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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-30
TUESDAY, JUNE 80. 1885.

Only Demosra tic Dai ly In the Eleventh Con-
gressional District
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NUMBER 45.

cause he is driven from among his
usual companions / can not say-wlll
leave his fellows and seek companion
ship in a herd of caribou, making him
self their special guardian, and defend
ing his self-appointed trust with his llfe'
if need be; and such was the case with
the one that had now attacked us.
1T so happened that Jim had sprung
between two trees which grew about
three feet apart, thus forming passage
way through which the moose could not
make his way because of his huge ant
lers. After vainly attempting to do so,
he reared up and began striking Vi
ciously with his fore-feet at Jim, who
stood as near the trees as possible with
out coming within the fatal sweep of
the sharp hoofs.
THE moose continued thus for some
minutes, when, finding his victim out
Of reach, he Unexpectedly changed his
I tactics, springtng around the trees on
ore side with an agility al sIlddeRness
scarcely to be looked for Ia his clumsy
and ill-shaped form, and almost strik-
ing Jim-WhO was taken entirely by
surprise, and who had barely time TO
spring between the trees
And so they continued to dodge, the
moose around and Jim between the
trees, veritable game of hide-and-seek,
with the hiding part left out, although
Jim was more on his guard after the
first and fully realized that it was life
or death with him.
Thus the game went on until the
sun sank from sight behind the Western
hills. Darkness began to gather under
the heavy canopy of foliage over us.
and the moose still kept up The attack
with untlagging energy. At last it be-
came so dark that the two combatants
could hardly perceive each other Then,
and not till then, did he give up the
tussle,' and moved slowly away in
search of his companions, which had
wandered off through the woods at the
commencement of the affray, thoughhe
seemed loath to leave, for he paused
several times and glanced back with a
wrathful snort before he passed out of
hearing.
1--WE waited a spell after he had
done so; then, satisfied that he was
gone for good, l descended to the
ground, where | found Jim in very
exhausted state. partly led and part
ly carried him to camp, and the next
morning he was so weak that he was
unable to walk. So [ took him to tho
pirogue' in my arms, and brought him
down river.
'.He went back to the woods as soon
as he Was able, but he can never think
of that eventful evening without shud-
der. "-Hdrper'S Young People.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1885-10-10
You don't hev no writings?"
mo. sir"
STREET MUSICIANS.
What Eminent Composers Have Sal
About Them.

|
What Eminent Composers Have saiC
About Them.
1t is commonly believed that street.
organs, hurdy-gurdies and kindred in
struments are looked upon with par.
ticular dislike by all orthodox musi,
clans. There were no inventions of the
kind in Hogarth's day; yet that ad-
mirable satiriSt was clearly of opinion
that the efforts of harmonious blind
beggars and strolling' minstrels of all
sorts were utterly abominable to the
ears of men who knew something of
cOunterpoint There is no mstaking
the mean NO of his ''Enraged Musi-
cian." 1t appears, however, that the
common belief is an inaccurate one. In
1861 the celebrated advocate Adolphe
CremieuX was engaged to plead the
cause of certain organ-grinders who
were indicted in Paris as public nuis-
ances; and, in order to obtain ma
terials for the defense, he applied to
three of the leading composers of the
day for Their opinions about street.
organs and hUrdY-gurdieS, Two of tho
replies have recently been discovered
among a large colloctiea of autogre Dhs
that was left by The great lawyer, and
the letters are printed in the current
number Of the ReUue PoliiiqUe eB Lit
iayairg. J. T. Halcvy wrote: Il
do not believe that any composer
will admit that his reputation suf-
fers when faw of his melo-
dies are reproduced on the street.
organs and other musical boxes to
which you allude. l believe. on the
contrary. that airs which are thus
made public not only do not lessen
the reputation of the composer, but
give it an additional popularity which
is not unwclcome. OF course the COM.
poser likes great singers, celebrated
tcnors, and illustriouS prima donnas;
yet there is good in the vox populi.
and he is far from despising it."
Rossinl was next appealed to. but his
reply is not given. 1t was evidently
much to the same effect as Halevy's,
for Auber. who was the third COM
poser, to whom the question was re-
fcrred, wrote: Il entirely agree with
Rossini and Halevy. and bey you to
add my testimony to theirs. The sue
cess of the street is not the least fiat
tering of all" Not one of these dis
tinguiShed musicians went SO far as
to declare that the strains of q hand
organ were soothing to him. or that
he had an active liking for the lugu-
brious outpourings of Il hurdy-gurdy;
and, therefore, it may not be GStheti-
cally incumbent on a mere everyday
lover of music to 60 into raptures
whenever Giovanni Giovannelli, ac-
companied by his monkey, elects to
churn out discordant fragments of
opera within hearing. g.-LondOn Stand
ard.
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A SUDDEN CHANGE.
The Turning-Point in the Life of Admiral
Farragut.

