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n LEAN COUNTY,
dpettds Distath II Tbs chtcaas Trihuns.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Sept. 22.-1he Independ-
ent County Convention Of Mclean County was
hsld hcre this afternoon. Out OF twenty.nine
townships, lass than htlt wore represented. Rnd
several Of those wore Represented by delegates
Without credentials and admitted on resolution,
The following nominations wors made: Survey.
or. Urn Merchant, Of rloomineton Treasurer,
Satnuel Lewis, Of Hudson; County Buperin-
tendeut Of Bchoois, to I'LL vacancy. Joseph Car.
tor. Of Normal. 1tosolutons calling fur tito "a.
peal Of the Resumption law adoptH md thr Cc,l.
trAl Committee orde1ei 10 circulate petitions ter RIa-
tnses calling Couercss for la reIAt H. II. W.tt L.
d. fewia. II, l.. rhllpa, Jo.cph springer, aud y. &.
urHaby chosen ~ The Central CumfnItlre. Ut
the nnnInees Merchant and Carter fnrIAer 1ep,l
licana aud soldiers. 1e~ta wts formerly Democrat.
The Central Committee Ia Of much the sa11o complex.
Ion ~ II has beeu.
sI1Cx city. IA.
*Hs<t1t 3fft'aith ia 3hs thtt.vJn Trhuns.
ftoUK Cts1, Ia, He1t. 22.-Ihe Anii-aIonorallhtf,
tprthch Republicans, and Dctnncfata held iuongsel
Convention tp-day At UnAwa. sh,l went through The
farce uf Nominating Il. v. Luther, Of Cherokee for
Representative Of the H4renty rst District iu orr0st.
t.un 10 u. ". lsae, shs 11epuhlicAu candIda.e
rEKaS. I'LL.
Si,.-iat iltsfntth to 1hs EA4edgn Tfisuas.
pEKts. ILL.,, Sept. 2t.-The Republican county Con-
Tehsbh to-day nornated John +. l}eeHlcy fer County
Treasurer, lnd Joseph l.. Hayward for Surveyor.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-03-11
A Regal Funeral in Africa.

When King of Unyoro dies, 1t is not
the custom to put him in the grave until
the succession to the vacant throne has
been decided His sons must light for
the royal power, and the civil war en-.
! tailed sometimes last for years. Mean
time, the deceased King lies unbuned
Immediately upon his death his body is
laid out upon a framework of green
wood, constructed like huge gridiron,
and is dried over slow fire. When re-
daeed to the condition of mummy, the
body is wrapped in new clothes,
and laid in state in a large house erected
especially for the purpose. Here il re-
poses while the contestants are fighting
for the succession.
AS soon as victory has decided in favor
of one OF the parties, the fortunate son
visits the hut where his fathers body
awaits sepulture, and, appro ching the
corpse, sticks his spear upright in the
ground, and leaves ii thus near the right
hand of the body. The son now assumes
the regal state, and, as his first duty,
superintends The funeral of his father.
An immense trench is now eGcavated,
capable of containing several hundred
people, and Is neatly lined with fresh
barkcloths. A number of the wives of
the dead King are then seated together
at the bottom of the pit so as TO bear
upon their knees the body OF the defunct.
The night before the funeral the Kings
own regiment or body-guard surround
dwellings and villages and seize their
inmates as they leave their doors in the
morning. These captives, consisting of
men and women indiscriminately, are
conveyed TO the brink OF the pit, where
their legs and arms are broken with
clubs. Thus disabled they are pushed
into the pit on the top Of the dead King
and his living wives.
A horrible din of drums, horns, flagco-
lets, whistles, mingled with the yells of
the frantic bystanders, drown the shrieks
Of the miserable wretches, upon whom
the earth is shoveled and stamped down
by thousands OF cruel fanatics, who
dance and jump upon the loose mold" so
rs 10 compress 1t into compact mass.
Through this ii Is impossible for the en-
tombed victims 10 force their way, as
their limbs have been broken 10 render
them helpless and prevent their escape.
AT length the mangled mass Of human
beings " is buried and trampled down be-
meath a tumulus of earth, and all is still.
The funeral is over"
With how much heartfelt feryor must
the inhabitants of Unyoro continually
pray, Long live the King!
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-03-11
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.


