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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-19
&C. .K;'.NELL.

Two ladies' went out to buy up
some goods,
To make a success they hunt up
every nick of the woods;
To start let us see what kNELL
has got,
For at home here we will COM
mence on the spot.
They look through the stock
and think it's immense,
The assortment is large and the
style, elegance;
Every story and department is
as full as it can be,
And how it pays here we really
can't see.
Now, really Mrs. Brown, | know
we cannot do better,
You see yourself the goods are
as represented to the letter;
But, really Mrs. Jones, / can't
decide just yet,
And before I shall purchase !
want to see another set.
You've heard of the village on
the other side Of the creek,
And there we will go at the end
of the week,
/ don't object to have people
look round,
To see where the best goods for
the least money are found.
know that | cannot be under
sold,
However, if say so, they think
| am bold;
| want to treat every one fair
and square,
In this way think | will get
my due share.
My business is built up on prac-
teal experience,
And spiced from the start with
true perseverance;
Its hard to start without any
money,
And those who have tried it
know it is not all honey.
The next week my customers
came back as expected,
Their tonr of exploration they
had just perfected;
No where in these parts could
they do so well,
So they decided to come back
to G. G. kNELL.
They admitted that my styles
in every way did excel,
And there was more to select
from they could truly tell;
My stock entire was ahead of
any they had seen,
For through every store over
there they had been.
To sell them now was us easy
rs rolling off log,
For the skies had got clear and
they were out of the fog;
They concluded hereafter it was
useless to look around,
For right here in Rock Islam
to buy they were bound.
Why carry the money away
from the town,
While all that is spent here
helps us all around;
We shall support home industry
every time if we ken,
For | make most my goods and
employ a number of men;
They all have to live and spend
their money right here,
And that is the way to keep the
machine in good gear.
Now in conclusion my friends,
lust wish to say,
If you want Furniture and Car
pets just come this way;
And if perchance, | cannot suit
you,
There is no harm in seeing what
| can do.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-19
The High School Hours.

The following is copy of the circular
sent out by the board of education to
parents of pupils attending the high
school, and which was alluded to in these
columns Saturday evening"
Rock ISLAND, Iii. Oct. 10, 1885
This letter is sent at the request of sew
cral of our patrons, to ascertain your
opinion upon II contemplated change in
the sessions in the high school.
The proposition is that we have but
one session, commencing at $50 and clos
ing at 80, with two recesscs of fifteen
minutes each.
II approved by the parents, it is the
intention to make the experiment for a
few months, with a view to adoption if it
prove successful and satisfactory.
The reasons for the change are us fol-
lows:
Climbing OF stairs materially lcsscncd.
Time saved to pupils for study at home
or for assisting in home duties.
During the winter months onc-third of
the pupils are compelled to remain at the
noon intermission (making to them u SEES
sion of u hours) and do not reach home
until dark.
The number of absences and excuses
for part of session would be ieSscncd
by the proposed change
Please return this. with your approval
or disapproval, at your earliest conven-
fence. to the paincipal of the high school,
and oblgc Yours truly.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-19

Hood S Sarsaparilla, acting through the
blood, reaches every part of the system,
and in this way positively cures catarrh.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-19

There are 800 words in some of Arch
deacon Farrar's sentences.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-19
PROB \ TIE

Is Estate of John |. Brown, deceased.
Administrators report filed and APP
proved.
16-Estatc Of Sarah L. stephens, de-
ceased. Executors report filed and ap-
proved
Estate of james Scarlc. deceased. OBJ
jections to final account of administrator
withdrawn. Proof of notice to heirs filed
Final account approved and order Of dis
tribution.
LICENSED TO WE'D.
i6 William T. billiard, Lcavenworth,
Kan Mis- Alice Jones. Atlanta, Gror>
uiu
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-19

The next week my customers
came back as expected,
Their tonr of exploration they
had just perfected;
No where in these parts could
they do so well,
So they decided to come back
to G.. G. KNELL.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-19

My business is built up on pfac-
teal experience,
And spiced from the start with
true perseverance:
It's hard to start without any
money,
And those who have tried it
know it is not all honey.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-29
SOCIAL GOSSIP.

