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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16


Anglomania is developing in a new direc-
ton this eutum. and is especially noticeable
among the ladies' Red coats have been
a craze at Lenox and Newport. and are
already to be seen in great numbers
along Fifth avcnue and in Central
park. Indeed, tho scarlet-fever promises
to be more completely epidemic this
year than ever before There will be no
opportunity for fast young men to paint
the town red" the ladies have already be-
gun to do it for them. Red costs. with
heavy trimmings OF astrakhan, aud scarlet
turbans to correspond, will be the fayorite
costume this winter. Whether they will be
generally worn for walking. or only fog
driving and visiting. has not yet Teen de.
cidad
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16

Miss Julia Fletcher tshe used to call her.
elf Dudu), the writer Of .Kismet" has
been living at home during the past twelve
years She is handsome but that ID what
they say OF eli authoresses unless they are
ross-eysd or dead, rich and clever, Of
course. but she does not believe in marry.
Ag.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16

An order has been passed by the board
of alderman of Hartford, reducing the
working hours of the city day lsborers to
eight per day.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16

In New Hampshire last year 80 pei
cent of the receipts of fire insurance com
panies were absorbed by the losses.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16

Press the finger against the upper lip close
70 the nostriis, TO prevent a sneeza.
Strike a clock, then put on the hands at
the hour struck, in order to have them cor
respond
For eramp in the feet press the hollow
of the foot against something hard and
round A broom-handle is the best thing.
Add to the covered brick used as a weight
for holding door open a strip OF the COW
ering sewed strongly to the sides and raised
just enough to admit the foot then lift it
by the toes, and save STOPPING
An aid in making buttonholes in a gar
ment which trays badly is to take a piece
of glue that has smooth and rather thick
elge. dip it slightly In hot water. and pass
lightly over the goods before cutting the
tuttonholeS The result will be satisfac-
tory.
In putting away summer or winter cloth
iny for the season, label all packages on the
outside, AMI keep handy a memorandum
book with thu contents of each trunk,
drawer or closet specified; it wall prove a
saver OF time and vexstion One often
forg It's just where bundle, or mittens,
scarfs, etc, were put especially if the ae-
eustomei place has been changed
Keep if you can q closet for the sole use OF
medicines and appliances for sickness or ac-
eidents. A narrow, high chimney side
,ioset answers the purpose admirably, with
shelves half way down, and deep drawers to
Oil the remaining space Bundles of old,
| soft cotton and linen pieces, a roll of cotton
batting and flannel, the rubber water bag,
Medicine dropper, bel pan, and feeding cup,
| and every thing needed in an emergency or
.ons Sickness. Have every vial plainly
abeled; those marked poison place always
,n the upper shelf. Keep the whole under
ock and key, the key hey ond the reach of
children but easily accessible to older
| members of the family.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16

Every Woman Her oWh Fashion Plate.
New York Cor. Chicago Journal
Ex.ravagancies in feminine adjournment
and renewed favor. One Of these caught
ny eye in the establishment of a man.
ireSsmaker--a big concern lately opened as
an American branch of foreign hou g.
You have read in novels about impoyer-
shed dau yhters of culture supporting them
selves by the sale OF drawings, which they
are always adept at making SC we'll as to
compete successfully with professional
workers Something like that is realized in
this shop where a number OF girls are hired
to sketch designs, Ut notifications of COS.
tunes. for capricioui customers The fond
a>t de ,lrs OF the most fashionable ireSsers
is to be IN measure uniqus while in a gan
sral way oheying the commands Of fashion.
When one Of these devotees of style call,
here to order garmsat made, a lot of
pictures ara shown to her; AMI then a girl
artist is detailed to draw original figures
Illustrating the IDEAS of the visitor, A
quick, deft pencil outlines likeness, except
that the fatnesS, leanness or other departure
from symmatry is apt 10 lie tonei down;
AMI the face is usually very free hand
portrait in which all the beauty Is en-
HANGED Then water color; are brushed on
10 represent the hues Of tho proposed good :.
Tue picture is given to the applicant, who
takes it home to lonier and decide upon
Every rich woman may by this systsm be.
c me her own fashion plate
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16

One of London's swell clubs. the em
pire, has collapsed, with $4,000 in
debts.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16

Successor to ]. W. Stark. Artificial
teeth inserted without plates. Office.
1724 Second avenue. d1y
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16
Only Ono

Live Stock Insurance company in the
world, and Geo. w. Walker has the
agency for that. That company is tht
Security of Bloomington. Call and SET
| Walker about it.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16
Advertised List Of Letters No. 8.

