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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-02-20
KILLING TINE IN COURT.
Odds nnd Ends of Humanity TINT HUNT
the Halls of Justice.

The courI rooms in the new Court House
are well filed all day and sometimes crowd
cd even when cases of little interest are
being tried. Not ten per cent. of these
people have an interest in the trials said o
court attendant. :" Many of them are
tramps. Look at that old chap in the cor
ner. 1t is his regular seat, and as soon as
the court doors are opened he occupies il
and remains there until court adjourns. He
is very quiet, and about all he seems TO do
is TO sleep, and no one bothers him. But
most of the tramps hang out in the court
rooms down stairs. The elevator men won't
let them ride up and, as they are too lazy
TO walk TO the third floor, we are compare
lively exempt from them. About all the
average tramp wants to do is to get into
warm corner and indulge in quiet snooze
until the court room is closed Some how
ever, travel in couples and pay great attcn
ton to the case, even to taking notes Of OBJ
jections, exceptions, Judges rulings, &c.
Then ut recess they can sometimes be heard
discussing the case. 1t would astonish the
they have made in these tramps opinions.
May be they were once lawyers themselves.
Tramps are however, by no means the
only constant frequenters of the court
rooms. know several people who have
been here for years. Some Of them, no
doubt, have means, and come to the courts
simply TO pass away time. Others come
really because they like to hear legal argu.
ments and witness trials. One old fellow
has been coming here regularly for ever
five years. No matter how dry the case is,
he sits in rapt attention till its conclusion.
At recess he pulls out sandwich and takes
his frugal meal. His clothes and hat have
lost their nap, but his linen is always
scrupulously clean. He never says word
to anybody, but quietly disappears when
court adjourns, to reappear in his customary
seat the next morning. / should miss him
considerably II he did not turn mp to-mor
row morning.
Some of these harmless cranlSs have
perhaps lost all their money in law suit,
aud court of law has the same fascination
FOR them that stock ticker has to
broken Spectator. He can't keep away
from it, even when he hasn't q cent. Some
suits drag like the famous one of Jarndyce
sgt. Jarndyce, and the appearance Of some
Of the persons Interested becomes painful to
witness.
:" There are always large number OF
transient visitors when anything exciting is
going on. AT the Conroy murder trial, for
instance, there wasn't even standing room.
It's singular, but at trials for murder and
other sensational crimes the number of wo-
men seeking admission is always very large,
although one would think they would shun
such scenes.n
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-02-20
JOAQUIN MILLER,s PAY FOR POETRY.


Joaquin Miller thus relates his experience
in securing compensation for work done for
a metropolitan journal - M
A few months ago our greatest and best
American died OF course there was but
one topic of talk. was out at dinner and
wrote three little verses, merely embodying
what men said the lines and the sentiment
wore in the air, III fact. 1 read them at din
ner. One of the gentlemen present called
cab, gave me his card to a managing edi-
tor, and drove down and delivered the
lines in person. They appeared next morn
ing in italics, and II there are ten papers in
the Republic that did not quote and credit
these lines to the liberality and enterprise
of this paper | have not heard of them. See
ing this papers persistent praising of its
iberality and enterprise began to inquire
Of its reporters, editors and correspondents,
and found that they, according to the state
ments of some, were literally skinned. II
Determined to look into this called at
the glnss window to get few hundred dol
lars of generosity for my pay for my lines,
for could not quite believe much meanness
could exist under such loudly professed lii.
erality was told to call next day, took
my place in the line of hired, tired, starved
hooking staff of the great and magnanimous
After half on hour reached the glass hole.
a pen was handed me and something,
which did not read or even see, was thrust
at ne to sign. signed, and the man at the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-02-20
EMPEROR WILLIAM AS A PRISONER.
An Incident by Which n soldier Was Pro-
melted by the Gcrnnn Rnlcr.


