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The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-20
Jhe Daily Atons.

The st. Louis Times has done the Cad
mus for the whisky ring, By the Invention
Of the following alphabet:
A-stands for Avery clerk Of the ring
B-for Babcock. who had big thing.
C--is for Conduee, otherwise named
Megrue.
D-is tor Dyer, who made them feel
blue;
Els for Everett, gone tn the south.
F-is for Fitzroy, who talks with his
mouth;
G-is for Grant, whose pardon they
crave,
HIS for Henderson, gone TO his grave !;
for Internal Revenue, which is hard
to collect,
J-is for Joyce, who has time to reflect,
ks for Keno, on which they all bet,
Islands for Liars, UNPUBLISHED as We; !;
M-for Mischief they try to keep Mum,
Ms for the Nuisance the ring has
become,
O-stands for Orvilie. who won't be put
through,
P-is for Peddrick, Penitentiary too;
O-lhe whole business decidedly Queer,
k-Rectiiers, who hope to get clear;
Stands for St. Louis, where the ring
came to grief,
It's for Treat, Just judges the chief;
us for Uncle Sam, whose anger is
hot.
Wis the Virtue, the ring hasn't got;
Wis Whisky, OF corn or OF rye;
KS the cross on which thieves ought
to die;
Y-stands for Yaryan, last but not vile,
Z-for the Zebra whose stripes are in
style
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-20
MISCELLANEOUS.
1000 Agents Wanted,
Footprints of the Ages Our Gov
eminent and the Nations
Centennial History.

800 Octavo pages fully illustrated Every citizen
says:-''Its just the Bo k want Extra terms
Exclusive Territory. Oatfit Free Address
tiooDsPEED's BOOK, BIB4E & MAP House CHICAGO
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-20

THlS IS THE ONLY LINE TIL At RUNS THE
cclCbra ed PULLMAN PALACE CARS from Chicago TO
Bal ilnore, Wa hington City, Philadelphia and
New York. W thOuI change. Ask for tickets via
For Wayne and Penn- ylvaIia Line.
Throug2 tickets for sale ut all principal ticket
offices. AT the lowest current rates
Z. r. MNEkS G 2 & I A
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-20
Ink Mandatory

Office, 416 Race Street. Philadelphia.
JOSEPH f. HOVER & Co., Manufacturers
A Silver Medal and Seven FIRST Premiums awarded
by nc American lnslitu G, New York
The Manufacturers of HovER's INKS. with the ex
perience of the last ti1ird of century, have pro-
duced an article to meet the wants OF the CONNER
cial public, known as
HOyER'S CHEMICAL WRITING FLUID.
Its quail ties AREA freely flowing Ink, without
being pale or watery, deposting no sediment. does
moi blur the opposite page, VIII not corrodt tht
pen; its color Is grcenirh blue, which changes
gradually to de, p and permanent back Al
evidence thereof, samples are furnished free al
our office. 1t has Teen extensively introduced
throughout the U s., and is at present used by
many of the D, partmenJs at asbington. and also
by the principal Public and Private lHstitnTiors o.
The co Iutry, he names of which would be too nu
merous 10 specify III the limits a. "i-"nlar,
All the varieties of Wli.iIl IN sad Fluids are
manuf ctured and sold, and put up in eight diff
ferent size bottles the quart size b. ing the largest
nv the dozen, price li-Is fun shed. and d 9
count allowed therefrom. the rate being III proper
ton 10 the order, by the dozen or gross
Orders 10 receive prompt attention should b. ad
dressed TO jos LPH Il. HOVER q 60 Manuf .ctur
ers, Office, 416 Race street, Philadelphia.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05
Oatmeal i'm the Household.

