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Writes 'rowlc" of the Boston T'wtai-
h@ Last year certain fashionable
young man, who was much sought after
in society, created considerable amuso-
mcnt for his intimate friends by leav-
ing his boarding place. He had no
particular place to cat, but depended
almost entirely upon the invitations to
breakfast, lunch aud dine which he
felt sure he would receive. As he had
but little money and was receiving only
a small salary, his gontcel scheme Of
beating his board out Of his friends re-
moved quite an item from his expense
account. Some days his invitations
did not cover his board. On such oc-
CasiOns he went to a restaurant. lie
told friend of mine that he did not
average five dollars month for meals
during the fashionable season. lie
also cOnllded the secret of decD.laid
sorrow He said that some DAYS he
would get two dinner invitations aud
none for breakfast, and vice versa. Of
course he would have to decline one.
If he only could have exchanged one
OF the dinner invitations for one to
breakfast, then his cup of 10Y would
have been full. If such thing could
be arranged, this young man suggests
that the establishment Of bureau for
the exchange of invitations would I'LL Il
long-iclt want in the community. When
asked what his plans for the winter
were, he said that he proposed to do
the same thing right over again. lie
says that he looks at the matter in n
sensible light. If his friends enjoy his
company enough TO pay his board, then
he sees no harm in dispensing with use
less expense, and in refusing to pay for
food which he could not possibly eat.
As far as is known this young man is
the only one in town who is following
out the scheme as given above There
may be others. but his is the only case
that has become n matter of gossip
The curious part Of all is that after IL
was known among his society friends
that he was practically depending upon
them for his meals, instead of dccreas-
ing his Invitations materially increased.
1t would not have been surprising hal
this young man been noted for his
brillianCy as n cOnversatiOn0ls., or the
posscssor of cornwall qualities, made
his presence q delight TO his hosts, bat
he Is neither Of these. He Is society
man, pure and simple. lie can say soft
nothings TO the ladies and pass amolg
men us fair average sort of II fellow.
The secret of his success in this rather
unique line Of gaining his subsistence
will probably die With him.
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4 gtotcmcrt was recently made Inv
on anan,r,a,s oo,,.o,,nnGo,, 80 ,,o
o'' "i''nS ',,o"7 'o'' 'l ,r VI '"'
savannah N'"' TO lhe eject tl'R! When
Mr.. Lamar, now Secretary of the In
terror, returned from Europe in 1851
he bore assurances from Lord Palmer.
etor and tl,o Fmnoror N,,oI,o, t,,tir
n' ', ~, taJ ,,' o. !'o's., '''"' -
u'' Co',luue'".o No'c'''.'''n' "o"'"
abolish slavery its recognition by Eng
land and France would be possible.
The story asserted that Mr. Lamar dill
gently sought to impress upon the
members Of the Cabinet of the Confcl-
crate States the importance of such n
step. 1t was intimated that he hal
probably urged Mr. Davis to take steps
in the matter by asking the Confeler.
ate Congress to pass an act for the
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CHESAPEAKE e. Ohio Raj. way

dEANE II. & p. DEPOT, SIXTH AND y sT'SJ
700 \. N.-Fur all way stations Lexington,
Ky, Louisville, Cincinnati. Columbus, ST.
Louis Daily except sunday.
HOO a. N-lur Newport New, Old Point
Comfort and Norfolk. Daily except sun
day.
$50 T. M.-For Louisville, Cincinnati 81.
Louis and Chicago, connecting for al
points West, Northwest and Southwest:
last express daily; does not stop for local
Louisville and Cincinnati.
For tickets and information apply at G 81
o. Railway office, 5l3 Pennsylvania avenue.
under National Hotel Va. Midland Railway
Office, COZ Pcnsy ynia avenue, and b. AZ =.
station
IT. ". FULLER,
General Passenger Agent.
C.. W. SMITH,
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EXCURSIONS.
l,PrCINI NOTICE.
- The STEAMER excelsior

k'l''.f i.hl. NN'l -
- The STEAMER EXCELSIOR
OF the
WASHINGTON AND NORFOLK IIEE
viii Dee withdrawn from the route aitpr SUN
DAY, SEPTEMBER 20.
rho STEAMER GEORGE LEART. com
uouuiug SEPTEMBER ~ will leave I'M street
Nhur. MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND FEi-
DAYS M $50 p. no, Returning louve NuH-
FOL Is, from Boston wharf. ON u. ESD Al>,
THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS az { p. M.
WM P WELCU,
-pf. ,.,nufttI \rrnf
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"Aiderncx nairY Wagon..,,

