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The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

CINCINNATI, June % The .. S District
court has rendered decree on judg.
ment of the U. S. Supreme court in the
celebrated Macarthur will case, which gives
some 5000 acres of land, valued at 5000,
900, to the grandchildren and heirs of Gen
Duncan Macarthur, as against those who
purchased from his immediate children
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

A Tallahassee merchant who began
business over three months ago has not
been absent from bis store II single day,
often having his mid day meal sent TO
him
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

Boston, June 2i-Moses A. Dow, the
founder and proprietor of The Waveriy
Magazine died in Charlestown at $50 q
NJ Tuesday.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23
FATHER Is aE1r1NelwELL.,

My daughters say:
How much better futher is since he used Hop
Bitters.''
'sHe is getting well after his long suffering from
a disease declared ineurable."
''And we are so glad that he used your Bitters.'
"A LADY of Utica, N. Y.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

An Aurora (Tex) citizen, aged six
ty-four years. is said to carry around with
him as a curiosity finger which he lost
in early childhood.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

There is said to be an organized system
OF swindling by post traders at Indian
agencies. and congressional irvestiga-
ton is threatened.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23
MATERIAL FOR A DRAMA.
Strange Confession of Woman Who
suiciGed.

Strange Confession of a Woman Who
suiciGed.
BEAVER FALLS, Pa, June 2a-Mrs
Rachel Rhodes, of Chippewa township, com
mitted suicide by hanging, Monday mo IN.
ing, She was Al years of age. A letter
found on her person, addressed to her hus,
band, stated that she had taken her life be-
cause of a criminal intimacy with a neigh.
Dor. The letter further stated that the
neighbor forced her to the crime by threat
ening to divulge a crime committed by her
twenty years ago, the penalty of which is
death, and of which he alone is cognizant
The letter has created intense excitement in
the neighborbood, as the deceased had here
tofore borne an irreproachable reputation
and was the wife Of a highly respected
farmer. The nature of the crime she refers
to in the letter can not be learned.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

MADRID, June 23-Congress, by ma
iority of 200 votes, has declared that No
government of Spain will ever grant auton
ony to Cuba
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

The largest crystal of alum ever pro.
duced, weighing over eight tons, ha:
been sent 10 Edinburgh international Elk
hibition from the Manchester and Goolt
alum works.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

The coke operators of the Councils
vile. Pa, regions settled the differences
with their employees yesterday. granting
nearly all demands.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

The seasons seal hunt off NewfouDd-
land was failure. Owing to promiscu>
Gus hunting the animals are rapidly de-
creasing in number.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

WASHINGTON CITY, June 22.-In com
munication sent to the senate by the acting
secretary Of the treasury, 1t Is shown that
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

Archer and Wood, the two English
jockeys, made last year respectively $780,
900 and Sal, 200.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

A Massachusetts woman has just given
birth TO her second installment of triplets,
both within fourteen months
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

BY order OF the State Democratic Central Com
mittee. ALpRED OREspoRFF
W. j. MIzE, Secretary. Chairman.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

Worms of somewhat uncommon spess
cies, and which the sparrows do not seem
to relish. are destroying the elms on pub
lie and private grounds in New York
City and vicinity.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

II AFDwAFF.
Stewart Montgomery, is0n Second avepuc.
HU NSMlTHS.
u
Wolf. Chas., III Seventeenth street
NEWSPAPERS.
The Rock leland nAIIH Araus published every
evening. (Sun day excepted in Ar,-rs block on.
posite pnstoaice. Rest advertising medium in ne
city
The Rock Island NFETLf Anew: published
every Friday fine lob department IN ccnr"r
ton with the establishment.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

A conspicuous sign in Ocean Grove
reads: Carriages to Hir at all hours"
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23

Senator Stanford is threatened with
boycotting because 800 Cinnamon are
regularly employed on the Wan ranch.
The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-23
CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION.
At Springfield. Illinois, Aug. 20, 1855.

