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rncnt not to repeal tho law 40 far as It applied to
Bcrntore Representatives and Delegates III Congress-
afr. ANTHONY replied in tho Affirmative.
Mr. WRIGHT said IN he before statal that be did
not propose to oat humble pto himeolf md say Con-
grea3 did wrong In increasing tho Salaries Of It's own
members, but right In increasing all others. Tho
amendment VIM re1ectcd.
MI, NORWOOD offered IN amendment that tho act
Of Jan 81, 1879. repeating tho fraukng privilege, be
Tho question then recurrcd on tho s,bstituto pro-
posed by Mr. Conkling for tho 1Iouso bill and all Senate
amendments thereto. Tho bill reported in full, %
follows:
An net repeating tho increase In salaries Of members
Of Congress- aud other officers
c it tnaFted etc. Tint much Of the net Of Marcel,
8, 1878, entitled "An act making appropriation for
Legislative, executive, md judicial expense. OF tho 0ov-
crnmrnt for tho year endng juno 80, 1874" IN pro-
yidos for tho compensation OF public officers md e-
rloyes whether members of Congress, DelcRntes or
others except President Of the United Btatca and Jus
ticos Of tho Supreme Court bc mud tho hereby
is repealed, ard tho salaries, compensation,
and allowances Of all said persons, except
as aforesaid, shall ho 11cd by tho Law
In force at the umo Of tho passage Of said acs; pro-
cfdcd, that mtlcago eha1l DO allowed for tho nrst
session Of the Forty.third Congress; that all moneys
appropriated "a compensation TO tnonbcrs Of tic
Foity Becond Congress- In c1ccsa OF mileage and allow
anccs fxe by law Mt tho Of said Con-
grehs, nnd which shall not hayo been drawn by mem-
noen dFnw, have bcon returned In any form to the
United States aEo hereby covored into tho Treasury Of
the United statca and declared to 10 nonoys Of tho
United States ahsolely tho samo II they ad never
been appropriated M niurcaald.
Yeas and nays being ordered, tho bill wan passed 80
, 1874-01-13
ROCKFORD VATCH-FACT0RY.

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nit sot!n was b., hGla ona T. ts ac"n
tn tIrt,oscd wntch fucfory UP to oHl0ck this ayc-
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Obtained Tho M5s oe5 aa issr
swcrtptlons Oh tho spit. Everything pro.utsea well,
and by spriug tbs fnotorY wilt 10 begun. Speeches
heartily approving tho enterprise were ao by seYer-
Il lepdIpR citizcua,
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MIR. THURMAN moved that tho Senate proceed to
tho consideration Of tho resolution reported by tho FL
Committee curly in the sesio, declaring 1t to
10 tho duty Of Congress to aopt definite monsuro to
redeem Tho pledge mao III the net Of March 49, 1862
and directing tho Committee OH Finance to report TO
ro o az S oy rsy % M oao so
furnish currency OF uniform value, uwaya reoena-
be iu gold itB equivalent, and SO atjulted to
Agreed to-.
Arr. EDMUNDs then moved that the sennte pro-
coed to tho consideration Of executive business.
nIr. SARGENT moved to I'd journ. At 4:30 tho Son.
ate adjourned.
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TINT he paired with oraEin,
voted for thu bill, end ho tCoopor)
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The Stuff United States Consuls Are
Made of--The Case of Mr.. Colby,
of Missouri

ST. LOUIS, Dee. %, G. S. Colby, | nj.
ted States consul to Ching KONG, arrived
here IA few days ago, on his way to the con
sulate. Just before leaving the East he
was married to wealthy Philadelphia
widow, who accompanied him. lmmedi.
ately upon his arrival. Spar 4 Kelsey, pro
prietors of the Planters House, swore out
an attachment and seized every piece OF
baggage Colby had with him, making the
charge against him of removing his good,
from the state with intent to hinder ana
delay his creditors. Colby came here at
the close of the war, Bohemian ana an
adventurer, aud accumulated no eha OF
debts. He finally succeeded in getting
himself elected chief clerk OF the Missouri
legislature, and then. backed by radical
influence, went to Washington, leaving a
host of creditors behind him. lie secured
a place in one of the department, wormed
his way in administrative favor, got con
sui appointment, and on the strength of
that married the widow. Colby, having
plenty of money, instead Of paying his old
board bill, spent it in keeping the news
from the reporters, got the matter into an
out of the-way Justices court entered a
plea of abatement, and, by a little sharp
practice, got possession Of his baggage to
day and left for China
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-15

