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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26

For tire indefinite aches and pains Of nervous
PATENT ToHGALISE is superior 10 any other
dyne. FIR Nervous Headache Muscular Rhep-
maTislh it is almost a specific"
PARK RIToHIE, NJ D., st Paul MINI.
e Have used ToNGAIINE in cases Of Neurslgic
Headaches with success in almost every instance.
in strictly NeuralEic FORMS it Is unexeelled"
o. d MORTON NJ D., Cincinnati, Ohio
LORRAINE has already done good service in two
cases Of hstitu.l Headache"
TRIO HERMANN NJ D. St Thomas. Mo
PRICE ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE
d I'll WASHINGTON AVENUE. ST. LOUIS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26

Hunts Remedy is purely vegetable, and
a speedy cure for heart disease and rheu>
matism
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26
M. Nj. CORBETT,

.rrnPNEY ATIAW, solicitor in Cnancery and
N,r,ry Public, Abstracts. Loans aud Collec
n, once. BnfolI's Block, I'd avenue, oven
~. 1rwrlry store. nnv-Al-l1v
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26

The course Of Instrumental Music embraces
Thirteen Grades, viz;
j Czerney's Exercises
B. Hayden's Souatas
., Becthoven's 81 Sonatas
u
s. Mozart's ~ Sonata>
~ ~ Chopin's Complete Works. L. volumes.
T.
IL, Compositions Of List, and four standard
Opera solos.
Instructions in Vocal and Harmony will be
taught after the best methods.
When the Institute gets organized, class Meet =
ings and musical reciials will be given free of
charge.
AT the completion of the Musical course, public
examination in the theory of music will be held
with the graduates and certificates of graduation
issued
TERMS, % LESSONS. (ADvAScED
Instrumental, S12 Oh
Vocal II o.
Harmony, IA "
essen hours 40mnutes.
Mrs swan is a graduate of the Musical Conser-
vatory of Sto kholm, Sweden. and has been en-
gagged III teaching in America twelve years. The
last year she has been director OF the cunseryato-
ry in Geneseo with great success, and leaves a
large class, Of which number will follow her to
finish their studies.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
WILLIAM JACKSON,

-.,,rNEY At LAW Office in Rock Island
,,,nsl Eguk Building, Rock Island, IN.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-26

..,rra John. 1872 second avenue.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
Lecturers Stories.

The near approach of the lecture season recalIs
some experiences of noted Boston lecturers
which have never been published James t,
Fields was fond of dwelling on the diseomforts
attending lecturing trips. especially in winter.
Damp beds he regarded as the most serious evil,
and he said that Wendell Phillips guarded
against them by carrying a huge bag, intoi
which he tied himself before getting betweenj
the sheets. Mr.. Fields liked to recall the
amusing mistakes made by some of his hearers
in regard to his relations with noted authors
He had talked 50 Familiarity about dead and gone
literary worthless that he was some times sup
posed to have known writer's who were buried
years before he born On one occasion,
after lecture in Western town, an old man
came hobbling up to the platform, and said to
him:
Was you pussonaly acquainted with Dry
den?n
When this story was told to Matthew Arnold,
the latter took it very seriously and asked tha
writer:
us that the class of people who will hear me
in the West?"
On another occasion. having been asked to-
mention at the close of his discourse the name Of
the next lecturer, Mr.. Fields stated that it was
Wendell Phillips. Hardly had the applause fol-
lowing this announcement died away than a.
small boy got up one of the seats near tlba
platform and, reckoning to Mr.. Fields with out
stretched hands, asked eagerly:
Say, mister, is he funny fellerp
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04