List OF letters nncaled for, al the Poslofice, at
RoekIsland, ROCK Island county, Illinois, April
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-16

tant. Both are experienced firemen.
There is another good man in the depart.
ment-Mr. J. P. Warren-who would
make an excellent chief if he could be
prevailed upon to take the office; boys,
ask him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19

aDomination in female gear. Inf +, s,,v.
que seat is ruthlessly let into the bows
oia gray kniclserbockers. Neat stock
,ns' ana slippers make Mary AIMS
,r's'e leet look trim and pretty. but
o'''1llSs hob-nails are worn down to
simple framework. 1t matters no, that
some Gay the out-at-elbow boy is going
10 grow up and possibly support his
,no'nef and father, and sisters besides;
,'e, cannot be made as ornamental as
nls female relatives so long as he de-
pends upon home support.
1t IS foolish Americanism to fins
oSerdress little girls. The rich set the
example, and it is followed by people
VINO cannot afford it. Many fond and
loollsh mother is nearly distracted be-
cause Mrs. Somebody sends her girl to
school IN velvet cloak, while she can
scarcely afford cloth. The finery and
'uroelows, with all their attendant van
tiles and jealousies, will come soon
enough in life. If the Globe had en-
tended Its ratiocination beyond the days
OF childhood, it would have been
astoun'!ed by the figures which are re-
CURED for the makeup of the fashion
able young lady of the day.
Lit is a source of ever-increasing con-
Germ to the enterprising young man, as
he works and aspires to reach what he
considers marriageable condition, to
lind that the requirements and fancics
of the girl Of the period are also taking
flight which far outstrips his own.
Before he can lay his hand on his siren,
the will-o'-the-wisp has flown to some
inaccessible height Of folly and extrava-
gance. 70 pop the question is generally
considered trying enough ordeal, but
it is more delicate matter for man
to inquire into the habitual expendi-
lures of the woman he would like to
make his wife. Untold misery would
be spared if there We're more frakness
in such matters, but when q young fell
low is doing all he knows to make him
self appear ardent, generous, and unem-
barrassed, it is hard indeed to descend
to the trivialities Of dress-makers' bills,
laundry accounts and green-grocers
book. While woman is an expensive
luxury which few men care to be with.
out, in the light Of recent Investigation
and modern tendencies, it is prudent
young man who comes to some none,
tary understanding with his girl before
he marries her.-Ne1r York Star.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19
was sent for to see a child of certain

WAS sent for to see child of certain
tailor, whom he found suffering from
fever, but with no signs enabling
diagnosis to be made. The fee was
given, and the doctor hearing nothing
further dill not consider his services
required again. However, it was dis
covered by the police shortly afterward
that some Of the children in the tailor's
house We're suffering from smallpox.
The tailor and the doctor were both
summoned, the latter being acquitted,
while the former, who was shown not
only to have concealed the existence Of
the disease, but to have taken work at
the time, was sentenced to ten days
imprisonment. y Medical Ne,us.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19
GHiMSEY ISLAND.

On the map OF iceland may be seen
speck of an island called Grimsey. 1t
is the most northern, and consequently
the coolest, of the Iceland group.
Eighty-cight people, no more, live on
it. They have tried to keep few COWS,
but the winters are too hard for them.
Two horses and few sheep, with very
coarse feeces, are the only animals OF
the kind on the island. A minister,
whose name is Peter Goodmansen,
lives in this remote place. He is poet
and astronomer, and is employed to
take observations for the meteorolog-
zeal institute at Copenhagen. once or
twice year some Of the islanders visit
the mainland, but the stormy seas, COW
cred with ice-bergs, make the passage
always dangerous. On one side OF the
island, which is very high preclplce,
countless birds build their nests, and
the collecting Of eggs is one OF the CHIEF
means of living for the settlement
Mon are let down over the face OF the
rocks by ropes. They wear suits
thielly wadded with feathers to save
themselves from being hurt on the
aharp rocks Each man carries pole
+o help himself with, and ladle fo'
scooping up nests which ne cannon
reach with his hands There is in MS
frock q great pocket in which he car
ut no eggs, There he works with tn
sea roaring beneath him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19
an 4iM0tOry Chestnut.

When was very small child / re-
member hearing my father tell the fol-
lowing story:
A young man away down in Maine
went to see the idol of his loutish
heart, one winters night. The kitchen
was the place Of rendezvous, and the
kitchen fire the uninterested spectator
Of their rival sparl1ings. But, from
the distant position the two lovers took
from each other, should imagine the
fire had it all on its side; for Hezekiah
sat upon one side and NIatildy on the
other Of the wide, old-fashioned fire.
place. They sat as qnietly as Quakers,
waiting for the spirit to move. The
fire cracked, the old clock in the COR
ner licked mournfully, the cattle
stamped uneasily in the adjoining sta
bic, the cat purred, but silence reigned
between the two. So quiet was it that
a mouse made q mistake, and thinking
the company had gone, scampered half
way across the room, then scampered
back again. lime wore on, till the
clock struck ten, When the swain spied
the tongs. For the first time in his
life, he was attacked with an idea. He
was so surprised that he chuckled.
Matildy looked up in surprise. He
took the tongs, aimed them like gun,
and said, sheepishly:
"I'n goin' ter shoot yer"
"What yer goin' ter shoot me ier?'
said the fair maid.
"'Cause love yern
And so, in few words. was she all,
important question popped. -fnglestde.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19
4 RACE OF GENTLE A3f1iZONS.

