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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-02
A Fine Sleigh.

Mr.. O. J. DimIck has fine double
seated Russian sleigh which he has been
driving around the city for the past few
days. 1t is dark colored, with green plush
cushions and trimmings. Anyone desir>
ing a nice sleighride should cali on Mr..
Dimick.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-02

w. A. Glockhof. the ticket broker, has
the agency for Rock Island for the sale
of steamship tickets on fourteen different
steamship lines representing the most
prominent companies, which are sold at
cut rates.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-02

Pork tenderloins, spare ribs, leaf lard,
pigs feet, sausage meat, breakfast bacon.
fresh or cured hams, at Gilmore's pork
house, First avenue, between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets. IF
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-02

Port Byron Globe: The Daily ARGUS
is now carried to Port Byron on the after
noon freight, with Fred Longfellow act
ing as Garner.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-02
a Change

Gen r. Rowett, of Quincy. collector of
the Fourth Illinois district, has appointed
MI George II, Cook, of the First Nation
al bank, as deputy revenue collector IN
place of +. NJ Wheaton, resigned Mr..
Cook is capable young man and will
transact the duties of the Office faithfully
and intelligently. Mr. Wheaton will
soon move to his new home at Beaver
Falls, Pa, and today commenced packing
up his goods During his term of -four
years as collector he has received altogeth-
or sf3451T.03.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-02
Hard Coal Market.

Pea coal $3.50; CRATE and egg, IS. %;
range. nut and No. 4 $3.50 per ton,
screened and delivered; all best quality of
Anthracite coal Blacksmith's coal, Con-
nellsyIle coke and charcoal at 1903 Sec
ond avenue. diff E. G. FRAZIER
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-02
County Building

go Chas. i. Case, ct al, TO j. NJ. Blu
ford, pit lot TO- block 4, j w. Spencers
addition to Rock Island, and WI swl
south of Indian boundary line, 81. Is,
tw, $154325.
LICENSED TO WED.
31--Frank A. Newquist and Miss Ma
tilda Agren, of Moline.
PROBATE.
Estate of Timothy Dalton. de-
ceased Claim of n Sherwood, $1,000.
allowed in the eth class.
In certain portions of west Africa the
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-02

Between three and four thousand horses
die every week in London.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-02
THE HARPER HOUSE DRUG STORE
FOR LOW PRICES Oh
Patent Medicines, Standard and Valuable Drugs Chemicals.
Perfumery, Good Wee

PRESCRIPTIONS.-Ou prescription dcrartme
the market, and all prescriptions are compounded by
guaranteed to be lower by 50per cent, than esewhc
Gug-lGdw6m
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-13
Wild Beasts of India,

More than $4,000 persons are an
nually destroyed in British India by
wild beasts. The tiger alone, in 1888,
killed 985 people, besides 10000 cat
tie.
Venomous serpents destroy immense
numbers OF wayfarers. Owing to the
heat Of the climate, poor persons
travel mostly by night land walk bare
footed or wear only a sandal that
does not protect the ankles. The
deadly cobra is seldom active in the
daytime, but he may be trodden upon
in the darkness by uncovered feet.
He attacks the traveller, who is found
in the morning dead upon the road.
Often the shortest path between the
two villages lies through a. jungle, where
in the daytime, the heat will rise to
100 degrees under the blazing sun of
India. The temptation to defer the
journey until after sunset is, to most
natives, Irresistible, and in the tropics
darkness quickly follows the departure
ofthesun. The natives walk in Indian
file in thenarrow tracks, and aloiterer
ialls an easy prey to a tiger crouchlng
In ambush. 4, !. .ss h A.. s Ii. ). !.
In many parts OF India, despite the
utmost efforts Of the Government,
wild beasts render life hard indeed to
the people, for one pair of full grown
tigers, with cubs, will destroy from four
to SIX bullocks q week. Often, in pure
wantonness, q tiger will kill two or
three cattle when he wants only q
small part OF one. A family of tigers
will kill in week more animals than
q family Of farmers can eat in a:year.
The panther and the leopard are
also terrible cattle eaters, and the
leopard has q particular habit Of
carrying of the dogs which are expec-
ted TO guard the herd from his at
lacks. The Indian wolf il noted for
his audacity IN seizing children In
India, ANIMALS have a character OF
ferocity which makes human life in.
some districts well nigh insupportable.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-13