the young ravens cry etc, etc How tho poor
dove will be inundated in order to light with
hope the hearts of gentle Christians at Easter
timer
As an illustration of the effect of the itnerant
system, it is stated that between the last Sunday
IN August and the first Sunday in September
not fewer than seven hundred ministers con-
nected with the Wesleyan Methodist Church, in
England changed their spheres of labor On
the first Sunday in August most OF these dellv-
cred their inaugural addresses
The Irish Episcopal Church synod has adopted
the following very restrictive canon: There
shall not be any cross, ornamental or otherwise
ON the communion table, OR on the covering
thereof nor shall cross be erected or depicted
on the wall or other structure behind the COM
munion table, in any of the churches or other
places of worship of the Church of Ireland"
The Young Churchman is responsible for the
statement that certain religious paper in this
country printed two editions of the issue in
which notice of General Grants death appeared
one for the North and the other for the South.
m In Its Southern edition il compared Grant to
Wellington Lee and Others while in its North
err edition it substituted Napoleon for the name
of Lee.
Canon Kingsley: It has been said that true re-
lgion will make man a more thorough gentle
man than all the courts In Europe. And it is
true. You may see simple laboring men as
thorough gentlemen as any duke simply because
they have learned to fear God; and. fearing him,
TO restrain themselves and to think OF other peo
pie more than of themselves, which is tie very
root and essence of all good breeding.
At the celebration on July IA, at Palamcottah,
OF the jubilee of Bishop Sargent's missionary
labors In India, it was reported that the number
OF villages in which there were Christians had
increased in fifty years from 224 to 1,008. of
catechumens from 1893 to Sc, 280, of church
members from ia to 1l,246, of catechists and
teachers from 1873 to 447, of native pastors from
to &c. and of pupils in schools from 2,404 to
to IL, 2l0
The Rev. DR.. Tamage says, in The Cook that
no man can be Christian if his stomach is out
of order. Religion itself, says he will not
keep man cheerful if he has dyspepsia A cup
of coffee and an egg is no kind of an equipment
for days work. l take three good meals, and
| eat more on Sunday than any other day of
the week There are great many ministers
who believe in fasting on Sunday, but do not
wish to mortify the flesh in that way"
The missionary societies of America receive
total income of So, $50, 93l60 an average per
church member of 33 cents They support ,O59
ordained missionaries, 1873 lay missionaries 1,201
women missionaries, 1079 ordained native
preachers and 9,l95 other native helpers; in the
churches connected with the missions are $780,
1872 members These figures show gratifying
gains over the last year. as follows: Income,
$41O, BIZ 20; ordained missionaries, "a; lay mis-
sionaries, 4; women, &C., members q, 500.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
DIGGING FOR GOLD.
An Indiana Man Crazy Over the Subject OF
a Hidden Treasure.

An Indiana Man Crazy Over the Subject OF
Hidden Treasure.
Louisville Courier Journal.
Isaac Mace, an aged hermit, who has lived
near Lexington, Scott county, Ind, for the past
fifty years, sent to the State Insane Asylum
Thursday. For years he has supported miser-
able existence by digging and washing sands of
gold from the small streams in the vicinity of
that village. He has long been considered of
unsound mind and, on account of his queer
habits has been Stunned by the people of Lex
ington, and looked upon with awe By the super.
stitious He wandered about the streams in
search of the precious metal in summer and
winter alike. From his ircoherent NUT
terings it was apparent that during his
sane moments he had found what he considered
a silver mine and, being so overjoyed at the dis
covery his mind was unbalanced. 1t is sup
posed he was never able to locate it again, and
that he has since been constantly searching for
the lost treasure.
There is an old story told around the firesides
of the Scott county farmers that silver mine
was operated in that county in about 1900 Since
that time frequent attempts have been made to
locate it, but no trace could ever be discovered.
Mace was the first man to discover gold sand
in small stream, near Lexington, about nine
years ago. AS soon as it became known the
widest excitement prevailed. and the whole pop
ulation forsook their farms and workshops and
started in quest of the coveted ore The excite
ment blew over in short time, as nobody else
was ever able to find any, and the field was left
entirely to Mace. He raves continually about
his lost treasure
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
Shortening a Track.
Omaha Bee.


lyon can talk all you please about big feats in
railroading" said Western conductor, but
guess we can beat 'em all. Our trackmen have
been engaged for some time in STRENGTHENING out
the track and shortening curves Our superin-
tendent is hustler. l want you to know, and
he other day ne determined to reduce the dis
lance between Smithville and Union, five miles
tie did it, and in one day, too."
HIN one day"
YES, sir in one day. It isn't every road that
can afford improvements of that magnitude
But our line is making money now and the
superintendent said we had used that long track
long enough"
But how did he manage to do the job so
auick2 Must have taken several thousand men. !"
ION, no: one man did the whole thing. 1t
took HIM about ten minutes. You see when our
road was first built traffic was light and profits
doubtful So the distance between stations was
put down on the time-eards at from one to five
miles greater than il actually was. OF course
all passengers were charged three cents mile
according to the schedule distance. Our direc-
tors declared many a dividend on the strength
of those extra miles"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
Books for the Guest Chamber.
From Good Housekeeping.

