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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11

MUKHTAR PAsHA has been badly
whipped in his last attempt to succor
the Turkish garrison of Niksiki, and the
fate of those half.starved wretches is
sealed. The Turks have rarely obtained
any advantage in fighting the insurgents
OF the western provinces. 1t is most
difficult country for regular military
operations, and as the insurgents fight
alter the fashion of guerrilas they have
the advantage. The mountains of Her
zegovina form deep hollows, at the bot
tom OF which are frequently found
streams, the banks being in many in
stances 5000 feet nigh. The roads are
mere bridle-paths, and riders have to
dlsmount going down hill. In many
places only two men can march abreast,
and good sharpshooters, stationed among
the overhanging rocks, can do deadly
WORK. In certain places, as at Nevesinje,
large plateaux are found. and to keep
the Turks from operating on such van
tage ground has been the aim of the in.
surgents. 1t is likely that Mukhtar
fasha has been forced into the fatal
gulche', and the dispatch probably cor
reetly state. that his army will be ami.
inflated. In the meantime the porte i.
hurrying forward recruits from Asia to
continue the warfare against the "chris-
tian dogs" '
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11
EAST.

Farm laborcrs in Vermont are cngag
ing themselves at fifteen dollars per month
and board, where last year twenty-five dol.
lars was paid.
Besides the losses from the unparal-
leled falling of in Immigration, New York
has lost one-fourth Of its import trade in four
years, as the suboin ed table will show
1S72-3................... 1928 015,OW
lSI3l.." ...... 2S6, 100000
.................... 279,i67,O
1919 2lO, ,SS3,OOO
These lost imports were not diverted to
other ports, nearly all the other importing
cities in this country showing proportoned
loss.
The New York Herald publishes list
of church and other property in New York
exempt from taxation. 1t shows that fifty
thousand lots, valued at one hundred and
twenty.six million one hundred and seventy
thousand dollars, pay no tax to the city gov.
ernment. The cost Of gas to the lamps kept
burning before the churches at the expense
of the city, is fifty thousand dollars. These
figures and facts are grouped as a note Of
warning on the subject of church taxation,
which threatens at no distant day to he one
OF the leading questions of the great political
parties.
The New York Herald takes a cheerful
view of the business outlook. 1t thinks the
business prospects OF New York are better
now than many have anticipated. There has
been depreciation in the value of property,
but owners of real estate prefer to hold their
investments to selling them at panic prices
" Altogether" says the Herald, ave may feel
that we are to have a better year than we
have had for some years past. There IS the
centennial as an artificial impulse to help us
as well as our plucky and well deserving city
of Philadelphia. We shall have the election,
also, in its way a stimulus to business activity
and enterprise"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11
FOREIGN.

The plague in Mesapotamia is increas-
ing. Since last report there have been fve
hundred and thirty.three new cases and two
hundred and eighty-eight deaths.
A dispatch from Barbadoes says forty
persons have been killed and wounded, and
FIVE thousand prisoners taken. Rioting is
suspended, but the position is threatening.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11

The largest influx, it will be seen. was
in 1873 and the smallest in 1871. The
figures relate only to the arrivals direct
from China, anil have nothing to do with
those, not few, who came here from
various South American ports. The
number OF arrivals of Chine'c women IN
1869 is phenomenal, and we know OF M,
explanation Of it. 1t may he remarked
here, by way of comforting assurance
that the steamer Lotus is now fully due,
bringing 3S7 more of the " thrifty " Mon
gols.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11
FACTS AND FANCIES.

