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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

NFw Monk, Nov. 5.-Betting at pool
rooms TUe>ia afternoon was 500 to SO
on Cleveland carrying New York, and 81, 900
to $50 on Blaine being elected.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

A French woman is making money by
pulling teeth at Newark, N. j.
Mr. Rowell, pedestrian, is about to start
in six-day tanbark race in London.
Justice reigns in Aberdeen, Dakota,
where oil the Newspaper editors are judges.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

NEW Work, Nov. 5-Lottie Francis, Of
Jamaica, l.. /, aged Is died Monday Of self
inflicted wounds Her mind had been af-
fected 10y her fathers troubles, he having
sued her grandfather for alleged criminality
with her mother and requiring the children
Ia testify
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05
Suicide Of "a Farmer.

Utica, n. Y, Nov. jackson L. How
ard, well-known farmer in the town Of
Sherburne, Chenango county, committed
suicide on Saturday by shooting himself
through the hard He was aged 40 and in
good circumstances.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

CINCINNATI Nov. 5.-George Oliver, who
was sentenced to hang next Friday for the
murder of Thomas Allen, has been respited
until Dec. 10 by Governor Hoadley.
DR.. Tanner, the faster, has gone to
Mexico to live on ranch.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

DELPHI, Ind, Nov. 5.-During rally here
the VIVID blew some brick from the chimney
If high building, and one struck Christie
pher o Brien, crushing his skull. There is
little hope of his recovery
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

BERLIN, Nov. 5.-The North German Ga
2ette, in an editorial, advises the govern
ment to station a squadron permanently o.
the west African coast to protec. German in
taroStS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

Some fashionable ladies are not satisfied
with ready-made fans, but must have
them made to order; they are, however,
satisfied with DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup and
take it regularly.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

WASHINGTON, mi, Nov. 5-NVin Clark,
aged IL, stabbed Berry Thompson, aged Is,
III this city at ; O'Clock Sunday afternoon.
The stabbing occurred over quarrel about
dead rat The wounded boy, though
seriously injured, viii recover.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05
The PresidenI,s Vote.

New YORK, Nov. 5--President Arthur
arrived at the Fifth Avenue hotel Monday
evening and voted Tuesday at his registered
polling place on Third avenue.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05
Gordon stiil at Khar.ourn.

CAIRO, Nov. 5.-General Wolseley tele-
graphs that the reports brought in by natives
indicate that General Gordon is still in pos
session of Khartoum
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05
Matchmaker Crushed.

CAIRO, Ills, Nov. 5.-fhumas Wentworth,
yardmaster Of The Illinois Central railway at
East Cairo, was run over, and had one foot
cut off and the other leg badly mashed He
will die.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05
One Vote Less.

BROOKLYN, n. Y Nov. 5-Danisl Glider
sleeve, aged Sd, dropped dead while on his
way to the polls
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

Spain has public debt about as large
as that of the United States, without a
tenth part of our wealth and resources.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05
BAD PIECE OF BUSINESS.
Two Ssoys shot by a Negro whom
They Were Attacking.

ALBANY, n Y, Nov. ga sensation
was caused at Martinsville, Monday. For
some time there has resided in that village
negro named Thomas DeFreest, whose wife
is a white woman. The place has become
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

DET.,5g Mich, Nov. 5.-The schooner
Van \--..sburg, given up as lost by her
owne' 81 the underwriters, passed this city
boua .a Monday night. No serious mishap
had b n s4let, and all on board were we'll
POI. GE1RNE, Nov. 5.-A son of Capt
Griffith II the lost schooner New Dominion,
drove Fort Maitland Monday, where he
founi a.taistakable proofs that the sunEen
vest .# the New Dominion. He recog
niZe! yawl-boat, and found u desk which
had ii washed ashore with all the
ves5 .sters in it, and also found mum
Der co. rlls belonging to his father. None
but IL 3 rly of the woman cook has been
recOy,ri yet. The woman, he says is
straL hi father having shipped her in
Cley,. ..
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