At one time was staying in house where
the guest chamber contained. among the furni-
ture little shelf of books have often thought
of them since. with wonder that more care
full hostesses did not provide the same Nights
when | could not sleep, and mornings when
waited in my room for the breakfast bell.
dipped into the contents-a volume or two of
poems, some short stories, and interesting
travels comprised the whoe-and | found not
the least pleasant part of my visit in those quiet
moments by the window which overlooked the
great, old fashioned garden. Any housekeeper
could spare six or eight books from her library,
and almost any guest would bless her for the
thought. A little work basket fully stocked;
pen. ink and paper ready to hand-the visitor
cares nearly as much for these as for fresh
towels and extra coverings The golden rule,
which is guide to all branches OF good house
keeping. as to all branches of all business comes
to ones aid here and what care most for in
another's home we should endeayor to give the
conner to our own
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kissing the Virgin.

San Francisco Chronicle.
In the old town proper of Baden Baden there
are some very ancient monuments and relics
The Schloss is still called the New Castle al,
though it was built back yonder in the year 1879
The most curious things about this wonderful
chateau are the vast and gloomy subterranean
apartments which underlie it, and about which
mysterious and bloody legends are related They,
of course include a chamber of torture in tka
floor OF which trap-door opens on the Virgin
to death was brought here to be told that he wsg
free. Then he was led close to a statue of tile
Virgin Mary that stood in the room and asked
to return thanks TO her for his release and to kiss
her on the lips. His doing so touched spring
fortunate man dropped down forty feet, to fall
into the outstretched arms of female statue.
which was as thickly covered with sharp spikes
and razorl like blades as there are quilts on the
fretful porcupine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
The Best Way to Stop Libel Suits.
Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.

UaZBCt6
Colonel Mcclure has adopted what might be-
called the pugnacious policy. He never ccm-
promises or settles in any way short of verdict.
He fights all his cases through to judgments
of his peers" and has never failed to obtain vim
dlcation at the hands of the jury This fighting
method is no doubt expensive, as even success
full litigation costs money 1t is the best plan
however, for keeping at Gay the pack of shystera
who are ever bounding the honest and fearless
newspaper publisher and who, after getting
some diserunted client to swear that he has
been injured to the extent of 500 900 or $50 600.
are willing to compromise for few hundred.
provided they get the shyster's share of that.
Juries are down on such fellows
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what had happened, and lowered a boa. to pick

what had happened, and lowered boa. to pick
us up
well done. Jacki'
Eyes, he has his wlrs about him. and no mis-
take never saw him regularly taken aback
Dut once. and that was"
Here Mr. G. suddenly broke down into a
burst of laughter so violent that it fairly shook
him from head to foot
1T must have been good joke IL you laugh
at it So" remarked l.
$50 it was indeed. We were lying at anchor
IN small inlet. good way to the southwark, on
the west coast of South America. when all at
once. right on our starboard quarter, only few
hundred feet from the ship. up big seal.
suppose Jack-being English born, though he
was Newfoundland breed--had never happened
to see one before. and when he saw the graat
black head and staring eyes come up out of tho
, wafer ne looked so puzzled that it made us all
laugh fit to split.
:, he first thing Jack did was to Jump up ON
the tranrail and give great bark, as much as
TO say, VINO are your and then when the thing
took no notice, he seemed to make M his mind
that he ought to go and find out what on earth it
was.
Overheard he jumped and swan straight
toward it. The seal never moved an inch till he
got quite close to it, and then, just as we were
all watching to see what would happen, down
popped Mr.. Seal, as if he had never been there
at all!
'Well, if you ever saw dog look foolish in
your life Jack did then. He stopped short. and
stared all about him as if he didn't know where
he was and then he began to swim round and
round, looking everywhere to see if the thing
would come up again But at last he seemed to
give it up as bad job and padded slowly back
to the shore again; and when he got on board. he
came creeping up to where stood and looked up
In my face and gave howl as much as to say:
Isn't it too bad to cheat respectable dogin that
Waypn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
Chinese Sunday School Scholars.