In Great Britain children of all ranks
are raised en- an oatmeal diet alone, be-
cause it causes them to grow strong and
healthful, and no better food caR posi-
bly, be found for them. It is also quite
as desirable for the student as for the
laborer, and for the delicate lady and for
her Woodworking sister; indeed, all
classes would be greatly benefited by it's
use, and dyspepsia, with all its manifold
annoyances, can be kept at distance.
Oatmeal is more substantial food, it is
said, than veal, pork, or lamb, and quite
equal to beef and mutton, giving as
much or more mental vigor, while its
great desideratum consists In ones
not becoming weary of it, for it is as
welcome for breakfast or tea as is wheat
or Grahana bread. It can be eaten with
sirup and butter as hasty pudding, or
with cream and sugar, like rice. It is
especially good for young mothers, upon
whose nervous forces too great a demand
has been made, and they lose the equi-
ibrium of the system and become de-
pressed and dispirited. Oatmeal re-
quires to be cooked slowly. and the
water should be boiling hot when it is
stirred in B0LdaOi1s'8 Monthly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05
No Fun in Him.

One of the members of the Methodist
Conference, recently held here, was out
for walk at an early hour one morn
ing, and while on Howard street he
encountered strapping big fellow, who
was drawing a wagon to the blacksm1Jn
shop.
Sc Catch hold here and help me down
to the shop with this wagon and LII buy
the whisky 2" called the big fellow.
CT never drink, solemnly replied the
good man.
"Well, You can take cigar"
6" never smoke"
The man dropped the wagon-tongue,
looked hard at the member, and asked !:
"Don't you chew?"
"No, sir, was the decided reply.
"You must get mighty lonesome, "
unused the teamster.
81 guess I'm all right feel first
rate"
"II bet you even that can lay you
on your back, remarked the teamster.
" Come now, let's warm up little.
CT never bet.
&c Well, let's take each other down for
fun. then. You are as big as l am, and
FIJI give you the under-hold.
81 never have fun" solemnly an
swered the member.
Well, I'm going to tackle you any
way. Here we got"
The teamster slid up and endeavored
to get a neck-hold, but he had only just
commenced to fool about when he was
lifted clear off the grass and slammed
against tree box with such force that
he gasped half dozen times before he
could get his breath. :.
Now, you keep away from me, "
exclaimed the minister, picking up his
cane.
'Bust me if I don't, replied the team
ster as he edged off. "What's the use
in lying and saying that you didn't have
any fun in you. when you're chuck full OF
it.! Blaze it you wanted 70 break my
back, didn't youl You just hang
around here about five minutes, you old
Texan you, and I'll bring on teller
who'll cave in your head.
"I never hang" said the minister, as
he sauntered on, and the teamster
leaned on the wagon and mused.-De-
tTOit Free Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05
American Manufactures.

We do not wonder that the exhibition
of American manufactures In Philadel-
phia has startled number of intelligent
Englishmen, who are now writing to the
London Times praising the skill and
taste of American workmen, and warn
ing their own countrymen that we are
at last rivals to be feared. We happen
to know that these English are not alone
in their SURPRISE German, Belgian,
and French visitors have also been aston
ished at the extent, variety, and excel
lence of our manufactured products.
In fact, it would not be too much to say
that we have given surprise to intelll-
gent n2erchants and manufacturers from
all parts of the world.
Nor is this amazing. 1t is fact that
our manufacturers produce, in general,
better qualities of goods than those OF
Europe; they turn out, as rule, more
faithful, more durable, better and more
honest goods. The wooden nutmeg and
pine ham business has been transferred
across the Atlantic to q great extent, and
the Americans have In the last dozen or
fifteen. years gained a reputation for
honest products which would be invalu-
able to us if it were only little more
extended-if we had any foreign trade
which in fact gives us vital advantage,
whenever we do trade, abroad. -Neu
York Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05
What the Foreigners Say Of Us.