Kerosene and powdered lime, whit
ing or wood ashes will scour tins with
the least labor.
One ounce each of muriate of soda,
cream of tartar and alum boiled in gall
Ion of water gives plate beautiful
whiteness. Dip the article in the mkt.
ure, remove and rub dry.
Breakfast Rusk. -Four cups of -four,
one-half cup of white. sugar, two cups of
milk, two eggs, two teaspoonfuls of
cream tartar, one small teaspoonful of
soda. Bake in a long pan in quick
oven. Cut as you would cut sponge
cake.
An oaken color can be given to new
pine floors and tables by washing them
IN solution of copperas dissolved in
strong I've, u pound of the former to
gallon of the latter. When dry this
should be oiled and it will look well for
u year or two; then renew the oiling
Prof. Tyndall illustrates the value
of "a single potato by supposing that
every potato in the world but one was
destroyed; that one would contain in
itself the possibility of again stocking
the world with an invaluable article of
food. If one potato would produce,
when planted, only crop of ten pota-
toes, in ten years the total product of
the produce of this one potato would be
equal TO ten thousand millions, which
would be sufficient to stock the whole
world with seed. The real value of that
single potato, then, would be such that
1t would be better that the city of Lon.
don or New York should be totally de-
stroyed than that the tuber should be
lost TO the world.
Boiled Cabbage. Quarter the cab
bage the night before 1t is required and
remove the hard stock; wash il well and
cut ii into small pieces. Next morning
change the water and when ready TO
cook skim out the cabbage into large
pot of boiling water with small tea
spoonful of saleratus added to It, Boil
steadily for forty or fifty minutes, but
take care that the water does not boil
over the range or cooking stove, for this
is one of the chief causes of the disgust
ing odor which fills the house. If YOU
are cooking corned beef at the same time
after Swimming It thoroughly you can
add pint of the liquor in which it is
boiling to the cabbage, as some like the
meaty flavor, and II there is no bee
liquor at hand piece of beef suet viii
answer the purpose; but casbage should
never be boiled in the kettle with salt
meat, as 1t spells the flavor of both.
When the cabbage is so well boiled that
it will easily mash skim 1t out into col
ander and press out all the water and
season it with butter, salt and pepper.
Prepared in this way cabbage really be.
comes an inviting dish, and is very
healthy one, but because it has so often
been badly cooked it has fallen into dis
repute. II you prefer to have the cab
bage more in shape 1t can only be halved
and the hard stalk cut out; then tie it up
in piece of coarse muslin and boil for
an hour, always putting il into boiling
water at first.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-03-11

THE coming novelties in ladies' hinge
rie are Byron collars and cuffs; indeed,
they have already been introduced and
have become popular with fair young la
dies whose complexion can endure this
broad cxpanse Of linen-boaTdings school
girls especially delight in them. They
are like gentlemen's shirt-cOllars with
rather more exaggerated points. They
are made of doubled linen attached to a
band, as gentlemen wear them, and would
he improved by having q collarette OF
muslin added. Price twenty-five cents.
The cuffs made TO match. are wide and
square cornered and are worn turned up
on the outside of the sleeve of the dress.
The fashion of wearing linen cuffs out
side the sleeve Is about to be revived.
Those now seen are made 10 order for la
dies who lead fashion; they are narrow
on the inside of the arm and extend to
deep point outside, where they are fast
ened by three linen buttons. Other new
linen cuffs are straight, deep and large,
with fall below the button holes, which
may be edged with needlewoIk or lace
or merely stitched.
New colored collars and cuffs Of the
English standing shape are OF solid-col-
ored percale instead of plaid or striped.
The entire collar and cuff are plain Law
ender pink, blue, brown or gray, with q
daintily.wrought flower embroidered with
floss of the same color IN each corner.
The set of collar and cuffs costs three
dollars.
Bingham borders or hens ON handker-
chiefs, with collars, cuffs and necKties
trimmed to match, are the latest caprice
for wearing with morning toilets. In.
deed, all sorts OF odd handkerchiefs are
now fancied, and ladies search through
boxes for quantity borders, choOs-
ing what seems TO the uninitiated
the ugliest ones, and passing by the
piles of pure white mouchoirs with dainty
m.stitching and neatly-wrought In
itIals Seersucker hens scalloped on
the edges, and others with black and
white, blue or pink stripes, precisely
like old-fashioncd ginghams, are just now
in great favor; price $3.50. Others, liked
or their oddity, are of batiste. with deep
hens, above which are stitched two rows
OF twilled ribbon, such as gray band
laid on blue, or brown on gray or violet.
Others are OF sheer Chinese lawn, all
pure linen, with pongee hens Of dark
cloth shades 10 match suits, and an old
English initial wrought in floss in one
corner; seal brown, navy blue, plum and
cardinal red hens are represented; price
S125 Twilled Cheviots of blue gray
coiors and the Oxford linens OF mixed
red and blue are TO be used for handker-
chief hens, with the rest of the lingerie
trimmed TO match.
Lace handkerchiefs are almost one
solid piece of Valenciennes wrought the
arabesque designs, that arc vastly her
proved when laundried By having In
figures raised by futiEg tongs. OHM.
lace handkerchiefs aFe trimmed with
rows Of Mechlin Insertion and lscc.---
HaTsrs BIwor.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-03-11