-IUVEHVy EFsEIIJ W s.Ea'VT
Fresh Attorney butter, churned every
morning and delivered in NJ. "Ward"
prints, Acc. per n. Also cottage cheese;
mtternilk and sweet milk, &c, per at.
Cream, l5c. per pint.
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After the hanging of Guiteau in the
District Jail post-mortem cXamina-
lion was conducted by the members
Of the medical profession who wit
messed the execution. In the stomach,
as the Washington gossipper of the
Philadelphia Ners relates, were found
some seeds of blackberries that re-
manned undigcstcd. They were taken
by one of the prison guards to his
home and there planted, and in due
time he behcld in his garden, where he
had done the planting, some young
blackberry bushes. This year they
bore fruit, and the guard took some Of
The berries TO his friends They, know
ing whence had come the seed, re-
fused to partake, though, to all appear
ances, the berries were fully up to the
average of that kind of fruit displayed
in the markets the present year.
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COOKS AND STATIONERY.
MEDICAL.
Contagious.

I am native of England. and while was
in that country contracted terrible blood
poison, and Cor two years was under treat
mcnt as an outdoor patient Mt nottingham
Hospital England but was not cured. | SUI
iered the most agoni2ing pains in my bones,
and was covered with sores ali owes my body
and limbs. Finally completely lost all hope
in that country. and sailed for America, and
WITS treated at Roosevelt in this city, as well
ms by a prominent physician In New York haY
ing no connection with the hospitals
saw the advertisement Of Switt's Specific,
and determined to give II II trial, | took six
bottles, and can say with great Joy that they
have cured me entirely, ! am rs sound and
well as | ever was IN my life,
l.. FRED HALFORD.
New York City, june i2th, 1856
In March Of last year nS3D / contracted
blood poison and bong in savannah, Ga, ut
tho time, lHCnt into the hospital there for troat-
ment. / suffered very much from rheumatism
II the same time. ldll not get well under the
treatment there, nor WAS cured by any OF the
usya means, have now taken seven bottles
81 Switt's Specific aud am sound and vol.
! drove The poison cut through Goils on the
skin. DAN l.EAHY.
Jersey city, N. j., Aug Z, 1885.
Treatise on Blood and skin Diseases mailed
free
Tn SWIFT SrECVIu CO., Drawer 3, Atlanta,
&C.: NJ Y, 15t ". 23d ST.
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WAsNlMGIOk. ORl0 q WENIERM b. 3.

General Manager.
FRANK iBiGG. Eastern Passenger Agent.
TrlpIhC call 5SN-}
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not belong to me. Whatever of credit
there is in the suggestion belongs to de
Norny, whose advice was not fol-
lowed.
Aaa
The Commissioner Of Patents Is
thoroughly posted gentleman. Mr.
Montgomery not only knows how TO
run his office and how to decide patent
cases, but he knows few things about
the world generally One of his cV-
omincrs declined to consider an appli-
cation for a patent for an improvement
in playing cards. In the guilelessness
of his heart he held that there could be
no improvement in that article. Cards
were simply cards and that was all;
nothing new or Intricate could be done
with them. Mr.. Montgomery knew
better and directed that the application
receive consideration. Judge Mont.
gomery Is CogniZant of many of the
strange and ofttimes seemingly miracu-
lous things that can be done with cards.
He Is acquainted with the cOnstcrna-
ton of a man who Stands pat with II
flush in his hand and secs man who
takes only three cards in the draw
throw down -four aces, king high
when the cali comes around. He
has, doubtless, slight acquaintance
with the feelings of II man who
bets all the money he has
on -four of kind" only to have the
other fellow against whom he has
bucked draw straight flush on
him. lie has also heard how cheap
three little deuccs will make the gen
tleman feel who holds pair of aces
and a pair of kings when the SHOW
down" comes. Mr.. Montgomery, we
have been told has also Investigated
the three-card monte system and knows
that when you pick out the card with
the turned mp corner for the nine of
diamonds it is almost invariably the
deuce of spades lie is certainly right
in saying that the man who wants u
card patent should be given considcra-
ton. Mr.. Montgomery is the right
man for patent commissioner. II takes
something more than a knowledge of
patent laws and rulings 10 fully equip
n man for that position.
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ojsr GIVE r., II. Douglass * sons Capsl-
cum Cough Drops fair trial; they win re-
Hove your cough instantly Thousands
testify to- this,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26
Tn. New York Grant Fund.