Education may not prevent crime, but it
is crime to prevent education.
Where one, man gets weary hunting for rest
ten get tired hunting for plessure.-Jud La
fagan.
Whitehall Times: Wild oats that are
sown in the hey days CT life are often reaped
in the hades Of eternity.
It is a bachelor who always knows how a
child should be brought no, but he frgs!s it
after msrriage.-Boston Post.
And now it is all the rage to paint flowers
and landscapes on large, square crackers and
render them useless, even for dog feed.
The best thing ever said of ghosts was said
by Coleridge, when asked by lady il he be-
lieved in them: mo. madam, have seen
too many to believe in them"
Don't marry a man who as a boy was not
always kind, loving and helpful to his sis.
ter" says a philosopher, who evidently
wants all the girls to die old maids.
Some men are more beholden to their Bit.
terest enemies. than 70 friends who appear
to be sweetness itnelf The former frequent
~ tell the truth, but the latter never.-Cato.
Charles Reade: The fortunate man is he
who, born poor, or nobldy, works gradually
up to wealth and consideration. and having
got them, dies before he tiods they were NOT
werth so much trouble.
One of the best religious poems of the age.
which is adopted in all religions is the ex-
quisite one which Father Ryan Italicized as
"A Thought" but which is entitled in all
the collections where it is found, Follow
Ne"
Oliver Wendell Holmes: Don't you know
how hard IL is for some people to get out OF q
room after their visit is really over? One
would think they hsd been built IN your
parlor study, and were waiting to be
launched.
Carlyle: The man without a purpose is
like ship without a rudder, q wait, a moth
ing, no man. Have q purpose in life, if il
is only TO kill and DIVIDE and sell oxen well,
Dut have q purpose, snd having it, throw
such strength of mind and muscle into your
work as God has given you.
"And our dim eyes ask e beacon, and eur weary
And our hearts Of all nte's mysteries seek the
meaning snd the key;
And a cross CLEANS DER par pathwsy,on II hangs
And He answered all our yearnings by the whis-
per Follow Me-"
Smart" and "crisp' are the latest cant
terms in London, the former meaning fash
ionable, heightened" or exclusive, and the
| latter signifying an arrival at the highest
| apex OF ''style." Thus Smart people are
the '.upper-ten," and "crisp" woman is
one clothed in the extremity of the mode.
For what we are about to receive, may
the Lord make us truly thankful" devoutly
murmured Dosenbury, sitting with folded
hands at the dinner table. Then looking dis.
dainfulIy over the dishes set before him, he
snsrled: Good gracious, Maria, how many
| times DO you want me to tell you that l
| don't han ker for cabbage aud corn beef more
than three times in one week.-Boston
| Glebe.
when your father and your mother for
sake you. Johnny. do you know who will
| take you upY" Yes. sir" said he. And
who?' said the friend. The police" was
| Johnny's answer. Parents VIII do y ell to
con -idsr the truth there is in this reply, The
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-29

They call o cyclone she in the West.
The men well know 10 which gender the
greatest storms belong.-Texss SifIings.
We are told that spsrriDg is now taught as
physical exercise in colleges for women.
That settles IL We prefer happy ignorance
and broom-handle.
Wile-"Old Mrs. Bsntly told me con6den
tally this morning that she expects shortly
10 become a grandmother" Husband lab
sent minded Ills 1t possible2 That old wo-
man?'
The curtain had iust dropped on the irst
act and he already mad his nat in hand when
she, putting her band in her pocket, said
Here, dear, | thought you would want one.
you Needn't go out, and she handed him a
Glove.
The apathy in Boston upon reception OF
the neK date of the end of the world recalls
the reply of Theodore Parker when informed
by Millerite OF the pending destruction OF
our planet: "Fhst does not concern me, "
said Parker, 'for live in Boston,"
beg your pardon, sir" said the gentle
manly usher at the thester, but your seat is
IL the front rev." How did you know
thst." asked the astonished bald headed man,
without teeiDg my check" You forget"
replied the usher, that you have your hat
Of"
"Whet mskes you think you saw your
husbands ghost last night?" He came in to
my room aud l called on him TO stop, but ne
passed On as il he Int hear me-" Per
haps it was really your husband" mo.
rH sure II wasn't. John poor dear, wouldn't
have cared to go on without stopping.-N.
y. Graphic.
A gentleman went into a crowded store to
ouy some stockings for his wife. 81 want
striped ones" he said to the clerk. 1--WE
have veiy few stripes, SIR" the clerk replied
they are rot much worn now " Are you
sure?" ''0h, yes, quite sure. Twill demon
siIate the fact TO you" Then he leaned over
the counter and shou ted Rats" "Ses!" he
asked. Eyes, give me the plain colors. -
brakes Magazine.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-29