From the Western Christian Advocate a
The odor sweet Of new-nnown hay
Is waited DER tho land;
Piled high, the sheaves 81 golden Grain.
Wait for the tresher's hand. \ 4,
Wide, billowy fields Of corn uplift
Their tanners broad and green
With plenty's promise craven bright
On each, in glittering sheen. 4
The leafy vine bends low with weight
Ofjuicy clusters fair. .55 H
Springtime's glad prophecies fulfilled h
The burdened orchards bear.
Ger all the land brown-handed Toll "a
And patient Thrift have wrought
Day after Day, till dreams have been
To full fruition brought. !. +
Yet not to them all praise be given, y
Not all to Toll and Thrift; .fa' III,
'Who gives the increase, !" unto Him
Our grateful hearts We lift. ',..as.
Who can the richly varied store
Ofgoodly gifts behold,
Nor say with Israel's prophet bard,
"a Thy works, how manifold"
elizabeth F.. SrARKEY.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-13
q long Headed Lady.

IA = beautiful It and bashful young wom-
moi nineteen SUI hers called recently
at the Office Of q life insurance "a agent,
and asked him tinidly il he could tell
how long people Of 3 certain age would
live. u. !. s.s 8.5.. S.sz
$ Madam, Z replied the agent, cough
ing respectfully behind q prospectus,
and drawing his chair near "a, her,
"here are our tables Of expectation
and average mortality, which contain
all the information upon the subject
that you can desire, ...5...z S
''Well, said she, chow long viii q
man Of sixty seven, and Whoeats peas
with his knife liver > I. I:
+" According to our table, madam. q
replied the agent, he should, on the
average, survive eleven years, three
months and sixteen days =. .... :. =" q
THAT" said the visitor, Awould be
till the 21st Of April, 1896"
Precisely, madam, on the average
expectation OF mortality, for we must
all die, and it is, therefore, well to in.
sure against loss to tho loved ones in
a company whose character is E
."And how much could insure his
life for?' AZ
sob, for any amount-say SIC, OOOp'
he answered, taking up a blank form
application. ''Let me recommend the
unexpected advantages offered by our
non-forfeitable endowment policy" Il.
NWell," said the young woman, ~
think, then, that I'll marry him." =
ENSURE him. you mean, corrected
the agent. 81, 49,.
"Marry him; you insure him. You
see, she added, with g. burst of con-
fidence, ri love Herbert, and Mr..
Dawkins is old enough to benny grand
father. But Herbert is poor and !
just worship the corner lots that Mr..
Dawson builds, on. And Herbert is
very patient, and says that if I will
only fix a day, no matter how long as
he will have to wait, he will be happy.
And now you say Mr.. Dawkins will die
by the 2lst of April, 1896; and as it
would not be decent to marry again
till I've been a year in mourning. I'll
arrangeto marry Herbert on the 22d
OF April, 1897, and if Mr.. Dawkins
doesen't die by then you'll give me
$4,000. Oh, thank you'll" and with
a deep bow she swept out ofthe Office.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-13
What the Composing Room Sta
tistics Census Shows.
rom American Bookmaker.

From American Bookmaker. II
The tables prepared for the last
United States census respecting print
ing, although both curious and valu-
able, have received only little atte1,.
ton from the newspapers Of the day.
Part Of this, no doubt, arose from the.
fact that the volume was published
during the heat of the last political
campaign, when all other subjects
were dwarfed, but part comes from
the fact that the results were not so
clear to many writer's, who had not
been bred to the art and were not in
the habit OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. tOnS
Of the tables which have been least
noticed is that showing the number 81
pounds Of type used upon the news.
papers of the United States and
the quantity of type regularly
set. New York has l,242,64S
pounds OF type, or enough to fill
cases for 10000 compositors, her
proportion being one-fifth Of the
Union, which has 8, $3.50, s78 pounds.
Five states; New York, PennsyIvania,
Illinois, Ohio and Iowa, have nearly
sone-haH Of all the type, and set one.
hall of the number Of ems. A pound
of type sets 50 ems, and assuming that
the average size is BREWER; there are
for each thousand set, about !, 200.
ems left in the cases. The largest ay.8
erage set on d allies was in Louisiana,
lao, 900 ems, and the smallest III New
Mexico rs, / COO ems, the average being
74.147. The average on weeklies was
81, 1877, the largest being in The Dis.1
trict OF Columbia, 95, 600, while in
Wyoming it was the smallest, So, 600.
OF the long settled states, Alabama
had the smallest, So OOO. The total
CUNT Of type set for the one issua
would make 2,,7a5 duodec1rno yoi
umes, and that q one on the dailies in
q year would ell 10, coo volumes to-
match ppleton, opndia Meas.
slIred mp as proofs are measured tbs
slip Containing the year s. work would
extend from the Atlantic to the Paci,
zfic Eight thousa and presses did
- Yorl
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-13
Priority of Invention.

