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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-23
Fourth Avenue
DRUG STORE.
Horst Won Koeckritz,
Pharmacist.
Prescriptions a Speciality.
Fourth Ave. and Twentv-Third St
GHANCERY Notice.

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
Rock ISLAND COUNTY.
To the May Term, A. D., 1892, Circuit Court in
Chancery.
Nellie Davis VS.. Charles Davis, divorce
To the above named defendant Charles Davis
YOU Will take notice, that the above named com
plainant, Nellie Davis has this day filed in said
court her bill OF complaint against you that a
summons Ia ehancery has been issued therein
against you directed to tia sheriff Of said county
10 execute, returnsble to the May term, A D.
1892 OF said court TO be begun and holden at the
court house IN the city of Rock Island in said
county on the fret Mouday of May, A. D.. 1892 at
which time and place you will appear and plead
answer or demur TO said bill of complaint
Rock Island. H., March q. 1892.
GEORGE W. GAMBLE
JACKSON & HuRsT, Clerk of said Court
Solicitors for Complainant
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-23
SCOTT MEDICAL INSTITUTE.

OFFICE HoURs-9 to II a. M 9 to 4 o.
m. Ito Sp. m. Rooms and Ryan
block, over Boston store. corner Second
and Brady streets. No Office hours
Sunday evening.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-01-09
Cumberland and Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE

son theatre nights leave Cumberland at close
OF p. 10 luCe.
All teams stop ut Hays street station Cum
bcrand
Nos. l. 2, and daily except sunday. Nos. D
and Tuesdays, Thursdays and saturdays only.
l.. NJ. HAMl LTON,
Nav 30 Superintendent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-01-09
The Old Lights of London .

The history of lighting London is a sub.
ject of much interest. In remote times
the city must have presented very cur
ous aspect; there was no method OF
street lighting at all; the narrow, un
paved streets were deserted when dark
ness fell except by the thieves. who found
in the want of artificial illumination 4
splendid confrere to help them in their
nocturnal undertakings. Notwithstand-
ing the ringing of the curfew bell, and
the order that all lights and fires were to
be extinguished when its sound was
heard. it was found that a city could not
conclude all its business at precisely 8
o'clock in summer or at dark in winter.
Kindly disposed citizens as early as the
14th century began to hang outside their
door a common candle made of rushes
and coarse grease, and these gave faint
glimmer on dark nights. We find that
in 1416, in the reign of Henry V, the
citizens were called upon as duty to
light the streets; and although some
obeyed the injunction the duty was very
inadequately performed. 1t was the Gus
tom then for the ancient watchmen to
carry lanterns containing candles placed
at the top of long pole, thus lighting in
a small way the streets over which they
perambulated. Ii was in the reign OF
Elizabeth that the fear of a Spanish ~
vasion drew attention to the dangerous
condition of the highways at night. The
darkness might hide foul consprators; /;
consequently an order in council com
manded every householder to do his part
in lighting the city on pain of death by
the common hangman. This order seems
to have excited some attention, for at the
present day there are to be seen in tho
museum under the Guildhall Library
several Of the candIe,ticks said to have
been used at that period for street illum-
nation. The candlesticks consists of a
rude bar of iron, having at its back a
rack and a catch by which the socket
holding the candle can be lowered or
raised
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-01-09

