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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-22

Hunts Kidney and Liver Remedy has
been used over thirty years, and saved
thousands from lingering disease and
death.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-22
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-22
County Rights for Sale.

Ali orders promptly filed. Price Of Ledger,
with 1000 bill heads, neatly printed, 1870.
All orders for the Ledger, and all requests Tor
county rights, must be addressed TO
J.w. POTTER,
ARGUS OFFICE. Rock Island. Ill.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04
+" EDITING A NEWSPAPER"

Editing paper is a very nice business,
and those who know nothing about it con-
slider it very easy business. If we publish
jokes people say we are rattle headed, and
IL we omit jokes we are told we are an old
fossil. If We publish original matter they
blame us for not giving selections, and if
we publish selections folks say we are lazy
for not writing something they had not read
in some other paper. Ignorant of what good
editing is, people imagine the getting up of
selected matter to be the easiest thing in the
world to do, where it is really the incest
work on a paper If they find the editor
with scissors in hand, they're suro to say,
"Eh that's the way you get up original
matter, CHI ?" accompanying their new and
witty questions with an idiotc wink or
smile. The facts are, that the interest, the
morality, the variety and usefulness of q
paper depends in no small degree upon its
selected matter, and few men are capable of
the position who would not be able them
selves to write many of the articles they
select. A sensible editor desires consider
able selected matter, because he knows that
one mind cannot make rs good paper as
five or six. II we give man u compliment
tary notice, we are censured for being par
tinl, and if VIC fail to give complimentary
notices, we are informed that we are hog
If we insert articles that please the ladies'
the men are jealous, and if we do not cater
to the wishes of the ladies', the paper in the
dear ones opinion is not fit to make hustle
of. If we remain in our Office and attend tc
our business, folks say we are too proud TO
mingle with our fellows, but if we go out,
they say we never attend to our business.
II we wear old clothes, it is insinuated that
business is bad and if we wear good onea,
they say we are extravagant.
newspaper and newspaper editor that
people don't talk about and sometimes abuse
are rather poor concerns. The men and
business that on editor sometimes feels il
duty to defend, at the risk of making enc
mics of another class, are often the very
irst to show ingratitude. Tho editor who
expects to receive much charity or gratitude
will soon find out his mistake but he
should go ahead and say and do what he
conscientiously thinks right without regard
to frowns or smiles. Our Society Journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04
BLooDHoUNDs USED IN TEXAS.

Every gang of convicts in the State, in,
side and outside of tho walls, is provided
with three or more trained hounds, some
times bloodhounds, but more ordinarily
common deerhounds, for they are harder
and stand the work for which they are
trained much better than the blood stock.
1t is simply surprising to see how perfectly
those brutes are trained and how we'll they
understand their business. The hounds of
the Huntsville Penitentiary are kept out
side the prison walls at what is known rs
the State Farm.
And these are tho brutes we read so
much about ?" / remarked to the Superin
tendent.
Yes they are the famous bloodhounds
that is, as much boodhounds as you will
find in Texas. They are simply deer or fox
hounds, trained to hunt men,"
"Do you keep them shut up oil the
time ?"
Yes; we do that to make them fierce
and to keep them away from the convicts.
They would make it lively for tho boys if
they had their freedom"
g Is there much difficulty in training
bloodhounds 2"
:" We do not consider it difficult but on
the contrary, believe the guards consider
it sport twill only require a few mo-
ments to show how it is DONE"
A convict or trusty" was sent dowr
through large field with instructions tt
climb the fence aud make detour through
the timber of u couple of miles, coming out
in just the opposite direction from where
he started, and returning to the farm
through small stream, which he was COM
PEELED to wade. 1t required some twenty
minutes for him to make the trip, and when
he was seen to emerge from the other side,
and it was certain he could get back in
safety, tho hounds were turned loose. They
were shown the trail, and they started over
fields, through marshes, over fences and
other distractions with the speed of deer.
In the meantime the g trusty had return
ed, and was directed to climb tree some
300 yards distant from where we were
standing. He did not require second bid
ding, for the yelp of the hounds could al.
ready be heard in the distance. Soon they
appeared at the edge of the timber and
sprang over the fence without stopping.
The trail was not lost for an instant. When
the small stream was reached they crossed
it with bound, and in few moments
more they were under the tree, yelping al
the convict, who sat in the branches look
ing down at the brutes, and smiling at the
fact that this was simply training run and
not reality. Correspondence 50. Loui'
(1L0Je- Democrat
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04
WHERE RICH WOMEN WORSHIP.