coran offered to paw oos half $40 Oo0l IL the
congregation would pay onehsif.
A Jealous soul without meskDess is ike Q
ship in q storm, in danger OF wreck. A
meek soul without zeal is like q ship in
calm, that moves not 50 fast sS II ought
Mason.
Every one bIameth the devil for his sins;
but the great devil. the house devil Of every
n sn, 10 that idol that killsth all himself.
Beware OF yourself; yourself Is more dan
gsrous enemy than any without you.-S.
Rutherford.
An Indian agent, In his annual reDort to
the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs, suggests
thst misSinr aries ne sent out 10 ChristiaAiZe
the bad viii e elemen: on thu border, whose
low IuoT-l status acts as a perpetual oafFisr
&c u e progress of our IOdIsn population"
joyoussthought il is [, each Christian,
that he may constitute one little link IN
tina. golden cnain which preserves the
knoe ledge OF toe dying love OF his Savior
from the bOnr OF crucif1ion until he come
TO reward His sAints.-Rsv. Aoel McE ven,
D. d.
The international Sunday schoal Com
mittee, OF which the chairman, Dr. Vincent,
and DR.. John Hall have been memoe's sihcs
the beginning, e. Indianapolis, in 49, neld
its annual session in Cincinnati las week, TO
arrange the Lessons for 1857, nearly two years
in advance.
DR.. Newman, General Grants pastor, in re-
ply to q question concerning the Generals
spiritual condition, with 3 seeming feeling
of indignation that such a question could be
raised in reference to sucn & man said:
Great men can gain nothing from religion,
but religion can gain much from great men :"
A more humilisting and abject debsssment
OF the position of religion by a professedly
Christian minister, We have never met win.
New Church Messenger.
new society. "GemIllath Hssed Bsnevo-
lent Loan Association" hss been formed
among the Polish Jews of Chicago. II has
been instituted for loaning small sums to
the worthy poor, to tide them over tempo
Tsry difficulties, taking pledges therefore,
but charging no interest nor requiring any
payment except that Of the sum actually
loaned. Tie society is Incorporated under
the laws of the Slate of Illinois. and hes al
ready a capital of several hundred dollars.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-29
Commisioner miller.
Washington Special. /

Commissioner of Internal Revenue Miller
said to day that be had not had time to Look
into the question raised by the highwjne
men concerning expors spirits returned to
this country, and shat he would take nc
action in the premises until he had csIe-
fully examined the whole matter. This
was 10 conversation with a prominent
Kentucky distiiler who was az pains
10 pIesent the other side OF the
question. Fhe highTlne men are uudOubt-
eddy laboriDg under the impression that the
new commissioner is en- enemy OF the
straight whisky interests, and that he wo aid
be glad TO move to defeat in some way the
recent decision Of the Attorney General
affor6ing them inst relief But IN this they
are most likely 20 be mistaken.
Mr. Miller represents no antagOnism TO the
whisky interests, and csn not fail upon look
ing into the matter To see the uselessuess,
Dot to say the injustice, of requiring spirits
once exported to be returned again 10 the
warehouse iIom which they were taken be.
fore their delivery TO purchaser. NOBODY
would be benefited by such q requirement,
certainly the Government would be made no
more secure, but only the owner of the goods
nut 10 such additional expense.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-29
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20

parent who is too DUcb engaged, az too sci.
ish, 10 look after the framing Of his child.
need not be surprised 10 zee the caild come
to serious harm.
Hawthorne: Thank Providenoe for spring
The earth, and man himaen by sympathy
with his birthplace, would be far other than
we find him If life toiled YEARLY onward
without this periodical infusion of the pri-
NAL spirit.
Theodore Parker once said, Reform goes
forward in the same way that field is
plougbed. The man who drives the team
urges ii on, while another holds to the
plough tail, pulls back and bears down. Bg
this means deeper furrow is drawn; tbs
soil is more thoroughly broken aud better
prepared for an abundant CROP"
Miss Rhea has added to her TepeItory a new
play called 'The Power of Love" II is by
SeIdcu, and was acted in Paris under the
name Of "Piccolina." The play was pro-
duced for the 6Tst time in this country st
Baltimore on Saturday night, and it Is re.
ported that Miss Rhea was we'll received.
Miss Rhes ensc,s boy in the piece, q young
sculptor. and wears male apparel.
The uncertainty OF human judgment is
often illustrated in the enormous success of
books which publisher after publisher re-
fused TO publish. Aud in Paris they are
talking of establishing an art gallery fer the
exhibition of pictures that have at different
times been rejected from the salon. 1t is
said it will contain what after wards proved
TO be some of the best pictures Of the best
artists
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-29
The New Election Law.