had been staying with a Tennessee
mountaineer for three or four days, while
[ waited for mail and to get my shoes re-
paired, and was invited to go with the
family down to a farmers picnic. Be-
fore leaving home the old man took his
son Bill, who was a young man of 20,
aside for a talk, and l noticed that Bill
looked thoughtful all the way down.
There were abont 100 families gathered
at the grove, and it seemed to me as if
had never seen more pleasant and good
natured crowd. Lunch was over and
everybody was still enjoying himself,
when the old man winked me out of
knot of people, beckoned me into the
bushes and there stopped to say:
"Kurnel, I want yo' to go and wrassie
with Bill right away"
But I'm no wrestler, protested.
Il dun doan' mean for yous to take
hold O him, but to argcfy. He won't
listen to me, but he's sorter took to yCu.
and he'll believe what you say.
"What's the mat .er with Bill ?"
"Why he's dun bound to git up jump,
in match"
We'll, let him jump if he wants to.
"KurneI, yo' doau' consider the con.
fguration. If Bill gifts up a iumpin'
match he's bound to spread hisSelf and
jump nine feet. Thar's all the Hawkins
boys yere and some of EN- ar gwine to
Jump 10 feet OF bust. Thar's all the Dun.
bar crowd yere, and some of 'em ar
gwine to make it 10 feet 6 or break both
legs"
"Well?"
wall, do yo' reckon my Bill is gwine
to stand that! No, sab! When he finds
hsself knocked out on the iumpin' biz
ness he's gwine to pull that ole pistol o
his and begin to bang, and the next thing
yo' know yo'l think another war has
broke out! Go n wrassIe with him. kur.
nel, and wrassle fur all yer wuth, fur
thar hain't five minits between us an
the riproariest old shootin' scrape yo'
ever heard of!
found Bill just as he had taken off
his coat to jump. 1t was tough "wras-
slim" to get him away and induce him
to give up his program, but he finally
consented. On the way home he said to
me:
"Kurnel reckon yo' was right about
that yere fussin'."
"Yes, think So"
"'Cause l dun looked at my pistol after
had promised, and what do you reckon?
Why, she hadn't a burned cartridge in
her, and them Hawkins crowd would a
made bar meat O me afore | could cr
1ollered twice. New York World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-01-09
A LITTLE SUNBEAM.
why Tears Came to the Eyes of n Lo-
comotive Engineer.

why Tears Came to the Eyes of n Lo.
comOtive Engineer.
Even in the life of the grimy railroad
engineer, whose existence is one of al.
most constant danger, there sometimes
falls a spark of light and ray of human
sunshine illuminates his smoky cab.
penetrates his greasy blouse, and finds it
way deep down into his breast.
A little incident happened down at the
mole the other evening after the arrival
of the overland train, which, though OF a
simple nature, will long be remembered
by certain c. P. engineer. The great
iron monster attached to the train was
throbbing and putting after the long and
sinuous trip over mountain sides and
rocky detiles, trembling trestles and
marshy stretches The din in the depC'
was deafening, but out of the chaos ci
sounds a sweet, girlish voice was heard
welcoming home her parents, who had
arrived on the train. She was a little
golden haired beauty, scarcely years OF
age, with quick, intelligent eye and u
loving nature, to which she gave full
vent in the radiant and impulsive way
she welcomed her fond parents back.
At last they took her by the hand and
proceeded toward the waiting ferry boat
AS they passed by the engine belonging
to the train the little one broke away.
ran up to the big black machine and
patted the driving wheels affectionately
with her little white hands Looking up
at the smokestack, she said: You good,
big old iron horse, you have brought back
my papa and mamma safe over the fear.
full mountains to their little girl, and !
want to thank you, even if you don't
care for me because l am so little, and
you, too, she continued. turning her
face wstfully toward the grimy engineer
who was leaning out of the cab window
Il love you both. =" Then she kissed her
hand to him and was gone like ray Of
sunshine.
Just then tleeting sunbeam from the
great orb sinking down into the Golden
Gate came stealing through chink in the
depot and stole by the engineer into his
cab. There was strange look on his
face for an instant, and all at once the
depot was dark and lonesome. When
he turned his head into the cab there
were two light spots on the cheeks of his
dust begrimed face.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-01-09
SIreeI Driving in Paris.

The noise of the streets in Paris would
cause an American to fancy himself at
home on the Fourth ofJuly. The average
Partisan is no more to be trusted with %
whip than he is with locomotive whs-
tie. From dawn till dawn the cracking
of cabmens whips makes the air tremu-
lous with resonant agitation. Every
man who drives horse carries long
whiplash, and cracks it incessantly.
Crack, spat, spatter, spatter, crack, crack,
crack, go the whips in never ending
chorus around you wherever you walk,
and apparently in your apartment when
you try to sleep. If you want to imag-
inc what it sounds like, just fancy every
third or fifth man in New York going
about firing giant torpedoes all day and
night. These terrible intlictions, the
drivers, are quite picturesque. They
wear red waistcoats as q rule, and inya-
riably sport tall hats of some shiny ma
terial that looks like patent leather. Their
hat bands are often of metal silvered or
gilded. They are a pestiferous lot, as noisy
with their mouths as with their whip
lashes, and though l had no quarrel with
any | heard of OF saw quarrels between
them and their fares on all sides. They
have no silly scruples against battle of
tongues with woman, and the Ameri-
can ladies in Paris We're often quite ter
rorized by these noisy malcontents,
There are few, if any hansoms in Paris,
the small open barouche being the fa-
vored public conveyance. To see a myr-
lad of these fitting about at night is
like looking at a festival of lanterns. In
places Paris is brilliantly lighted by
masses of lights, always gaslights; but
in the open places, like parts of the
Champs Elysees, where the foliage filings
dense shadows, the lamps of the cabs
produce beautiful effect. Buses are
plenty, but lest the driver should fail to
make the necessary amount of noise with
his whip and voice, he is REINFORCED by
the use of horn fixed beneath his foot
board, and worked by a sort of bellows
process. An expert driver is therefore
able to make three sorts of noises at once
In Paris the public vehicles are too few
and too slow. Paris is as far behind Lon
don in means of public conveyance as
London is behind New York.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-01-09