der If Marguerite fingered and fell into a
reverie that was half dream, half wake.
All at once she was reused by Clarence
Broughton's voice speaking near her; he
ana Cora had been away together that
afternoon, and were Just returned. Mar
guerlte arose, meaning to Join them; but
as she looked over the trellis between ske
saw that his arm WAS round Cora and
his lips bent close To hers.
That moment tore the veil from Mar.
guerite's heart with rudeness that
seemed 10 wrench some OF her life's
nbers with it. She turned dizzy with the
passion that stroye in her, hot wave of
blood seemed TO leap up and choke and
blind her, her lips parted in gasp and
she fell back on the seat.
The others started at the sound. Cora
freed herself and ran away toward the
house; bat Broughton, instead of follow
ing, passed around the trellis, and dis
corning the motionless figure crouching
there in the dusk, with hidden face, he
was at no loss to comprehend that his
design was fully achieved. To do him
justice he had not intended the lesson to
be quite of this sort, and it was with as
much misgiving as triumph in his voice
that he exclaimed:
" So have melted the ice, have II i
have made your heart beat at lastg"
There was no answer nor movement
Something in that absolute stiffness
frightened him. He knelt down and
took her hand in hist was cold; he
raised her head; there was no breath on
the lips, no light in the eyes; she was
blind and deaf to his passion of despair.
He had melted the ice and it had
slipped from his hold; he had made her
heart beat and broken it. She was dead
--Harper's Monthly.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-03-11
Destroying Chinch Bugs.

During last summer my business re-
quired me TO travel quite extensively
over Central Kansas and the raVages OF
chinch bugs being apparent everywhere
was led TO inquire what crops were
damaged most and what the least of any,
and what experiments had been made TO
ascertain what would prevent their oper.
atoms at all. One man showed me two
pieces Of wheat, one of which was hard
ly worth cutting, while the other, right
along side of IL, was as good as could be
desired. He said the only reason he
could give for it was that previous TO
sowing the latter piece he soaked the
seed in strong brine to get oats out OF
it, and rs the bugs commenced working
at the roots they had been kept of by
the little saline matter that adhered TO
the grain.
Another man said he had five acres OF
spring wheat that the bugs were working
on very badly and be thought he would
risk barrel of salt on ii ut least. he
sowed the salt broadcast over the ground,
and in a few days time not bug could
be seen and his wheat came on and made
great deal better crop by the applica-
ton of the salt than il would have made
even though the bugs had kept away.
Other ideas" were put into execution,
but with no good results.
have said that noticed the ravages
of the bugs everywhere went, but / will
except the salt district Of the Smoky Hill
Valley, where their presence was hardly,
If at ell, perceptible,
Taking all these things into considera.
tion 1t seems TO me TO be very rational
conclusion that salt will either Kill or
drive the chinch bugs away from crops
on which 1t is applied.-A. W.. in Vest
erp Rural.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-03-11
"A loose horse kicking up his heels In

"A loose horse kicking up his heels 10
a frolic at the door and careful moth
or with her children shaking their aprons
at him to make him kick up more. That
is--training children to shake their
aprons and say " boohr' at any horse
and training horse to kick in play at
any fiutter OF calico. A horse is dan
gerous playmate. for young ones. His
notion of a !" good joke" is to plant his
heels in a playmate's ribs.--Hastford
C0ur0nt.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-03-11