His last full dash is set, his galley prov
ed, and out of copy forevermore is the vet
eran typo, William L. Barry. He passed
away in St. Louis on Tuesday at the mel
low age of ninety-six To the last he pre-
served unimpared his mental faculties and
his devotion to the craft which he has fol-
lowed through all his days. His parents
were the first or among the first settlers OF
Nashville, and there he learned tie typo
graphical art. When a full journeyman
his first regular take was notice Of the
death of George Washington. Most of
his life was passed in Nashville, and up to
within very short time of his death he
labored at his case. He was high minded,
cordial, polite, anecdotal, never hung back
on copy, nor hankered for fat; ! and we
are happy in the hope that some angel
reader has found his fe.proof clean.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-15

Even at this late day numbers of men
turn up who voted for Washington. Sur
prising as it may seem they are beginning
10 exceed in number the body servants of
the Father of his country, The last heard
from was George Labar, of Monroe county
Penn, who died on Saturday at the al
yanced age Of ii years He was born in
1865; aud his father celebrated his centen
NAL by second marriage, which he lived
five years to enjoy. George Labar's eld-
est grandson Is 80 years old, being only
ID years younger than his mother Labar
smoked and chewed tobacco drank liouor
and otherwise undermined his substitution
aud was thus brought prematurely tn the
grave, at the Juvenile age of III years.
The exT lauaiiun is found in the TACT tbst
he never voted anything but the Demo
cratic ticket.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-15

ed. He wished it distinctly understood
that the suggestion of his name tor that
position was entirely without his consent
or sanction, and unwelcome to him, as af-
fording some quasi support to the indus
trious efforts to play upon the jealousies
and suspicious of the people of the North.
Tn his Judgment, the Southern Democrats
had no design or desire to assume the po-
sition of leadesrs, even were it possible for
them to occupy it. That duty devolved
properly on the other great sections of the
country, and the South would be more
than content to follow their lead in every
wise measure for the restoration of nation
al prosperity and harmony.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-15

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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-15

Congressman Lamar Of Mississippi doe.
not want to be Speaker He told the edi-
tor of The Macon tGal Telegraph aud
Messenger, recently, that it would be ey-
tremeIy injudiciOus on the part Of the ma.
iority to put forward Southern man FIR
that position, that no such idea could h.
seriously entertained aud his own coDyic-
lions OF Its impolicy we're SO strong THAI he
would consent in no event to be candi.
date or even accept the position, if tender.
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We find the farm and all connected with
it in good condition, the farm implements
all stored for winter, and would compli-
ment the Steward for his good manage
ment OF the same. All of which is respect
fully submitted.
JoHN q. PARMENTER,
ERNST KREII,
II. {. Trent.
Committee ON poor and poor farm.
The whole value of poor farm and ap-
purtenances, as we have appraised to the
best OF our ability, is Sal 5000
JOHN g. PARMENTER,
Il. KRELI,
Committee.
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Inventory Of the Real Estate, Produce,
and Other Property.

Following is the inventory of the poor
house and farm, reported to the Board OF
Supervisors by j. G.. Parmenter. Il. hrell,
and H. C. Trent, Committee on Poor and
Poor House:
10 the Board of Supervisors
Your Committee on Poor and Poor
House would report that they visited the
farm on the 9th and 18th of November,
and inspected the farm and took the fol
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The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
Equinoetial storms.

There is a popular delusion that a
three days storm Is inevitable when
the sun crosses the line in the lat
ter part of March AMI September,
and the unsettled state - the weather
at this period, which usually eliminates
in showers of some duration, Is always
spoken of as the ''equiDoctlai storm.
According to Professor LoOmis, OF
Yale college, however, the equinox has
very little to do with the storms, nd
excepting that the weather is generally
unsettled by the changes which are
taking % ace in the atmosphere, there Is
no more likelihood of a storm upon
the day that the sun crosses the line
than upon any other day of the year.
So much for one of our popular the
cries, which, like our popular supersti-
tions, obtain a stronger hold upon
the public mind than the strongest
facts. In the ght of this truth it is
not difficult to account for the length of
time-centuries, perhaps - which 1t
takes to discover popular error or e5-
tablish scientific truth nor can we
who devote their lives to discovering
facts in nature and art, and establishing
them upon a scientific-that is, real
and knowable-basis. For 1T must be
remembered that these men are always
in a minority /; the mass of mankind are
content to take the world as they find 1t.
with all its errors, superstitiOns and
preiudices, and feel no gratitude 10
those who disturb their fond and fool
ish belief in them.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
A Pneumatic Grain Tube.