An old soldier, of about the same age us
the Emperor, gives us the following inter-
esting episode in his early life :-'I 1t was
ON the Sd of August 1890, five months after
had been promo d to the Gardes du Corps
that was placed in most trying position
for young military man. We had been
ordered off to Krossen to take part in
sham fight, and ON the morning of the day
IN question my colonel decided that /. along
with eight fellow sufferers, was not firm
enough in charge All entreaties were una
vaiting, and we poor fellows had to mount
morse and under my leadership to proceed
to quiet corner of the wood at remote
distance from The battlefield | may here
remark that the nominal commander of our
regiment was the Crown Princess Elizabeth.
who at that time literally wolshipped her
gallant cousin, Prince William. The con-
versation had begun to flag Us we sat there
IN u grassy hollow, in high dudgeon at the
disgrace put upon us, when | perceived
several uniforms glittering in the distance.
We kept sharp lookout. and recognized
to my establishment the tall and well-known
figure of Prince William, accompanied by
two adjutants, galloping straight toward our
place of conceament. Prince William was
the general commander,in- chief of the hos
tile army, and bold idea flashed through
my brain. whispered a few words in the
sar of comrade, and quick as thought we
mounted our horses sabre in hand and con-
cealed by the tall bushes we lay in wait for
The unsuspecting horsemen In moment
they found themselves surrounded, and to
my peremptory demand for immediate
surrender the Prince replied, half smiling
end half indignant. Man, don't you know
me?n l only know you as the general of
the enemy was my answer and, Ro!ens
eotens, my orders had to be obeyed. knew
Prince William to be far too good a soldier
to take offence at my bold stroke, and I
placed myself at the head of the cavalcade,
the prisoners in the middle and my men in
The rear. When we reached the camp my
colonel was Mt first speeches with amaze
ment, but when he saw that the prisoner
put good face on it he entered into the
joke. was going myself to deliver my
prisoner into the hands of onr commander
in-chief, King Frederick William Ill but
tho latter laughed aloud, and said, pointing
in his lively manner to the Princess Eliza.
octh - There, there, take him to the COM
mander of your regiment' And the Prin-
cess remarked in u bantering tone - WHY
cousin, and have you got into such scrape |?
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-02-20
oLEoMARcARiNk
Why Philadelphia Bogus Butter Fncs9ry
Faiicd--iTow IL Is Made.

49,
The vast host of admirers of genuine but
ter-good, old country butter. which. Ma
hometan tradition says, was one of the fruits
upon the Tree of Life in the Garden of
Eden-will have cause for rejoicing in the
closing of one of the four oleomargarine
factories in Philadelphia, and the largest
and oldest factory of them all. The remain-
ing factories are small concerns that have
not in the aggregate the capacity of the one
whose operations have been thus indefinite
ly suspended
The ostensible cause of the shut down
was a scarcity of beef fat. In reality,
though, fixed dissemination upon the part
of Philadelphians to eat the so-called substi-
tute for butter seems to have been at the
bottom of the trouble This, it is urged,
was not surprising IN view of the fact that
in no other section of the country, or in the
world, for that matter, is really good butter
fresh, fragrant, rich, well churned-so
abundant and so cheap. Within radius of
thirty miles of the city there are over 5000
farmers and dairymen whose chief source
OF revenue is buttsf-mal1ng, ard their
churning is acknowledged to be unequaled.
With oleomarsarine at twenty five or thirty
five cents per pound, and the genuine
article at thirty-fye to forty cents per
pound, the laboring Glasses, for whom es-
peeially was the beef-fat butter designed,
steadily and unanimously refused to use it.
From the beginning, the factory was driven
to foreign markets, and the scarcity of fat
was but one item among the many causes
which led to its closing up.
1t WIS established in 1877 by party of
New York capitalists, who bought the right
of making in The United State from Mai,
.he Frenchmen, who was the original pat
antee of the preparation. Imagining that
they possessed monopoly. the company
built larger works and went to great ex-
pense in equipping the plant It ia reliably
stated that over $3.50, 900 was expended in
the purchase of machinery alone. The
oleomargarine was made upon an improved
plan. The only fats used were what is call
ed the caul and entraii fats. The fat was
drst washed clean, and then ground. after
The manner of sausage, in huge knives con-
structed especially for that purpose After
being ground up to the consistency of mince
meat, the fat was melted at low tempera.
ture The oil was then extracted bv meana
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-02-20

POETRY.
King Geld.


