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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-28
OFF for Joliet.

This morning the first batch of prison
ers convicted and sentenced at this term Of
the circuit court were taken to the peniten-
tiary by Deputy Sheriff Silvis and Jacot
Renner. The names, charges and senten
ces of the prisoners are as follows:
John Masters, murder, 10 years.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-28
Jacksonville Female Academy

JACkSONVILLE,. ILL.
THE oldest institution in Illinois for the educa-
] ton of young ladies. Preparatory and Collegi-
ate courses Of study complete. Superior advanta-
ges for Music and Painting Send for q catalogue
E. #. BULLARD, President
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-28

PRUsING's White Wine Vinegar. purest
and cheapest, warrantedto preserve pickles,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-28
EDUCATIONAL.
Northwestern
Business College e. Art School,

MAPERVlLLE, ILLINOIS First class advanta
IN ges. in Business aad Art studies at low rates
For circulars address J. GEO. CROSS, A. Nj. Prin
ciDal
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-28
The place to stop when en- route for the

The place to stop when en- route for the
east, oyer the New York Central Route. is
at that excellent hotel, the Bracket
House." Rochester. n Y, kept by s.
NJ. Hildreth & Co., who know just what
tho travelling public most require, large.
comfortable, well furnished rooms, and a
first class table supplied with all that the
best markets in the world can furnish
This hotel is one Of the best along that
popular route.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-28

This Institution s situated in the most beautiful
and furnished with all modern improvements, fur
mace. water, baths, etc.
-
TERMS:
Payable half-yearly in advance. Board, Tuition
in all the higher English branches, French, Ger
man, Plain and Ornamental Needle-work, with the
use of patterns, washing, bed and bedding per an
mum, $4,000,
For further particulars address
SISTER M. PATRTTIA, Superioress..
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-28

Offers Young Ladies every facility for acquiring
thorough mental and moral education The
Scholastic year is divided into two sessions of five
months each, beginning respectively on tue first
Monday of September and the first Monday of Feb
mary. Pupils are, however, received at any time
during the year. their session dating from the time
Of entrance.
Board and tuition per session $50 Music, Paint
ing, ETC., form additional charges, For particulars
address SISTER SUPERIOR, Academy Immacu-
late Conception. Davenport Iowa. 721d&w2m
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-28
The Christian Harmony

bI VIM. WALhEh, A. .. H.
A SPLENDID MUSIC BOOK UPON A NEW,
~ NATURAL and EASY system by which any one
may learn to READ Music and TO SING in one-fourth
the time required by the old methods; designed
for ChOirs, Singing Schools, and Musical Societies.
Liberal inducements to Music Teachers. Specimen
pages mailed free.
MrLLER'S BIBLE g. PUBLISHING HOUSE
1102 aud i1O4 SAMSON street, Phi adelphia, Pa.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-28
Railroad Time Table.
PEORIA & ROCK ISLAND RAILWAY.
CHICAGO. ROCK ISLAND q PACIFIC Z. q

GOING EAST TRAINS LEAVE
At 6.35 q. m. 4:16 p, m. and 9:46 p. m. Trains
arrive from west as above.
GOING WEST TRAINS LEAVE
At 6:95 m; 1889 q. m, and 0:S5 p. m. Train
arrive from the east as above.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
What Can Women Do!

Now, what is the reason women. should
not select trades and professions just as
men do, and learn them, too OF course
we don't expect them to take to black
smithing, or become stevedores, hack
drivers, or carpenters but there are
plenty of other vacations to adopt, if
they will only begin patiently at the
beginning. Suppose 1t never be-
comes necessary to work for a living,
does it do a body any harm to know
howe Isn't it better than gold deposit
in q bank to have bread-winner !"
always on hand We must all strike out
into the great ocean of daily existence,
but it behooves us all to take our life
preservers along! "Women never have
done so - No, they never have-they
have starved, and suffered, and persisted
quietly, and let us hope that this black
chapter in their history is approaching
its end. They never have done so, but
it is high time they did. Let them leave
off leaning blindly on old-fashioned
manners and customs, and let them lean
boldly on their own right hand and cum
ming brains. People never know just
how much they can do until they have
tried.
Professional careers for women are by
no means as unusual as they once were.
We do not mean professional careers sub
rosa, for do we not know ministers
wives that write their husbands sermons,
and mathematicians' wives that make alb
struse calculations, and doctors wives
that have the whole pharmacop9ia at
their fingers ends We simply mean
the thing itself. Female professors are
beginning to occupy college chairs here
and there-females are heard of in coast
surveys, and females boldly enter the
list of authorship and editor-land, ay,
and carry off laurels, too, from under
the very nose of wondering man. Why
shouldn't they = W0rerIn l0n0zille.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
Never Broke to Harness.