Lo,"3s. Nov. 5.-Tuesday Mr. Gladstone,
as pr. t Of the National Liberal club,
n lu.- Il the ceremony of laying the foun-
ctr ona Of the magnificent new club
hou~ .a cat' of the finest sites in London, a
corn d, na the Victoria embankment and
WI. i place. The club, which was only
fouI ~l-r year, is a powerful political or
ganis,'..p. and has over 1000 members
draw IN all parts of the Kingdom includ-
ing 80 of the prominent local lead
ers ,he party, Mr. Gladstone
who D.. capital health and spirits, drove
over 30 sis official residence in Downing
stree i met with most enthusiastic re-
cep, ,,in the thousands of ladies and gen
item 30 had been invited to the cere-
mon'. n premier, after laying the stona,
mad stirring political Grafton, which
EVOKE Hyat enthusiasm amongst the large
audis,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

CoRREsPoNDENCE.-Localn news Of general in
terest solicited from every town in Rock Island
and adjoining counties. Letters must reach the
Office not later than Wednesday to insure insertion
the came week in the Weekly All news Of spec
fal Importance should be sent as soon rs received
By special dispatch or by telephone.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Solicitor in CAancery and
Il Notary Public, Abstracts. Loans and collec
tons. Office, Buford's Block, I'd avenue, over
takers Jewelrv store nov-:al-dlv
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
]. n. BEARDSLEY.
e, W. HURST

A TTORNEY AT LAW-Oifice with j. r. Ike
Il worthy, 1925 Second avenue. aug-1 -dw6m
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05
E:XCRU

CHATTING is expressive of the most intense
pain, and yet sufferers from rheumatism and
Neuralgia say it does not express the agony
they endure.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-05
M. M. STURGEON.
M. III. CORBETT.

A TTORNEY AT LAW, % flee No. 1913 Sc
Il Avenue, between 18th and 18th SITS, Cup ST
Rock Island. ID. der.12-t
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
Singing Stones.

A very curious musical instrument is
now ON view in the French Department
of the Amsterdam Exhibition. 1t con-
sists of twenty-five large tints, sus-
pended, harmonicon fashion, from two
parallel wooden rods, and struck by
two smaller ilints by way of hammers.
The popularity of the instrument con-
sists in the fact that the stones are not
cut down to any particular weight or
form, but are virgin tlints of various
shapes and sizes, rough as when first
dug out of mother earth. The in
ventor, NJ. Baudree. a Frenchman, of
St. Florent, in the Department of Cher,
states that it has taken him thirty years
to perfect his collection, for which he
asks the modest sum of CO. 900 francs,
being at the rate of nearly 9100 per
stone. The stones when struck give
out clear metallic sound, like the
note of very high-toned bell. Strange
to say, the note produced appears tC
have no direct relation to the size or
shape of the stone, two of the stones
being pointed out which are exactly
alike in weight, and yet there is more
than an octave interval between theil
respective tones. Similar paradoXica
relations may be noted between others
of the series.
Sundry eminent persons have in
spected this musical curiosity, anC
among others Cardinal de Bennechose
Archbishop of Rouen, who suggested
to NJ. Baudre, scriptural quotation
| duke xix 80, 40) by way of motto fol
his invention. M. Baudre has christ
ened his curious organ La Musiqw
aUa,st le Deluge, on les Pierres qui chan
| tent.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
Anecdote of Thad Stevens.

DR.. j. L. M. Curry is here, an inter-
ssted observer of events and an impa-
tient listener to some of the impracti-
cable southern orators. He says he
would give $500 to make a speech in
the senate on the Blair bill, but thinks
that Senator Brown will speak with
such words of wisdom as the country
may need. DIR. Curry is Georgian,
Lincoln county man-and hopes to
visit his birthplace this summer. I
was surprised to find him SO young
looking. He was, / well remem Der, a
famous orator in congress when was
q boy at college. have seldom met a
told me an anecdote of the late, but
not in the south lamented, Thaddeus
Stevens. A Virginian named Edmon-
ston was one day walking down Penn
sylvania avenue with Mr.. Curry, then
n congressman. Mr.. Edmonston was
much excited about remark he had
traced to Mr.. Stevens. and threatened
to insult him on sight. Mr.. Curry tried
to appcase him. but did not altogether
succeed. Soon after Edmonston de-
scried Thaddeus Stevens just ahead OF
him on the avenue, and, his wrath re-
turning, said: "There goes the dashed
old rascal now. l am going to con-
front him." Before his companion
could arrest him Eimonston had ac-
costed the enemy. Hating the Penn
sylvania statesman, the fiery Virginian
ejaculated: ''Mr. Stevens, sir, | heard
that you had insulted my state" The
grim old man. with malicious twinkle
in his eye responded: ''Oh, no; | think
not. But what did say offensively?"
Edmonston rejoined: "You said, sir,
that John Brown could have captured
Virginia with thirly-tive men," Hardly
suppressing a laugh, his wicked eyes
glimmering still more malic;ously.
Thad Stevens. in sharp tone said:
''You have got it wrong, Mr. Edmon-
ston. frightfully wrong! did not say
that John Brown could have captured
Virginia with thirty-five men; | put it
ut seventy-iive menu Edmonston was
struck dumb with amazement and fell
back, rs old Thad hobbled up Pennsyl-
vania avenue chuckling and grinning,
Washington Cor. augusta Chronicle.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
A Celestial Tramp.