Franklin johnson County, Democrat
On Friday last the House of Representa-.
tives passed the Senate bill providing that the
polls in election precincts should be opened
at 6 o'clock, the measure having failed on
one occasion for want of q constitutional ma
jority. The bill was championed by the
Democrats as a measure which would give the
labonng classes an opportunity Of voting be-
fore going to their work in the morning aud
in this way would overcome an evil which
hiss long existed without remedy. When
the bill was first placed upon its passage the
Repu blicans opposed IL, but by Friday they
hand undergone "a change of heart" aud
voted for its passage. The measure is Ger
tainly good one, and will enfranchise
large number of men who have heretofore
been deprived of their vote by cir
cumstances which were ordered ex-
pressly to accomplish that purpose.
When the polls are not opened till s
O'Clock in the morning and frequently
closed before in the evening. the lsboring
man has put one, and that the noon hour.
in which to vote, and when his place OF work
is situated ct any considerable distance
from his voting precinct, the result is that he
can net exercise his right OF suffrage. Cor
porations have taken advantage of this fact
to prevent their employees from voting, and
there is rarely a State election but large
nunbe ere disfranchised in this way. The
evil finds remedy in the new law and under
ballot in the morning as he goss to
his work. The opposition among the Repub
licans was based on the alleged ground that
opening the polls before daylight would lead
10 iDnumerable frauds, but this, OF course,
was bat pretense to deprive the laboring
element of the State from exercising a right
that the Constitution sccords to all, but
which circumstances, for which the laboring
classes are not responsible. frequently placsd
beyond their resch. The Republicans, how.
ever, saw the position in which their unres-
sonable opposition placed them, and at a late
day they came to the support of q meas
uIe which hey saw was destined to
rass. even over their protest. When the Ia
boring men CT the State shall cast their suf-
frege at future elections. they are not likely
TO FORGET that IL was a Democratic Legisla.
ture which placed withis their power the ex
ercise of q right which all men should enjoy,
but of which the Republicans would have
deprived them by refusing to open the polls
until the day was far advanced. Corpora
tions and mon opolies have long welded
peInicious influence in the elections of this
and other States, and we are glad that the
Legislature has come to the aid OF the Ia
bcrer in this particular.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-29

SHKRIFFs SALLY virtue Of q certified COPY
- of decree TO me directed, nom the CLERK OF
the Superior Co1r. OF d Marion County. Indiana In
is plaintiff, and Martha Faulkner et al.
are defendants lease No. 81 1861 requiring me 70
n as. s sne g g, ave en1dra ana dc
for In ssid decree with interest on said decree
and costs, viii expose st public sale 70 the
SATURDAY, TIE 9Th DAY CT MAY. A. ID.
1885.
between the hour oflo o'clock &. N. and o'clock
p. m, of said day. the door OF the Court House
OF Marion County, Indians the rents ana profits
for term not exceeding seven years, of the fol.
lowing real estate situate in Marion County,
Indiana to-wit:
Part Of the northwest Quarter If Section eleven
III in township fefteeD IS north OF range three
lSl east, bounded as follows, to.wit: Beginning
on the north line OF said section at point eight
the northwest corner Of said section,
thence running south fifteen Isl
chains more or less to the centre of the track
of the indianapolis and Terre Haute railroad,
thence east along the centre OF said track TO White
River, thence up said river TO the nor.h line OF
salo teeton, thence west nine 81 chains and If
teen is links TO the place OF besinning-
muen Of raid tract as is occupied by right of way
OF SAID indianapolis and Terre Haute Railroad
Company containing eleven and seventy-eight
ore huDdredths II 7s-i50l acres, more or less
except theIefrom three and twenty-five one
square form in the northwest corner OF
said tract described as follows. viz: Commencing
C4sAt eNfCntOuc Aau0ItQl4 10 a1-lOlI chains
east OF the northwest corner OF said section eleven
III. thence running south five l5l and seventy
l7Ol one-hundTedth chains, thence east five rs aud
seventy l1Oj hundredths chains, thence west five
l5l and seventy 20 huDoredth chains, thence
north five 5 and seventy 70l hundredth chains
TO the place of Neutrality-suspicious. three and
twenty-five one huEdredth Is 25-1O0l acres, owned
BY John klingensmith. and leaving eight and
nfty.three hunoredth Is $500 acres situate in
Marion County, Indiana.
II such rents and prohCs viii not sell for q SUIT
hcient sum TO satisfy said decree interest and
costs, will, ST the same time and place, expose
to public sale the fee simple of said real estate or
so much thereof ss may be sufficient to discharge
said dco-ee infe-osr sD| costs. Said sale will be
made without any relef whatever from valuation
or spprssement laws.
GEORGE II. CARTER
Sheriff Of Marion County.
April d A. d. 1855.
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THE coSDUoroR.s CAROL.
BY A. y. RSsisN.

