO
means of guiding against the wind, no
suggestion of that which makes the
navigation of the sea possible-Of a
manner of utilizing the breeze to 90
in other directions than that in which
il is blowing. Mr.. Simmons got to
Cherbourg by a lucky accident, because
the air currents, high and low, were
setting from the northeast; had he
found himself among cross-currents he
might have been carried in quite auoth-
er direction. His skill would have
counted for nothing against change in
the wind. The balloon, in fact, is like
ship with rigid sails and without
rudder; or. if the comparison may be
permitted, like toy-boais which the lit
tie boys set to sail across the Round
pond. If the right breeze catches them,
they will arrive at their intended goal;
II not, they must fain accept their des-
tiny and anchor elsewhere. AS yet
there seems to be but two important
uses for balloons. Captive or station
airy balloons can be employed for recon-
nolterinS purposes in war; and advent
urous persons like NJ. Gambetta, IL
they do not mind risking a rifle bullet
can use balloons to escape from a be-
sieged city. But for other useful ends
they do not yet appear to be adapted, it
having been already sufficiently demon
strated that the aeronaut may learn
something about temperature and some
thing about cloud form, but that as far
as The course of his balloon is con-
cerned. that is n matter over which he
has but little control.-London Times.
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A Tourists Adventure:


Mr.. Isaac w. Cotton is a New Hamp-
shire man, who is well known through
the Southern States, and the little adj
venture with which he met few DAYS
ago in the swollen waters of Steel
Creek. Just beyond the Mecklenburo
line in South Carolina. will be of inter-
EST TO his friends in the South and will
startie his friends in the North. Mr..
Cotton, accompanied by his son, is max
ing his way to Florida all the way from
New Hampshire, through the country
in buggy. For MANY years past he
has spent mis- winters in Florida, but up
TO this winter has always gone by rail.
His scheme of making the trip in a
buggy was adopted upon the advice of
physicians, who thought the overland
trip would do him good, BESIDES giving
him a fine acquaintance with the coun-
try. Mr.. Cotton and his son put out
from New Hampshire about three
months ago. and found that the trip
fully came up TO the recommendations
until they passed Charlotte and eucoun-
tered Steel Greek, when a really start
ling adventure befell them.
The creek was greatly swollen by the
late rains and was far out of its banks.
Mr.. Cotton had crossed streams twice
that width in Florida, and, surprising he
could do it here the same way, he drove
into the swollen waters. He had driy-
er in but short distance when he dis
covered his mistake, but too late. When
he could see nothing but the heads OF
himself. son and.horSe above the waters
he realized that trouble encOmpassed
l. - n. 4
stream ore them swiftly along, and
men, horse and buggy quickly parted
company. MIR. Cotton caught the
branches of a tree and drew himself out
Of the water. In tree little below
him he saw that lis son had saved him.
self in like manner. The horse and
buggy had disappeared from sight. Ii
was growing late in the evening, and
Mr.. Cotton and his son began to shout
for help and kept it up until couple OF
farm hands, attracted bv their cries,
came upon the scene, After considera-
bic maneuvering the father and son
were rescued from the trees and con-
Quoted to the residence of hospitable
farmer near by, where they were made
comfortable for the night r
Mr.. Cotton lost his horse and buggy,
besides two trunks and valise con.
tanning his valuables. One of the
trunks was afterward found about a
mile below the scene. His valuables
were kept in. a rough. unsuspicious
looking valiSe. and were carried in the
foot of the buggy. 1t is hardly pos
sible that the valise- will ever lie found.
Mr.. Cotton spent two days ut the house
of his newlyfound friend, and then,
getting a new RIG, proceeded on his
Journey. leaving instructions for the
forwarding of his remaining goods
should they be recovered from the
flood. There are a good many streams
between Steel Creek and Florida. but
If any of them are swollen when Mr..
Cotton drives up to the bank he will
be seen going through the eye of
needle rather than through the water.
Charlotte (N. c. Observer.
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HUMOROUS.