Mrs. Commodore Vanderbilt attends the
Church of the Strangers, whose pastor
(Decms) owes his present independent posi-
lion to her patronage. She was the means of
his acquaintance with the Commodore, who
bequeathed him 800, 900 in cash aud the life
use of the church in which he now breaches.
Mrs.E d. Morgan is II member of the
Brick Church (Presbyterian) in which her
husband was for some years the chief pill
lar. Mrs. A. T. Stewart is member of St.
Marks EpiscopaD Church Miss Kitty
Wolfe, who is also immensely rich and lib.
eral to corresponding degree, is q member
of Grace Church, which has enjoyed her
benefactions in an unstinted manner. Miss
Harriet Lenox is n member of the Presby-
,erian Church of which her father was an
elder. She is the sole legatee Of the estate
and keeps up her brothers method of silent
and hidden charity. Mrs. Robert L. Stuart
is also Presbyterian, her paster being the
eloquent John Hall, who has the richest
congregation in America. Mrs. Stuart in.
herited, without restriction, the entire
wealth accumulated by her husband, and
hence it is expected that she will make
some very liberal requests.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04
WHAT is DYNAMITE Z
Its terrible Power--Only Fat, Nitric Acid
aud Clay.

Few people know what dynamite is
though the word is in common use. II is a
giant gunpowder; that is, an explosive ma
terial, varying in strength and safety OF
handling, according to the percentage OF
nitro-glycerine it contains. Nitro-glycer-
inc, whence it derives its strength is COM
posed of ordinary glycerine and nitric acid
compounded together in certain proportions
and ut certain temperature. Nitro-glycer-
inc, though not the strongest explosive
known, being exceeded in power by nitro
gen and other products of chemistry, is
thus far the most terrible explosive manu-
featured to any extent. Nitro-glycerine by
itself is not safe to handle, hence dynamite
is preferred. 1t is extensively made and
consumed in the United States, under the
various names of Giant, Hercules, Jupiter
and Atlas powders, all of which contain
anywhere from 80 to so per cent of nitro.
glycerine, the balance of the compound be-
ing made up of rotten stone, non-explosiye
earth, sawdust, charcoal, plaster of Paris,
black powder or some other substance that
takes up the glycerine and makes q porous,
spongy mass.
Nitro-glycerine was discovered by Salyero.
an Italian chemist, in 1915. Dynamite is
prepared by simply llneeding with the max
ed hands % per cent of infusorial earth and
70 per cent of nitro-g lycerine until the mix
ture as umes putty condition, not unlike
moist brown sugar. Before mixing, the i'll
fusorial earth is calcined in furnace in
order to burn out all organic matter, and
it is also sifted to free it of large grains.
While still moist it is squeezed into cartrid-
ges, which are prepared of parchment
paper, and the firing is done by illuminate
OF silver in copper capsules provided with
patent exp'oders.
Nitro-glycerine is made of nitric acid one
part and sulphuric acid two parts, to which
is n lded ordinary glycerine, and the mix
ture is we'll washed with pure water. The
infusion is composed of small, microscopic
,ilicious shells which have lost their living
creatures. The cellular parts receive the
ntro-glycerine and hold it by capillary at
traction, both inside and out. The earth is
very light. Water IS expelled from it by
means of furnace, and then in the form OF
a powder, it is mixed with nitro-gycerine.
Nitro-glycerine has a sweet aromatic, pun
sent taste and the peculiar property of caus.
ing violent headache when placed in q
small quantity on the tongue or wrist. II
freezes at forty degrees Fahrenheit beccm.
ing wife, half. crystallized mass, which
must be melted by the application of watel
at temperature of about 100 degrees
Fahrenheit. x Cincinnati Inquirer.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04

During the yerar 1884, inventories and
schedules of $3.50 insolvent firms and individ-
uals were filed in one of our local courts They
showed that the firms and individuals owed
SOL ZOO, 900 in the aggregate, had nominal
assets to the amount of 1913, 900, 900, and
actual assets of the value of $l7 ZOO, 900,
In order words their pretended assets were
fifty per cent. over their liabilities, yet their
real assets would pay only about twenty
FIVE cents on the dollar. Why was that
thus? And what became of the $44 ,0O0,-
900 which they owed and didn't have above
the ST., 900, 900 they did have? l wonder
if Henry George or some other able student
of things could tell? Was there more ras-
calty in it, or downright stupendous swind.
ling? The absolute disappearance of $f4,-
900, 900 is matter of some moment. Per.
haps the fact that some parties who made
heavy assignments, with enormous prefer
ences to relatives, have since been taken in
hand by the law, throws some light on the
matter. 1t seems high time to stop this
preference business in some way.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04
A BEAVER IN A BAG.
tsoBie Pretty Good Points for Those Who
Dote ON Stories of Animals.