New YORK Tribune.
Sometimes strange difficulties are encountered
by the young ladies who endeavoring to teach
Christianity to the Chinese in the Sunday schools
of the metropolis One of the most conscl !.
entious, we'll as one of the brightest and pref
test of these teachers was attempting in u
Brooklyn school, recently, to nculcate upan
the heather mind of sleek-lookinr
Monaghan the lesson of charity toward
all God loves every one" she said
looked meekly up into her face and quietly
asked Does God love me?" YES" the young
lady replied do you love every onea was tho
next pointed inquiry.
Yes" she answered.
do you love mel'
"Yy-yes."
will you mally mep
There was no direct answer to this question, !
but the teacher has since changed her pupil fer
Chinaman Of less logical turn of mind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
Amen.

It is over What is over?
Nay, how much is over trulyg
Harvest days we toiled to SOW for. -
Now the sheaves are gathered newly,
Now the wheat is garnered duly.
It is finished. What is fnishedl
Much is finished known or unknown;
Lives are finished time diminished;
Was the fallow field left unsowns
Will these buds be always midtown?
1t suffices. What suffices2
All suffces reckoned rightly;
Spring shall bloom where now the ice is,
Roses make the brambles slightly,
And the quickening sun shine brightly,
And the latter wind blow lightly,
And my garden TEEN with spices.
Christina Rosetti.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
Giving q Housewife Points.

Arkansas Traveller.
A careful housewife, upon entering her kitch-
en- said to the colored cook:
Great goodness, Jane, you must be more
careful. You are not clean enough in your cook
ing"
Lady" replied the cook. as she took up a
piece of beef that had fallen on the floor, II sees
dat yer's gwine ter ack foolish wild me. Amt
yer got nothin' ter do 'cept ter fool roun' out
heahl'
Its my business to come out here occasion
ally"
''All right, den: hab it yer own way. but
wanter say one thing: Eff yer wants ter 'jov yer
self at do table an eat wild er comm apertite,
yerd better stay outen dis kitchen. Vas" she
added as she wiped dish with dirty rag.
'yerd better not nose roun' heah fur cookin
gagged in business, foolishness is awful trouble
some.n
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
The Undertaken in Politics.

New York Commercial Advertiser.
Undertaken Merritt has been nominated in.
the Eighth district for senator. In the course Of
a recent speech he said: "Last night. while Z
was sleeping, 1 got friehtful nudge in the ribs.
| rolled over and said Well what's the matter,
Dollys' o Steve she said, whatever put it in
your head to run for senatorp / didn't reply
just then. but studied it over IN my mind for a.
while. Dolly went to sleep again, and it was myi
tuin to poke her in the ribs. Mrs. NJ, / said,
the reason for my running for senator is because
it will make you a senatoress' / don't caro-
whether you elect me or not. gentlemen but if
you don't you'll hear from Mrs. M, that's all.
and she's mighty when she's mad"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
A Plea for the sewipr-Room.