A Minnesota man has patented
pneumatic tube for the transport of
grain. The machinery of propulsion is
a fan, worked by steam, revolving in an
air-chamber which consists of two dou-
bic cones, put ba Q to base. The axle
of the fan is hollow. A tube runs
through it, pc forated at the sides and
bottom This tube connects the two
pipes which enter the apices of the
cones. The grain to be transported is
poured into the entrance-pipa. The
revolution of the fan sucks it into the
connecting tube, and then blows il
ahead into the main pipe. At the same
time the fan of the next station, twenty
miles away, begins to whirl. Thus the
grain is hurried forward by suction
ahead and compressed air behind. The
trouble with the theory seems to be
that the grain cannot readily pass under
the inhuenee OF two directly opposed
CURRENTS of ssfrsiu the Same tal t,ss.sst-
some point they must neutralize each
other. Still, as the inventor has secur-
ed patent, it is fair to infer that his
model works satisfactorily, so that he
may have met this difficulty. He thinks
his tube can carry 5000 bushels of
wheat $50 miles in an hour. Mail mat
ter can make forty miles more in the
same time. The expense of construct
ing tube between Chicago and New
York. with carrying capacity of 40
600, 600 bushels a year Is put at S4, ,000,
600. A charge of twelve cents a bnshel
would pay the cost of construction in
year an / leave S800,O00 for operating
expenses. Among the calculations it is
said the saving TO farmers, even when
the company got such remunerative
rates, would be great. Grain would be
transported from Minnesota to tide
water for fifteen cents, instead of fifty.
This would save that state alone about
80, 900, 900 year.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
College Hazing.

The New York Tribune, in the course
of an editorial commenting on the ac-
ton of the faculty of the Michigan
university in expelling those students
recently found guilty of " hazing,"
says: cit is sentimental nonsense,
gathered from English novels, to say
that it makes boy manly to be kicke i
ana cuffed by his elders. III man
kept only the company of gentlemen
and ladies from his cradle TO his grave
he would be all the better for it. This
is unfortunately impossible, but it is
the duty of teachers to see that while a
youth remains at school he shall see as
little of the vulgar brutalities of life as
is consistent with the conditions of hu-
man existence. It is not alone in the in
terests of the victims of hazing that it
should be put down with the strong
hand. It is the best thing that can be
done for the rough hobbledehOys them
selves who consider it such a pleasure
and privilege to bully the youngsters,
to show them that if they act like ruff
fans and blackguards they will be pun
ished for it. single decided act like
that of the Michigan faculty will do
more to convince the youth of that re-
gion of the immortality of hazing than
any amount of lecturing.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16

and firing on the part OF the Baxter and
mish quite number are reported killed and
wounded on the Brooks side. Gen. White
had one man wounded at the time OF the in
terfereuce of the Federal forces. Gen. White
had the Brooks party surrounded, and would
have captured the whole outfit, but for the
Federal forces
Baxter has addressed a letter to the
attorney-general at Washington, in which he
proposes to sulsllit the questions at issue be-
tween himself bd Brooks to the legislature
now in session, and engages to abide by the
decision OF that body. Brooks also appears
willing to recognize the same tribunal. The
president expresses hiA approval of such an
arrangement, and the difficulties between
the rival governors seem ina fair way of peace
able adjustment.
Later advices report Brooks as havirg
refused acceptance of the terms proposed by
the president through the Encouragement,
and in the meantime the war goes on. An
other skirmish took place on the 18TH with
loss Of life on both sides, when a company of
Federal soldiers separated the combatauts.
The state legislature is still without quorum
Washington dispatches say that final action on
the part of the government viii not be delayed
more than a day or two, when means will be
ters which they Issxokxes, SxitRaous y
tiahty toward either of the contending fac
tions or rival governors by whom the eud was
initiated
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
Sheep and Wool Report.