HEADQUARTERS DEMOCRATIC STATE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
SPiISsFIELD, ILL.,, June 10. 1886.
The democrats OF all the counties in the state
OF Illinois are requested to send delegates to the
state democratic convention, which will be held
ut Springfield, on
Thursday. August 26, 1886,
at 10 O'Clock noon, for the purpose OF nominating
one candidate for State Treasurer, one candidate
for State Superintendent OF Public Instruction.
and to transact such other business as may be
proper for its consideration.
The several counties in the state are entitled to
one delegate for every 400 votes cast for Cleveland
aud Hendricks In 1884, and one delegate for every
fraction thereof of 300 votes and over, as follows:
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-14

Certainly Jim Dutton was a dude.
He was a dude clerk In a Texas store.
He Is a frequent visitor at the palatial
mansion of Judge Peterby. Button is
a special pet of Mrs. Peterby, and is
suspected of having designs on the af-
fections of Miss Mollie Peterby, the
belle of Austin, who is also wealthy,
A few days ago Jim was invited TO
dine at 8 O'Clock at the Peterby mar
sion. but he heard during the morning
that a prominent sheepman would be
at the store about that time to pur-
chase a big bill of goods, so Jim had to
forego the pleasure of dining with the
Pc rbys.
title after 3 Jim said to the COL
orter, Sam Johnsing:
"Sam, l want you to 60 to Mrs.
Judge Peterby, give her my compli-
ments, and tell her L regret my in
ability to be present at dinner"
Eyes, sah."
"And, Sam, take my dinner basket
with you, and on your way back bring
me my dinner from the restaurant on
the corner, and be quick about it."
In due time Sam returned with the
dInner basket, which he opened and
spread the contents on the table IN the
office. when this conversation occurred:
"yYhy, what is this?" said DuttOn
in amazement, 81 told you to bring me
an ordinary dinner, and here you
brought me a dinner fit for a king.
81 jess tuck what Mrs. Peterby guy
me-"
"WhatI Mrs. Peterby put up this
dinner?"
"Yes, sab, L told her what you said,"
"What did l say?"
"You told me ter tell Mrs. Peterby
dat you couldn't come ter dinner, and
for her to put your dinner in de bask-
ct"
sob, my Godl' said Dutton, sinking
back INTO his chair. 1t was some time
before he recovered. Then he solilo-
quized:
"How can / re-establish myself in
her good graces9 l know how l will
manage it. Here, SAM"
"Yes. sab"
take this s. bill, go to the florists,
buy a handsome bouquet and take 1t to
Mrs. Peterby, with my compliments.
Do you understand me2"
Eyes, sah."
In a short time Sam returned with a
broad grin on his face.
"D!d you give those flowers to Mrs.
Peterby?"
"Yes, sab. She tuck de fiowers.o
"vVhat did she say?"
She said she was cher so much
obleeged, and she wanted ter glib me a
quarter, but | told her yer can't come
dat game on me; dem flowers cost g."
AS Sam passed over the back fence
Dutton got a fair shot at him but
missed him, An intelligent colored
porter can get a job by applying on the
premises.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-14
The Human Family.

The human family living to-day on
earth consists of about 1,450, 000, 900 in
diYiduals; not less, probably more.
These are distributed over the earth's
surface, so that now there Is no consid-
cradle part where man is not found. In
Asia, where he was first planted, there
are now approximately about SOC, 900, :
600 densely crowded; on an average, 10
to the square mile. In Europe there
are 800, 100000 averaging 100 to the
square mile; not so crowded, but every
where dense, and at points oyer-popula-
ted. In Africa there are 100000, 600,
In America, North and South, there are
El0, 900, 900, relatively thinly scattered
and recent, In the Islands, large and
small, probably 10000, 600. The ex-
tremes of the white and black are as five
to three; the remaing 700, 600, 900 inter-
mediate brown and tawny. OF the race
500, 600, 600 are well clothed-that is,
wear garments Of some kind to cover
their nakedness; 700, 000, 900 are semi
clothed, covering inferior parts of the
body; $50, 600, 900 are practically naked.
Of the race 800, 000, 600 live in houses
partly furnished with the appointments
of civilization; 700, 900, 600 in huts or
caves with no furnishings; 2d0, 00O,0 900
have nothing that can be called a home,
are barharous and savage. The range
is from the topmast round-the Anglo
Saxon civilization, which is the highest
known-down to naked savagery. The
portion Of the race lying below the line
of human condition is at the very least
three-iftls Of the whole, or 900, 0O0, 900.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-14