The Chinaman in New York is never
out at the elbows. He usually wears IL
staid and contented expression OF coun-
tenance, as though he were on the best
of terms with the current coin OF the
country. But last evening one was OBJ
served walking along Sixth avenue In
the midst of the snow and ram VINO
had lost all sickness except that which
the storm had given him by saturatins
his clothing. He was ragged and alb
solutely forlorn. He was walking on
the uppers of his sandals and covered
his hands carefully in the tattered
folds of his sleeves. But it was not
for long. A liquor store confronted
him and on his right flank there was
row of kegs. He eyed them wistfully
for moment and then glided across
the slippery pavement toward them.
He drew one of his hands from his
sleeves and with it came an ancient to-
mato can. He tipped keg in the most
approved fashion, received the dregs in
his can, and stole into the area of a
house in an adjoining street and re-
galed himself in peace. He was
Chinese tramp, but he had fallen deep
into the wicked ways of his American
brother.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
Trades vs., Professions.

If a boy reads the papers in these
days, he will see much about work and
learning to work. He will hear much
said of the difficulty of getting good
workmen. He will hear of the new
schools for boys, where carpentry,
bricklaying, painting, carriage-making
and many other trades are taught. Ot
course, he means to do something him.
self, but somehow he does not care for
these splendid new schools. 1t is moth
ing to him that good workmen are
scarce, and always find good wages.
He is going into a store or an office, he
means to be doctor or lawyer. He
does not propose to soil his hands,
and wear rough clothes like work
man.
If there is any such boy, who may
read this, let him consider q moment.
My cheerful young man, are you sure
you know what you are talking about?
What do clerks own? How much does
a young doctor receive? Oh! but you
don't mean to be poor clerk. You
intend to be great lawyer with $10,-
| 900 q year, or = doctor with carriage.
Charmed to hear it. 1t is noble re-
solve, but are you sure you will get
there? Really. now. how can q young
man tell, how can he be sure he will
succeed? In this way. a man sue
ceeds who falls in love with the work.
He thinks about it day and night, he
studies it; he reads all he can on the
subject. He tries and tries till he can
do it we'll. Then he succeeds. You
do not care much about medicine; you
have no burning desire TO study this
magniticentmachine of the human body.
You don't care very much for the dread
full work of hospitals, and yet you
mean to be a doctor. You would, Sc
cretly, much prefer to have kit of
caryer's tools, but, of course, you could
never be a carver by trade!
| Let us stop here. This is the sum-
ming up of vast deal of homely wis
dom. Do you love any work? Is there
anything that if you were independent,
you would do before anything else? II
there is-do that. There is your sue
cess; that way lies all the money, the
rewards, the respect of others, and all
the real honest happiness you will ever
find. Boys make q mistake in thinking
that only the lawyers and doctors and
merchants succeed. 1t is q terrible
blunder to leave a trade in which you
may make first-class workman and
have chance to win q home, comfort
and independence, to go into a profes-
sion you do not love: There is only
one end to that road-a life of ill-paid
drudgery and failure after all.
Look at yourself; you are to yourself
the most important parsonage in the
world. Find out what sort of man yor
have in the little. What is your body
good forP What sort of mind have
you receivedp Look at your tools
your hands. your senses, your brain
: What will they do bcst-make shoes o.
preach sermon? Choose now accord
ing to your tools, according to you
, love of work. Shoemaking may leat
to great fortune. while preachin:
may bring you to the "Home of De
cayed Parsons On the other hand
preaching may be the thing. There
only one fellow who can decide thi
for you, and he lives in your house.
Golden Rule.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
borrowing Babies.

