davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
MORE IN THE MAN THAN IN THE
LAND
.Southarn CnItivator ]

] knoyed a man vhjca he lived in .Iones
Which Ionas i co,,pty 81 rad MI "a
And he ' IiSed nro++v p,,ch INV os+t;,, -
loans - "
And his mpias uere pnthin, hut shin ,nJ
bones
And bis r. ,,os aot DC his corn, h,.,o,
pI"9 ,oa ,ho,,+ . 4ho,,,,,,a ,,- :,
III az w 100
in ,, ''>'' ~ ''''' - ''''
Ha s,,nr +ba+ ba,l lao,,a +,,,.,,, IA ,,,,I HIN,
AMI 80. '-''-7
n. -, .,l-.. och. H., -.,,..i,
' 'a'iii MANI i'''''i''' D"' 1'ii0' '9H
And iiftga thot ana nj ,.,.,,... ,.r,. ,...,
-,
anu what niue CORE NE nat MT wa
40 Sn'eh'
Ana uahSei Ii AF''h vas Ill the
ldhu
,,,4
a,iG ii'o I nc we ie ~,
80 no n 't,u 70 o,,o ~
hi'ch,
f"r 10 thiiSfate s"ihe"ilar "har lanu was
l'cli'
And TO quit ralsln cockieburs, thlstes ana
SIN .-..,, a.. 49,. A.. ....-..,
ana WASH" 'heif tlihe Oh ehe e'issea
i'ii''
C L.: ., n, A. l.A,, Il
hi"teN,
d rGfCeSIih Ihlc IoikS were mighty Dig loolsD
mat ud stay IN Georgy Their lifetime out,
just scfatchln hNh wheh all OF EN-
49,. HlouSht
OH places IN 1eXas "ilaf COTTON would
Sprout
by the time you could plant IN the land.
A., /, - - - --.,
u-os B row -. Co.. s,.,,,, 49,, ,,o, .e4
" as hVn not far from the edge OF town,
And he bantered Brown for to buy his place.
anu S'ilu uhat Deln as money was Skace,
And beln as sheritts was hard o face,
Two dollars an acre would git the land.
,-
1liey closeu al a uoiiar ana nIJy cents,
ANA Jones ne bought MN Wagln and tents,
truck
And moved to Texas, which 1T tuck,
Ills entire pile with the best of luck,
10 git thar and git him a little land.
our Drown inoVed out on the oid zones lafin'
ana lie rol4e" up HIS pieecuo' anu oare'' MS
afiu' a., -. g., .,r,, A.,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

lDfDDklNH Il5le.
The position of janitor, or superintendent
as it is usually called, of large building in
New York is one that is not unfrequentiy oc-
cupied by men Of some pretensions to social
and business position. The janitOr of a
fashionable apartment house up town was
formerly an officer in the English navy He
is a man who speaks several languages
huently, has a distinguished bearing and
looks like a banker or merchant He dresses
fastidiously and plays the gentleman even
while doing his work in the house. His
salary is $500, with board and lodging for
himself, but not his family. His servants are
well drilled and the house is admirably man
aged.
The fact is, the janitor in large apartment
houses, particularly where the restaurant is
sttaclied is, in reality as important a man
a. the landlord of big hotel. In the bust
ness buildings down town the ianitar is even
a moro imposing parsonage. His salary runs
from s., 800 to $1,000 year, and his assist
ants do all of the work-that is, all of the
manual labor He comes down town with
the bankers and brokers at about $3.50, and
at o'clock he is free. 1t is his duty to be
about constantly to collect rents, watch over
the characters of the tenants and keep an
eye upon the people whom the building EN-
ploys. Altogether it is 4 snug berth, and
there are many applications for vacant
ianitOrship.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
Assignee's Sale.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
County of Rock Island "
In the County court of sail county, December
Term, A, ID. 1884.
In the matter of the voluntary assignment of b.
D. Baford & Co.
pursuance Of an order of the colrt made and
entered in said Titatter on the 22d day of Decem-
bcr A. d 1891, notice is hereby given that on
Wednesday the Psi day of January, A. u, 1850
al the hour of ten (lo) o'clock a, M, AT the rorth
door of the Court house in the city of Rock Island
in said county, the undersigned, James NJ. Blu
ford assignee of said i. u. Buford & Co, will
sell at public auction 10 the highest bidder for
cash in hand subject TO the approval of the court
the following described property. t0-wH: "All the
notes. accounts and claims designated and de
scibed i'll the petition and the exhibits thereto of
the undersigned fled in said court on the 22d day
of December, A. D.. 1854. and now on file in said
court, and also certain capital stock i'll the Butord
IL George Implement company of Kansas City,
Mo of the face value of three Thousand dollars,
and in The Mast, Buford 81 Burwel company Of st.
Paul, Mimi. of the face valHe of twenty Thousand
dollars in said petition and exhibits described
and also the following described real estate, to
Wit: All the right, title and interest vested III the
undersigned by the deed Of assignment herein
from said b. ID Buford Il Co, in andto the follow
ing described real estate. toWlt: Lot four (ll III
block four az in the town of Buxton in the
county of Trail and territory OF Dakota; also the
southeast quarter "a of section nun-
her thirty 800 in township number one
hundred 100}, range fttytw t32l; and
the north east quarter "a Of section number
thi:ty-onc t31) in said township one hundred (1o0l
situate in tile county Of Turner in said territory OF
Dakota; also tie northeast quarter ca of tue
north west quarter IA and the northwcs quar-
ter AZ of the northeast quarter ca Of section
eleven I1) in township nncty-oue tAl), nGrth
range twenty seven ca, west OF the hfth t1thl
p. NJ, in the county Of humboldt a3d state ol
Iowa; also the northeast quarter IA of section
number twenty (2D in township uEmher eight Isl,
-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08


