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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-12
GOOD ADVICE AND POETRY.

TUNE, Anything that Fits
Magic Oil is death on Fits.
Magic Oil is delicious, thank Renne for this
All pain 1t cures quickly for mother or miss
Goes right to the trouble rubbed in with the palm,
AS sure as your faithful 1T works like charm"
The directions please follow, but your own skill
In Sprains aud Neuralgia, but battle with will.
Used outward and inward it never does harm,
In Headache or Collie at works like a charm
Sore throat from Catarrh or from Cold in the Head
Or Chils from Cold that would keep you in bed,
Magic Oil performs wonders. and acts like q balm
For Gargling, or Swathing'lt works like charm y
1t cures you So nicely, 1t makes you feel brave,
SO that ordinary pain is luxury to have.
Magic Oil in Dyspepsia gives feeling SO calm,
The stomach in glee says sit works like a charm "
The ''toot horn of fame most usually lies
So the Magic Oil cures took the folks by surprise
The claims that it made caused wondrous alarm
The trial now shows that 1T works like charm
VIM RENNE & SONS, manufacturers, Pittsfield
| Mass. -, :,
Reader, call for it where you trade Sold IL
| Rock Island by John Bengston and t. Bruenart.
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Monday, January u, 1874.
Wanted.

To exchange for Rock Island residence
property, valuable, improved farming lana
n Kansas, situated on the Central Branch
of the u. p. r. r. Address TN
J. s. DRAKE, Rock Island, Ill
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Personal.

All kinds of fancy handkerchiefs for pres
ents at the Boston Bazaar.
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THOMAS YATES,

rs PREPARED TO DO PLUMBING IN ALL ITS
| branches. also, Gas and Steam Fitting.
Call and have estimates made before ordering your
work done by other parties.
THOMAS YATES, Ieyee,) Rock Island.
b-9adtf
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BUSINESS CARDS.
YrNwoRrHY & BEARDSLEY

, AW AND ABSTRACT OFFICE. ROOMS IN
L Court House Jno. It. Kenworthy Jas M bea s.,
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EDWARD D. s"hENEh'
SWEENEY & JACKSON,

ATTORNEYS AND CoUNsELLoRs AT LAW
n Ohice-Cor. Eagle and Illinois streets h0ck Is
and, Illinois. l1-Iouly
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mi. M. STURGEON,
ID IN McELHERNE,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR ds,o AT on IaWs
ocn fs,apd House, Rock Island, Ill. s-sOdwly
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M0uEV Made Rapidly with Stencil snd Key
particulars FREE. S. NJ. SPENCER, III Hanover
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HORRIBLE =,

| sufered with CATARRH 80 years, and was cured
nv a simple remedy. Will send receipt, postage
free to all afflicted. Rev. T. j. MEAD, Drawer 176,
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ROuND OVER.

n B. sHAFFER successor to E. Wilcox, Taller
u, Cleaner and Repairer, executes all WORK en-
trusted to him with care and promptltnue' anu ~
low rates Shop West Eagle street, Rock Island
m"usa hIocL ~ 12-9dtf
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road was projected and built for the sole
purpose of breaking up the Monopoly SO
, long enioyed by the Michigan Central,
E Michigan Southern, and Pittsburg, Fort
: Wayne & Chicago companies. 1t was
t built under the personal supervision OF its
: owners; hence there are no Credit Mobll
n Ter rings to be provided for out of steal
o ines. 1t was built on the most improved
IS plans and hence possesses all the advan-
O tages which science has given the railroad
10 world in the last ten years. 1t was built
e to do work, and to last hence it is heavily
" graded, with 200 ties to the mile, lald
10 with 6O-pound steel rails and fish plates, and
D. equipped with the most substantial rolling
r stock manufactured in the United States
Il. Its maximum grade between Buffalo anc
4 Chicago is only Is feet to the mile, and
n with steel rails and stone ballast, and nj
to curves. its freight locomotives can draw Al
#, cars of grain or stock over the entire lin
nd at a rate of speed averaging p miles al
N. hour. Reducing profit to practical basil
no the Canada Southern company with on
We train can do as much work, and with quick
llv er time. than competing roads can do wit
ut two trains So when this road taps Chicf
20 the monopoly is broken, and wlnte
,ar freight rates will be as cheap as summt
III freight rates Other reasons consplre
ell make the prospect hopeful. The Canad
,;r- Southern road is no land grant
,al subsidy road it has no preferre
ely or wildcat stock to provide to
We do not believe that ar
H. Tom Scott or Vanderbilt monopoly stan'
art the least chance of getting control of
a. 1t has controlling interest in the Toled
Wabash & Western company, and, with
, 1874-09-20
EQUALIZATION OF TAXES.