THE extreme height Of misery Is a
small boy with new pair of boots and
no mud puddle
NATURE is nature. You can't alter
the crook of dogs tail much and pre-
serve the length Of ii 100,
A HANDSOME time piece, with a check
for Cl5,OO0 is TO be presented to DR.,
Lindsay Alexander, Congregational min
lister OF Edinbugh,
RELIGION is the dominion Of the soul
II is the hope of life, an anchor of safety,
the dcliyerance from evil. What Il ser
vice has christianity rendered to hu.
manity, What n power would il still
have did It's ministers comprehend their
mission!-NGpoieon,
BROKEN EINTWM.--
My oars keep time to half q rhymc,
That slips and slides away from me
Across my mind, like Idle wind,
A lost thought hcoteth lNaily.
Adrcnm, uhoat, my little boat
And alone steal ont TO sea;
One vanished year, o lost and dear
GoU 'rowrd the little boat for me,
M, who can sing Of anything,
With none to listen lovingly
Or who can time the oars to rhyme,
When left 10 row alone the sea
THE expenses of the late Alexander T.
Stcwart's funeral are not believed to he
more than $4,000 Many persons thought
they would reach from $40 600 to$50,O OOO.
The estimate includes the undcrtakcr's
bill, the music, flowers, attendance, etc,
~ Y Telegram.
BRlDGEr-" Sure, Maria and me was
dScushin over what was thin things in
the pitcher over the mantcl." Mistress
-" Why, Bridget, those are RaphaeI's
angels" Bridget" Och, thin the both
of us wuz wrong said they wuz twins
and Maria said they wuz bats
"MAY they always live in peace and
harmony was the way n Yankee mar
riagc notice should have wound up hut
the compositor, who couldn't read manu-
script very well, put in type, and horri-
fled the happy couple by making it read,
May they always live on peas and
homny"
Aladdin
When was bcgGarlv boy,
And lived in cellar damp,
| had not Il friend or toy,
But had Aladdins lamp;
When | could not sleep for cold,
had fire enough in my brain,
And huildcd with roofs Of gold,
My beautiful castles in Spain
Since then have toiled day aud night,
have money and power good store,
But Pd give all my lamps Of silver bright,
For the one that is mine no more;
Take, Fortune, whatever you choose,
lou gave, and may snatch again;
have nothing 'twouId pain me to lose,
For ] own no more castles in Spain
If we look at disappointment ~ Il
lesson, we soon take the sting out Of it,
spider will teach us that He is
for n fly and away the nimblc
fellow goes. The spider runs round hiS
net to gee whether there be any holes,
and to mend them with the pious eiacu
alton of better luck next time
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11

A NUMBER of German sayans were
lately taken in and done for by spcci-
mems ofpottery manufactured in Jcrus,,-
lem, and sold at a high price to the
Berlin museum as genuine Moabitish
antiquities. English and French scholars
exposed the forgeries; but the clearer
the imposture became the angrier the
German savans got, Ike the professors
who stood sponsors for the Cardiff giant
IN this country. Prof Mommscn said
OF the controversy, the other day, in the
Prussian Diet 81 know of no interna-
tlonal scientific controversy which was
ever fought upon either side in so ungen-
tlemanly a way as this by the German
professors"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11

Miss EMMA SNYDER, a revivalist, who
has been laboring with success in the
towns of Southern Illinois, has adopted
the original expedient OF publishing in
the local newspapers the names OF the
new converts.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11
HOUSE.

| I'm ihn hnuyn nm thn DIui NJ
' ,.r VIZ Wv -'''' '''' N''''v
Introduced blli |" regulate the privilege oi
the writ of habcas corpus in certain eases.
Referred II rrovidcs that fine surrc,no
.,,
'""'' "''"'' nave "''e'""' '''" cNc'uSNe l"rIN-
dictlon to issue the writ OF habcaS corpus in
all cases where the partv shall be detained or
ros,r,;,oJ or Iis ~, ,o,,,. IT,. ,,,,i,o,;,,. 49,.
" ~, ~ ,,"'"'''! VI ""'
oer ORDERS o' eitncr mouse ol congress; that
whenever u sha'l appear ny Peu,i0n mat the
party h ueta'hen or reS'raihcu "l ms liberty
ny authority "I eliher mouse "i congress-
pti"re s'ate or 'hlteh states luuge orr court
other 'hah 'he supreme court "i the ihlted
STATES, the VIII sIalI H'hie" II not issued,
or ulSinlSsch II issneu that u any slch state
or United states Judge or court other than
the supreme court award writ o habeas
corpus III Snrh eases me supreme court may
award writ 0l prohibition, ana that II the
supreme court shall not he IN session at the
time, any Judge ol such court may take such
action with the right ot appeal to the supreme
court. Mr. Burchard reported ablll concern.
ing corporations engaged Ia the business OF
distllllng. After good deal oi discussion
the bill passed. Consideration Of the bill to
transfer the Indian bureau to the war depart
ment was resumed. The bill then passed
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11