Oh, great Is King Gold; from the days OF old
All the world hath bent before him,
And millions to-day are proud Of his sway
And the shining banners DER him.
At his high command armies, marShaled grand.
Are carried DER land and ocean,
While monarchs are made where his hosts in
wade
By his sceptre's royal motion.
In his pride Of heart he standeth apart
And wrapped his ermine round him,
While the poor and low in their time OF woe
Stili callous and stern have found him.
He buildeth for fame and a sounding name,
That the rich may stare and wonder
But never care hath his heart to spare
For the lowly current under
Stand aside, ye knayes, a kings banner waves.
Now raise your triumphant arches,
Shout from your towers strew the ground with
flowers
Where his stately presence marches.
From the holy shrine, from senate and mine,
Come worshipers, wildly pressing;
On, they would not miss that kings hand to kiss
Though life were paid for the blessing.
Go to, mighty king; pray, why should we bring
Such offerings to thy glorys
Let the truth be told, your majesty's gold
Hath only lowly story.
Though naughty thy mien, and cleaning 10
sheen
From helmet to Jeweled sabre,
Sot regal thy blrth-thou vast born of earth,
And thy fathers name was Labor.
-Boston Transcript.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-02-20

A Worlingweman's Reverie.
Inever was much of hand at books,
Inever went long TO school; p ia
But alittle learn'd by hook or crock,
When studied Grammar by rule
And never forgot, in the Paris OF Speech,
How the teacher said poor Duffer ~
"A verb is something which always means
To be-to do--and to suffer-"
l wonder they did not name me "Verb,"
When they christen'd me Martha Jane;
reckon they'd know the sense OF the word
II they had to do It again;
For my life's as hard as 1t well can be,
And my road could scarce be rougher,
Pm something that's made like Verb, you see
To be--to do-and to suffer
But God is good and His ways are wise,
And, in spite OF the thorns, its plain,
The safest path to the Kingdom lies
Through the thickest OF toll and pain;
And you'll find, some day, with the working-giri
"a truth could scarce be tougherD
That out of the worry and out of the whirl,
The passport sure TO the Gates OF Pearl,
Is to be-to do--and to suffer-
Eleanor C. Doanetly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-02-20

At fire in clothing store the other
day, the only pants saved were the occu-
pants.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-02-20

There is woman in St. Paul who can
speak English, French, German, Italian,
Spanish, Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic
and Chaldaic. Her husband was born
lucky. He was born deaf.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-02-20

Infancy is preface which is always
worth more than the book.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
1t Happened So.

"Human nature must be changing,
remarked police officer the other day
to reporter. Ordinarily when a
man gets out of Joliet he has no friends.
and even his nearest relatives shrink
away from him, but when a fellow that
l knew got out of the penitentiary Mon
day he met with wonderful reception.
He went down six years ago for burg
larry. Everybody deserted him, and
when he was tried the Judge had to an
point counsel for him He had been
divorced some years before, but mar
RED again, and his second wife got a
divorce as soon as he went down. Now.
the funny thing is that when his term
was up these two women were both at
Joliet to receive him, and so were about
a hundred of his old friends and &C.
qualntances-people who wouldn't put
put up cent for him when he was
pinched. They had special car, and
you'd have thought he was President of
United States to see the way he was es-
corted around when he got home.''
''How you do you account for itp'' a
bystander asked
80, don't account for it at all. An
uncle of his died last month in Boston,
leaving him 1926, 200; but of course that
has nothing to do with it. - CHICAGO
Herald.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
Attachment Notice.
STATE OF lLLINOIS, /