What is it has mouth and never
speaks, and bed and never sleeps? A
river.-FOrtiand Transcript.
Oscar Wilde says his poems will be
read after Shakespeare has been for
gotten. That's the proper time to read
them.-HdrJ0rd Post.
An Albany On. " paper tells of a
woman in that city who walked her hus-
band during a storm the other night.
and said: Il do wish you would stop
snoring, for want to hear it thunder.''
Got tough job on hand to-day"
said Shocks to a friend on Canal street.
Sorry, old fellow; what is it?'' Prom
ised to carve turkey at our boarding
house.-M O. Picayune.
The New York Graphic SAYS sthat
burglars may be kept out of any house
by leaving the valuablcs out at night on
the front doorstep" Which is all very
well so far rs it goes; but suppose one
has not the valuables, then whato-Dc.
trOu Post.
old bills: 1.-TWO hundred and TWEEN
ty-seven bills were introduced into
Congress the first days session." Just
think of itn' remarked Mrs. Simple:
isn't it r.diculousP These Congress
men get salaries big enough, l should
think, to pay as they 90. Two hundred
and twenty bills, For things they
got last year, of course. For my part,
l think it's positively scandalous. -
Boston Transcript.
"A doctor is called in to prescribe
for sick child, and having examined
the patient writes n prescription and
leaves instructions as to the treatment
of the little sufferer. On making his
visit the next morning the prince OF
sc ence is surpr sell to find the house
hold in tears. my poor child" sobs
the mother, Il never thought that he
would have died of Group "Oi
Group" echoes the doctor; do vOu
mean to say the child had the crour?
Why didn you tell ?"-hldianapo
Us JON nal.
Town mouse and country mouse:
Ethel-"Look- Dorothyi There's
Richard MARVEL Dorothy Country
cousin (-"Richard Marvel! Who's
he?" Ethel--''What, never heard Of
Richard Marvel? Why, he's the actor,
You know, At the Parthenon!'' Dorothy
oh an actor. is he! He's something
like Mr.. Osbaldistone Smith" Ethel
WHO'S Mr.. Osbaldstone Smith?n
DorOthy-''What. never heard of Mr..
OsbaldistOne Smith! Why. he's the
greatest breeder of shorthorns in all
Cumberland! .r'-Loncion Punch.
How stupid l ann said Birdie
McHennepin, languidly. executing at
the same time quite respectable yawn
act. That's true" remarked Gus De
Smith. rather impulsively. Sir ex-
claimed Birdie, ''you are impairment.
''but YOU yourself just now asserted
that you were stupid" II only said
so without thinking" said Bird e, pet
ulantly. Yes, and up to the tine YOU
spoke had only thought so without
saving it," Hang Grape on the door of
Miss Birdie. Another lover scratched
off the list of one of the Austin bellies.
-IeEds SiftiRQS.
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The Jumping Kind.

There was to have been suit for as.
Sault and battery before one of the Jus.
tices in the temple yesterday. A farm.
er down in Sprngwells was charged
with having slapped the jaws of his
neighbor, and two wagOn-lOads of wit.
nesses were on hand e. swear 10 this
and that. Both pla 'ntiff AMI defendant
seemed TO be determined men, and
their respective wives sat and glared at
each other like two old cats. Some of
the necessary formalities were being
worked up when. all of sudden, the
wife of the complainant was taken with
the toOthache. 1t wasn't the kind which
grOwls and mutters around, but the
old-fashioned. jumping ache, and in
two minutes she was crying. Her tear;
Mt once affected the wife of the defend
ant, and after little she slid over and
whispered:
Poor thing-I'm sorry"
''Oh, such an a he!'' sobbed the VIC
tim.
81 brought along some peppermint
and here il is" said the first rs she pro-
dueed The phial.
whats all this?r asked the plant
if. as he came up.
"Why. your poor wife is suffering
terribly with the toothachs, and pity
her from the bottom of my heart"
Who's got the toothache?" inquired
the defendant, as he joined the group.
my wife"
''Georgel but that's too bad! Shan't
| 90 to the drug store for you?'
At this the plaintiff turned about, held
out his hand and replied:
''Say. George, was fool to bring
this suit. 1 called you a liar and you
hit me, and that was right"
''But I'm sorry. JIM"
''rhen let's drop the whole business
and ride home together and have q
chicken dinnerl Molly, git your cloak
on" t-
And in spite of lawyers and specta-
tors and the queer expression of his
Honor's face the plaintiff paid all costs,
slapped the defendant on the back. and
headed the party out doors with the ex-
clamation:
go to grass with your law and law
vers. aud you women folks stop here
ILL George and me have drink
Detroit Free Press. 49,