Miss EMMA PALMER is the last "me-
dium" cxposed--this time in Washing
ton. She materiaized flowers and cx-
temporized poems. A sharp observer
substituted another sheet of paper for
one on which she had, before leaving
home, extemporzed poem in pen and
ink, and an assortment OF flowers was
found in long pocket under her hustle.
Then, without blushing, she declared
that malicious spirits had surreptitiously
built the pocket there on purpose to
"give her away" and then spiritualists
were delighted and paid her more money!
Exposures are of no more use to consti-
tutional spiritualists than eyes are TO
cave bat.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11

NEVER marry woman with musical
ear, they are tickle. \ musical ear can
hedctected easily from the ordinary kind; (;
il il four inches longer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11

A QUESTION concerning the origin of
the phrase "Black Friday" elicits va
rlous answers from correspondents of the
New York Evening Post. 1t was on
Friday, the Sth of June, 1888, that King
James ii. sent the seven bishops to the
tower. The day was long called "Black
Friday" by nearly the whole English
nation. Again, the London panic of 1866
was at its height at midday on Friday,
May Il, and that day was named "Black
Friday" by the London Times. Jim
Fisk's Black Friday" was the last, and
fell in the month of September, 1869.
1t may be worthy of note that the panic
of 1873 also broke out in the closing days
of September.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11

"MY boy, tell us what you know about
rattan?' said the committeeman. at
is sometimes called the calamus rottang;
comes from Penang Samarang and Pa
dang, and is used by the master in this
school too dang often"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11
TIMELY TOPICS.

MR. MOODY, it is announced, will be
gin revival services in Augusta, Ga,
May !, to continue one week. The
Charleston, S, c., Young Mems Christian
association have invited him to visit
that city.
THE Drcsdren News insists that Prus-
sia spends too much money on the army
and too little on schools, and says: "In
that kingdom (Prussia) are to be found
$1,000 children who learn absolutely
nothing, because no masters, not even
bad ones, are provided for them. About
one hundred and fifty thousand pupils
are con6ded to women, for the most part
ignorant, and to boys, and about two
hundred thousand more are instructed
by masters of other schools than their
own, when time and circumstances per-
nit In large number of the Prussan
schools it has been found necessary to re-
duce the studies to half a day on account
of the want Of tutors, and the situation
of these institutions becomes worse
daily"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11

1r seems that the London financicrs
have played pretty sharp trick upon
the Partisan Boursc and have unoaded
immense quantities of English securities
upon French capitalists. The English
appear to have taken advantage of Mr..
Caves report, Of which they first ap-
rreciatcd the significance; and by dcx-
trous manipulation the Paris operators
were induced to bite at the gilded bait
offered by their shrewd English rivals.
So enormous were the operations and 50
terrible the losses that real distress has
been suffered by those interested, and
an appeal was made to the French gov
crnment to help them out of the scrape.
But President MacMahon and ibis min
listers could do nothing for them, and
loud are the Outcries against "periidious
Albion" This is not the first time that
the English have showed themselves too
smart for their continental rivals.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-11

THE MoNGoIIAN INFLUX.--Thc iol.
lowing statement of Chinese arrivals at
San Francisco since 1865 has been care
fully compiled from the books of the
,ttStnm- -hnIisr.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12