Report OF tho Committee on Toxv1
| a:.&i CITY Lots to the Stale ss,2rd.
s''eeis! Das,n:eh to The fA'cano Tribune.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. Sept. l9.-The Committee Of
Town and City Lots in the State Board o
Equalization have completed their report ans
will submit it to the Board noxt 3lonlay. 1t !:
as fo1low5:
FIRST, Second, and Third Districts-Countic
Of Cook, add 100; Dupase, 26; Lake, s.
Fourth Dislrict-Boouc deduct 3s; DeEalb
16: Kane, II; McIIcnrv, II Winnebago, 27.
Fifth District-Carroll, deduct &c 10 Dayiess
81 +; osle. 50 Stephenson, 27 Whiteaide, Is.
S.1th Uistr,ct-Dureau, add 150; Lee, IS
Putnam. 10; Rock Island, i.
:SerenA District-Grundr, add /; Ken DALI de
duct q; IaSal1e. 10: Will, add %.
EiqhtA District--Ford. deduct II; Iroquois,
II; kankakce. add -; Livingston, deduct 9;
Marshall, It WoodFord 0.
Ninth Eistricf--F alton. deduct 1G; Knox, 19;
Peoria. So: S:crkc, 81.
Tenth Dist,icl-Hancock deduct 49,; Herder-
aon. 1; ,lcDonongh. 25; Mercer, add :; schuy-
lcr 3; Warren, dcdact 80.
Eicrenth DistriH-Adarns, add 90 Brown, de-
81: Pike. deduct so.
Tue!'A Msf'.ic'-cass, add3 3; Christian. de-
duct 8 :; Mcnard. a4; Morgan, add o.; sanga-
Thirteenth District-DeTitt. deduct 2; Lo-
gan. 10; Mason 5; Mclean, ald g.; Tazowe!l
deduct 3.
Fourteenth District ct-Champaisn. deduct 3;
Coles, add o; Douglas, deduct 16; Mason, S;
piatt and Verulian, =
Fifteenth Disfrict-CFawfo-d. add i Clark, 7;
Cumberland, So; Edgar, deduct %; ElfinSbam.
add a; Jasper. ~ Lawrence, 80; 3ioultlee,
13; Shelly, dedEc. S,
Siritcnth Uisty7ct-Bond. deduct II; CLAW, add
i; Clinton, deduct 10; Fayette, add 10; Marion
80: Montgomery, 30; Washington. deduct c.
Seventeenth Districf-Macnupiu. add 145;
Madison, deduct /; Monroe, add %; St. Clair,
deduct %.
Eighteenth District-A1ezandcr, -; jack
son, add GO :: johnson. 1o7 Massac, 8: Perry,
40 5; Pope. 10: Pulaski deduct 15; Randolph,
16: Union. add Gl: williamson, 81.
Nineteenth Observation-Disclosures, -; franklin,
add u Ga!latin. deduct 81 Hamilton. add 81;
Hardin, deduct i Jefferson. add Sc; Iichland,
deduct &c +; Saline. add %; Wabash, dcduc: 10
Wayne, add IS !; White, add II.
, 1874-09-20
foe to which he makes such 4 persistent
THE POLICE FORCE.