An explanation of the much dreaded
"blueness of Monda.y has been afforded
by an erudite French observer. He gives
it as the result of extended observation
that the only nation in which Monday is
a day of poor lessons, headaches, scratchy
penmanship, and that tired feeling gem
orally is the United States Here he
notices that people accustomed to great
regularity in eating and othet hysical
habits during the week, make ractice
of eating late and unusually large din
ner on Sunday and in lounging lazily
around the house great portion of the
day instead of taking necessary exercise.
This, of course, leads to temporary dys-
pepsia on Monday, The theory is ingen-
iOlS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-01-09
Md, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1892.

the situation is pretty fair one, after
all, eh? Five pounds month to spend
if YOU choose, and all the fine things you
want, and your carriage to ride in. Eth,
Lily? You'll consent to be our adopted
daughter, and col.-- Uto all we've got
after we die?"
And Miriam Dalzell was nearly insauc
with jealousy and regret at little LiIy's
good fortune, while Lily herself is happy
as the day is long, and for her sake Mr..
Wingate is very good to her mother and
sister, who visit her at intervals, but to
whom Lily will rarely go, for she is the
light of the old eyes whose home sho
makes so radiant with her presence.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-01-09
OLD TIMES IN GEORGIA.

Old times in Georgy-them's the times for
mel
No times now like them times, and neyermore
will be;
Long before the railroads an steamers BLOWN
free;
How like to dream O. them-dear old times
to me!
Old times in Georgy-them's the times that
make
My old eyes shine like sunlight on some sweet
mountain lake;
And sometimes, too, they kinder bring feel.
ms full o'pain,
An make my eyes run over like rivers swelled
by rain!
Old times in Georgy-I can't forget EN- quite.
Suns that made the daytime, stars that made
the night
Wasn't they just splendid-didn't they shine
bright?
All the world was love then, all the world was
light!
Old times in Georgy - they was sweet te
know
Old fren's that loved us freu's that we loved
SOL
Seem to lost my way, now ant much left tc
Them dear old times in Gcorgy is all life has
for me
Atlanta Constitution.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-01-09

She Occupies the House Given TO Ne
by Cniiiopnta Ladies'.

She Occupies ih. House Given TO E.r
by Cniifr,mts Ladies'.
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont and he,
d tighter. Miss Elizab tn Benton Ere
mont. have taken possession of the beau
tiful home at the corner of Hoover and
2Sth streets presented to them by a COM
mittee of ladies' Lieutenant Fremont. his
wife. and child are members of the
h uSehold for the present, There is alSc
q trusted servant. who has faithfully fol
lowed the fortunes of the family for &c
years.
The valuation of the house and lot is
about 5000; of the dwelling alone
So 800 There still remains upon the
property an incumbrance of from $500 To
500. and contrl ltions will be thank
fully received by the committee. Mrs.
Senator Hearst and Mrs. c. P. Hunting.
ton made donations of 5000 each, and
several other ladies gave 300 each. The
location of the estate is exceedingly
pleasant, in the midst of an orange grove,
aud the neighborhood is one of the most
desirable in the city. Mrs Fremont and
her daughter are very happy in their new
surroundings. The same may be said Of
little Francis Townsend Benton Fremont,
son of the lieutenant. about B years
of age, handsome and intelligent child.
Mrs. Fremont has another son, who fol
many years has been in the naval service.
AT present he is on duty aboard the Phil
adelphia. The lieutenant, who is now in
this city, is attached to the 3d Infantry.
For "a years his regiment has been on
outpost duty. Shortly before the recent
Indian hostilities this regiment was
ordered to Fort Smelling. Los Angeles
has reason to be prond of family Sc
honorably connected with the military
history of the country.-L Angeles Ex
press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-01-09
A Rare Chance !
FURNITURE
.At Costs