it was the other kind. The women,
as a rule, bore up better than the men.
1t comes natural, l suppose, for a
woman to be kind of silent and pale and
patient when she's suffering. But the
young lady wasn't that sort either. She
was bright as a button all along. You'd
have supposed from her face tnat she
was having Just the best kind ola time.
II can see her now, standing before
tile stove roasting jack-rabbits for the
others supper. Some of the gentlemen
had revolyers, and when the snow got
crusted over. SOS they could walk on
it, they used to shoot 'em. And we
were glad enough Of every one shot, for
provisions we're so scanty. The last
Two days them rabbits and snow-water
melted IN a pail over the stove was all
we had to eat and drink"
81 suppose there was nothing for you
to do but wait, said Miss Vaughn,
mo, ma'am; there wasn't nothing
at all for me to do but help the young
lady now and then. She let me help
her more than the rest, l used to think.
She'd come 10 me and say, Mr. Scott,
this rabbit is for you and the conduc-
tor She never forgot anybody-ex.
cept herself. Once she asked me to
hold the sick little girl while she took a
sleep. 1t was mighty pretty always to
see her with them children. They
never seemed to have enough of her.
All of them wanted she should put
them to bed, and sing to them, and tell
them stories. Sometimes she'd have
all five swarming over her at once. l
used to watch Them"
swell, how did it endP" said Miss
Vaughn, as the engineers voice, which
had gradually grown lower and more
dreamy, came to a stop"
''Oh? WhatP Ohl'' rousing himself.
sit ended when three locomotives and
a relief tram from Cheyenne broke
through to us on the eighth morning
after we were blockaded. They brought
provisions and coal, and we got on first
rate after thai. Did the sick lady die?
No ma'am, she was living when | last
heard Of her, down to Santa Barbara.
Two years ago that was"
"And what became of your young
lady?"
"She left at Sacramento. Her brother
or some one was down to meet her. |
saw him a moment. He didn't look
like her."
And you never saw her againP You
never heard her name?"
mo, ma'am; l never did"
The engineers voice sounded gruff
and husky as he said this. He shoyeled
in coal with needless energy.
fare you a married man2n asked
Miss Vaughn. The question seemed
abrupt even to herself, but seemed rele-
want to something in her mind.
MOP
John Scott locked her squarely In the
face as he replied. His countenance
was grim and set, and for a moment
she feared that she had offended him.
Then, as he met her ,d~eprecating gaze,
he treasured her witha swift smile.
"No, ma'am, l amt; aud | never
shall be as l know of. "he added. sSec-
ond rate wouldn't satisfy me now, |
guess" He pulled the cord which
hung ready to his hand, and a long
screeching whistle rang out over the
plain, and sent the prairle-dogs scouting
into their burrows.
"This is a feeding station we're COM
ing to-" he explained. "Twenty
minutes here for supper, ma'am; and it
amt a bad supper either. L reckon
you'd like to have me help you down,
wouldn't you?'
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-14
The wife's Kiss.


There's the kiss pressed on the lips OF the
child
of lovers when parting at night;
The kiss of a mother our sorrows De9ullcd
Making the face CHEEKY and bright
The kiss so silly of girls who meet,
Who so blisslessly kiss in lieut.
But the kiss that lasts and makes lille sweet,
Is the kiss of the wife that's true.
Kisses in kinds as countless as sands
OF friendship, betrayed, deceit;
The kiss on the eye, the forehead aud
hands,
The kiss that is awkward and neat;
The kiss that's %given-the one we steal.
The kiss that awakes us all through
But the sweetest kiss that lips can feel
Is the kiss of the wife that's true.
There's the kiss of youth and the kiss Of
years,
And the kiss we lay in the grave;
The kiss we press in sunshine and tears
The kiss for the brow OF the brave;
But the kiss that is the kiss OF life,
To HIM who the gamnt runs through
That brings surcease to anguish and strife,
Is the kiss of the wife that's true.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-14
All kinds of building material con-
stantly on hand.
South Penn's Grove.