THE POLICE FORCE.
new ORLEANS, Sept. 19.-lt is understood that
only 200 could DO mustered to-day to relieve
Boylan's men. Tho Kellogg party offered as a
compromise to allow Boylan to remain Chief
OF Police, but Boylan declined the poeition un-
less the control Of the force Was rem'tted to the
CITY.
Col. Baldv, Of the old Metropolitans. has taken
chArgo of tho stations. Only few Metropoli-
tans are On the streets tonight.
THE THASsEEn.
When Kellogg reached tho Executive Office
this morning Gen. Droofe approached the Gov
ernor and informed lin that be was prepared to
turn over to him the State-IIouse and all
the records and public property belonging to
the State nllicI, bad come into his possession at
tho time of the surrender Of the insurgents to
lis command. Everything, the General said.
would be found in precisely the same condition
as it had como into his hands. The Governor
accepted the transfer, and Gen. Brooke there
upon Immediately retired.
NAVAL.
Revenue cutter John A. Dir ard two monitors
are in the river opposite the CITY. Tho monitors
were sold lass weeis at auction, but the sale has
not yet been approved.
MEETING At DELHI.
DELHI, La, Sept 1o.-At d uaea-meetng OF
citizens held IN Delhi composed largely of citi-
zcns Of Franklin and lttchlaad Parishes, it was
resolved ''t that We recognize no parish officers
holding commissions solely under Kellogg. tho
usurFer, unless furcc is brought to comrel our
obedience that We notify all persons attompt-
ing to hold office under such commission that
they are obnoxious and must give way to those
of the peoples choice that we hold Ms Infamous
all those who shall attempt to exercise official
Junction. under commission from the nsurr.r;
that VIC urge upon all othor parishes to join i'll
similar movement"
THE VICTIMS.
Maj. William A. Wells aud Charles L. Aver,
Jr., Citizens wounded in the light Of Monday, are
dead.
, 1874-09-20
DEATHS,


BROWS-on the 18th inst. st-phcn Cir, -
Of Settie e. and Thomas u; Brown. il. '''assn =
FunoraI fr.,ru residence, 4a3 BeIdcn.xr On sn,1,.
Inst. q. o ciuck p. Il. eesaaa 4 4
,BR0WN-sept: 1s, at tho residences Of h.,
Als; r. Norris. ~ South c'Ark-st., Miss IEi.@ -
Fga;ra! Sept. q, 3p M, st olivet Baptist cbn-,
Clncsnnatt {O.) pap.rs please copy. sa-
CADWELL-At En1lewood. Sandy nnr.-
9clock Byron EuRen". ouly son Of z. Eoxans =
n; Cad~eli. aEed 10 months aud Is dsys q
Funeral services At Gtacelaod, Sunday. k.t h :
O'Clock p. m. oeV" III
FOWLER19ept. 1s. 1874. James Foxle: t,t,....,
Robert and Elizabeth Fowler A1@@8ta2a
, Funeral r ! from ;i3 contze~a', to-day. It Pc, +.
RoBEETS-Scpt- 1a, Richard O., son o, n,,.,
and Ana Robosts. aecd y ar snt nsnas5, ~ ASna1
Funeral IRON residence nf parents. 1ei Fuito1x+ x
friends ato invited. 1@-A"'as7
SMITH11n this city. Sept. 1e. At 1e:a,a, T.
years. ' sSa2
Funeral frun her late residence, 10 Eor'h Yf,,t .
tast:ed. ~
, 1874-09-20

Srtc1at D1srak h to Tie C3:caGo Tribune,
WASHINGTON. D. c., SeIt. l9.-Aothing now
in the Louisiana matter is obtainabo tonight
Tho President had q conference this afternoon
with the Attor1,ey-Geueral and Secretary Bel
knap, but the consultation WAS with reference
to the prosecution Of perpetrators of outrages III
the South. It believed that strong influences
are bearing in q quiet way to induce kellogg to
resign. Ii is hoped on all sides that ho will set
himself out Of the way in this manner.
ITO The 4issoc5ated FTtss.l
FoRuED DISPATCHES.
WAsH1Sa7oS, y. e.. Sept. l9.-Much indig-
nation is expressed by the Secretary of Var aud
Adjt--Gen. Townsend g. the publication of u
forged telegram .purporting to be signed by tho
Adj jutaut-Generll, and addressed to Gen. Emory.
sayius You will follow out Instructions as III
former dispatches. All turbulent persons m:,st
be put unlcc arrest. This order must be i'm
picitly complied with 4 forged dlspatcfl was
also eegrap1ed North last night to several per-
cons. Tie SecEe. ary of Var hla determined to
discover the fofser, and has taken ,ncasures to
that end. Tho ac:llal telegram Best to Gen.
Enory merely acknowledged the receipt Of his
yesterdays dispatch.
D1sEATCu FHoM GEN. EMORY.
The following Tas received tits afternoon
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT or GCLE,}
NEW ORLEANS. La, Sept. u. {
7b ACjntan!- General t.. " H., Nn4h'nfso"-
Last night, ' request Of Gov. Kellogg, tho city
placed Ill nls charge Al quie. thu morning. 1Io
occupied the 1Iouse, aai Resumed his guGerua-
to-i1i functions today
tSigueu) Il. II. EaonT,
Colonel and Breyet M:jor-Genecal Co.nmapding.
, 1874-09-20