eyes, said the driver of the car to
the man who stood on the steps, A" she's
a mighty nice mare for our work-least-
ways to look at. Kick Well, you bet.
Since I've had her she's removed the in
sides from two horses hitched in with
her she's caved in her stall times
enough to make one carpenter rich, and
raised more'n one passenger remember
one case in particular : Nice old gent
with youngsters, goin' out for a Sunday
picnic, had basket of lunch covered ND
with a table-cloth. Jest as he was get
tin off, the mare worked round when 1
wasn't lookin', and she fetched that
basket one clatter with both feet-I
don't rightly know but she got in all
four-anyways there was lunch for
everybody within ten rods, whether he
wanted it or not the paper boys mostly
did. Think the old man saved the han
die of ham and the cork of one bottle.
Such nice-looking beast as she is, too.
Why, that mare has been bought no
less'n three times, cause she was sech a
gentle-lookin' lady's horse. Well, it's
good for doctors and wagon-makers,
anyhow. Always slaves up the family
and gets back into the team less'n a
week. Never was broke, she wasn't,
and never will be until she falls of a
house."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
Too Poor to Take a Newspaper.

An anecdote is told of farmer going
one day to the Office of New York
journal and ordering his paper stopped,
because he was too poor to take it any
longer.
"Suppose we make bargain" said
the editor, "in this way. Go home and
select hen that shall be called my hen ;
sell the eggs that the hen lays during the
year, and send the proceeds to me as
your subscription for the paper"
The farmer was pleased at so easy a
way to pay for his paper, and readily
consented. The result was, that during
the year the hen paid for the paper twice
it's regular price of subscription.
This is by no means pure fiction, for
the same may be true i'll great multi
tude of cases. All most every one wastes
and throws away more than enough mon
ey during the year to get weekly or
daily newspaper that would furnish him
with intellectual food, and keep him
posted in the busy, stirring events of
the day. A very small retrenchment in
the Injuries that almost every one indul-
ges in would secure a daily visitor full of
gossip about the doings of the great
world around us full of stirring events
in the history that is every day being
made in ou1 own country, and full of
useful, general information, and facts in
literature, science, and art. Besides, it
is the duty of the people to support the
press, for it has always stood as a grand
bulwark between them and political mil
itary oppression it has sounded the
notes of warning that has often aroused
them to action it has stripped the Dor
rowed cloak from corruption and venial-
ity in high places, and showed them in
all their deformity, and is to-day the
great friend of education, justice, reIg-
ion and peace. The press speaks every
where, at all times, carrying light in
places where otherwise perpetual dark
ness would reign. And when we
remember what the world would
be without the press-how dark
ness, ignorance, vice and oppression
would flourish unopposed, let no one
any longer say that he is too poor to take
O newspaper. -Printer's Circular.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
Lafitte,s Hidden Treasures,