The correspondents have been inter
viewing the various foreigners at the
Centennial to get their opinions of us
Americans. The Turkish gentleman
says he thinks we are dreadfully inquis-
tive, and that he has occasionally had
to say he himself was not on exhibition.
The Frenchman thinks we eat very bad
food, and need a school of eating.
More good wine and less bad whisky
would help us, in his opinion. Our
clothing is cheap enough, but our drink
is dear. The Spaniards and Portuguese
think things here are cheap and good.
The italian interviewed thinks we lack
sentiment and principle. Our women
puzzle him. He asks, SIS it innocence,
virtue, righteousness, or what 2" Our
food and clothes cost more than those in
Italy, and our custom house officers are
brutes. The Swiss think business is
impossible in q country with custom
houses like ours. The Austrian gentle
man laments that the average American
don't know the difference between an
Austrian and an Australian, and takes
him for the latter. Life in America is
twice as costly and not quite half SO good
as Ill tlSuuds Lie hd1ISu S6ublSLuhA
thinks that If he were back in Denmark
he should like America frst-rate +; while
he's here he considers it very costly.
The Belgians think our stomachs must
be out of order, o. we could not want to
eat what we do The Dutch do not like
our women, hut think our men are first
rate-very like Dutchmen. The Mexi-
cans want to improve our street car sys-
TEN, and think we manage abominably
in the matter of local travel. The Chi
naman thinks the Chinese s'make
muchee money in Melica, and Mclean
man makee d-n little money in Chinee. ;"
The World says the Germans are the
people who really like us. They regard
this country as the paradise for work
men, and thoroughly like the way we do
things here.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05
Patchwork in Bank Notes.

The Bank,of Fran ce has been com
PEELED to prosecute one of it's employees
for abstracting bank notes which had
been laid on one side previous to being
destroyed and putting them into circu-
lation second time. It is the custom
in the Bank of France to let a large
quantity ofnotes accumulate before de-
stroying them, and, as precaution
against their being used second time.
each note, when it finds its way back to
the bank, has two small pieces clipped
out of it, and the word annulled
stamped upon its surface. The accused,
Jean Baptlste Allamassey, who was en-
ployed in this department, succeeded IN
abstracting several bundles of these
notes, and, by dint of Incredible pa
thence, managed to cut them up and
make fresh notes with the pieces, in
such way as to avoid using those frag-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05
Dining with a Turkish Pasha.

The correspondent of the London
-NeaOs, writing from Philippopolis, Aug.
10, describes a dinner which was given
Mr.. Schuyler and. himself by Mute
Sarif, the Governor of the place. He
says: 'The dinner he offered us was q
colossal one. It was sort of combina-
ton of Turkish and Frank dinner,
multiplied by about ten. We did not
sit In a circle on the ground, and all eat
with our fingers from the same dish,
but around large table, Id the middle
of which was large bouquet of flowers,
and we ate with silver knives and forks.
But it was a most unlooked-for dinner,
nevertheless, full of surprises, of pitfalls
dug for the feet of the unwary, OF am
buscades and traps laid for the rash and
the needless. There were some twenty
five or thirty courses, and three times
did the fruits and the sweets come In,
leading me to believe we were approach
ing the end; three times did l attack
them only to be surprised and over
whelmed by more roast beef, more
boiled mutton, more ragouts. mere
chickens, more game, more cartridges,
more fish, more pilaoff, more cabbage
and potatoes, that came down upon me
in crushing and unexpected quantities.
It was more than man could bear, and /
finally gave up the contest. The dinner
commenced about s o'clock and con-
tinued until midnight, by which time
everybody retired from the assault,
beaten and demoralized, and there were
still whole companies and battalions of
dishes of roast beef, of boiled mutton,
of game, of chicken, of ragouts, of all
sorts of Turkish fxius, fruits, and
sweets, ready to charge dswn upon us
in irregular, disorderly masses mad we
shown the slightest sign of resistance.
This dinner had no sense of the ridicu-
lous. It would have gone on repeating
itself over and over again all night, like
a stage army, had we allowed it.
must say, however, that everything was
very good, and could we have had about
ten days to eat it in, the dinner would
have been very great success"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05
The Coal Combinations.