PORTLAND. Nc. Sept. 17.-TEo Argus states
that 1t las been discovered that, owing to Elun-
ders 10 the Legislature, the-o il not at pre=cor,
nor has there been for two years, any Maine
Liquor law, or any law againEt selling liquor.
The Attorney General mas IN this CITY yesterday
in consultation with the best legal authorities IN
regard 70 tho matter.
, 1874-09-20
Fatal, RUNAWAY ACCIDENT.

F17TsDrHa, Pa, Sept. 19.-Lnst evening John
Crawford. proprietor Of the 11alle.blo Iron
Works, with his wife and daughter, met with o
cad accident. While driving bono TO Hazlewood,
the barouche collided With o coal wagon. tearing
of the front wheel. throwing the daughter and
driver to the ground. Tnc horses rau OF aad
A1r. and Mrs. Crawford were thrown out, killing
daughter, and dnrer we're severely injured. +
, 1874-09-20
AT GRAND HAVEN.

Spfe1d1 U7sPalc1. % 7ht thacu7o 1F15H1e.
GRAND Haven, Mich, Sept. 19.-Wlth the e1-
ceptloa Of tile reported foundeiinS Of the prorcl
1er Lake Bieezc. of the Milwaukee line, DELAYING
Of tho CL1caso steamer at 1Iuskcgon. and the
milwaukee, steamers hero tonight, no other
damage is Jet reported from tho wind storm that
visited tnis place from the south this morning.
4 gallo wind from the south with intervals OF rain
prevailed during the morning. The wind backed
to tho vest in tho afternoon. and to the north
west at night, with threatening weather. Tho
gale reached its greatest violence tonight, blow
ing 30 miles an hour.
, 1874-09-20

nG i.i r. <,,, "e .tary ,s'oqn ften
..., 800 i1.! ',sts' - 1..7sat aleet uoon ~
~ -. - - o., ~ ' oo ~ ~ s.o
a. ~ a,as ~ :t, 1ne "'i9ie y,
| Was1 ';nrnd f.o;,i,+ t,;,' ~ 3 ~ ~;
ra;.. .sta,etrai na,,rs'd w. '4o ~
~ Enn ~ ,ros r;.t,;r .a;1aa ~, D1.1,',
80 a',a;,a r. 49,, ~ n'AD 49, .ata5 ~ ~.
trsc .nd .vas ,hrntr ;t, +Ia S;to,, Ss,r,, n;
ti 1arra - ..'o,ad .'J @ "a
t;,ro,xn m top Of ta vracL ad erc;pa nrouo,+i,o
Lurc mass Of b, oxen cars. srcn M has never
baon sec,, in th,s vic,n;tv Tha engineer andar-
am brennan orion and brakeman n.mo1
Allison who w.s r;dinr IN the enone wora 49,
tncated f,ora Tho rnnss of rnins oaiiv crnsbad
md sca1ird Alison died fro1n his ;n;nr,a. % -, =
few hours. snflcrson ,nd orion a,a a, G,iona ~,
latter with YER, little cl,ance of recorarv Thav
, 1874-09-20

Sprcfdf D'aluErA q TIE CNledoo 7ribune
Fonr MADISON, a., Sept 19.-rhe heavy rnios
of last evening, washed about 50 yards OF the
roadbcd OF the Cn,caSo, Burlington Il Quincy
Railroad q few mites above the cly, and dciavod
the trains Ave hours. Green Bay Township ia
overaowcd, and considerable damage is done to
crops.
Toe Mississippi hns risen feet, and boats can
now run through to st. Louis, which will proba-
bly, reduce freight rates, as :Ie:a will be no e1-
pense Of transferring over the rapids.
, 1874-09-20

CLINTON. a.. SEPT. l9.-Jbe storm last night
WAS very severe. Tue rain fell III torrents here,
bat there was no damage by the wind.
In Lyons the wind lw!sted one house nearly
OF ts foundation.
In Fulton the gale blew down the stceple Of
the Presbyterian Church. which went crashing
through tho roof Of George Tcrwil1iger's resi-
Deuce. No one WAS hurt.
, 1874-09-20
AT wAHIkES. ILL.