STATE OF ILLINOIS, las H
Rock Island County 50
In the Circuit Court of Rock Island county, Hi
nois, Septen Der Term, 1884
John Streckfns, Administrator of the estate of B
Streckfns, deceased VS.. James Kelly,-In At
taehment.
Notice is hereby given TO you, the said james
Kelly, that writ of attachment has been sued on
of the Office of the clerk of the Circuit Court o.
said county of Rock Island at the suit of the sale
John Streckfns. administrator of the estate of B
streckfas, deceased, and against the estate o.
yon, the said James Kelly. for One Hundred ant
Seventy-two and 46-leo Dollars besides interest
directed to the Sheriff of said county to execute
which said writ has been returned by said Sheriff
executed by leyyng the same on the east half ~
OF the southwest quarter Ia and the north-wes
quarter "a of the southeast quarter "a of sec
ton thirty t30) township sixteen 16) north range
three t3l west of the 4th P. NJ in the county Of
Rock Island and state of Illinois.
NOW, unless you. the said James Kelly shall
personally be and appear before the Circuit Cour
OF said County on the first day of the next term
thereof, to be holden at Rock Island in said Conn.
", on the first Monday in the month of Septem.
Der next. give special bail and plead TO such ac-
ton, judgment will be entered against YOU in
favor of the said plaintiff and the property at
tached sold 10 satisfy the same, with costs.
L. F. HARS0N, Clerk
Rock Island, August 9th, 1884
T. w. HURST, Plaintiffs Attorney.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Gath says William Walter pba,ns :.
worth 100000. 'p' ~
Inc Jacksonville, Fla, court house 10 II
be built of granite from Maine -
The Chautauqua Literary society If
New York, has enrolled over 60. 900 nans-
since its organization in 1878 ~
The peanut crop of Virginia will prob
aoly reach s5oo,ooo bushels, the acreage b.
ing 50 per cent greater than last wear
A Philadelphia gentleman has Thrice,
rooms IN a Catskill hotel for his PARTY Of
hiteen' for which he pays s., $50 per week
schedules in the assignment of the INN.
Der firm of Drys & Elliott Minneanobs
MINI, Show liabilities of $189, 500, and assets
| of 1882, 900
infee young women-Bridget HAYES.
Annie Hayes and Mary McCabe-residents
OF New York city, were drowned while
bathing in Catskill creek.
a New York widow loaned her former
husbands Lest suit and gold watch tn No .
70 appear with her at the altar and then
TOOK them away from him because ha copld
not support her.
The steamship Faraday has laid tho
deep-sea portion of the second Bennett
Mackey cable, and is now on the wav to
W. olwich to receive the remainder of the
deep-sea portion and the American shore
end. 7'oi
Inc great cathedral in the Civ of
Mexico is the greatest in America. and cost
nearly S1,uOO0o 1t was commenced nv the
opahiards IN. 1913, on the site of the old
1867 '''A-'''''A III
The southern papers report that Miss
Mauo 81 Pierre, of Washington city. has
bought l4,0O0 acres OF coal and timber lands
at Anderson, Tenn, and will at once proceed
10 oniid model town, with all the n1odarp
conveniences
Mr. James Gordon Bennett is having con-
structed by the celebrated builders. Thornv-
craft, In England, a fine steam launch for nee
on the Seine river, Paris The launch win
De seventy feet long, and Will run twenty
two miles an hour
Victor Hugo, the hoary- headed giant of
modern French literature, has daughter,
ADELE, IN lunatic asylum in France. She
eloped and married against her father,s
wishes. Her husband brought her to Amer
lea and then deserted her. This treatment
drove her insane.
One of the fashionable BARRIERS at Sara.
toga moulns over his loss of patronage, and
says, Men have gone mad over election
hets." One says, LET my beard alone: 7
nave sworn not to trim it until Cleveland is
elected" Another says, Don't touch nv
mustache; it must grow until Blaine is in
stalled in the White House.
Lieut.. Greeley has received from Com.
mander Cheyne, of the British navy. CON
gratulatory dispatch A telegram was re-
celved from Capt. Bedford PIN requesting
ureely's presence at the meeting of the Brit
lsh Association at Montreal Sept | and NJ
de Lesseps has sent letter congratulatinp
Greely upon the scientific results of his exne,
dition
Michael Griffin, of Des Moines iowa
who was fined 800 and costs for SELLING
whisky, to be committed to jail until paid
was broug~ into court on writ of haheas
corpus, claiming that the justice could not
lmprison beyond thirty days, and that he
had no jurisdiction. Judge Given decided
that the justice had jurisdiction. and that
the costs were no part of the penalty. An
appeal will be had to the supreme court.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at night and broker
OF your rest by sick child suffering anC
crying with pain of cutting teeth2 If so
send at once and get a bottle of Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. Its value is incalculable
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm
mediately. Depend upon it mothers
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dysentery, diarrhoea, regulates the stom
ach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft
ems the gums, reduces Inflammation. ani
gives tone and energy to the whole sys-
TEN. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing SvrnI
for Children Teething is pleasant to the
taste, and is the prescription of one OF
the oldest and best female nurses and ply
slcians in the United States, and is fol
sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price % cents per bottle.
feb -26-m-w-s m 1-y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