From the Electrical Review.
The following are points in decisions
on priority of invention:
The party who first reduces an in
vention to actual use is entitled to
the patent for it, although the other
party may have first conceived it, if
he did not exercise reasonable dill
gence in reducing it to practice.
If a party who first conceived a ma
chine followed up the idea diligently,
and was the first to reduce it to actu-
al practice, he is entitled to O. patent
for it, although his competitors had
complete working drawings of it pre-.
vlously prepared, and had obtained a
patent.
Whoever first reduces an invention
to practice and makes an application
OF it to use, will usually be the prior
inventor.
In order to defeat a patent the
courts require it to be shown that an
other not only conceived the inven-
ton in dispute before the patentee,
but was also the first to perfect and
adopt the same to practical use, or
was using reasonable diligence for that
purpose.
The parties who first embodied an
invention in machine which they
kept in operation afterward for actual
use, beside manufacturing and selling
other machines, are prima facie enti.
tied to that patent.
He is the inventor, entitled to the
protection of the patent law, who is
first to complete the invention and
publish it to the world, and not he
who confines the knowledge OF it to his
client.
When an invention consists of a
combination of elements, the date
when all the elements are combined is
the date of invention.
When one is first to conceive an in
vention, he throws aside all evidences
OF the conception, makes no efforts to
complete or intr oduce it to the public,
and delays making an application for
a patent for nearly four years after
another has brought it into extensive
use, he has standing as an inventor.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-13

How dear TO the heart ofthe funny
man IS The ice-ereasn, mott law,
roller skate, and green apple jokes, to
say not thing of 1 he lent umbrella, ST.;
Louis girls foot, and the solitary,
lonesome church fair oyster, more
ancient Jokes, which have been the
means of iinsfi atiion from tho DARK
ages ~ the present day, and Will CON
tintle q; antil time shall be no mora.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-13

wooden ship Of 2,62S tons Is 81
curiosity indeed, and il issno wonder.
that tho people q the who SIC surround-,
ing country poured into Rockport,
Maine, to SEQ the launch 81 The bic
Tour. MASTER Friedrich Billings s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-13

the nervons f1,,ttey;n9' h hanas drnga
mon the sonhre nav drass. ~ o haped
VIII its M aaas - gorL hro ;i1s a nt
mon Tho desI n fr,,,t n,,;ia ,o snn
bsld ~ ,o;,ran hafo o' ~ 100 .nelioly
q. Observation-Disclosures o to;,er VIZ W "o'ly ano
She saw herself : or, - a;vtoon !.
! among her sisters. one nfswho m sa;d
and how familiar and nla;n so,,ndad
the echo of that voice fho,,ob ;t1haa
been h,,ssed II de,fh FL. & ! -, !. a IA
MANY avear. T~'' - ~ ' D''' = i <''so :.
"Darcia Il ia time Won ;, d;d som ,n, =
thing for yc,urself vs. are fat l sJan
Orr. mot Iar ;s ,,-,.. W. o. 20 l"1,i;si
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-27
THE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.

As Arranged by the Redistrieting Bill.
First Circuit-Hancock, Hawkins
Greene, Carter, johnson, Sullivan
Washington, Unieoi and Hamblen.
Second-Sevier, Cocke, Knox, Jeher-
son and Grlinger.
Third-RUne. BIount. Monroe,
Loudon, Polk, McMinn, Rhea, Meigs
Bradley and James
Fourth-Chiborne, Union. Ander-
son, Campbell, Scott, Morgan, Fentress,
Cumberland and Pickett
Fifth-Hamilton Bled%oe, Marion,
Sequatchie, Grundy aud Van Buren,.
Sixth-Macon, Clay, Jaekson, Put
man, White, DeKaliI, Smith, aTrous-
dale, Overton and Sumner.
Seventh--Warren Coffee, Franklin,
Moore, Bedford, Rutherford and,
Cannon.
Eighth-Davidson and Wilson Civil
and Cheatham (civil and criminal }
Ninth-Davidson and Wilson (crim-
inaD
Tenth-LincoIn, Maury, Marshall,
Williamson and Giles
Eleventh. Montgomery, Robertson,
Houston. Dickson and Stewart. The
Montgomery Criminal court is re-
tanned.
Twelfth-Harlin, Wayne, Lewis,
Hickman, Perry, Humphreys and
Lawrence.
Thirteen-McNairy, Chester, Hen
derson, Decatur, Madison and Benton.
Obion, Weakley, Henry,
Gibson, Carroll, Haywood and
Crockett.
Fifteenth-H ardeman, Fayette, Tip
ton, Lauderdale, Dyer and Lake.
Sixteenth-Shelby.
Shelby (criminal.)
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-27
An Ohio Episode.
New York World.