Some of our readers will recall the
facts connected with an attempt some
years ago, mode by two printers III
small sailboat, to reach Enrol Island,
some few miles southwark of the Chan
deleurs, in search of hidden treasures.
A tradition had been handed down in the
family of one of these adventurers that
an old negro cook, once employed on
one of Lafitte's vessels, had been a wit
ness to the secreting of large amount
OF gold on the Chandelier islands.
About five years ago the last of the
brothers in this family, in whom the pos
session OF the facts were, started out
singly and alone in small boat toward
the fatal Enrol Island, and he has not
been heard of since. The repeated at
tempts to reach this almost mysterious
land and the many failures have given
occasion for considerable superstition on
the part of those who look with awe
upon the unbelievable. Time after time
have various parties attempted to land
upon the weird shore of Enrol Island
after secreted treasures of the bold
smuggler, but in every instance their
efforts have been attended with fatal
results.
The stories of the past coming down
to us tell of considerable sums of Span
ish money having been hid by Lieu
tenant under the command of Lafitte,
in one of the chain of islands to the
southwark of the Chandeleurs, but as
yet no proof of this tradition has been
found. We learn that, Notwithstanding
all the hazards said to be incident to this
Quixotic pilgrimage, there is a party
forming to make another venture after
this secreted gold. BY the 18th of next
month three stalwart young men of our
city propose to dare the dangers of the
deep and the strange spell said to be
resting about this mysterious island,
and, come what may, bring solution to
this time-worn question--Nc,0 orleans
RlHI1fin
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
HOsOitality.

This is a question of great importance
IN a family, from the educational inhu-
ence it may have upon the younger
members of it and variety it gives to the
monotony of daily household life.
To entertain ones friends and ac-
quaintances frequently and easily is a
very pleasant and desirable thing, but in
order to do this one must not attempt
too much in the old-fashioned way of
loading the table with great and per-
haps homogeneous variety of food.
1t is very good plan to have company
day; to take the one day in the week
which by trial you find the most conven-
lent, and make habit of inviting
some one to dinner or tea on that day.
Thursday answers very well for this pur-
pose, as Wednesday is usually the mid
week baking day, and whatever is baked
on that day is fresh for the next. 1t
should be made matter almost of prin-
ciple not to make wide difference be-
tween the family table and table for
company. If it is all that it ought to be
for the family it is very nearly all that it
should be for friends. OF course there
are occasional Injuries and additional
graces which we like to share with our
guests, but it is mistaken policy, and
certainly very far from the true spirit of
hospitality, to minister more TO the APP
petite of our friends than. to their social
and intellectual faculties.
Itisnever the extra one or two, or three
places at the table that makes "having
company" WEAKNESS and an effort, but
it is the difference we make between our
entertainment of our friends and our
usual style of living. 1t is the getting
out the best china, which is kept packed
too carefully away. 1t is the "doing
up" OF the fine linen table cloths and
napkins, or the rubbing of unused sill
yer. 1t is the baking of some unusually
delicate cake, or the preparation of some
half dozen troublesome dishes, and
when these things are all done, the sense
of enjoyment in the coming of our
friends is somewhat dulled by fatigue in
preparation for them.
OF course one must have "best china "
and "best linen," even if it is a weari-
ness to the flesh, but it should never be
too good to go into regular use once a
week, and that regularity of use keeps it
in order and prevents the extra work
which only occasional use entails. Let
Thursday, then, be clean table cloth day,
and china day, and fresh cake and bread
day, and company day, and try by all
means to have it a restful day as well.
Do not invite more than two or three
persons habitually, and invite them from
different families, and let them be peo-
pie TO whom it is n treat to meet each
other. Well chosen friendly meetings
are better than extra dishes, as you shall
find if you pursue your hospitable ex-
periments with iudicious care.-Er.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
The English and Arbitrary Language

The only civilized language in which
the problem of spelling offers any diff
culties is the English. The French, with
its peculiar sounds and silent letters, ap-
pears hard to a stranger but the CORE
spondence of sounds to combination of
letters is fixed, and, the rules once
learned, the pronunciation of the words
follows from the writing, and the man.
ner of writing from the sound, without
variation. A writer on this subject SAYS
that in other languages of Europe, Be-
sides French, whether of Teutonic
Latin derivation, each letter has its
exact value, and mistakes, provided the
ear be correctly trained, are impossible.
Our language, rs TO its written forms,
must be classified with such primitive ton
guesas the ancient Assyrian, whose writing
has been pronounced the most compli-
Gated ever invented, and the Chinese, in
which every word is represented by its
independent character. 1t is a serious
disadvantage to our complicated and ir-
regular methods that so much time has
to be consumed in learning to spell.
What other people can learn in few
hours takes up the time of our schools
for years, and is never completely ac-
quired. No rules will answer, but each
word must be learned by itself in detail.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
Hints in Case of Fire.