SDsetak D;spatch to Tie CHlcuGn Tribune.
WARREN. ILL.,, Sept. 19.-The storm nhch pasR-
ed over this place las; night the heaviest for
the year. The lightning Was tremendous, and
tho fall Of rain astonishing:
, 1874-09-20

WASHINGTON. D. G., Sept. 19.-Unitcd States
Marshal ". Healy, of Alabama, has been ordered
to TINT State Immediately. 1Iealy has been in
Chicago for somo days, aud was ordered to Lis
post to-day by tho Attorney General. as consiG-
erabe excitement exists relative to disturbances
in Sumpter County AMI elsewhere in A.aDaln.
Lleut.-Goy. Ncl.iustruy. Of Alabama. arrived
this morai.:r.
, 1874-09-20

Tho mills are u,os:ly large, substantial s.ruc-
lures. OF bFlc:s Or granite. four or five stories in
height. Many Ct them possess much arcai:ec-
t:iral merit, have Mausard roofs. and arc re-
lieyed b. tower running from the foundation
in front high above, connecting with each door,
and surmounted by clock. Considerable
precautiou has been taken against fire.
though to-days tragedy demonstrates it's inef-
fectlEene5s. From the outaide, steam-pipes
connect with each story, with the view OF speed
iy forcing steam into any par. Of the building;
aud there are iron ladders from donna to ground,
to afotd opportunity Of eecape. The granite
used in the construction is found entirely in this
vicinity. 1mmease quantities. OF the materinl
uEder!!e the soil, and tlero now several quar-
rios in active operation, which. besides furnish
ing stone for homo use, send large supplies to
ralious parts Of the country. The historic walls
OF Fort Sumter, and the grim outlines Of Fort
Adams, at Newport, are Of Fall Elyer granite.
OF tho more than 5000 operatives who find
employment here, BY far the larger number are
Irish. 1here are also many English. and fair
tprinkling Of other nationa1lties. OF late years,
there has been large influx OF Fferch-
Canadians, who now number, I think fully
5000 These form an almost distinct coonr.
have weekly paper in their own tongue, and
s1e, in the maip, industrious and well disposed.
, 1874-09-20