J According to the tables given in the
department report of agriculture, we
find that the states in which the greatest
increase has taken place are Kansas,
which is rated at SO on every 100; Cali
fornia, IT; Maine and Texas, which are
each set down at s Michigan, set down
at an increase of on the 100. Kansas
in 1870 had only 1869 sheep, so that
doubling her sheep would not make the
whole number more than there is in one
of our third-rate sheep growing coun-
ties. But adding two per cent. to the
sheep in Michigan is a different affair,
as it adds "a, 900 head TO the state. But
then we find that New York has shrgpk
three per cent, or that during the ySr,
if her stock of sheep was equal in num-
Der to the number reported by the CEN
sus of 1870, this state has lost rs, 534,
or three times the amount that Michigan
has gained. g.
seventeen per cent. on her number of
sheep. Sheep have increased so fast
in than state since 1870 that it would
hardly be fair to set her figures for 1872
by the census of 1870, which places the
number of her sheep at ], LOSS, ,002, or
less than Michigan in that year. Her
wool being mostly sold in the unwashed
sta'e. however, and estimated In 1872 at
20, 900, 600 pounds, or equal to the pro
duce OF 3,000,00 sheep, an increase OF
5i0 600 head, OF the pir6ddct,6n 81 an
increased crop of unwashed wool of
3. O6O. 600 pounds. The state of Ohio IS
set down as making no change.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
FOREIGN.

Europe grumbles at tie hot weather,
and Paris reports one case of cholera.
> The British government are deter
mined to retain possession of the gold coast.
Capt. Gen. Concha has issued a de-
cree ordering the formation of eight battal-
ions OF colored militia.
Concha has begun his advance from
Bilboa- Tie Carlists are fortifying the noun
tain passes before him
= dispatches from Madrid say interna-
tional;st are becoming troublesome at Alcay.
and an outbreak is feared.
notwithstanding recent successes.
Madrid is threatened with another ministerial
crisis aud Serrsno bags few weeks for. delib-
eration- ~ se@< tfl1
An Amslican named Lanten, who acts
vice consul in Cuba for Great Britain and
Germany, has been ordered to leave the island
kor communicating with the insurgents.
After the capture. of Bilboa, the
ispanish, governments again applied TO Germany
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
silver Brick Testimonial.

The Virginia City (Neyada) Enter
prise says that, it having been proposed
TO send Sir Lambton Lorraine q S lver
brick as a testimonial from the people
of that city, about 800 was collected
in few minutes. Only 81 was accepted
from any one person, though several
gentlemen offered s., SO and $40, and
one man was anxious TO give 800. IL
was not the intention to send brick SO
large as to convey an intimation that it
is presented for its intrinsic value, but
large enough to conveniently embrace
the inscription, and to be good, solid
little bar worth about $500. On the
bar will be engraved q short and pithy
inscription, and it viii be enclosed in a
neat box manufactured of native ma
hogany. Among those who contributed
were several ladies.
The Hickman courier., 1874-05-16
The Latest agony in Ladies' shoes.

Amone the many reforms for which
women have cause to be grateful, the
shoe reform is one OF the best. Fine
weather is always given as an eZplana-
ton of streets throngCd with women,
but N view Of this springs caprlclous
atmospheres, that reason surely fails.
It must be the prevailing shoe, broad
soled, square heeled, md freer than
suffrage, that has driven forth the lem
mine pedestrian, for certainly cover
ing for the foot as easy" as that OF
the present walking shoe has not been
worn in a long time. Shoes OF ali
kinds are notably plain; even fancy
stitching is out OF favor, and neatuess,
only, is imperative, provided the shoe IS
excellent in fit.
Buttoned boots, made Of soft, Iustre-
less French kid, are the kind preferred,
heavy shoes of pebble goat beng added
to warbrobes now in preparation Tor the
country. For sensitive feet, easily vea-
ried by walking, uppers of French sa-
tin have foxings OF kid, only high
enough to give strength and protect the
feet from dampness.
For carriage wear, there frc dainty
boots of French satin, which lace upon
the instep, and add quilting OF narrow
black lace entirely around both eyelet
rows. Such shoes, made Of the same
material as the dress, are provided with
elegant dinner and reception costumes,
while others of black satin with lace
trimmed lappeIs upon the instep are
preferred by some for the same purpose.
For travelling, kid buttoned boots are
first IN favor, but many ladies are or
derine boots OF heavy gray and fisk
colored linen to serve IN dry, hot
weather.
Slippers of linen, corn, buff and
brown. are being chosen for neglige tot
lets in the country, and these trimmed
with rosettes of black, and bright steel
buckles, are both pretty and suitable Of
themselves.
Marie Antoinette slippers, croquet
and garden shoes, and POmpadour shoes
of scarlet, or blue kid, are among the
fancy provisions OF the shoe-shops this
season.
No more buff or gray kid shoes are
worn by little girls, black being firmly
settled as the favorite color, or rather
no color. Wee things IN their first
short dresses, and BARNS just trying IN
dependent locomotion, wear dainty but
toned shoes of pink. scarlet, or blue,
without heels, and fastened with pearl
buttons