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Rudolfe Plays Billiards.

Rudolfe, the French billiardist, is said to have
made the following shots lately at the rooms Of
Chris. O'Connor, in New York City. He does
not consider them at all difficult:
The flying trapeze shot This is accomplished
by forcibly throwing the ball, from behind the
back, high into the air catching it as it descends
at the extreme butt end of the cue, along which
it traverses to the point-the cue being held a
foot above the table bed; darting from thence
to the cushion the ball rolls on this entirely
around the table, and, dropping upon the bed,
caroms on the two reds and white, holeing the
three, thus making thirteen shot, stopping in
the centre of the table. This is pleasing and
very simple shot to one that can accomplish it.
We made FIVE attempts at it but failed misera-
bly,. We could throw the ball into the air but
the balance of the performance was failure.
The tumbler shot A tumbler is placed in the
center of the table, and ball driven straight
for it with force, but when within two inches it
stops for second, as if arrested by some unseen
power, then suddenly describes circle around
the tumbler, and jumping from the table drops
into the glass, which rings merrily for NOM
ent, from the motion Of the spring ball inside,
when it is suddenly overturned bottom up, en-
closing the ball still spinning in its glass prison.
This ia q very beautiful performance and really
wonderful.
The kaleidoscope shot: The red balls are pla-
ced against the side cushions, midway the table,
opposite each other, and one of the white balls
against the lower cushion in the center. Exactly
opposite, against the head cushion, is the cue
ball. This is struck with some degree Of force,
and starting for the right-hand cushion it sends
the dark red there to the center Of the table |;
then going for the white that is sent likewise to
the center; it then goes for the other red, which
also goes to the center, and the cue ball, coming
homcto the point Of starting, goes from thence
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THE CHILDREN.
BY CHARLES DICKENS.


When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And the school for the day is dismissed,
And the little ones gather around me,
To bid me goodnight and be kissed
o the little white arms that encirele
My neck in tender embrace;
0 the smiles that are halos of heaven,
Shedding sunshine Of love on my face.
And when they are gone, | sit dreaming,
ofmy childhood too lovely to last;
of love that my heart will remember,
While it wakes to the pulse Of the past,
Erethe world and its wickedness made me
A partner of sorrow and sin;
When the glory of God was about me
And the glory of gladness within.
o my heart grows weak as wOman's,
And the fountain of feeling will flow,
When l think Of the paths steep and stony,
Where the feet of the dear ones must 60,
Of the mountains of sin hanging Ger them,
Of the tempest of Fate blowing wild;
U there's nothing on earth half SO holy
As the innocent heart of child!
They are idols of hearts and of households;
They are angels of God in disguise
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses;
His glory still beams in their eyes.
0IthOse truants from home and from heaven,
They have made me more manly and mild !
And know now how Jesus could likcn
The Kingdom of God to a child.
! ask not life for the dear ones,
All radiant, as others have done;
But that life may have just enough shadow
70 temper the glare of the sun;
would pray God to guard them from evil,
But my prayer would bound back to myself
All seraph may pray for sinner,
But the sinner must pray for himself.
The twig is SO easily Bonded,
have banished :..ie rule and the rod;
have taught them the goodness of knowledge,
They have taught me the goodness of God ;
My heart is dungeon of darkness,
Who're shut them from breaking rule;
My frown is sufficient correction
My love is the law of the school.
| shall leave the old house in the autumn,
To traverse its threshold no more;
All how shall sigh for the dear ones
That meet me each morn at the door
| shall miss the "good-nights" and the kisses,
And thSgush of their innocent glee,
The group on the green, and the flowers
That are brought every morning to me.
| shall miss them at morn and at eve
Their song in the school and the street;
shall miss the low hum of their voices,
And the tramp of their delicate feet.
And when all the lessons are ended,
And Death says, "The school is dismissed J"
May the little ones gather around me,
To bid me goodnight and be kissed.
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to the center to keep the other three balls COM
pany, and there the four remain for an instant
''frOre," when they open ranks and return to
their original positions against the cushions.
Any one who can witness this performance
and not regard Monsieur Rudolfe necromancer
must have more faith in human powers than we
have.
The jumping and carom shot The two reds
are placed on the spots, and the two whites about
foot from the cushions, all four in line. Stri-
king the cue ball, it jumps the three balls with
out touching, goes to the lower cushion, comes
back, jumping the white, this time touching it,
carOms on the dark red, takes the side cushion
at the center, caroms on the light red and comes
home to the upper cushion. This is most re-
markable shot considering that it is played by
the professor blindfolded. Journal.
The Wisconsin papers tell terrible tales of the
effects of the collapse of the hop bubble, the ter
mination of the hop fever, and the fall in the
price of hops. For some years past the hop crop
has been so abundant, the prices so high and the
returns so large, that the hop growers became
infatuated, and great numbers of otherwise
sensible men were converted into hop monoma-
MACS, who thought of nothing, talked of nothing
and cared for nothing but hops. Every other
interest gave way to hops. The tumble in the
price of hops has produced widespread disas-
ter. The farmers in the hop regions, since the
magic reed upon which they leaned has broken,
are without money and without bread in short
they are left with nothing but mortgaged farms,
needy families and ruined credit The Wiscon-
sin papers say thathe result of the present state
of affairs will be the uprOOting of probably one
half the hop yards in the State, and predict that
the recovery from so disastrous a crash will be
very slow.
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BOLIVAR FEMALE ACADEMY,
jacksonville, Tenn.