like 10 stand by the platform gusyos
At the END OF rushing train,
To watch the rapid interchange
OF forest hill ana plain,
Ana see the iren rails rseled OF
Like threads from an endless eke5n.
Lckeiy, lankety, lingl
The cords OF iron ring
In tune with every Jar
Oftbe swiftly moving ear.
Music and motion vel combined,
Will give relief 10 8 trOub cd mind.
Inc trees and fences near the track
GO flying backward fast,
And nOUs-S swim IL level fields
Until u seems at last
That / alone an sta- ding still.
And the word is gliding pas.
''iiekeiy, clscsety. Gang.
bridge goes hy with bang,
The time 10 cross its span
l. jot IN the like OF msn,
And a span OF lie IS much 100 brief
To De shortened or cicuded oy useless grief.
A dozen homes are left behind
At every minutes Tun-
kO1w that somebody s hopes or fears
Are ceDtered il every one.
Somebody's race has only begun.
and somebody S nearly done.
fumpety. ban petty. blink
ArODnG the curves wind,
The Platform ROCKS and swings,
But rests on rusty springs;
There's nothing so gOod fora tired brain
Ar q ride at the end OF q lightning train.
New York Express
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-04-29
Mr. CIeveIand,s pivers,on.
Evening POs-


As to summer work the President intends
to do much as be did while Governor taxing
only short vacation. Most of his summer
will be spent in Washington. The only
pleasure excursion which he expects to make
is fishing trip in Northern New York, aud
it may not be possible &c do that. The other
day, when l asked him when be intended TO
rect, he said he had more TO Go De ore Con-
gress convened than he possibly could do,
and that he needed every moment that he
could find. he hopes to become acquainted
with the business OF the executive Office be-
fore December, so that his first message can
be written with proper understanding of
the subjects to which it relates. The Presi-
dent now works many hours each day but
his he alth is good. He seldom neglects his
drives, and he enjoys them greatly. The
country is new to him, and nearly every
day he is enabled to take 8 differe 1T drive.
Thus far he has not left the White House
grounds once on foot, yet in Albany he was
very fond of walking. He never rides on
horse back, and doubt if he knows how.
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CHARLES A. DRYER, Attorney for Plaintiff.

CHERIFFS SALE-By virtue OF q certified copy
- of decree to me directed. from TIE Clerk OF
the Superior Court Of Marion County, Indiana in
cause wherein otto y. Frsuzsi Trustee, is
plaintiff, and John s. sawyer eG al. e-e defendants
lease No 3S4s3). requiring me to MAKE the sum Of
two thousand two hundred and ninety-nfne dol
lars and fifty cents lsl.299 SOL with interest on
said decree and costs. viii expose at public sale
to the highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, THE 18th DAY OF NAY,
A. d. 1855.
between the hours OF 10 O'Clock g. N. and O'Clock
p. N. of said day, at the door of the Court House
OF Marion County, Indiana, the rents and profits
ior term not exceeding seven years, of the fol-
lowing real estate, to-wit:
Lot number twelve I12l in Dsnforth and Knox's
subdivision OF a part of outlot one hundred and
stventy-three ll7S in the city Of Indianapolis, In
Marion County end State of Indiana
If such rents and profits viii not sell for ? suf-
hcent kum TO satisfy said Decree interest and costs
will at the same time and place expose to public
sale the fee simple of said real estate, SO much
thereof ss may be sufficient TO discharge said de-
cree, Interest and costs. Said sale will be made
without sny relief Whatever from valuation or
sppralsement laws
GEORGE II. CARTER,
Sheriff OF Marion County,
April 21kt, A D. 1885.