81 am always delighted to hear of
new baby born to my friends or ac-
quaintances. said young downtown
merchant to a caller.
"Why? Have you any spite against
them?"
'None in the world; but we have
little one of our own, and as some one
is always borrowing her, l feel that
there is one less family to be accommo-
dated. | never 90 home and find
that child in the house; my wife
says, Aunt Sue or Aunt Hattie, or Miss
Somebody or Mrs. How-do-ye-call-he
sent for the baby, and what could l do?
You know they wouldn't like it if re-
fused, and they are so fond of her. l
tell my wife it's n positive nuisance. If
these people haven't any babies Of their
own they have no right to borrow
mine. actually feel sometimes as if
the child belonged to the neighbor-
hood"
But it is an easy matter to refuse to
let the child 60"
THAT is what tell my wife, but she
argues differently. She says these
people love the little one, and load it
18th presents, and when they ask to
have it day it seems so childish to
refuse, especially as they are friends.
But the most of them are not used to
babies: they cram it with cake and
sweetmeats, give it its own way in
everything, and thoroughly spoil it. l
cannot understand the penchant some
people have for borrowing children, or
by what right they expect to be allow
ed to monopolize a child that is not
their own"
1T is all in the way of kindness"
"Or sclfishncss. For my part, l
wouldn't want to take the responsible
ty of having n child that didn't belong
to me in my possession. never know
what moment my little girl may be
exposed to scarlet fever, whooping
cough or diphtheria, through the mis-
taken kindness of the borrowers, who
drag her with them to sec all the rest
of their friends. It's much more neces-
sary to have rules for lending babies
than lending books. Iwould have in
scribed over every nursery, Neither a
borrower or lender be- l think l
shall have our baby stamped claimed
wherever found am dead in earn
est" continued the young man, land
you will find plenty to sympathize
with me. It's crying evil. l know
there are some parents who have never
enough to deny those people when they
are impudent enough to insist on carry
ing off child in spite of the wishes and
protests of it's legitimate owners, and
I'm going to institute that rule at
home. Let those who have no children
of their own get parrot or u poodle.
A child is too sacred possession to be
borrowed aud banded about from
hand to hand. "-DetrOit Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
The Winding Sinuosities of Boston
Streets.

1t is not true, as an English traveller
suggested, that the City of Boston was
laid out in the night. One who, being
unfamiliar with the city, tries to find
his way about the ancient sections
alone nevertheless discovers sufficient
ground for the belief as he follows
curves and angles, crosses through an
alleyway to strike a.parallel street and
brings up short against solid brick
wall, wondering where under the
canopy the street has gone to. Then
he decides to 90 back and begin over
again, so he walks briskly toward the
starting place, as he remembers it, de-
termined to try no more short cuts.
But the surroundings grow unfamiliar,
the stranger finds himself in Il maze of
courts, by-paths, and crooked ways
which lead nowhere and begin in all
quarters; and finally, he asks the po-
hceman how to reach Washington
street. Straight ahead, cross Duck.
turn to your right just beyond Goose
court, then follow along Hen lane to
Pigeon place, and take red car"
The stranger whistles to cabman,
orders him to drive to the corner of
| Washington and State, rides along SO
many highways that his head whirs
and he reels when he gets out, and
then solemnly swears that he will take
carriage in the first place next time
he wants to go three blocks instead of
spending half day on foot. The two
principal streets of Boston, fremont
and Washing ton, were laid out by the
cows when they walked back and forth
from pasture in colonial days, driven
| by younr Ben Franklin like enough be-
fore he got to ''sassing" the ministers
and the town officers in his brothers
newspaper, the Courant. The erratic
course of the mixers leads one TO sus-
pect that the cowboys in those far
away days allowed them to loiter along
the paths, ziezagging here and there in
searches after choice bits of green
grass, or making sallies to right and
left when the boys set the dogs on. A
wellregulated COW would not have
taken such n long way home or wound
about in SO many odd directions. When
the builders got to work they crowded
pretty well up the paths, and the re-
suits were two narrow streets which are
far from straight. 1t is hardly possible
that old New England rum or Holland
edness of the Hub, for the patriarchs
could hold good deal without show
ing it. In the newer quarters of the
city, the streets are we'll laid out, wide
and straight, particularly on the Back
Bay; but ancient Boston is q Chinese
puzzle which must ever SO remain, un-
less fire unhappily sweeps it away
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
"Numerous" People.