These Piedmont folks are an intelli-
gent, although unlearned, and an indus
,trious race as q whole. writes Burke
County, North Carolina, correspondent
Of the New York Commercial Adrcr-
tse7. Their children are all brought
up to work. The girls can hold the
pillow and WELD AK or hoe rs well as
their brothers. They are as agile, as
muscular, and as healthy. 1t is an
everyday occurrence to see three OF
four girls their heads shielded with
calico sun-bonnets, their arms and
hands protected with homemade
WOODEN mitts, helping their father and
brothers ".lay by" the corn or weed the
et-potato patch. About their homes
they water the stock, chop and carry in
the wood, and do many other chores
that at the North are considered mems
work. But this coarse work does not
make course women On tho contrary,
they ore pure, gentle, and have a
natural refinement unknown to many
of their sisters in the great cities, who
have enjoyed what are popularity called
superior advantages.
have seen young women of this
country who have done their share OF
field work every season since they were
s years old, who were up in Tennyson and
Longfellow; who had read "The Rise
and Fall of the Dutch Republic" and
who were better posted in English and
American history than three-fourths OF
the Vassar graduates. OF course, they
were exceptions to the rule, but there
are countless Maud Mullers among
these Piedmont wives and mothers who
had they been called into the social
circles Of the cities, would have take1
their place among the most dignifiet
and accomplished matrons. In the
narrower sphere Of their homes they
are to their husbands and children wha
the mother Of Garfield was to he1
household.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19
-im Unfortunate Man.

'cll, Ethalinda DeWiggs, 1 don't see
sou could go and engage yourself
pt old Slimpkins. Why, he hasn't
III in his head" exclaimed Miss
Ks dearest friend, when she heard
{ engagement
EcN, DEAR" was the reply, "you
hit be too hard on him on that &C.
!, for he was born that way"
|as he? I didn't know that, or I
Int have said anything about it, -
he sympathetic response.-Pit's
b Chronicle,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19
couR1sn1p IN SOUTHERN ITALY.

nv 49, AAA~AsA
Sudden passions like those Of Romeo
and Juliet arc the rule rather than the
exception in the South, though they
rarely have 80 tragical an ending. A
young man catches glimpse Of q girl.
and at once resolves to make her biz
wife; if it is at church, he folln"s her
home; if on a balcony, he notes the
house and begins 70 haunt the street.,
If he is acceptable perhaps one day a
flower will fall at his feet, though the
girl knows that such encouragement ia
unmaidenly. Alover with good voice.
and ear has an immense advantage. He
sings snatches of love-songs as he walks
below, and if voice above takes UP
the last note and gradually passes to
another song, he may take heart.
Whatever difficulties he may still have
to encounter, an aversion on the part
of the object Of his affections will NOT
be one Of them Very pretty flirts-
tions are carried on in this way, tln
young lady at times hooking and teas.
ing her admirer with fragments Of sa-
tirical verse, and at times falling into
something very like sentiment, but
they are more frequent after than be-
fore the betrothal. Even the most
favored lover has in the meantime been
seeking for some means Of establishing
a more direct intercourse with the oh
iect of his choice. He has made IN
auiries Of the neighbors as to the char
acter OF the family and its intimates.
and endeavors to obtain an introduction
to one of the elderly ladies who fire.
oueut the house. To her he explains
his wishes and his position in life, and
he then begs her to plead his cause. Is
he is an eligible sutton, she is almost
certain TO consent, as the mission is an
interesting one, and the position is con-
sidered highly honorable. She knows
nothing OF any little signs Of favor the
lover may have received, so her first
visit is to the young lady, who feigns
shyness and reluctance, which it some
times takes weeks to overcome. At
least the envoy is supposed to aetthus;
in fact, there is generally perfect
understanding between her and the
parents, though they pretend to know
nothing OF what is going on. After the
maiden has given what she considers e
sufficient proof of her modesty, she
Yields The father is then consulted,
the principal conditions OF the mar
riage contract are discussed, and the
betrothal takes place.-Loaado7a Sota4r-
day Reeaeeo.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19
Stars or lJ'Os,,c,l.