THE EXERCISES OF THIS INSTITUTION
l. will be resumed on the 3lst day of August,
under the charge of Professor r. II. Ramsay.
Tuition, $40, sl2 so and SIS per session of 20
weeks, according to the grade of advancement.
Communications addressed to the Principal,
President or Secretary of the Board of Trustees,
will receive prompt attention.
JOS. UPTON, NJ D., President.
WILLIAM Dixon, Secretary.
July 23d, 1868. ly.
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Colonel Branner, President of the East
Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, was at
tackled with paralysis last week. He is
now very low.
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Jim Ashley, the great impeacher, is
defeated in Ohio. This will be good news
for Grant, if he proposes to go back on
the radical policy, as his friends say he
will.
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THE exercises of this School will be resumed on
i the LIST Monday in September. The course
of instruction viii be substantially the same as
heretofore, embracing the Languages, Mathema-
tics and Music. The Primary Department will
also receive most careful attention. Mrs. Cook
will devote her entire attention this session to
the Female Department.
The terms will be the same as those Of other
institutions Of the same class. Board can be OBJ
tanned in pleasant private families and on reas-
enable terms. s-,s
For further particulars address either Of the
Principals or the Secretary Of the Board Of
Trustees, Swcetwater, Tenn. 80
Sept. 4, 1868. II
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SluHsS on Woman.

At recent dinner in New York at
which no ladies were present, a man, in
responding to the toast on "Woman,"
dwelt almost solely on the frailty of the
sex, claiming that the best among them
were little better than the worst, the chief
difference being the surroundings.
At the conclusion of the speech, gen.
tleman present rose to his feet and said {;
81 trust the gentlemen, in the applica-
ton of his remarks refers to his own
mother and sisters, not to ours"
The effect of this most just and timely
rebuke was overwhelming, the maligner
of women was covered with confusion and
shame.
This incident serves an excellent pur-
pose in prcfacing few words which we
have for long time had it in cur mind
to say.
Of all the evils prevalent among young
men, we know of none more blighting in
its moral effects than the tendency to
speak slightingly of the virtue of women.
Nor is there anything in which young
men are so thoroughly mistaken as in the
low estimate they form of the integrity Of
women-not of their own mothers and sis
tiers, thank God, but of others, who, they
forget, are somebody else'S mothers and
sisters.
As rule, no person who surrenders to
this debasing habit is safe to be trusted
with any enterprise requiring integrity of
character.
Plain words should be spoken on this
point, for the evil is general one, and
deeply rooted. If young men are some
times thrown into the society of thought
less or lewd women, they have no more
right to measure all other women by what
they see of these than they have to esti-
mate the character of honest and respecta-
bic citizens by the developments of crime
in police courts.
Let young men remember that their
chief happiness in life depends upon their
utter faith in women. No worldly wis.,
dom, no misanthropic philosophy, no gen.
eralization can cover or weaken this fun
damental truth. 1t stands like the record
of God bimself-for it is nothing less
than this-and should put an everlasting
seal upon lips that are wont to speak
slightly of women.-PackarPs Monthly.
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The radicals pretend that the negroes
are just as competent for self-government
as the white men. Then why was it nee
essary to establish government bureau
through which to feed and clothe them at
the expense Of white labor at the Northl
Answer--They are not fitted for self gov
eminent, and the radicals wish to pocket
ten millions of the public money.
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REGISTERED LETTERS. = Postmaster
General Randall has issued an order that
from and after the LIST day of January
next registration fees on all letters regis
tered in and addressed to any part of the
United States shall be fifteen cents Gin
stead of twenty cents, as at presently, the
same to be in all cases fully prepaid in
postage stamps affixed to the letter and
cancelled. The present rates will contin-
ae until New York's day.
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ALWAYS ON HAND.