NEW YoRK, Aug. se-The contributions
% the Grant monument fund up 10 date
amount 10 $50 9Ss
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26
THAT HOOSIER SNAKE.
A WHOLE COMMUNITY PARALYZsO
WITH DREAD.
More With esses Come Forward with Their
Hair Standing on End-The Adven-
ture of Some Woodsmen-
An Old Settler

CINCINNATI, Aug. % The Enquirer has
a special from Pierceville, Ind, stating that
the excitement over the appearance of
moA ,ter snake in that vicinity is creator
than ever. Saturday morning Thomas Lep-
par, one Of the oldest active residents in the
county-a man noted for accuracy of de-
tail aud strict regard for truth-drove into
town with load of stove-wood, accom-
PANIED 10y IA full-grown son. Leppar and
his son Henry excitedly told how
while loading their stove wood in clearing
one and half miles south of here, they al
most drove into the moastsr. Young Lep
par discovered it among the logs and j0st
in time, too for he says it raised to q height
of tive feet, and would have coiled around
the horse nearest it had he not lashed
his team and turned the horses sud-
denly, almost upsstting the wagon.
Thsy both magnify the descriptions pre-
viously given by those who have seen it, and
destroy the theory that it escaped IRON a
menagerls; for, if their statements are cor
rect, it is larger than any reptile that has
ever been exhibited in this part of the coun-
try. This description in regard to its size
is perhaps exaggerated. but they agree with
other witnesses that it is dull
Brown color. with copper-colored
spots, and the head rough and
fat. The excited sheuts of the Leppars
on encountering the monster attracted a
woodman, who was chopping near by, ani
he came running with his ak and endeaVorsd
to get blow at its tail, but on his approach
it Iashed itself in such fury that he wa
forced to retreat The size of the monster
was so great, and its demeanor so hostile
that all three Of the men made haste to leave
the accur- Ell thing-the woodman desertine
his work
Leading citizens declare that the monster
NUT be exterminated by some means. fol
| the community is wrought up tOssuch
| pitch of excitement that business aud labol
| is practically suspended. The ssrpen
shows no disposition to pass out of tn,
neig ghborhood, as was supposed, a
its first appearance that it would
| Those who week ago c0nsid
cred the current topic of conversation
make story" are now firm in their con
| viCtlons of the monsters terrifying presence
and are more than willing TO contribute q
! the reward. County officials will be asket
TO take action on the matter, as the menste
is supposed to have inhabited this county 10
years. 1t created great excitement by it
appearance near Versailles, the county seat
two years ago; and Thomas Alexander,
prominent farmer living three miles soutl
of here, states that in the summer of lS7
hN saw it on his farm several difieren
times Other residents coAfirm the opino
that it has lived in the sd waste of tImhe
since the settlement OF the country. Larg
quantities of valuable berries and fox
grapes have rotted on the bushes becauS
the natives feared to encounter the awfu
| snake
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26
PRELLER SAID TO BE ALIVE.
A St. Louis Drummer Gives Some Tessi
mony-Se Sensational Notes.

A 81. Louis Drummer Gives Some Tessi-
mony-sensationaI Notes.
ST LOUIS, Aug. 2G 2G-Sensational stories
about the trunk mystery are still being in
dustriously manufactured and disseminated.
The latest report is that there is testimony
that Preller IL alive A well-known St
Loui, drummer says that few
days after the body WAS found
in the Southern hotel Young
man answering the description of Preller
appeared in Elston, Mo-, organized singing
class, remained a month, and then left
without collecting his tuition fees Before
he left he gave plug hat to coloTed man.
The hat bore his initials &C f. p" inside
the sweat-cloth. PrsIler was something of a
musician and vocalist. 1t is believed by many
that the reason Maxwell has exhibited
such GOODNESS is that be knows that at the
right time he can prove that Preller is alive,
and that lie can not be tried for numbering
anv other man but Preler.
From Boston comes a story, told by DIR.
E. Ii. Graham Dewey, that the body found
in the trunk was not Preller's, but q cerpse
he had procured in Boston Maxwell" DR.
Dewey says "sseAed possessed with the idea
OF getting a stiff apparently for
dissection. I told him that l could
probably hire one at the medical
school. He left the city, was gone 6
few weeks, and on his return surprised me
one day by tine remark that he had got {
stiff, and n ked me to go up and see it
excused myself. In view of later develop
ments ] wish | had gone"
Maxwell received letter Monday, which
he permitted a reporter to open, and which
adire sed him as DAugier and urges him t.
toll the truth and prove his innocence. i
says further that Preller has bsen seen alive
at the Spanish fort on My 81
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26

HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug a6 The Prohibi.
tionistS met here in state convention Tues
lay morning. The attendance was very
large. over 40 delegates being pre- cat,
Philadelphia alone sending seventy
five. The morning session was spent
in appointing the various committee
Prior to the noon sdjournment the
following were electsd permanent Off
GERS of the convention President, A. A.
Stephens, of Blair; vice president George
Findley, Allegheny, p. Martin, Tioga
George Mcfarland, Deuphin, s. Pioketts
Luzerne; secretaries, Fulton Phillips, Wash
ington J. d. Gill, Westmoreland, S. D.
Hunter, Chester.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26
High joint Base RaIlists.