all the evils prevalent among
We know of none more blighting
Is moral effects than to speak
(tingly Of the virtue of woman !;
there anything in which young
are SO thoroughly mistaken as the
estimate they form Of the integrity
Fomen-not of their own mothers
sisters, but of others, who, they
! 1t. are somebody else's mothers
sisters. AS q rule, no person who
|enders to this detestable habit is to
trusted with any enterprise re-
ting integrity of character. Plain
Fs should be spoken on this point,
he evil is general one, and deep
FED. If young men arc sometimes
Nh into the society of thoughtless
|+Yd women, they have no moro
p to measure all other women by
+ they see of them than they would
+ to estimate the character Of hon
|anl respectable citizens by the de-
|pments of crime in our police
Pts. Let our young men remember
the chief happiness Of life depends
HER utter faith in women. No
Fldly wisdom, no misanthropic phi
Cphv, 10 generalization, can cover OF
RAcn this fundamental truth. 1t
ads like the record of God itself, fol
nothing less than this, and should
m everlasting seal upon lips that
sont to speak slightingly Of women.
'0Tren pa. Mirror.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19
Female ED 7'apaN0nce.

lie Boston Globe has been investi-
ne the cost of bringing up children.
lNlles the population Of the modern
lehs into five distinct classes-the
al'hv, the business men, the sales
H. the mechanics, and the laborers--
the items Of expense gathered by
in9uiring reporter seem to prove
FS'n all ranks of life nearly twice as
1cA money is required to turn out a
esentable girl as will do the same for
small boy.
what effect this conclusion may have
biology it is difficult to say, but the
'aon Of it is plain enough. Senti-
.1' is supposed to enter largely
W the value and maintenance of chill
sn' The mother has natural pref
vnce ior girl babies. while papa dotes
'0h his son and heir. OF course the
latest expenditure is lavished upon
Afst-born, and subsequent blessings
Ss' expect to be fitted into old per-
10olators, wraps, and hoods, and
4'Sea with cast-off rattles and bat
t." toys and idols; but as the family
leases, and the wife has firmly es-
,''Shed her authority in the house
W., She begins to discriminate il favor
We girls to the disadvantage OF the
ANe girls must have smart frocks
- II the general makeup Of the boys
PRODUCES their fathers old clothes as
Vi Us Lis features. Patchwork is al
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19

1t was refreshing variation from the
general run of speeches at temperance
meetings when man got up, the other
day, and remarked, "Ladies and gentle
men, to bring my nose to this state OF
blooming perfection has cost me, at the
least. ll0O."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19
lladann's Notion.

md husband Ito wife)-Are you
4 of me us you were Of your first
nd, dear?
e-Yes, indeed; and if you were
John, I would be just as fond of
ira. I'm not q woman to marry
ything hut love.-New York Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-19
EDUCATING SERVANTS.

In most of tue new houses it is notice.
able that the servants rooms are much
more attractiy b and better arranged
than the rooms or servants quarters in
old houses. Once corner of the un.
finished attic was thought sufficiently
appropriate for the servant, and there
was no induce ment for even tidy maid
to take pridb in her domain and have
pleasure in making it neat and pleas:
ant. Now, the rooms are we'll painted,
prettily papered, furnished with
closet, and made as homelike as posi-
bic. If the, servants are disorderly the
housekeepes is apt to protest that she
is not responsible for the results in the
servants own apartments, for she has
furnished pretty rooms and cannot be
expected to dFtect their possessors in
untidiness. Although the result may
be the necessity Of expensive renovation
upon each change of occupant, the mis-
tress has no thought of educating the
new servants TO greater neatness. A
writer in GSod Housekeeping has
made some excellent suggestions upon
the subject. She says: Don't FORGE
each day to allow q servant some littl"
time to mako and keep order in her
room. Insist from the first on the ex-
IRENE care bf the bed. Never allow
soiled clothit g to be hung up in bed
room till a convenient time comes for
washing it. Tell the girl to keep her
door open then she is out of the room. "
These rulfs are excellent, and if the
mistress is able to control her servant,
as she Should, her directions will be
educativd and Of great value upon the
character Of the servant. Many mis-
tresses will be often discouraged. A
lady whp received q bright Canadian
French girl, who was accustomed to
ficld-wak instead of house work, was
surprised to find that the girls bed had
not BEEN used, after week had passed.
Upon questioning she found that the
girl hail slept upon the floor each night,
becaut e she had never slept upon a
bed. The educating of such servants to
habit of personal neatness is more
diflich lt. Some English housekeepers
Advertise for servants with "no bangs,
and many American housekeepers are
obliged to make rules upon dress, some
having dresses and aprons made fol
their servants. The insisting npo1
cleanliness and order of the servants
apartments is one Of the most delicate
tasks Of the mistress, but its necessity
is imperative for the comfort of the
household. If the girl is bright she
unconsciously becomes more and more
refined by simple association with {
cultivated family, and when she begin:
to initiate the young ladies Of the family
a natural course Of education will pro
gress rapidly.--Bosto1a Journal.