THE UNDERSIGNED having just fitted up a
Il New Hack, will be found at the
Depot on the arrival Of all trains, and will con-
vey passengers to any point they may wish, on
as reasonable terms as the times will admit.
Every accommodation extended to render pas
sengers comfortable. A single traveller wishing
horseback conveyance can be accommodated BY
making the fact known to me.
nFe Persons in jacksonville, or ut other
points in the country wishing to be brought to
the Railroad can be accommodated on reasonable
terms by letting me know so that can go or send
for them. IRBY ORR,
Sweetwater, Tenn, Aug. 9Th, 1868. If.
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THE CAMPAIGN.
Take the Representative Organ Of All
the Democratic People, North
and South.
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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-05

MALICIOUS. MIscHIEF.-Last Saturday
night, some scoundrel entered the premises
Of Mr.. Samuel Piersoll, ofCoal Valley Town.
ship, near Richland Grove, and destroyed
his entire little orchard Of about 40 or 50
young fruit trees The trees were some 4
or years old, and just beginning to bear.
The instrument used was an axe or a hatch
ct, every tree being cut down. Most ofthem
could be cut with one blow, so they would
fall Mr.. Pe;rsoll is most quiet, peacable,
excellent man, having no enemies that he is
aware Of He is utterly at a loss TO think of
any human being who could do him such
cowardiy, dastardly injury. Whoever he was,
it was an act of surprising neanness, only
exceeded by the miscreants who MAIN dumb
animals. 1t would be very unhealthy
place for the villain, around Mr.. Piersolfs
neighborhood, should he be found out.
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+ g., = - Rock ISLAND, May .. 2
& FDo6k-Spring Dosbls Extra, In bbls- slo,so n
Wholesale, and $I1 40 at retail. Sacks 1910 at
Wholesale, and $ll, 90 at retail. Loose slew at
Wholesale. and $i0,40 ct retail.
WHRAr-No. 1, s., e5. No.f, $i,sz' No . ITO.
CoRN-6Sa70c
OArs-5ea55c for 35 lbs
J BanLrr@ 0gss.G l. 1,so.2,Oo. No.a,lD
BEANs-6 00e6,50
SALr-s. 35a3, go per barrel. F@&
KERossss-Wholssais. barrels included, 40;
retail Gee.
HIGHwIsBs--$2,60. .-.. s-.f E.
ONIONS / ~ per bush. Onion. sets $500 per
bushe
PoTAToEs--l,I0 --v
EGGs-l5e dos. -
BurrkR-ysry choice lots, for retailing, viii
bring 40e. - 49, Il 50
PovLrRr-Live chickens, 81, 50aS,00 per dos.
LARD-lsc per b.
Hoss-For five hogs ea7o. Dressed 7as, di
viding on 200 lbs. sE .&
CATrLE-Live weight, common, 3,00aS, SO.
Prime shipping 4,5oa6, so per hundred pounds.
HlDEs--Green Country, 10; green cured, &c;
sreen calf, 10a12Ae; dry flint, l2al5c; dry salt
ed, 12Ac. a4
HAr-Prairie. sloala per ton; Timothy 1900
a$l600.
woop-Oak $500 to S, 50 cord.
CoAL--At the Coal Valley Yard, on the Levee,
coal is sold at IS cents the cost of delivering to
be added. ra -
From teams, in Market Square, at Halls cents.
LmE-Port Byron, $l.4o per Dbl Rock island
lime $l.25 per Dbl.
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From the new "DoAIsIoN. ~