directed the officers of the government to
send their names before the grand juries.
4. 1t has gone into President Grants
cabinet and dragged out of it one of his
trusted advisors, who abused his high
place, who robbed the dead veterans of
the war, who aided in cheating the living
soldiers on the plains; who demanded
money for every appointment he made,
and brought him to trial for his many
crimes.
S. 1t has shown how the funds of the
so-caIled department of justice have been
used for the purpose of controlling cleo
tions in the south and in the north; how
the president put his hand into the pub
lie treasury and took out money to aid
in his own reelection. 1t has exposed
the villainy of Williams, the rascality Of
Davenport and the general corruption Of
that entire branch of the public service.
6. 1t has stretched its hand across
the water to London and saved the honor
and ambassador extraordinary, who was
using his influence az our representative
to bull worthless mining stock and rob
the English people. 1t compelled the
president to accept his resignation and
send Robert G. Schenck into an obscurity
from which he will never again come.
I. 1t has shattered the district or
Columbia ring into thousand atoms: in
dicted Babcock for completely with safe
burglars, made Harrington a fugitive
from justice, and exposed the rottenness
and corruption of the present commits
sioners.
s. 1t has instituted rigid scrutiny
into the management of the navy depar-
ment, exposed the corrupt operations of
the Cattells and other plunderers, and
before the investigation closes will ex-
pose whatever is rotten and corrupt in the
service
Q. 1t has laid bare the straw bid sys-
tenn in the postoffice department, and
proved that the country has been annually
robbed of hundreds and thousands of dol
lars for carrying letters that were never
written over routes that never had an ex.
istence.
10 1t has exposed the infamies of the
Indian ring, shown how the Indians are
driven on the war path that army contrac-
tors may be enriched and the treasury
bled.
, II. 1t has matured tariff bill which
if the senate would agree to it, would dc
more to start our idle mills and furnaces
and factories and restore prosperity to al
classes than any measure which could be
devised. 1t has taken the control of oul
< Indian affairs out of the hands of thieves
who had charge of them SO long an(
. placed them where they belong-in thu
war department 1t has reorgauized IL
army and closed thousand avenues o
fraud and corruption in every depart
' ment.
Q These are some of the rascaities ant
. acts OF corruption the present house ha
exposed, the reforms it has instituted
the bad men it has punished; the grea
e service it has done for the country, Don
nothing? No house for quarter of
century has done one-tenth as much O
deserves better at the hands of the pee
pie.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12
WALL STREET SPECULATION

The reliable house of ALEX. FROTHINGHAM& Co.
No IL Wall Street, New York, publish a hand some
eight page weekly paper called the Weekly FTnan
cidt Report, which they send free to any address.
In addition to a large number Of able editorials on
financial ana business topics, it contains very fall
and accurate reports of the sales aud stsnding OI
every bond stock and security dealt in at the Stock
Exchange Messrs. FRoTHINGHAM IL Co., are very
extensive brokers, of large experience and tried
integrity. In addition TO their stock brokerage
business, they sell what termed privileges, =
or puts and Calls" now one of the fayorite meth.
DDS of Legitimate speculation. Their advice is very
valuable, and by following 1t, many have made for
tuncs.-Ncw York HefrOpOiiS.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12

At Mitchell Il Parsons's just received
this day another fine assortment of linen
suits, linen overdresses. Shetland wool
shawls, Japanees fans, black grenadines,
dress linens, embroidcries end other fancy
goods at nearly half price early in the
season, lace shawls for $40 worth $75 last
year and for So that sold far $40. If
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12

Each township. when met In caucus is requested
To choose its own town committee and perfect it,
own organization for the campaign and repor
the names and post Office address OF their town
committee 10 j. :. Drake, Rock Island.
j. =. DRAKE. Democratic
X. VI. GRENELL.
SAMrEE HEAGY. County
ANDREW Donaldson
+. j. WHITNEY. Committee
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12

For Book BINDING or Ruling, go to
THE ARGUS Bindery. No better work
can be done in this vicinity. Prices reason
able, Work done quick. Leaye orders
at The Argus Counting Room, opposite
the Post office. IF
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12
COUNTY CONVENTION.

THE DEMOCRATS AND ALL OTHERS in Rock
] Island County, who desire change Of ad
ministration and return to honesty and economy
In public affairs, requested to meet In their sew
cral townships, In the country towns AZ the usual
place for holding elections on
Tuesday, July 18th, at p. m,
and in the city OF Moline at the Engine House at
O'Clock the evening OF the 18th, and in the city
OF Rock Island In the Court House, at o'clock. the
same evening, 10 choose delegates TO County Con
yention 70 be held In the Court House, in Rock Is
land, on
Thursday, tJuly goth, at i o'clock p. m
The County Convention II called TO nominate
candidates for the following County Officers:
Circuit Clerk
States Attorney.
Sheriff.
Coroner
Also TO choose delegates to "A State Convention 70
nominate candidates for State Officers
AlrO 10 choose delegates TO a Congressional Con
vcntiOn 20 nominate a candidate for Congress, and
a candidate for member OF the State Board OF
Equalization.
Also to choose delegates to q District Convention
10 nominate n candidate for the State Legislature
Each township will re entitled to one delegate
and 10 additional delegate for every thirty 80
votes cast for :. NJ Ettcr for State Superintendent
OF Public Instruction at the last state election, anC
one additional for every fraction Of fifteen Us
votes cast at the same election. viz
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12
THOMAS YATES.

is PREPARED TO DO PLUMBING IN ALL ITS
! branches, alsc. Gas apd Steam Fitting.
Call and have estimate made before orderng your
work done by ether parties.
THOMAS Al e.. Levge. Rock Island.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12
s'G - R y ~ e H >
u0TTSE.