In what it calls AN Alabama Epis-
ode" the esteemed Tribune is ex-
tremely and editorially excited. not to
say dreadfuily distressed, over the
expulsion of colored clergyman and
his wife from a hallway car down in
Alabama and subsequent attack by
the conductor upon the "NortherIber'
who had demonstrated against the
expulsion. 1t is true that the conduc-
tor who had so misconducted himself
was summarily brought to justice and
fined S25 which the unsatistied Tri-
bune characterizes as "the meagre
punishment which public law in
Alabama held in reserve for this bru-
tai exhibition of Southern lawless-
ness"
But from the news columns of the
same esteemed Tribune OF last Sun
days issue, printed on Saturday alter
noon, say within three days or so,
we clip the following telegram:
Turner Graham and his wife, ne
groes, were killed by a mob armed
with sliot-guns, after midnight OF
Thursday Graham was a barber,
and he and his wife we're addicted to
drink and were quarrelsOme, although
harmless to others. They had been
away during the early part of the
night, and when they had returned
the mob riddled them with shot"
And did this happen down in Ala
bama? Not much. And is it accom-
panied by a bloody-shirt blast over
southern lawlessness ?" Still less,
This episode" which is mildly beaded
"A Quarrelsome Couple Killed by
Mob" as if that were the quite con-
ventional disposal of quarrelsome
couples, happend out in Ohio, in
Osgood, Darke County, where OF all
places in the country darby, even if
quarrelsome, ought to get off with
hule less than his life, say for instance
fine of $25. This same Darke County
gave Mr. Blaine 1890 votes last fall
aud Mr.. Foraker 1915 in the Guberna.
torial contest in which he was so badly
beaten in 1888. But we have looked
in vain in the esteemed Tribune for
any bugle call or bloody-shirt howl
sumlnoning to Justice, even for a fine
of SO, one of the lawleSs Ohioans who
so summary disposed of the colored
couple because they were quarrel
some" although the dispatch says
harmless to others"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-27
To a Little Girl.

a little girl who handed the Presi-
dent basket of flowers with her COM
pliments on the card, received the fol-
lowing Acknowledgements:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington,
June 15-My Dear Marie: hasten to
thank you for the basket of flowers
which you gave me. when | saw you
in the east room this afternoon, and
assure you that l fully appreciate the
kindness and thoughtfulness which
prompted the gift. I-send you a card
with my autograph upon it. Ithini
IL quite a curiosity, because If you
hold it up TO the light you will see my
picture in 1t. Yours sincerely, ~
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-27

became members, read the Constitu-
ton and call for its adoption, and then
elect your officers by ballot Next
disct,ss the number of departments to
be taken up. Do not undertake too
many Mt first. A few well filed will
do tenfold more good than the whole
catalogue filed with nominal superin-
tendenis and lukewarm workers. Fix
time and place Of meeting and decide
liDW often ynu can meet the zeal cools
when the meetings are too far apart
Collect your membership fees as soon
as possible, that You may have some
money for literature. Become auxil-
iary tn state and national societies us
so0n a. possible; by 80 doing you re-
aeire its circulars and plans OF work,
become members Of its conventions,
and in many ways gain help and in
spiration.
II you can provide room for your
meetings, do 50, and If possible make
it also library, or reading room for
the community, and hold other meet
ings there designed for profit and
pleasure, especially to the young peo-
pie. Let me urge constant and prompt
attendance at your meetines. sZealin-
flames IN the contact OF brain with
brain, and keeps its glow steady By
communion OF heart with heart. While
observing proper order, and keeping
within rules, let your meetings be So
cial; a real home-like talk. Do not
feel restricted and bound by iron rules
in your work; use your own judgment
and ingenuity IN organizing and carry
ing out the plans of work suited to
the people among whom you work;
let all make suggestions, and let each
working band pierce brain with brain,
and bridge thought with thought,
until new structure shall arise in
your midst, to the glory and further
ance of our cause.
Concluded next week.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-27
A Temperance Story.
New York Sun.
Concluded next week.