There is class of persons whose
object in life is to make themselves
numerous. They usually affect ex-
tremes in-dress, elbow you in the mud
if the weather is fonl and the crossings
narrow, and crowd You numerically in
the street car or other public convey
ances. At the theater they are in their
element. Their-legs lie around loose
on the floor their arms obtrude over
the sides of the chairs and their per-
sonality is SO overpowering that you
are tempted to suggest an amputation
of their superfluous members. Such
people always 60 out between acts.
They make their neighbors get up and
down number of times. Sometimes
they are fat, and addicted to oozy hair
OIL, and then you are conscious OF q to-
tai eclipse and feel after you have de-
posted yourself in your seat that your
chances of comfort are exceedingly
dim; again, they are thin and dudish,
and thrust their angles ut you. You
are made to feel your own insigniii-
canoe in the face of such overwhelming
elegance. Kansas City Journal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
LEGAL NorTCE.

" II. DURk EE who Ie-ides somewhere in
w the State OF lndii ma, the precise place
in said state being unknown, will take notice
that Siias \. Hanks and Mary j. III .nks did. on
the 2ist day Of April 1s4 file their petition
against him and others, in the Common Pleas
Court OF Portage County. OHIO. setting forth
that they are in posses ion and seized in lee
simple of tra OF land >iti ated in Shalers lie
Township Portage County. ohio, and known
as the south part of lot No 39,contaning about
10 acres OF land, AMI that sad defendants claim
some interest therein. which is n cloud upon
their title and praying that th..V IN ~ be quiet
ed in their title. that The clnud may be removed
and for equitable relief Said defendant is re-
qnire,t to answer said petition on or before June
14th 1884,
SlLASE HANKS
MARY thanks.
BY 1T. SIDDALL ATTY sI7 CIV
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
TRAINS WESTWARD.

Trains Nos, 3. d. 8 aud - on Main Line and
Mahoning Division run daily, and between
Clevelsnd and Pittsburg daily Other trains
daily except Sunday.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Coaches run as fol-
lows:
On Nos anc g between Chicago and Hor
nellsvllle. via Marion and Chicago " Atlantic
Railway. Parlor Cars between Cincinnati and
Gallon, and between Hornelisvills and New
York,
On Nos. 3 and IL between Cincinnati and New
York between Chicago, New York, Albany
| tic Ry mo sleeper between Albany and Boston
| OH sunday anu Pullman Sleeping and Hotel
Coach betwee Chicago and New York via
| Mansfield and Z. f. w. & Z. Ry., (E. 4 z. Line)
| On Nos and s. New Fast Irains) between
| Cleveland and New York, and Pullman iNraw
| ing Room Buffet sleeping and Hotel Coaches
| between st, Louis and New York in connection
| with ., & Nj. Ry
| CONNECTIONS: AT Cincinnati with roads
| diverging; at Marion with Chicago Il Atlantic
| Ry at Mansfield with the 2. f. w. & c Ry;
| at Creston with Wheeling & Lake Erie R. r ;
| at LeaVittsburg, with Mahoning Division OF
| n Y. z. & q. K for Cleveland, Youngstown
| and Pittsburg and local points; at Cleaveland
| with roads diVerging; at Shenango with g. Il
| A. Z at Meadvilie with Franklin Branch
| at Cory, with r. n. Y. Il p. K r., and Penna
10 at jamestown with b & s. VI, for Buffalo
| ami Niagara Falls; ut Salamanca with n Y.
| L. f. u W. K. K. and X. 4 r. r. X.
| No"stop-over" allowed upOn local tickets
| n. f.. CLARK.
| General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
| CLEvELAND.O.
| j. IN FERRIS,
| General Superintendent.
! GLE VRLAED.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-05-01
LEGAL NOTICE.

A RCIllE MILLER. who resides in Buffalo
"A New 1oik, will take notice that Enoch
morgan, Executor OF estate of Jacob Hartle-
rhode, did on the 29th day of December 1859
nle his petition in the Common Pleas Court OF
Portage County Ohio, against him and others
setting forth that rs such Executor he holds
certain personal property for distribution un-
der the Will of said Jacob Hartfcrhode and
praying Tor an order of distribution of same
the said Archie Miller being legatee, and foI
a construction of said will and equitable relief
Said Archie Miller is required to answer said
petition on before My 3rd 1894
EN0CH MORGAN, EXT.
BY l. 7. SIDDALL. Atty. Sli CIV