SARATOGA, Aug GA meeting of the
JOINT coni erencs committee of the National
base Bali league and the American ssseciS-
tion was held Monday. The league wa.
Represented by A. H. Soden, Of Boston; A.
&. Spalding. of Chicago, and J. 3. Day,
Of New York. ar-l tine association by c.
Won ler Abe, of St Louis; c. A. Byrne, Of
Brooklyn, and Lewis Snnmohs of Phila.
delphia. 1t was resolved not to advance
money to players on future contracts, and il
was further determined to have the club
of the two associations pledge thsmsslve,
not to negotiate with any player under con
tract with any league or association ciut
prior t. the Goth OF October next 1t wa
also agre d that after the close of the cham
pionship season the clubs of the association
would play together. The conference wa.
sntirsly harmonious
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26

WANTED--A girl to do general housew
apply at 10 Twenty street.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26
TOLEDO. Aug. rs
A'tAbp, mug 90.
Wbeat-Duu, steady; No. cash. Au-
Detroit.
DgrROlr, Aug. %

DkThOIT, Aug. 70
Wheat Steady; M. red, Ss|sc; Sep
tember, ss5kc; October. 9O5sc; November,
93.; No. / white, cash, S41zc; September,
s6aac bid; October, Si2.c; No. 5 rs.d, cash,
S61Se Corn-45r Oats Stsaiy; No. 2
WHITE cash, 37I{c bid No. ,, cash. S5c;
SeItan .bsr, 355st.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26

L. W. Hurst represents the leading
American and Foreign Insurance Co.'S
Policies carefully written at current rates.
Agency established 1874. Office over
Rock Island National Bank,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26

civil service examiners have received over
900 applications for clsrkships and letter
carriers for the next examination, which
sakes place at the po,tofiice building Sept Z.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26

Insurance in reliable companies at lowest
rates, apply TO f, Lieberknecht real es-
tate. loan and insurance agent. and nota-
ry public Collections made. Office III
Second avenue. eodtf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26
Milwaukee,.

MILwAugts, Wis. Aug %
Wheat--Stea ly; AilwaIxee No =, TSSxc;
Sep5enDsr, 799&.; October, S2c Corn
Hrmer; NJ, ,, AN Oats-Slesdy; No. :,
964c. Rye lah.e; Ne. l, 561c Barley
Firm; No , e$c
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26

Museum managers are tempting Wis
consin girl to exhibit the horns which are
concealed by careful arrangement OF
her hair
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26

Scrofula diseases manifest themselves
in the spring Hoods Sarsaparilla cleans
es the blood, and removes every taint of
scrOfnla.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26

WANTED-A small girl TO take care of eli
dren; enquire al 724 Twelfth street. 25-3
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26
HALF-CENT A WORD,

THE ARGUS hereafter wi publish in this col
umn all Advertisements of Lost Found, For Rent
For Sale BOsrd or Rooms, Wanted. and similar
notices, at the low rate OF one halt cent WOrd,
each figure word, but no advertisement less
thad ten cents
WANTED-A small girl TO take care of chi,-
dren; enquire al 724 Twelfth street. 25-3t
WANTED--A girl to do general house-work, =
apply at 40 Twenty street Is
FOR RENT-A furnished room No. 1919 Third
avenue. suitable for two young men or young
married couple. %
FOR SALE-A good family horse. phseton and
harness, for sale cheap; address IS, this office
226t
FORs LE-Sixty lots in my additions to .ht
! ity of Rock Island on four yearly payments, witt
] interest at six per cent per annmn,
-6-m 3 DAVENPORT
, 1885-04-01