nWING to the calamity which recently
~ befel my store building, destroying the
roof and third story, and not being able to
get a place to remove my stock to keep 1T out
of the weather, | am compelled to dispose of
same at almost any price in order to save it
from ruin by rain or snow, either of which
is likely to occur at any time at this season
OF the year.
The stock comprises Walnut, Oak and Pop
lar Bed Room Suits at least % Parlor SUES
of the latest styles and upholstered in all
kinds of Pushes Brocatels Tapestries, etc,
ranging in price from $50 to SIPS; also a
very fine lot of Upholstered and Rattan Easy
Chairs, especially selected for the holiday
trade. and fine lot Of Lounges, Bed Lounges
Side Boards Hall Racks. Wardrobes, EXten
sion Tables, all kinds of Mattresses, Springs,
and, in fact, everything pertaining to q first
class Furniture store. Some of tins Fnrni-
ture has been slightly damaged, but the bulk
damaged in any way Will be sold exceeding
ly low. This is an opportunity to get
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-01-09

Miss Birdie McGinnis complains OF
headache. Her little sister Molie has
toothache. Miss Birdie says;
. Molly, you must have that tooth
pulled if it aches. 1t is hollow inside. '
Sister Birdie, don't your head ache!"
"Yes."
-Then you must have your head pulled.
It's hollow inside.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1892-01-09

A New York clergyman has married
1000 couples and received over $4,000
wedding fees.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-15

A pleasant story is told of how one OF the
Dukes de Nivenois showed himself willing
to forgive and forget. His olive branch was
extended with Characteristic French wi.
and grace.
The Count de Tgessan was elected to the
French academy in 1850 He was surprised
to learn that the Duke de Nivernois, whose
enemy he had been and against whom he
had once directed a scathing epigram, had
spoken in his favor. He fastened to call
ON him and thank him.
The conversation turned on general sub
jects, and de Tressan found no opportunity
to refer to the past, or to make the embar-
raised apology which he would no doubt
have offered but for his hosts tact. Just
as he was leaving, the duke said with
mischievous but kindly smile;
"Ah, monsieur, you see how in growing
old | have lost my memory "-Youth's
Companion.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-15
Many NfilIioned.

1t has been supposed that W. W. As.
tor was the richest man in this country.
A writer in the New York Herald, how
ever, puts John d. Rockefeller ahead,
with fortune of 1925, 900. 1t may
be remarked in passing that MIR. Rookie
feller is not only the richest, but judg-
ing from his portrait in The Herald, the
best looking Of the great milionaires of
the American republic. The second
richest man is Astor, with $f20, 000, 900,
while if Norcross, the dynamite crank,
had succeeded in his design on Mr.. Rus
sell Sage, he would have scattered
abroad the fragments Of the third rich
est man in the Union and the possessor
of 800 900 900.
The last figuring puts the capital in
vested in business in this great and
growing country at $50, 0OO, OOO, 900.
There are seventeen persons living in
New York city whose possessions amount
to $1,000, 100000, and it may be men
toned that three-fourths of the richest
men in the country live in New York.
Many made their fortunes in the west,
however, and went to New York to in
crease and spend them at the same time,
so that the great wealth Of New York
represents millions and even billions
gathered up in the west.
The richest woman in her own right
IN the country is probably Hetty Green,
the owner Of certainly not less than $40.
100000, made chiefly "by her own exer-
hons, At the rate Hetty is still saving
her honest pennies, if she lives long
enough she will yet rank among the
hundred millionaires.
1t Is asserted that there are 20 men
IN our plain and simple republic that
are worth on an average $37 800. 900
apiece. There are 100 worth over 500.
OOO,OOO each. Among owners of the
cloth mills of New England alone are
~ men with fortunes of from $1,000
GOO to S40,000,OOO apiece. AS to the
men worth one to three millions, there
are SO many scattered over the land that
the number cannot be calculated. Yet
even twenty-five years ago fortune of a
million was considered larger than one of
ten millions is today. Our ideas enlarge
along with our wealth. A notable point
Is the immense fortunes that belong in
California. The many millioned men in
chicago come next to those of New
York in number One is surprised
finally to find how many persons worth
two millions and over there are in De
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-15
Work That the Heart Does.