One of the beavers that have been work.
timber on Colonel Denisons estate, i'll
Doyercourt road, has been captured. A
creek runs through the property and where
! it passes out it runs under stone bridge or
culvert. By looking over the parapet the
cedar grove, through which the stream me-
anders, can be seem As Messrs. II. Large
and J. Baker were passing along the road
one evening last week they saw an animal
guawing tree in the Colonels property,
and as he had complained that some one
was defacing his grove they went up to the
house and told the Colonel that they sus
pected that beavers were Mt work.
Nonsense" said the Colonel, in the
tohe familiar to police court habitues.
d" Examine that tree in the morning" said
Mr. Large, land you'll find we're CORRECT
SO the Colonel did examine in the MORN
ing and found that Mr.. Large's statement
was borne out by the evidence. Mr. Mac
Kenzie, who lives in that neighborhood
also saw one of the animals at work Telling
tree He had it nearly eaten through
when Mr.. Mackenzie came upon him. Just
MS the tree commenced TO sway the animal
sprang back with scream and plunged
into the water. The tree fell with crash
and he Immediately reappeared and com.
menced looping of the branches, which lie
did with the rapidity of man armed witt
a sharp hatchet The branches having boen
tl,a
tree into lengths, and in the morning it was
floating in the water in sections about four
feet in length. When Messrs. Large and
Baker made n search they found we'll
constructed dam in the cnlvert and the
water about foot and half above the nat
ural level. Fixing upon burrow in the
bank as the nest of The rodent, they procur
ed wire bag and proceeded to capture
him. While one held tho wire bag over The
hole the other performed clog dance on
the bank. This performance was Kept up
for some time and they were about giving
up when mass of hair and teeth and claws
rushed into the bag and screamed frightful-
ly. By tossing it about they prevented the
animal from attempting to cut the wires
and after time it became quiet and bag
and beaver were carried to the Zoo.
The one Large and Baker caught is mo-
the one they saw at work. 1t was larger
darker and had immense whiskers. The
one they caught is female, lighter in colol
and with beautiful coat. It is about as
large as a full-grown coon and is just about
AZ savage -Toronto Mems
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04
How Ladies' Rank.

The Secretary Of States wife ranks oil
others ct Presidential dinners. At dinners
to Justices of the Supreme Court she is
first, and before the Chief Justices wife.
At dinners to Senators she is before the wife
of the President of the Senate (not before
the Vice Presidents, when there is one in
regular order), and over the Speakers wife
when they are to Representatives AT di-
plomatic corps dinners the white wife Of
The Minister from the colored" republic
If Hayti is first lady.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04

Efie Blossom ran down stairs to meet
her
Mrs. Hope thinks she had better moi
come" said she.
But want her. said Mrs. Jones, ar
bitrarily. "She does me good. She CON-
forts me. must have her."
just then the draperies of the adjoining
door were lifted the young widow herself
glided in.
Mrs. JONES' said she, thank you for
the kindness you have shown me, but
cannot deceive you longer. am the wo-
man who has, unconsciously, indeed, broken
up your home. 1 am your hu5oand's sistes,
Hope Wentworth. When came here, Effie
Blossom met me at the train and brought
me 10 her house, knowing that would not
willingly be one to cause arrangement in
any household; and here. believe, l had
better remain"
Unless, Mrs. Blossom saucily interpos-
ed, Mary chooses to take her own advice
the advice she gave to me yesterday"
1t was good ADVICE" said Mrs. JONES'
ohONiJ hho OSli0NO tIill tuO OCoe NAhbB
can do is to take it. Dear sister," folding
the slight, black-draped form in her arms,
"you are totally unlike the bugbear I had
set up before my minds eye. You are q
sister indeed, and never, never will part
from you again."
And when Mr.. Jones came home from
business that night, Mary and Hope were
sitting side by side before the drawing
room fire to welcome him. Mr. Jones was
not demonstrative man.. He said not a
word at first but he folded them to his
breast-Mary first, Hope afterwards they
could feel the strong, tender beats of his
heart
And when they had kissed the sweet new
sister good night, Mr.. Jones took his wife's
hand and looked into her eyes.
"This is our last quarrel, Mary" said he.
"Our very last" said Mrs Jones.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04
a Moan Crowd.

Last summer when Pete Phillips of Texas
was in New York some Of his friends tooh
him out to Coney Island. He was very
much impressed with everything he saw,
but particularly with Gilmore's band.
Among the features of the performance was
cornet solo. After it was over, Petel
friends asked him how he liked it. "Thai
Teller knows how to toot. There is no mis-
take about that, but what made those other
musicians go back on him" How did
they go back on him % 81 think il was
right mean for them to make him play it all
by himself. They might have helped him
out little. anyhow.n
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04
POETRY.