A man who had an excellent appointment
in the city was drawing l 900 pounds sterling
q year for work that required some talent,
but was pretty easy and pleasant; moreover,
he was ou the fair way to better things But
he was too impatient His employers bore
with him for while, and i'll fact raised his
salary four times within three years, for they
fully appreciated his services. A day came,
however, when they had to tell Tim plainly
that his demands were unreasonable, upon
which he stood on his dignity, and resigned
He quite expected that he would instantly
find in the city another situation as good as
that which he had left; but he was not able
to get an appointment at so much as half of
his former salary
Everywhere his presumption in asking for
| 900 pounds sterling a year was laughed at,
and he soou had to acknowledge to himself
that in the former situation, which he had
50 foolslily thrown up. he had been most
generously oyerpaid. Deeply mortified, too
proud to return to his old employers, whe
would have been willing 10 take him back,
tie misguided man became a city loafer; 1t
tried to SGT up in business FOR himself with
out sufficient capital, AMI, after q series OF
lucklags speculations, took to drinking, and
was no more heard of. This story points .
moral, which ambitious Young men do moi
always sufficiently lay to heart-namaly
that to resign good berth before maEm2
sure of better is to run the risk Of being
left ont in the cold.
We know an uuwise young man who
leaving COOL place out Of pure caprice, wa
earnestly advised by his employer to thnA
twice of what he was doing. You win fnd
| it positive disadvantage to have served il
our house, said his employer; 'for we art
known to be just masters, and nobody vii
| believe that you left us of your own accord.
The young man would not heed the warning
and the uEshot was that he had to emigrata
having failed IN his eudeavors to get another
situation.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
Some Funny GIimpses.

ttnicfgD 1I1Dune.
The "Memoils of Lori Malmesburyn are
creating a considerable sensation, and ali
the papers are quoting some Of the choice
Lifts. There are very funny glimpses in the
private life of Gladstone and Disraeli, for in
stance; Gladstone's appearance is described
as Disappointing, because 30 like that of a
Catholic priest, and one of his erazes in the
course Of his musical education was an Ell.
thusiastic love of negro melody, which he
used to sing with the greatest spirit and en-
loyment, never ieav,n,s eat verse. Camp
town Races" was f4r a time Lis favorite
ditty Disraeh al pears much less cold and
epaihetic in private than his sphinx-libe in
moi iiity in public would suggest He con
fessed himself on one occasion, wien there
was a prospect uf getting office. thai
he felt as deli Atei Is a young Grl
going TO her rst iaail, and, arc0rding tC
Lord Malmesbury, was, When outside the
house, always the highe t state OF citation
or the lowest depth OF despair, according t,
the fortunes OF the day. A fine piece OF un.
conscious humor Is this: "Disraeli was al
the breakfast and seemed rather low He
told me the queen had sent him her last
book
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