"A ucDfcw ia = treslavl died lately
at the given age of III years. The
Kreylanen reports that he had been
shortly before his death.
-Politeness could not be carried fur
thsr than it is at a certain coal mine in
BelleVille, where a notice warns all and
sundry in the following terms: "Please
do not fan down the shaft"
TO visitors at the Edinburgh Ex-
position Mr.. Lloyd's exhibit of five
miles of News" paper in an unbroken
web is one of the most striking exam
pies of modern paper making.
lit is estimated that 1000, COO tons
of paper are manufactured in Europe
annually. The value of the materials
used is placed at about goo 600, 900,
and the value Of the paper at $40 ,000,.
600.
II ousands of Britons in times of
famine during the first century after
the Norman Conquest sold themselves
into thralldom. Children were even
sold by their parents to escape extreme
poverty.
"A society has recently been formed
in Manchester for the purpose Of col
lecting and preserving material of his
torical interest relating to the town,
tire 250th anniversary of which viii &C.
eur IN 1896.
NJ 4. Sentmois read a paper before the
Paris Academic des Sciences recently
son Sounds produced in Vibrating
Plates by Discharges of Static Electri.
city," To hear these sounds the metal
plate must be fixed to the end OF q
sound conductor of ebonite, which
must I've held near the ear. The sounds
become more acute rs the discharges of
electricity succeed each other more
rapidly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-14

Southern countries-Italy, Spain,
Greeee-have the largest number Of
revolutions; northern countries-Rus-
STA, Sweden, Norway-haye the least.
The heart that has passed through
the deep waters of tribulation is the
most tender. The voice that has itself
cried with Pain is the most gentle; the
hand that has suffered is the most
soothing mlnlstrant In the chamber of
sorrow. The best %sympathlzer is one
who has been a partaker in the same
sutferings.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-14

Sins of commission are the usual
punishment for sins of omission. He
that leaves a duty may well fear that
he Will be left to commit a crime.
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-14

When Baby rss.rat, We gave her oss,ora.
When she wa a Child, she cried for CastoHa,
When she became Mas, she clung to csstOriA,
Whom abe hsd Children, she gave them CastoriA
The Penn's Grove record., 1886-08-14

-Hin1s county, Mississippi, on the
10Th voted on prohibition, The city of
Jackson gave 300 majority for license,
but the county gave 800 against it.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-16
A SPRING soyo.


Sweet let me see thine eyes, and place thlno hand
Thy fair small hand, In mine: nay, thou can'st
trust.
love thee sol None other In the land
can love as /.
Nay, do not sigh.
Spring walks the earth and whispers thee, "Thou
must
Re one with me--and Join my happy bandp
Sweet kiss me on the lips, each day that's born
Brings us new beauties. sprlngtIdc has begun,
ion hedge was black and bare but yesermorn
until tho sun
Its prize had won!
And with n kiss, the swce, buds that did scorn
His vows, were bought-twas thus the decd was
done.
Sweet lay thee in mine arms-close to my heart.
The lite-blood rlscs pulses but for thee
Sec, as the sun shines forth how shaded depart,
Away they nee;
They must not be,
Where love and sprlngtlde act their joyous part,
Where thou and shall wander presently.
Fair nowcrbuds that all this Wintertide
Have lain asleep, are blooming In yon bed
whispering and noddInR, as there side by side,
They meet once more:
For once before
They loved and kissed, TIL Autumns leaves were
shed,
And when they slep, the world was bleak and wide.
Nay an thou hast not loved; III teach thee, sweet
What were thy life, should love neer be the prize,
,Twere Spring without is flowers. Life Is fleet.
Love me, mine own,
Fer Spring be flown;
IT'S true that clouds will hide these dapped skies.
That We must part, need not forbid we meet?
Sweet--let me sec thine heart Sprlngtde Ia there
The flower Of love was born there yesterday.
What though nor nor thou can'st truly swear
That there for aye
Twill live AWAY.
IT'S no,c the SprnRtis now thou'rt fresh and fair;
SO let us love-e'er springtide dies away!
An the Year Round.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-16
A Big Fortune for Some One, II True.