"Yes. gum has lost its prestige, ~ said 4
Chicago druggist "You see, 1t isn't tho
nature Of woman to stick to any one thing
very long, unless it is a sealskin sack, then
the longer the better.'"
Without exhibiting any signs of agitation
the newspaper man asked what the tickle
females were now chewingl
"Glycyrrhiza Rla-b-r-a," was the reply.
THAT must come from Moscow" ventured
the reporter.
HNo, that is Latin for lieorice root. You
see women must keep their jaws in motion.
Six months ago it was almost impossible to
find a female without a quid Of chewing gum
in her mouth, whether out shopping or read
ing sensational novels in her boudoir. The
chewing gum craze was a profitable one for
us. We sold tons Of it during the run, and
the trade was not cornered by druggists by
a very large majority. Shrewd grocers
with an eye to business dabbled in the trade,
and the amount sold in this city alone would
have made a gum road from here to Joliet
but now the demand Is for ~licorice.
, 1885-04-01
PERSONAL

"
John II. Gordon is in from Little Horse
creek.
Mr.. l., Kabis has returned from New
Mexico.
Mr.. Sam Moses came in from his ranch
yesterday.
MIR. Richard Frewen has arrived from
the East.
Mr.. A. J.. Graham, of Saratoga, Wyo.,
is in the city.
Mr.. Russell Thorp came in from Raw
hide Buttes Yesterday.
Mr.. j. A. Riner returned from Lara
mic City last evening.
Mr.. Robert Morris, territorial s~tenogra
pher, returned from Laramie City last
night.
ten. Krug. the general travelling mana
ger of the Anheuser- Busch association,
viii arrive in the city to. day.
At the Railroad hotel: G. +. Wynd-
ham-Quin, South Crow creek; c. b.
Case, Chicago; Jennie Moor. Sidney.
At the Metropolitan hotel: j. F. Me
Reynolds. Fort Laramie: John d. Snlli-
van, Illinois; J. Coffy, Axtcle; w. r..
Bigerstaff, Illinois.
At Dyer's hotel: James Walker, Run
ming Water; u. f. Knight. Geo. l.. Alley,
Georgetown, Tex; d. G. Lee. st. Louis;
J. +. Higgins, Denver; NJ. II. Mullen and
family, Central City.
Willie whipple. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
1. G. Whipple, arrived from Chicago last
evening, where he has been attending
school. The serious illness of his mater
nal grandmother caused his return at this
time.
At the Inter Ocean: L. Robbins, Hast
ings; William Burns, Cleveland; John j..
Crisi, James L. Murtfeldt, New York;
Oscar Kranstedt, Grand Island; s.. f..
Eldred. NJ. G. Merriam, S. A. Fisk, Den
YER Abe SeEbprger, New York; J. A..
Crnmp, st. Louis.
, 1885-04-01

L+E" F@n-
A prominent merchant OF one Of our
western cities. who counts his dollars seven
figures, but who. in the ardent pursuit of
wealth, has neglected such frivolities a
literature and art. was recently visiting
Boston with his family, and seeing the sight
of THE Hub In the course OF his wander
ings he entered the Museum OF Fine Arts,
ard after gazing superciliously around at
the contents thersof, his attention finally
rested upon some fine paintings by Gustave
Dore, which were at the lime the pride Of
the city. These seemed TO interest him. for,
turning to his guide, he said, "G. Dorei G.
Dorel are these by g. Doref'
On receiving an affirmative reponse, he
continued, at seems to me that he has i'm
proved greatly Of late, hasn't her
The guide, remembering that the artist
had been dead some time, struggled a while
with the desire to be truthful, but delighted
that the great man had found something to
interest him, finally doubtfully answered.
that perhaps he had.
Then the westerner called his son to him
John, you see those pictures by G.. Dore.
Yes, it certainly seems to me he has i'm
proved very much. G. Dorel G.. Dorel
Why he painted our house in Chicagoln
, 1885-04-01
london PolIeeman.s PalIene.

@H -IA.+
As l was on my way to my hotel 1 had
a chance to see how London policemen ham
die drunken men The drunken man, a hale
and well fed Englishman, was lying in a
doorway, ON his back, with both feet and
legs laundering in the air, as il trying to
kick at some imaginary object At the same
time he was shouting Justify. Along came
Mr.. Officer. Instead OF applying the locust
at once he asked the drunken fellow in a
very kind way whether he did not think it
best to gather himself up and try to walk
of. Upon which the fellow very saucily
told the officer he considered himself fully
as good in every respect as the officer.
This did not a~ggravate the officer, but he
kept ON advising him to try his level best to
get up and walk, TO which he answered he
would not so much as undertake such a
thing. After which the officer, after a good
deal of useless ~coaxing, proceeded as a fond
mother does when she picks up a child which
has fallen on the floor. He carefully grasped
him under both arms and lifted him up
bodily As / left the officer was tapping the
fellow on the shoulder and patting him
under the chin, telling him to be good and to
90 home IL he could.