"A few days ago fiftcen-year old son
of Daniel r. Dresser. OF DeeriDg. Me
showed his father paper containing an
account Of boy VINO ran away from
home and was gone twenty years. Moth
ing was thought Of the matter until the
next day, when he was missing, and has
not since been heard from.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-03-11

most people have played IL OF seen IL
played at their own or somebody else's
expense: enough to say that IT
went on very much to the salts
faction of two at least of the trio;
as for the third, her feelings are not so
easily expressed. Strange as IT may APP
pear, Marguerite did not comprehend the
play that was being played before her
eyes. In such matters she was innocent
and ignorant as child; there was moth
ing in the dream-lIfe she had lived hith-
erto TO give her experience Of the world
and its ways; her imagination had de-
veloped before her heart, which was
hardly vet aroused TO know its own ca
pacities of suffering or passion. She had
not yet begun to learn the lesson Clar-
ence was at such pains to teach her; she
was not likely to be an apt scholar,
measuring others, as she unconsciously
did. by her own standard of faith: and
If she felt strange uneasiness, IKE
vague presentiment of evil, during those
DAYS OF Cora's reign, she could not in the
least have told why.
But those days were almost at an emo !
there was only one more now before
George Paulett would return for his SIS
ter. Marguerite had spent most OF that
afternoon in the room of her aunt, who
was suffering from one of her frequent
nervous headaches, and was as capri
cious and restless as usual under those
circumstances. Toward evening Mrs.
Wyndham dropped asleep; percciving
which. Marguerite stole out OF the room
and out into the garden for a breath OF
fresb air. 1t was beginning TO be dusk !;
the stars were glimmering out, and the
air was full of flower scents; everything
was 50 deliciousIy sweet and still, after
her weary afternoon, that 1t was no won
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-23

How TO AMUsE THE CHILDREN
Parents are often at a loss to find amusa-
ment for the young people, which will at
the same time instruct their u'inds, cuiti-
yate the taste, and give them an arpre-
citation for the beautiful
A new and interesting art has recently
been introduced to the public called DE
calcomaBie" or Transfer Pictures
These Pictures are printed on
prepared paper, in many colors
and sizes, of almost every variety of subj ct.
such as Heads, Landscapes, Flowers,
Autumn Leaves, Insects, Comic Figures.
&C.. which Gao be instantly and perma-
nently transferred to almost any article
one may wish to ornament, such as Fans.
Work Boxes, Vases, Flower Pots, Furniture
and various articles of household use,
When transferred these pictures, in beauty
Of color and artistic design, rival the most
beautiful painting. The art is easily
acquired aud children even soon become
experts: the process of decorating articles
with these pictures is novel ingenious and
highly interesting to young and old
The manufacturers of these pictures.
Messrs, }. L. Patten & Co., 1862 William
Street, New York, offer to send, by mail
postpaid, ten select samples of these
pictures, full instructions for transferring
the same. with "a page catalogue for. ten
cents, or foT City cents they will send one
hundred attractive pictures.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-23
Useless Expense.

1t is not quite clear, to the tax payer,
why States Attorney Parmenter called a
jury in the Newell case if he was not in
tending to try the case A good deal OF
time was spent, in the forenoon, in getting
a jury, and after dinner, when the case
was called, nobody appeared to prosecute
the parties. OF course the case was
dismissed, and the people have to pay the
expense. Of course it was understood by
Guyer and Parmenter that the case was to
be dismissed. Most people believed that
no jury could be found who would convict
the poor creatures. Why did not the
State Attorney enter nole pros. at once ?
Why call jury and then not appear at all ?
Was there JOB" in the case? People
who pay taxes don't relish the manner in
which their taxes are unnecessarily swell
ed up, every year.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-23

"A WOMAN IN THE CASE, by Miss
Bessie Turner, very naturally attracts
widespread notice. by reason of the vast
publicity given the lady's name, as that of
a bright and sparkling witness in the
Beecher-Tilton trial. The story is domes-
tic in its theme, but on the thread Of mar
rative are strong incidents of love and
adventure, both exciting and entertaining.
Every chapter marks point We have
rarely met an author with so much push,
dash, and Rerve. The portraiture of
character is admirable, and to the life To
find piquancy in the writings of Miss
Turner, would be expected, but this story
merits commentator for its sustained and
dramatic interest, and will unquestionably
rank well in literature of its class. The
author has vein of intuition which is
admirably worked in her story, evincing
quick apprehension of character, allied
with descriptive powers of an unusual
type, and of a rare order" Published by
q. W. Carleton & Co., New York. and for
sale by h, Champion, Rock Island,
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-23
Personal,

Mr. and Mrs. 9. W. Durham have
taken DR., Bready's house. in Negus's row
Of swell fronts, for the winter, and are
now residing there.
ST. Lie. Ignacio Alas, of the city of
Mexico, treasurer and general attorney Of
the Mexican National Coal Mining Com
pany in the state of Puebla, who has been
stopping at the Harper House for some
weeks, took his departure for New York
On Saturday evening, and will go directly
to the city of Mexico, business requiring
his presence there on the It'll. proximo.
Sr. Dominguez, notary and secretary of
the mining company, still remains at the
Harper House, to perfect the business
connected with the company formed in
Iowa, to build a railroad to their coal
in Puebla.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-23
The Whisky Ring.