When boy eace learns that there is
nothing manly iIeiJnitating the vices of
men. he has made q long stride in wis
dom Moreover, he may count himself
among the fortunate. if he learns it so
early in life that the pursuit of foolish
and wicked pleasures does not practical
ly 1njure his future career. Admiral
Farragut tells this story of his own boy
hood:
"When l was ten years DID," he
says, 81 was with my father on board
a man-of-war. l had some qualities
that, l thought, made man of me. L
could swear like an old salt, could drink
as stiff glass of grog as if had
doubled Cape Horn and could smoke
like locomotive. Twas great at cards,
and fond of gaming in every shape. At
the close of dinner, one day, my father
turned everybody out of the cabin,
locked the door, and said to me:
David, what do you mean to be?'
"'I mean to follow the sea-
Follow the sea! Yes, to be poor,
miserable, drunken sailor before the
mast; be kicked and cuffed about the
world, and die IN some fever hospital IN
foreign land.
No, David; no boy ever trod the
quarterback with such principles as
you have, and such habits as you ex-
hibit You'll have to change your
whole course of life if you ever become
a man.
My father left me and went on deck.
L was stunned by the rebuke, and over
whelmed with modification.
"a poor, miserable, drunken sailor
before the mast! Be Kicked and cuffed
about the world, and die in some fever
hospital! That is to be my fate,
thought i. 'Pn change my life, and
change it at once. will never utter
another oath; I will never drink anoth-
er drop of intoxicating liquor; will
never gamble have kept these three
vows ever since. Shortly after l had
made them, became a Christian. That
act was the turning-point in my des
tiny. - YoutkS Companion.
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"Yor rca.- or that fellow who
wrote-aaas name2 You know
he mac. --. honey on one of the
Westera railroads; forgot what they
call it,
"Well. what of it?''
"Why, not long ago he was in
what's that town in Wisconsin? You
know"
Don't mind the name of the town,
what did he do?"
What the deuce is the name of that
town. A big policeman came from
there. You know him. Well, this
| fellow"
(Which fellow?''
Il can't think of his name. It's a
good joke, and 1 nearly died when l
heard it. He'd come up from that big
plantation in Louisiana, Kept by-by-
who's that big banker in st. Louis?
The man who built a line of steamboats,
from Keokuk to-to-I'll think of the
name in a minute-the town at the
mouth of-you know that town in Ar
kansas. Anyway, he'd come up on the
that road that runs at the west bank
of the Mississippi from that place op-
posite Cairo. Consolidated with the
Cairo & Fulton Road. What the name
of that line?"
Don't know. Never was in that
country. What did your man do that
was so funny?'
why, he'd come up from that plan.
tation on this line to the town in Wis
consin, and struck for the that-hotel
on the corner of Jefferson and that
other street. Named after French
man. Strange l can't remember it."
''Never heard of it. Don't know
anything about it. Go on with your
story"
"Well, he got there, and perpetrated
the best pun you ever heard on the
laundlord sname The Landlord got off
pretty good thing on this mans
name. but l can't remember what it
was. Anyhow, this man asked the
landlord: why are you like an insur-
ance company'-he named the insur-
ance company. but I've forgotten what
it was-'Why are you like an insurance
company?' Give it up?"
Yes, give it up"
''Well, sir the answer is the funniest
thing you ever heard. 1t broke me all
up when heard it. d"
"Why, if l could remember the
name of the landlord, I'd know in a
moment Who's that fellow that in
vented the--pshaw, that machine for
making what're they called? You
understand, something about stair
rods"
Never heard of him."
Its the same name except the last
syllable. Funny L don't catch il"
'Is that all of your story?"
"Why, yes. You see If l could re-
member my mans name, and the in
surance company, aud the landlords
name, I'd bust you right open with the
best thing you ever listened to.
A vast proportion of society is made
of vacuum in memory, and some of |
the shining social lights of Brooklyn
will compare pleasantly in conversa-
t;onal ability with the genius here por-
trayed. brooklyn Eagle.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1885-10-10
DEPRAVED TASTES,
A Country Where Shakespeare in Original
Purity Is Not Appreciated.