A letter from Barnum has been
published recently in an English news
paper, in which he says twenty years
ago, when he began the management
OF his travelling show with 500 persons
it was made condition that they
should be discharged an forfeit So OF
II they we're not total abstainers from
strong drink during the season of sew
en- months. Nearly every one com.
piled, and at the end of that time he
offered to invest their savings and
guarantee them the principal with in
terest ut per cent, If they would still
continue to abstain. Over 400 accept
ell the offer, and most of them to-day
have several thousand dollars safely
invested.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-27
ne,,er than She Expected.

@Your letter received In reply
am happy to say that Parker's Hair
Ballsam did much more for me than
you said it would, or than expected.
My hair has not only stopped falling
out, but the bald spots are all covered,
and all my hair has grown thicker,
softer and more lively than it was be-
fore my sickness year ago Thank
you again and again" Extract from
letters of Mr.. r w. T., West Fifty
third street, New York.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-27

Willie White, boy OF seven years,
has been afflicted with scrofula ever
since he was three mouths old His
scalpSwas last year almost d mass of
sores. One OF his eyes was perma-
nently injured and his jaw running in
huge sores In September last, he
commenced to take Swift's Specific
under my direction. To-day he is a
| fat. squabby, robust boy. His Jaw is
lanell and his head is covered with IA
fine coat of hair. There il a little
dryness about the scalp. This is the
only sign of the terrible disease left,
His mother desires me to thank the
proprietors of Swift's Specific very
heartily, and says she is so grateful
that words cannot express it, This ia
a remarkable cure. 49, III .isss
G. w. PARKER, M. ID.
Bremen, HaraIsonsC Co, Ga, Feb. II,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-27


"A REMEDY endorsed by the best Physi.
- clans and Druggists at its home.
A REMEDY thai Mr.. e. W. O'Neil, Good.
water, Ala, says raised his wife from All
invafid's bed, and he believes saved hei
A REMEDY of which prominent Atlanta
merchant said: 81 would have given S5O0
a. soon as would q nickle for what two
bottles of your medicine did for my daugh-
ter"
4 REMEDY in regard to which S. j. Cessell,
I'D, Druggist, Ca, says: 81 can recall
instances in which it afforded relief after
all the usual remedies had failed"
A REMEDY about which DR.. r. b. Terrell,
LaGrange, Ca, writes !; Il have used for
you are printing up and consider 1t the
best combinationIeYsr gotten together for
the disease for which it is RECOMMENDED"
A REMEDY about which DIR. Joel Branham
Atlanta, said: II have examined the re-
cipe, and have no hesitation in advising its
use, and confidently recommend it.
A REMEDY which the Rev. Ii. b. Johnson,
near Marietta, Ga, says he has used in his
family with the utmost satisfaction" and
recommended it to three families @who
Abound it to be just what is recommended.'
REMEDY OF which Pemberton, Iverson
Il l,ennlson say :, 1--WE have been selling
n sa & sae Mie as
and one of absolute merit"
A REMEDY of which Lamar, Rankin q La
mar say: 1--WE sold 80 gross in months,
and never sold it in any place but what IL
was wanted Again."
A REMEDY of which DIR. Baugh, of La
Grange, Ga. says :."I cured Que OF the
most obstinate cases of Vicarious Men
situation that ever came within my
knowledge. with few bottles" hsfl
A REMEDY of which DIR. j. z. Huss. Nota-
sulga, Ala, says ~ am fully convinced
that il is unrivaled for that class of diseas-
es which ii claims TO eure.' 1sv r
A REMEDY about which Mai. John C.
Whitner, of Atlanta, we'll and favorably
known ali over the United States as a
General Insurance Agent, says: II used
this remedy before the war, on q large
plantation on a great number of cases, al
ways with absolute success"
OF Gainesville, Ga, certifieS that one bottle
cured two members of his family of Men
siruaI irregularity of many years stand
ing.
This Great Remedy is