- We are not governed by Lw, but by = ties
roti:m, and rasca!y at that. The peup;ss voice
IL Kticd The Registrars Of E:cction ere apt,outel
under tho direction Of Kellogg. Many u tue Rtsi:
trazs are candidates for the Legislature They &c; in
there to ste1l Nest CT them Government ot.cr
holders, and they :1c put forward BY tue Custom,
House ect. Tie Assessors get 3 percentage on tho
Property aescssed, and they assess much Of onr
property 1t moro thu It is worth. Our taxos
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its origin, and the revenue it has returned
to the Governn,.ai beyond al. expenses.
From this letter We learn that since the in
auguration Of this system in November, 1864,
ending June 80, 1873,a period of less than ten
years, the net revenue to the Department
from this source has been SSH, 1881 63. This
sum has been placed in the Treasury and
used in the payment Of its creditors. Dur
ing this whole period the loss by defalcations,
in remittances, and from bad debts, has been
less than one twentieth of one per cent. on
the entire amount of orders issued.
The number of money order offices in 1872
were 2,452; in 1873, 1915, showing an in
crease in one year of 1923 number of orders
issued in 1872 were 2,573,349; in 1873,
1856 CSC increase over last year, 782, 1897 j,
being at the rate of 80 per cent; amount
represented in 1872, 1855, 532; in 1878,
s57 SIG, 2l4-increase of $4,000, 900 and IS
per cent.
The foreign money-order business is in
creasing in still greater ratio; but it is not
necessary to give a detailed statement Of it
w SuON tiiC HhifiSAoC lssOol StCii!
thrown upon the Sixth Auditors Office, how
vastly importantit has become to the country,
with what rapidity it is Increasing, and how
little room there is for reduction of the
clerical force of the Office. The Sixth Audi
tor, in subsequent note to the chairman of
the Committee on Appropriations to the
fact that, though the post offices of the
country have increased from 10 900 to 80, 900
since 1865, and mail contractors from 1000
to 10, O00, being an increase of 60 per cent,
yet there has not been employed single
| clerk since that time in the settlement Of
accounts, all the increase of clerks for those
| eight years being engaged upon the money.
order business, which has grown into i'm.
portance during that time. This single fact
that the work belonging to the Sixth Audi
tors Office at the close of the war, though
it has nearly doubled, is done by the same
number of clerks as were then employed
ought to convince Congress that to apply theil
pruning knife to that bureau would prove
a very dangerous experiment. What is true
of this Bureau may be so to greater or less
extent in most of the others; but in none
does the work so rapidly increase as in this
and in none other can it be said that there
has been no increase of its clerical force FOL
| EIGHT wears
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of America, consisting of seven female and
four male performers; eight Of whom are
emanciapated slaves, the other three by the
accidents of the slave trade being free, gave
an entertainment in the Cooperative Hall,
Knowsley-street, on Monday, when the hall
was crowded to excess. The chair was oc-
cupied by r. Bealey Esq, and amongst those
present were the ministers of almost every
dissenting chapel in the town and ncighbor-
hood. The Chairman in opening the proceed
incs. explained the object which brought the
company of students to this country, which
was to raise funds to build Jubilee Hall, for
the education of freedmen on the other side
of the Atlantic. He spoke in terms Of the
highest praise of the musical capabilities and
education Of the company, and also stated the
mart he took at the time the question ofeman-
cpation was before the people of England,
being elected, at meeting presided over by
the late Richard Walker, esq. as delegate
from Bury. The programme consisted OF
slave songs which were sung by them whilst
in bondage, and the manner in which the
pieces were executed, the quaintucss OF cX-
preston, and the peculiar wildness ofmclOdy
which characterized each piece, drew forth
the well-merited applause of an appreciativc
English audience. The voices of some OF
them are exceedingly sweet, and the pathos
with which the various songs were given fully
testified to the fact that the negroes and ne
crosses of the Southern States of America are
as capable of receiving the refining influence
of education as their brethren on this side OF
the water. Miss Jennie Jackson, a true type
ofa negress, rendered 1.-THE Folks at Home"
in manner which none but those who have
undergone the CALLING bondage of slavery
could do. "Thc Gospel Train was rendered
by the company very nicely and re-
ceived hearty encore when they gave
"The Old Ship of Sion" Miss Minnie
Tate's voice in "The Old Man Dreams"
was exceedingly plaintive, and she was ac,
companied on the piano by one of her co!ored
sisters in truly mastery style. BY partic-
ular desire they gave John Browns body
lies mouldering in the grave" which was
much appreciated. "The Lords Prayer"
and the "Ten Virgins,' were rendered by
these colored performers in style winch
could not have been surpassed by an English
company. AT the close a vote OF thanks
was proposed by one of the students, who
also thanked those present for the manner in
which they had come forward TO help them,
and expressed hope that the day was not
far distant when their race would occupy a
place and rank equal to other nations of the
earth. Mr.. Duckworth seconded the motion,
which was carried with reclamation, and the
Chairman having briefly responded, this very
pleasant and profitable entertainment was
brought to closc.-Bu9y (Eng'oadO GHa''-
dian.
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Two COnUndrellRps.

A young lady, when riding from hel
fathers country seat to a neighboring village
met young man on foot, who was carrying
jug. She at once reined in her horse, and
asked him what he had in the Jug.
Looking up with a comical leer, he simply
winked one eye and smacked his lips, indi.
cate that it contained something good.
The young lady, supposing he meant al
cohol, Immediately began to talk temperance
but her auditor requested the privilege of first
asking her one question.
"What is its" she asked
:" 1t is this" he replied; 'sVhy is my jug
like your side-saddle ?"
She could not tell.
:" 1t is because it holds a gallon" said he.
"What trifing )" exclaimed the indignant
young lady, and then continued:
/" Young man, do you not perceive -
"Just one more question, interrupted her
auditor, "and then am done. Why is my
jug like the assembly-room of female semi
nary at roll-call ?"
81 am sure 1 don't know" petulantly re-
piled the young lady.
swell, its because it is full o. lasses,''
said the incorrigible auditor.
The fair lecturer touchedter spirited horse
with her whip, and was soon out of he airing
of the rude young man.