The work Of the heart is the circulation
of the life giving blood throughout the
body. With each stroke or beat of the
heart, it projects something like six ounces
of blood into the bodily conduits, throwing
it for distance of 9 feet, This it does SO
times each minute, LAO times each hour,
1880 times in day, 80 266, 400 times in a
year and 2,540, 337, 100 times ia a lifetime
of 20 years. The blood is propelled by the
heart feet each beat, 207 yards each min
ute, miles in an hour, 1863 miles in a day,
6l,Sl7 miles in year and 1880, 100 miles in
the 20 years.
The total force exerted by the heart
every twenty-four hours has been caIcu-
lated to be equal to l24 foot tons; that is, if
the whole force expended by the heart in
twenty-four hours were gathered into one
huge stroke, such power would lift 124
tons one foot off the ground. This being
the daily force, that exerted in a year
would be equal to 1850 foot tons, and that
in lifetime Of seventy years 3,l70,3O3,
Such is the enormous amount of work per.
formed by the human heart, which only
weighs eleven ounces and is about the size
Of the closed fst.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-15
The Coming Cofored Orator.

The coming colored statesman and
orator Of this country is apparently
Charles S, Morris, of Kentucky, a young
man about twenty-five years old. Un-
like most of his race, his native talents
have been thoroughly developed by cul-
tivation. In Louisville, when a school
boy, Mr.. Morris graduating Grafton was
so brilliant that it was published in full
in The Courier-Journal Later the
young man went to school at Phillips
academy and at Harvard. His elo-
quence was so marked that be was
quickly recognized as one of the leading
debaters in the university.
Leaving school, Mr.. Morris took natu-
rally to politics Scarcely a wonder,
when it is recalled that he is direct
descendant Of Robert Morris, the famous
statesman of the Revolution. He is a
good looking young fellow, and his elo-
quence Is so impressive that once after
he had filled an appointment made for
Senator Hiscock, friend introduced him
to Mr., Hiscock with the remark, Sen
ator, | think it would pay you to hire
him as your substitute on all occasions. &"
The ease and naturalness with which
Mr., Morris takes hold of and unravels
the tariff and other profound political
questions shows a capacity Of under
standing remarkable in SO young a man.
Frederick Douglass wrote to him last
year a warmly commendatory letter in
which he said, Il bless the good Lord
that young man Of your promise has
risen to plead the cause of justice to our
people at the bar of public opinion"
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-15

The hardest part Of the seal question
10 be decided is whether these animal,
shall be destroyed in the open sea on
the way to and from their breeding
grounds at Pribylov islands. After the
breeding season is over the seals mi
CRATE southwark. They swim down
through the Aleutian archipelago, past
the western coasts of British America
and the United States, and as far south
as San Francisco. Then in due season
they turn and migrate northward to the
Pribyloy islands. During these journeys
IN the open sea they are slaughtered by
the thousand, both by Americans and
Canadians. Restriction has been put
upon the wholesale killing of wild game
and food fishes in all civilized countries.
The same restrictions must be put on
seal Strengthening, outside of Behring
sea as well as in, or seals will soon be
exterminated. In their preservation
Great Britain Is quite as much interested
as the United States. Both countries
should mutually agree to prevent each
her own citizens from taking these ami
mails except under conditions that will
insure their continued existence. Or do
we want the seal, which brings us in
millions of dollars a year, to follow the
fate of the buffalo, the deer and the wild
turkey2
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-04-15

Alas for Isaac P: Gray. At the be-
ginning Of the year his prospects for
the presidential nomination seemed
favorable. There was a squabble in
New York between Hill and Cleveland
which threatened to extend all over
the country. Then a demand went up
on all sides for "a good Western man -
"A great change has come in the situa-
ton however, in the past few weeks.
The Hill-Cleveland feud has ended bv
the extinguishment of the front end of
the feud' Grass is already beginning
to sprout over Hills political grave.
Cleveland dominates the party. The
good Western man. never had n
chance to appear, and now never can
appear.