Purity Is Not Appreciated.
The sun was shining brightly on
Union Square when Harold Montgom-
cry Boothbarrett strobe into the center
of a group of actors, His ambrosial
curls were diSheveled, and his brow
was knit as though he were about to
break out into the curse of king
Lear"
"Why, Harold" said one of the
actors: Il thought you had gone out
West with company to play Shakes
perian plays"
It's true it's pity; pity It's It's
true, " replied Harold, not relaxing the
frown upon his Phidan brow.
You have cut your trip short,
haven't you?"
a have"
"Well, why?"
Young man. 1 undertook to play
Romeo and Juliet in Butte City, Mon
tana. All went merry as a marriage
bell till 1 was about to stab myself in
the last act. When drew the dagger.
the audience burst into roar of laugh
ter, and a rude fellow in the front row
called out:
Hey, you tender-foot, wot are you
goin' ter do?'
81 was astonished, but replied;
TO kill myself. -
'Wot,' said he: with that tooth
pick? You can't come that on this
community. You take this and send
yourself over the range in style.
'And he handed me up tremendous
revolver l expostulated and explained
that it was not in the play. L said they
had no pistols in those days.
.Wotr he foared: no pistols?
Then the quicker you stop this burned
play an give us song and dance the
better
"And Juliet and 1 had to do the
Big Sunfower' light there, dressed
just as we were. Young man, Shakes
peare's got no show out there. n-Paek.
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STEEP TRAVELLING.
A Railroad Ananias Who Will Certainly
Take the Premium.
"Guess." said railroad man, re.
Gently, that - worked aboard the
fastest railroad on earth"

OUOSo' odlu ~ ldIlAOtli nIdu, lC-
Gently, that L - worked aboard the
fastest railroad on earth"
Where" exclaimed half a dozen by.
ISLANDERS at once.
ooh! out West" replied The railroad
man.
YES, " he continued after a pause
"a reckon I've made the fastest run on
record. You see il happened some
years ago now. The line [ worked on
was a big gradient tor about two hun
dred miles. Well, | wanted to do
something big, so | went to the engi-
neer and said. Jim, | calculate we've
got to slip down this here gradient
somewhat lively. S'pose we'll aston
ish the people 'longs;de this line Jim
was game, and worked the steam up to
Dustin point. He opened the regula-
tor, and away we slid. The wind went
past the cars Ike a hurricane,
and some of the passengers got shaky,
and inquired if we were trying to run
that train of the end of the line right
into the Pacific. 1 said we were erect
ing big record by contract. but they
seemed 10 think we were going in for
starting private cemetery. Well, you
wouldn' t believe it, but during that run
down we didn't once sec the surround
ing country. That train went so fast
that the telegraph poles near the line
seemed close together, and blocked out
all the scenery completely. Solemn
fact that! Twas there and should know.
But that's nothing, bless you! By the
time we got to the bottom of the slope
there wasn't a rail left on the track.
They were all melted up through fric-
tion. Of course Jim and me got dis
charged, and an.assesSment Was made
on the shareholders to relay the tracks,
but we didn't care. We had done two
hundred miles in one hour, six minutes
and fortY-seven seconds, which is pretty
steep travelling. The American Nation
amt played out yet. you bet" And
80 saying he departed. -7eras Siftings.
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THE LATEST CRAZE.
How Detroit Ladies Obtain ExquisItely
Lovely POmpons.