Be well acquainted with the hes
means of escape from your house, both
at the top and the bottom. Do not get
confused. Admit no one to your house
except flremen, policemen or neighbors.
If lady's or child's dress catches fire,
endeavor to roll the person in q rag
carpet or any piece of wooden stuff.
Keep all the doors and windows closed
until the firemen arrive. If you cannot
make your way from a building by a
stairway, endeavor to get into front
room, and keep all doors shut behind
you, for smoke will follow draft, and
flames the smoke. If smoke enters the
room and it is difficult to stand erect,
get your mouth as close to the floor as
possible, and breathe easy, as there is
always fresh current of air near the
floor. A wet cloth over the mouth will
greatly aid breathing. In letting out
smoke from a room, always open the
upper portion of n window. In case of
fire in theater or any crowded place,
keep perfectly calm, and do all you can
to prevent panic, as there generally is
plenty of time to escape if there is no
panic. Do not go into building where
there is thick smoke without a saturated
sponge in your mouth, or a wet cloth or
handkerchief over mouth and nose. In
ascending or descending ladder, do so
with a regular step, to prevent vibration.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
An Imperturbable Witness.

Mr.. Dallas, once Vice President of
the United States, while practicing law,
was counsel in case in Philadelphia,
and Mr.. Scheerer, a noted politician, was
called in as witness. The following
questions were put by Mr.. Dallas !:
" Mr.. Scheerer, were you in Harrisburg
last Junel' "Last June, did you say,
Mr.. Dallas 2" eyes, last June. Don't
repeat my question, but answer it. !"
After some minutes of study, the answer
came : mo, Mr.. Dallas was not in
Harrisburg last June" "Were you in
Harrisburg last Julyl" Here he reflect
ed again, and slowly said I" No, Mr..
Dallas 1 was not in Harrisburg in
July" "Were you there last August,
Mr.. Scheerer :" The witness again med
itated, and said "No, Mr.. Dallas 1
was not there in August" "Were you
there in September" Here Mr.. Scheer-
er reflected longer than before, and re-
piled "No, Mr.. Dallas was not in
Harrisburg in September" Mr.. Dallas
became tired of this barren result, and,
raising his voice, said "Mr. Scheerer,
will you tell the court when you were in
Harrisburgl" "Mr. Dallas" said Mr..
Scheerer, 81 never was in Harrisburg in
nv life"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
The Telegraph in African Deserts.

A correspondent of the London Times,
writing from Berba, in tropical Africa,
says: 1t was singular to meet with the
telegraph in the heart of the desert be-
tween Aryab and Berba ; not the tele-
graph put up in working order, as we see it
in Europe, but all the appurtenances of
that instrument of civilization carried on
the backs of hundreds of camels, which,
laden with coils OF wire and hollow iron
posts, trod their toilsome path through
the burning sand. Every now and then
we met one of these poor beasts which,
overweighed and broken down by the
weight of his load, had fallen on the
ground and been abandoned victim to
the vlllturss. All this Geographic gear
was marked "Siemens Brothers, Lon
don, and was en- route to Khartoum,
from which town it will be forwarded on
to span the desert between Kordofan
and Darfour. A good many lives will
probably be sacrificed before the line
can be considered open, as the Arabs,
who eagerly steal every piece of iron
they can meet with for their spear points,
have to be very severely punished be-
fore they leave off cutting down the
poles. However, this difficulty once got
over, the telegraph will be as easily
worked as the one between KhartOum and
Cairo, which, when it was first laid
down, was continually being interrupted.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
THE AvENGING ARMY OF LoCUsrs.