One year ago Lieut.. Moxie found some of the South
American people using sugar camel like plant for
food and drink after very fatigung exercise. Weak
and sick himself ils effects were 30 astonshlng, ana
believing II to BIO valuable medicine he sent a
large bale toa prominent Lowell physician, DIR. A.
Thompson, whose test proved 1t to be very yalua-
bic nerve-food instead. Its decocton In soda IA n
solvent, recovered everything aused by over asking
ne brain OF nervous system, even to paralysls.
bhaness, oat manhood, brain Tag, neryos, tired.
ont wosens stopped the run thrs In oiddrnikards.
anu mAue everyhody AtrnnH In a few days Lowell
became excited llkea political campaign, and used
liaoohottea OF the extract In seventeen weeks The
newspapers spread II 30 u stock company had To be
iorinea Win large capital. to supply the deuand.
Large quantities are being shipped to the United
sa sd Tae nrst proprietor insists thai II shall be
solu oheap, tnAf the poor eau reach II. lie h no
shark, at least In Lowell 1t " fast Substituting tho
liquor tiaIllc, ana the har-rooms are now compelled
10 sell II twothrda of the time, for the old lionor
lrnhes Say destroys the hankerlng appetite for
sillnuiants IL better beverage, makes them clear
nsausd, isei solid and strong hungry lnd capable
uI greAt endurance and has no reaction ike silm
an' Mos OF the Lowell clergyneH think IL IL going
70 ne INC great temperance factor OF tue future il
contains no alcohol, and IL az harmless US milk Our
aponiesafies are getting II quite fast. feii-sms
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-16
PROPOSALS FOR RATTONs. FUEL. AND
MILITARY SUPPLIES.


S,., r,, nv, WASHINGTON, ID. c., April go, 1856
SEALED PROPOSALS, in duplicate. viii be re-
celved at this office until IL O'Clock M or the tho nj
gay "a Of Jlne next for furnishing Ratlons and until
nisnng Fuel to the United States Marines at one or
moce Oh tne following stations, from the lst OF July
iSs0, 70 the 8oth June, 1851 viz. Portsmouth N H.
CnariestOwn, MASS. Brooklyn, N. Y; Philadelphie
Island, Cal. ''"'' anu Mafe
Specifications with blank proposals can be obtaine,,
upon application at any Of the stations named or nj
anI o ssist on ,he Washington b. c.
San Francisco. o.' '''ee's
Sealed proposals will also be received at this ONCE
nn.Ii ~ O'Clock NJ OF the 9Th day of June next for
furnishing supplies consisting OF Colths. Kerseys.
Elannels, Blankets, Hats Helmets, Military Stores
DIoons brushes Axes, etc., to be delivered nj the
1 M vi tne Assistant tluartermaster Phladephia
fa;, Tree OF expense to the United States.
onreI a WIN organizations Of the supplies re-
seeh AZ the oflce5 OF the Quartermaster Washing
ton, ID. ca. Assistant Quartermasters' ofice 9S6
Snnth Fourth street, Philadelphia, Pa, and 6i5 SAN
son san Francisco CAL, and at Marine Bar
racks, brooklyn, N. Y, and Boston, Mass
Blank forms OF proposals and all information can
ne mau Dy applying ANY Of the PAGES named above
rms 0lce reserves the right TO reject any and ali
plds, anu to waive defects; and bids from mann
be considered ' ""A
Bids accepted and contracts awarded subject
expense. e'' " 'n'es 'ne
Proposals may be made for one or more articles
deverable ut one or more Stations and will be cons
sdereu separately for each article and place of de-
livery. They should be Endorsed "Proposals for
natlons, Fuel, or Military Supples,n as the case
may De, and addressed to Maj. II. b. Lowry, Omar.
'eamas.er' u g. Marine Corps, Washington, d. C.
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Killiag . wild Boar.

In India, when out shooting from an Gle.
plant, once shot boar, paralyzing his
hind quarters without killing him. / had
hssn having good sport, and had only two or
three baiie's lett. With the prospect OF
still needing these, did not like to waste a
ball on an animal unable to move, and
thought of getting down to despatch him
with my knife. "Stop," said the mahout,
when he learned my intention, "tha. is
quite unnecessary. will tell the elephant
to Kill him." The mahOut accordingly com.
municatsd his instructions to the elephant.
who evidently did not relish them. The
more the mahout urged him to advance on
the boar the more the latter showed his
angry tusks, and the more the elephant
backed away from him. Suddenly, as the
result OF repeated goading, the latter seemed
to make up his great mind. He wheeled
sharply round, backed upon the boar, got
him between his hind legs, and fairly ground
him up-I heard all his bones cracking.
The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-05-16

determined, but the consequences to the
suitor were likely to be distressing. Suisse
quent correspondence showed that the posi-.
BILE son-in.law was really an educated man,
and matters were arranged. But from an
"e" out of place and a double "t," or one
too many ops" or mixing up an "sie"
with "cei" the fortunes Of two young
people came near being shipwrecked.
After all spelling is a mechanical rather
mental process" say those who make the
mistakes, and we await what Mr. Gallon
NAV wtita about ~