William 5. Baker, of Lewis. Ncgo
county, Ind. writes as follows: My son
was taken with Scrofula in the hip when
only two years old. We tiled several
ply sicians, but the boy got no relief from
their treatment. Noticing your Scovill's
Sarsaparilla and Stillingia or Blood and
Liver Syrup, recommended so highly,
bought some Of it of you in the year 1862,
and continued taking it till the sores fin
ally healed up. lie is now 21 years OF
age. and, being satisfied that your medi'
cine did him so much good when he used
it, we want to try again in another case,
and write to you to get some more.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

New York Cor. Chicago JournaLl
There is one Engiishman who has amused
Americans great deal, and instructed US to
ONE extent, but whom We are permitting to
60 Il re warded. The man | mean is Martin
Farquhar Upper the "Proverbial Philoso
ply" poet Journalists are accustomed to
make fun OF his rhymed plattudes, and
literary men in general rate him among
those writer's who are mintentionally com
ical: but at his worst he is harmless, and
at his best he is q repeater of undfPuted
moral truths. | bring him up now be-
cause no is reported by mutual
friend to me as impoverished TO the
extent OF actual starvation, and also because
! can doubtless surprise you by the assertion
that a million of his books la We been sold in
this country without the return TO him of a
cent of profit. There are numerous instances
Of the very wide circulation of books which
get little or no approval from cultured read
els, tut tie authors have usually secured the
dollars, though failing to achieve the kind of
fame which they would especially prize
That l. true of half n dozen noyelistS But
Upper has made no effort to circumveHt
those American pub fishers who have pirated
his works. / asked a man in the book trade
how much the poet ought by right to have
received as royalty in this country.
Ten cents PER volume On all the books
sold, at the very least, was the reply. "That
is the royalty commonly paid to authors
whose works have only IN Dderate sale and
who are protected by copyright from rob-
berry At that rate, Tupp>r would have re
ccived SlO0,00J during the past twenty five
years Being a foreigner, Of course, he
couldn't get any copyright here, and was at
the mercy of the publishers Had he been a
novelist, he might have sold the advance
sheets of his books, and thereby gained a
slight reward; but his Proverbial Philos-
ophy has permanent, steady sale, and
therefore is not susceptible to even that
measure Of protection.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
SHERIFF,S SALE.

BY virtue Of an Execution and Fee Bill No.
5Si9 issued out of the clerks Office of the circuit
court of Rock Island county and state of Illinois,
and to me directed, whereby | am commanded 10
make the amount Of certain judgment recently
obtained against Louis V. Eckhart in favor of
Elizabath Rosenthal out of the lands, ten"ments
goods and ehattels of the said defendant, Louis Y.
Eckhart. have levied upon the following prop
erty towit: Lot s. in block r. in that part of the
city of Rock leland known as the chicago or lower
addition all in the city of Rock Island, county of
Rock Island. state of Illinois Therefore, ac-
cording to said command, shah expose for sale, at
public auction, all the right, title and interest Of
The above named Louis V. Eckhart in and 10 the
above described property. on Monday, the Goth day
Of December. 1884, at O'Clock p. m. at the north
door of the eourt house in the city of Rock Island,
in the county of Rock island, anu state of Illinois,
for cash in hand 10 satisfy said execution aud fee
bill.
Dated at Rock Island this 9th day Of December,
A. D. 1884. j. NJ. RETiCkFR.
Aa{B o. R0Ek isiaad C0aqty-
d9lId
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
Homo Items and Topics
All your own fault
If Won remain sick when Won can