AT this season, when coughs and colds
one easily obtained, is Perry Davis's Vege.
table "Pain Killer 1t is no new nostrum,
vended by unknown agents, but has stood
the test of over twenty years and those who
use the article, internally or externally, will
connect with it grateful recollections of its
grateful inventor.-Hastings Chronicle, C..
w.
PAIN KILLER.-The testimonials borne to
the efficacy of this valuable medicine are
sufficient to warrant its introduction into
every house. Our own opinion is that no
family should be without bottle of it for q
single hour. In flesh wounds, aches, pains,
sores, &C., it is the most effectual remedy
we know of. A bottle will last for a very
long time, and it's low price places it within
the reach of ALL Our readers will remem-
Der that the Messrs. Perry Davis & Son have
Canadian orders are supplied.-News, ST.
Johns, G. E.
BaFWe are glad to learn that the "Psin
Killer is having SO large sale in our city.
We have every reason to belive it to be an
almost never failing cure for pain, and is a
medicine that no family should be without.
Montreal Pilot.
DAvIs's PAIN KILLER.-From the reports
of dealers in this city, we think no proprie-
tary medicine has had q larger sale. It's
valuable properties as speedy cure for
pain, cannot fail to be generally appreciated,
and no family should be without it, in case
of accident, or sudden attack of dysentery.
diarrhes, cholera morbus, and even Asiatic
cholera, yields to its magic power, as we see
by reports from those sections in the south
west where the disease has been particularly
virulent the past summer.-Montreal Trans
cript. apl24dwlm.
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Tesgraphed to the ARGUS.
CnIoAeo, May S.
Fleur--held frmer, owing to advance in wheat
Sp ex I8,o0s13, l24, Super o,75s9,00.
Whsst-frmer. good demand, No sp 2,l7als.
No Ill.
Corn etiyeactive, firm, held higher, S22a93
No /, e0ae2 No.
osts-active to cover short contracts, better,
70a703.
Rye--dull, 1877 No 1, 1,S5 No2.
Bsrlsy-neglected. entirely nominal.
Mess Pork-nominal, 20 90.
Lard-held firmly, 1s3sI93.
Bulk Meats-frm, safes shoulders 13a, loose
buyer all the month Is cash, delivered at keokub
Lake Freights-eorn S3a4, oats 80 to Buffalo
LIVE srocx.
Hsgs--Ree'd 5000. Prices opened 25c higher
but subsequently fell off l0a20c. Sales were
were made at s,25a9,e0.
Cattle-Rec'd nearly 5000. Market dull tend
ing lower best drove sold to-day by Il. B. Muir
ply, of Dubuque, 90 head Iowa steers, averaging
1925, at S,62A.
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Just from New York.

May Brothers have Just made large pur-
chases of spring goods in the eastern cities
and are now receiving an elegant stock of
eloakings, parssols, skirts, dress goods, bleach
ed and brown muslins, corsets, gloves, trim
mings, buttons, and every variety of staple
and fancy dry goods. Also, an entire new
style OF hoop skirts. Call and examine our
stock, two doors west of Benser's drug store.
may ldtf.
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New Goods.

H. 81. Mayo begs to inform his friends and
the public generally, that Mr.. Mills has Just
returned from the East with a large assert
ment of the finest and most fashionable dry
goods. ESQ
These goods having been bought for cash.
he is enabled to offer to the public at the low.
est possible rates. SIS
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New York Market,
Telsgrsphed to the ARers.