The night was thick and hay
When the Plcadilly Daisy
Carried down the crew and Captain in the sea.
And think the water drowned 'em,
For they never, never found 'em
And know they didn't come ashore with me.
Oh! twas very sad and lonely
When found myself the only
Population on this cultivated shore;
But I've made little tavern
In a rocky little cavern,
And sit and watch for people at the door.
spent no time in looking
For girl to do my cooking,
As I'm quite clever hand at making stews;
But had that fellow Friday
Just to keep the tavern tidy
And to put Sunday polish on my shoes.
Ihaye little garden
That Pm cultiyatng lard in,
As the things | eat are rather tough and dry;
For l live on toasted lizards,
Prickly pears, and parrot gizzlrds,
And I'm really very fond of beetle pie.
The clothes had were furry,
And 1t made me fret and worry
When l found the mCths were eating OF the
hair;
And had to serape snd sand em,
And boiled 'em and tanned 'em,
'Ttll got che tiae morocco suit wear
sometimes sock diversion
In family excursion
With the few domestic animals you see
And we take along carrot
AS refreshment FOR the parrot,
And a little can OF jungleberry tea
Then we gather as we travel
BIS OF moss and dirty gravel
And we chip OF little specimens OF stone
And we carry home as prizes,
Funny bugs of handy sizes,
just to give the day scientific tone.
If the roads are wet and muddy,
We remain at home and study,
For the goat is very clever at sum
And the dog instead of fighting,
Studies ornamental writing,
While the cat is taking lessons on the drum
We retire at eleven,
And we rise agGin at seven,
And wish to call attention as close
To the fact that all the scholars
Are correct about their collars,
And particular in turning out their toes
--Eapp and The Gobtia-Chdries CaFr'Vl, IN So
Nicholas
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04

A horse belonging to a Mr.. Cole, OF
Fresno, fell headforemost into well eight
feet deep, it being dark at the time. After
several Intellectual attempts to extricate the
animal from his unpleasant predicament the
following ingenious method proved success
full: A strong knot was tied in the horses
tail, and, having span of horses brought,
they were hitched to said tail and were
given the word to pull. The tail proved
equal to the trying ordeal and the horse was
hauled from its dangerous position appar-
sntly uninjured. Francisco Chronicle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04
BAY WINDOW CARS.

The first of the new bay-window coaches
designed for parlor-car service of the Penn
sylvania Railroad was brought into use on
Saturday last when the general officers of
the company went to Reading, Pa, to at.
tend the banquet given by the city of Read.
ing as q public recognition of the opening
of the new Schuylkill Valley Road to that
place. The exterior is painted in the stand.
ard color of the company, and differs from
other passenger coaches in the greater win
dow space provided and in the angularities
of the glass. The bay windows do not pro-
ject over the sides of the car, as the name
might indicate, the idea being carried out
by reducing tho width of the interior at in
tervals of about six feet In this way
very pretty effect is obtained within. The
interior appointments are on the most gor.
Geous scale hammered brass being used
lavishly as decoration. The chairs are
located to get the benefit of the bay-window
arrangement, and are SO adjusted that they
can be revolved or made firm by the incli-
nation of the body. A beautiful compart-
ment, hung with rich curtains and enclosed
with an ornate railing, serves the purpose
of the drawing room in the ordinary parlor-
car. An adjoining room, handsomely fin
ished in hard woods and bevelled glasswork,
IS set apart for the smokers. The chande-
iers are numerous and extremely elaborate.
- -ao@-->
inventive Genius Shown In Artificial Limbs.
Attempts have been mado to follow the
mechanism of Nature very fully" said an
,rtifeiallimb maker. "Some years since
hand was devised which by series of
concealed springs and cords, possessed the
power of grasping and retaining with some
slight amount of force any light substance
placed in contact with it, the governing
power being the fall of small column of
mercury placed in tube within the arm
part of the apparatus. The object in view
was that the elbow being fexed and the
lower arm being held at an inclined plane,
the gravity of the quicksilver, acting upon
kind of plug to which the center cord was
attached, should at once produce closure
Of the fingers, whilst the return of the mer-
curry to the lower end of the tube, upon the
arm being lowered, would permit light
springs to bring back the fingers to their
starting-point. This plan did not succeed,
as the joints had to be made so loose that
they gained lateral motion, thus giving
anything but natural appearance to the
fingers, and the metal constantly escaping
rendered the continuance useless"
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49, - -
why He LASTS 40 l,Onn.

They were talking over an aged million
aire who has on several occasions given his
heirs high hcpes-high hopes always dashed
by his recovery. Curious how long the
old man lastsl" says somebody, reflective
ly; especially when you consider that
for the last ten years he has had one foot in
the grave" Yes; but then, you see,
svery now and then he changes the foot.s
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04

vista 4 0f the House Fly.

The marvellous sight of the house fly ID
made the subject of an article in Boston
contemporary. If the writer wants an illus
tration of really remarkable eyesight in a
dy let him observe the church fly as it sights
bald-headed man at the farther end of the
building.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-04

Try Groman's Dry Catawba Wine,
contains no alcohol. OF great benefit in
dyspepsia and indigestion. Put up in
bottles, rs cts. ct