All your own fault
If you remain sick when yOn can
Get hop bitters that nev,r-Fal
The weakest woman, smallest child,
and sickest invalid can use hop bitters
with safety and great good.
Old men totterin9 around from Rheu-
matism, kidney trouble or any weakness
Will be made almost new by using hop
bitters
Us My wife and daughter were made
healthy by the use of hop bitters ana
recommend them to my people Metho>
dist Clergyman.
Ask any good doctor if hop
Bitters are not the best family medicine
ON EARTH!
hfalarial fever. Ague and Biliousness,
will leave every neighborhood as soon as
hop bitters arrive.
My mother drove the paralysis and
neuralgia all out of her system with hop
bitters. y Ed Oslpego .SaR.
~ Keep the kidneys healthy with hop
bitters and You need not fear sickness.
lee water is rendered harmless and
more refreshing aud rcviying with hoo
bucrs in each draught.
- ne NiToI ol NOuIl ioI tlC aStu anu
infirm in hop bittcrsll
AT the change Of life nothing equals
Hop bttcrs to allay all troubles incident
Thereto
The best periodical for ladies' to
take monthly, and from which ihey viii
receive the greatest benefit is hop Bit
tiers.
Mothers with sickly fretlul, nursing
! children, will cure the children and hcne
fit themselves by taking hop bitters daily.
Thousands die annually from some
form of kidney disease that might have
been prevented by timely use Of hoi
buffers
Indigestion, weak stomach, irregular
! tiles of the bowels, cannot exist when
hop bitters are used.
A timely use of hop
| Bttrrs VIII keep a whole family
in robust health ayear al little cost.
To produce real genuine sleep and
child like repose all night, take a little
! hon bit;prS on retiring
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
Master Sale.
STATE OF ILLINOIS .,
Rock Island County

STATE OF ILLINOIS -,
Rock Island County
in the Circuit Conrt-ln Chancery.
George II. Maish vs.. Henry Fluegel Marguerite
Fluegel and William l.. Coyne, Foreclosure -
General No. 1922.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue Of decree
of said court entered in the above entitled cause.
on the 18th day of October A. D., 1884, ! shall,
on Saturday. the 81 day Of January, A. d. 1885, at
the hour of one O'Clock in the afternoon, at the
north door Of the court house in the city of Rock
Island in said county of Rock Island, TO satisfy
said decree, sell at public vendne 10 the highest
bidder for cash. those certain parcels OF
land. situate in the county of Rock Island and
state of Illinois, known and described as follows,
to-wIt:
The south half of the north east fractional
quarter of section nine ,9l, aud the south half of
Petnfer's island in said section nine 80, all IN
township seventeen 40 north Of range two (s)
west of the fourth principal meridian.
Dated at Rock Island, Illinois, this 18th day Of
November, A. d. 1884.
HENRY CURTIS, JR.. #
Master in Chancery, Rock Island county, Ill.
PARKS Il PLEAsANTs Complt's Sol'r.
nOv-29-dtd
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
YOUNG MEN!.REAp THIS.

The Voltaic Belt CO., of Marshall.
Mich, offer to send their celebrated
Electro-V oltaic Belt and other electric
appliances on trial for thirty days, to men
young or old) afflicted with nervous de-
bility. loss of vitality and manhood, and
all kindred troubles. Also for rheumatism,
neuralgia, paralysis, and many other dis
eases. Complete restoration to health,
vigor and manhood guaranteed No risk
is incurred as thirty days trial is allowed
Write them at once for illustrated pam.
phlet free. Dec.-16 cod W 1y
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

ICnicd2o JotlIail
There are $1,000 acres Of good land in the
county of Essex, England, whic h are tenant
less. The reason is said to be that English
farmers are being educated above their busi.
ness, and desert the farm for the city As a
remedy for this Lady Catharine Glaskeil
proposes that farmers and their wives and
children be no longer educated, but allowed
to grow up entirely illiterate and unculti.
waited. She also says that they should not be
allowed to wear decent clothing and that
they should be made to rise at O'clock in
the morning and spend all the day among
the cattle in the fields. Lady Glaskell would
make picturesque refonner
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

Mr.. Geo Y. Willing, of Manchester,
Mich, writes: My wife has been almost
helpless for five years, so helpless thai
she could not turn over in bed alone
She used two bottles of Electric Bitters,
and is so much improved, that she is now
able to do her own work
Electric Bitters will do all that is
claimed for them. Hundreds of testi-
monials attest their great curative powers
Only fifteen cents bottle at HartZ d
Bahnsen's
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