It may we'll be doubted whether the
coal combination will be again put to-
gether. 1t has 1un>a few years, it has
involved all the coal carrying companies
in immense mining enterprises, 1t has
collapsed aud within few weeks depre-
ciated their market value 1913, 600, 600.
This is the result to them. 10 mining
labor it has been brutal and degrading.
To the misunderstanding public it
has been a severe burden-a burden that
has weighed heavily on the private in
dividual, that has postponed the revival
of business, and that, in the opinion of
many, has forever driven oat into other
fields some of the most important indus
tries. During the whole interval OF
stagnation in the Pennsylvania iron in
terest, the Western bituminous iron in
terest has steadily extended itself. The
Western coal and iron fields are SO con-
tiguous or so connected by the lakes as
to become not only local but national
rival to the great fields of Pennsylvania.
The correspondent of the New York
Times, writing from Pottsville, expresses
the opinion that many of the'anthraclte
iron furnaces now out of blast will never
be fired again.
Whether the anthracite interest has
thus crippled the goose which lays the
golden egg or not, it has certainly got
itself badly involved. The funded debts
of some of the roads are immense; others
conceal their vast liabilities in leases
and floating debt. All in al, it is bad
ly involved interest, and it's members,
differing in degrees of insolvency and
capacity to withstand ruin, are no longer
capable of union. There may be ar
rangemenrs and compromise such as will
secure q certain uniformity of action,
but we do not believe they will again be
able to maintain rates in defiance of the
laws of supply and demand, according
to the policy which they have now tasted
to the dregs.-4Gpri1ag15eld Republican.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05

ments where there was any mark. He
carried on this fabrication for some time
without detection, and would perhaps
have escaped detection if he had not
been SO unfortunate as to drop his
pocketbook, containing some of the
false notes, in the Champs Elysees. 1t
was picked up by some dishonest person
who put the notes into circulation. Al
lamassey had forged the name OF the
cashier to some of the notes, and was
therefore liable to penal servitude for
life; but the jury, as usual, discovered
g extenuating circumstances, and he
was sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment. The extenuating circumstances,
perhaps, were that the 1900 odd which
he had embezzled was all lost IN specu-
lation upon the Bourse. Pail M0tI
Gazette.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05
HUXLEY.
His Views of the Political Future of the
United States.

His Views of the Political Future OF the
United States.
In his speech a5 the opening of the
Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore,
Prof. Huxley, after referring to the
material resources of the United States,
said
10 what purpose viii you put this
great store of material wealth and this
vast amount of human intelligence and
capacity which is among you to deal
with The question is one which, 1t
seems to me, no man has a chance OF
answering with the remotest probability
at the present moment. You are I'M
dertaking the greatest political expert
qment that has ever been performed by
any people whatever. You are at this
present centenary nation OF forty
millions of people. At your next cen
tenary rational and probable expecta-
ton may look to see you two hundred
millions, and you have before you the
problem whether two hundred millions
of English-speaking, strong willed PEG
pie will be able to hold together under
the form of republican institutions and
under the real despotism Of universal
suffrage whether State rights will hold
their own against the necessary cen
tralization of great nation, If it is to
act as a whole, or whether centlaliza-
ton will gain the day without breaking
down republican institutions. The ter
ritory you cover is as large as Europe,
as diverse in climate as England and
Spain, as France and Russia, and you
have to see whether with the diversity
of interests, mercantile and other, which
arise under these circumstances. ma
tional ties will be stronger than the ten
dency to separation and as you grow,
more people and the presence of popu-
lation makes itself manifest, the specter
of pauperism will stalk among you, and
you will be very unlike Europe if COM
munism and socialism do not claim to
be heard.
ct cannot imagine that any one
should envy you this great destiny-for
a great destiny it is to solve these prob
lens some way or other. Great will be
your honor, great will be your position,
if you solve them righteously and hon
estly, great your shame and your mis-
cry il you fail. But let me express my
most strong conviction that the key to
success, the essential condition to sue
cess, is one and one only that it rests
entirely upon the intellectual clearness
and upon the moral worth of the in
dividual citizen. Education cannot
give intellectual clearness, it cannot
give moral worth, but it may cherish
them and bring them to the front; and
in that sense, the university may be
and ought to be she fortress of the
higher life>of the nation"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05
Monument to Miles Standish.

The shaft of the monument to Miles
Standish, now being erected on Captain
Hill, Duxbury, Mass, has reached o
height of ffty-eight feet. 1t creates G
landmark on the horizon line, being
visible for twenty miles in the surround
ing country and far out at sea. The
monument will be thirty feet thick at
the base and fifteen feet at The summit.
The association engaged In putting up
the monument has obtained by volun-
tary subscription $15, 1000, and intends to
hold large fair In Boston during the
holidays to raise the money necessary to
finish the structure.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-10-05

An Indianapolis vinegar manufacturer
has purchased 10000 bushels of apples
in Fayette and Rush counties, at IA
cents per bEshel, to make into cider.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-06-09
AN ACTIVE AGENT WANTED

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-06-09
CATARRII.