Since Gov. Tilden detected and exposed
and sent to prison or exile the Tweed
thieves, no such gang of rascals has ever
been hunted down as that which Sec'y
Bristow is now hurrying into prison. St.
Louis seems to have been the head quar-
tiers, and Republican politicians the man
ayers of the concern. They robbed the U.
S. revenue Of millions,a good deal of which
was used for political purposes. but the
bulk of it went to enrich the scoundrels
who We're in the conspiracy. The ring ex-
tended from the White House via St.
Louis to Milwaukee. Gen, John Melon
aid, supervisor of internal revenue, and
William Mckee, proprietor of the Admin
istration organ, originally the Globe and
now the Globe Democrat; Avery. chic
clerk Of the treasury departments Wash
ington; Col. Joyce, revenue collector
Constantine Mcguire. Republican candi
date for Mayor of St. Louis, seem to hayt
been chief managers of the conspiracy
These have all been indicted. Col. joyce
has been convicted and sentenced to prison
and is now wearing the stripes and work
ing out his sentence in Jefferson City, Mo
penitentiary. Gen. Mcdonald is now OF
trial and will probably be convicted. HI
is now in Jail or in charge of officers, as b.
can not procure bail. The trials of Avery
Mckee, and others will follow, and thu
present prospect is that they, and other
in St. Louis and Milwaukee. will yet Sc,
the inside of penitentiary. The mon.
ey to keep the Republican party in powe
has been obtained by dfrauding the rev
enue Millions upon millions have thu
been procured and used to keep the cor
rupt Republican party in power and to en-
rich its managers.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-23

Boys in Davenport dig holes in the
side of the bluffs and rendezvous there,
for deviltry. Officer Kessler made raid
on FIVE such places on Sunday. near Har-
rison and Sixth streets, Each one was
comfortably fixed up with benches and
fire place. In them the boys gathered,
and had good times in plotting and telling
stories, The officer broke down every one
of them, and so spoiled the chances for
more meetings of the sort Some of the
dens had fire places with earth flues, and
in them the boys must have had a cosy
| time in cold weather 1t is from such boys
that the army of piekpockets. monte men.
pumps, sneakthieves. burglars, highway
men, etc., is recruited 1t is from such
schools that the prisons and the gallows
get their victims. Parents should know
where their children are, al! the time, and
never allow them to be absent from home
after dark, unless in the company of trust.
worthy people.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-23

A HIT BIRD ALWAYS FLUTTERs.
manufacturers of the various poisonous
hair preparations which food the country
and made from Sulphur, Lead, Mercury
and other metallic poisons, are fiuttering
terribly, and admit the humiliation OF
their poisonous compounds. because direc
tions how to detect the poisons they use, ac-
company the Egyptian Hair coloring which
is the only safe and effectual article used
No sediment-no poisons-no stains-is not
dye
Geo, VIM. Southwick proprietor New
York, 2. 0. Box lSS.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-23
Before Justice Plnkley.

Several days ago Mrs. Elizabeth Gep-
hardt appeared before Justice Pinkley
and swore out peace warrant against her
husband. Christian Gephardt, charging
him with having threatened her life, etc.
The case was set for o'clock this morn
ing, but the complaining witness not APP.
peariog it was postponed until this after
noon, when, after waiting for two hours
for Mrs. Gephardt to appear, the ease was
dismissed and the defendant discharged
A number of witnesses were in attendance,
some of .whom could i'll afford to lose the
time spent. The defendant, Gephardt, is
an old man and does not look able to scare
cat The parties in the suit and the
witnesses are all Germans.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-23

TEMPERANCE LECTURE. lecture,
by Mr.. Lynch, of Lincoln, ILL.,, takes place
in Darts Hall, on Thursday evening, un-
der the auspices of the Father Mathew
Total Abstinence and Benevolent Society,
of Rock Island. All friends of temper
ance are urged to aid in filling the hall.
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