Cor, Michigan Az, aud Jackson Street,
CHICAGO, 80. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ILL.
THIS elegant hotel acknowledges no rival either
! in its management. appointments, or location.
In the latter respect it affords its guests charming
and uuobstructed view from of its lofty fronts,
of Lake Michigan as far at the eye can reach. the
finest waterscape view in America. Is diagonally
opposite the Great Exposition Building. and but
one block from the Wabash Avenue amp State St,
lines of Horse Railway, leading to all parts of the
city, rnd convenient to places of amusement. II
has $50 large and elegantly furnished rooms, with
all modern improvements. including Tufts Passen-
ger Elevator. c. Ii, GAUBERT, Proprietor
FRANK WENTWORTH, chief Clerk.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12
Orleans Street Livery.

A HENRY, LIVERY FEED, SALE AND
~ Boarding Stable. Parties and Funerals Spe-
ciality. Orleans Street, between Buffalo and Ea-
gle. Charges reasonable. 1215d1y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12
Enamelled Pine.

TRY TUE ENAMEILED PIPE, IT WILL Non
! Rust or crack and costs only tribe more than
common iron pipe. Is positively THE BEST thing
for water service pipe. have the exclusive agency
for Rock Island. FRED HASS.
Store in Star Block.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12
CHAS. FIEBIG.

rs PREPARED To DO ALL KINDS OF LOG
| Work; also 10 repair Sewing Machines.
All kinds of Safe Work Speciality.
Shop on Market Square, west side, south of tn
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12

AT LARGE.

The counties in this congressional district are
entitled to the following number of delegates
Rock Island S, Henry >, Bureau Z, Lee t. Putnam ,
Also the counties ADJOINING as follows; Mercer
A WhfspNtdaA
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12
SPECIAL NOTICES.

TTHTTNFc OF Self Abuse Indiscretion
v ~ W. ~ ecnd stamp for "CELEBRATED
WORK" on Neryou and Private Diseases. Address
CHICAGO MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 1s6 :. Clark St.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12
DIR. c. EscLANE'S
PILLS.

These Pills are not recommended as
a remedy for "all the ills that flesh is
heir to-" but in affections of the Liver,
and in all Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia
and Sick Headache, or diseases of that
character, they -tand without rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better c,-.thartic can be used pre-
paratory to, CT after taking Quinine.
As a simple purgative they are I'M
equaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated
Each box has a red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression DIR. M'LANE's
LIVER PILLS.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of
C.. MCLANE and FLEMING Bros.
Sold by all respectable druggists and
country storekeepers generally.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-07-12
MEDICAL.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

THE countenance ispale and leaden-
L colored, with occasional flushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull the pupils
dilate; an azure semiCirCle runs along
the lower eye-lid the nose is irritated,
swells, and sometimes bleeds; a SWELL
ing of the upper lip; occasional head
ache, with humming or throbblng OF
the ears an unusual secretion of saliva;
Shiny or furred tongue; breath very
foul, particularly in the morning; ap-
petite variable, sometimes voracious,
with gnawing sensation ofthe stomach,
at others, entirely gone fleeting pains
in the stomach occasional nausea and
vomiting violent pains throughout the
abdomen; bowels irregular, at times
costive stools Shiny; not unfrequently
tinged with blood belly swollen and
hard : urine turbid; respiration oCca-
sionally difficult, and accompanied by
hiccough; cough sometimes dry and
convulsive; uneasy and disturbed sleep,
with grinding of the teeth; temper
variable, but generally irritable, sc.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR.. C. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
VIII certainly effect a cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepa-
ration, net taba6Ie Of doing tie slightest
iRjurr 10 the NEST tenRer infant.
The genuine DR.. McLANE's VERNn-
FUGE bears the signatures ofC. McLANE
and FLEMING BROS. on the wrapper.