Henrietta Davis. in Good Housekeeping.
The ideal sewing-room is rather small so that
there may be room it for other occupa-
tions than that for which it is designed 1t is
entirely without carpet or rugs. but with a
smoothly finished floor of hard wood, or one with
good coat of paint This prevents the accu-
mutation OF dust. and makes it easy to sweep up
the scraps and threads which are allowed to fall
freely on 1t during the days work. The pins
and needles, too, that will gravitate to the floor
are more easily found. The furniture is of the
simplest sort. Two or three comfortable sewing
chalrs-not rockers-a table and cutting
ooard, or the two combined in a good cutting
table a. bureau with many large drawers, and
the sewing machine are all that are allowed to
ind place in it. A large box about foot and
a half In height with a cushioned lid and COW
ered with chintz, is useful as receptacle for
w WORK as well as an additional seat.
The walls are of cheerful tint and two
or three pictures may beautify it, but
books never enter here, nor any literature ex-
eept that pertaining to sewing. The Bazaar and
similar publications are welcome for their pat
terms and valuable aid in work, and have shelf
of their own. The bureau drawers are devoted
each 10 certain sort of contents-one to cotton,
tapes, buttons and such small wares one to
pieces OF white materials, one to colored Innings,
one to WOODEN pieces, one to silk pieces. etc. The
room contains a closet. in which can be hung
halt-hnlshed garments and on its shelves stand
the boxes of odds and ends of ribbon, lace and
similar things that accumulate day by day. The
room is warm and sunny in winter and cool in
summer, for its occupants are to be as comforta-
BILE as possible. It's outlook is pleasant, giving
an occasional rest to the tired eyes of the seam
stress and the room is in retired part of the
house. There, in those dreaded days when the
dress maker comes, she is received to find all her
necessary materials ready for her, and when her
days work is done, she can leave the room
cure in the thought that she will find no patterns
disturbed and no parts of her work missing
when she returns next morning; for, as the idea
OF the room precudes it's being used for any
other purposes than its own, it is to be closed
when the hours for work are ended If it is
necessary, as it ought not to be, to sew in the
evenings, let some wel-prepared and easily
managed part of the work be chosen so that
these evening hours can be spent in the family
circle which gathers in the general sitting room.
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THE YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
when Mamma Was a Little Cir

When Mamma Was Little Girl.
When mamma little girl
Tor so they say to mel
She never used to romp and run,
Nor shout and scream with noisy fun,
Nor climb am apple tree.
She always kept her hair in curl
When mamma little girl.
When mamma was a little girl
Ut seems 20 her, you see)
She never used to tumble down.
Nor break her doll, nor tear her gown,
Nor drink her papa's tea
She learned to knit, plain" seam" and "purl"-
When mamma was little girl.
But grandma says-it must be true
How fast the seasons DER whirll
Your man ma dear. was just like you,
When she was grandma's little girl"
Grace f. Coolidge in st. Nicholas
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
Native and Foreign Art.

1t is often said that art Is catholic, and that It
doesn't matter what country picture comes.
from. il the picture Is good. This is our opinion
exactly; but when it comes to a choice between
mediocre foreign pictures and frstclass native
ones, we becrme Calvanistic in the rigidity Of
our devotion to home art We want oil the
very best examples of the very best painters we
can get be they the production of Frenchmen
or Fiji islanders. But we do not want the
made work turned out by machine to glut the
market, which constitutes the bulk of the
foreign art which comes TO our shores
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
Acknowledged the Corn Crop.

Pittsburg Chronicle.
THE corn crop of the United States will be an
immense one this year." remarked gram
broker to customer this morning.
"Hominy bushelsl' querried the customer.
about one and a half billion
IA maze-ing."
Eyes. il will add to our property greatly"
Undoubtedly; l can cereal wealth in this
crop"
Then the broker got tired, and his corn's talk
ceased.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04

Boston Transcript.
As an indication Of moral progress in New
York it is held to be hopeful sign that the
warm discussion going on as to VINO shall be
leader of the german to fashionable society the
coming winter has not yet resulted in selling
pools on the possibly successful man.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04
A "Symphony" in Bed Coverings.

An exquisite thing, a symphony in gray and
white, is an eider-down coverlet composed entire
ly of delicately shaded down-covered skins of the
elder duck. Both sides are alike aud bordered
with the satn-like neck and crest feathers cut in
squares from the skins OF the birds, and forming
pattern of greenish white, silky feathers On
each square is horseshoe, made by the divided
wing of the black which encircles the wing of
the bird. This luxurious bed-cover, light as a
feather-for it is made of feathery down only.
with no inside flling--is as warm as pair of
fleece blankets, and costs only SIS. The sheets
that go with it pale rose colored surah silk;
the pillows filled with elder down and covered
with black surah on the under side, and pale
rose surah on top, embroidered in Japanese de-
signs in black and gold-colored floss, with pearl
tints introduced.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-04

over the cabbage and onion Do this three
mornings in succession. On the fourth put all
together over the fire and heat to boil. Let
them boil five minutes. When cold pack in
small jars. 1t is fit for use as soon as cool, but
keans we'll