Lovely Pompons.
As the reporter lolled on the oak.
upholstered seat of one of Hendrie' S
maroon-colored coaches the familiar
driver pushed the door open, leaned
his back on the north jamb and began
unloading his daily budget of expressed
Information.
Nv immin is mighty Gurus critters, I"
was his eXordium. 'This road is 60
in to pay dividend if the latest agony
only holds out"
"What 'a-gony?'" wearily asked the
reporter.
''Why. this thicksil snap"
Thistle snap?"
Eyes Crowds on 'em go ND every
day to the prairie and gather thick
slls-bushels on 'ep.-aud lug 'em
home; but I dunno wIat they do with
The pcsky things s-bile EN-, mebbe for
the blood or wash in the soup What
ever tis, there's slashins of 'em up
here every day"
As the driver had pumped himself
dry on the subject, and was preparing
himself for another effort on less alb
struse topic, the reporter left the car
Later, asking lady acquaintance,
who never failed to be in the swim,
what there was to the drivers yarn, he
was laughingly informed that there
was more truth than fiction in it.
You sce," said she, 1--WE gather the
thistles before they are fully ripe, and
when we have them home. 90 to work
and shuck them. After you have the
outside covering off you have before
you a boil somewhat resembling cot
ton boil, only not so white. You then
fasten them by their stems to string,
and hang them out in the sun to dry.
If the wind has done its duty you will
have one of the loveliest pompons
imaginable. Their soft fluffy appear
ance, somewhat resembling The ex-
quiSitely downy covering of young
chickens, makes an ornamental effect
on a fan to be hung on the wall; or any
other device your ingenuity may sug-
gest They will last six months at
least so you see we do not have our
trouble for our pains. They are not
the easiest thing in the world to handle,
but if you persevere you will be re,
warded, when your design is COM
plcted, by the delight of your admiring
friends. There is no expense attaching
to the work. so it it is not rational it is
"-DetrOH Free Press.
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on water like some of yo' sheers OF
stock up here"
Isn't cattle raising a risky bust.
ness? Seems to me I'd as soon have a
mortgage on q school of mackerel off
Cape Cod as money in cattle that you
! don't know where to find when night
! comes. Now man with New York
Central, Rock Island, Northwestern or
Lackawanna can figure up what he is
worth every night"
'It's all on paper, amt it.'''
"Yes."
"Wall, our stufrs in beef and bone,
hide and horns, and it don't shrink so
rs to wipe you clean down to nothin'.
| don't want any O. your sheers of
stock. Give me COWS every time.
What's more. eff man makes any
money out O. you folks. somehow you
steal it back, and more too"
Tut tut my friend. you have the
wrong idea The Integrity of Wall
street men Is the streng,,. - ths GHau-
cial interests OF this country. Hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in value
exchange hands here every day uD-
on the word Of mer who meet on the
floor Of the Exchange"
You don't hev no writings"
mo, sir"
"Well, dog gone me if can see
through it. Ireckon l amt got brains
enough 10 make any money in Moo
York. Mebbe it's as you say, but I'll
stick to cows
The cattlemau arose and repeated
his determination not to buy any stocks
that morning, and passed out with mild
show of courtesy. The next place he
inquired for was cut-rate ticket office.
He took the night train for Texas. He
said he wanted elbow room.-M Y.
S1tn
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1885-10-10
PITH AND POINT.

The banjo is good deal like the
cucumber. A good deal of human mis-
cry follows its picking.-Detrott EUerg
Saturday.
An exchange has the headline
Where Does Lying Begin?" just
about where woman passes her twen-
tieth birthday. .-Binghdnton Repu6It-
can.
"A Pittsburgh lady cooked Lafay.
cites dinner when he visited America
in 1925. 1t will be remembered that
the Marquis never returned. - Courier
Journal.
Speak of mans marble brow, and
he will glow with conscious pride, but
allude to his wooden head and dhe's mad
in minute. language is q slippery
thing to foo. wish much.-N. 7. I+sde.
pendent
"A man l to his aged mother,
speakin WHO: i dOWish could
keep hlrT ..1m exaggerating so"
"Get he about her age, - re-
spondeo -1e shrewd old lady.-San
"A gentleman met boy and asked
him what O. clock it was. Being told it
was just twelve he expressed some sur
prise and said he thought it was more.
''It's never more in these parts, sir, y
said the boy, simply; 'it begins again
at one"
Mrs. Spook, when her pastor called
the other day. hastened to find a Bible
for him to read. She could find only a
few soiled leaves up in the garret,
which she handed to the pastor. re-
marking: "Why, really. didn't know
we were so near out. .'-BoSton Post.
Miss Laura Braden, Treasurer OF
the Washington & Waynesburg Rail-
road, is said to be the only female rail
road officer in the country. 1t is
strange, too, since women handle more
trains than men and know how to
switch 'em off in great style.-M y
Graphic.
Muscle is all we'll enough" said
the little man, "but mind is every
thing" Now, take it in fishing. am
small man, but do you remember
those enormous strings of trout that l
-" "Yes. yes" said the big man.
81 remember those big strings of trout
you caught-in your mind. - Chicago
Herald.
What are you doing, MaryP"
asked a husband, addressing his wife.
Il am sewing on a crazy quilt" she
replied. Are there any buttons on
it?" No" Il thought not" he said,
lit wouldn't be like you to De sewing
on anything that needed buttons" and
drawing deep sigh, he proceeded to
fasten his suspenders with half-burned
Chicago Journal.
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BEADS TO THE FRONT.