The Arabs believe that locusts bear ON their wing
n Arabic characters words showing them 10 be III
yeng.ng army OF Allah. The following Is a trans
alton OF an old Eastern poem, with which some O
AIR readers may be acquainted:
A day of darkness and Of gloom;
day of clouds al morning spread
In iurid CLEANS, presaging doom,
Around the mountains stormy head
And 10! people matchless, strong,
Rise DER the far horizons rim,
And sweep like fire the lands along,
Led 10y ayenging Seraphim.
Swift az an Arabs charger reels
In laundering flight DER desert ground
They come, while ring their chariot wheels.
And loud and shrill their trumpets sound.
Before their face the people mourn;
Before their breath the granary stored,
The field, the threshing-noor. the corn
Shrink from the army of the Lord.
Like mighty men they eager run;
Like men of war they climb the wall;
Each speeds his way, nor any one
Can break those ranks; and though they fan
Upon the sword, they shall not die.
Yea, through the city shall they go
Like pestilence, and man shall ny
Before their wrath God wills II So
The earth shall quake beneath their tread,
And darkness shroud the stars and moon,
The heavens shall tremble as in dread;
Like blacklist night shall be the noon.
Then in the van the Lord shall cry,
Great is the Lord who is beside?
His armies NIL the earth and sky
His day what mortal shall abide?
-NosS York Graphic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
HOW HE SHOWED HER THE WAY.

% Can YOU tell me the way 10 Madison SQUARE
said a shy little maiden one day, -
A. a. rrsbed haek her curls of heavy brown hair,
Where some boys had their marbles at play.
One l.yv that was quicker than all Of the rest,
Looking into her sunny blue eyes,
Felt something 20 pt-a pat under his vest,
And was first from his playmates 10 RISE
81 fear have lost my way, sir" she said
~ am sent on an errand, you see. -,
81 will 90 with you there II you please, mite ni'u'
Aul take you safe home then" said he.
So he showed her the way 10 Madison square,
And the way seemed TO both very short
He put back her rnglets of heavy brown nair
And-of course shall not tell you what
The years have gone by, and he blesses that dsy'
As he kisses his dear little wife,
For then he commenced 10 show her the way,
And will show her the way through life,
-yer York Graphic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
Suing a DemijOhn.

A peculiar breach of promise suit has
been brought in Manchester, England.
A maiden appeals to the courts for dam
ages, now that a certain innkeeper re-
fuses to take her in marriage after en-
couraging her to hope. 1t is proved
that he had the delirium tremens in her
house several times. She gets q verdict
of f10. Why any woman wants to
marry the delirium tremens we know
not. She deserved congratulation at
escape from such man, instead of f10
for the loss of him. No woman can af-
ford to take a man if she has to have de-
irium tremens thrown into the bargain.
A man is very well, but better no man at
all than such an accompaniment Let
women be cautious how they marry men
with highly spiced breath, the spice put
in to hide whisky odor. If man makes
for himself unhappy connubial relation,
he may run away and so get rid of it,;
but for woman wrongly affianced there
is no escape. The young man may have
glossy hair and bright eyes and immacu-
late broadcloth; but if he drinks, even
moderately, make up your mind that be-
fore 30 he will do one of two things
either stop drinking entirely, or else go
to perdition; and if he does the latter,
he will probably take you along with
Characterization at Work.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-06-25
Female vi. DIS.

DR.. Mary Putnam jacob, of New
York, has recently received from Paris
the bronze medal awarded three years
ago 10y the Academy of Medicine for her
graduating thesis. This gives her rank
of from fifth to eighth in a class of 300,
for of that number of theses, four were
awarded gold and four bronze medals,
and seven more received honorable men
ton. It was she who knocked so loudly
at the doors of the venerable and con-
sentative academy as to compel the adj
mission of her sex, for the first time, to
preliminary examination. After six
months of hard work she obtained the
necessary permission granted, it was said,
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in the hope and belief that she would
ultimately fail. The success of her thesis
against those of host of male competi-
tors is not pleasant to the Partisan med
zeal journals, which have recently been
complaining that the admission OF
women students at the academy has low
cred its standards. Mrs. jacob is now
laboring to collect fund for promoting
the higher medical education of women.