For cool, moralistic, unblushing
scoundrel," says Gath, recommend me
to the New York financier. He would
have his grandmother and his grandson
come in to his little enterprise and then
rob them with all the GOODNESS of HOG
butcher down to their little feet and bris-
ties" Joaquin Miller is also blasting jay
Gould ana others of the Wall street
clique. Have any of these correspon-
dents dropped any of their hard earned
dollars in the margin hole?
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
AN EDITORS TRIBUTE,

Theron P. Keator Editor of Fl.
Wayne, Ind, Gazette" writes: "For
The past five years | have always used DR..
Kings New Discovery, for coughs of
most severe character, as well as for those
OF milder type. 1t never fails to effect a
speedy cure. My friends to whom have
recommended it speak of it in the SAINT
high terms. Having been cured by it oe
every cough | have had for five years.
consider it the only reliable and sure cure
FOR Coughs, Colds, etc" Call at Hartz
y Bahnsen's Drug Store and get Free
Trial Bottle. Large Size $1.OO.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

A poor man in Philadelphia, who had
suffered terribly from rheumatism, Dor
rowed dollar with which he purchased
a bottle of Athlophoros. He tells the re-
suit as follows: II took my first dose
Tuesday afternoon, and on Wednesday,
after but seven doses, had not sharp
or severe ache left | was able to be
steady at work till Saturday, when took
a severe cold. and was unable to use my
left hand. | purchased another bottle,
ard BY bedtime | found relief
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

The plan of using the enormous water
power of the Alps for working electric
railways in Switzerland is about to take a
definite shape, the idea being to connect
the towns of st. Moritz and Pontresina
by an electric railway four and threequar-
tiers miles long, the motive power to be
supplied by the mountain streams; the line,
in case the plan proves a success. to ex-
tended considerable distance.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

! have suffered for eight years with Hay
Fever. during July, August and Septem-
Der. In July resorted to Ely's Cream
Balm and have been entirely free from
the fever since the first application can
recommend it as i cure Edward G.
Hillman, at the New Jersey State Arsen>
al, Trenton. ,Nota liquid nor snuff.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
HAY FEVER

! can recommend Ely's Cream Balm fol-
Rose Cold and Hay Fever. l have been
Il great sufferer from these complaints
and have used it. | have recommended
ii to many of my friends for Catarrh, and
in all cases where they have used the
Balm freely they have been cured.-T.
keenly, Dry Goods Merchant, Ithaca, N.
Y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
VERY REMARKABLE RECOVERY

Mr.. Geo V. Willing, of Manchester
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 now
able TO do her own work.
Electric Bitters will do all that IS
claimed for them. Hundreds of testi-
monials attest their great curative powers
Only fifteen cents bottle at Hartz &
Bahnsen's
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28

A correspondent of the Aaaerseas
Archstect makes what at first sight
seems the incredible assertion that "the
hre tax is now the heaviest tax imposed
on this nation" If, however, he h &C
cnrate in adding that ''loss by fire il
SlOo,0o0,0O0 a year, or one per cent. oaa
very large estimate of our annual pro,
duct, which cannot exceed $40, 0Oo, G00.-
600 IN value, he has made good the
assertion, startling as il is.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-28
Chancery Notice.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,,
Rock Island County, 7 S.
In the Circuit Court of said County septembe
Term, A. D., lS94,-In Chancery
Rebeeca kinnan vs. Syvanus Kinnan
Affidavit Of nonresidence of the said defendant
Sylvanns kinnan, and that the place of his resi-
dence is unknown, having been filed in my office
notice Is hereby given TO the said defendant, Syl
vanns kinnan, that the above named complainant
has heretofore filed her bill of complaint in the
above entitled cause in said court and that sum
mons has been issued ont of said court against
yol returnable TO the September term thereof tC
be held at the Court House in the city of Rock
Island, said county and state on the first Monday
of September, A. D., 1884. and that said suit is
still pending, when and where you can be and ap
pear. etc.
Rock Island Illinois, August /, 1884
LEVI F. HARRISON, Clerk
NJ NJ. STURGEON, Solicitors Atty
aug-1-diW