They VIII Play an Important Part In Fab
and Winter Dress.
Beads seem likely to occupy more
important place than ever in the dress
of the future. Front breadths and
panels are exhibited beaded upon DARK
satin and plush, in exquisite designs Oh
leaves shaded in natural colors, or I'D
rectangular patterns for the sides oi
dresses matching the straight cuffs and
collars still worn high against the
throat. Scale patterns, overlapping
ike fish scales, are in high vogue; but
the uply round, detached apple, melon
and cone designs are nowhere to be
seen: fortunate circumstance, for
they were most unbecoming, and the
despair of dressmakers. Beaded bod
ices. like scale armor, are fitted IKE
Jerseys to the figure, but must be manu-
wrought and so are very expensive
They are considered a great desloer-
atum, and will doubtless appear IN
colors during the coming winter sea-
son, though now they are confined 10
white and black Jerseys are exhlolteu
by an Antwerp house which snow ue-
cided novelty. They are made IN sne
finest stockinette, in lovely dark snaues
of wood brown, smoke, wine-color anu
black. The shape perfectly OUTLINES
the waist and springs smoothly aho .
with no abrupt termination over the
the '' fastening en- is executed with small
oval buttons. made for the purpose AMI
formed m of real stones set in gold. cats
aro onvX cornelian and others.-JeAT
~ M JUns m albany Arq~sr
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IF Z WERE YOU.

Why did he look so grave? she asked.
What might the trouble be?
"My little maid," he signing said,
Suppose that you wcrc me,
And you weighiy secret owned,
Pray, tell me what you'd do?'
"I think I'd tell it somebody"
Said she, ''lf were you"'
But still he sighed and looked askance.
Despite her sympathy.
"Oh, tell me, little mald," he said,
Again, If you were me,
And If you loved pretty lass,
o then, what would you do?"
''I think I'd go and tell her So"
Said she, "if were your
"My little maid. tits you," he said,
"Alone are dear to me-"
And then, she turned away her head,
And ne'er a word said she.
But what lie whispered in her ear,
And what she answered, too
@ no, can not tell you this;
I'd guess, ~ I were voul
Chambers Journal
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ASTONISHING LIKENESS.
Noted Divine Who Is Frequently Mis
taken for Henry Irving.

Noted Divine Who Is Frequently Iis-
taken for Henry Irving.
A tall, smooth-shaven gentleman,
with black flowing hair, was standing
in gentleman's parlor OH Walnut
street a few days ago, looking into a
picture album. Two or three visitors
coming in, one after another, started,
looked at him intently for moment
and then burst out laughing, with Il
thought Henry Irving had quietly slip
ped back to America, and that you
were he"
The gentleman was Robert Laird
Collier. the writer and clergyman, who
was visiting some friends here.
81 am frequently mistaken for Mr..
Irving even by friends of his, )" said he.
"When l was in Loldon, two or three
years ago, an actor whom he had re-
Gently engaged to support him talked
with me for half an hour about stage
affairs, and would not have found out
his mistake then if had not told him.
On another occasion q collector for a
business house STOPPED me in the street
and said he had IN account that he
would like me to settle at once. as he
wanted to 60 away tor vacation IN
Switzerland. The account was IN Mr..
lrVings name. When | told him that
| was not that distinguished actor, he
laughed at me. AMI his expression of
face clearly told NE that he thought l
was chatting. So that the man might
not lose his vacation, paid the bill,
and. OF course, Mr.. Irving reimbursed
me-"
Mr.. Collier carries a superb gold
watch that MIR. Irving presented him
with. RbilGdelphiG Press.
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READING FOR THE YOUNG.
A LITTLE SPRITE,

am thinking of house
Where there lives tiny mouse
Little sprite-
That is buster at play
And at mischief all the day
Than at night.
Now, you who pretend to know
That this really can't be so
Though it might
Should see its funny capers
Nesting in piles of papers
With delight;
Gnawing corners off my books,
And, concealed in little hooks,
Out of sight,
Printing tOOthmarkS, four so cute,
In peach or other fruit
1t can bite.
Can't we catch it? No, indeed,
For it runs with such speed
In its flight,
That when we try to capture
The act but causes rapture
in the mite.
What can we do, now truly,
With u mouse so unruiv,
Yet sn bright
For you VC suspected, may be,
That the mischief IS my baby
and you re right.
-HJ BCGm. 'H Toledo Bl0dc.