The greatest medical wonder Of the world
Warranted to speedily cure burns, bruises,
cuts, ulcers. salt rheum, fever sores, can
GERS, piles, chilblains. eorns, letter, chap
ped hands, and all skin eruptions, guaran-
teed to cure in every instance, or money
refunded. IS cents per box. For sale by
Hartz s. Rahnsen.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, &c,
/ will send recipe that will cure you,
FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy
was discovered by missionary in South
America. Send self addressed envelope
to the Rev. JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D,
New York City.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

Tongaline has given me exceedingly
good satisfaction in an inveterate case of
rheumatism and neuralgia which had
defied every thing else; symptoms have
all disappeared. G.. i, Elnother, NJ.
D, Iowa City, Iowa.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
Remark able Fact.
PHILADELPHIA CALL

lPhlladelpha LalLl
1t is a remarkable fact that one of the
flfty-xn silver mines discovered" in Colo
RADIO during the past year has actually
yielded $50 worth Of real, genuine ore
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

The Darwinian theory perplexes the
multitude. They object to a line of des-
sndanis from monkeys. But not even
a baby objects to DIR. Bulls Cough Sy~
rup.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic is admira
bly, adapted for females in delicate health
Colden's; no other OF druggists.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

! find ElY's Cream Balm good for Ca
tarrh of long standing.-M n. Lasley,
1884 West Chestnut Street, Louisville,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

The surviving Rothschilds will turn
their house in Jews lane, Frankfort on
the Main, into sort of museum of fami
ly relies.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

Mgr. Capel said in lecture in New York
the other night: "The worship of the golden
calf is as certain in your great cities as it
ever was under Sinai"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

This country produces annually five
and a half billion oysters, or, TO state the
fact more clearly, one hundred millions Il
wapk
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

Lynn shipped 29G, 1888 and Hayerhill
194.76i cases of shoes during the year
lust closed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

Recollection is the only paradise from
which we may net be turned out.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

The tanners of the United States have
ten votes to seven of all other occuPa>
tiQnS
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

Eliza J. Ludlow. of Washington terri
tory, is believed to be the first woman
honored with election to the foTemanship
of n iurV.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

Guard against any lung or throat dis
ease. Use Hale's Honey of Horehound
and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one
minute
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

Waldo county, Me-, exported nearly
100000 dozen eggs last year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
CHICAGO ROCK IsGggsp & EsACuFsc 9'Y,


an Northwest Southwest.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

III TUUUSI HtaIII Il UT at Il IIIIFV t7T7I
To produce real genuine sleep and
child like repose all night, take little
hop bitters on retiring.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08

- Nv Va ~ -
", II. GEsT, Atty for Assignee.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-08
90 GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE

40 tar called offers travellers all tho comforts
coo0togs we'll WELL
the low rate Of
.ay
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-22
LITERARY NOTES.

An English edition of WideAvake will hereafter DC
PUBLISHED in London beginning with the new year.
Mr. Clark Russells new story-written in the agones
OF rheumatism entitled The Golden HOPE"
The New sbakespeaean Society is about to make
its report supposed autograph OF Shakespeare no"
I'm the possession c. F. Grnther OF Chicago Inc re-
mort is TO e accompanied by full detail photographs OF
the folio the autograph, and the various memoranda
and inscriptions the book and bindlngs
and will be printed regular series OF the socletys
publications.
The London Standard commits itself to this remark
able statement concerning TennysOn's new took; We
have read these poems with great delight because they
not only show no falling OF in the Laureates powers
but I'm our own opinion, distinct Improvement which
at the age Of seventy four Lord TennysoD tells us
that he is is something be Observed with admiration
Mrs Bancroft the English actress. is writing her recoi
lectons of actors and actresses and OF fashionable life
Artist friends of Mr.. c. g. Leland have furnished him
with funny OF their experiences with inc peoPo
who gather round while tsey at work or peer
over their shoulders He intends to publish colceuon
OF these anecdotes and to call 1t Shopping.
How much did Poe his publishers get for his IN
Vulnerable English edtionsi Was LongfeIIow much
better paid by England These are pertinent questions
asked not by an American but by editorial writer Tor
The London Daily NGcs.
George santsbury's volume of Specimens OF English
Prose style" is to be Published in this country by Jan
sen McClurg h Co. This American edition Will DC
printed in London from the English plates.