New YoRK, May S.
Flour-9,25 extra state; 10al4 hoop.
Wheat-fsir export demand; 39a40 spring; 50a
81 one ditto; IS No. l and spring mixed.
Corn-impr0vod; 15al7 for new mixed wes-
tern afoat; 10 old do in store l6al64 do afloat.
Oats-aetive and excited at 81 for western in
store.
Pork-dnil and dropping; 294a37 for new
mess ssa2S.5 for old
Lard-shade frmer at 19s$; small lots at ] %
age.
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SIMILIA SIMILIBUS CURANTUR.
HUMPHREYS
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS

LAVE PROVED, FROM THE MOST AMPLE
IL experience, an entire success: Simple,
Prompt, Efficient aud Reliable. They are the
only Medicines perfectly adapted to popular use,
so simple that mistakes cannot be made in
ing them SO harmless as to be free from danger,
and so efficient to be always reliable. They
have raised the highest communication from 81,
and will always render satisfaction:
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At BAN berger s.

Printed Muslins, Figured Alpacas, Lus-
tres, Brocades, Cambrays, New Prints, and
all kinds of trimmings, just received and
marked at very low prices. Ladies' and chill
dreu's Kid Gloves all sizes. Hoop Skirts,
the latest style, at IS cents, worth $3.50
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60 to the Best.

Go TO to the Bryant 4 Stratton Iowa State
Business College, to get a thorough practical
business education, or to become a good
sound telegraph operator. For circulars ad-
dress lenclosing stamps the Bryant l. STRAIT
ton Commercial College, Davenport, Iowa.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-05

BEGISs TO PADDLE.-The Union begins
to paddle around and apologize for "eertain
Interested monopolsts of Rock Island who
care more for their own pockets than the
progress and good of the city" This is as
we expected
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-05

PERsoSAL.-G K Bard has secured the
services of Mr.. William Chamberlain as
salesman in his grocery store. Mr.. Cham
berlain is we'll known to our citizens, and
was formerly in the employ of Shaw 4 Bro.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-05

PEOPLE who want the pure, genuine Yer
mont maple sugar can get it at Welch Il
Gregg's new store, under Darts Hall. They
keep full stock of nice, fresh groceries,
provisions, vegetables, fish, &C., &c.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-05
o. GRorJAN, Agent,
Dbl T.II
Odd Follows
Sold everywhere

Rock Island Lodge No. Is, I. o. o. F.,
meets every Monday Evening at Odd Fell
lows Hall, southeast corner of Illinois and
Eagle Sts., at y o'clock Pm.
GEoReE SrooKER, N. G.
E. D. SWEENEY, r. s.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-05

PUBLIC ISsTALLArIoN.-There will be
81 installation Of the officers of Rock Is
land Temple of Honor, at Odd Fellows
Hal, on Thursday evening, May It'll. The
public are invited to be present
By ORDER OF THE TEMPLE
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-05

DAVENPORT FIRE DEPARrNENr.- The an
nuaI election Of the Fire Department at Da-
venport, was held Saturday, at Lahrman's
Hall The following officers were elected
Tor the respective positions, for the ensuing
year; John F. Miller, Chief Engineer. F.
S:oecds, First Assistant; Otto Klug, Second
Assistant
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-05-05

Several good wood workmen can find
steady employment and liberal wages at the
wagon shop of
CHURCHILL l. SWEENEY.
May 2d1t.
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LOCAL COL U06M /.
Wautad.

FIFTEEN CENTS line will be charged fol
each insertion of articles under this head.
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Masonic.

Barrett Chapter No. l8,R. A. NJ. meets at
Masonic Hail on the First and Third Tues.
days of each month.
J. L. RAMSEY, II. P.
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THE HEALING POOL.

ESSAYS for YOUNG MEN, on the CRIME Of
II SOLITUDE, and the ERRORS, ABUSES
and DISEASES which destroy the manly powers
aud create impediments to MARRIAGE, with
sure means Of relief. Sent in sealed letter en-
velopes, free of charge. Address Or. J. Skill
LIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Phila-
delphia, Pc. feblpd1aw3m.