FROM GEO. W. SHATTUCK, ESQ, LATE FOREIGN
ENTRY CLERK, BOSTON CUSTOM House.
Gentlemen, Il have been troubled with Catarrh
for several years, but by the of your remedy 1t
has been greatly relieved. This summer have
been entirely free from it. make uee OF it in my
family Tor colds in the head, and find it an effect,
ual remedy car confidently recommend it to all
who are similarly afflicted.
Very truly yours,
October 26, 1874. GEO. W. SHATIUCk.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-06-09
PERSEVERE
In the use of this remedy until cured
1t Contains the great healing ele-
ments of plants in their essen
tial form as obtained by
distillatiOn.

Catarrh, in its extent and destructive force
stands next to Consumption and is closely allied to
it; for in certain constitutions the transition from
one to the other is only a question Of time. 1t is
therefore singular thing that those afflicted with
it should make it the object OF their lives to rid
cannot, in the chronic STAGE effect cnTe nor even
bring the system under its influence fully. In
many such cases the bones and cartilage of the
nose are eaten away, the organs of hearing of see
ing, and OF astlng affected as to be rendered
useless, the uvua SO elongated and inhamed as u
produce a constant and distressing cough. the
ieturn to health must necessarily be slow, undel
the most favorable circumstances, when SO seri
ousy afflicted but as the evidence OF Its great val
| ne daily comes to hand, we become more ana NOR
that cannot be cured by judcious and persistent
use of Sanford's Radical Cure for Catarrh. The
relief in every case obtained from the first dose is
anndication OF what it will do when the 81 item is
broug hit constitutional y under lis influence.
, 1876-06-30

Special D!fpdfch 10 The 7tfbnHA.
INDIANAPOLIS, June ~. The nomination OF
Coz. Hendricks 1T st. Luu!a IN the secn1Ml place.
OIL the ticket has ELECTED quite m little enthusiasm
a did that Of Tlden yesterday. 4 few guns wrsc
ireh two tlourA after tl,c nomination was 1naic,
hut ,1o seemed happy. Prominent representa-
t'vea of the party d[*nclnc.l Ia talk nbont the
SELECTION, and. athnush Mr. IIcndricks receives
all with Lis urua! blan,!ncss, lie manages to ray
nothing At 10 O'Clock this tnornill; liz was very
positive TINT he would not ncccpt she
second plco. At o'clock he reltcr-
nt,d tho thing with incrcatc,. emphasis.
From q O'clock last night until this morning hu
was in constant receipt Of teccsams begging him
to accept the second place Upon the ticket, which
requests catnn fruni tho tlctgatIuh, rcptescnta-
tiyes uf Tennessee, Pennsylvania Kentucky, Mis-
eourI, New York, ilfnnis, Mnesnchusc.ts, Oregon,
and Alabama, and were signed BY such Inru us
Iltrch. Clymcs. ami 50 o,,. Tho dispatch from
Tcnncase read; ave stood by you from nrst
to lus., aud now ask you to stand
by US" A second one read: ''plea-c nc.
ccpt A Democrat must stand where put, Is
a1l, u third, 'For Gods Fake accept" To
ail these negatisu was returned. HIT this nftrr.
mum e began tu weaken, ant IN reply to the qurs-
n :" asrsanes hr statsa tat F, ~ w"Ma @ aks M
le1rraton, which will arr,ve hare in thU morning.
Later III lilo day band was chartered iot ssrs.
ess ns I'll Il. N u ov tfI e ne ws sn re- s
sHt tsss,,fHy r te tr En,iy =. sos n's r. h
they had presented Lis claims, lat euu1I not
then ray what In should do with tic
nomination given him, IN an interview this even
tclf nntli after n conferences with his Indiana
friends. It, very generally believed here. how.
eyer. tllat he has no tntcntion Of dol iny anything
cl.e than accept. l!cnds!cke, never declines any
has no other interest now than his pasty.
FORT WAYNE
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